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 That's just an intro passage. What we're going to kind of focus on tonight is the last little part of that where it says that God was both just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Christ.

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 And I want to invite you to go ahead and turn flip over to Genesis chapter two, first book in the Bible.

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 So we're going to talk tonight about the doctrine of justification. And I honestly can say, and I know several guys in here probably agree with me, that when I'm having some of my darkest moments of like doubt and depression and my faith is really, really weak and I feel really far from the Lord.

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 And this doctrine is one of the first ones that come to my mind that actually gives me comfort and peace and security because it's not because of what this doctrine actually teaches and implies.

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 And so we're going to talk about tonight is really important.

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 And I hope that I feel really inadequate to talk about it because it's a a wonderful and glorious truth in the scripture.

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 And Martin Luther himself actually said that justification was the one doctrine, whether the church would stand or fall.

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 He really said that's what the whole reformation was about in his words.

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 So I kind of want to give you like a little intro here.

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 You ever heard anybody say this is not in the Bible, by the way, but this is something that people really throw out there a lot.

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 When you die one day and you go to heaven and God says, why should I let you in or why should you come and be in my presence?

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 A lot of people ask that question and a lot of people might answer differently to that question.

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 So that's what we're going to kind of talk about tonight.

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 And I have I have three different things.

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 Let me think about that.

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 I think it's for four points tonight to kind of unpack this together.

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 But the first one is, why do we need justification?

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 Why do we need justification?

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 So we're going to look into that by looking at Genesis to.

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 Verse twenty four to twenty five.

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 And then we're going to jump forward to chapter three.

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 Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother, hold fast to his wife and they shall become one flesh in a man and his wife.

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 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

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 So this is the beginning of the creation of man and woman.

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 And the purpose of which they were created was to glorify God and to reflect who he was.

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 They were created in the image of God.

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 John talked about that a long time ago.

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 I want that implied where it's being created in the image of God actually mean.

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 And they were to to walk in a relationship with God and to to honor him and all that they did.

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 And so we're going to jump to Genesis three.

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 Just go to one chapter.

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 I'm going to go to verse six.

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 And the one condition that God made was that you not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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 And that was the only conditional thing.

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 And as we know, both Eve and Adam ate from that tree and were disobedient.

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 And because of that, death was brought.

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 Spiritual death, physical death, everything was brought to mankind.

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 That's where sin entered the world.

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 So we're going to like see the consequences of that.

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 But we read in verse seven, just after they've eaten of the tree.

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 Verse seven, it says, then the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked.

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 And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

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 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

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 And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord, the Lord God, among the trees of the garden.

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 But the Lord called to the man and said to him, where are you?

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 And he said, I heard the sound of you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked.

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 And I hid myself.

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 And he said, who told you that you were naked?

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 Have you eaten of the tree which I have commanded you not to eat?

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 And we're going to stop right here.

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 But there's a lot of stuff in here.

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 But I want you to notice something.

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 Like what was the first immediate result of life?

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 What's the consequence of them eating of the tree?

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 Their eyes were opened and they knew that they were naked.

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 They knew that they had this knowledge.

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 And they were greatly ashamed, like full with guilt.

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 Guilt and shame were like the things that followed right after that happened.

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 And they made coverings for themselves.

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 An awareness.

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 Shame, guilt, like in the heart of a sinner that has been disobedient towards God.

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 And this guilt and shame led them to flee and to run and to hide.

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 And that's why ever since, like we have that retreat mechanism in us whenever we get caught doing something.

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 And a desire to hide their nakedness for which they are now ashamed, which they were not before.

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 And so why did they make, does it say clothes?

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 It doesn't say clothes at all.

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 It says coverings.

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 So they didn't like where the fashion industry started.

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 I heard people kind of joke around, that's where the fashion industry started.

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 That's not what the fashion industry started.

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 They made coverings.

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 Not for adornment.

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 To kind of like look good.

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 They made it because they were ashamed.

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 They wanted to hide.

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 And that's where it came from.

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 Like a covering of fig leaves.

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 Something that doesn't really cover your body that well.

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 And from that moment on, man has become like a cosmic fugitive.

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 Like he's always hiding from the presence of God.

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 And he wants to hide his sin from the presence of God.

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 And men are always searching out darkness to hide their sin that they commit.

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 Who you are in private, who you are in public, could be two different things.

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 When people are caught, they want to flee.

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 They want to hide.

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 They don't want to come into the light of God's presence.

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 One of God's identifying characteristics is he dwells in light.

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 He dwells in unapproachable light, it says in Timothy.

