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 Good morning. It's nice to be with you this morning. Please take your copy of God's word.

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 I do hope you have a copy of God's word with you because we are a people of the word.

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 And join me in Romans chapter 13.

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 Our text for today is Romans chapter 13 verses 8 through 10.

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 As we continue our study of Paul's letter to the Roman believers this morning, I want you to be reminded

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 that the first 11 chapters of this book are Paul's doctrinal magnus opus of the Christian faith.

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 And the last five chapters are his application.

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 The summary of his teaching in the first 11 chapters and his application transition is found in Romans chapter 12 and verse 1, which says,

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 I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God,

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 to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

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 Paul says that in light of God's merciful work toward us, we are to give whole self devotion to him.

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 And today's text falls under that heading.

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 We will develop the idea further this morning.

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 But before we read and consider chapter 13 verses 8 through 10,

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 hear carefully that we cannot be and are not saved by our works.

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 You are incapable of adding anything to the equation of your salvation.

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 But if we have placed genuine saving faith in the personal work of Jesus Christ,

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 if we have been given new life and quickened by his spirit,

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 if we have eyes to see and ears to hear,

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 then our faith is a faith that will be working.

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 Today's text shows us one of the ways that genuine faith works in the life of a Christian.

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 So Romans 13, beginning in verse 8, before I read,

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 Beloved, let me remind you that this is God's word to us,

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 written for his glory and our good.

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 So we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises

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 and to obey its commands.

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 Oh, no one anything except to love each other.

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 For the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

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 For the commandments, you shall not commit adultery,

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 you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet,

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 and any other commandment are summed up in this word.

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 You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Love does no wrong to a neighbor.

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 Therefore, love is fulfilling, is the fulfilling of the law.

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 Did you lose me, Calvin?

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 Don't panic on the church floor.

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 I'll keep pressing on.

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 There is much to consider in these three verses.

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 A lifetime of thoughtful meditation and fervent application.

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 Let's set our gaze upon its contents in a three-point outline as follows.

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 Number one, the requirement of love, which we'll see at the beginning of verse 8.

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 Number two, the regulation of love, we'll see in verse 9.

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 And number three, the result of love, we see in the last half of verse 8 and in verse 10.

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 You're welcome, good Baptists, for the alliteration.

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 So the requirement, the regulation, and the result of love.

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 So number one, let's look at the requirement of love.

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 Paul here says at the beginning of verse 8,

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 No, owe no one anything except to love each other.

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 In the preceding verse to today's text, Paul stated, this is Romans 13 and verse 7,

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 Pay to all what is owed to them, taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed,

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 respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

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 And then he says, owe no one anything.

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 So he is continuing this thought in verse 8 by saying that if something is owed,

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 then that something should be paid.

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 His point here is not an anti-debt teaching,

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 and some faithful Christians have seen this text that way.

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 There is, of course, biblical ethic for both borrowing and lending,

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 but that is beyond the scope of our time together today,

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 and frankly, it's beyond the scope of this text.

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 You see, Paul is turning our attention in the beginning of verse 8

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 from submission to governing authorities to how we are to relate to one another.

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 He presses on except to love each other.

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 The implication found in his sentence structure is,

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 do not let debts be outstanding, right?

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 Pay to the person owed what is owed them,

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 except the continuing debt of love to one another.

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 A debt that will never be repaid.

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 We are to love one another.

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 You owe love to each other.

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 Who is this each other that Paul is referring to?

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 Remember, he is writing to a local church.

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 So I take it to mean Christians,

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 especially those whom you fellowship with,

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 those who you've made a commitment to,

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 those who you ought to be regularly gathering with.

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 This is not to say that we shouldn't love other Christians.

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 This is not to say that we ought not love all people.

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 In the Sermon on the Mount,

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 Jesus teaches that we are to love our enemies

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 and pray for those who persecute us.

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 So we are to love all people,

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 but I think that Paul has in mind here

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 particular objects of our love.

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 Each other.

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 Those people who have professed faith in Christ

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 and have been welcomed into the fellowship

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 of this local assembly of God's people.

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 This, I believe, is who Paul is saying

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 should be the object of our love in this text.

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 Now, to love is the Greek word agapeo,

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 which is a love that is not conditioned,

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 which means that Paul is exhorting us

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 to love each other regardless of the comfort

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 or ease or lack thereof of that love.

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 Our love for one another should not be conditioned

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 on our loveliness or lovableness.

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 Yes.

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 Beloved, if you are a member of this church

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 and another person is a member of this church,

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 you do not have to like them,

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 but you are commanded to love them.

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 Don't people sometimes rub us the wrong way?

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 We just don't get along the way we might hope we would.

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 I don't have to like you all,

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 but I am commanded to love you.

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 And I do.

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 Love for each other is an act of the will.

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 It's a decision that we make.

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 Our culture has twisted the idea of love

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 into a feeling, right?

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 Butterflies in the stomach,

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 giddiness,

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 a swollen tongue that can't get words out, etc.

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 But this is not the picture of love

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 we see in the Bible.

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 Love in the Bible is not easy.

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 It is not comfortable.

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 It is not aimed at the lovely and lovable.

