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 Have you ever owned or been given something that was amazing, maybe even quite precious,

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 but you never actually got any benefit from it? I remember when Sal and I were engaged,

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 we went through the very important rite of passage that is doing your wedding registry.

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 Now for the uninitiated, those who haven't had that delight, basically what you do is you go

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 to one of the big department stores, a Meyer or a David Jones, and they give you one of the

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 barcode scanning guns, and you just walk around scanning things you want. It's amazing, you don't

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 have to have any money at all, you just scan things and hope that somebody else will spend the money for

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 you. So you wander through the shop and you get all the essentials like towels, sheets, flat screen TV,

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 all those sorts of things, and just really hope that somebody's feeling generous when they're going

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 through for those big ticket items. And the point of it is that hopefully you don't get 50 towels and

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 no dinner plates, that sort of thing. Doesn't always work, but that's the theory. Now for full

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 disclosure, I should concede that for our wedding registry, I survived about the first 20 minutes

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 in David Jones before Sal set me free from those shackles and instead went back with her mum

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 afterwards about seven or eight times. So I really didn't know what was coming when the delivery truck

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 arrived after we'd come back from our honeymoon. But I do remember as we were opening all these

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 things wrapped up in David Jones wrapping paper and trying to figure out where we're going to put

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 these things in the place that we were living, there was one, maybe more than one, but at least

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 one thing which to this day I still don't understand. It was the same in my house growing up.

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 It's the same in almost every house that I've ever visited. The fancy plates. I don't understand.

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 We have the usable plates and then we have the fancy plates. And so this is the stuff in your house

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 that lives in a special cabinet, usually next to the dining table. I'm not sure why, but that's where

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 it is. And there's glass so that you can see these beautiful plates piled up there. Maybe view the

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 pictures of them. And it's there for the special occasion when the queen comes to visit.

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 Now obviously not really, but it feels like we're holding out for something special. But really the

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 only function that these plates serve is to insult the bulk of your guests who sit at your table

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 looking at the plates that they weren't special enough to get out on the table.

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 I remember as a kid, so there was five kids in my house growing up, so we were pretty good at

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 breaking stuff. And we would break plates and cups regularly. And I remember our regular plates,

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 our boring, unimportant, not special person plates, that set was starting to struggle.

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 And so I thought, obvious solution, we have a set right next to the table on display that

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 we could bring out. Apparently it wasn't so obvious. Instead, we bought another set of regular

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 plates so that our special plates could stay special, stay unused and sit in the fancy cabinet.

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 What is the point of fancy plates? I mean, the value of a plate is its ability to hold food

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 so that you can eat off it. And the plates in the cupboard had all the necessary needs for being

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 a plate. They were firm enough. They were flat enough. They weren't broken. In fact, they were more

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 than good enough. They were fancy. But because we put them in the cupboard, in the cabinet, we never got

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 any benefit from them. They didn't deliver as plates because we refused to use them for the very thing

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 they were made to do, hold food. Now, it's possible to have good, valuable things in your life, things that

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 are there for your benefit and to waste them because you never used them. Instead, we put them in a cabinet

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 for a special occasion that never seems to eventuate. It's even possible to do that with the good things

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 that God blesses us with. It's possible to go from people who are struggling in life, trying to figure out

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 what we're here for, trying to figure out how to please God, feeling the burden of our failure, and then

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 to discover His amazing grace and love for us, even though we don't deserve it, to discover free forgiveness

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 and unconditional love and think, wow, this is the solution I've been searching for. And then to put it in a

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 display cabinet and go back to feeling insecure and guilty and unsure and kind of lost in life and having

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 to try really hard to convince God to love you, when we do that, we make following Jesus a struggle.

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 We make following Jesus difficult because we know we're not good enough and then being not good enough

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 with the solution in the cabinet makes us want to try harder and then trying harder doesn't work

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 because we still fail and then we feel worse and so then we try harder and it's this vicious cycle

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 and then because we're feeling insecure, we start looking down on other people to try and make ourselves

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 feel better, but then because we're looking down on other people, we start to worry about what other

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 people are thinking of us and it just is exhausting trying to follow Jesus when the only thing that can help

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 you, the solution you need, the solution you need has been put in a display cabinet for the special occasion.

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 Often the challenge for many Christians is not discovering the good things that God has to offer,

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 but having discovered them, actually using them day by day, actually getting the benefit from them

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 in your week, in your job, in your relationships.

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 That was the problem for the churches in Galatia.

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 We're embarking today on 12 weeks in this book.

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 This is a letter from Paul the Apostle to a group of churches in the region of Galatia.

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 That's what is now southern Turkey.

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 These churches were started by Paul on one of his missionary journeys.

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 He travelled through the region preaching the gospel.

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 It's there in verse 8.

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 He says, the gospel that we preached to you, or in verse 9, the gospel that you accepted.

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 When they heard the gospel, churches began.

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 These people went from being in that pattern of struggling, lost, unsure, searching for security,

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 to thinking, we've found it.

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 To thinking, I'm going to change my life.

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 This is the best message I've ever heard.

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 What was it that he preached?

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 What was that message that began the whole journey for them?

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 Verse 3.

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 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age,

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 according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 Now, this is a classic way to start a letter in the ancient world.

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 It's classic to Paul's letters as well.

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 You get to look at that in your community groups this week.

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 But Paul uses this to take them back to their foundation.

