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 Let us now turn to the passage that we read.

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 Paul's letter to the Galatians, chapter 2, and we may read again at verse 20.

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! I have been crucified with Christ.

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 It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.

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 And the life I now live in the flesh.

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 I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.

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 And I'd like particularly to focus on the phrase,

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 the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.

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 The letter to Galatians was written in the first instance to former recovering Pharisees,

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 a people who found it difficult to leave their legalism behind.

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 Who better to write such a letter under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit

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 than a recovering Pharisee himself?

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 The letter has been called the Magna Carta of Christian liberty.

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 You could say that the same verse is a declaration of independence.

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 Yet we know, wrote the Apostle,

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 that a person is not justified by works of the law,

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 but through faith in Jesus Christ.

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 Could I suggest that it is not just former Pharisees

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 who have a problem in leaving legalism behind?

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 Is it not true of the Christian believer today

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 that although saved by grace alone,

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 we do not always know how to live by grace alone?

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 As one commentator expressed it,

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 we are legalists by nature.

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 The letter to the Galatians challenges

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 many of our preconceptions

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 about what it means to have a right relationship with God.

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 So you can say that this letter

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 was also written for people just like us.

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 Whether we like to admit it or not,

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 there is engraven in our DNA

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 the principle,

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 do this and live,

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 was the principle that was engraven

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 in our first parents.

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 And it follows us

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 even into a state of grace.

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 This letter then,

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 speaking to us too,

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 the Church of Christ

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 at any one time

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 is full of recovering Pharisees

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 who need to receive the Gospel again

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 as if for the very first time.

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 That ought not to fill us

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 with anger and indignation

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 or resentment,

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 but ought to make us humbly

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 examine our lives

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 in the light of the challenging content

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 of this letter.

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 Martin Luther,

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 who wrote a very valuable commentary

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 on this letter,

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 tells that his liberating moment came

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 when he discovered

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 that Christianity was not about

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 what he had to do for God,

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 it was about what God

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 had done for him

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 In his lectures

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 on Galatians,

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 had the theme

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 of the free grace

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 of God and Christ

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 received by faith.

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 And through the writing

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 of Luther,

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 incidentally on Galatians,

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 John Bunyan

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 came to a great appreciation

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 of Luther.

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 In Bunyan's

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 spiritual autobiography,

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 grace abounding

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 to the chief of sinners,

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 he tells how he found

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 his condition

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 in Luther's experience.

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 And I quote,

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 I found, he said,

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 my condition

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 so largely

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 and profoundly

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 handled

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 as if his book

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 had been written

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 out of my heart.

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 In the chapter

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 we read,

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 Paul boldly,

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 fearlessly

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 and publicly

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 rebukes

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 the apostle Peter

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 for his behavior

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 and the example

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 he was setting.

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 When Cephas

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 came to Antioch,

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 I opposed him

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 to his face

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 because he stood

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 condemned.

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 Peter apparently

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 did not wish

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 to offend

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 those

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 of a Jewish

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 persuasion,

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 the reason being

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 he feared

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 the circumcision

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 party.

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 And you could say

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 there was a kind

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 of standoff

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 between what

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 the law

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 accomplishes

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 and what grace

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 accomplishes.

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 May have been

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 that Peter

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 did not like

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 confrontation

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 and so went

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 out of his way

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 to avoid

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 conflict.

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 However,

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 looking at the

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 life of Peter,

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 you have to

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 conclude

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 that not

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 for the first

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 time was

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 Peter

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 influenced

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 by his

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 prevailing

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 circumstances.

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 Remember his

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 denial

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 in the hall

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 of the high

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 priest

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 where he was

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 adamant in

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 stating

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 that he was

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 not associated

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 with the

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 accused

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 prisoner

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And in this

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 context,

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 he was challenged

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 by Paul.

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 The rest

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 of the Jews

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 thought Paul

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 acted

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 hypocritically

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 along with him

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 so that even

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 Barnabas

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 was led

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 astray

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 by the

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 hypocrisy.

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 When I

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 saw that

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 their conduct

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 was not

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 in step

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 with the

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 truth of

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 the gospel,

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 I said

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 to Cephas

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 before them

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 all,

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 if you

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 though a

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 Jew

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 live like

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 a Gentile

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 and not

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 like a Jew,

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 how can

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 you force

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 the Gentiles

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 to live

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 like Jews?

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 We're not

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 told of

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 Peter's

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 reaction

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 to the

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 rebuke

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 of his

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 fellow

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 apostle,

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 but I

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 would

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 expect him

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 to have

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 accepted it

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 in the

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 manner

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 in which

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 it was

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 given.

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 But it

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 must have

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 been some

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 moment.

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 Peter

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 was the

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 older

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 apostle,

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 and here

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 is Paul,

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 the younger

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 apostle,

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 and he's

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 upbreding

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 Peter for

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 his behavior

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 and the

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 way that

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 he's leading

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 people

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 astray.

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 For

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 Paul,

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 it was

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 not peace

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 at any

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 price,

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 but the

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 gospel

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 at all

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 costs.

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 such

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 was his

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 fervent

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 zeal,

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 because the

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 message of

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 the gospel

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 and the

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 estimation

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 of the

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 apostle

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 was at

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 stake.

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 It was

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 a battle

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 for the

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 gospel of

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 free grace.

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 The

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 message of

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 good news

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 proclaims

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 that through

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 the death

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 of Christ

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 on the

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 cross

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 and his

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 resurrection

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 from the

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 dead,

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 Jesus

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 has done

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 everything

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 required

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 by God

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 for the

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 salvation

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 of

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 sinners.

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 Nothing

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 else is

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 needed to

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 receive

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 forgiveness

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 for sins,

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 enjoy

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 fellowship

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 with God,

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 or have

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 the hope

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 of eternal

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 life.

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 Accept

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 trust

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 in Christ

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 alone.

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 That is

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 briefly a

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 summation,

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 if you like,

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 of the

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 gospel of

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 free grace.

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 And Paul

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 was fighting

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 to make

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 sure that

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 the church

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 continued to

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 live by

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 the gospel

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 it had

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 always

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 preached.

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 And so

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 you find

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 him

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 writing,

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 yet we

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 know,

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 he says

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 in this

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 letter,

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 that a

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 person is

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 not justified

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 by works

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 of the

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 law,

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 but through

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 faith in

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 So we

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 also have

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 believed in

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 Christ Jesus

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 in order to

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 be justified

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 by faith

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 in Christ,

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 not by the

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 works of

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 the law,

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 because by

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 works of

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 the law,

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 no one

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 will be

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 justified.

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 It's a

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 key text

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 that teaches

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 the doctrine

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 of justification

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 by grace

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 alone through

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 faith in

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 Christ alone.

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 And Paul

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 mentions the

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 term three

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 times in

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 the one

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 verse.

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 The principle

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 that justification

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 cannot come

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 by works.

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 It's what

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 distinguishes

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 Christianity

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 from other

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 religions in

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 the world.

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 And Paul,

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 being a

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 student of

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 the scriptures,

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 knew what

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 was taught

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 in the

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 scriptures,

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 in the

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 Old Testament,

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 in the

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 book of

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 Psalms,

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 for example,

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 where the

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 psalmist

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 states,

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 enter not

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 into judgment

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 with your

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 servant,

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 for no

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 one living

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 is righteous

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 before you.

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 And Paul

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 translates that

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 in the

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 New Testament

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 by works

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 of the

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 law,

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 no one

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 will be

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 justified.

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 Out going

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 to church,

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 a good

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 habit,

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 reading the

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 Bible,

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 another

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 profitable

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 habit,

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 giving to

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 charitable

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 causes,

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 all good

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 things.

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 But none

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 of that

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 of itself

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 will ever

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 get us

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 into heaven.

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 That is

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 one very

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 good reason

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 why the

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 doctrine of

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 justification

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 by faith

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 alone in

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 Christ alone

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 is of

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 such supreme

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 importance.

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 You know,

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 there was a

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 character in

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 Greek mythology

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 by the

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 name of

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 Atlas,

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 who was

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 condemned

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 to hold

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 up the

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 heavens or

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 sky for

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 eternity.