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 Love in the Bible is most clearly

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 and most importantly expressed to us

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 in the suffering life and suffering death

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 of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 Was He affectionate towards those He lived and died for?

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 Of course.

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 He was heartfelt for all those that belong to Him.

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 But did He experience butterflies in the stomach,

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 giddiness as He suffered the wrath of God on their behalf?

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 Of course not.

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 It didn't feel good for Jesus to hang on that cross for us.

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 Nevertheless, He loved us.

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 An act of the will for our highest good.

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 He sought our highest good at His expense.

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 It cost Him His very life.

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 The Apostle John tells us in John 13 and verse 1,

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 Now before the feast of the Passover,

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 when Jesus knew that His hour had come

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 to depart out of this world to the Father,

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 having loved His own who were in the world,

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 He loved them to the end.

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 He gave Himself for their sake and ours.

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 Jesus sets for us the preeminent example of love

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 and we are meant to imitate Him.

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 He teaches us in John chapter 13 and verse 35.

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 There He says,

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 By this all people will know that you are My disciples.

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 And I hope all of you can fill in the last half of that verse.

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 Do you know how it concludes?

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 By your demographic affinity?

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 You're all young marrieds with kids.

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 All, most of you, young marrieds with kids?

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 It doesn't say that.

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 By your agreed crunchiness?

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 It doesn't say that.

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 Your political opinions?

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 It doesn't say that.

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 Your theological minutiae?

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 I'm not saying we shouldn't agree on things theologically,

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 but the minutiae?

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 It doesn't say that.

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 Jesus says,

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 By this all people will know that you are My disciples

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 if you have love for one another.

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 Jesus places a central priority on love for one another

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 as a marker of His followers.

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 Show me a mature Christian man or woman

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 and I will show you a person who has love for the church,

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 who is humble enough to bear with other people's imperfections

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 because they are aware of their imperfections,

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 who forgives because they understand the gravity of the forgiveness

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 that God has granted them.

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 The mature Christian serves others,

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 prefers their preferences,

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 does not seek their own advantage,

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 readily speaks words of encouragement,

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 promotes truth and holy living,

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 thinks of their failings as worse than others' failings,

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 seeks forgiveness and reconciliation,

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 and is patient with God's sanctifying work

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 in the life of the church.

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 Show me an immature Christian man or woman

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 and I will show you a person

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 who is self-seeking,

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 self-important,

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 obnoxiously opinionated,

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 grumbling,

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 petty,

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 and holds grudges.

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 And it saddens me to say

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 that we have a mixture of both

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 mature and immature Christians

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 in our fellowship.

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 The professing Christian

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 who does not love

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 is either

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 A.

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 immature

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 or B.

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 not a Christian at all.

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 You see,

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 the person who does not love

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 does not have a clear enough,

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 a big enough understanding

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 of God's love

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 for them.

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 In 1 John 4,

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 verse 19 and 20,

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 John writes,

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 we love

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 because

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 He

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 first

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 loved

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 us.

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 God has expressed to us

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 His love

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 and the personal work

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 of Jesus Christ

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 and the salvation

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 of our souls.

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 He has shown us

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 the unconditional love

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 that can be found

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 in Jesus.

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 Not loving us

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 because we

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 deserve it,

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 but because

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 He Himself

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 is love.

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 It emanates from

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 His very

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 being.

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 And this is an

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 attribute of God

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 that we are meant

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 to display

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 in the world.

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 John goes on

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 in verse 20,

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 if anyone says,

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 I love God

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 and hates His brother,

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 he is a liar.

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 For he who does not

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 love his brother

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 whom he has seen

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 cannot love God

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 whom he has not seen.

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 And then verse 21,

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 and this commandment

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 we have

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 from Him.

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 Whoever loves God

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 must also

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 love his brother.

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 There is no

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 wiggling around this

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 in the text.

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 Paul is clear here,

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 it is clear elsewhere,

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 that the people

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 of God

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 will be a people

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 of love.

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 Central characteristic

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 of who

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 we

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 are.

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 In Romans

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 chapter 13,

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 verse 8,

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 this verb

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 love

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 is in the Greek

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 present form.

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 So Paul does not

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 have in mind

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 a single

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 action of love,

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 but an ongoing

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 affection and care

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 for each other

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 with no intent

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 for its end.

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 It's a disposition

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 that carries itself

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 out

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 continually.

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 It's expressed

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 as a disposition

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 toward

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 one another.

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 Christians,

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 those whose lives

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 are united

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 and devoted

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 to Christ's person

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 and His ways

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 are to love

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 and love

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 and love

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 each other.

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 Now,

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 before we move on

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 to our next point,

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 let's consider

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 in brief

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 what ought to

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 characterize

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 our love

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 by looking

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 at a passage

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 meant for more

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 than a reading

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 at a wedding.

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 Join me,

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 if you will,

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 in 1 Corinthians

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 chapter 13.

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 I'm going to read

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 just verse 4

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 through the first

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 part of

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 verse 8.

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 And I just want

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 you to think,

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 note as we read

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 both the positive

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 and negative

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 commands

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 implied in each

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 characteristic

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 of love.

