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 Paul was confronting a similar situation to that in the churches of Galatia.

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 It wasn't the relativistic postmodernism that we deal with,

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 but the churches were indeed tolerating false teachers

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 and heresies that destroy the gospel and its influence.

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 The issue, at least at first, with the Galatians

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 is not so much that they've already become fully apostate,

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 you'll notice even in the very first verse,

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 there is an action verb that is a continuing action.

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 It's not a completed action that they are deserting,

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 not that they have deserted.

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 There is something in Paul's mind where he is not willing yet to say

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 that they have become full apostates to the faith.

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 His issue, at least on the surface,

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 is that they are beginning to tolerate other apostates to the faith,

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 that they are tolerating within their churches,

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 that they are tolerating within their scope of doctrine,

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 things that destroy the gospel.

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 And he uses this letter to confront the false teachers.

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 He affirms the gospel of grace that had been preached to these people,

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 that had saved these people.

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 And he warns the churches that the doctrines that they are beginning to tolerate

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 are setting them and others on the road to eternal hell.

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 But before we jump into these verses,

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 let's take just a moment before we start talking about defending the gospel

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 to understanding what the gospel is to begin with.

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 So what is the gospel?

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 Let's just work through a few of maybe Paul's own writings about the gospel.

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 Remember 1 Corinthians 15?

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 Paul is writing that amazing chapter on resurrection,

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 not only on Christ's resurrection, but the resurrection of the saints.

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 And he opens the chapter by saying,

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 I would remind you brothers of the gospel,

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 the good news that I preach to you,

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 which you received,

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 in which you stand,

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 and by which you are being saved.

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 And here's what he says it is.

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 As of first importance,

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 Christ died for our sins

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 in accordance with the scriptures.

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 He was buried

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 and he was raised on the third day

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 in accordance with the scriptures.

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 So if somebody were to come to you and say,

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 in just in one,

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 really one or two statements,

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 tell me what is the gospel?

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 Paul tells us the gospel is very simply,

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 Jesus died for our sins

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 in accordance with the scriptures.

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 He was buried

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 and then he rose from the dead

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 in accordance with the scriptures.

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 That's the gospel.

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 That the only hope of eternal salvation we have

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 does not lie in anything that we do,

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 but it lies in something

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 that Christ has already done.

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 That the forgiveness we receive

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 is not something that we can earn

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 through religious observance

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 or anything else.

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 It is given to us.

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 We receive it through faith

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 in the finished work of Christ on the cross.

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 And we've spent the last several weeks

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 looking at that

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 very, very closely in Mark's gospel.

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 that the purpose of Christ's death

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 was not just to be a model

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 or an example for us.

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 It was an efficacious death.

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 It was sufficient

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 to actually provide satisfaction

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 against God's wrath

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 that the kids learned about

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 on Thursday night.

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 Jesus told Nicodemus

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 that in his current state

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 of unbelief and in sin,

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 that he was condemned already.

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 He was living in that moment

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 underneath the wrath of God

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 for his sin.

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 But because of what Christ

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 has done on the cross,

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 God has taken his wrath

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 for the sins of his people

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 and he has put it on his son,

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 fully satisfying his justice

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 so that he can then come

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 to all who believe

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 and he can give instead of judgment,

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 eternal life.

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 And all of that comes

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 not by what we do,

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 but through what Christ has done.

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 Christ died for our sins

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 according to the Bible.

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 He was buried

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 and he was raised

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 according to the Bible.

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 Paul goes on in Romans chapter 1

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 to say that this is the thing

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 that actually has power to save.

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 He says,

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 I'm not ashamed of this gospel

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 for it is the power of God

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 for salvation

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 to everyone who believes.

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 In other words,

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 he's so convinced

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 in the faithfulness

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 of this gospel

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 that he says it

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 and it alone

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 has the power to save.

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 He writes to the Ephesians

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 in chapter 2 and verse 8,

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 you know the verse well,

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 that it is by grace

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 you've been saved through faith.

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 This is not your own doing,

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 he says.

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 It's a gift of God,

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 not of works,

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 so that no man may boast.

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 So here's the gospel.

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 It's the power of God to save

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 and that salvation

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 is not based on what we do,

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 it's based on the grace of God.

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 It's a gospel of grace.

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 And then he encourages his team

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 as he is passing off the scene

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 at the end of his life

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 to continue to defend this gospel.

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 He writes to Timothy,

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 in 2 Timothy chapter 1,

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 do not be ashamed

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 of the testimony of our Lord,

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 but share in suffering

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 for the gospel

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 by the power of God

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 who saved us,

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 called us with a holy calling,

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 not because of our works,

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 but because of his own purpose of grace,

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 which he gave us in Christ Jesus

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 before the ages began.

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 Loved ones,

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 this is the gospel.

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 There is no other one.

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 This is it.

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 And it's a wonderful gospel.

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 It's a glorious gospel of grace,

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 and it alone has the message of salvation.

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 For Peter and John said,

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 there is salvation in no one else,

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 for there is no other name under heaven

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 given among men

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 by which we must be saved.

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 Writing to the Corinthians,

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 Paul says that there is one body,

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 that is one body of believers,

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 and there is one Lord,

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 and there is one hope,

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 and there is one spirit,

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 and there is one faith,

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 and there is one baptism.

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 There is one gospel,

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 and we must affirm

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 and defend this gospel of grace.

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 Otherwise,

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 by deserting God and his gospel,

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 we will follow the path to hell

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 and lead those under our influence

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 on the way there.

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 So when Paul writes to these churches in Galatia,

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 he is not writing casually.

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 You understand now

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 why he doesn't take time

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 in the beginning to thank them.

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 There's nothing to thank.

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 This becomes less

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 of a letter of encouragement to believers,

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 and it is structured more like

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 an evangelistic letter

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 to those who may not actually be converted.

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 And there is a great gravity and weight

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 to the things that he says,

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 and we need to heed these verses

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 personally and as a church.

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 So let's look at it together.

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 The first thing,

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 just two really main points to look through.

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 First one is,

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 I want you to see

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 the exclusivity of the gospel of grace.

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 The exclusivity

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 of the gospel of grace.

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 So in verses six and seven,

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 we see the situation presented,

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 at least in summary form.

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 Paul was shocked

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 to hear these professing Christians

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 were deserting God

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 and distorting the gospel.

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 So he opens his correspondence

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 with a passionate affirmation

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 of the exclusivity of the gospel.

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 There is only one gospel,

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 in other words, he's saying.

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 Let's look at verse six.

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 We see them deserting God.

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 I am astonished

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 that you are so quickly

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 deserting him

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 who called you in the grace of Christ

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 and are turning to a different gospel.

