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 Okay, I've got a confession to make. I'm not a coffee guy. I don't really know a lot about coffee.

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 If you make it for me, I might drink it, like the guys who live with me make really good coffee.

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 And I'll ask them sometimes, like, hey, are you going to make any coffee?

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 And they're like, no, but you can make some if you want.

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 And I'm like, that's okay, never mind.

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 That's as far as my love for it goes.

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 But because I am ignorant of coffee, like I drank some a little while ago because it's kind of just fading.

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 And now I'm like just really messed up.

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 So we'll see how it goes tonight.

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 But a little out of sorts.

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 Yeah.

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 Well, tonight we're talking about sanctification.

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 What a word.

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 You know, what a confusing word at times.

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 And I think if I have a title for tonight, it would be sanctification, becoming who we are in Christ.

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 So becoming who we are in Christ.

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 So I kind of have an introduction, and then I have four different, or five, something like that, questions we're going to look at just on this.

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 But to understand what sanctification is, we need to ask another question, and that is, what does holy mean?

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 What does holiness mean?

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 And when we talk about the holiness of God, what does that mean?

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 And from that, we need to, from there, we can kind of continue on about what sanctification is.

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 But the Old Testament root, the Hebrew word for holy, it implies a lot, okay?

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 There's not just one fixed definition that you can actually put on for what holy means.

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 It's really quite difficult.

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 But when talking about holy, at least in the root word in the Hebrew, it's an idea that means to be separated,

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 to be utterly different and distinct from anything else, and to be utterly devoted to something else.

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 And when applied to God, it's meant that God's holiness is His separateness.

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 It's the way of God being in a class all by Himself.

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 If you have to pick one term almost to define who God is, it's holy.

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 He's totally separated from everything that is not God, in a way, if you want to put it that way.

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 He's being in a class all by Himself.

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 And because He is in a class all by Himself, that makes Him, like, supremely, infinitely valuable,

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 because of Him being in this category by Himself.

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 He's distinct from all else that is not God.

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 So it kind of implies transcendence, otherness.

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 It's a part of God's very essence.

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 There's no lack or deficiency in God at all.

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 I'm going to just read out of Revelation 4.8.

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 You don't have to turn there.

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 But there's this scene going on around the throne of God.

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 And there's these angelic beings that are flying around and they're crying out to God.

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 It says,

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 The four living creatures, each of them has six wings, are full of eyes all around and within.

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 And day and night they never cease to say,

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 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.

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 So that's what is constantly going on.

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 It says they don't stop doing that.

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 That's constantly going on around the throne of God.

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 These creatures are crying out to God,

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 Holy, holy, holy.

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 And so, if you wanted to limit holiness just to being separate,

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 they've got to be saying more than, like, separated, separated, separated.

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 It just doesn't roll out like that.

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 It implies a lot more.

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 It's a holiness is where our language kind of runs out and we can't describe who God is anymore.

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 And we're kind of like, we've reached the edge.

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 And then beyond that is just the vastness of who God is.

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 It really, we can't actually put our hands on it.

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 But holiness does mean that God is, like, utterly separated from all things that are sinful,

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 all things that are evil.

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 He's in a completely different category in and of himself.

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 And Isaiah had a similar experience.

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 Like when he was in the throne room of God,

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 he saw angelic beings, seraphim, flying around and crying out,

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 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty.

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 The whole earth is full of his glory.

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 And he was confronting with that.

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 If you were here a long time ago for one of the first messages,

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 that was a passage we actually looked at.

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 And a lot of us, you know, we have this idea that we just kind of want to, like, run right upon God.

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 We want to see God.

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 We want to behold God.

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 And kind of almost an idea of just, like, waltzing right into his presence.

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 But everyone in Scripture seems to have a completely different kind of experience.

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 Because whenever they encounter God, whenever they encounter the holiness of God,

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 they're utterly terrified.

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 Like, they are, some of them almost, some of the experiences almost even kill them.

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 Because that's how powerful it was.

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 And this holiness of God is in a category in and of itself.

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 And that's why in Isaiah, all throughout Isaiah, which I'm kind of reading right now,

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 I didn't count how many times, but I mean, I at least saw it seven times,

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 where God says something kind of like this,

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 To whom then will you compare to me, that I should be like him, says the Holy One.

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 God's always, like, daring people to find something to compare to him.

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 And it's because he is completely other, completely separate, completely immorally pure, is God.

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 So look at this. Turn to 1 Peter, chapter 1.

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 So, God is holy means God is God.

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 If you want to think about it that way.

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 Yeah, so, what does this have to do with sanctification?

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 Well, since God is holy, he calls his people also to be holy.

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 Those who belong to him, those who are in Christ.

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 So, 1 Peter 1, verse 14.

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 It says this,

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 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.

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 So don't be like you were before you were a Christian.

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 But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.

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 Since it is written, you shall be holy, for I am holy.

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 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds,

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 conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,

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 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers,

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 not with perishable things such as silver or gold,

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 but with that which is the precious blood of Christ,

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 like the lamb without blemish or spot.

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 So, it says basically here, God is saying,

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 You will be holy, for I am holy.

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 And that's quoted out of Leviticus 11, 44.

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 It says this,

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 Yahweh, your God, He is holy.

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 You must consecrate yourselves because He is holy, for He is holy.

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 So, it's this idea that because God is holy,

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 He now calls His children, those who belong to Him, to also walk in holiness.

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 If you look at the language here,

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 it kind of carries the language of like children to a father.

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 And you see that here?

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 He commands us to be holy,

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 but He's not giving us an arbitrary command.

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 He's basically saying that like,

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 Look, if you belong to God, holiness is a family trait.

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 Like, holiness is like the spiritual DNA that we have received from God,

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 and it should be in us.

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 If we truly are born of God,

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 if we truly have been born again by the Spirit,

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 then like His DNA has been put in us.

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 And so, He's saying,

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 Walk as the children that you are.

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 Walk as those who have been changed by God.

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 And then He goes on, He says,

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 Because, you know,

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 you were ransomed by the precious blood of Christ.

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 Like, you were made His,

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 you were made His child through the precious blood of Christ.

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 So, you were bought.

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 Right?

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 You no longer belong to yourself.

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 You belong to God.

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 And you want it to be that way.

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 Right?

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 The freest person in the world is the one who's a slave to a perfect master.

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 Right?

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 We want to belong to God.

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 And we want to be who He's called us to be.

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 The spiritual DNA that's in us is holiness.

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 So, point being here,

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 whenever the New Testament talks about sanctification,

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 it's basically talking about holiness.

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 Okay?

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 That's kind of what the focus is.

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 You can't really understand it without the others.

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 So, let's get into some of the things here.

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 The first question,

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 which we're going to kind of unpack this with,

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 is what is sanctification?

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 What is sanctification?

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 And so,

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 just talk about terms a little bit.

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 Don't get lost in this.

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 I tried to condense this as much as I could.

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 But,

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 the English word sanctify,

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 or sanctification,

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 comes from the Latin word,

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 you know,

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 sanctus.

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 And it,

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 which means holy in Latin,

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 sanctus.

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 But,

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 the problem is,

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 like,

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 in our English language,

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 the adjective holy,

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 we don't have a way of,

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 like,

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 converting that into a verb.

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 We don't have,

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 um,

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 holification.

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 You know,

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 it doesn't exist,

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 like,

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 in the English language.

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 But,

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 um,

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 but in the New Testament,

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 the adjective for holy

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 can also be made into a verb,

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 which means to make holy,

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 or to set apart as holy.

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 It can be turned into a verb.

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 So,

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 so,

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 the adjective holy

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 can be implied as

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 the condition of being holy,

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 right?

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 The condition of being holy,

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 holiness,

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 or it can imply

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 to the process of becoming holy.

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 It's,

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 uh,

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 either one of those,

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 which would be like holification,

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 uh,

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 which doesn't really exist.

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 Again,

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 if the word existed.

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 So,

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 we use sanctification.

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 That's,

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 basically,

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 what we're,

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 what we're getting this word from.

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 Um,

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 so,

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 the crucial point is this,

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 all right?

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 Anytime you read in the New Testament,

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 the word sanctify,

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 you know they're talking about holiness.

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 That's what,

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 that's what you need to,

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 to kind of read into

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 when you're,

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 when you're reading those words.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 therefore,

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 the goal tonight

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 is to talk about

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 not just being holy,

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 but like becoming holy.

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 It's,

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 it's both of those.

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 Uh,

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 as the New Testament talks about it.

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 And so,

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 the New Testament refers to our holiness

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 in both senses,

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 a condition of being holy

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 and becoming holy.

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 All right?

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 So,

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 uh,

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 but,

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 if you start really researching this

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 and studying this,

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 you're going to find like the word

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 sanctify,

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 sanctification,

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 is used for like a lot of different

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 kind of things.

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 And you're going to be like,

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 how do you put all this together?

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 It's not as clear a term as like

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 regeneration or justification.

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 It's really broad.

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 But,

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 it can be said

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 that there's two ways

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 that it occurs the most.

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 There's two different ways.