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 And James

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 Packer,

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 in one of

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 his writings,

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 made the

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 observation,

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 the doctrine

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 of justification

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 is like

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 Atlas.

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 It bears a

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 world on

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 its shoulders,

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 the entire

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 evangelical

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 knowledge of

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 saving grace.

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 when Protestants

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 let the

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 thought of

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 justification

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 drop out

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 of their

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 minds.

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 The true

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 knowledge of

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 salvation

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 drops out

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 with it

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 and cannot

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 be restored

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 till the

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 truth of

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 justification

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 is back

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 in its

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 proper place.

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 When Atlas

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 falls,

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 everything

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 that rested

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 on his

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 shoulders

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 comes crashing

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 down to

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 James

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 Packer.

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 Well,

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 to our

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 text this

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 evening,

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 first,

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 the person

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 who loved,

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 second,

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 the proof

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 of his

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 love,

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 thirdly,

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 the person

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 loved,

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 and finally,

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 the power

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 of love.

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 First,

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 the person

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 who loved.

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 Paul wrote,

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 the Son of

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 God who

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 loved me.

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 Now,

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 just repeat

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 that to

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 yourself.

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 Is that

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 not an

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 astonishing

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 statement

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 to make?

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 The Son

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 of God

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 who loved

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 me.

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 There is

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 no other

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 personal

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 statement in

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 the whole

00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:47.779
 of the

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 New Testament

00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:49.560
 that can

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 compare to

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 it.

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 Yes,

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 you will

00:11:52.060 --> 00:11:52.820
 find verses

00:11:52.820 --> 00:11:53.700
 that speak

00:11:53.700 --> 00:11:55.000
 of Christ's

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 love for

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 the church,

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 but not

00:11:57.800 --> 00:11:59.200
 this personal

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 statement of

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 being loved

00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:02.720
 by the

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 Son of

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 God.

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 So,

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 let us

00:12:05.179 --> 00:12:06.039
 select from

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 the Bible

00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:07.740
 some of

00:12:07.740 --> 00:12:08.740
 the information

00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:10.279
 given about

00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:11.279
 the identity

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 of this

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 person who

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 loved.

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 Note,

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 Paul didn't

00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:17.399
 write,

00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:18.899
 Jesus loved

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 me.

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 That would

00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:21.340
 be true,

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 but that's

00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:22.779
 not what he

00:12:22.779 --> 00:12:23.079
 wrote.

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 We may make

00:12:24.939 --> 00:12:25.740
 the statement,

00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:27.039
 Jesus loves

00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:27.319
 me,

00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:28.460
 and when

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 challenged

00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:29.559
 us to

00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:30.939
 our basis

00:12:30.939 --> 00:12:32.179
 and confidence

00:12:32.179 --> 00:12:32.839
 for making

00:12:32.839 --> 00:12:33.419
 such a

00:12:33.419 --> 00:12:33.819
 statement,

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 we may

00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:35.559
 quote from

00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:36.039
 the hymn

00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:36.939
 that we

00:12:36.939 --> 00:12:37.519
 learned as

00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:38.000
 children,

00:12:38.500 --> 00:12:39.419
 Jesus loves

00:12:39.419 --> 00:12:39.719
 me.

00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:40.799
 This I

00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:41.139
 know,

00:12:41.620 --> 00:12:42.079
 for the

00:12:42.079 --> 00:12:42.500
 Bible

00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:43.579
 tells me

00:12:43.579 --> 00:12:43.939
 so.

00:12:44.699 --> 00:12:45.219
 Nor did

00:12:45.219 --> 00:12:46.000
 Paul write,

00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:47.379
 Christ loved

00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:47.639
 me.

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 That is also

00:12:48.699 --> 00:12:49.059
 true.

00:12:50.019 --> 00:12:50.539
 That's not

00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:50.819
 what he

00:12:50.819 --> 00:12:51.120
 wrote.

00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:52.099
 He wrote,

00:12:52.439 --> 00:12:53.159
 the Son of

00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:54.219
 God loved

00:12:54.219 --> 00:12:54.480
 me.

00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:56.219
 The identity

00:12:56.219 --> 00:12:57.240
 of the one

00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:57.919
 who loved

00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:58.179
 him,

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 important to

00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:00.299
 the apostle

00:13:00.299 --> 00:13:01.399
 as it

00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:02.059
 should be

00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:03.259
 to every

00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:03.819
 believer.

00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:05.359
 Paul is

00:13:05.359 --> 00:13:05.739
 surely

00:13:05.739 --> 00:13:06.399
 stressing

00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:07.739
 the divine

00:13:07.739 --> 00:13:08.839
 identity of

00:13:08.839 --> 00:13:09.179
 the one

00:13:09.179 --> 00:13:09.699
 who loved

00:13:09.699 --> 00:13:09.899
 him,

00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:11.139
 person who

00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:11.579
 has no

00:13:11.579 --> 00:13:12.120
 beginning.

00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:13.059
 His

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 generation

00:13:13.719 --> 00:13:15.120
 was complete

00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:15.659
 from

00:13:15.659 --> 00:13:16.359
 eternity.

00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:17.539
 In the

00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:18.019
 words of

00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.439
 one of the

00:13:18.439 --> 00:13:19.099
 early church

00:13:19.099 --> 00:13:19.639
 fathers,

00:13:20.059 --> 00:13:20.579
 the Son

00:13:20.579 --> 00:13:21.120
 is the

00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:22.500
 unoriginally

00:13:28.179 --> 00:13:28.779
 God has

00:13:28.779 --> 00:13:30.000
 repeatedly

00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:30.979
 applied to

00:13:30.979 --> 00:13:31.979
 him the

00:13:31.979 --> 00:13:33.359
 incommunicable

00:13:33.359 --> 00:13:34.620
 name of

00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:35.659
 Yahweh or

00:13:35.659 --> 00:13:36.259
 Jehovah,

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 a name that

00:13:37.899 --> 00:13:40.239
 is descriptive,

00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:41.659
 exclusively,

00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:43.299
 of the

00:13:43.299 --> 00:13:44.500
 supreme

00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:45.439
 being,

00:13:46.239 --> 00:13:46.799
 the one

00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:48.039
 only living

00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:48.939
 and true

00:13:48.939 --> 00:13:49.559
 God.

00:13:50.259 --> 00:13:51.039
 The Son

00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:51.699
 of God

00:13:51.699 --> 00:13:52.819
 repeatedly

00:13:52.819 --> 00:13:53.879
 described in

00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:54.339
 the Bible

00:13:54.339 --> 00:13:54.819
 as the

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 first and

00:13:55.479 --> 00:13:56.000
 the last.

00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:56.860
 His

00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:57.200
 coming

00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:57.860
 forth is

00:13:57.860 --> 00:13:58.080
 from

00:13:58.080 --> 00:13:58.519
 old.

00:13:59.440 --> 00:13:59.720
 He is

00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:00.419
 described as

00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:00.940
 the Alpha

00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:01.539
 and Omega,

00:14:01.700 --> 00:14:02.200
 the beginning

00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:02.600
 and the

00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:02.940
 ending,

00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:04.539
 who is

00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:04.879
 and who

00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.419
 was and

00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:05.759
 who is

00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:06.179
 to come

00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:06.360
 the

00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:06.860
 Almighty,

00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:07.960
 one who

00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:08.440
 searches

00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:09.539
 the minds

00:14:09.539 --> 00:14:10.039
 and the

00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:10.799
 heart of

00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:11.279
 the children

00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:11.879
 of man,

00:14:12.299 --> 00:14:12.820
 one who

00:14:12.820 --> 00:14:13.700
 is unchanging

00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:14.460
 in the sense

00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:14.919
 that he is

00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:15.299
 the same

00:14:15.299 --> 00:14:16.139
 yesterday and

00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:16.580
 today and

00:14:16.580 --> 00:14:16.980
 forever,

00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:18.039
 the great

00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:18.919
 creator

00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:19.500
 God.