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 I'm blown away, he says.

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 This word for astonishment,

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 thalmatso,

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 is the same one used by Matthew

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 when he describes that scene

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 with Jesus and the disciples

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 on the boat in the Sea of Galilee.

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 And remember in the middle of the night,

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 the big storm comes up

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 and it's beating the ship to pieces

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 and the disciples are afraid

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 they're gonna die

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 and Jesus is asleep in the back

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 and someone runs and gets Jesus

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 and there's that famous statement,

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 Jesus, do you not care that we're dying?

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 And do you remember what Jesus did?

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 He goes to the front of the boat perhaps

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 or maybe he just gets up where he is

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 and he says three words,

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 peace be still.

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 And with the sound of his voice,

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 he harnesses all of creation.

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 The waves that are beating the ship apart

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 become smooth as glass.

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 The wind completely stops.

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 It is a miracle of miracles, so to speak.

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 And then Matthew says

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 that the disciples in that moment marveled,

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 which in our language doesn't seem like much,

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 but when you put it into the context

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 of what they were experiencing in that moment,

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 it literally means their jaws were dropped.

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 They were speechless.

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 They knew nothing to say

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 and then the other gospels say

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 that this marveling actually led to fear on their part.

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 What manner of man is this, they said,

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 that even the wind and the seas obey him.

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 Same word Paul uses here,

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 thou matzo.

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 I'm astonished.

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 My jaw has hit the floor.

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 Same word that is used for the disciples by Luke

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 on the day of Jesus's resurrection

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 when he appears into the room later that night

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 and he just shows up in the middle of the room

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 and he has that mill of fish right in front of them

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 and it says thou matzo in regards to the disciples.

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 They're blown away.

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 They've just seen a person resurrected from the dead

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 appear in front of them suddenly.

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 Now imagine how that might feel.

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 Be terrifying.

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 Be overwhelmed with amazement.

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 That's what Paul says he feels in this moment.

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 I'm blown away.

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 I'm astonished at how quickly

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 you have turned to another gospel.

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 So his astonishment is not just about the fact

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 that they are entertaining and tolerating false gospels.

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 It's the fact that they've done it so quickly.

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 You know, dating New Testament letters

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 isn't always an easy thing to do.

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 It's tricky.

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 But the evidence suggests

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 that at the time Paul wrote this letter

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 to the Galatian churches,

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 it was only about a year

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 after he had actually helped to establish these churches.

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 That's fast.

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 It's a reminder that the early season following our conversion

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 is often the most exciting.

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 It's also the most volatile.

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 because Satan wastes no time trying to destroy our faith.

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 Because for us to stay too excited about our faith for very long

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 is going to become an influence on others

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 who might turn to the gospel as well.

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 And the early days of our faith

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 is often the most challenged of our faith.

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 That's not to say that as we grow

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 and as we get older

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 that it doesn't become more difficult.

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 It's just the challenges begin to change

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 and they take different shapes for each of us.

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 But it's only through faithfulness to the word,

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 reliance on the Holy Spirit

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 that we develop this spiritual maturity

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 that is necessary for fighting off these attacks.

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 Well, these fledgling churches had not had time

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 to develop that level of maturity.

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 And it didn't take long for false teachers to come in

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 and to begin to deceive

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 so that these young believers were beginning to turn away.

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 Notice that Paul's accusation here

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 is not that they were deserting the gospel,

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 but that they were deserting God.

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 Look at it in verse 6.

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 I'm astonished that you are so quickly deserting him

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 who called you in the grace of Christ.

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 This turning from the gospel was not an action on its own.

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 It was the means by which they were deserting God himself.

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 You cannot separate love for God from faith in his truth.

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 You can't separate discipleship from faithfulness to the gospel.

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 And think about it.

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 These Galatians would have immediately affirmed a love for Jesus.

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 But Paul's priority in writing to them

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 was that by turning to a false gospel,

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 they were in reality deserting the very God

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 that they claimed to love and to know and to follow.

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 Because it's impossible to be a disciple of Jesus

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 and tolerate a different gospel than he taught.

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 It's not possible.

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 And I see in this verse a warning

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 against the modern notions of deconstruction

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 within Christian communities.

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 Do you know what I mean?

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 Do you understand what I mean when I say that?

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 There is this, you can find all kinds of articles about it.

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 It feels like every other day there's another apostate Christian

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 and there's an article that's written about them

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 and how they have gone through this process of deconstruction

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 that has ultimately led to them leaving the faith altogether.

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 It is kind of a buzzword right now

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 that indicates kind of tearing apart everything that you've ever believed

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 to find some other kind of truth or your truth

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 or however it is that you might term it.

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 True deconstruction implies that there is a systematic dismantling

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 of the trappings of religion

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 in order that we might get to the foundations of Christianity

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 which is the gospel.

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 So that if we talked about Legos a couple weeks ago, right kiddos?

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 Let's say we were to build a castle out of Legos this morning.

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 There would be a difference between John Moseley coming through

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 and saying, hi-yah!

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 Karate chopping the castle apart, right?

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 There's a difference between that and Clementine coming to the castle

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 and saying, you know, instead of just karate chopping the thing

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 and destroying it to start over,

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 why don't we just kind of take it apart piece by piece

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 to see where the instability actually was

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 and then we'll reconstruct it better.

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 Okay, that's true deconstruction.

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 It's a systematic dismantling that gets us to the gospel

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 so that then we can reconstruct our lives and our faith

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 and our beliefs on the gospel itself.

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 Another word for this is reformation.

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 And this is something that we're always doing as Christians.

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 We're always looking at the peripheral things in the church.

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 We're always looking at the traditions of the church,

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 the things that we cling to so tightly

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 and evaluate them against the truth of the gospel.

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 Are they actually serving the purpose of the gospel?

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 So that coming out of the Reformation in the 16th century,

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 that phrase, always reforming, would be true for us today.

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 That's the true sense of deconstruction.

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 But what's happening in many Christian circles today

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 is not deconstruction.

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 It's demolition.

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 And what people have done is for legitimate reasons in some cases,

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 because of church hurt or the ubiquitous headlines

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 about abuses in the church and physical abuses

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 and spiritual abuses and all these kinds of things.

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 And there's these people that have spent their lives in Christianity

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 and maybe it was a superficial life or whatever it was.

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 And they begin not to deconstruct their faith.

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 They just demolish it altogether.

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 And when they bring the wrecking ball in,

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 they destroy the gospel with it.

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 So what comes out on the other end

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 is not a reconstructed faith built on the truth

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 absent of man worship

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 or absent of all the trappings of religion

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 that would aggravate us and frustrate us in our walk with Christ.