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 So for example,

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 the beginning,

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 love is

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 patient.

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 Well,

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 it's the opposite

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 of patience.

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 It's impatience.

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 So if you're

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 impatient with others,

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 that's not loving.

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 You could

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 take the inverse

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 of anything

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 that's being

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 said here.

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 One of the

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 exercises we go

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 through in

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 marriage counseling

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 is a list

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 of these.

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 And I ask

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 those people

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 who are in

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 counseling

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 to characterize

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 their life.

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 Are you loving

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 toward your

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 spouse?

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 And we do well

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 to do this

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 with anybody

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 that's in our

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 fellowship.

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 So just think

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 carefully with me

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 as I read this

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 slowly.

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 Love is

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 patient

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 and kind.

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 Love does not

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 envy or boast.

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 It is not

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 arrogant

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 or rude.

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 It does not

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 insist

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 on its own

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 way.

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 It is not

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 irritable

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 or resentful.

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 It does not

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 rejoice at

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 wrongdoing,

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 but rejoices

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 with the truth.

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 Love

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 bears all

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 things,

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 believes all

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 things.

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 I think he

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 means by that

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 gives the

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 benefit of the

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 doubt.

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 Hopes all

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 things,

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 endures all

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 things.

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 Love

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 never

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 ends.

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 So we

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 are

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 required.

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 It is laid

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 upon us

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 as followers

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 of Jesus

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 Christ to be

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 those who

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 love each

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 other.

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 love.

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 Secondly,

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 we see in

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 our text

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 the regulation

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 of love.

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 We see this

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 in verse 9.

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 Paul says,

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 for the

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 commandments,

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 you shall not

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 commit adultery,

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 you shall not

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 murder,

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 you shall not

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 steal,

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 you shall not

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 covet,

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 and any

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 other

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 commandment

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 are summed

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 up in this

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 word.

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 You shall

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 love your

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 neighbor as

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 yourself.

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 In this

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 verse,

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 Paul shares

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 four of

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 the six

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 commandments

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 that were

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 given to

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 Moses on

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 Mount Sinai

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 that pertain

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 to our

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 obligations to

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 one another.

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 He omits

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 the fifth

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 commandment,

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 honor your

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 father and

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 mother,

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 and the

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 ninth

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 commandment,

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 you shall

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 not bear

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 false witness

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 against your

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 neighbor,

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 but this is

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 not some

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 mystery for

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 us to

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 unravel and

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 understand,

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 because he

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 also says,

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 and any

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 other

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 commandment.

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 I would

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 suggest to

00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:57.699
 you that

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 Paul at

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 times rambles

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 things off

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 under

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 inspiration as

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 examples to

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 us.

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 So he

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 says,

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 these four

00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:06.679
 things,

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 you shall

00:18:06.919 --> 00:18:07.139
 not commit

00:18:07.139 --> 00:18:07.500
 adultery,

00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:07.799
 you shall

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 not murder,

00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:08.559
 you shall

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:08.919
 not steal,

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 you shall

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:09.720
 not covet,

00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:10.279
 and any

00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:10.599
 other

00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:12.059
 commandment

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:13.740
 are summed

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.539
 up in the

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.079
 word,

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.039
 you shall

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.359
 love your

00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:17.859
 neighbor as

00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:18.419
 yourself.

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 I think

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 this idea of

00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.299
 any other

00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:21.899
 commandment,

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 I take it to

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 mean that it

00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:23.819
 includes the

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 fifth,

00:18:24.179 --> 00:18:24.659
 the ninth,

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 and all

00:18:25.820 --> 00:18:26.240
 the other

00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:26.740
 commandments

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.120
 that are

00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:27.940
 summed up

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.519
 in those

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.720
 last six

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.100
 of the

00:18:30.100 --> 00:18:30.420
 ten

00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:31.480
 commandments.

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 That it's

00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.519
 structured in

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.160
 that way

00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.779
 in the

00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:35.720
 Old Testament.

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.200
 Paul is

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.580
 saying that

00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:38.000
 God has

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.540
 given us

00:18:38.540 --> 00:18:39.420
 instruction

00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:40.060
 as to how

00:18:40.060 --> 00:18:40.640
 we are to

00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.200
 live in

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.940
 relation to

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.480
 one another

00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:43.440
 in the

00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:43.940
 Old Testament

00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.340
 law,

00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:44.580
 in the

00:18:44.580 --> 00:18:45.000
 Mosaic

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:46.340
 law.

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:47.700
 He goes

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.200
 on to

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:48.440
 cite

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.100
 Leviticus

00:18:49.100 --> 00:18:49.820
 19,

00:18:49.820 --> 00:18:50.540
 18,

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:52.040
 and the

00:18:52.040 --> 00:18:52.500
 Lord Jesus

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.540
 to make

00:18:53.540 --> 00:18:54.340
 his very

00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:55.599
 point.

00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:56.659
 So in

00:18:56.659 --> 00:18:56.819
 Mark

00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.459
 chapter 12

00:18:57.459 --> 00:18:59.079
 verse 28

00:18:59.079 --> 00:18:59.779
 through 31

00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.399
 we read,

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:00.639
 And one

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:00.879
 of the

00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.379
 scribes

00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:01.919
 came up

00:19:01.919 --> 00:19:02.459
 and heard

00:19:02.459 --> 00:19:02.759
 them

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.339
 disputing

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:03.639
 with one

00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:03.959
 another.