00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:20.860
 And as

00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.720
 Paul wrote

00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:22.480
 in his

00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:23.080
 letter to

00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:24.019
 the Colossians,

00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:24.980
 for by him

00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:26.279
 all things

00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:27.220
 were created

00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:27.840
 in heaven

00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:28.779
 and on

00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:29.100
 earth,

00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:29.960
 visible and

00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:30.440
 invisible,

00:14:30.680 --> 00:14:31.460
 whether thrones

00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:32.700
 or dominions

00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:33.240
 or rulers

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 or authorities,

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 all things

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 were created

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 through him

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 and for him.

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 And he is

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 before all

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 things and in

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 him all

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 things hold

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 together.

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 He is the

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 head of the

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 body,

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 the church,

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 he is the

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 beginning,

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 the firstborn

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 from the

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 dead,

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 that in

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 everything

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 he might

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 be

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 preeminent.

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 made.

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 And you

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 remember how

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 John in

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 his prologue,

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 how he

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 speaks of

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 all things

00:15:00.699 --> 00:15:01.439
 were made

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 through him

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 and without

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 him was

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 not anything

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 made that

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 was made.

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 The scope

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 of Christ's

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 authority

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 extends to

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 the bounds

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 of his

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 creation,

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 for by him

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 all things

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 were created,

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 heaven and on

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 earth,

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 visible and

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 invisible.

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 scientists

00:15:22.319 --> 00:15:23.359
 tell us

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 that the

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 span of

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 the physical

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 universe

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 is 93

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 billion

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 light years.

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 Now I

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 have to

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 confess

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 that my

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 understanding

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.359
 of that

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 piece of

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 information

00:15:36.699 --> 00:15:38.199
 is virtually

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 nil.

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 But does

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 it not

00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.679
 convey a

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 sense of

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 the majestic

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 power of

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 the Son

00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:46.979
 of God,

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 much on

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 earth that

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 is absolutely

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 astounding.

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 He created

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 the tiniest

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 creatures,

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 for example.

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 I read

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 somewhere that

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 there are

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 800,000

00:16:00.959 --> 00:16:02.579
 catalogued

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 insects with

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 billions in

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 some of the

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 species.

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 And on a

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 warm,

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 calm,

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 damp August

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 evening,

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 I don't think

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 any of us

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 would find that

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 piece of

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 information

00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:18.320
 difficult to

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 grasp when

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 we are

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 attacked by

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 the dreaded

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 image.

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 Think of

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 the genius

00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:24.920
 of divine

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 wisdom in

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 the wonder

00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:26.519
 of the

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 human brain

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 or the

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 complex

00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:29.379
 working of

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 the human

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 eye with

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 its millions

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 of points

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 of data

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 that

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 instantaneously

00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.400
 focus into

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 a single

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 image.

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 every form

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 and kind

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 of matter,

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 simple or

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 complex,

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 the atom

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 and the

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 star,

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 the sun

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 and the

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 cloud,

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 every grade

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 of life

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 from the

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 worm to

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 the angel,

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 every order

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 of intellect.

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 Being

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 and being

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 around us

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 and above

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 us,

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 the splendors

00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:03.759
 of heaven,

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 the nearer

00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:06.299
 phenomena of

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 earth are

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 the product

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 of the

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 one designated

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:11.220
 the son

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:12.019
 of God.

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 And Paul

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:14.359
 wrote,

00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.259
 this person

00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:16.819
 to whom

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 belongs

00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:18.460
 infinite

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 majesty

00:17:19.419 --> 00:17:20.399
 and glory,

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 the one

00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.519
 who was

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:21.980
 ever in

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 the presence

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:22.980
 of the

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.460
 father,

00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:24.599
 loved

00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:25.319
 him.

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 This love

00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.319
 is not

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 general.

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 It is a

00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:31.519
 love that is

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 special.

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 it focuses

00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:36.779
 on those

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.519
 whose names

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.259
 are written

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 in the

00:17:39.139 --> 00:17:39.639
 Lamb's

00:17:39.639 --> 00:17:40.059
 book of

00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:40.539
 life.

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 Those who

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.939
 are precious

00:17:42.939 --> 00:17:43.319
 to him

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 are engraven

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.599
 on the

00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:46.779
 palms of

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 God.

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 It is a

00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:49.019
 selective

00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.379
 love.

00:17:49.659 --> 00:17:50.379
 He loved

00:17:50.379 --> 00:17:50.740
 me,

00:17:50.959 --> 00:17:51.359
 wrote the

00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:51.759
 apostle.

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 It is a

00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:54.519
 personal

00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:54.980
 love.

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.240
 It is a

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.679
 love that

00:17:56.679 --> 00:17:57.539
 knows no

00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.299
 variation.

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 Although

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 there may

00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:01.779
 be very

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.380
 different

00:18:02.380 --> 00:18:03.119
 manifestations

00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:03.960
 of it

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.740
 in the

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.319
 lives of

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:05.839
 believers.

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 Some

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.279
 manifestations

00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:09.460
 of love

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:11.380
 that may

00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:13.839
 cause

00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:14.200
 you

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:15.859
 to

00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:16.519
 query

00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:18.960
 his

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.519
 love

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.660
 for you.

00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.220
 Yet

00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:23.680
 it is,

00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:24.339
 I believe,

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:25.140
 a source

00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:25.720
 of

00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.720
 everlasting

00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.579
 wonder

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:29.579
 to the

00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:30.099
 saints

00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:31.359
 in glory.

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 It lies

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.359
 at the

00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:33.959
 heart of

00:18:33.959 --> 00:18:34.219
 their

00:18:34.219 --> 00:18:34.939
 united

00:18:34.939 --> 00:18:36.199
 harmonious

00:18:36.199 --> 00:18:36.779
 choral

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.399
 praise.

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.339
 It is a

00:18:38.339 --> 00:18:38.919
 source of

00:18:38.919 --> 00:18:39.839
 continuing

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.919
 amazement

00:18:40.919 --> 00:18:42.399
 the lives

00:18:42.399 --> 00:18:43.119
 of believers

00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:43.859
 on earth

00:18:43.859 --> 00:18:45.619
 that Christ

00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:46.859
 loved

00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:47.480
 them.

00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.759
 Lives

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.339
 that were

00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:51.199
 crippled

00:18:51.199 --> 00:18:52.879
 and twisted

00:18:52.879 --> 00:18:54.759
 by the

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.579
 pervasive

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:57.240
 debilitating

00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:58.439
 power of

00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:58.759
 sin.

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.380
 Divine

00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:01.039
 Christ

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.380
 this

00:19:01.380 --> 00:19:01.779
 evening.

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:02.880
 You

00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.960
 experienced

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.759
 the power

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.660
 of Christ's

00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:06.100
 love in

00:19:06.100 --> 00:19:06.320
 its

00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:07.120
 intensity.

00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.380
 So as a

00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:08.799
 helpless

00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.279
 sinner,

00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.240
 you were

00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:11.140
 unable to

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:12.740
 respond to

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.720
 the overtures

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.559
 of grace.

00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:15.620
 And you

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:16.279
 can also

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:16.980
 testify,

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:17.940
 the Son

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.680
 of God

00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.940
 loved me.

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.380
 This

00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:22.100
 love of

00:19:22.100 --> 00:19:23.240
 Christ is

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:23.840
 eternal,

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.720
 it is free

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.600
 and unmerited.

00:19:26.320 --> 00:19:27.100
 Nothing in the

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.799
 life of the

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:29.319
 sinner to

00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:30.000
 draw out

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.839
 that love.

00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:32.559
 And the

00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:33.219
 measure of

00:19:33.219 --> 00:19:33.859
 this love

00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:35.019
 is how

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.579
 much it

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.299
 gives and

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.919
 that brings

00:19:36.919 --> 00:19:37.740
 me to

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.359
 my second

00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:39.000
 point,

00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:41.740
 the proof

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.519
 of his

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.000
 love.

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.819
 If the

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.879
 first statement

00:19:45.879 --> 00:19:47.059
 blows you

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.519
 away,

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.740
 what about

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.240
 the second

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.799
 part of

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.379
 the statement?

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.559
 The Son

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.159
 of God

00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:53.480
 gave himself

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.199
 for me.

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.259
 me?

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.559
 This is,

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.059
 I believe,

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.779
 the ultimate

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:59.120
 definition of

00:19:59.120 --> 00:19:59.519
 love.