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 What actually comes out on the other end

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 is a tolerance of a false gospel,

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 whether you call it that or not,

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 bending to cultural whims,

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 turning to a gospel of their own making.

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 They've utterly deserted God.

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 And that's what Paul's getting across.

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 You think that you're just improving or strengthening your faith

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 or whatever it is.

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 That's not actually what you're doing, Galatians.

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 You're deserting God.

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 And if you're in one of those positions right now

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 of quote-unquote deconstruction,

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 just as a word of warning,

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 make sure in the process of reforming your faith

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 that you don't demolish God,

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 that you don't desert Him in the process.

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 So they're deserting God.

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 Second thing we see here in verse 7

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 is they're distorting the gospel.

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 That's how they're deserting God,

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 by distorting the gospel.

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 Verse 7, not that there is another one,

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 but there are some who trouble you

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 and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

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 The false teachers who were troubling the Galatians,

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 we find as we continue reading the letter,

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 they were what we refer to as Judaizers,

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 which were Jews who claimed to be followers of Jesus,

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 that Jesus was necessary for salvation,

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 but they taught one must get to Jesus through Judaism.

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 So that they insisted that salvation from Jesus

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 could only be achieved by someone

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 who first converts to Judaism,

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 and with that comes taking the sign of circumcision,

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 or at least affirming as a woman

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 that you would agree that circumcision would be necessary,

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 and then you adopt the Old Testament laws

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 in regards to ceremonies, rituals, dietary restrictions.

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 So that the seduction of this kind of teaching

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 is that it does not outright deny Christ.

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 That's why it's so deceptive.

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 They didn't deny Christ.

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 They didn't deny that He was useless.

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 They actually affirm, though,

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 that we need Jesus as a part of this equation.

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 His sacrifice really does mean something to what we're doing,

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 but it's not everything.

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 It's not sufficient on its own.

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 You also need the law.

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 You need these ceremonies.

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 You need the Sabbath.

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 You need the dietary restrictions.

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 You need the circumcision.

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 And once you come through that pathway,

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 that pathway is the only way to really get to Jesus

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 and receive eternal salvation and forgiveness of sins.

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 So rather than denying the gospel,

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 they distort it.

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 But to distort the gospel is to destroy it.

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 That's Paul's point.

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 And he says it at other points in the letter.

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 Chapter 2 and verse 21,

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 you could probably just look there quickly with your eyes.

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 It's probably on the same page.

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 Chapter 2, verse 21,

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 I do not nullify the grace of God,

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 for if righteousness were through the law,

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 as the Judaizers were teaching,

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 then Christ died for no purpose.

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 In other words, they're distorting the gospel.

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 They're destroying it.

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 You can't have a righteousness on your own.

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 You can't have a righteousness that comes in any way

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 through the law.

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 And if you can attain a righteousness in any way

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 through the law,

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 there was no purpose for Jesus then to die.

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 So the Judaizers then,

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 they're not simply enhancing the gospel.

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 They're actually destroying the gospel.

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 Look at chapter 3.

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 It might still be on the same page there for you.

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 And at verse 10,

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 for all who rely on works of the law

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 are under a curse.

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 For it's written,

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 cursed be everyone

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 who does not abide by all things

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 written in the book of the law

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 and do them.

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 Now it is evident, Paul writes,

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 that no one is justified before God by the law,

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 for the righteous shall live by faith.

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 That's a quote from Habakkuk.

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 But the law is not of faith.

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 Rather, the one who does them

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 shall live by them.

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 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law

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 by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written,

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 cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree

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 so that in Christ Jesus,

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 the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles

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 so that we might receive the promised spirit

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 through faith.

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 You see what Paul's getting across here?

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 You can't have works in faith.

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 It doesn't work.

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 They're not compatible.

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 Righteousness from the law

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 and righteousness by faith

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 are not complementary.

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 They're not compatible.

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 They're antonyms.

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 They don't work that way.

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 It's one or the other.

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 This is really no different

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 from the false gospels

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 that we deal with today.

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 It's no different from

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 the teachings that salvation

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 comes through observance of the sacraments

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 or through penance

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 or the mediation of saints.

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 It's no different from those who would say

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 that your baptism is salvific in some way,

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 that Jesus is great and you need him

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 and we're so grateful for him,

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 but you won't be saved until you get baptized

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 and that in your baptism,

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 that salvation is then made complete.

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 That's a heresy not to be tolerated.

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 Can I tell you that there's a lot of Baptist churches

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 like ours who do the same thing.

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 They don't do it with baptism.

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 They do it in other subtle ways.

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 They preach superficial gospels,

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 superficial explanations of truth.

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 And they suggest that your salvation

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 is on the action of a moment.

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 That if you walk this aisle

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 and if you say this prayer

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 and if you fill this card,

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 you're good.

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 So that in the end,

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 people are not embracing Jesus alone for salvation.

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 I wonder how many people we know

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 who have set their hope

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 on something in addition to Jesus.

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 In their hearts,

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 they're trusting not the finished work of Christ.

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 They're trusting their baptism

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 or they're trusting their observance

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 of religious formalities or rituals.

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 They're trusting this prayer that they prayed

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 or they're trusting some other superficial thing

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 other than the gospel.

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 It's not that they take the gospel out.

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 It's that they are deceived into thinking

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 that it's not the gospel alone.

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 We need to remember that Jesus

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 plus anything else equals nothing.

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 That's what Paul is expressing to these Galatians.

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 You can't add circumcision to Jesus.

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 If you add circumcision to Jesus,

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 you end up with no gospel.

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 If you add the Sabbath to Jesus,

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 you end up with no gospel.

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 If you add baptism to Jesus,

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 you end up with no gospel.

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 If you add a ritualistic prayer to Jesus,

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 you end up with no gospel.

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 MacArthur says,

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 Paul is not friendly to that.

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 He doesn't see that as a minor detail.

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 What harm if they want to be circumcised?

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 What harm if they want to keep the Sabbath?

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 What harm if they want to follow rituals

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 and ceremonies and dietary laws?

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 What harm is that?

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 It's deadly harm, he says.

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 It's damning harm.

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 Because if you add any work of any kind to the gospel,

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 you have undone grace.

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 And the gospel that we proclaim

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 and the gospel that we believe for salvation,

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 the gospel that we defend is the gospel of grace,

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 not grace plus anything else.

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 It's grace and grace alone.

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 And to add any other thing to it

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 is to nullify the grace of God,

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 Paul says.

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 And his famous remarks about the man on the middle cross,

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 I'm sure all of you have probably,

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 at least on some level,

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 are familiar with this clip.

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 Alistair Begg said,

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 if you were to die tonight

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 and try to gain entry into heaven,

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 what would you say?