00:19:04.059 --> 00:19:04.500
 There's a

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.199
 debate going

00:19:05.199 --> 00:19:05.699
 on amongst

00:19:05.699 --> 00:19:06.199
 the Pharisees

00:19:06.199 --> 00:19:06.819
 and Sadducees

00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.279
 about the

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:07.779
 resurrection.

00:19:08.699 --> 00:19:09.259
 And seeing

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.919
 that he,

00:19:10.179 --> 00:19:10.359
 Jesus,

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.299
 answered them

00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:11.720
 well,

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.500
 asked him,

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:14.039
 Which commandment

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.639
 is the most

00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:16.119
 important of

00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:16.399
 all?

00:19:17.159 --> 00:19:17.799
 You're likely

00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.579
 familiar with

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:18.839
 Jesus'

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.439
 response.

00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:20.179
 He answers,

00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:21.199
 citing Deuteronomy

00:19:21.199 --> 00:19:21.619
 6,

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.220
 4,

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.019
 and 5.

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:23.980
 The most

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.680
 important is,

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.000
 Hear, O

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.339
 Israel,

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:25.740
 the Lord

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.180
 our God,

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.640
 the Lord

00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:28.079
 is one.

00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:29.039
 You shall

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.400
 love the

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:29.620
 Lord your

00:19:29.620 --> 00:19:29.940
 God with

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.140
 all your

00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:30.519
 heart,

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:30.940
 with all

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.539
 your soul,

00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:31.940
 and with all

00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:32.640
 your mind,

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:33.640
 and with all

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.480
 your strength.

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.480
 And this

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:36.360
 is understood

00:19:36.360 --> 00:19:36.779
 to be the

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.259
 summary of

00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:37.779
 the first

00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:38.940
 four of

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.339
 the Ten

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.759
 Commandments.

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.019
 And then he

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.279
 says,

00:19:42.360 --> 00:19:42.880
 The second

00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.860
 is this,

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.120
 referencing

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.920
 Leviticus

00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.579
 19,

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.799
 verse 18.

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:48.900
 You shall

00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:49.500
 love your

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.799
 neighbor as

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:52.019
 yourself.

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.039
 And this

00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.680
 summarizes,

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.240
 as Paul

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:55.480
 here states,

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.180
 the last

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:57.960
 six of

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.379
 the Ten

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:59.639
 Commandments.

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:01.039
 And then Jesus

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.339
 says,

00:20:01.419 --> 00:20:01.859
 There is no

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.799
 other commandment

00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:04.579
 greater than

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.000
 these.

00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:06.460
 So,

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.399
 we are given

00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:08.079
 the clear

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.879
 example of

00:20:08.879 --> 00:20:09.139
 Jesus'

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.079
 life and

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.440
 death,

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:10.819
 and the

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.819
 clear instruction

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.559
 of both the

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:14.139
 Old and New

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:14.680
 Testaments.

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.659
 We do well

00:20:16.659 --> 00:20:17.299
 to note the

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:18.240
 regulations of

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.680
 the Bible,

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 and to

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 recognize that

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 the natural

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 compulsion of

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 the one made

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 new in

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 Christ will

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 be to love

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 in a biblical

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 manner.

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 Beloved,

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 we ought to

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 be very

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 thoughtful as

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 we approach

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 the Bible

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 and we see

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 these commands.

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 We ought to

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 give the

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 application in

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 our own

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 living.

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 Is what's

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 being taught

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 here being

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 lived in

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 my life,

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 in the place

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 that God

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 has put

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 me?

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 I can say

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 to you with

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 great surety,

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 this will not

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 always be easy.

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 It is

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 difficult at

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 times to

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 love people,

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 but God,

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 by His

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 Spirit,

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 empowers us

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 to live

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 according to

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 His Word.

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 So know

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 what those

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 regulations are,

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 how it is we

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 are meant to

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 live with one

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 another,

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 and get to

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 work doing

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:10.059
 that very

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 thing.

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 This is the

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 activity of

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 God's people,

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 devotion to

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 Him, love

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 for one

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 another.

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 love.

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 And then we

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 see,

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 lastly,

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 in our

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 outline,

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 the result

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 of love.

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 We pick up

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 the last

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 half of

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 verse 8

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 and then

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 verse 10.

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 Paul writes

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 in verse 8,

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 for the one

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 who loves

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 another has

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 fulfilled

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 the law.

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 And then,

00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:37.900
 love does

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.340
 no wrong

00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:38.840
 to a neighbor,

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 therefore love

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:41.440
 is the

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:41.900
 fulfilling

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:43.539
 of the law.

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 Now, we

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:45.899
 must be very

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 careful at

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.859
 this point.

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 As I just

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 noted previously

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 to you,

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 in Jesus'

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:52.859
 summary of the

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.460
 greatest commandments,

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 we're missing

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 half of what

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 He had to

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 say there

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.879
 in that text.