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 John 3 says this.

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 This is the judgment.

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 The light is coming to the world and people love darkness rather than the light.

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 Because their works were evil.

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 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light.

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 Lest his works should be exposed.

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 So they've hidden themselves in the presence of God.

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 And remember, like, before they heard, before the fall, before they disobeyed God, when they heard God walking in the garden, they were filled with, like, joy and delight and anticipation.

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 They were excited, like, wow, the Lord is here.

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 The Lord God Almighty is walking with us.

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 It was a beautiful picture.

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 So they were filled with joy and anticipation of Him walking among them.

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 But after the fall, after their sin, they were filled with, like, not joy and anticipation.

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 They were filled with, like, abject terror.

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 They were frightened.

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 And they ran.

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 They hid.

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 And of what fear for what God may do to them.

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 So they hide their sin.

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 They flee among the trees of the garden.

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 And God calls out to them.

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 And He's like, you know, why are you hiding?

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 They say, well, we're naked.

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 And He's like, who told you that you were?

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 Because then He's like, He's trying to show them, like, you do with a child.

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 Like, you know the answer to a question.

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 We're trying to get them to see what they did.

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 You try to lead them down, like, this path.

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 Like, oh, how did you know that?

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 The only way you could know that is if you ate at the tree.

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 So they said yes.

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 And so we hid ourselves.

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 And God, I mean, you ever wonder, like, why?

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 Like, why?

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 Why would they be so afraid of God?

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 God's the one who made them, breathed life into them.

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 He's the one who gave them each other to be with.

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 He's only done good to them ever.

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 Like, only good.

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 And they're afraid.

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 And they run and hide themselves.

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 So they betrayed all of God's purpose for which they were created,

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 which was to walk with Him and honor Him in the garden,

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 to reflect His character and live in, like, a joyful relationship.

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 So we all are born in sin and separated from God,

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 and we cannot be in the presence of God at all.

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 So, and because of that, we face eternal damnation away from God, separation,

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 away from His peace, His joy, His fellowship.

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 And so we've covered that really well.

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 I think we emphasize sin a lot here.

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 Because only until you understand, like, how sinful you really are,

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 or how lost you really were before Christ,

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 you can't appreciate God's grace at all.

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 You say I'm saved, you ask, what am I saved from?

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 And you're saved from something that's almost indescribable,

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 like the worst thing you ever can imagine.

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 And so, so what is the response to this?

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 Leads to our next point, which is,

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 how is justification possible before God?

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 How can we be justified before God?

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 And so we're going to kind of explore this together.

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 Have you ever heard the phrase,

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 God helps those who help themselves?

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 Have you ever heard of that before?

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 Remember, that's not in the Bible.

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 That's, Ben Franklin said that in Paul Richard's Almanac,

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 and actually somebody said that before him in the 1600s.

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 So it's not in the Bible.

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 God helps those who help themselves.

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 And what that's implying is that God will justify or make right

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 or proclaim innocent the ungodly

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 when the ungodly have actually made themselves godly on their own.

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 And, which is not what we just read in Romans 3,

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 it says that God justifies the ungodly, you know,

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 because of what Christ has done on the cross.

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 So we're going to get into this.

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 A lot of us know that we're not saved by works,

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 anything that we do.

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 But a lot of us know that.

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 But have you ever thought about why?

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 We can read that in the Bible and think,

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 well, it says right there, not by works.

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 But there's actually like a lot of meaning as to why that cannot be.

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 All right?

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 And I'm going to kind of unpack this for you a little bit.

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 Our good deeds cannot save us.

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 We cannot make ourselves godly so that we will be right in the sight of God.

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 We can't make amends for the damage that has been done.

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 And the first reason is that all good deeds,

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 everything that we do is to be done to the glory of God.

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 That's in 1 Corinthians.

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 And secondly, because of the great commandment,

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 we're going to do all things out of love for God.

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 And so when you do things to make amends for what you've done with God,

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 you're doing them almost out of self-preservation.

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 You don't want to go, you don't want to be separated from God.

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 You don't want to go to hell.

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 But you're not doing it because you love Him.

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 You're not doing it for His glory.

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 Anyway, so your good deeds are defective for that very reason.

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 We're to love the Lord our God of heart, soul, mind, and strength.

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 That's like not negotiable.

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 So that's one reason why.

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 And you say, I'm going to do good things so I can justify myself in the sight of God.

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 That also gives you grounds to boast.

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 Look what I did.

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 Even if God did 95% of the work and you did 5%, that gives you some grounds to boast.

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 And God won't allow that.