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 And he says,

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 if you or I answer that in the first person,

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 we have immediately gone wrong.

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 Because I,

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 because I have faith,

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 because I am this,

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 because I got baptized,

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 because my dad was a preacher,

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 or because this,

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 or because I,

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 I,

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 I,

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 I.

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 No,

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 he says.

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 Loved ones,

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:11.079
 the only proper answer

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.619
 is in the third person.

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.519
 Because he,

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:17.980
 because he took my sin,

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:20.660
 because he died my death,

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:23.400
 because he rose from the dead,

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:25.980
 because in the context of what he was saying,

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.960
 he said I could come.

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:31.079
 And that's exactly what Jesus did.

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:33.100
 He said come to me,

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:36.200
 all who are weak and heavy laden,

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:39.200
 and I will give you rest.

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:41.440
 It's not about what you do.

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:44.360
 It's not about an action that you perform.

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:46.140
 It's about him,

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:46.960
 and him alone.

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:50.259
 There is one gospel,

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:53.940
 and if you try to add anything to it at all,

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:57.860
 it becomes no gospel at all.

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.940
 It removes then,

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.640
 the only good news

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:03.480
 that actually makes it gospel.

00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:06.720
 The exclusivity of the gospel,

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.740
 we see the second thing,

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.200
 and we're done.

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:10.720
 The destroyers of the gospel of grace.

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:13.980
 The destroyers of the gospel of grace.

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:15.200
 Look with me at verse eight.

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.940
 But even if we,

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.200
 or an angel from heaven,

00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:20.539
 should preach to you

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:24.180
 a gospel contrary to the one we preach to you,

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:26.340
 let him be accursed.

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:29.140
 As we've said before,

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.360
 so now I say again,

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:32.840
 if anyone is preaching to you a gospel

00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:35.360
 contrary to the one you received,

00:28:35.560 --> 00:28:38.120
 let him be accursed.

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:43.579
 Paul's speaking through hyperbole here.

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:46.179
 He doesn't actually anticipate

00:28:46.179 --> 00:28:48.299
 that there will come a time in his ministry

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:51.579
 that he will change his preaching of the gospel.

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:54.939
 Neither did he intend to say

00:28:54.939 --> 00:28:57.259
 that it's even possible for an angel,

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:58.639
 a true angel from heaven,

00:28:58.639 --> 00:29:00.559
 to preach a different gospel

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:02.519
 than the gospel of God.

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:04.660
 That's not what he means to insist here.

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.539
 He's speaking in hyperbole.

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:10.019
 His point is that the gospel of grace through Jesus

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:13.279
 is not the exclusive gospel

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:15.059
 because he says it is.

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:18.059
 It's the exclusive gospel

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:20.519
 because God says it is.

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.460
 Do you see the difference here?

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.839
 That's why he throws himself in here.

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:28.299
 That's why he throws the angelic beings in here.

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:31.220
 That it's not about what the messenger says.

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:33.019
 It's not my gospel.

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:35.440
 It's not my authority.

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.539
 This is God's gospel.

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.259
 This is his authority.

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:42.180
 It's his word that has told us these things.

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:45.319
 It is his spirit that has affirmed these things.

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:48.600
 It is his son who has accomplished these things.

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:50.480
 This isn't my gospel, it's his.

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:52.500
 And if anyone, including me,

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.200
 were to come into your church

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:55.839
 and preach any other gospel

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:57.980
 other than what you have received,

00:29:57.980 --> 00:30:00.480
 let him be accursed.

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:05.279
 Which brings us to an important point of application,

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:08.400
 I think, regarding celebrity individuals

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:09.500
 within Christianity.

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:15.200
 Be careful that your faith isn't based

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:18.480
 merely on what your favorite preacher says

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:21.980
 or what your favorite musicians sing.

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:27.799
 don't accept something just because I say it

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:31.460
 or because someone that you actually respect says it.

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.200
 No.

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:37.079
 We can't do that.

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:43.599
 If your faith isn't based on the word of God,

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:48.400
 you will inevitably fall into whatever error

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:50.700
 your favorite Christian succumbs to.

00:30:53.780 --> 00:30:55.759
 There is nothing unique about me.

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:59.960
 There was nothing particularly unique about Paul

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:02.980
 other than the way the Lord used him.

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:05.720
 And Paul says,

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:07.200
 if you base your faith

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:08.339
 and your gospel

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:10.720
 and your doctrine solely on me,

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:12.120
 you're gonna go wrong.

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:14.980
 Because if I and the weakness of my flesh go wrong,

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:16.259
 you're gonna follow me there.

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:19.180
 It's not about me, he says.

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:20.360
 It's about the word.

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:22.440
 It's about the truth of God.

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:24.200
 It's about his gospel.

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:28.920
 We must get in the habit of,

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.140
 as so many of you are,

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.500
 and I love it so much,

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.720
 we're blessed as a church

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:36.580
 to have people we would call as noble Bereans,

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:38.480
 like in Acts 16,

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.880
 examining the scriptures

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:42.940
 and as Paul said,

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:44.759
 destroying arguments

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:48.059
 that exalt themselves against the truth of God.

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:51.059
 We are blessed as a church

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.519
 with many people who do that.

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:55.160
 And let me just echo what Paul says.

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.339
 If at any point,

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:58.059
 it doesn't matter if I'm the founding pastor,

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:59.299
 whatever title you would give me,

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.700
 if at any point,

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.900
 Jared Blankenship stands up here

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:04.779
 on a Sunday morning or any other time

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:07.440
 and starts to add things to the gospel of grace,

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:09.759
 it is time for you noble Bereans

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:11.000
 to find a new pastor.

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.639
 Paul says,

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.740
 this is not about me.

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:17.960
 This is about the truth.

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:22.279
 And so don't follow me on the road to error,

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:25.079
 don't follow an angel on the road to error.

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.879
 Trust the Bible.

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:29.019
 Trust God.

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:33.440
 Because many false teachers are everywhere.

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:38.000
 And the Bible warns time and time again

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:40.460
 that these destroyers of the gospel

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:42.279
 are not always easy to identify.

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:45.720
 Matthew chapter seven,

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.839
 in the Sermon on the Mount,

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.660
 Jesus said,

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:49.079
 beware of false prophets

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:51.619
 who come to you in sheep's clothing.

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.779
 Inwardly,

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:55.480
 they're ravenous wolves.

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:58.720
 Be careful who you read after.

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:02.480
 Be careful who you listen to

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.740
 on their sermon podcast.

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:06.579
 Be careful who you watch on TV.

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:08.519
 Be careful who it is

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.779
 that you begin to follow.