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 So,

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 so in what ways

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 does scripture speak about

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 sanctification?

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 Okay,

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 now,

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 this is the two that you want to write

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 underneath that first title.

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 What is sanctification?

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 Excuse me.

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 But the first one is

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 called definitive

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 sanctification.

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 A big word,

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 definitive,

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 right?

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 Try to spell that,

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 whatever.

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 Definitive sanctification.

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 All right,

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 and I'm just going to read

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 a definition of it for you

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 by John Frame.

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 It's not really that long,

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 but

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 in this sense,

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 definitive sanctification

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 is a once-for-all event

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 simultaneously

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 with regeneration

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 that transfers us

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 from the sphere of sin

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 to the sphere of God's holiness.

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 From the kingdom of Satan

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 into the kingdom of God.

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 It's this act

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 that God does himself

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 where he like takes us

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 from the realm of sin,

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 the realm of Satan,

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 and moves us to

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 the realm of the kingdom of God.

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 It's like a transfer

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 that he's done.

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 He's made us

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 like his people.

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 I'll give you an example of this.

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 In 1 Peter 2,

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 it says this.

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 Are you already in Peter?

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 Are you still in Peter?

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 Oh, how about that?

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 Go ahead and flip over

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 to chapter 1,

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 verse 2.

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 Excuse me,

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 chapter 2,

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 verse 9.

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 All these words

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 are blending together.

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 Chapter 2,

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 verse 9.

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 It says this.

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 And this is one way

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 we can think of

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 definitive sanctification.

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 But you are a chosen race,

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 a royal priesthood,

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 a holy nation.

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 See that?

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 A people for God's own possession

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 that you may proclaim

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 the excellencies of him

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 who called you out of darkness

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 into his marvelous light.

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 Once you were not a people,

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 but now you are God's people.

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 Once you had not received mercy,

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 but now you have received mercy.

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 You see that?

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 It's like this transfer

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 of like you were this

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 and now you're this.

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 God has like brought you there.

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 He set you aside

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 to be his people

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 and to live for his purposes.

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 That's one way

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 that this is used.

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 But I didn't intend

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 for you to turn there,

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 but turn to 1 Corinthians 6

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 real quick.

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 I'll show you another

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 example of this.

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 1 Corinthians 6.

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 Then go to verse 9.

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 Alright?

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 So it says,

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 Or do you not know

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 that the unrighteous

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 will not inherit

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 the kingdom of God?

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 Rhetorical question.

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 Do not be deceived,

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 neither sexual, immoral,

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 nor adulterers,

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 nor men who practice

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 homosexuality,

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 nor thieves,

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 nor the greedy,

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 nor drunkards,

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 nor revilers,

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 nor swindlers

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 will inherit

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 the kingdom of God.

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 Okay?

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 So he's saying like

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 that's,

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 that's,

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 those kind of actions

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 are manifestations

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 of someone's sinful condition.

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 They come out of us

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 because we are sinful.

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 So he's saying

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 if you live by those things,

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 if that's what's coming

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 out of your life constantly

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 and that's what you live for,

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 he's like,

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 you won't have,

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 you won't not inherit

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 the kingdom of God.

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 But then he changes

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 his kind of tone

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 and he says,

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 and such were some of you,

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 the Christians he's talking to,

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 but you were washed,

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 you were sanctified,

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 you were justified

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 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 by the Spirit of our God.

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 Pretty awesome.

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 Like a picture of like us

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 moving from this realm

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 to that realm.

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 That's who a lot of us were.

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 Some of you may still be

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 in that realm,

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 but God has all the power

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 to move you into

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 his realm,

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 the kingdom of light

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 and to be a part

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 of the holy nation,

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 his own possession.

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 So,

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 so definitive sanctification

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 redeems us,

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 okay,

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 this is important.

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 Definitive sanctification

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 redeems us

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 from the ruling power

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 of sin in our life

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 and it frees us

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 from the slavery of sin.

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 Okay,

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 so it,

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 so we still sin,

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 okay,

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 right,

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 as believers,

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 we all know that,

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 that's where we're kind of,

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 where we're kind of going here.

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 But,

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 but it's not the same

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 like as it was before,

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 before we were in Christ.

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 The power of sin

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 has been broken.

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 So,

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 if you really have become

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 a believer

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 and God's Spirit

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 is in you,

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 you should notice

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 over time,

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 like,

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 sin weakening

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 in your life

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 in certain areas.

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 Not totally being demolished,

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 but like,

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 God's power

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 and God's Spirit

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 inside of you

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 is causing you

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 to have more

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 and more victory

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 over those sins

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 in your life,

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 in your actual life.

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 So,

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 and that's because

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 of definitive sanctification.

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 God has

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 caused you

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 to be born again.

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 Some of you were here

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 when Nathan,

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 if you weren't here

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 when Nathan preached

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 on regeneration,

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 I don't know

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 if we have the sermons

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 up yet,

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 but do we have

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 the sermons up yet?

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 Okay,

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 working on it?

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 Yeah,

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 but,

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 but if that has

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 happened to you,

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 you now are not

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 a slave to sin anymore,

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 you're not a slave

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 to Satan anymore,

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 you belong to God

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 and by His power

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 you can like walk

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 in victory over sin.

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 So,

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 it destroyed the dominion

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 of sin over your life.

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 So,

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 sanctification in this sense

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 is decisive

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 and it's a radical break

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 with the power

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 and pleasure of sin,

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 okay?

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 It's like a,

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 and God does this,

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 it's an act that God does

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 at regeneration

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 as He moves us

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 from one kingdom

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 to another.

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 So,

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 that's the first one.

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 Thank God for that one.

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 That's the first way

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 it's used.

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 We've been set apart

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 as God's people

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 for His purposes.

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 Sorry.

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 The second way

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 this is mostly used,

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 alright,

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 and this is probably

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 the one that we're

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 most familiar with,

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 is progressive

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 sanctification.

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 Progressive

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 sanctification.

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 And Wayne Grudem,

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 he defines it

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 this way,

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 it's a progressive

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 work of God

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 and man,

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 key phrase there,

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 work of God

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 and man,

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 that makes us

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 more and more

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 free from sin

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 and like Christ

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 in our actual lives,

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 like right now.

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 Read that again.

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 It's a progressive

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 work of God

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 and man

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 that makes us

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 more and more

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 free from sin

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 and like Christ

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 in our actual lives.

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 So,

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 so in definitive

00:18:04.860 --> 00:18:05.560
 sanctification,

00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.340
 it's all the work

00:18:06.340 --> 00:18:06.800
 of God.

00:18:07.820 --> 00:18:08.300
 Justification,

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 all the work

00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:10.279
 of God.

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 You don't cooperate

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 at all.

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 Being born again,

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 completely the work

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.720
 of God.

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 But in sanctification,

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 at least in this sense,

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 we do cooperate

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 with God.

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 We exercise

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 our new natures

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 and the new desires

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 and wills

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 that we have

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 that were given

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 to us

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 to love God.

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 So what?

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 So guess what?

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 We're not puppets,

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 right?

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 We're not machines

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 dangling around.

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 We have real

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 actions.

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 Our actions

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 mean things.

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 And we can choose

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 to love God

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 or choose to

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 disobey God,

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 even as believers.

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 So,

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 in this sense,

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.059
 we can think of

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 sanctification

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 as the outworking

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:48.519
 of the new life

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.039
 that we have

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 in Christ.

00:18:50.139 --> 00:18:50.379
 Okay?

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 It's like

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 the new life

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 that was given

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 to us

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 in regeneration,

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 we're actually

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 now moving

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 more and more

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 into our new nature

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 that was given

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 to us

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 when we were born

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 again.

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 And this involves

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 like a gradual,

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.039
 incremental,

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:06.180
 progressive work,

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 spiritual work

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 inside of us

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 when we're still

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 putting to death

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 remaining sin

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.120
 in our lives.

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 All of us still

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 have remaining sin

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 in our lives.

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 I know I do.

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 But by God's power,

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 what I'm able to do

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 is I can rely

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 on His strength

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 and I can have

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 more and more

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 victory over

00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:25.799
 those particular sins

00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.660
 that are in my life.

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 And I can become

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 more like Christ

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 in this life.

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 So we do play a role.

00:19:32.320 --> 00:19:33.060
 We cooperate.

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 Alright?

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.740
 Let's just say

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.120
 you're facing

00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:35.579
 that moment

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.160
 of temptation.

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.180
 Right?

00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.180
 It's before you.

00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:39.779
 And everything in you

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.680
 is wanting to go for it.

00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.500
 Like your flesh,

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:43.099
 which actually

00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:43.819
 is not your nature.

00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:44.700
 That's a whole new talk.

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.680
 You have one nature now.

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.420
 Right?

00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:48.920
 It lives in

00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:49.240
 corrupted,

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:50.039
 sinful flesh,

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.440
 but you have

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.640
 one spiritual nature.

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.539
 And that's the new man

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.900
 that's come from

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:55.440
 the act of regeneration.

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.839
 So you're faced

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.480
 with temptation.

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.140
 Alright?