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 This says

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 nothing of

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 devotion to

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 God.

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 So, what is

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.000
 Paul doing

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.559
 here?

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.680
 We must be

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 very careful.

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.940
 I state in

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.379
 the introduction

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:07.079
 to our text

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 that we

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.680
 cannot be

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.759
 and are not

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.819
 saved by

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:12.500
 our works.

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.500
 you are

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.500
 incapable of

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.380
 adding anything

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:16.200
 to the equation

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.900
 of your

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:18.119
 salvation.

00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.779
 But if we

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.440
 have placed

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.480
 genuine saving

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.059
 faith in the

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.680
 person and

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.119
 work of

00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.799
 Jesus Christ,

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.259
 if we have

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.700
 been given

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.480
 new life

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.039
 and quickened

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.460
 by His

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:26.779
 Spirit,

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.720
 if we have

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.500
 eyes to see

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.200
 and ears to

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.539
 hear,

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.319
 then our

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.339
 faith is a

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.059
 faith that

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.839
 will be

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:34.119
 working.

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.420
 You see,

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.019
 if we were

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.299
 able to

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.220
 perfectly keep

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.819
 the law

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.980
 on our

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.920
 own,

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.440
 we would

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.779
 have no

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.119
 need.

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.039
 of Christ.

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.819
 But no

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.299
 one is

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.319
 capable of

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.859
 this work.

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.220
 Every single

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.900
 one of us

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:50.099
 have broken

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:51.259
 God's

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.359
 law.

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.720
 We needed

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.940
 the perfect

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.400
 righteousness

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.220
 of Christ.

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 That's why

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.160
 God had to

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.680
 become a

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.140
 man and

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.500
 come to

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.220
 earth to

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.359
 fulfill the

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:00.779
 righteousness

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.000
 required.

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.400
 It's one

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.980
 half of the

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.519
 equation of

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.119
 our justification

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:05.420
 and to

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.839
 die the

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.339
 death that

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.200
 our sin

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.200
 purchased

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.299
 for us.

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.759
 Both

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.299
 things,

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.299
 life and

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:12.180
 death of

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.639
 Christ.

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.200
 What's

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.500
 called the

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.399
 active and

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:15.019
 passive

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.720
 obedience of

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.680
 Christ by

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:18.200
 the theologians

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.480
 of old.

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:19.940
 Both

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:21.659
 things matter.

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.039
 So we

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.319
 can't

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.740
 fulfill the

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:22.980
 law.

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.099
 We're not

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.339
 going to

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.759
 fulfill the

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.139
 law in

00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:26.359
 that sense.

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:26.919
 That is not

00:23:26.919 --> 00:23:27.740
 what Paul is

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:27.980
 saying.

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.500
 He's not

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.099
 suggesting in

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:30.079
 our text that

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.379
 if you can

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:31.039
 only love

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:32.019
 well enough,

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.859
 then you

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.359
 will have

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.659
 kept the

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:34.940
 law.

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.819
 That you're

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.019
 to be

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.779
 thinking about,

00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:36.960
 well,

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.519
 have I?

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.139
 Have I done

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:38.519
 enough?

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.039
 I think I'm

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.379
 a loving

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:39.759
 person.

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.440
 Perhaps God

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.960
 will accept

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:42.019
 me based

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.920
 on this.

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.319
 Not at

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.559
 all.

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:45.980
 Remember,

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.599
 the entire

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.460
 thesis for

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:47.859
 his letter

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.319
 is found

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:48.639
 in the

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:48.940
 opening

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.700
 chapter.

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.559
 Chapter

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:50.920
 1,

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.879
 verse 16

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.400
 and 17.

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:52.879
 He says,

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.240
 I'm not

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.019
 ashamed of

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.599
 the gospel,

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.059
 the good

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.400
 news,

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.460
 for it,

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.019
 the gospel,

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.379
 is the

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:58.079
 power of

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.639
 God for

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.099
 salvation

00:23:59.099 --> 00:24:00.279
 to everyone

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.980
 who believes,

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.420
 to the Jew

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.220
 first and

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.019
 also to the

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.339
 Greek.

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.440
 For in

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.779
 it,

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.420
 in the

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.799
 gospel,

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.379
 this good

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:06.839
 news,

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.440
 the

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.019
 righteousness

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.920
 of God

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.660
 is revealed

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.779
 from faith

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:12.000
 for faith.

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.599
 As it is

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:12.839
 written,

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.440
 the righteous

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.500
 shall live

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:16.420
 by faith.

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.740
 And he

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.240
 then spends

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.720
 the next

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.940
 11 chapters

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.980
 expounding

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.920
 on this,

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.639
 opening up

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.319
 what that

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.819
 means,

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.379
 what does

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:26.000
 it mean

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.639
 for the

00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:27.480
 righteous

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.859
 to live

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.700
 by

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:31.220
 faith.

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.259
 And we

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.839
 see Paul

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.720
 explain that

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.259
 the law

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.039
 serves

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:36.059
 two

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.900
 purposes.

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.139
 Firstly,

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.420
 the law

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.259
 exposes

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.180
 our

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.900
 sinfulness

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.900
 and therefore

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:45.220
 our need

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.440
 of a

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.740
 savior.