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 He actually says in Isaiah 48,

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 I will not, will not share my glory with anybody at all.

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 And at the same time,

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 it contradicts the fact in Isaiah 43 that God says that He is the only Savior.

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 Not He partners with man to achieve salvation.

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 He's the only Savior.

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 So God will not share His glory.

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 And He's the only Savior.

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 So your good deeds are defective.

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 Because they're not done out of a genuine desire to glorify God

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 or not motivated by love for God.

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 They're like all out of self-preservation.

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 There your will terminates.

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 You must love God and want to glorify Him in what you do.

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 So if a judge in a human court makes you do like a lot of hours of community service,

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 you kind of make amends for what you did.

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 Some of us may have had to do that before.

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 I've come close.

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 But not for anything bad.

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 It's more like a ticket I got doing something.

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 I don't know why I brought that up.

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 But let's just say I did my community service hours.

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 This is a simple question.

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 I'm just trying to prove a point.

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 Does that change the fact that I committed a crime?

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 It doesn't.

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 I still committed a crime.

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 So in the end, like your good deeds are the same way.

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 Like you can't make amends for this.

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 You actually committed a crime.

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 Isaiah 64, 6 says this.

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 We all have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are a polluted garment.

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 We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities like the wind take us away.

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 Our righteous deeds are as filthy rags.

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 A lot of people know that verse as.

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 We can't do anything to make ourselves right before God.

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 Romans 3, 20.

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 For by works of the law, no human will be justified in his sight.

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 Since through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

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 So the law of God doesn't save anybody.

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 It actually just shows you your sin.

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 It shows you how helpless you are.

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 It gives us the knowledge of what sin is.

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 But it's not meant to save you.

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 No one has ever kept the law perfectly except one person.

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 And that's what we'll be going in a second.

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 And so you just have to walk down the Ten Commandments.

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 You'll see that you've broken every one of them at some point.

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 And James says if you've broken one, you're guilty of breaking all of them.

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 So it's a serious issue.

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 We cannot be justified by our works or by keeping God's law.

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 We've all failed.

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 So then, like, how can we be justified in God's sight?

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 I mean, justified just means, like, to prove right, to prove just.

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 You have kept the law.

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 To be righteous in someone's sight.

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 That's what being justified means.

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 So, and so I think we're still in Genesis 3.

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 But I'm going to show you, like, what happened here.

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 Genesis 3, verse 20.

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 So, in this verse, we see the first action of the gospel.

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 A little bit before that, we see the first promise of the gospel.

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 Where God tells Satan, you know, through the seed of the woman, there's going to come someone who's going to crush your head.

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 That's a promise about Christ that is to come.

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 But in this verse, we actually see the first action of the gospel ever.

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 Like, what did God do?

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 And we see him doing something kind of outrageous.

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 He could have said, you've had your chance.

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 Oh, well, you blew it.

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 Get out of the garden and go wander the earth in fear and in terror, hiding from me.

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 And he could have said that.

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 And he would have been wrong to do that.

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 But we see him do something else.

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 Verse 20.

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 The man called his wife's name Eve because she was the mother of all the living.

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 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments and skins and clothed them.

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 So, that's the first action of the gospel.

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 He says, you need to be covered.

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 But this is what you've got going on.

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 It's not going to work.

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 So, he actually kills an animal.

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 And he covers them with the skin.

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 And there is a covering idea, doctrine, motif, whatever you want to call it, all through Scripture.

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 I mean, just think about it.

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 It goes to the idea of the tabernacle, how animals had to be killed.

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 And their blood had to be sprinkled on the Ark of the Covenant.

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 It goes to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, where all the animals, again, had to be sacrificed to be a covering for man's sin.

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 And so, this was the first action that we see.

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 God stooping to cover, like, the humiliation of his creatures.

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 Not pronouncing judgment on them.

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 And, like, taking their life at that very minute.

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 He did pronounce judgment, but it was more, not immediate.

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 They didn't die right away.

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 So, immediately, his grace was at work and preserved their lives.

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 So, this is the first action of the gospel.

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 You see a covering idea.

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 And what we want to call this, we call this in theology, we call it a type.

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 A type.

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 Like, what happened right here?

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 The covering that God put on Adam and Eve is a type.

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 And it's a symbol.

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 It's an example of something that foreshadows, like, a greater fulfillment, which would be Christ in the future.

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 So, all through the Old Testament, we see this idea of, like, the covering.

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 And what the covering was to do was to hide man from the holiness of God.

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 And so, the blood of bulls, goats, and lambs, like it even says, it cannot atone for man's sins.