00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:00.160
 Now you have a chance there.

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.620
 The Holy Spirit,

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.539
 this is His operation

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.059
 and us,

00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:04.559
 by the way.

00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:06.000
 He's saying like,

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.539
 don't do this.

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:09.339
 This is close enough.

00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:10.879
 Stop now.

00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.359
 You know this is going

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.139
 to lead to disaster.

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:13.960
 You know that God

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.700
 is so much better.

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.059
 Trust me.

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.500
 Right?

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.220
 And then He will

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:19.379
 begin teaching you

00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:20.319
 and showing you ways

00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:21.359
 to get out of that situation.

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.539
 And what?

00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:23.539
 You can either say,

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:26.659
 okay,

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.940
 alright,

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.879
 I'm out of here.

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.180
 You know,

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:30.099
 like whatever it is.

00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:31.019
 Or you can be like,

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.399
 you know what?

00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:32.140
 I really don't want

00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.860
 to fight right now.

00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.300
 So I'm just going

00:20:33.300 --> 00:20:33.820
 to lay down

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:34.759
 and get into my sin.

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.120
 Right?

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:37.320
 So that's an example

00:20:37.320 --> 00:20:38.320
 of how this works

00:20:38.320 --> 00:20:39.040
 in reality.

00:20:39.560 --> 00:20:40.640
 We do play a role.

00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.200
 We cooperate

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:42.160
 with the Holy Spirit

00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:43.820
 as children of God.

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 And we have to yield

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:45.900
 to His work.

00:20:46.040 --> 00:20:46.680
 I'll turn to

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:50.180
 Colossians 3.

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.519
 I'll show you

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.519
 an example of this.

00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.920
 Sorry.

00:20:59.920 --> 00:20:59.960
 Sorry.

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:06.220
 So here,

00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:07.100
 Paul writes,

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:07.720
 okay,

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:09.259
 to the Christians here,

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:11.759
 in light of your new identity

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.600
 in Christ,

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:14.280
 in light of what

00:21:14.280 --> 00:21:15.680
 Christ has done for you,

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:17.320
 because of that,

00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:18.660
 live this way.

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 That's kind of what he's saying.

00:21:20.320 --> 00:21:21.740
 Because of who you are now,

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.620
 live this way.

00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:24.120
 Walk this way.

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.259
 Colossians 3,

00:21:26.300 --> 00:21:26.920
 verse 5.

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 And you'll see

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.360
 this is a picture

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:30.580
 of progressive sanctification.

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.599
 It says,

00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:32.460
 put to death,

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:33.019
 therefore,

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.879
 what is earthly in you,

00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.699
 sexual immorality,

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.279
 impurity,

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:37.799
 passion,

00:21:37.939 --> 00:21:38.720
 evil desire,

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.179
 and covetousness,

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:41.240
 which is idolatry.

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:43.119
 On account of these,

00:21:43.179 --> 00:21:43.899
 the wrath of God

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.399
 is coming.

00:21:45.439 --> 00:21:46.099
 In these,

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:46.759
 you too,

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.379
 once walk.

00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:48.199
 There's that idea of like,

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.619
 hey, you know what?

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:49.659
 You used to be that way.

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.899
 That's who you were

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:51.859
 before Christ.

00:21:52.739 --> 00:21:53.819
 Then he's making a present

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.959
 connection.

00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.319
 But he says,

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:55.839
 but now,

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.819
 you must put them

00:21:58.819 --> 00:22:00.299
 all away.

00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.259
 Anger,

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:01.739
 wrath,

00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.239
 malice,

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.659
 slander,

00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:04.139
 obscene talk

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:04.859
 from your mouth.

00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:06.919
 Do not lie to one another.

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.639
 Seeing that you have been,

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:10.399
 you have put off

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:12.039
 the old self

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.899
 with its practices,

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:14.400
 and you have put on

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:15.340
 the new self,

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.759
 which is being renewed

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.460
 in the knowledge

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.220
 after the image

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.860
 of its creator.

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:19.880
 Right?

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.300
 So,

00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:22.060
 if you remember the talk

00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:23.200
 a good while back

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:25.500
 when Kyle talked about

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:27.540
 sin and the fall of man

00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:28.259
 and how we were,

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.660
 man was the shattered

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.440
 image of God,

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.740
 the broken image of God,

00:22:31.820 --> 00:22:32.940
 how we were meant

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:34.580
 to reflect who God is,

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:34.940
 right?

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:37.000
 His holy character

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.019
 and His dominion.

00:22:38.800 --> 00:22:40.140
 And sin shattered that.

00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:41.380
 Okay?

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.660
 But as believers now,

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.120
 people that have been

00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:44.660
 born again,

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.500
 have a new nature,

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.320
 most of us sin here,

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:49.400
 we can now actually

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.840
 reflect who God is.

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.840
 You see that?

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.220
 It says there

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.820
 at the end.

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.240
 It says,

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.580
 He's being renewed

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:55.600
 after the knowledge,

00:22:55.800 --> 00:22:56.240
 or excuse me,

00:22:56.280 --> 00:22:56.720
 the knowledge

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.500
 after the image

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.280
 of its creator.

00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.040
 We can now reflect

00:23:00.040 --> 00:23:00.780
 to the world

00:23:00.780 --> 00:23:02.280
 who God really is.

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.360
 It's really cool.

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.380
 We can actually do that

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:05.320
 now as believers.

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.940
 But He says,

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.160
 you know,

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:08.759
 put what's earthly

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.660
 in you to death.

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:11.320
 Stop these things

00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:11.640
 because

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:13.100
 that's not

00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:13.940
 who you are anymore.

00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:16.060
 And really sorry

00:23:16.060 --> 00:23:16.800
 Bible teaching,

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:18.120
 which I grew up with a lot

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.600
 and a lot of us

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.620
 have been exposed to,

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.380
 they'll jump immediately

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:21.680
 like,

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.340
 do these,

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.980
 don't do these,

00:23:23.040 --> 00:23:23.380
 do these,

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.000
 don't do these.

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.240
 But the problem,

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:27.299
 a great example of this,

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:30.579
 maybe John remembers this,

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.299
 maybe not,

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.240
 but a long time ago,

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.779
 we were teaching

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.519
 through Ephesians

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.960
 when we were all

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.440
 in college,

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:38.660
 and the first three chapters

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.400
 of Ephesians,

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.759
 okay,

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.880
 are about who we are

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:43.579
 as children of God,

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.500
 who we are in Christ.

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.640
 It talks about our identity,

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.599
 right,

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.339
 our new identity.

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.699
 And then the next three chapters

00:23:49.699 --> 00:23:51.119
 talk about,

00:23:52.199 --> 00:23:52.500
 now,

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.500
 in light of who you are,

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.980
 walk this way.

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.039
 That's kind of,

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.839
 this is what the new man

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.500
 looks like.

00:23:59.159 --> 00:24:00.179
 So it's a totally different

00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:00.779
 way of thinking.

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.819
 It's saying like,

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:01.980
 wow,

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:03.059
 this is who we are.

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.799
 You always hear Nathan

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.599
 and Wes and I say,

00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:06.579
 you were created to be

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.259
 and not to do,

00:24:07.939 --> 00:24:08.699
 and now the being

00:24:08.699 --> 00:24:09.379
 comes to doing.

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:11.039
 This is what we're talking about.

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.939
 So put to death

00:24:11.939 --> 00:24:12.679
 these things

00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:13.539
 that remain in you,

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.500
 right?

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:16.200
 So that's progressive

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.480
 sanctification.

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.200
 So,

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.259
 I'm going to show you

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.640
 probably one of the wildest

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:24.339
 verses in the Scripture,

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:24.940
 I think.

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:27.259
 It's very interesting.

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.299
 Look at Hebrews 10

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.819
 real quick.

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:32.259
 Is there any places

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:34.579
 where you see

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:36.079
 definitive and progressive

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.839
 sanctification

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:38.759
 in the same verse?

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.720
 And the answer is yes.

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.119
 That's kind of

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:42.079
 mind-boggling here.

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.759
 But look at

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.759
 Hebrews 10,

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.539
 verse 10.

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.319
 So,

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:52.299
 these passages

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.140
 demonstrate how

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.859
 true Christians

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:55.559
 are sanctified,

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:57.039
 they are holy,

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.720
 but then it says

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.619
 they also are

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.619
 being sanctified,

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.599
 they're becoming holy.

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.519
 It's really a

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:05.660
 crazy thing,

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.440
 but both are true.

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.140
 So look at verse 10.

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.740
 And by that

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:12.099
 we have been

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:13.799
 sanctified

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.380
 through the offering

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.559
 of the body

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.359
 of Jesus Christ

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:18.380
 once for all.

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:18.920
 See that?

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.220
 So which one do you think

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.380
 that's implying to?

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:21.839
 It says,

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:24.420
 and by that

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.359
 we will have been

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.079
 sanctified

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:27.400
 through the offering

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.099
 of the body

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.859
 of Jesus Christ

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.640
 once for all.

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.059
 Which one?

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:32.059
 Definitive or progressive?