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:01.000
 Jesus himself

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.360
 taught,

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.500
 greater love

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.080
 has no one

00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:03.380
 on this

00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:04.160
 that someone

00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:04.759
 lay down

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.240
 his life

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.600
 for his

00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.120
 friends.

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:07.759
 And in

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.600
 order for

00:20:08.600 --> 00:20:09.259
 this love

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:10.000
 to be fully

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.900
 demonstrated,

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.259
 the Son

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.840
 of God

00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:13.960
 became flesh

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:15.180
 and dwelt

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:16.059
 among us.

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:17.860
 One

00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.860
 commentator

00:20:18.860 --> 00:20:20.100
 expressed

00:20:20.100 --> 00:20:20.539
 it,

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:22.940
 that the

00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.940
 creator and

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.799
 upholder of

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.619
 the universe

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:27.359
 should come

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:28.099
 down to

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.639
 such a

00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.319
 world as

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.859
 this and

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.480
 clothe

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:33.519
 himself in

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.299
 the inferior

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.339
 nature of

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.059
 its race.

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.559
 And in

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.379
 that nature

00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:39.159
 die to

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 forgive and

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 save it.

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 It's the

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 most amazing

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:43.539
 of revelations.

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 What

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:46.579
 sublimity is

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.339
 shed around

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.019
 the gospel?

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 The God

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:49.839
 of the

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.740
 first chapter

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.500
 of Genesis

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.940
 is the

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:54.059
 babe of

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 the first

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.700
 chapter of

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 Matthew.

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 Think about

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.440
 that.

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.859
 Think about

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:02.019
 the wonder

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.619
 of that.

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:06.079
 He was

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:06.879
 always the

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.240
 Son,

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.639
 but he

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.559
 became man.

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 And Paul

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.879
 is reflecting

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.359
 on the

00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:13.980
 wonder of

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 the plan

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.400
 of redemption

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:16.539
 as accomplished

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.339
 by the one

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 who loved.

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 You see,

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.919
 love is not

00:21:19.919 --> 00:21:21.279
 something tangible.

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:21.819
 You cannot

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.399
 put it in

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:22.980
 the palm of

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.379
 your hand

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:23.740
 and say,

00:21:23.959 --> 00:21:24.699
 that's love.

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:26.319
 You have

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:26.919
 to find

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:27.699
 the proof

00:21:27.699 --> 00:21:28.279
 of love.

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.919
 You need

00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:34.579
 evidence.

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.839
 And Paul

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.459
 gives us

00:21:36.459 --> 00:21:36.959
 the evidence.

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:37.619
 He places

00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:39.059
 the irrefutable

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:40.399
 evidence or

00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:41.059
 proof of the

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.579
 love of the

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.199
 Son of God

00:21:42.199 --> 00:21:42.779
 before our

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.099
 minds.

00:21:43.419 --> 00:21:43.799
 The Son

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.379
 of God

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:45.799
 gave himself

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.379
 for me.

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 And what

00:21:48.959 --> 00:21:49.899
 Paul states

00:21:49.899 --> 00:21:50.359
 is not

00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:51.119
 merely the

00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:52.459
 innocent one

00:21:52.459 --> 00:21:53.079
 taking the

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.539
 place of

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.099
 the guilty.

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 It's God

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.159
 the Son

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.559
 in our

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.039
 nature

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:58.199
 taking the

00:21:58.199 --> 00:21:58.740
 place of

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.419
 the guilty,

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 enduring in

00:22:00.919 --> 00:22:01.879
 himself his

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:03.119
 own condemnation

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.679
 of sin.

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 That's why

00:22:05.439 --> 00:22:06.319
 he took human

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.539
 nature in

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.259
 order to put

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.000
 himself in a

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.919
 position where

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.559
 he had blood

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.759
 to shed and a

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.899
 soul to pour

00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.779
 out in death.

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:15.339
 the fourth

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.399
 servant song

00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:17.180
 in Isaiah

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:19.259
 so powerfully

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.319
 prophesied.

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.940
 Therefore I

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.720
 will divide him

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.460
 a portion with

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.019
 the many and

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.680
 he shall divide

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.819
 the spoil with

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.299
 the strong

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:27.799
 because he

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.759
 poured out

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.519
 his soul

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.460
 to death.

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.700
 Numbered with

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.680
 the transgressors

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.399
 bore the sin

00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:34.319
 of many makes

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:35.099
 intercession for

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:36.259
 the transgressors.

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.700
 Ask yourself

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.440
 the question

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.759
 for whom did

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.379
 he shed his

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:41.299
 blood and

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.799
 poured out

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.460
 to soul?

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.720
 And the

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.680
 biblical answer

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.700
 is an

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.480
 innumerable

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.200
 number of

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.399
 people whose

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:49.339
 souls were

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:50.299
 enveloped by

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.759
 thick spiritual

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.919
 darkness which

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.680
 could never be

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:55.299
 removed unless

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.180
 their guilt

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.619
 was removed.

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:59.419
 Fallen man

00:22:59.419 --> 00:23:00.680
 is under the

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.399
 wrath and

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:02.599
 curse of a

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.519
 holy God.

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.440
 You know

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:04.899
 there's a

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.740
 vivid picture

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:07.539
 portrayed by

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:09.139
 the prophet

00:23:09.139 --> 00:23:10.200
 Jeremiah of

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.720
 the incorrigible

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.680
 wickedness of

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.120
 the human

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:13.620
 heart.

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.460
 The prophet

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.160
 speaks of

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:16.220
 the sinful

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:17.620
 practices of

00:23:17.620 --> 00:23:18.140
 the nation

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.779
 of Judah.

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.559
 Sin of

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.079
 Judah is

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.440
 written with

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.000
 a pen of

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.539
 iron with

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.180
 a point of

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.600
 diamond.

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.299
 It is

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.140
 engraven on

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.640
 the tablet

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.079
 of their

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.500
 heart.

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.920
 The sins

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.279
 of the

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.720
 nation,

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.240
 they weren't

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.880
 just written

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.519
 in pencil.

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:32.059
 Something that

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.720
 could easily

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:34.100
 be erased

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:35.039
 or rubbed

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.440
 out.

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.860
 They were

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.460
 chiseled

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.559
 into their

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.640
 stone cold

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.319
 hearts with

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.859
 a metal

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.279
 pen.

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.159
 In other

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.519
 words,

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.679
 that corruption

00:23:43.679 --> 00:23:44.460
 was deep

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.639
 seated and

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.779
 ineradicable.

00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:47.960
 That's how

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.399
 deeply ingrained

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:51.159
 sin is in

00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.879
 all of our

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:53.279
 hearts unless

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.099
 we are in

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.539
 receipt of

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.119
 divine

00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:57.119
 forgiveness.

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.019
 The Bible

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.960
 reminds us

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.599
 that without

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.539
 the shedding

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.359
 of blood,

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.819
 there is no

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.599
 remission of

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.139
 sins.

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.019
 And the

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.980
 apostle sets

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:08.119
 before us the

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.879
 price of

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.420
 redemption.

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:09.820
 In the

00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.320
 words of

00:24:10.320 --> 00:24:10.940
 our text,

00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:11.800
 the Son

00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:12.560
 of God

00:24:12.560 --> 00:24:13.940
 gave himself

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:15.080
 for me.

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.840
 That involved

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:17.440
 the Son of

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.180
 God in our

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.420
 nature entering

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.200
 into the

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:21.740
 darkness and

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.280
 bearing the

00:24:22.280 --> 00:24:22.840
 wrath and

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.360
 curse.

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.520
 The only

00:24:27.520 --> 00:24:29.640
 way which

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.420
 the guilt of

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.280
 sin could be

00:24:31.280 --> 00:24:33.480
 removed in

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.160
 order for

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.920
 light to

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.500
 replace

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:37.800
 darkness was

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.539
 for the Son

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.319
 of Man in

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.059
 our nature

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:41.619
 to enter

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.240
 into the

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.619
 darkness in

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.819
 bearing the

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.359
 wrath and

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.899
 curse.

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.460
 He gave

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.180
 himself.