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 It starts with who's writing Paul, who it's to, the churches in Galatia.

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 And then normally, third, you would say something like, greetings, or I miss you.

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 But Paul takes that opportunity and makes it a gospel opportunity.

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 So what is the gospel?

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 Let's just walk through those three verses a bit slower.

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 Firstly, grace and peace to you from God our Father.

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 It's a gospel of grace.

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 Absolutely foundational to Paul's message, to the gospel, to the message of the whole Bible,

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 is the reality that if you want to know God,

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 he needs to decide to grant you that privilege, even though you don't deserve it.

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 That his mercy is the starting point.

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 Because you and I and everyone ever and the Galatians are just straight up undeserving of the privilege of knowing God the creator.

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 The gospel is the good news that by grace, God gives you what you do not deserve.

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 In fact, what he offers is peace.

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 It's grace and peace to you.

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 And that's not like peace as in like peacefulness, some sort of serenity.

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 It's not peace as in life being easy and comfortable.

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 It's more, it's bigger than that.

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 It's more like, almost like world peace.

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 If in that phrase you can catch the sense that it's God bringing justice on the earth,

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 fixing what's wrong, judging the guilty, recreating our world to be the perfect place it's supposed to be.

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 Removing sickness and death and pain.

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 That's the peace that the gospel holds out for people.

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 It's a hope for the future that God is preparing for those who belong to him.

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 Those he's chosen by grace.

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 So the gospel is grace and peace to you from God our Father.

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 Secondly, and the Lord Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins.

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 The gospel is the message that says God's grace is available through Jesus.

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 And not just Jesus generally who was a carpenter's son or some other detail about his life.

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 But the Jesus who came and lived a perfect life as the only one who deserved a relationship with God.

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 And most importantly is the one who died as an innocent man in our place for our sin.

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 For our rejection of God.

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 While we were his enemies.

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 Jesus died that we might become sons and daughters.

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 He took our punishment.

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 He handed us his perfection.

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 So that we could have the relationship with God that we were made for.

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 The relationship with God that we are eternally restless without.

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 So that that longing and searching could be met.

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 Jesus came and died for our sins.

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 And then thirdly, to rescue us from the present evil age.

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 He did it to rescue us.

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 The whole issue, the whole reason we need a gospel, we need a good news, we need a message of hope.

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 Is because sin is in the world.

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 And because of sin, all of creation has been separated from God.

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 Everything that is wrong in the world and in your life is a result of sin.

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 And it's a result of us being separated out from God and his goodness.

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 We've lost access to him.

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 We now lack the ability to please him, even if we want to.

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 We are fenced in by death.

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 Fenced in by our own failure and limitation.

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 But Jesus comes to rescue us from that.

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 He comes to give us a new life.

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 He comes to give us the power of his Holy Spirit,

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 which enables us to finally please God.

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 And live for him.

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 And then lastly, it's according to the will of our God and Father.

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 Again, it's all about grace.

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 It's all about what God has done.

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 It's all about what God chooses to do.

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 And for no other reason.

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 Because of his great mercy.

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 The gospel is the message of God's grace to us in sending his son

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 so that we might be forgiven

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 and so that unworthy people like you and I can know him as father.

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 That is the gospel.

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 Before we get into anything else in Galatians,

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 before the Galatians get into anything else,

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 Paul needs to drag them back to there, to their starting point.

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 If you're a Christian,

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 that is the message that you heard and accepted.

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 If you're not a Christian,

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 that is the invitation of the gospel.

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 The invitation from God to you is that you could know this forgiveness.

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 You could receive this gift of love and acceptance from God that you do not deserve.

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 You could be rescued from the frustration and futility of this age.

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 You could have the hope for peace.

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 The hope for heaven.

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 The hope for the day when God will return and rescue those who are his finally and fully.

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 That gospel truth was sufficient for many of us in this room

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 to make the decision that our lives would no longer be about ourselves

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 but would be about the one who had done all this for us.

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 This gospel was sufficient for the Galatians to make the decision

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 to leave other religion and other idol worship

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 and other cultural commitments

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 and make Jesus their defining reality.

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 And then,

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 verse 6,

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 Paul says,

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 I'm astonished

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 that you are so quickly

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 deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ

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 and are turning to a different gospel

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 which is really no gospel at all.

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 They just deserted him.

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 I mean,

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 notice that word there.

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 They didn't desert it.

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 They didn't desert information.

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 They didn't desert content.

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 They deserted the one who called them.

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 They turned away from God himself

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 who offered them grace,

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 who offered them their solution.

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 Astonished,

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 almost doesn't feel like it does it justice.

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 I mean,

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 having experienced the grace of God,

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 having been loved in spite of who they are,

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 having been forgiven through the blood of Jesus on the cross,

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 having discovered the significance and satisfaction

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 that can only be found in Jesus,

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 how do they just turn away?

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 And so quickly.

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 I mean,

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 if they've been following God for a long time,

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 maybe you've been a Christian for a while

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 and that joy that you had at the beginning,

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 that wonder that God would do this

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 has kind of faded

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 in the struggles of life

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 and in the challenges.

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 Maybe then you could understand,

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 but near the beginning?

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 I remember when I became a Christian,

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 I was 14 years old,

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 I felt invincible.

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 It was quite literally,

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 even to now,

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 the most exciting and significant thing

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 that I had ever discovered

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 that God would love me like this

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 and love me like this forever.

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 I wasn't going anywhere.