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.819
 Someone say something.

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.359
 Definitive.

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.700
 Yeah.

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.279
 He's like

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.900
 taking us

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:37.220
 and moved us here.

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.640
 Okay?

00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:39.340
 So then,

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.360
 in the same chapter,

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.820
 look at verse 14.

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.320
 Let's go down

00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:43.040
 just a little bit.

00:25:43.540 --> 00:25:44.420
 Here's like the verse

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.200
 that just is like,

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.120
 what?

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.980
 It says,

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:49.540
 for by a single offering,

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:52.140
 Christ has perfected

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.840
 for all time

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:55.759
 those who are being

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.519
 sanctified.

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.480
 Right?

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.759
 Christ has perfected

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.480
 for all time

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.300
 those being

00:26:02.300 --> 00:26:03.600
 sanctified.

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:05.699
 So there is a sense,

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.019
 right,

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.639
 by which

00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:08.459
 we believe in Jesus

00:26:08.459 --> 00:26:09.519
 and we are sanctified

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.119
 in this verse.

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.859
 We are holy.

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.439
 Right?

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.639
 But then later on,

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.480
 like in this verse,

00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:15.939
 we see that Christians

00:26:15.939 --> 00:26:17.159
 are both perfected,

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.980
 we already are holy,

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.639
 and then we also

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.779
 are being sanctified.

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.859
 We're being made holy.

00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:25.519
 It's pretty crazy.

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:27.159
 So one of the greatest

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:28.240
 sources of joy

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.439
 for us as believers

00:26:29.439 --> 00:26:30.119
 is that

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:31.480
 to endure

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.359
 and keep fighting,

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.959
 which I think

00:26:33.959 --> 00:26:34.479
 Chris McKean

00:26:34.479 --> 00:26:34.819
 is going to talk

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.619
 about that next week.

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:36.559
 You don't want

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:36.979
 to miss that.

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.339
 It's going to be

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.740
 a good one.

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:40.579
 So where it says,

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:41.639
 for by a single offering,

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.839
 namely Christ Himself,

00:26:42.959 --> 00:26:43.159
 right?

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.839
 Just look at the verse.

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.259
 He has perfected

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.019
 for all time

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.919
 those being

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.539
 sanctified.

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.299
 And that's amazing

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.079
 because in the same

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.619
 sentence,

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.579
 right,

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.119
 he says we are

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.139
 being sanctified

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:55.699
 and that we already

00:26:55.699 --> 00:26:56.479
 are perfect.

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.139
 Isn't that nuts?

00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:00.359
 So being sanctified

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.099
 means that we are

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.599
 imperfect,

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:01.939
 right,

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:03.419
 in the process

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:03.779
 of,

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.959
 but we are

00:27:04.959 --> 00:27:05.719
 becoming holy

00:27:05.719 --> 00:27:06.579
 but not because,

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:08.159
 but we're not

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:08.859
 fully holy.

00:27:09.459 --> 00:27:09.980
 And I'll read you

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.659
 this quote by

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.359
 John Piper

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.039
 on this particular

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.559
 verse,

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:13.980
 right?

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.439
 The joyful

00:27:15.439 --> 00:27:16.480
 encouragement here

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:18.099
 is that the evidence

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.279
 of our perfection

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.259
 before God

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.559
 is not our

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.679
 experience perfection

00:27:22.679 --> 00:27:24.980
 but our experience

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.839
 progress.

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.279
 See that?

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.059
 I'll read that again.

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:29.139
 The joyful encouragement

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:30.559
 here is that the

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:32.200
 evidence of our

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.399
 perfection before God,

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.599
 right,

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.240
 being holy,

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.740
 is not our

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.619
 experience perfection.

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.319
 Most of us don't

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.000
 really experience

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.519
 what it's like to be

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.159
 perfectly holy,

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.480
 right?

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:41.240
 We don't in this life.

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.779
 But he says

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:43.440
 the evidence of our

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.559
 perfection before God

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.799
 is our experiential

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.419
 progress.

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.639
 Are you growing?

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.500
 That's the evidence

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.359
 that you already are

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.599
 perfected.

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.259
 And this is what he

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.440
 says,

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.200
 the good news

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.240
 is that being

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.980
 on the way

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.400
 is proof that

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:56.940
 we have already

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.460
 arrived.

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.180
 Pretty awesome.

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.019
 The good news

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.460
 is that being

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.980
 on the way

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.559
 is proof that

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.519
 we have already

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.160
 arrived.

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.779
 So don't ask,

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.000
 like,

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.500
 am I perfectly

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.080
 holy yet?

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.480
 Because the answer

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.080
 is going to say,

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.420
 like,

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.180
 experientially.

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:10.259
 No,

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.740
 you're not.

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.539
 But are you

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:13.160
 growing in holiness?

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.860
 And you can answer

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.400
 yes,

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.660
 then that's evidence

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:17.380
 that you've already

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.819
 arrived.

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.259
 That's kind of

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.640
 like what he's

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:18.920
 saying.

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.799
 So that's the two

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:22.259
 ways that the

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.900
 Bible mostly

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.480
 talks about

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.099
 sanctification.

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.619
 But number

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:24.980
 two,

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.619
 the big number

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:26.920
 two,

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.460
 second point

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.759
 or question,

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.319
 what is the

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:32.839
 difference between

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:34.660
 sanctification and

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.119
 justification?

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:37.160
 Those are

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.339
 serious distinctions.

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.900
 You might

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.400
 couldn't call

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.859
 yourself Christian

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.299
 if you don't

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.879
 understand,

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.019
 at least in

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.559
 experience,

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:45.900
 right,

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.940
 what these

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:48.299
 differences are.

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.359
 There's a big

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.799
 difference.

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.920
 So we have to

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.720
 be careful to

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:53.039
 distinguish the

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.299
 two,

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.940
 but also not

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.400
 to separate

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.620
 them.

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.960
 We can't

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.579
 have one

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.079
 without the

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.339
 other.

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.920
 Some people

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.539
 actually want

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.579
 to make that

00:28:59.579 --> 00:28:59.880
 happen.

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.500
 The same thing

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.059
 is like light

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:02.140
 and heat from

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.480
 the sun.

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:02.839
 You can't

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.460
 really separate

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.100
 those things.

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.240
 The sun

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.700
 gives out

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:07.559
 light and

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:07.860
 heat.

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.920
 We both

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.420
 need those

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.799
 things.

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.039
 And so

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:12.440
 they're not

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.019
 the same,

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:13.980
 but they're

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.579
 not separated

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:14.839
 either.

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.200
 They're still

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.559
 together.

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.019
 It's what the

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.640
 sun gives

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.019
 us,

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.779
 right?

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:19.460
 So the

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.039
 problem is a

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.319
 lot of

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.759
 people want

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.240
 to say,

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.399
 I've been

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.259
 justified,

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.700
 like I've

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.220
 been made

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.819
 right before

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.139
 God,

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.399
 but then

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.579
 they actually

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.819
 don't experience

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.759
 any kind

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:30.359
 of growth

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.579
 in this

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.019
 life,

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:33.099
 right?

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.079
 That can be

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.519
 dangerous.

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:34.940
 They want to

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.200
 kind of

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.759
 separate those

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.420
 two things.

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.539
 And also,

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.039
 at least in

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.700
 church history,

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.339
 the Roman

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.599
 church would

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.599
 put sanctification

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:45.159
 before

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:46.079
 justification.

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.339
 Saying that

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.659
 you actually

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.000
 have to,

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.139
 like,

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:49.319
 make yourself

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.740
 holy enough

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.899
 in this

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:52.559
 life to

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.159
 actually be

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:53.659
 justified.

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.059
 I'm glad

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.419
 that's not

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:55.859
 the case.

00:29:56.719 --> 00:29:57.319
 It would

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.639
 mean that

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.079
 we have to,

00:29:58.179 --> 00:29:58.299
 like,

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.059
 make ourselves

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.639
 godly,

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.079
 right?

00:30:00.699 --> 00:30:01.059
 And that he

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.759
 only would

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.799
 justify us

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:02.980
 when we

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.359
 had made

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.899
 ourselves

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:05.039
 godly.

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.339
 It's a big

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.799
 difference.

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.439
 We believe

00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:09.240
 that sanctification

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.319
 is the evidence

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.839
 of justification.

00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:13.299
 It's the

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.059
 outflow of

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.559
 what God

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.019
 has done.

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.099
 So I'm

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.220
 going to

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.519
 give you

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:18.599
 some statements,

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:18.960
 okay?

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:21.559
 And just

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:21.980
 differences,

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.579
 just to kind

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:22.879
 of make

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:24.579
 a clarification.

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.180
 The justification

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.940
 versus

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.720
 sanctification.

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.440
 Justification

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.759
 is being

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.339
 declared

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.839
 righteous

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.519
 by God.

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.200
 Sanctification

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.879
 is being

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.700
 made righteous.

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.839
 Declared

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.240
 and then

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.539
 made,

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:37.899
 right?

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.059
 Justification

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:41.379
 is about

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.779
 God's

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.220
 attitude

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.480
 to me

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.960
 changing.