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.279
 He gave

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.240
 himself as a

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.579
 sacrifice to

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.879
 satisfy divine

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:54.019
 justice and

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:55.359
 reconcile sinners

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.319
 to God.

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.720
 He gave

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.379
 himself.

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.159
 That was the

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:01.279
 supreme sacrifice.

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.500
 He laid down

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.159
 his life.

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.759
 And in doing

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.799
 so, he

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:07.279
 was laid in

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.039
 the dust of

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.640
 death.

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.640
 Was that

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.379
 not what

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:12.660
 prompted the

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.539
 hymn writer on

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.480
 an occasion to

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.900
 write?

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.299
 Long my

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:17.539
 imprisoned spirit

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:19.160
 lay, fast

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.440
 bound in sin

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.279
 and nature's

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.720
 night.

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.059
 Thine eye

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.079
 diffused a

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.980
 quickening ray.

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.359
 I woke,

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.879
 the dungeon

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:29.060
 flamed with

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.520
 light.

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.920
 My chains

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.580
 fell off.

00:25:31.840 --> 00:25:32.480
 My heart

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.100
 was free.

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.380
 I rose,

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.320
 went forth

00:25:35.320 --> 00:25:35.880
 and followed

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.220
 thee.

00:25:36.800 --> 00:25:38.220
 Amazing love,

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.580
 how can it

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.860
 be that

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.580
 thou, my

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.260
 God,

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.360
 should die

00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:44.100
 for me?

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:47.460
 Oh, does it

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.060
 fill you

00:25:48.060 --> 00:25:49.800
 with astonishment

00:25:49.800 --> 00:25:50.600
 this evening

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.720
 that the

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.580
 Son of God

00:25:52.580 --> 00:25:53.420
 gave himself

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:55.200
 for you?

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.080
 And that

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:56.760
 brings me to

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.359
 my third

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:57.879
 point.

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.140
 The proof

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.460
 of his

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.059
 love, the

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.660
 person who

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.460
 loved, the

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.579
 person loved.

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.799
 Paul wrote,

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.839
 the Son of

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.900
 God who

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:07.140
 loved me

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:08.900
 and gave

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:10.339
 himself for

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.779
 me.

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:14.359
 He loved

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:16.039
 me, wrote

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.619
 Paul.

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.660
 He gave

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.400
 himself for

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.839
 me.

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.019
 Was the

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.660
 meal from

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.400
 Paul wrote

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.019
 a believer

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.779
 and a

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.680
 faithful follower?

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.259
 Was that

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.799
 the focus

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.319
 of the

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.079
 love of

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.440
 the Son

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.940
 of God?

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.259
 No!

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.379
 Was that

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:32.859
 the kind

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.500
 of person

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.180
 for whom

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.559
 he gave

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:34.980
 himself?

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.500
 And again,

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:35.900
 no.

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.879
 For one

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.619
 will scarcely

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.619
 die for a

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.680
 righteous person.

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.379
 Though for a

00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:44.019
 good person

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.539
 one would

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.079
 dare even

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.460
 to die,

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.460
 but God

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.059
 shows his

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.559
 love for

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.259
 us in

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.799
 that while

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.240
 we were

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.279
 still sinners,

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.460
 Christ

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.960
 died for

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.460
 us.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.299
 When

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.299
 Christ met

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.940
 with Saul

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.720
 of Tarsus,

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.960
 he was

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.720
 behaving like

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.240
 a wild

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.400
 animal in

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.039
 his threats

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.480
 to the

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:05.079
 followers of

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.640
 the Church

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.220
 of Jesus

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.920
 Christ.

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.120
 The book

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.640
 of Acts

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.460
 tells us he

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.100
 was breathing

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:11.120
 threats and

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:12.579
 murder against

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.460
 the disciples

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.019
 of the

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.420
 Lord.

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.559
 He asked

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.559
 the high

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.140
 priest for

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:19.779
 letters to

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.639
 the synagogues

00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:21.559
 at Damascus

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.500
 so that if

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.920
 he found

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.619
 any belonging

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.059
 to the

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.680
 way man

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.180
 or woman

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.579
 he might

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.099
 bring them

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.660
 bound to

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.240
 Jerusalem.

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:27.980
 He was

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.779
 engaged in

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.359
 active

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.119
 persecution

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.619
 of the

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.079
 Church of

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.539
 Christ.

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.619
 And as

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.160
 Christ

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:35.700
 forcefully

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.819
 reminded him

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.500
 on that

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.139
 never-to-be-

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.700
 forgotten

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.539
 Damascus

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.299
 road meeting,

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.339
 Saul,

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.039
 Saul,

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.220
 why are

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.399
 you

00:27:43.399 --> 00:27:44.160
 persecuting

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.660
 me?

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:48.000
 Saul was

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.559
 ignorant of

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.379
 the identity

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.980
 of the

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.519
 questioner.

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.259
 Who are

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.460
 you,

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:52.879
 Lord?

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.859
 He asks.

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.480
 And the

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.079
 response,

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.619
 I am

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.139
 Jesus.

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.139
 I am

00:27:59.139 --> 00:27:59.460
 the

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.259
 Savior of

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.599
 sinners.

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.379
 I am

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:01.799
 the Son

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.579
 of God.

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:04.879
 And what

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.379
 was true

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.779
 of this

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.659
 person who

00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:07.259
 speaks of

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.899
 being loved,

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.539
 who can

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.079
 state that

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.399
 the Son

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:09.859
 of God

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.500
 gave himself

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.859
 and his

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.279
 place?

00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:11.879
 Well,

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.139
 you may

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.779
 remember his

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.019
 own

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.940
 biographical

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.679
 description

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.139
 of his

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.359
 own

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.259
 former way

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.659
 of life.

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.220
 I was a

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.899
 blasphemer,

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:19.039
 persecutor,

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.720
 an insolent

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.200
 opponent,

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.240
 until mercy

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.980
 arrested me.

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.839
 I received

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.200
 mercy,

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.720
 says the

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.119
 apostle.

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:24.899
 He had

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.299
 been under

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.920
 the dominion

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.539
 of darkness.

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.220
 Remember how

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.759
 he wrote in

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.399
 his letter

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:28.839
 to the

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.519
 Colossians,

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.480
 God has

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.700
 delivered us

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.500
 from the

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.099
 domain of

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.559
 darkness

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.759
 and transferred

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:36.119
 us to

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.619
 the kingdom

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.039
 of his

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.420
 beloved

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.879
 Son.

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.019
 He included

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.960
 himself among

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.579
 the number

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.240
 who were under

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.099
 the domain

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:43.000
 of darkness

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.700
 and were

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.240
 delivered.

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.359
 Yet such

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:45.759
 is the

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.519
 devastating,

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.619
 blinding

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.379
 effect of

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.559
 sin in

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.779
 his

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.759
 pre-conversing

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.299
 days,

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.599
 that that

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.399
 was certainly

00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:54.519
 not how

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.039
 he viewed

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.639
 himself.

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.759
 He was

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:58.139
 striving to

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.679
 keep the

00:28:58.679 --> 00:28:59.039
 law.

00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.539
 If anyone

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.239
 else thinks

00:29:01.239 --> 00:29:01.539
 he has

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.059
 reason for

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.819
 confidence in

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.159
 the flesh,

00:29:03.439 --> 00:29:03.779
 I have

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.219
 more.

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.619
 Circumcised

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:05.959
 on the

00:29:05.959 --> 00:29:06.539
 eighth day

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:06.839
 of the

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.339
 people of

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.619
 Israel,

00:29:07.719 --> 00:29:07.919
 of the

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.359
 tribe of

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:08.699
 Benjamin,

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.139
 a Hebrew

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.439
 of the

00:29:09.439 --> 00:29:09.699
 Hebrews,

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.399
 as to

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:10.639
 the law

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.319
 of Pharisees,

00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:11.659
 as to

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:11.919
 seal,

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.579
 a persecutor

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:12.859
 of the

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.079
 church,

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.779
 as to

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.299
 righteousness

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.879
 under the

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.119
 law,

00:29:15.239 --> 00:29:15.959
 blameless.

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:18.500
 Oh,

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.960
 often,

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.079
 is that

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.480
 not how

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.039
 we tend

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.720
 to think

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.500
 of ourselves?