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 And yet,

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 these churches,

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 so quickly,

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 after discovering the grace of God,

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 have deserted the one

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 who called them to live in that grace.

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 How?

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 How does that happen?

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 Do you remember when you discovered grace?

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 If you're a Christian,

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 do you remember what it was for you

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 for the first time

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 to understand that God

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 would love you like this?

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 How do you go from there,

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 from amazed,

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 from wondered,

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 from overwhelmed,

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 from this is what my life

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 will be about from now on,

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 to just turning away?

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 What happens between those two points?

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 One of the things that

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 my family and I like to do,

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 and when I say like to do,

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 I think we've done it maybe three times,

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 but Bailey's a big fan

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 of scenic world

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 in the Blue Mountains.

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 He loves going on the train

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 that goes kind of essentially

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 down the cliff and back up.

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 He loves going on the cable cars

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 and, you know,

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 it's a pretty amazing thing

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 to have an hour and a half

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 up the road.

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 But I have to confess

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 that on the cable car,

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 I think it's the yellow one,

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 that has a clear bottom

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 that kind of stays frosted

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 until you're in the middle of nowhere

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 and then it goes clear

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 so that you can see

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 that certain death awaits you

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 if something goes wrong.

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 I remember sitting on there

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 and just pondering for a moment

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 that the only thing

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 at that point

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 between me and certain death,

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 I eventually started worrying

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 about my family and kids as well

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 that were with me,

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 but initially me and certain death

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 was a cable about that round.

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 Now, I'm no engineer,

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 don't pretend to be,

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 but I just remember for a moment

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 just second guessing my decision

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 to step onto that cable car,

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 especially the second and third time

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 because Bailey was having so much fun.

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 But the reality is

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 in the country that we live in

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 with the security standards

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 that we have

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 and the engineering that's available,

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 it's a very safe thing to be on.

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 Even if you get stuck in the middle,

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 that cable's not snapping.

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 It's getting regularly checked.

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 It's probably capable of holding

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 about 15 of those cable cars

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 plus people.

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 They're going to overrate it

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 to make sure that it is secure.

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 But when you're in the middle

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 between these two cliffs,

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 miles above the ground,

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 not miles, but it feels like it,

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 it doesn't matter

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 that I'm completely secure

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 if I don't feel completely secure.

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 If I'm standing in that car

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 looking through this clear bottom

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 at trees,

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 that cable could be this thick,

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 if I don't feel secure in that moment,

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 I'm going to act

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 based on how I feel.

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 I'm going to panic.

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 I'm going to be telling the operator

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 to hurry up and accelerate

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 this thing to the other side.

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 I'm going to be crying.

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 I'm going to be, you know,

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 getting a piggyback from sales

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 so that I'm not going to hit

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 the ground first.

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 I'm going to act

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 based on how I feel

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 even though in reality

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 I'm completely secure.

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 It's going to be dictated

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 by how I'm feeling

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 in that moment.

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 These Galatians

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 have heard the gospel.

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 They have heard

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 the truth

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 of the irreversible reality

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 that God has loved them

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 by His grace.

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 Loved them in spite

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 of who they are

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 and so in fact

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 nothing that they do

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 or don't do

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 could ever change

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 His love for them.

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 They are secure

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 in His love.

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 But their issue is

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 in spite of the concrete

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 objective reality

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 that they are secure

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 they don't feel secure.

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 They're second guessing

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 their security.

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 They're panicking.

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 They're doubting

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 the engineering.

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 I mean,

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 you've got to understand

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 they're turning

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 to another gospel

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 but they're still

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 turning to a gospel

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 even if it's

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 no gospel at all.

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 They're looking for a gospel.

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 They still want

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 to be with God.

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 It's not like they're saying

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 forget God

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 I'm not interested

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 in Him anymore.

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 Their issue is

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 they're just not sure

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 that they're on the right track.

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 They're just not confident

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 that they're secure

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 in God's love.

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 They're starting

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 to worry

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 whether they've

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 ticked all the boxes.

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 They're turning

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 to a false

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 and useful gospel

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.079
 but they're turning

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 to a gospel

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.339
 that they've been

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 tricked into thinking

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 will help them.

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 They still want

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 to be forgiven.

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 They still want

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 a relationship

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 with God.

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 They still want

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 to get to heaven.

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 They're putting effort

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 into this new direction.

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 We're going to look

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 at it more

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 over the coming weeks

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 in terms of exactly

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 what was going on

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 for them

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 but their effort

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 counts for nothing.

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 Their effort

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 not just doesn't

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 help them

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 it hinders them

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 because by turning

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 to this gospel

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:50.059
 they're rejecting

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:51.359
 the one gospel

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:52.500
 the only gospel

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.639
 the true gospel

00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:55.619
 that can offer security.

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 They've been confused.

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 Verse 7

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 Evidently some people

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 are throwing you

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 into confusion

00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:07.379
 and are trying

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 to pervert

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 the gospel of Christ.

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 They've been lured

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 into a perversion

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 of the gospel.

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 That's the trick.

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 The enemy

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 is very clever here.

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 The devil's been

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 at this longer

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 than any of us

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 longer than any

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 of the Galatians

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 and he knows

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 that Christians

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 are not completely stupid.

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 Some of us

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 might be closer

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 to stupid than others

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 but we're not

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 completely stupid.

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 And so these

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 false teachers

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 these some people

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 don't turn up

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 and say

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 oh Jesus is stupid

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 forget about him

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 because we wouldn't

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 fall for that.