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:47.160
 The law

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.519
 is what

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.180
 brings to

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.900
 us the

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:50.079
 bad news

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.319
 that

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:51.339
 necessitates

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.400
 good

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.859
 news,

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.519
 shows us

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.440
 whether in

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.400
 writing or

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:58.000
 written on

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.759
 our hearts

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.519
 that we

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.940
 need to

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.339
 be

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:02.319
 redeemed.

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.900
 Paul writes

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.519
 in Romans 3

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.180
 in verse 20,

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.539
 for by

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.000
 works of

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.440
 the law

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.660
 no human

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.039
 being

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.360
 will be

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:08.860
 justified

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:10.019
 in his

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:11.100
 sight.

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.460
 The word

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:11.920
 justified

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.500
 means to

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.160
 be made

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.759
 right,

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.100
 to be

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.720
 declared

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.940
 righteous.

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.820
 By

00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:17.200
 works of

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.539
 the law

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.560
 no human

00:25:18.560 --> 00:25:18.820
 being

00:25:18.820 --> 00:25:19.060
 will be

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:19.440
 justified

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.940
 in his

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.180
 sight

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.500
 since

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.039
 through

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:22.080
 the law

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.740
 comes

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.279
 knowledge

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.640
 of sin.

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.620
 The sin

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:26.279
 exists,

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.960
 we know

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.400
 about it

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:27.820
 because

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:28.759
 of the

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:28.960
 law,

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.880
 it exposes

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.259
 it

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.500
 to

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.879
 us.

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 Then he

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.920
 goes on,

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:35.440
 verse 24

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.039
 of chapter

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.539
 3,

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.700
 we are

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.720
 justified

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.680
 or made

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.240
 righteous

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.279
 by grace

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.759
 as a

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.180
 gift

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.379
 through

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:43.700
 the

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.220
 redemption

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.900
 that is

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.879
 in Christ

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.359
 Jesus

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.900
 whom God

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.599
 put forward

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.019
 as a

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.859
 propitiation

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.480
 by his

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.839
 blood

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.160
 to be

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.940
 received

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:53.779
 by faith.

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 So we

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.400
 can be

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.039
 declared

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.740
 righteous

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.379
 because

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:58.319
 Christ

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.119
 dies

00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:00.339
 in our

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:01.119
 place,

00:26:01.199 --> 00:26:01.779
 taking on

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 the debt

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:03.159
 that needs

00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:04.419
 to be

00:26:04.419 --> 00:26:04.959
 paid by

00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:05.219
 us,

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.000
 the infinite

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.599
 debt

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.479
 that sin

00:26:07.479 --> 00:26:07.959
 has purchased

00:26:07.959 --> 00:26:08.459
 for us.

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.259
 Christ

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.699
 dies

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:10.699
 in our

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:11.759
 place,

00:26:11.979 --> 00:26:12.799
 propitiation,

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.659
 a replacement

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.479
 sacrifice

00:26:14.479 --> 00:26:15.859
 for us.

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.459
 I've said

00:26:16.459 --> 00:26:16.859
 to you

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.719
 the core

00:26:17.719 --> 00:26:17.959
 of the

00:26:17.959 --> 00:26:18.239
 gospel

00:26:18.239 --> 00:26:18.659
 of Jesus

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.059
 Christ

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.719
 is penal

00:26:19.719 --> 00:26:21.019
 substitutionary

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.000
 atonement.

00:26:22.199 --> 00:26:22.759
 We needed

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.439
 Jesus to

00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:24.319
 die in

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.979
 our

00:26:24.979 --> 00:26:26.239
 stead

00:26:26.239 --> 00:26:26.979
 at the

00:26:26.979 --> 00:26:27.259
 penalty

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.799
 for our

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.239
 sins.

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.379
 would be

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:29.799
 paid.

00:26:31.179 --> 00:26:31.599
 Romans

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.019
 6

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.199
 and

00:26:32.199 --> 00:26:32.359
 verse

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:32.879
 23,

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.779
 Paul

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:33.959
 there

00:26:33.959 --> 00:26:34.199
 says,

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.479
 for the

00:26:34.479 --> 00:26:34.879
 wages

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.459
 of

00:26:35.459 --> 00:26:36.000
 sin

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.000
 is

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.500
 death,

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.739
 but the

00:26:38.739 --> 00:26:39.019
 free

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.259
 gift

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.419
 of

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.719
 God

00:26:39.719 --> 00:26:39.859
 is

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.259
 eternal

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.879
 life

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.579
 in

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:41.859
 Christ

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.399
 Jesus

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:43.500
 our

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.799
 Lord.

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:44.779
 So the

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.099
 law

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:46.719
 exposes

00:26:46.719 --> 00:26:46.959
 our

00:26:46.959 --> 00:26:47.359
 sinfulness

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.699
 and

00:26:47.699 --> 00:26:48.059
 therefore

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.759
 our

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.899
 need

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:51.039
 of a

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.299
 savior.