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.660
 I'm not

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.539
 really such

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.059
 a bad

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.559
 person.

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.600
 Oh,

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.000
 I know

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.559
 I'm not

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.360
 what I

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:31.240
 should be,

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.299
 but,

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.380
 oh,

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:34.940
 we may

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.600
 fervently

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.539
 believe that,

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.019
 but the

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.880
 reality is

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.259
 that we

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.880
 are sinners.

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.680
 We are

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.259
 under the

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.140
 condemnation

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.720
 of the

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:43.920
 holy,

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.299
 just,

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:47.559
 law of

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:47.740
 a

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.099
 righteous

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.879
 God.

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.159
 Nothing

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.839
 we can

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.220
 do

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.279
 can

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.859
 alter

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.980
 that

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.440
 fact.

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.339
 That is

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.279
 why the

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.899
 statement

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:59.000
 of love

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.419
 is so

00:29:59.419 --> 00:29:59.759
 really

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.359
 wonderfully

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.059
 amazing.

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.039
 Remember

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.819
 how Paul

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.539
 prayed

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.619
 that

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.159
 believers

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:07.220
 be empowered

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.279
 by God

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:09.940
 to grasp

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.899
 this love

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.220
 that

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.440
 surpasses

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.059
 knowledge.

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.919
 and in

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:15.419
 doing so

00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:16.099
 Paul wrote

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.779
 about the

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.259
 immeasurable

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:20.059
 dimensions of

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:21.180
 Christ's love.

00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.079
 Its

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:24.039
 breadth and

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.180
 length and

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.519
 height and

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.099
 depth.

00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.720
 Reminds me of

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:30.139
 the story of a

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.859
 little boy who

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.619
 was out fishing

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.559
 with his dad.

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.919
 They were

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.879
 using hand

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:36.740
 lines and

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.359
 the little boy

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:37.859
 was letting

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.500
 down his

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.099
 hand line.

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.220
 He could

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.759
 touch the

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.139
 bottom.

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:41.960
 He could

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.440
 feel the

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:42.779
 bottom.

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.879
 But they

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.579
 moved further

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.099
 out to

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.420
 sea.

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.740
 And when

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.099
 the little

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.500
 boy

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.740
 let out

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:48.940
 his

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.240
 hand

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.619
 line he

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.039
 could no

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.420
 longer

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.940
 feel the

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.279
 bottom.

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:52.920
 He

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.420
 turned to

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.920
 his dad

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.220
 and he

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.519
 said,

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.700
 surely

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.220
 this is

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.420
 the

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.799
 great

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.259
 ocean.

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.079
 And his

00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.740
 dad said

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.139
 to him,

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.440
 no,

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.019
 when you

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.319
 are in

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.680
 the middle

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.099
 of the

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.480
 great

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:03.899
 ocean

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.379
 there is

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.619
 no

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.200
 bottom

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.240
 or no

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.680
 shore.

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:08.539
 when you

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.180
 come face

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.920
 to face

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:11.259
 with the

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.680
 love of

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.100
 God

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:12.900
 and Christ

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:14.160
 it is

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.580
 like a

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.080
 huge

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.660
 ocean

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:17.279
 with no

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.920
 bottom

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:19.120
 and no

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.580
 shore.

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.539
 And the

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.519
 terms used

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.299
 by Paul

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.299
 are calculated

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.960
 to set

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:26.000
 before our

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.620
 minds the

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.240
 immensity

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:29.039
 and inexhaustible

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.600
 nature

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.840
 of Christ's

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.240
 love.

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:33.839
 irrespective

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.059
 of

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.900
 background

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:36.400
 or race

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:38.000
 or age

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:39.400
 there is

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.079
 room in

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:41.099
 the extensive

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.420
 embrace

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.259
 of love.

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:44.920
 There was

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.480
 a place

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.200
 for me

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:48.059
 states

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.680
 Paul

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.420
 the arch

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.440
 persecutor

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.779
 striving to

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.180
 keep the

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.539
 law and

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.859
 you go

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.440
 through the

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:53.859
 Bible

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.940
 and you

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.500
 discover

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.980
 there was

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.559
 a place

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.880
 in the

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.299
 love of

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.799
 Christ

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.380
 for

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:58.980
 Rahab

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.359
 the

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.200
 prostitute.

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.880
 There was

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.500
 room for

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.299
 backslidden

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:04.299
 penitent

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.359
 restored

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.160
 Samson.

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.339
 There was

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.859
 a place

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.680
 for Naomi

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:10.359
 who experienced

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.180
 being emptied

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.819
 in order

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.480
 to be

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.359
 even more

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.900
 filled.

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.160
 A place

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.720
 for Rose

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.640
 the Moabite

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:18.319
 who became

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.859
 an heir

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.259
 of the

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.819
 promises.

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.120
 There was

00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:21.599
 a place

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:21.960
 for the

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.240
 woman

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.680
 there was

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.160
 a sinner

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:24.720
 who came

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.160
 into the

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.700
 house of

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.180
 Simon.

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.000
 There was

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.440
 a place

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.960
 for little

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.779
 Zacchaeus

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.319
 the greedy

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.319
 tax collector

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.960
 and we

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.400
 could go

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.819
 on.

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:33.740
 And oh

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.319
 my friend

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.799
 the wonder

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:36.240
 is there

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.620
 is a

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:38.120
 place for

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.680
 you and

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.220
 the likes

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.620
 of you

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.220
 and me.

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.120
 Does that

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.799
 not humble

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.900
 you if

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.480
 you find

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.380
 yourself this

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:46.480
 evening in

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.340
 the embrace

00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:48.279
 of this

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.900
 love?

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.920
 For you

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.420
 do not

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.000
 possess

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.860
 knowledge of

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:55.720
 anyone like

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.559
 you possess

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:58.120
 of your

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:59.000
 own self.

00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:01.519
 love of

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.440
 the

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.440
 love of

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.440
 the

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.440
 love of

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.160
 the

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.819
 judgments

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.359
 of a

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.759
 heart

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.819
 that is

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.700
 deceitful

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.420
 and

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.000
 desperately

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.579
 wicked.

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.960
 But even

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.779
 with impaired

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.859
 biased knowledge

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.480
 of self

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.819
 you know

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:18.140
 if you are

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.740
 in Christ

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.440
 this evening

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.380
 you never

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:21.279
 deserved a

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.759
 place

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.839
 in the

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.279
 all

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.000
 embraces

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.160
 all

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:26.079
 enveloping

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:27.759
 love

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.799
 of the

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.240
 son of

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.859
 God

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:31.019
 that took

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.519
 you in

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.920
 as a

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.660
 neglected

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.660
 helpless

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.319
 orphan

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.799
 without

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.539
 resources

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.039
 for in

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.400
 his

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:37.940
 eyes

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:39.420
 we

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.000
 were

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.440
 unseemly

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:43.059
 and loathsome

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.720
 objects.

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.039
 And the

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:45.180
 words that

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.779
 you find in

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.400
 the prophecy

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:47.440
 of Ezekiel

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.240
 we were

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.799
 lying

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.640
 in our

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:49.960
 own

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.480
 blood

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.460
 when he

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.000
 looked on

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.380
 us

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:53.580
 in love

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:54.500
 and said

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.960
 to us

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.480
 live.

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.059
 Christ's

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.559
 love then

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.539
 is not

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.039
 some

00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:00.140
 abstract

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:01.200
 concept.

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.740
 It is a

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.200
 passionate

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.940
 affection

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:06.400
 that has

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.400
 been expressed

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.360
 through

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.380
 sacrificial

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.400
 action.

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.019
 Many

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.700
 waters

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.399
 the Bible

00:34:13.399 --> 00:34:13.839
 says

00:34:13.839 --> 00:34:14.659
 cannot

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.319
 quench

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:15.939
 love

00:34:15.939 --> 00:34:17.059
 neither

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.519
 can

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.039
 floods

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.500
 drown

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.779
 it

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.219
 and

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.399
 that

00:34:19.399 --> 00:34:19.639
 is

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.159
 certainly

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.759
 true

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:21.539
 of the

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:21.779
 love

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:21.980
 of

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.559
 God

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.219
 in

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.879
 Christ.