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 We'd be like

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 no no no

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 Jesus is the important bit

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 we just learned

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.399
 a couple of weeks ago

00:21:42.399 --> 00:21:43.099
 Christ alone

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 and we're all

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.359
 about that.

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 And so they didn't

00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:46.099
 turn up and say

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.839
 forget Jesus

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:48.419
 they turned up

00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:48.759
 and said

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.779
 Jesus is great

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:51.159
 isn't it fantastic

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.919
 what he's done

00:21:51.919 --> 00:21:52.740
 all this stuff

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.679
 it's done so much

00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.419
 for you and helped you

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:55.299
 there's just a couple

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:56.000
 more things

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.759
 that you need to do

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:58.119
 just to really begin

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:59.439
 just to be

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 be sure that you're

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.139
 the genuine

00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:02.059
 article

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:03.819
 be sure that you're

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.359
 legitimate

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:06.479
 see the devil

00:22:06.479 --> 00:22:07.639
 presses the buttons

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.579
 that he knows

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.419
 are sensitive

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:10.039
 for them

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:12.399
 see these

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:13.459
 Galatian Christians

00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:14.719
 were Gentiles

00:22:14.719 --> 00:22:15.459
 they're basically

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 everyone who's

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.119
 not Jews

00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:18.219
 and these

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 some people

00:22:18.939 --> 00:22:19.559
 who had turned

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.519
 up were Jews

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:22.699
 and so these

00:22:22.699 --> 00:22:23.599
 Jews claimed

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.419
 a certain level

00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:25.159
 of Christian

00:22:25.159 --> 00:22:25.699
 heritage

00:22:25.699 --> 00:22:26.500
 if you like

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.619
 they were God's

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.059
 people

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:29.219
 and so these

00:22:29.219 --> 00:22:29.959
 Galatians were

00:22:29.959 --> 00:22:30.519
 looking at them

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.279
 thinking they must

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.779
 know what they're

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.419
 talking about

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.440
 I mean they've

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.980
 been here longer

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.600
 than I have

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:37.200
 and so they

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:38.019
 figured I guess

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.279
 we need to do

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.960
 what they say

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:42.080
 these Jews

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:42.660
 turned up

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:42.980
 and they were

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.380
 telling you

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:43.660
 you know

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.240
 Jesus is

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.779
 fantastic

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.259
 there's just a

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.680
 couple more

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.600
 Jew things

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.240
 that you need

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.680
 to do

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:49.019
 things like

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:50.240
 being circumcised

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.740
 things like

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.400
 eating certain

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 foods

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.480
 things like

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.920
 the way you

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.539
 wash yourself

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:53.980
 all that sort

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.180
 of stuff

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.660
 it all sounds

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.279
 pretty harmless

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.080
 except for maybe

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.660
 circumcision

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:59.560
 but it all

00:22:59.560 --> 00:23:00.039
 sounds pretty

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.420
 harmless

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.220
 it sounds like

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.620
 the kinds of

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:01.960
 things you go

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.400
 yeah maybe

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.160
 God does want

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.460
 me to do

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.040
 those things

00:23:04.040 --> 00:23:05.519
 maybe they're

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:05.940
 good things

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.400
 for us to

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 do

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:08.660
 and in fact

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.000
 whether you

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.500
 do them or

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.920
 don't do

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.300
 them isn't

00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:10.780
 the issue

00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:13.180
 the issue

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.100
 is if you

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.580
 are doing

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 them and

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.680
 thinking that

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.400
 by those

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.759
 things you

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.100
 will be

00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:18.460
 forgiven

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:21.180
 the issue

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.820
 is that by

00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:22.920
 doing whatever

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.340
 it is that

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:23.800
 these people

00:23:23.800 --> 00:23:24.360
 are asking

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:25.340
 we begin to

00:23:25.340 --> 00:23:25.720
 think that

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.240
 they're the

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.680
 things that

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.400
 enable us to

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.759
 have a

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.200
 relationship

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.740
 with God

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.680
 that is not

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.140
 the gospel

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.580
 it's not the

00:23:30.580 --> 00:23:31.160
 gospel Paul

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.600
 preached

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.199
 it's not

00:23:32.199 --> 00:23:32.579
 the gospel

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.299
 they accepted

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:35.059
 the gospel

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.639
 is a message

00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:36.359
 of grace

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:36.879
 alone

00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:38.259
 not grace

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.859
 plus some

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.519
 other things

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:41.059
 by definition

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.839
 grace has

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.419
 to be alone

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:44.000
 if grace

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.559
 is giving you

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.039
 something you

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.659
 don't deserve

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.240
 as soon as you

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.719
 do something

00:23:46.719 --> 00:23:47.259
 to try and

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.740
 deserve it

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.299
 then grace

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:48.959
 disappears

00:23:48.959 --> 00:23:52.079
 grace is by

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.639
 definition

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.279
 alone and

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.179
 the only gospel

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:56.419
 is a gospel

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:57.059
 of grace

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:58.399
 whenever we

00:23:58.399 --> 00:23:59.039
 add something

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.740
 to the gospel

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.659
 we make it

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.299
 grace plus

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.960
 something else

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.500
 we make it

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.679
 Jesus plus

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.279
 something else

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.639
 it's a

00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:05.220
 perversion

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.639
 it's no

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.159
 gospel at

00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:07.259
 all

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.559
 it's not

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.200
 good news

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:13.179
 I've been

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:14.339
 around churches

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:15.179
 like ours for

00:24:15.179 --> 00:24:15.519
 a little bit

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.179
 over half my

00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:16.619
 life

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.799
 I just want

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.960
 to flag one

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.539
 particular