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:51.659
 So he

00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:51.959
 can't

00:26:51.959 --> 00:26:52.439
 possibly

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:52.919
 be

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:53.259
 saying

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.459
 we

00:26:53.459 --> 00:26:53.619
 can

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:53.859
 fulfill

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.039
 the

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.259
 law

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.559
 on

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:54.839
 our

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.419
 own

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:56.079
 for the

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.379
 salvation

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:56.739
 of our

00:26:56.739 --> 00:26:57.139
 souls.

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:59.480
 Secondly,

00:27:00.280 --> 00:27:00.860
 the law

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.600
 teaches us

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:01.880
 the

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.520
 ethic

00:27:02.520 --> 00:27:02.900
 of a

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.140
 life

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.540
 devoted

00:27:03.540 --> 00:27:04.060
 to

00:27:04.060 --> 00:27:04.320
 God.

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.620
 What

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.660
 should

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.600
 the

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:06.980
 person

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.160
 who

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.300
 has

00:27:07.300 --> 00:27:07.460
 been

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.080
 made

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.460
 new,

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.920
 who

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.060
 is

00:27:09.060 --> 00:27:09.600
 empowered

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.120
 by the

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.520
 spirit,

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.080
 whose

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.620
 old

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:11.900
 self

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.080
 has

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.360
 died,

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.600
 has

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:12.740
 a

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.240
 new

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.680
 self,

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:13.880
 who

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.040
 is

00:27:14.040 --> 00:27:14.800
 able

00:27:14.800 --> 00:27:15.040
 to

00:27:15.040 --> 00:27:15.259
 now

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.580
 live

00:27:15.580 --> 00:27:15.740
 in

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:15.900
 a

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.259
 way

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.759
 that

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:16.860
 is

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.140
 pleasing

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.420
 to

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.800
 God,

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.400
 how

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.720
 should

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:18.940
 their

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.340
 life

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:20.180
 look?

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.340
 And

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.460
 the

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:20.620
 law

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.000
 teaches

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.000


00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.380
 us

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.259
 this

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.440
 ethic.

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.360
 Again,

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.160
 Romans 12

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.559
 and verse

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.039
 1,

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.120
 Paul there

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:27.299
 says,

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:27.680
 I appeal

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:27.940
 to you

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.160
 therefore,

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.539
 brothers,

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:28.900
 by the

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.259
 mercies

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.600
 of God

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.039
 to present

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.259
 your

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.840
 bodies

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.720
 as a

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:31.980
 living

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.640
 sacrifice,

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.100
 holy

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.799
 and

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.180
 acceptable

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.460
 to

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.799
 God,

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.440
 which

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:35.799
 is

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.200
 your

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.740
 spiritual

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.660
 worship.

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.000
 So he

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.220
 says,

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.500
 because

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.080
 God

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.340
 has been

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:39.640
 merciful

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.019
 to

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.460
 you,

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.759
 right?

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.180
 First

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.640
 11

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.259
 chapters

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.059
 of

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.380
 Romans,

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.740
 because

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.340
 this

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.720
 is

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.180
 true

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.640
 of

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.460
 you,

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.400
 devote

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.820
 your

00:27:47.820 --> 00:27:48.559
 entirety

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.500
 to

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.860
 him.

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:50.680
 What

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.000
 is that

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.440
 to look

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.779
 like?

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.180
 Well,

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.580
 he goes

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:52.920
 on to

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.320
 expound

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:53.680
 on that

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.500
 in the

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.960
 rest

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.800
 of his

00:27:55.800 --> 00:27:56.039
 letter.

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.300
 And of

00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:56.480
 course,

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.920
 we find

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.420
 much other

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.960
 instruction

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.779
 in the

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.259
 text as

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.440
 well.

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.740
 So the

00:27:59.740 --> 00:27:59.920
 law

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.340
 teaches

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:00.700
 us

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.360
 the

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.880
 ethic

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.120
 of

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:02.259
 a

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.680
 life

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.779
 devoted

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:03.980
 to

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.240
 God.

00:28:04.320 --> 00:28:04.560
 And it

00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:04.759
 is

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.279
 to

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.560
 this

00:28:05.560 --> 00:28:06.120
 second

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.600
 purpose

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:06.840
 that

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.060
 Paul

00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:07.240
 is

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.660
 referring

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.259
 to

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.480
 in

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:08.600
 the

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:08.860
 last

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.080
 part

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.200
 of

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.400
 verse

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:09.740
 8

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.279
 and

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.019
 in

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.380
 verse

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.440
 10.

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.240
 John

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.500
 says

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.680
 the

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.039
 same

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.360
 in

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:16.300
 1

00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:16.740
 John

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.140
 chapter

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.640
 5

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:17.840
 verse

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.160
 1

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.320
 through

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:18.720
 5,

00:28:18.800 --> 00:28:19.100
 a

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.380
 book

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:19.779
 written

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.100
 for

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.279
 the

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.860
 examination

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.519
 of the

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:24.620
 of

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:23.100
 our

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.460
 faith.

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:23.640
 And

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.300
 central

00:28:24.300 --> 00:28:24.519
 to

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.680
 that

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.320
 examination,

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:26.380
 John

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.840
 places

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.759
 love

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.480
 for

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.560
 the

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:28.960
 brothers.