00:34:24.939 --> 00:34:25.039
 The

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.500
 person

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.199
 loved

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.779
 a

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.059
 hell

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.699
 deserving

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.179
 sinner.

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:28.879
 The

00:34:28.879 --> 00:34:29.179
 proof

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.519
 of his

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.819
 love

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.259
 he gave

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.759
 himself

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.000
 the

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.379
 person

00:34:31.379 --> 00:34:31.599
 who

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:31.919
 loved

00:34:31.919 --> 00:34:32.399
 the

00:34:32.399 --> 00:34:32.579
 Son

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:32.759
 of

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.099
 God

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.299
 and

00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:33.819
 finally

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.559
 the

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:34.859
 time

00:34:34.859 --> 00:34:35.039
 is

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.379
 going

00:34:35.379 --> 00:34:35.799
 the

00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:36.279
 power

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.519
 of

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.019
 love.

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.019
 We

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.279
 can

00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:39.559
 say

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:39.799
 that

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:39.960
 the

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.279
 love

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:40.879
 spoken

00:34:40.879 --> 00:34:41.139
 of

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.399
 by

00:34:41.399 --> 00:34:42.059
 Paul

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:43.259
 wells

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.820
 up

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.159
 from

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.679
 within

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.739
 the

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.340
 divine

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.019
 being

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.920
 and

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.139
 it

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.779
 flows

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.400
 towards

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.579
 loveless

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.179
 lives

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.759
 with

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.219
 such

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.840
 power

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:54.079
 that

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.239
 they

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.440
 are

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.460
 constrained

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.159
 to

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.519
 no

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.059
 longer

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.599
 live

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.980
 selfishly

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.219
 for

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.840
 themselves

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:01.059
 but

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.320
 to

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.279
 selflessly

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:03.460
 devote

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.779
 their

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.340
 lives

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.159
 in

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.900
 reciprocal

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.480
 love

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.159
 to

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.340
 the

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.619
 one

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:07.820
 who

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.179
 loved

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.559
 them.

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:09.840
 They

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.079
 are

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.960
 motivated

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:12.599
 controlled

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.539
 by

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.800
 the

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.019
 love

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.260
 of

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.800
 Christ.

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.139
 They

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.320
 are

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.599
 under

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:16.840
 the

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.380
 dominion

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.619
 of

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:17.780
 the

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.500
 expulsive

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.039
 power

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.519
 of

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.699
 a

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:19.860
 new

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.420
 affection.

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.440
 That's

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.619
 why

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.820
 they

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.099
 follow

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.340
 the

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.740
 Lord.

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.019
 That's

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.199
 why

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.420
 they

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.699
 love

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.119
 coming

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.599
 to

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:25.800
 the

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.159
 table

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.400
 of

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.559
 the

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.039
 gospel.

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.720
 You

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.360
 relish

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.760
 the

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.099
 food

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.320
 and

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.619
 drink

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.280
 provided

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:30.500
 on

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.659
 the

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.000
 table

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.240
 that

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:31.980
 nourishes

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:31.980


00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.300
 your

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.760
 soul,

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:33.840
 satiates

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.099
 your

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.699
 appetite,

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.699
 and

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.320
 strangely

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.800
 at the

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.099
 same

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.659
 time,

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.659
 it

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.159
 whets

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.480
 your

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.119
 appetite

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:41.059
 for

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.359
 even

00:35:41.359 --> 00:35:42.000
 more

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.819
 of

00:35:42.819 --> 00:35:43.059
 the

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.659
 same

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.719
 provision.

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:47.880
 Because

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:49.239
 under

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:49.539
 the

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.199
 motivating

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:51.000
 power

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.759
 of

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:51.960
 the

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.199
 love

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.380
 of

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:52.579
 the

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:52.779
 Son

00:35:52.779 --> 00:35:52.960
 of

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.420
 God,

00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:54.219
 this

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.400
 has

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.779
 become

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:55.159
 true.

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.059
 Just

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.400
 as it

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.599
 was

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:56.839
 true

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:56.980
 of

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.099
 the

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:58.339
 life

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:58.519
 I

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.759
 now

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.039
 live

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.159
 in

00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.319
 the

00:35:59.319 --> 00:35:59.739
 flesh,

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.440
 I

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:00.659
 live

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:00.880
 by

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.539
 faith

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.219
 in

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.420
 the

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.639
 Son

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:02.859
 of

00:36:02.859 --> 00:36:03.359
 God

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:03.819
 who

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.259
 loved

00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:04.519
 me

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.079
 and

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.420
 gave

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:05.859
 himself

00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.219
 for

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.519
 me.

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:08.460
 And

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:08.619
 is

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:08.859
 that

00:36:08.859 --> 00:36:09.199
 not

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.599
 why?

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.799
 You

00:36:10.799 --> 00:36:11.259
 come

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:12.420
 to

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:12.659
 his

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:12.960
 own

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.460
 table,

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:15.119
 to

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.299
 the

00:36:15.299 --> 00:36:15.759
 Lord's

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:16.139
 table,

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.519
 as

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.679
 you

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:18.359
 express

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:18.699
 your

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:19.079
 deep

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.960
 indebtedness

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.179
 to

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.500
 him,

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:22.059
 but

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.440
 also

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.739
 your

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.719
 anticipation

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.880
 and

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.980
 expectation

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:27.179
 of

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.380
 his

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:27.779
 coming

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.059
 to

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.500
 take

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.759
 you

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:29.579
 to

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:29.819
 be

00:36:29.819 --> 00:36:30.279
 forever

00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:31.559
 with

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.259
 himself.

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:34.199
 But

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.500
 what,

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:34.719
 my

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:35.059
 friend,

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.420
 if that

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.839
 is not

00:36:35.839 --> 00:36:36.259
 true of

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:36.460
 you

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:36.920
 tonight?

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:38.159
 What

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.460
 if you

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.819
 are a

00:36:38.819 --> 00:36:39.359
 stranger

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:40.440
 to

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:40.640
 the

00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:40.840
 love

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.039
 of

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.360
 God

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.579
 and

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.200
 Christ?

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:43.920
 What

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.220
 if you

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.380
 have

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.680
 never

00:36:44.680 --> 00:36:45.420
 been

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.160
 constrained

00:36:46.160 --> 00:36:47.120
 by

00:36:47.120 --> 00:36:47.519
 this

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:49.320
 power

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:50.400
 that

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.940
 turns

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.480
 lives

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.120
 around

00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:54.120
 and

00:36:54.120 --> 00:36:54.539
 makes

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:54.820
 them

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.320
 live

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.880
 for

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.059
 the

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.300
 one

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:57.500
 who

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:57.920
 loved

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.260
 them

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:59.120
 and

00:36:59.120 --> 00:36:59.480
 gave

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.980
 himself

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.400
 for

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.740
 them?

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.860
 Oh,

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.120
 may

00:37:03.120 --> 00:37:03.519
 God

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.200
 grant

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:05.780
 that

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:05.920
 you

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.240
 come

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.460
 to

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:06.860
 know

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.840
 this

00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.340
 person

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.559
 in

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:08.720
 your

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:09.260
 life

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:11.059
 and

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.260
 that

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.440
 is

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:11.960
 love

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:13.140
 works

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.840
 mightily

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.140
 and

00:37:14.140 --> 00:37:14.880
 powerfully

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.519
 in

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:15.700
 your

00:37:15.700 --> 00:37:16.200
 heart.

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.079
 The

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.500
 person

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:17.720
 who

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.059
 loved

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.539
 one

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:18.900
 from

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.260
 all

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.960
 eternity

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:21.079
 was

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.880
 immersed

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.220
 in

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.720
 love

00:37:22.720 --> 00:37:23.720
 as

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:23.900
 the

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.280
 beloved

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.660
 son.

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:24.820
 He

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:25.100
 came

00:37:25.100 --> 00:37:25.320
 from

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:25.500
 a

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:25.800
 world

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:26.059
 of

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.539
 love.

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.539
 He

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.019
 came

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.280
 from

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:29.480
 a

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.780
 world

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:30.039
 of

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.600
 love.