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.379
 perversion that

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:20.899
 is a danger

00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:21.359
 for us

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:21.819
 there's two

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.539
 big ones

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.480
 one is that

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.960
 you take the

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.559
 gospel and say

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 I'm forgiven

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.820
 so God

00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:26.300
 doesn't care

00:24:26.300 --> 00:24:26.780
 what I do

00:24:26.780 --> 00:24:27.100
 and I can

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.600
 do whatever

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:27.940
 I want

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.180
 we're going

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.360
 to talk

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.600
 about that

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:28.860
 one a bit

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.180
 more in a

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.660
 few weeks

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:31.100
 the issue

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.440
 for the

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.020
 Galatians

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 was the

00:24:32.800 --> 00:24:33.580
 issue of

00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:34.820
 here's the

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.140
 gospel

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.660
 Jesus has

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.200
 done everything

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:37.460
 he's just

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.840
 one or two

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:38.540
 extra things

00:24:38.540 --> 00:24:41.440
 I just want

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.960
 to challenge

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.380
 us

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 I want us

00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:43.600
 to reflect

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.080
 on how

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 do we

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.220
 do that

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:47.940
 because in

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.800
 my experience

00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:49.820
 both personally

00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:50.960
 and my

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.640
 experience in

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.280
 churches like

00:24:52.280 --> 00:24:52.980
 ours is that

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.740
 we have

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.880
 what I call

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.500
 the be like

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.140
 me gospel

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:58.880
 the be like

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.500
 me gospel

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.240
 is the gospel

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.740
 that says

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.400
 Jesus has

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:01.840
 died for

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.420
 your sins

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.220
 you don't

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.740
 deserve it

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.180
 there's nothing

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.860
 you can do

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.800
 come and find

00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:06.260
 forgiveness

00:25:06.260 --> 00:25:08.740
 and be like

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.060
 me

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:12.780
 you know

00:25:12.780 --> 00:25:13.780
 be into the

00:25:13.780 --> 00:25:14.360
 same things

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:14.980
 I'm into

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:16.440
 I've been a

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.000
 Christian for a

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.600
 while and my

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.200
 hobbies are kind

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.620
 of a little bit

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.380
 holier than your

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:20.100
 hobbies so just

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.880
 shift sideways

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:22.760
 the way I dress

00:25:22.760 --> 00:25:23.380
 is a little bit

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.440
 holier than you

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:26.080
 are so dress

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.580
 like me

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:28.259
 the way I

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:30.000
 speak is a

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.240
 little bit

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.880
 holier than

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:32.480
 you so speak

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.100
 like me

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:35.799
 the way I

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.360
 think about

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.240
 political issues

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.779
 is a little bit

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.640
 holier than you

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:40.019
 so share my

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.720
 stance on all

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.400
 things political

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:45.840
 I remember

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.640
 someone who used

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.080
 to come to our

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.640
 church just really

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.759
 briefly he used

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.299
 to smoke

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:51.200
 sometimes he used

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.779
 to smoke out on

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.220
 the deck

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.200
 out here

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.960
 where the

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.440
 atrium is

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.799
 that used to

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.859
 be a deck

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.379
 that we hang

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:56.680
 out on

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.420
 and I remember

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.000
 the extent

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.180
 when this person

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.619
 and I don't

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.019
 mean that in a

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.339
 good way

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:00.960
 when this person

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.519
 would light up a

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.099
 cigarette at a

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.639
 church event

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:04.160
 I remember as a

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.720
 pastor being

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.579
 prodded and asked

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.059
 if I was going

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.579
 to intervene

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:08.500
 let him know

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.039
 about you know

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.500
 his eternal

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.399
 damnation as he

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:10.799
 lit up that

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.119
 cigarette

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:12.799
 his Christian

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.480
 character was

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.920
 called into

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.480
 question

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:16.460
 for the record

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.259
 I think smoking

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.740
 is dumb

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.879
 not trying to

00:26:18.879 --> 00:26:19.480
 offend you if you

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:19.819
 smoke

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.960
 it's bad for

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.279
 your health

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.200
 it smells bad

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.079
 but it has

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:24.819
 nothing to do

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.419
 with the gospel

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:29.339
 nothing to do

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.779
 with whether or

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.139
 not someone

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.980
 deserves God's

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.379
 grace

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:32.720
 of course they

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.159
 don't deserve

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.619
 God's grace

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.339
 that's the point

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.799
 that's what makes

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.359
 it grace

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:38.379
 no one deserves

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:38.619
 it

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:41.000
 as soon as we

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.899
 require somebody

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:43.019
 to be like us

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.960
 or to think like

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.759
 us or to speak

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.480
 like us or to

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.299
 dress like us

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.099
 we're doing

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:48.119
 gospel plus

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:50.579
 so many

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.259
 churches are

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.619
 full of

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.659
 identical people

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.579
 because they're

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.859
 very subtly

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.839
 doing the

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.579
 be like me

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.019
 gospel

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:58.619
 we don't say

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.239
 it's a gospel

00:26:59.239 --> 00:27:00.299
 issue but we

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.839
 just won't be

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.379
 friends with you

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.699
 if you're not

00:27:01.699 --> 00:27:02.259
 like us

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:04.399
 you won't be

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:04.779
 welcome