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:13.119
 Always judge everything by the truth of God,

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:16.299
 not the winsomeness of a personality

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:18.319
 or the seeming effectiveness

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.599
 of somebody's preaching.

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:23.180
 Some of you have been a part of ministries before

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:25.940
 who seem to be abundantly fruitful

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:27.000
 only to find out

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:29.279
 that the one driving with their personality

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:32.180
 was involved in some type of sickening sin

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.399
 and had to be disqualified.

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:35.460
 You know what that's like.

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:40.539
 And if we set our hopes on those people,

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:42.160
 when they fall,

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:44.840
 we will either fall

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:48.039
 or we'll be absolutely devastated

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:50.400
 and we'll be tempted

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:52.460
 to be like those deconstructionists

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.680
 that we talked about earlier.

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:56.400
 So hurt that we stop going to church

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:57.840
 because we think that the church

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:59.180
 is just full of a bunch of people

00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.920
 that aren't worth associating with anymore.

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:03.500
 We stop listening to preachers

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:05.140
 because we assume that all the preachers

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:06.299
 are just as bad as this one.

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.140
 If this one could fool me,

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:08.320
 the rest of them could fool me.

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:11.599
 If this guy was a proponent of that thing,

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.880
 I'm going to make sure

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:14.719
 that I don't listen to that thing anymore.

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:17.119
 You see, we got to be careful with that.

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:21.139
 1 Timothy 6, Paul told Timothy,

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.440
 he said,

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:23.139
 if anyone teaches a different gospel,

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.679
 a different doctrine

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.500
 and does not agree

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:27.679
 with sound words of Jesus Christ

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.679
 and the teaching

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.860
 that accords with godliness,

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:31.239
 he's puffed up,

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:33.059
 puffed up with conceit

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.239
 and understands nothing,

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:34.879
 he says.

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.399
 In Acts 20,

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:39.059
 he says to the Ephesian elders,

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:40.719
 I know that after my departure,

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:43.000
 fierce wolves will come in among you,

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.719
 not sparing the flock.

00:34:44.979 --> 00:34:46.559
 And then he takes it a step further.

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:47.199
 He says,

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:48.979
 and from among your own selves,

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:50.379
 even among the elders

00:34:50.379 --> 00:34:51.619
 of your own church,

00:34:52.379 --> 00:34:53.759
 there may be some men

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:56.039
 who arise speaking twisted things

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:57.819
 to draw away the disciples

00:34:57.819 --> 00:34:58.819
 after them

00:34:58.819 --> 00:35:00.519
 instead of after Christ.

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.799
 And he says,

00:35:01.879 --> 00:35:02.839
 so be alert.

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.619
 So church,

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:06.500
 be alert.

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.819
 Be alert.

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.619
 What will happen

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.679
 to these destroyers

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.299
 of the gospel?

00:35:17.339 --> 00:35:18.059
 Paul tells us

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:19.659
 in verse 8 and 9,

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.500
 he repeats it.

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:22.059
 They will be accursed.

00:35:23.419 --> 00:35:24.319
 This word,

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.079
 anathema,

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:28.000
 has the implication

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:30.099
 of one who is being devoted

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:31.059
 to destruction.

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:33.380
 The word itself means devoted to

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.659
 or devoted to something.

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.519
 In the scripture,

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:37.679
 it's always put in the context

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:39.699
 of negativity or a curse.

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.940
 So we take from that

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:42.480
 that what Paul intends to say

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.639
 is that these people

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:45.400
 are devoted by God

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:46.739
 to destruction.

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:48.199
 They are accursed

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:49.900
 in that sense.

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:52.099
 It's the same word he uses

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.960
 to the Corinthians,

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:54.519
 1 Corinthians 16, 22,

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.739
 to describe those

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.519
 who do not love

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.219
 the Lord Jesus.

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.019
 It's the same word he uses

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:02.239
 in chapter 3 and verse 13.

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:03.539
 We read it just a moment ago

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:05.079
 to describe what Jesus

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:06.679
 became for us.

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:08.659
 He became anathema

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:10.139
 for us.

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:13.219
 This is not the kind of word

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:14.360
 someone uses

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.519
 to say that God

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.539
 is going to put them

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.800
 in a time out

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.599
 for a little while.

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:21.420
 Or as Gus would say,

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.539
 get a nice talking to.

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:24.239
 That's not the kind of word

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:25.380
 Paul's using here, Gus.

00:36:26.279 --> 00:36:26.880
 No.

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:31.299
 The Galatians were flirting

00:36:31.299 --> 00:36:32.880
 with a damning heresy

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:35.679
 that had eternal consequences.

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:39.940
 He intentionally repeats himself,

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:41.619
 making the point absolutely clear.

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.940
 Those who attempt

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:44.259
 to change the gospel

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:46.579
 are devoted by God,

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.380
 the judge,

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:49.119
 to eternal hell.

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.900
 And why do you think

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.900
 he's so concerned

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:53.119
 to be repetitive

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:54.500
 and to express this

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.280
 to these believers

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.140
 in Galatia?

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:58.240
 Because if you end up

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:59.200
 hitching your wagon

00:36:59.200 --> 00:37:00.340
 to a false teacher,

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:02.059
 you will follow them

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.019
 on the path

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.820
 to destruction.

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:06.260
 That's why he's writing.

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.920
 He's not writing

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:09.280
 because his feelings

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.900
 are hurt,

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:11.019
 that they're listening

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:12.119
 to another teacher

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:13.059
 more than they're listening

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.700
 to him.

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.800
 That's not Paul's purpose.

00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:17.000
 He's writing

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:18.559
 because the very salvation

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.639
 of their souls

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.519
 is at stake

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:22.480
 and the continuation

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.920
 of the true gospel

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.780
 is at stake.

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:27.599
 That's why we must affirm this.

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:30.059
 That's why we must defend

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:31.760
 this truth.

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:35.660
 So let's wrap it up.

00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:38.340
 There's one gospel.

00:37:39.540 --> 00:37:41.040
 It must not only be believed,

00:37:41.540 --> 00:37:42.620
 it must be defended.

00:37:42.620 --> 00:37:45.260
 And we cannot take

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:46.420
 a casual approach

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.260
 to these things.

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:50.800
 We must remain steadfast,

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.440
 firm

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.980
 in our convictions

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.680
 about God

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:55.420
 and his truth.

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:57.980
 but I want to finish

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.800
 by addressing

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.400
 anyone

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:01.840
 who may be concerned

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.320
 that

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:03.720
 your tolerance

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:05.900
 has led God

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.500
 to remove

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.240
 his salvation

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.860
 from you.

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.940
 And I want to point out

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.960
 that's not what Paul

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.820
 is dealing with here

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.700
 with the Galatians.