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 It can't actually change anything between man and God.

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 So, what happened?

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 This, again, in Genesis 3, we see the promise of Christ.

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 And Christ was the final and sufficient covering of man.

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 And so, how did the work of Christ enable us to be justified before a holy God?

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 In this, we're going to kind of look.

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 But we all know that a president can pardon somebody for their crime without, at the same time, punishing them for their crime.

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 He can't do that.

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 He has to do one or the other.

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 He has to condemn them or has to set them free.

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 But he can't do both.

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 And we actually see that God can.

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 Turn to 2 Corinthians.

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 This is kind of probably like the main theme verse for what we would see in justification.

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 2 Corinthians 5, verse 20.

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 God cannot pardon a crime without payment of a penalty.

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 So, verse 20, chapter 5.

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 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ.

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 God making His appeal through us.

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 We implore you on behalf of Christ.

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 Be reconciled to God.

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 Some of us need that attitude.

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 We're sharing the gospel with people.

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 It doesn't need to be like a nonchalant.

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 Hey, you want to follow Jesus?

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 He says, I implore you.

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 Be reconciled to God.

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 Like, that's how serious He is.

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 And sharing about the good news of Christ.

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 Verse 21.

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 For our sake, He made Him to be sin who knew no sin,

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 so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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 That verse is huge.

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 He said a lot in one sentence.

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 So, how are we to be justified in the presence of God?

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 How can we be made righteous in the presence of God?

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 There's two parts to this verse, and we're going to look at both.

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 And both have to happen, or you cannot stand in God's presence.

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 The first is, this is still under number two, how are we justified?

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 The first one is forgiveness and pardon.

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 That has to happen.

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 So, Christ's death, shedding His blood, paid the debt of our unrighteousness.

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 So, we talked before, I don't know how long ago this was,

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 but I taught on how Christ on the cross satisfied the wrath of God,

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 how He exhausted it.

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 We talked about propitiation and all that.

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 Well, that's actually what happened.

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 That has to happen first.

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 Like, forgiveness, pardon, cancellation of sins.

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 That has to happen.

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 But back to our verse, it says that God made Him to be sin who knew no sin.

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 Okay?

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 What this means, it's talking about Christ here,

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 but what that does not mean,

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 and this is an important distinction,

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 there's been a lot of debate about this,

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 like, serious debate in the church.

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 But what this is not saying is that on the cross,

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 Christ actually became a foul sinner.

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 Like, while He was on the cross, He actually turned into a sinner like that,

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 like He was all of a sudden really simple.

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 Christ was innocent and blameless.

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 That's what the Scripture teaches.

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 And so He was on the cross being punished for sin.

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 What this meant was that God treated Him,

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 God treated Him as if He were a sinner.

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 He was not.

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 He was blameless.

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 He was perfect.

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 But He was treated as if He was a sinner.

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 He was treated as if He was guilty of all the sins of everyone who ever believed in Him,

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 though He never committed one of them.

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 That's what this means.

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 Like, He Himself did not turn into a foul, festering sinner on the cross.

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 God treated Him that way on our behalf.

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 So, that's why I read Ephesians 1,

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 In Him we have redemption through His blood,

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 the forgiveness of our trespasses,

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 according to the riches of His grace.

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 So, cancellation of sin,

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 forgiveness of sin, that has to happen.

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 But here's a question for you.

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 We are forgiven of our sins, okay?

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 But, does that actually make us righteous in God's sight?

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 That's a huge question to ask.

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 We are forgiven of sin,

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 but does that actually make us righteous in God's sight?

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 Because according to Proverbs 17, 15,

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 it says,

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 He who justifies the wicked,

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 and he who condemns the righteous,

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 are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

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 God cannot justify sinners.

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 So, here's like three analogies for you,

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 to kind of help you see this.

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 If you get a really bad grade on a test,

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 you know, you really mess it up,

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 you get like an F, you fail,

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 and your teacher comes and says,

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 Hey, you know what?

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 You had a really rough week.

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 I know what happened.

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 I'm going to cancel that F, okay?

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 Just don't worry about that test.

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 You know, so cancellation of that bad grade.

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 And your teacher is not saying,

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 Hey, I'm giving you an A.

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 See that?

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 They're just canceling your bad grade.

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 When you're in debt to the bank,

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 and you're in great debt,

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 like up to your eyeballs in debt,

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 and the bank calls you,

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 this would never happen,

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 but the bank calls you and says,

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 Hey, we're going to cancel your debt.

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 Don't worry about the sum you owe us.