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.680
 Sanctification

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.400
 is about

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.720
 God

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.100
 changing

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.519
 us,

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.519
 right?

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:48.819
 He

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:50.140
 accepts us

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.440
 because of

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:50.819
 what Christ

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.319
 has done,

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.000
 right?

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.779
 Kind of

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.039
 the point

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.319
 there.

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.980
 Justification

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.920
 is our

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.740
 position or

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.539
 status before

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:58.940
 God,

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.079
 legally

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.720
 speaking.

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.200
 But

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.779
 sanctification

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:04.039
 is a

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.640
 practice that

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.039
 continues

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.360
 throughout

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.839
 our lives.

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.200
 It goes

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.579
 on and

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.019
 on throughout

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.539
 this life

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.960
 on earth.

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:10.340
 all right?

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.000
 So,

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.120
 this is a

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.460
 big one.

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.079
 Justification

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:14.059
 is immediate

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:15.759
 and complete

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.940
 upon

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.480
 conversion.

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.140
 It's like

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.460
 that,

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.000
 okay?

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:20.860
 It's

00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.420
 instantaneous

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.960
 with being

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.539
 born again.

00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:25.180
 So,

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:25.980
 what's cool

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.380
 about that

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.620
 is you

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:26.920
 can't be

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.680
 more justified

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.940
 today or

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.900
 tomorrow than

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.420
 the moment

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.840
 you first

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.259
 believed.

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.579
 You can

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:32.860
 have a

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.180
 terrible,

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.980
 awful day

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.960
 and like

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.400
 falling to

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:35.660
 grievous

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.079
 sin.

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.259
 That

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.480
 doesn't

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.699
 make

00:31:36.699 --> 00:31:36.819
 you

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:36.980
 any

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.279
 less

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.740
 justified

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.139
 before

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.539
 God

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:38.740
 as

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.019
 your

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:40.099
 so-called

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.480
 best

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:40.859
 day

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.079
 where

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.159
 you

00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:41.299
 share

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.460
 the

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:41.799
 gospel

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.000
 with

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.179
 five

00:31:42.179 --> 00:31:42.460
 people

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:42.579
 and

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.759
 you read

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:42.879
 your

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.099
 Bible

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.460
 for three

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:43.799
 hours.

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:46.339
 You're just

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.859
 as justified

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.480
 before God

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.659
 as you

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:48.199
 always have

00:31:48.199 --> 00:31:48.439
 been.

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.419
 So,

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.139
 that's

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.419
 big.

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:50.799
 And so,

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.199
 comparing

00:31:51.199 --> 00:31:52.099
 that to

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:53.579
 sanctification,

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.059
 sanctification

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.559
 is a

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.019
 progressive

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:57.059
 process.

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.319
 It's a

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.879
 process.

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:58.879
 We are

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.240
 being

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.199
 sanctified,

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.379
 growing

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.799
 into

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.240
 holiness.

00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:03.399


00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:03.599
 then,

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.179
 okay,

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:06.259
 justification

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:07.600
 is

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.100
 objective.

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.940
 Sanctification

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.460
 is

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.960
 subjective,

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.259
 right,

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.660
 because we

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.060
 cooperate

00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:13.740
 with God.

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.240
 All right,

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.500
 and then

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.340
 the last

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:17.740
 one here,

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:18.980
 justification

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:20.180
 is completely

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.700
 an act

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.180
 of God,

00:32:22.060 --> 00:32:22.660
 monergistic,

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.400
 God alone.

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.400
 Sanctification,

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:27.320
 we actually

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:27.900
 play a role

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.840
 by cooperating

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.420
 with the

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.980
 Holy Spirit

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.620
 and growing

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.360
 in holiness.

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.779
 So,

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.180
 those are

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.080
 major

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.500
 differences.

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.560
 If you

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:36.019
 switch those

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.340
 around,

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.580
 we would

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:36.820
 be in

00:32:36.820 --> 00:32:37.080
 trouble,

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.380
 because it

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:37.480
 would be

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.860
 like God

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.279
 standing on

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.519
 top of

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.160
 Mount Sinai

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.480
 saying,

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:40.740
 like,

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.580
 you have

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:41.700
 to,

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:41.880
 like,

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.360
 climb all

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:42.700
 the way

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.180
 up here,

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.500
 obey every

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.180
 single law

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.560
 with your

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:45.779
 heart,

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.200
 your mind,

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.680
 your soul,

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.759
 on your

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.039
 own,

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.340
 and when

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:48.600
 you get

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:49.019
 up here,

00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:49.840
 I'll

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.580
 justify you.

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.039
 No,

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.580
 that's not

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:54.980
 the way the

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.519
 Bible actually

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.140
 talks about it.

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.660
 It says that

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.299
 justification

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.680
 came first,

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.560
 clearly.

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.500
 That's what the

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.019
 whole Reformation

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.759
 was about,

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.779
 almost.

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:03.820
 So,

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.820
 Luther would argue,

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.840
 so,

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.519
 all together

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.779
 now,

00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:07.080
 let's kind

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.560
 of put this,

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.320
 all these

00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:09.519
 statements together.

00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:10.600
 All right,

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:10.920
 so,

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.160
 when you were

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.759
 born again,

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.360
 right,

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.759
 God raised you

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.420
 from spiritual

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:17.200
 death to life.

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.400
 Like Lazarus

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.880
 being called

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.420
 out of the tomb,

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.299
 Christ said,

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.799
 Lazarus,

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.360
 come out,

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.299
 and he came

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.539
 out.

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.820
 And,

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.500
 so that's

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:25.900
 regeneration.

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.100
 generation.

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.440
 The result

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:27.840
 is,

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.040
 the new

00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:29.440
 life you

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.160
 have actually

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.960
 breathes air.

00:33:31.780 --> 00:33:32.380
 That is

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:33.080
 saving faith.

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.720
 The air that

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.120
 the new

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:35.080
 person breathes

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:35.960
 is saving

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.380
 faith.

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.400
 Right?

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.140
 That's what

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.600
 happens at

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.060
 conversion.

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.759
 And then once

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.360
 we have,

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.640
 says what,

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.140
 we're justified

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.620
 by,

00:33:44.780 --> 00:33:45.080
 we were here,

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.980
 last week,

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.240
 justified by

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.480
 what?

00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:48.120
 Works or

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.440
 faith?

00:33:49.560 --> 00:33:50.000
 Faith.

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.440
 So we

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.980
 were justified

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.819
 by faith.

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:53.859
 So when you

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.400
 actually have

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:55.079
 saving faith,

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.700
 in that moment,

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.559
 God justifies

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:56.779
 you.

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.059
 It's all like

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.339
 this.

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:58.920
 It's not a,

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.640
 well,

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.359
 I was born

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.759
 again,

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.259
 but I don't

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.740
 think I'm

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.500
 justified yet.

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.359
 It's like this

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.819
 one instantaneous

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.299
 act.

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.619
 We actually

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.259
 just know

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.380
 that there's

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.839
 some sort

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.340
 of sequence

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:08.960
 based on how

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.219
 Scripture

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.820
 talks about

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.039
 it.

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.440
 And it

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.039
 carries on.

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.260
 So if

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.860
 we're justified,

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.099
 right,

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.840
 we've been

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.179
 established

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:18.679
 permanently as

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.059
 a living,

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.519
 breathing,

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:19.980
 new nature,

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.679
 child of

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.000
 God,

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:21.920
 right?

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.280
 And so

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.800
 how we put

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.440
 sanctification

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.019
 into this?

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.199
 Sanctification

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.980
 is the

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:28.059
 exercising of

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.099
 or the

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.719
 working out

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.119
 of the

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.619
 new nature

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.900
 in which

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.239
 the Holy

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.820
 Spirit is

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.159
 like our

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.500
 trainer.

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.940
 He pushes

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.659
 us and

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:37.119
 disciplines us

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.719
 and encourages

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.460
 us as our

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.619
 teacher to

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:40.059
 like walk

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.579
 more like

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:40.980
 the person

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.239
 that we

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.719
 now are

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.380
 before God.

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.360
 If you

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.539
 want to

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.820
 think about

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.079
 it that

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.260
 way,

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:44.519
 it's like

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.219
 the exercising

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:45.559
 of the

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.039
 new man,

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.420
 right?

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:49.159
 So another

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.899
 example is

00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:50.199
 like,

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.599
 I mean,

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.159
 whatever,

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:53.779
 Jesus might

00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:54.099
 have been a

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.460
 carpenter,

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.759
 maybe,

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.159
 I mean,

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.799
 his dad was,

00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:57.119
 his earthly

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.659
 dad was,

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.219
 so maybe he

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.699
 learned that,

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.339
 but there's

00:34:59.339 --> 00:34:59.699
 really nothing

00:34:59.699 --> 00:34:59.920
 in the

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.259
 scripture that

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.579
 says that

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.219
 Jesus was a

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.579
 carpenter,

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:03.279
 but necessarily.