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:06.819
 unless you

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:08.279
 start acting

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.139
 like us

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:11.239
 talking like

00:27:11.239 --> 00:27:11.479
 us

00:27:11.479 --> 00:27:12.179
 thinking like

00:27:12.179 --> 00:27:12.359
 us

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.979
 our vision

00:27:12.979 --> 00:27:13.479
 as a church

00:27:13.479 --> 00:27:13.939
 is to be

00:27:13.939 --> 00:27:14.779
 transcultural

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:16.739
 God's vision

00:27:16.739 --> 00:27:17.419
 for his church

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.000
 is to be

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.860
 transcultural

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.300
 a church

00:27:19.300 --> 00:27:19.660
 full of

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.019
 people who

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.580
 are completely

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.100
 different

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:21.920
 and yet have

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.500
 all received

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.940
 the same

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.480
 grace of

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.360
 God in

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:24.840
 Christ

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.440
 people who

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.980
 speak different

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.400
 languages

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.120
 people who

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:27.560
 are rich

00:27:27.560 --> 00:27:28.140
 and poor

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.560
 people who

00:27:28.560 --> 00:27:29.080
 are polished

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.800
 and refined

00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:30.660
 and those who

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:30.900
 are a little

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.519
 bit more rough

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.960
 around the

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.200
 edges

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.680
 people who

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.300
 swear and

00:27:33.300 --> 00:27:33.720
 smoke

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.360
 people who

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:34.840
 feel out

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.420
 of place

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.680
 among nice

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:38.100
 middle class

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:39.279
 Anglicans

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:41.840
 except for the

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:44.180
 fact that

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.820
 they're depending

00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.340
 on the grace

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:46.000
 of God just

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.560
 as much as

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.060
 the rest of

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.379
 us

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:50.859
 one of the

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.579
 first signs

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:51.980
 that you've

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.579
 lost hold

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.119
 of the only

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.799
 gospel and

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.179
 are holding

00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:54.799
 on to some

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.440
 perversion

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:57.919
 is the way

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.220
 that you

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.799
 look at

00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:02.019
 and treat

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.240
 other people

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:06.159
 if your

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:06.960
 response as

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.240
 you look

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.639
 around the

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.000
 room is

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.099
 pride at

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.460
 how much

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.899
 better you

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.279
 are than

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.599
 others

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:12.319
 or disgust

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:12.720
 at how

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.460
 sinful they

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.839
 are or

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.059
 even

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.960
 frustration

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.779
 that they're

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.179
 not putting

00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:16.700
 in the same

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.140
 level of

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.799
 effort as

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.400
 you at

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:18.860
 being a

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.220
 Christian

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:23.240
 what do

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.559
 you think

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.039
 it is you're

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.920
 trusting in to

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.539
 save you at

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.000
 that point

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:31.660
 the answer

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.160
 is you

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:36.759
 your gospel

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.380
 has become

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:37.779
 you

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:40.039
 you're trusting

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.680
 how good you

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:42.140
 are how much

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.700
 better you are

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.180
 than others

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.960
 how hard you're

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.279
 trying

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.940
 that's not

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.519
 the gospel

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.580
 that's no

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.160
 gospel at

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.519
 all that's

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:47.980
 not good

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.600
 news that

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:49.480
 is a prison

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.840
 of guilt

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:52.200
 and fear

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.200
 and shame

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:54.019
 and failure

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.980
 and disappointment

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:56.039
 there is

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:57.900
 only one

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.620
 gospel

00:28:58.620 --> 00:29:00.420
 there is only

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.140
 one message

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.560
 of hope

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:02.120
 there will only

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.920
 ever be one

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.640
 gospel for

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.400
 sinners like

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:04.940
 you and me

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.500
 and it is the

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.400
 gospel of

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.380
 grace alone

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:08.180
 in Christ

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.000
 and so Paul

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:10.160
 says emphatically

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.040
 in verse 8

00:29:11.040 --> 00:29:12.120
 even if we

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.779
 or an angel

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.660
 from heaven

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.680
 should preach

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.160
 a gospel

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.700
 other than

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.120
 the one we

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.640
 preach to you

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.040
 let them be

00:29:17.040 --> 00:29:17.700
 under God's

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.100
 curse

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:19.460
 as we've

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.980
 already said

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.600
 so I say

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.080
 again if

00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:21.680
 anybody's

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.220
 preaching to

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.620
 you a gospel

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.320
 other than

00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:24.620
 what you

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:25.040
 accepted

00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:25.980
 let them

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.700
 be under

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.160
 God's

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.600
 curse

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.620
 there is

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:30.200
 only one

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.860
 gospel

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.440
 we just spent

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.140
 five weeks

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.800
 being reminded

00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:33.340
 of this

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:36.180
 we stand

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.940
 on the one

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.960
 message of

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.519
 salvation

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.380
 that is offered

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.860
 through what

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.460
 Jesus has

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.020
 done on

00:29:41.020 --> 00:29:41.560
 the cross

00:29:41.560 --> 00:29:42.840
 and so the

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.440
 last question

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.740
 we've got to

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.220
 ask and I

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.640
 promise I'm

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:44.960
 finishing

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:47.660
 how do we

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:49.780
 resist the

00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:50.600
 perversions of

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.020
 the gospel

00:29:51.020 --> 00:29:53.440
 how do we

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.720