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:16.539
 He wasn't assuming

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.400
 that the believers

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:18.280
 in Galatia

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.500
 were unconverted

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:21.039
 or in danger

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:22.320
 of having their salvation

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.340
 taken away.

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:26.120
 that's not what he's saying.

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:28.620
 Salvation is eternal.

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.800
 That's why the Bible

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:31.360
 calls it

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:32.980
 eternal salvation.

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:35.700
 Everlasting life.

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.860
 Meaning that

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.940
 once you have it,

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:40.320
 you get to keep it.

00:38:41.140 --> 00:38:42.940
 Because you didn't get it

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:44.019
 for something you did,

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:46.039
 you received it

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.980
 because of something

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:48.260
 Christ has done.

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:50.039
 And his work

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:51.300
 cannot be undone.

00:38:51.640 --> 00:38:53.320
 It will not be undone.

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:54.860
 That is his promise

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.500
 to us

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.800
 and it's a promise

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.579
 you can trust.

00:38:59.100 --> 00:39:00.140
 But the Bible

00:39:00.140 --> 00:39:01.460
 makes it clear also

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:04.220
 that the authenticity

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:05.840
 of our salvation

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.960
 is revealed

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:08.680
 in the fruitfulness

00:39:08.680 --> 00:39:09.539
 of our lives.

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:12.200
 Jesus said this,

00:39:13.660 --> 00:39:14.740
 by their fruits

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:15.820
 you will know them,

00:39:16.160 --> 00:39:16.660
 he said.

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:18.320
 The apostles

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:19.880
 repeated that

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.780
 time and again.

00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:23.600
 So Paul's warning

00:39:23.600 --> 00:39:24.840
 here to the Galatians

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:26.640
 was to get

00:39:26.640 --> 00:39:27.840
 the true believers,

00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:29.740
 the truly converted ones,

00:39:30.100 --> 00:39:31.300
 back on track

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:32.300
 because we all

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:33.280
 need that sometimes.

00:39:34.060 --> 00:39:35.480
 We all have moments

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:36.440
 where for one reason

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:36.820
 or another

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.680
 maybe we're deceived

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.460
 that we're drawn away

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.280
 from certain things

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:40.400
 about the truth

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.660
 and if we have

00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:42.380
 the Holy Spirit

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:43.200
 living within us

00:39:43.200 --> 00:39:43.960
 which is promised

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.760
 at conversion,

00:39:45.160 --> 00:39:45.980
 we know that

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.660
 with the preaching

00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:47.360
 of the gospel

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:49.180
 we will be realigned

00:39:49.180 --> 00:39:50.240
 with the working

00:39:50.240 --> 00:39:50.780
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.360
 We know the Bible

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:52.300
 tells us that's true.

00:39:52.640 --> 00:39:53.380
 Paul's writing

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.760
 so that the truly converted

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:56.880
 will be reformed.

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.660
 They'll be put

00:39:57.660 --> 00:39:58.760
 back on track

00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:59.740
 affirming

00:39:59.740 --> 00:40:00.720
 and defending the gospel.

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:02.099
 But he's also writing

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:03.820
 that the truly unconverted

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.780
 would be exposed

00:40:04.780 --> 00:40:05.460
 as such.

00:40:07.620 --> 00:40:08.620
 That brings up

00:40:08.620 --> 00:40:09.220
 the question

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:10.940
 about individuals

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:12.079
 who at some point

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:12.800
 in their life

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:14.460
 appear to be

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.280
 genuine Christians

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:17.360
 but later deny

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.980
 the faith

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:19.740
 and become apostate.

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:21.800
 How are we supposed

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:23.060
 to process that?

00:40:25.640 --> 00:40:27.060
 John helps us there.

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:29.600
 1 John 2

00:40:29.600 --> 00:40:30.600
 and verse 19

00:40:30.600 --> 00:40:32.160
 he says

00:40:32.160 --> 00:40:32.700
 they went out

00:40:32.700 --> 00:40:33.440
 from us

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:35.019
 but they were not

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.680
 of us

00:40:35.680 --> 00:40:37.600
 for if they had been

00:40:37.600 --> 00:40:38.820
 of us

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:40.180
 they would have

00:40:40.180 --> 00:40:41.600
 continued with us

00:40:41.600 --> 00:40:43.380
 but they went out

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:45.160
 that it might

00:40:45.160 --> 00:40:46.200
 become plain

00:40:46.200 --> 00:40:48.079
 that they are

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:49.500
 all not

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.440
 of us.

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:52.599
 In other words

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:52.980
 he's saying

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.559
 you see it

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.140
 in the fruitfulness

00:40:54.140 --> 00:40:54.940
 of their life.

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.760
 Upon hearing

00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:57.360
 the faithful

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:58.400
 preaching of the gospel

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:59.460
 do they realign

00:40:59.460 --> 00:41:00.860
 to the truth of God

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:02.019
 or do they continue

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.660
 in error

00:41:02.660 --> 00:41:03.980
 rejecting the truth

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.559
 of the gospel?

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.920
 Well that's what

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.640
 reveals to us

00:41:07.640 --> 00:41:08.180
 whether or not

00:41:08.180 --> 00:41:08.840
 their conversion

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:09.640
 was ever legitimate

00:41:09.640 --> 00:41:10.740
 or whether they were

00:41:10.740 --> 00:41:11.240
 like though

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:12.019
 the seed

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:12.839
 that Jesus said

00:41:12.839 --> 00:41:13.399
 sometimes

00:41:13.399 --> 00:41:14.639
 it sprouts

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.379
 for just a moment

00:41:15.379 --> 00:41:16.079
 and it appears

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:17.099
 to be something genuine

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:17.739
 but it quickly

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:18.899
 fades away

00:41:18.899 --> 00:41:19.459
 either through

00:41:19.459 --> 00:41:20.599
 the persecutions

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:21.059
 of life

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:21.859
 or the deceitfulness

00:41:21.859 --> 00:41:22.419
 of sin.

00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:26.799
 Those who abandon

00:41:26.799 --> 00:41:27.359
 the faith

00:41:27.359 --> 00:41:28.479
 prove that they

00:41:28.479 --> 00:41:29.379
 never truly belong

00:41:29.379 --> 00:41:29.859
 to God

00:41:29.859 --> 00:41:32.179
 but those who

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:33.399
 do belong to God

00:41:33.399 --> 00:41:34.859
 will hear the warnings

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.919
 of Galatians 1

00:41:35.919 --> 00:41:37.419
 and strengthen

00:41:37.419 --> 00:41:38.099
 their faith

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:39.219
 in the one true gospel.