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.519
 Let's just

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.299
 say that like

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:06.039
 Christ being the

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.440
 carpenter,

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.739
 he carefully

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.679
 crafts us into

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.420
 something beautiful,

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.719
 right?

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.219
 The construction

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:12.619
 is messy,

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.799
 and it

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.539
 takes time,

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.279
 and it

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:15.759
 does hurt

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.239
 us from

00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:16.559
 time to

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:16.839
 time,

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.659
 and he

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:17.920
 has to

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.359
 move things

00:35:18.359 --> 00:35:18.759
 around,

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:19.059
 but like

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.339
 major

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:20.039
 renovations,

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:20.299
 right,

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:20.759
 require,

00:35:21.359 --> 00:35:21.679
 you know,

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.299
 us to like

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.779
 get rid of

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.299
 things that

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.679
 are in

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:23.900
 us,

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.099
 right?

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.380
 We need

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:25.259
 to push

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.880
 those out

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.359
 and allow

00:35:26.359 --> 00:35:26.719
 him to

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.019
 work.

00:35:27.859 --> 00:35:28.239
 And so,

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:31.739
 I read this

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.000
 somewhere,

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.639
 this is this

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.079
 side of

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.339
 heaven,

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.639
 right?

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.679
 We never

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:36.679
 will reach

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.339
 complete

00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:38.339
 perfection in

00:35:38.339 --> 00:35:39.119
 this actual

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.519
 life,

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:39.859
 it's not

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.239
 going to

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.519
 happen.

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.719
 But with

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.139
 something we

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.699
 should strive

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.880
 for and

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.400
 move into.

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.820
 And so,

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.980
 God basically

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.579
 kind of hangs

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.239
 this sign of

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:49.739
 our heart that

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.139
 says under

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.639
 construction.

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.719
 And when we

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.239
 go to heaven,

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.739
 we go to

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.019
 glory,

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.900
 which glorification

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.239
 will be in

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.780
 a few weeks,

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.880
 we then will

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.500
 be completely

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.239
 and fully

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:58.119
 holy,

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.059
 perfect,

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.079
 sinless.

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.079
 That's when

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.639
 it's completed.

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:03.820
 So,

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:06.460
 I remember

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.900
 this really

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.659
 kooky saying,

00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:08.579
 all right?

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.619
 I remember

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.139
 when I was

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.539
 an early

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:12.099
 Christian back

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:13.039
 in the

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.920
 early 2000s,

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:16.559
 I liked

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:16.980
 him a lot.

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.420
 He's a nice

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.599
 guy.

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:17.879
 He's kind

00:36:17.879 --> 00:36:18.539
 of a traveling

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.059
 Baptist

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.440
 preacher.

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.519
 He was from

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:20.819
 the North

00:36:20.819 --> 00:36:21.440
 American Mission

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:21.719
 Board,

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.099
 I think.

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.179
 He was an

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.579
 old guy,

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:23.879
 and he was

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.400
 like really,

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:26.239
 he did a

00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:26.519
 really good

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.179
 exposition of

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.659
 John 3,

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.000
 I think.

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.359
 But then he

00:36:28.359 --> 00:36:28.839
 said this,

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.339
 all right?

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.199
 When God

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:31.920
 saves you,

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:32.940
 there's an

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.259
 inward

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:34.000
 transformation,

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:36.019
 which leads

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.619
 to an outward

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.359
 demonstration,

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.179
 not sanctification,

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.559
 which leads

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.900
 to an upward

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.400
 destination.

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:43.519
 When God

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.880
 saves you,

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.160
 there's an

00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:44.340
 inward

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.980
 transformation,

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:45.900
 it leads

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.079
 to an

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.280
 outward

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:46.960
 demonstration,

00:36:47.660 --> 00:36:48.099
 which leads

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.420
 to an upward

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.980
 destination.

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.420
 But you

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:50.860
 couldn't say

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.220
 that something

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:51.720
 actually happened

00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:52.300
 inside of you

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.599
 if there was

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.760
 not something

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.280
 showing for

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.539
 that.

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:56.440
 Big difference.

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.639
 So,

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.780
 you can

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.480
 remember it

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.800
 that way,

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.039
 maybe.

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:00.840
 So,

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.360
 number three,

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:04.119
 what is our

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.720
 role in

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.320
 sanctification?

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:06.660
 Right?

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.280
 Tell me what

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.599
 to do.

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.720
 So,

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:10.439
 what is our

00:37:10.439 --> 00:37:10.739
 role in

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.119
 sanctification?

00:37:11.439 --> 00:37:11.859
 Look at

00:37:11.859 --> 00:37:12.939
 Colossians 1.

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.079
 We're going

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.480
 to stay in

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.119
 Colossians just

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.619
 for a minute.

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.419
 Colossians 1,

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.439
 verse 9.

00:37:25.439 --> 00:37:25.519
 Colossians 1,

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:25.480
 verse 9.

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:34.780
 What is our

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.159
 role in

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.619
 sanctification?

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:36.920
 Alright,

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.619
 verse 9.

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.179
 Paul says,

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.800
 And so,

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:41.039
 from the day

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.599
 we heard,

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.780
 we have not

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:43.420
 ceased to pray

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:43.760
 for you,

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:45.099
 asking that

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.659
 you may be

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.219
 filled with

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.659
 the knowledge

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:46.980
 of His

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.400
 will and

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.980
 all spiritual

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.579
 wisdom and

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.159
 understanding.

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.559
 And then he

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:50.980
 says this,

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.139
 So,

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.559
 walk,

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:53.179
 so as to

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:54.119
 walk in

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.519
 a manner

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.079
 worthy of

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.440
 the Lord,

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.159
 fully pleasing

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.599
 to Him,

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:57.860
 bearing fruit

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.519
 in every good

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:58.900
 work,

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:00.019
 and increasing

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.579
 in the knowledge

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.079
 of God.

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.240
 Alright,

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.860
 so it kind of

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.460
 says there,

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.920
 if you look at it,

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.159
 it's like,

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.300
 yeah,

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:06.219
 walk this way,

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.780
 do this,

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.280
 bear fruit

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.840
 in every good

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.199
 work,

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.500
 increasing the

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:10.960
 knowledge of

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.199
 God.

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:11.500
 It's kind of

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:11.900
 like telling

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.440
 you to do

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.019
 something here.

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.880
 So,

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.400
 we want to

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:15.039
 please God,

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.320
 right,

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:16.099
 and with our

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.480
 attitudes,

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.679
 and bearing

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.300
 fruit is kind

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:18.780
 of the example

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.240
 of that.

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:21.159
 So,

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:21.799
 this fruit

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:22.459
 that we have

00:38:22.459 --> 00:38:22.799
 in our

00:38:22.799 --> 00:38:23.539
 Christian life

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:26.059
 is evidence

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:28.239
 of God's

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.939
 work in us,

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.179
 right?

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.959
 It's the outflow

00:38:29.959 --> 00:38:30.419
 of what God

00:38:30.419 --> 00:38:31.199
 has done in us.

00:38:32.459 --> 00:38:33.699
 And so,

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.839
 if you want to

00:38:34.839 --> 00:38:35.879
 take a statement

00:38:35.879 --> 00:38:36.219
 here,

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.699
 if you want to

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.079
 just ask the

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.419
 question,

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:38.879
 what is our

00:38:38.879 --> 00:38:39.159
 role?

00:38:39.859 --> 00:38:40.639
 We are called

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.699
 to be faithful,

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:43.000
 obedient,

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:45.039
 to labor,

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.899
 and to toil

00:38:46.899 --> 00:38:48.339
 in the work

00:38:48.339 --> 00:38:49.059
 of being holy.

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.539
 In growing

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.000
 in holiness,

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:52.000
 we do play

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.319
 a role.

00:38:52.419 --> 00:38:52.759
 We are like

00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:53.359
 to strive

00:38:53.359 --> 00:38:53.919
 for this,

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:54.979
 you know,

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.299
 and just

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:56.959
 even practically

00:38:56.959 --> 00:38:57.439
 speaking,

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:57.699
 you know,

00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:58.059
 what does that

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.539
 look like?

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.759
 It means like

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.500
 taking advantage

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.579
 of every means

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.099
 of grace

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.399
 that God

00:39:02.399 --> 00:39:02.979
 has given us.

00:39:03.479 --> 00:39:03.839
 You being

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:04.339
 here tonight

00:39:04.339 --> 00:39:04.759
 is a means

00:39:04.759 --> 00:39:05.139
 of grace

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:05.539
 because you're

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.119
 hearing the

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:06.619
 word of God,

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.059
 you're reading

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.659
 the word of

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:07.919
 God,

00:39:08.379 --> 00:39:09.099
 being around

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.559
 the people

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:09.959
 of God,

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.500
 the church,

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:10.919
 the body

00:39:10.919 --> 00:39:11.339
 of Christ,

00:39:11.419 --> 00:39:12.039
 that's a huge

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.699
 means of grace.