 make sure we

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.520
 don't like the

00:29:55.520 --> 00:29:56.420
 Galatians get

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.800
 dragged away from

00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.600
 this amazing

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.580
 message of hope

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:01.220
 how do we make

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.820
 sure that we

00:30:01.820 --> 00:30:03.160
 stand firm in

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.180
 this one and

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:05.480
 only true

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.980
 gospel

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:10.740
 well some

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.099
 of you will

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.539
 be aware

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.099
 that when I

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.519
 was a little

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.039
 bit younger

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:14.299
 I used to

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.839
 drink quite a

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.380
 bit of coke

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:17.279
 I've since

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.120
 matured I have

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.799
 an adult palate

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.279
 now and I've

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.759
 moved on to

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:19.960
 V

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:22.099
 when I say a

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.819
 lot of coke

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.819
 I'm in

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.680
 litres per

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:24.980
 day

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:27.140
 two litres

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.120
 would be a

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:29.000
 slow day for

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.200
 me

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.559
 I'm talking

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.140
 from the age

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.819
 of like 12

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.200
 through to

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.900
 about 25

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:34.940
 I would

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:36.279
 like find

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.160
 scrounge around

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:37.960
 the house for

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:39.000
 money I would

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.500
 wander around the

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.019
 playground at

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.580
 school trying to

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.059
 get money off

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.680
 people and I

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.120
 would just buy

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.660
 coke I just

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.360
 love the stuff

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:44.519
 drink it like

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.920
 it was you

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:47.200
 know heaven

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.220
 it was amazing

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:50.400
 I got so

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.200
 familiar with

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.779
 the taste of

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.380
 coke so

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.539
 refined in my

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.799
 palate that I

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.500
 could taste the

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.299
 difference between

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.160
 coke that came

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.680
 out of different

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:59.740
 containers I

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.360
 could taste the

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:00.960
 difference between

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.940
 coke in an

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.759
 aluminium can

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.500
 to coke in a

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.160
 plastic bottle

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.160
 coke in a

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.980
 glass bottle to

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.360
 coke in a

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:06.920
 plastic bottle

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.240
 I became so

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.600
 good at tasting

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.320
 differences in

00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:10.920
 coke I could

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.279
 tell you the

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.900
 difference between

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.940
 a 2 litre plastic

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.539
 bottle and a

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.860
 1.25 litre plastic

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:17.200
 bottle I used to

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.840
 brag about this

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.580
 quite regularly I

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:18.940
 thought it was a

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.420
 bit of a spiritual

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.080
 gift something I

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.720
 should take pride

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:22.059
 in and in my

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:23.420
 previous church the

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.220
 youth group kids

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.860
 you know they

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.640
 weren't convinced

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.860
 so they decided to

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.440
 give me a cola

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:29.759
 challenge and they

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.720
 said we're going to

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.500
 get you know some

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.740
 Pepsi some diet

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.559
 coke some you

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.160
 know that terrible

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:35.559
 RC cola stuff that

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.799
 they sell all these

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.740
 different colas and

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.319
 they put them in

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.240
 plain little white

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.920
 cups on a table and

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:42.079
 the challenge was for

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.000
 me to taste them all

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:44.019
 and pick the real

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:46.920
 coke I stood at the

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:48.720
 table looked at the

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:50.200
 row of cups and said

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:52.339
 that's the coke I

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.259
 didn't even have to

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:56.460
 taste it by sight I

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.240
 could tell the real

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.819
 coke and I was

00:31:57.819 --> 00:32:01.220
 right it was easy it

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.799
 wasn't even a

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.960
 challenge because I

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:04.160
 drank so much coke up

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:05.240
 to this point I knew

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:06.019
 how fizzy it was

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:07.100
 supposed to be I

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.960
 knew what colour it

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.960
 would be I even knew

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.559
 you know in that

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.559
 small cup how that

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.299
 would impact the

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.680
 darkness of the coke I

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:14.640
 was really across coke

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:16.759
 like we're talking

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:18.620
 serious familiarity I

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:20.339
 knew it so well that

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:23.000
 it was easy to spot the

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:24.519
 imitations easy to spot

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.799
 the dodgy diet versions

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.839
 and whatever else was

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:29.960
 out there it's the same

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:31.960
 with the gospel it's

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.279
 not complicated if you

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.420
 want to be equipped to

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:35.640
 resist the perversions

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.819
 that are out there if

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.500
 you want to be equipped

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.420
 in those moments where

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:40.279
 you feel insecure to not

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.660
 go running after false

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.680
 gospels and false

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:45.319
 solutions if you want to

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:46.319
 be equipped to resist

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.740
 even the false gospels

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:50.680
 that start here in those

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:52.680
 moments of doubt in those

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.799
 moments of guilt in those

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:55.920
 moments of shame you need

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:58.120
 to get familiar with this

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:59.919
 one true gospel of grace

00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:03.479
 you need to live in grace

00:33:03.479 --> 00:33:04.839
 you need to make grace

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:06.759
 your daily meal do the

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.739
 things you did when you

00:33:07.739 --> 00:33:08.939
 first encountered God's

00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:10.899
 grace when you first

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:12.259
 heard and accepted the

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:15.359
 gospel do the things that

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:17.179
 enabled you to taste and

00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:18.619
 experience how good God's

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.359
 love is there's a whole