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:42.259
 not because

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:42.959
 they're smarter

00:41:42.959 --> 00:41:44.000
 than the other guys

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:46.939
 but because

00:41:46.939 --> 00:41:47.719
 it is the grace

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:48.519
 of Christ

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:50.619
 that holds us fast

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:52.599
 not our ability

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:53.279
 to hold on

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:53.779
 to him.

00:41:55.759 --> 00:41:56.259
 Sometimes

00:41:56.259 --> 00:41:57.259
 we hear people

00:41:57.259 --> 00:41:57.679
 say

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:58.719
 and I've probably

00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:59.319
 said something

00:41:59.319 --> 00:42:00.059
 like this before

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:01.419
 in the midst

00:42:01.419 --> 00:42:03.379
 of a difficult trial

00:42:03.379 --> 00:42:03.980
 and we would say

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.839
 I'm just trying

00:42:04.839 --> 00:42:05.399
 to cling on

00:42:05.399 --> 00:42:05.719
 just trying

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:06.239
 to hold on

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:06.619
 to him

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:07.399
 and I understand

00:42:07.399 --> 00:42:08.219
 why we say that

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:08.879
 because from our

00:42:08.879 --> 00:42:09.219
 perspective

00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:09.779
 that's all we're

00:42:09.779 --> 00:42:09.980
 doing

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.319
 we're just

00:42:10.319 --> 00:42:10.839
 trying to hold

00:42:10.839 --> 00:42:11.079
 on.

00:42:11.899 --> 00:42:12.519
 The truth

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:12.939
 of the matter

00:42:12.939 --> 00:42:13.519
 is when it

00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:14.039
 comes to our

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:14.599
 salvation

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:16.019
 you can hold

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.500
 on as tight

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.000
 as you want

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.659
 and it won't

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:18.239
 mean anything

00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:19.959
 if he's not

00:42:19.959 --> 00:42:20.399
 holding on

00:42:20.399 --> 00:42:20.819
 to you

00:42:20.819 --> 00:42:22.459
 and that's

00:42:22.459 --> 00:42:22.879
 the point.

00:42:23.839 --> 00:42:24.579
 You fall

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:25.000
 into some

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.319
 kind of

00:42:25.319 --> 00:42:25.759
 deception

00:42:25.759 --> 00:42:26.239
 or some

00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:26.579
 kind of

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.019
 tolerance

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:27.259
 if you've

00:42:27.259 --> 00:42:27.539
 got some

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:27.899
 doubts

00:42:27.899 --> 00:42:28.159
 and you're

00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:28.819
 just trying

00:42:28.819 --> 00:42:29.219
 to work

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:29.619
 through all

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:30.059
 the stuff

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:31.299
 be assured

00:42:31.299 --> 00:42:32.319
 that if

00:42:32.319 --> 00:42:32.759
 you have

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:33.259
 been truly

00:42:33.259 --> 00:42:33.759
 converted

00:42:33.759 --> 00:42:34.239
 you have

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:34.779
 the witness

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.319
 of the Holy

00:42:35.319 --> 00:42:35.619
 Spirit

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.179
 in your life

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:37.359
 Jesus is

00:42:37.359 --> 00:42:37.779
 the one

00:42:37.779 --> 00:42:38.519
 holding you.

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.039
 We sing

00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:40.739
 about this.

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:42.399
 Great songs

00:42:42.399 --> 00:42:42.799
 we sing

00:42:42.799 --> 00:42:43.440
 about this.

00:42:43.839 --> 00:42:44.539
 When I fear

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:45.359
 my faith

00:42:45.359 --> 00:42:46.359
 will fail

00:42:46.359 --> 00:42:48.000
 Christ

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.539
 will hold

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:49.279
 me fast.

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:50.819
 Not me

00:42:50.819 --> 00:42:51.659
 grabbing myself

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:52.719
 by the bootstraps

00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:53.500
 and giving myself

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:54.099
 a kick in the

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:54.440
 pants

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.699
 and just

00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:55.159
 getting my

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:55.739
 head right.

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:56.419
 No

00:42:56.419 --> 00:42:57.099
 that won't

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:57.480
 do it

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:57.899
 because your

00:42:57.899 --> 00:42:58.519
 head's always

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:58.839
 going to

00:42:58.839 --> 00:42:59.179
 fail.

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:00.099
 No

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.539
 Christ

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.000
 will hold

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.719
 us fast.

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.119
 When the

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.599
 tempter

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.379
 would prevail

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:05.800
 he will

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:06.200
 hold me

00:43:06.200 --> 00:43:06.740
 fast.

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:08.420
 I could

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:08.700
 never

00:43:08.700 --> 00:43:09.400
 keep my

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:09.840
 hold

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.760
 through

00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:11.280
 life's

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:11.619
 fearful

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:12.260
 path

00:43:12.260 --> 00:43:13.780
 for my

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:14.300
 love is

00:43:14.300 --> 00:43:14.660
 often

00:43:14.660 --> 00:43:15.220
 cold.

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:16.840
 He

00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:17.280
 must

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:17.579
 hold

00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:17.820
 me

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.380
 fast.

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:19.720
 And

00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:19.980
 that's

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.119
 the

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:20.500
 blessing

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:20.820
 of it

00:43:20.820 --> 00:43:21.079
 all.

00:43:22.640 --> 00:43:22.940
 Todd

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.280
 Wilson

00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:23.680
 said

00:43:23.680 --> 00:43:24.000
 using

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.559
 scripture

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:26.119
 by his

00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:26.340
 own

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:26.780
 power

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:27.160
 God

00:43:27.160 --> 00:43:27.400
 will

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:27.820
 quote

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:28.900
 guard

00:43:28.900 --> 00:43:29.140
 us

00:43:29.140 --> 00:43:29.340
 through

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:29.820
 faith

00:43:29.820 --> 00:43:30.059
 for

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:30.680
 salvation

00:43:30.680 --> 00:43:31.980
 ready

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.360
 to be

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:32.780
 revealed

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:33.099
 in the

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:33.420
 last

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:33.820
 time.

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:34.800
 That's

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:35.220
 1 Peter

00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:35.500
 1

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:35.880
 5.

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:37.140
 He's

00:43:37.140 --> 00:43:37.400
 more

00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:37.700
 than

00:43:37.700 --> 00:43:38.780
 able

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:39.039
 to

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:39.360
 keep

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:39.539
 us

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:39.740
 from

00:43:39.740 --> 00:43:40.240
 stumbling

00:43:40.240 --> 00:43:40.780
 and

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:40.980
 to

00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:41.420
 present

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:41.660
 you

00:43:41.660 --> 00:43:42.480
 blameless

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:43.039
 before

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.400
 the

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.840
 presence

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:44.059
 of

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.200
 his

00:43:44.200 --> 00:43:44.579
 glory

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:44.800
 with

00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:45.119
 great

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.519
 joy.