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.279
 He

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.500
 writes

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:30.759
 this,

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.039
 everyone

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.259
 who

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.740
 believes

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:31.940
 that

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.279
 Jesus

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.519
 is

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.660
 the

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.120
 Christ

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:34.019
 has

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.160
 been

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.400
 born

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.560
 of

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:34.940
 God.

00:28:35.060 --> 00:28:35.140
 And

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.340
 everyone

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:35.539
 who

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.960
 loves

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.140
 the

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.460
 Father

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.120
 loves

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.960
 whoever

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.279
 has

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.440
 been

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.640
 born

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:38.800
 of

00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:39.140
 him.

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.279
 If

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.340
 you

00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:40.700
 place

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:40.820
 your

00:28:40.820 --> 00:28:41.000
 faith

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.140
 in

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.519
 Christ,

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.019
 you've

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.120
 been

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.279
 born

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.440
 of

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.640
 God.

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:42.779
 And

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:42.980
 if

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.140
 you've

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.240
 been

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.360
 born

00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:43.500
 of

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.779
 God,

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.200
 you

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.340
 will

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:44.560
 love

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:45.060
 everyone

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 else

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 who's

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 been

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 born

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 and we obey his commandments.

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 These ways that love has been regulated in the Bible.

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 For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments,

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 and his commandments are not burdensome.

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 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world,

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 and this is the victory that has overcome the world, our faith.

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 Who is it that overcomes the world?

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 Except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

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 So we have an empowered faith.

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 God does not leave us to our own to prove that he has saved us,

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 but he has given to us the helper, the paraclete,

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 who comes along and helps us to live the way that he asks us to live.

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 He characterizes us in this way.

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 So we see in these three verses the requirement of love,

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 the regulation of it, and the result.

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 Love it.

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 Now I want to issue in some closing statements

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 two encouragements of application.

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 First, if you find in yourself any conviction this morning

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 for your lack of love,

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 ask yourself,

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 am I a Christian?

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 I never want to give any reason to doubt

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 for those who are truly saved.

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 But if you are not saved,

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 I want to fill you with doubt.

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 I want you to really reckon with the state of your soul.

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 Turn from your wickedness.

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 Place your faith in Jesus Christ,

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 and he will save your soul.

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 If you have settled that you are a Christian

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 and still find yourself less loving than you ought to be,

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 do three things.

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 First, pray that God would work love for his people

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 in your heart by the power of his spirit.

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 I have no doubt he will answer this prayer in the affirmative.

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 Secondly,

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 read the Bible with a mind towards God's love for you

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 and the commands to love.

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 Allow the spirit,

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 by the word,

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 to warm your heart.

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 because when our reckoning,

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 the magnitude of God's love for us

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 is present in us,

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 in our minds,

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 it outflows into love

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 for others.

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 John Durant,

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 this is the quotation on the back of your bulletin this morning,

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 said,

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 As nothing in believers was so good

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 as to cause him to love them,

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 so nothing is so bad

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 as can cause him to withdraw his love

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 from them.

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 A reality that needs to be meditated on.

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 constantly.

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 And then thirdly,

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 connect with someone in the church

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 for prayer,

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 study,

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 and accountability on the matter.

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 These are the normal means of grace

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 that God uses to grow us

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 in our devotion to him.

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 It should be done by those who profess faith in Christ.

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 Second,

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 second encouragement,

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 I want you to know, church,

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 that I am generally

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 so encouraged

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 by the manifold ways

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 that you love

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 one another.

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 Outside of our fellowship,

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 we'll have people visit,

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 we'll have pastors

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 that hear things about our church,

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 and they will express,

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 we hear that your church

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 loves each other well.

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 That's so encouraging to me.

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 And I will tell you,

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 the primary reason

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 that it's encouraging to me

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 is often people will ask,

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 how was that accomplished?

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 And they want me to give them

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 three steps

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 to how

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 I taught you all

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 to love each other.

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 And I simply say,

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 for my part in it,

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.039
 I open up the word

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 and I preach.

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 It's God who works

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 in the lives of his people.

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 It's such a picture

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 of the spirit

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 working in you.

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 It gives me such

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 gospel hope

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 to see the way

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 that you all love

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 one another.

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 I think many people

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 have reason

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 to look at our congregation

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 and say,

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 those people

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 are disciples

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Look how they love

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 each other.

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 So keep it up.

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 Be encouraged.

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 Don't stop.

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 Press on.

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 This life is short,

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 and the reward

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 that awaits you

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 is great.

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 I know that you all

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 are tired

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 pouring out

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 an immense amount

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 of care

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 within your homes

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 and outside of your homes.

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 Just keep

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 pressing

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 on.

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 At the end of your life,

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 you will never regret

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 loving

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 too much.

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 Galatians chapter 6,

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 verse 9 and 10,

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 Paul says,

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 and let us not grow weary

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 of doing good.

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 For in due season

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.880
 we will reap

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 if we do not give up.

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 So then as we have

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:55.920
 opportunity,

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 let us do good

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 to everyone

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 and especially

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 to those

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 who are of the household

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 of faith.

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 Let's pray together.