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.099
 bunch I want to really

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:21.799
 quickly suggest three that

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.639
 I think will be true of

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:24.439
 anybody who is a

00:33:24.439 --> 00:33:25.439
 Christian three things that

00:33:25.439 --> 00:33:26.319
 you did when you first

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:27.379
 experienced grace that you

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:29.360
 should keep doing to make

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:30.580
 grace a part of your

00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:32.380
 everyday first one listen

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:35.600
 to God's word you had to

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.800
 hear the gospel to respond

00:33:36.800 --> 00:33:39.100
 to it you need to keep

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:41.200
 hearing it day in day out

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:42.480
 a little bit of

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.880
 confession is that when

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.720
 we're writing when I was

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.520
 writing this sermon this

00:33:45.520 --> 00:33:46.340
 week I was feeling a

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:47.480
 little bit of deja vu after

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.680
 spending five weeks looking

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:51.280
 at the reformation the

00:33:51.280 --> 00:33:52.240
 reformation we basically

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.600
 pulled apart the gospel for

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:54.660
 five weeks and I thought

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:56.080
 we're starting Galatians I'm

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:57.000
 basically saying the exact

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.919
 same thing this week and

00:33:58.919 --> 00:33:59.599
 there was a part of me

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:00.960
 that's not going to be

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:04.379
 interesting we need to hear

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:05.899
 this over and over again

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:07.639
 because there is that part

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:09.000
 of us that goes got it on

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:11.639
 the shelf you need to be

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.940
 listening to God's word like

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:14.500
 we are right now you need to

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.639
 be opening the Bible and

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:17.199
 hearing from God grace and

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.460
 peace to you from God our

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.579
 father and the Lord Jesus

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:21.039
 Christ you need to hear that

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:22.239
 message over and over again

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:23.699
 that's first second one you

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:27.119
 need to confess sin when you

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.219
 first became a Christian I've

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:29.119
 said this over and over

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:30.139
 again my community group

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:31.439
 knows that this is my chorus

00:34:31.439 --> 00:34:32.519
 this is my go-to and I'm

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:34.059
 going to keep saying it when

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:35.099
 you became a Christian you

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:39.279
 confessed sin might not have

00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:40.480
 been fancy it might not have

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.659
 been in clever words like we

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:42.879
 did together just before but

00:34:42.879 --> 00:34:44.019
 you essentially said God I

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:45.899
 need your help I need to be

00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:47.659
 rescued and what did you

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:50.819
 discover God God answers that

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:53.580
 prayer God forgives God

00:34:53.580 --> 00:34:55.240
 cleanses God washes you and

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:56.260
 so you need to discover that

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:59.019
 again you need to confess sin

00:34:59.019 --> 00:35:02.019
 again you need to admit that

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.780
 maybe you've been holding

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:04.000
 people to standards that the

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:05.140
 gospel doesn't maybe you've

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:06.080
 been holding yourself to

00:35:06.080 --> 00:35:07.000
 standards that the gospel

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.280
 doesn't and you need to find

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:10.360
 that God will forgive you and

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:11.500
 then as you're experiencing that

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:13.100
 grace you'll be equipped to

00:35:13.100 --> 00:35:15.180
 know when you hear the lies and

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:17.080
 the perversions it's the second

00:35:17.080 --> 00:35:18.420
 one third one last one is you

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:21.360
 need to thank him I'm guessing

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:22.280
 a little bit here but I think

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:23.460
 there's a fair chance that when

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:24.940
 you became a Christian when you

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.000
 discovered grace there was a

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:27.320
 bit of thankfulness going on

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:29.940
 for you I remember sobbing just

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:31.519
 thinking this is like this is

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:34.700
 stupid good God you are amazing

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:38.139
 God has filled your life with

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:39.559
 grace the fact that we're

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:41.019
 sitting here right now soaking in

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:42.340
 the truth of the gospel is a gift

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:44.079
 from God but there's a chance that

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.000
 we'll walk out of here and not

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:46.559
 even recognize that he's the one

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:49.440
 who gave us that gift thank him

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:52.219
 train yourself to see and

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:53.679
 recognize the grace and as you're

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:55.079
 surrounded by it you're ready to

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:57.199
 resist the false gospel the fake

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:59.099
 gospel the one that drags you away

00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:01.320
 from the true and only gospel of

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:04.779
 grace and forgiveness that is found

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:07.639
 in Jesus grace is not the beginning

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:10.699
 the gospel is not the beginning it's

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.239
 everything

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:19.919
 God called us to live in grace so

00:36:19.919 --> 00:36:21.459
 take the gospel out of the display

00:36:21.459 --> 00:36:24.379
 cabinet if you've put it on a shelf

00:36:24.379 --> 00:36:26.799
 get it out and use it eat off it

00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:30.359
 every meal be shaped by it be defined

00:36:30.359 --> 00:36:34.259
 by it because there is no other gospel

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:38.299
 there is no other hope there is nothing

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:39.780
 else that has the power to give you

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:41.920
 security there is nothing else that

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:43.500
 has the power to give you joy in

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:47.080
 darkness there is nothing else that

00:36:47.080 --> 00:36:49.560
 can lift you from the limitations and

00:36:49.560 --> 00:36:51.280
 the hurt and the struggle of this life

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:52.980
 and give you eyes to see the heaven that

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:56.980
 God is preparing for you so use it live

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:58.960
 in grace

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.980
 you