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:46.260
 That's

00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:46.480
 Jude

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:47.000
 24.

00:43:47.260 --> 00:43:47.519
 Think

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:47.720
 about

00:43:47.720 --> 00:43:47.960
 that

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:48.240
 one.

00:43:49.059 --> 00:43:49.220
 Remember

00:43:49.220 --> 00:43:49.420
 what

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:49.740
 Jesus

00:43:49.740 --> 00:43:50.019
 told

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.200
 his

00:43:50.200 --> 00:43:50.700
 disciples?

00:43:52.140 --> 00:43:52.619
 He

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:52.800
 says

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:52.960
 all

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:53.099
 that

00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:53.240
 the

00:43:53.240 --> 00:43:53.440
 father

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:53.680
 gives

00:43:53.680 --> 00:43:53.820
 me

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:53.960
 will

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:54.160
 come

00:43:54.160 --> 00:43:54.340
 to

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:54.519
 me

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:54.700
 and

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:54.860
 no

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:54.980
 one

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.140
 that

00:43:55.140 --> 00:43:55.380
 comes

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.539
 to

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:55.680
 me

00:43:55.680 --> 00:43:55.880
 will

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.059
 ever

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:56.240
 be

00:43:56.240 --> 00:43:56.559
 cast

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:56.940
 out.

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 He

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 says

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 this

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 charge

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 I

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 have

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 received

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 from

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 my

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 father

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 that

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 anyone

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 who

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 belongs

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 to

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 him

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 will

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 not

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 be

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 abandoned

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 they

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 will

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 not

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 be

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 left

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 out.

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 So

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 to

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 say

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 that

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 at

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 some

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 point

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 Jesus

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 is

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 going

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 to

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 let

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 me

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 go

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 says

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 either

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 not

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 sufficient

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 enough

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 for

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 your

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 salvation

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 or

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 he

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 is

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 not

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 capable

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 of

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 holding

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 you

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 in

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 your

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 salvation

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 and

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 we

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 know

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 both

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 of

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 those

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 things

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 are

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 absolutely

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!

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 false.

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 indeed

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 is

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 sufficient.

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!

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 he

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 does

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 and

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 so

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 Jude

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 says

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 he

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 is

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 able

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 to

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 keep

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 you

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 from

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 stumbling

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 and

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 to

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 present

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 you

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 blameless

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 before

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 God

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 because

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 that's

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 the

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 task

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 been

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 given

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 and

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 if

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 you

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 belong

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 to

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 him

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 he

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 will

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 present

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 you

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 before

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 his

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 father

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 he

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 goes

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 on

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 he

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 who

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 called

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 you

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 to

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 his

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 eternal

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!

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 glory

00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:53.900
 in

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 Christ

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 will

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 himself

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 restore

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!

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 confirm!

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 strengthen!

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 establish

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 you

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 that's

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 1 Peter

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 5

00:45:01.379 --> 00:45:01.699
 10

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 he

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 will

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:02.879
 quote

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 sustain

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 you

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 to

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 the

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 end

00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:05.579
 guiltless

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 in

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 the

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 day

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 of

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 our

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 1 Corinthians

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 1

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 8

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 indeed

00:45:09.319 --> 00:45:09.639
 Paul

00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:09.920
 says

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 I

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 am

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:10.799
 sure

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 of

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 this

00:45:11.259 --> 00:45:11.599
 quote

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:12.059
 that

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 he

00:45:12.339 --> 00:45:12.559
 who

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:13.019
 began

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 a

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 good

00:45:13.420 --> 00:45:13.759
 work

00:45:13.759 --> 00:45:13.960
 in

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:14.179
 you

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 will

00:45:14.819 --> 00:45:15.199
 bring

00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:15.359
 it

00:45:15.359 --> 00:45:15.539
 to

00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:16.119
 completion

00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:16.659
 at

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 the

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 day

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 of

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 Christ

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 Philippians

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 1

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 6

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 quote

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:20.359
 he

00:45:20.359 --> 00:45:20.699
 who

00:45:20.699 --> 00:45:21.279
 calls

00:45:21.279 --> 00:45:21.639
 you

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 is

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:23.099
 faithful

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 he

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.319
 will

00:45:25.319 --> 00:45:25.940
 surely

00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:26.059
!

00:45:26.779 --> 00:45:26.920
 do

00:45:26.920 --> 00:45:27.199
 it

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:27.739
 that's

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:28.699
 1 Thessalonians

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:29.039
 5

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:29.439
 24

00:45:29.439 --> 00:45:31.679
 you

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:31.980
 won't

00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:32.419
 do it

00:45:32.419 --> 00:45:34.199
 he

00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:34.419
 will

00:45:34.419 --> 00:45:34.859
 do it

00:45:34.859 --> 00:45:36.399
 you

00:45:36.399 --> 00:45:36.679
 won't

00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:37.019
 always

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:37.299
 be

00:45:37.299 --> 00:45:37.759
 faithful

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 he

00:45:39.279 --> 00:45:39.599
 is

00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:40.299
 always

00:45:40.299 --> 00:45:41.539
 faithful

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 so

00:45:45.279 --> 00:45:45.440
 the

00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:45.820
 questions

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:46.360
 remain

00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:48.480
 this

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:48.659
 is

00:45:48.659 --> 00:45:48.820
 the

00:45:48.820 --> 00:45:49.199
 gospel

00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:50.659
 it's

00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:50.820
 the

00:45:50.820 --> 00:45:51.059
 only

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:51.519
 one

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:52.900
 will

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.099
 you

00:45:53.099 --> 00:45:53.480
 believe

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:53.719
 it

00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:56.440
 will

00:45:56.440 --> 00:45:56.559
 you

00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:56.880
 believe

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.139
 it

00:45:57.139 --> 00:45:59.619
 and

00:45:59.619 --> 00:45:59.960
 will

00:45:59.960 --> 00:46:00.320
 you

00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:01.279
 defend

00:46:01.279 --> 00:46:01.699
 it

00:46:01.699 --> 00:46:05.000
 defend

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:05.360
 it

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:05.500
 to

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:05.659
 your

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:06.159
 family

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:07.400
 defend

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:07.779
 it

00:46:07.779 --> 00:46:07.920
 to

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:08.099
 your

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:08.699
 friends

00:46:08.699 --> 00:46:09.880
 defend

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:10.039
 it

00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:10.159
 to

00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:10.360
 our

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:10.960
 community

00:46:10.960 --> 00:46:12.659
 because

00:46:12.659 --> 00:46:13.039
 there's

00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:13.280
 only

00:46:13.280 --> 00:46:13.659
 one