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.579
 The

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:31.920
 love

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.140
 that

00:37:32.140 --> 00:37:32.680
 exists

00:37:32.680 --> 00:37:33.120
 between

00:37:33.120 --> 00:37:33.360
 the

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:33.860
 persons

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.599
 of

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:34.820
 the

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.380
 glorious

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:36.079
 Trinity.

00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:37.079
 The

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.400
 proof

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:37.539
 of

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.720
 his

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:38.059
 love

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.519
 he

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.940
 gave

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.720
 himself.

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:40.840
 The

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.240
 only

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:42.000
 sacrifice

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:43.140
 that

00:37:43.140 --> 00:37:43.380
 could

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:44.000
 accomplish

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.760
 redemption.

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.579
 The

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:45.980
 person

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.539
 loved

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.480
 me

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.140
 says

00:37:48.140 --> 00:37:48.579
 Paul

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.620
 and

00:37:49.620 --> 00:37:50.120
 everyone

00:37:50.120 --> 00:37:50.840
 who

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.039
 has

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.260
 been

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.840
 united

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.160
 to

00:37:52.160 --> 00:37:52.620
 Jesus

00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:53.420
 through

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:53.840
 faith

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:53.980
 in

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.140
 his

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:54.579
 name.

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:55.720
 Me

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.640
 the

00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:57.400
 unworthy

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:58.880
 undeserving

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.400
 sinner.

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.340
 The

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.720
 power

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:00.920
 of

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.340
 love

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.579
 they

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.960
 might

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.160
 no

00:38:03.160 --> 00:38:03.579
 longer

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:03.960
 live

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.200
 for

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:04.740
 themselves

00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.840
 but

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.120
 for

00:38:06.120 --> 00:38:06.460
 him

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:07.460
 who

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.820
 for

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.200
 their

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.760
 sake

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.440
 died

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:10.600
 and

00:38:10.600 --> 00:38:10.860
 was

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.519
 raised

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.920
 again.

00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:14.200
 Let

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:14.400
 us

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.800
 pray.

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.940
 Oh

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.720
 eternal

00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:19.059
 and

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.300
 ever

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:19.800
 blessed

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.280
 one.

00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:23.320
 There

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.840
 is so

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.440
 much

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:26.579
 in the

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:26.820
 little

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.420
 text

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.180
 before

00:38:28.180 --> 00:38:28.480
 us

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.760
 this

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:29.280
 evening.

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:32.140
 and

00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:32.720
 eternity

00:38:32.720 --> 00:38:33.200
 will

00:38:33.200 --> 00:38:33.519
 never

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.540
 exhaust

00:38:34.540 --> 00:38:37.120
 the

00:38:37.120 --> 00:38:37.600
 wonder

00:38:37.600 --> 00:38:37.920
 and

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.940
 astonishment

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:40.840
 of the

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.260
 lives

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:41.720
 of the

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:42.519
 redeemed

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:45.000
 as

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.260
 they

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:46.120
 constantly

00:38:46.120 --> 00:38:46.840
 focus

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.260
 and

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:48.240
 contemplate

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:49.660
 on the

00:38:49.660 --> 00:38:50.080
 one who

00:38:50.080 --> 00:38:50.460
 loved

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.760
 them

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:52.060
 and

00:38:52.060 --> 00:38:52.440
 gave

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:52.920
 himself

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:53.380
 for

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.800
 them.

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:55.780
 Oh

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.060
 that

00:38:56.060 --> 00:38:56.320
 each

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:56.760
 one of

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:56.940
 us

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.220
 this

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.720
 evening

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:59.259
 might

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.480
 be

00:38:59.480 --> 00:38:59.779
 able

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:00.000
 to

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.199
 make

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:00.419
 the

00:39:00.419 --> 00:39:00.779
 same

00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.359
 admission

00:39:01.359 --> 00:39:02.739
 and

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:02.919
 the

00:39:02.919 --> 00:39:03.279
 glory

00:39:03.279 --> 00:39:03.619
 shall

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:03.839
 be

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:04.239
 thine.

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:05.419
 In

00:39:05.419 --> 00:39:05.839
 Jesus'

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.219
 name

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:06.439
 we

00:39:06.439 --> 00:39:06.799
 ask

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.059
 it.

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.859
 Amen.

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.859
 Let

00:39:10.859 --> 00:39:11.079
 us

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.719
 conclude

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.199
 by

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.559
 singing

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:12.799
 to

00:39:12.799 --> 00:39:13.319
 God's

00:39:13.319 --> 00:39:13.839
 praise

00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:14.879
 from

00:39:14.879 --> 00:39:15.299
 Psalm

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:16.159
 108

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:17.359
 page

00:39:17.359 --> 00:39:18.599
 146

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.759
 of the

00:39:19.759 --> 00:39:20.119
 psalm

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.399
 book.

00:39:21.899 --> 00:39:22.279
 Psalm

00:39:22.279 --> 00:39:23.419
 108

00:39:23.419 --> 00:39:24.139
 page

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:25.359
 146

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:26.579
 O

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.099
 Lord

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:28.260
 God

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:29.120
 my

00:39:29.120 --> 00:39:29.579
 heart

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:29.820
 is

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.599
 steadfast

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.720
 and

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:31.920
 with

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.240
 all

00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:32.519
 my

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.039
 soul

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.400
 I'll

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.760
 sing

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:34.599
 harp

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.019
 and

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.500
 lyre

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:35.680
 I

00:39:35.680 --> 00:39:35.880
 will

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.480
 awaken

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.620
 and

00:39:37.620 --> 00:39:37.840
 my

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.400
 song

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:38.720
 the

00:39:38.720 --> 00:39:39.120
 dawn

00:39:39.120 --> 00:39:39.380
 will

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:39.820
 bring

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:41.340
 Lord

00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:42.039
 my

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.740
 God

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:43.840
 among

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.120
 the

00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:44.660
 nations

00:39:44.660 --> 00:39:45.039
 I

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:45.240
 will

00:39:45.240 --> 00:39:45.519
 ever

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:45.860
 give

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.059
 you

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:46.740
 praise

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:47.740
 in

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:47.900
 the

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.180
 midst

00:39:48.180 --> 00:39:48.400
 of

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.740
 all

00:39:48.740 --> 00:39:48.960
 the

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.460
 peoples

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:50.500
 I

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.740
 will

00:39:50.740 --> 00:39:51.160
 sing

00:39:51.160 --> 00:39:51.420
 of

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:51.700
 you

00:39:51.700 --> 00:39:52.880
 always

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.820
 for

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.099
 your

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:55.000
 steadfast

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.500
 love

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:55.760
 is

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.599
 boundless

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.660
 greater

00:39:57.660 --> 00:39:57.980
 than

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.180
 the

00:39:58.180 --> 00:39:58.539
 heavens

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.039
 high

00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:00.099
 and

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.320
 your

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:01.260
 faithfulness

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:01.760
 towards

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:02.160
 us

00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:03.200
 reaches

00:40:03.200 --> 00:40:04.240
 even

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:04.460
 to

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:04.700
 the

00:40:04.700 --> 00:40:05.280
 sky

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:06.800
 far

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:07.460
 above

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:07.760
 the

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.260
 highest

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.940
 heavens

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.800
 be

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.579
 exalted

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:11.579
 O

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:11.960
 my

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.599
 God

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.420
 and

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:13.640
 through

00:40:13.640 --> 00:40:13.980
 all

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.180
 the

00:40:14.180 --> 00:40:14.579
 earth

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:15.059
 around

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.480
 us

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.340
 let

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:16.579
 your

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.240
 glory

00:40:17.240 --> 00:40:18.539
 spread

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.019
 abroad

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.960
 let

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.140
 us

00:40:20.140 --> 00:40:20.400
 sing

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:20.780
 these

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:21.180
 verses

00:40:21.180 --> 00:40:21.559
 in

00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:22.280
 conclusion

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:23.400
 O

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.960
 Lord

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.740
 God

00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:25.040
 my

00:40:25.040 --> 00:40:25.440
 heart

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:25.680
 is

00:40:25.680 --> 00:40:26.400
 steadfast

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 O

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