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:13.619
 Something that

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:16.159
 probably 60-70%

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.879
 of college students

00:39:16.879 --> 00:39:17.539
 neglect because

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.599
 they're content

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.319
 to just be on

00:39:19.319 --> 00:39:19.719
 campus,

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.059
 you know,

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:21.819
 but the body

00:39:21.819 --> 00:39:22.279
 of Christ

00:39:22.279 --> 00:39:22.940
 will help you

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.880
 grow in holiness.

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.079
 You need to be

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.579
 around older

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:26.400
 individuals that

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.199
 have gone before

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:28.319
 you and have

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:29.019
 lived, you know,

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:30.400
 different lives

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:30.659
 and they can

00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:31.239
 teach you and

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.920
 disciple you.

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:34.139
 and ultimately

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:35.740
 prayer, like

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.599
 sitting, talking

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:37.099
 to God,

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.700
 pouring out your

00:39:38.700 --> 00:39:39.240
 heart to Him,

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.940
 listening to what

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:41.320
 His heart is,

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:42.900
 and meditating,

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:43.599
 reading, and

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.280
 practicing the

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:44.820
 word of God.

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:46.099
 Those are all

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.720
 means that He's

00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:47.039
 given us.

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.340
 Those are the

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:48.320
 primary means,

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.420
 right?

00:39:50.180 --> 00:39:51.920
 So, that's it.

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.340
 We're to be

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:53.260
 faithful, obedient,

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:53.980
 to labor,

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:55.019
 to toil.

00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:56.139
 It's not the

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:56.680
 whole let go

00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:57.240
 and let God.

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:59.139
 It's kind of

00:39:59.139 --> 00:39:59.559
 like a,

00:40:00.919 --> 00:40:01.839
 applying it to

00:40:01.839 --> 00:40:02.539
 growing in holiness

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.219
 is kind of like

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:03.719
 not true.

00:40:04.439 --> 00:40:05.419
 In some situations

00:40:05.419 --> 00:40:05.959
 when you're trying

00:40:05.959 --> 00:40:06.759
 to control everything,

00:40:06.899 --> 00:40:07.539
 maybe it is,

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:09.199
 but we are to

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.779
 be active,

00:40:09.939 --> 00:40:11.099
 proactive in this,

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.979
 being obedient

00:40:11.979 --> 00:40:12.939
 children.

00:40:13.799 --> 00:40:14.239
 All right,

00:40:14.259 --> 00:40:14.699
 which brings us

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:15.039
 to the next

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.419
 question,

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:15.939
 number four.

00:40:16.419 --> 00:40:16.839
 What is the

00:40:16.839 --> 00:40:17.479
 Spirit's role

00:40:17.479 --> 00:40:18.139
 in sanctification?

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:19.859
 All right?

00:40:20.439 --> 00:40:21.019
 And you find

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.659
 that in the next

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:22.059
 verse,

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:23.439
 verse 11.

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:24.899
 It says,

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.579
 May you be

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:26.319
 strengthened with

00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:27.079
 all power,

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:28.399
 according to

00:40:28.399 --> 00:40:29.079
 his glorious

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.559
 might,

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:31.279
 for all endurance

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:31.859
 and patience

00:40:31.859 --> 00:40:32.419
 with joy,

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:33.739
 giving thanks

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.319
 to the Father

00:40:34.319 --> 00:40:35.799
 who has qualified

00:40:35.799 --> 00:40:36.679
 you to share

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:37.399
 in the inheritance

00:40:37.399 --> 00:40:38.239
 of the saints

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:39.279
 in light.

00:40:40.319 --> 00:40:41.179
 Saints mean

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:42.579
 holy,

00:40:42.779 --> 00:40:43.439
 holy ones,

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:43.719
 right?

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:44.659
 So those who

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:45.039
 have been set

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.399
 apart,

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:46.239
 that same idea

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:47.679
 uses the word

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:47.939
 there.

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:49.319
 So the Holy

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:50.639
 Spirit gives us,

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:51.919
 according to this,

00:40:51.979 --> 00:40:52.919
 the divine strength

00:40:52.919 --> 00:40:53.619
 we need

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:55.019
 to live holy

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.539
 lives.

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.739
 He, like,

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.599
 gives us that.

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:58.079
 He shapes

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:58.860
 our desires

00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.800
 and our wills.

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.659
 He comforts us.

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:02.440
 He guides us.

00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:03.719
 He teaches us.

00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:04.900
 Wes taught in the

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.619
 Holy Spirit a few

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.179
 weeks ago.

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.920
 Good, great message.

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.440
 You can go back

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:09.480
 and hear it once

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:10.039
 we get that up

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:10.679
 and running again.

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:12.019
 But the Spirit

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:12.860
 empowers us,

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.099
 right,

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:14.840
 to live for God.

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.279
 He gives us

00:41:15.279 --> 00:41:16.159
 the strength we need.

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.360
 So,

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.619
 the second statement

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:18.960
 here,

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:19.759
 all right,

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:20.199
 so what's the

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:20.840
 Spirit's role?

00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:22.840
 As we step out

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.800
 in faithfulness

00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:25.039
 and obedience,

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:26.640
 as we move,

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:26.920
 right,

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:28.500
 the Holy Spirit

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:29.180
 is faithful

00:41:29.180 --> 00:41:30.039
 to empower

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:31.300
 and encourage

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:31.840
 and guide

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.700
 and comfort us

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:33.900
 while we're

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:34.640
 growing in holiness.

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:36.120
 All right?

00:41:36.680 --> 00:41:37.160
 And so that's

00:41:37.160 --> 00:41:37.840
 the great spiritual

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.260
 mystery,

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:39.240
 right?

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.480
 Some people just

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:40.860
 want to make it

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:41.280
 one or the other.

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:42.100
 It's either all God

00:41:42.100 --> 00:41:42.860
 or it's all us,

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.780
 but in this case,

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:45.079
 it's both.

00:41:45.700 --> 00:41:46.500
 We have a clear

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.579
 calling and a clear

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:48.820
 part to play in this,

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:49.420
 but ultimately,

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.980
 it's God's power

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.519
 that's working

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.220
 inside of us.

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:54.559
 And since you're

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.300
 in Colossians,

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:56.740
 jump to the end

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:57.140
 of the chapter

00:41:57.140 --> 00:41:58.019
 to verse 27,

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:59.019
 right?

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.300
 And we're going

00:41:59.300 --> 00:41:59.920
 to see like how,

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.180
 again,

00:42:00.180 --> 00:42:00.900
 both of these

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:01.660
 work together.

00:42:05.180 --> 00:42:06.200
 Verse 27,

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:06.980
 to them God

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:08.019
 chose to make known

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.760
 how great among

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:09.539
 the Gentiles

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:10.600
 are the riches

00:42:10.600 --> 00:42:11.960
 of the glory

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:13.260
 of this mystery,

00:42:13.820 --> 00:42:14.640
 which is Christ

00:42:14.640 --> 00:42:15.260
 in you,

00:42:16.080 --> 00:42:16.900
 the hope of glory.

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.260
 All right?

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:19.060
 That's the message.

00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:20.340
 And here's what

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:21.060
 Paul says.

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:22.220
 Him we proclaim,

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:23.940
 warning everyone,

00:42:24.120 --> 00:42:24.960
 teaching everyone

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:26.400
 with all wisdom

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.900
 that we may present

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.720
 everyone mature

00:42:28.720 --> 00:42:29.320
 in Christ.

00:42:30.100 --> 00:42:31.400
 For this I toil,

00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:32.020
 struggling.

00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:32.600
 See that?

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.520
 I'm toiling,

00:42:33.620 --> 00:42:34.240
 I'm fighting.

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:35.460
 He actually uses

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:37.080
 the word agonize

00:42:37.080 --> 00:42:39.040
 in lots of his letters.

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.840
 He is like toiling,

00:42:41.060 --> 00:42:41.360
 fighting,

00:42:41.540 --> 00:42:41.900
 struggling.

00:42:42.020 --> 00:42:42.820
 Then it says this,

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:44.840
 with all his energy

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:46.520
 that he powerfully

00:42:46.520 --> 00:42:47.340
 works within me.

00:42:48.260 --> 00:42:48.740
 What?

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.280
 You know?

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:50.340
 So like,

00:42:50.380 --> 00:42:51.360
 as we step out

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:52.040
 and are active,

00:42:52.140 --> 00:42:52.780
 being proactive,

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:53.480
 being obedient,

00:42:53.620 --> 00:42:54.540
 God gives us

00:42:54.540 --> 00:42:55.960
 the strength we need

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.560
 to endure.

00:42:57.540 --> 00:42:57.920
 All right?

00:42:58.620 --> 00:42:59.100
 So,

00:42:59.220 --> 00:43:00.160
 kind of wrapping this up.

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.320
 We got started

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:02.540
 a little late tonight,

00:43:02.640 --> 00:43:03.100
 but I apologize

00:43:03.100 --> 00:43:03.800
 for that.

00:43:05.180 --> 00:43:06.100
 Number five,

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.720
 the last one.

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.480
 And this is

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.300
 the encouraging part.

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:11.420
 God will finish,

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:13.200
 you might feel like

00:43:13.200 --> 00:43:13.900
 you're never going to ride,

00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:14.960
 but God will finish

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:16.040
 what he started in us.

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:17.860
 God will finish

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:18.840
 what he started in us.

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.139
 Right?

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.779
 So one of the greatest

00:43:21.779 --> 00:43:23.099
 heartaches in the Christian life

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:24.159
 is like the slowness

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:25.619
 of our change.

00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:26.900
 We like,

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:28.500
 it's so slow.

00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:29.059
 Personally,

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:31.679
 I get very discouraged

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:33.579
 at how slow I change

00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:36.019
 and are black thereof

00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:36.579
 of change

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:37.699
 in my life at times.

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:39.820
 I get very discouraged.

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:41.960
 I'm not seeing

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:43.119
 a lot of spiritual growth

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.960
 during certain seasons

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:44.559
 in my life

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:46.280
 and I can be very hard

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:46.659
 on myself.

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:47.539
 I really long

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:49.139
 to love God

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:49.920
 with all my heart

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:51.659
 and all my mind.

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:53.019
 Right?

00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:54.619
 I want to love him

00:43:54.619 --> 00:43:55.579
 fiercely.

00:43:55.720 --> 00:43:56.740
 I want my whole life

00:43:56.740 --> 00:43:57.860
 to be consumed by him.

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.619
 I want that.

00:43:58.699 --> 00:43:59.079
 I know that

00:43:59.079 --> 00:44:00.360
 that's what most of you

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:00.860
 want too.

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:02.480
 But then you find yourself

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:03.300
 just slipping back

00:44:03.300 --> 00:44:05.179
 into a reoccurring

00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:05.900
 state in your life

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:06.639
 and you get discouraged

00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:08.559
 and dang it,

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:09.299
 you just want to quit.

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:10.759
 I know the feeling

00:44:10.759 --> 00:44:14.559
 and I know I'm not alone here.

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:15.920
 So,

00:44:16.539 --> 00:44:19.319
 if you feel like that sometimes,

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:20.119
 be encouraged

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:21.440
 because,

00:44:22.299 --> 00:44:23.199
 unlike us,

00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:25.039
 who start a lot of things

00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:25.859
 and don't finish them,

00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:26.719
 right,

00:44:27.279 --> 00:44:28.579
 God never does that.

00:44:29.319 --> 00:44:30.319
 Whatever he starts,

00:44:30.379 --> 00:44:31.559
 he always finishes.

00:44:31.739 --> 00:44:32.980
 He always brings you

00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:34.219
 completion.

00:44:34.219 --> 00:44:34.659
 Right?

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:35.799
 So,

00:44:35.919 --> 00:44:36.500
 our destiny,

00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:37.699
 one day,

00:44:38.359 --> 00:44:39.379
 is to be one day

00:44:39.379 --> 00:44:40.500
 like completely holy,

00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:41.539
 sinless,

00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:42.579
 perfect before God.

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.059
 That's where he's going

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:43.539
 to take us.

00:44:44.759 --> 00:44:46.039
 I think in three weeks,

00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:47.500
 something like that,

00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:48.139
 four weeks,

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:49.419
 we're going to talk about

00:44:49.419 --> 00:44:50.339
 the doctrine of like

00:44:50.339 --> 00:44:50.980
 glorification,

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:52.859
 which is basically

00:44:52.859 --> 00:44:53.559
 being perfect

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:54.619
 and being with the Lord

00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:55.339
 in eternity.

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:57.079
 And he's going

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:57.859
 to take us there.

00:44:58.739 --> 00:44:59.819
 Philippians 1.6

00:44:59.819 --> 00:45:00.539
 says this.

00:45:01.339 --> 00:45:01.779
 Most of you

00:45:01.779 --> 00:45:02.519
 have heard this verse.

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:03.519
 Philippians 1.6

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:05.340
 I am sure of this,

00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:07.280
 sure of this,

00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:09.019
 that he who began

00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:09.960
 a good work in you

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:11.219
 will bring it

00:45:11.219 --> 00:45:11.860
 to completion

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:13.159
 at the day

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:14.219
 of Jesus Christ.

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:16.079
 He will complete it.

00:45:17.019 --> 00:45:17.420
 So,

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:17.780
 true,

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.719
 genuine believers,

00:45:19.259 --> 00:45:19.780
 right,

00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:21.519
 who have experienced

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:22.480
 God's saving power

00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:23.320
 and have the confidence

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:24.079
 that one day

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:25.280
 the work that God

00:45:25.280 --> 00:45:26.159
 started right now

00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:27.780
 is going to be completed.

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:28.960
 It's going to be finished.

00:45:29.599 --> 00:45:30.559
 He will complete it.

00:45:31.259 --> 00:45:32.039
 Another man

00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:32.960
 discouraged about

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:34.860
 the slowness of his change,

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:35.699
 kind of like I can be,

00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:37.980
 and maybe like most of you,

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:38.360
 hopefully,

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:39.960
 that you grieve over your sin,

00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:41.880
 the sin of your life,

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:43.780
 was John Newton,

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:47.340
 former slave trader

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:48.900
 and brigand

00:45:48.900 --> 00:45:49.420
 and drunk

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.000
 and brawler

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:50.960
 who became a believer

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:53.880
 and completely had a life change,

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:55.340
 completely was devoted to

00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:56.480
 to Christ

00:45:56.480 --> 00:45:57.280
 and actually helped

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:58.420
 bring down the slave trade

00:45:58.420 --> 00:45:59.840
 in the British Empire

00:45:59.840 --> 00:46:00.519
 years later.

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:02.019
 But he said

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.519
 in that hymn,

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:03.360
 Amazing Grace,

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:04.720
 it was grace that taught

00:46:04.720 --> 00:46:05.699
 my heart to fear

00:46:05.699 --> 00:46:07.900
 and grace my fears relieved.

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:09.659
 How precious did

00:46:09.659 --> 00:46:10.599
 that grace appear

00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:12.000
 the hour I first believed.

00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:13.099
 Right?

00:46:13.099 --> 00:46:14.900
 And what he says

00:46:14.900 --> 00:46:15.219
 right here,

00:46:15.259 --> 00:46:16.079
 a very cool statement.

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:17.400
 He says,

00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:18.960
 I am not what I ought to be.

00:46:19.719 --> 00:46:21.539
 I am not what I want to be.

00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:23.639
 I am not what I hope

00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:25.119
 to be in another world.

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.559
 But still,

00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:29.420
 I am not what I used to be.

00:46:30.279 --> 00:46:31.519
 And by the grace of God,

00:46:31.579 --> 00:46:32.480
 I am what I am.

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:34.199
 Pick that up like,

00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:35.819
 I'm not where I want to be.

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:37.519
 The one encouraging thought

00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:38.839
 is I'm not who I used to be.

00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:39.739
 Right?

00:46:39.779 --> 00:46:40.679
 And by God's grace,

00:46:40.759 --> 00:46:41.739
 I am what I am.

00:46:41.739 --> 00:46:42.539
 Very powerful.

00:46:43.399 --> 00:46:43.659
 So,

00:46:43.779 --> 00:46:44.859
 we'll close with this text.

00:46:44.899 --> 00:46:45.259
 Let's look at

00:46:45.259 --> 00:46:46.519
 1 Thessalonians 5.

00:46:46.919 --> 00:46:48.319
 Just to kind of wrap this up.

00:46:52.379 --> 00:46:53.779
 1 Thessalonians 5.

00:46:53.859 --> 00:46:54.459
 Just showing you

00:46:54.459 --> 00:46:56.500
 another verse here.

00:46:57.779 --> 00:46:58.699
 Verse 23.

00:47:05.839 --> 00:47:07.199
 And this is kind of a prayer

00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:08.079
 of Paul.

00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:09.939
 And he would pray it

00:47:09.939 --> 00:47:10.619
 for us too.

00:47:11.739 --> 00:47:12.699
 He says this.

00:47:13.179 --> 00:47:13.879
 Verse 23.

00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:15.879
 Now may the God

00:47:15.879 --> 00:47:16.839
 of peace Himself

00:47:16.839 --> 00:47:19.159
 sanctify you completely

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:21.419
 and may your whole spirit

00:47:21.419 --> 00:47:22.459
 and soul and body

00:47:22.459 --> 00:47:23.779
 be kept blameless

00:47:23.779 --> 00:47:24.919
 at the coming

00:47:24.919 --> 00:47:26.139
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:47:27.659 --> 00:47:27.939
 Right?

00:47:28.459 --> 00:47:29.479
 He who calls you

00:47:29.479 --> 00:47:30.099
 is faithful

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:32.000
 and surely He will do it.

00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:32.579
 See that?

00:47:33.339 --> 00:47:34.439
 He's going to do it.

00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:36.359
 He's going to bring us

00:47:36.359 --> 00:47:36.959
 to completion.

00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:38.000
 Holy and blameless.

00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:39.179
 And it's going to be

00:47:39.179 --> 00:47:39.759
 God's power.

00:47:39.760 --> 00:47:40.620
 He will do it.

00:47:41.260 --> 00:47:42.340
 So let's pray together.

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:42.460
 Let's pray together.