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 Just forget about it.

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 They're not saying,

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 We're giving you a million dollars.

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 They're just saying your debt's canceled.

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 They're not saying you have a million dollars.

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 At the same time,

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 if you're in a court,

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 and the judge pardons you

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 for a crime that you did commit,

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 he's not saying,

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 You know, you're innocent.

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 He's just saying,

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 I forgive you.

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 Go home.

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 But you did commit the crime.

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 Like, this,

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 we have to have this.

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 We have to have an A.

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 We have to have a million dollars.

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 We have to be,

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 we have to be called a law keeper,

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 not a law breaker.

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 That's the difference between these two things.

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 So,

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 what happens?

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 We're forgiven of our sin

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 because of what Christ did.

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 But secondly,

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 there's a big word called imputation.

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 I'll spell that.

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 I-M-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-N.

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 Imputation.

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 This means,

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 you think of something

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 that's not yours,

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 that's belonging to someone else.

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 And,

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 and actually,

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 in that transaction,

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 actually makes that thing

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 belong to that person.

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 So,

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 the first part of that

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 is that Christ lived a sinless life,

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 a life of perfect obedience to God.

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 In order to pay for human sin,

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 it had to be a perfect,

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 spotless sacrifice.

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 It couldn't be,

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 it couldn't be like one of us.

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 We couldn't do that

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 because we're just as foul as the next person.

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 So,

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 it had to be a pure offering,

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 just like we see all through the Bible.

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 And Christ was without sin.

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 It says in 1 Peter 2, 22,

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 that Christ committed no sin,

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 neither was any deceit found in His mouth.

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 We know that at the Transfiguration,

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 where He actually was up on the mountain,

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 and like He was seen in His glory,

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 He was there with Elijah and Moses.

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 And His disciples are just like,

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 that is crazy.

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 Like they're seeing this on the mountain,

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 and they're being blown away by it.

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 And they hear a voice come out of heaven,

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 and it says,

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 This is my beloved Son,

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 of whom I am well pleased.

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 Listen to Him.

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 That's what it says.

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 And so,

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 Christ was without sin.

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 All He did was honoring to the Father.

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 He survived every temptation.

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 We know that He was tempted by Satan himself,

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 you know,

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 three different times.

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 And every time,

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 Christ resisted by the Word of God,

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 just did not fall.

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 So,

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 everything He did was honoring to God.

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 So,

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 He was the perfect sacrifice.

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 And this is the second part of justification.

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 It's where Christ's perfect obedience,

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 the perfect obedience that He followed in His life,

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 to honor the Father,

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 is given to us.

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 It's like put into our account.

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 Like a transaction.

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 We took His righteousness,

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 and He took our sin.

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 It was like this exchange that happened.

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 It's called the great exchange,

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 like in theology.

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 It's what Martin Luther called it.

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 So,

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 God thinks that Christ's righteousness is belonging to us,

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 and our sin is belonging to Christ.

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 So,

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 Romans 5,

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 19,

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 just like this other verse we read,

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 For as by one man,

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 one man's disobedience,

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 the many were made sinners.

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 It's talking about Adam.

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 By Adam's disobedience,

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 we all were made sinners.

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 And then it says,

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 So by the one man's obedience,

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 being Christ,

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 the many would be made righteous.

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 So through Christ's perfect obedience,

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 many would be made righteous.

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 And that's prophesied about in Isaiah,

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 that He will justify and make righteous many.

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 A prophecy about Christ.

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 And so,

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 a beautiful exchange.

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 Martin Luther is a quote that he said about this.

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 This is that mystery,

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 which is rich in divine grace to sinners,

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 wherein by a wonderful exchange of our sins,

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 are no longer ours,

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 but Christ.

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 And the righteousness of Christ,

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 not Christ,

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 but ours.

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 He has emptied Himself of His righteousness,

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 that He might clothe us with it,

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 and fill us with it.

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:28.399
 And He has taken our evils upon Himself,

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.819
 that He might deliver us from them.

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:32.200
 Lord Jesus,

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:35.079
 You have taken upon Yourself what is Mine,

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:37.599
 and have given Me what was Yours.

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.740
 You have taken upon Yourself

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:41.519
 what You were not,

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:43.879
 and given to us what we were not.

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.460
 This exchange,

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:45.879
 like,

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:48.179
 Christ's righteousness given to us,

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.519
 into our account,

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.939
 and our sin going to Christ.

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:54.820
 a beautiful verse about this.

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:56.880
 Turn to Isaiah 61.

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:04.779
 And there is a lot of battles in the church today.

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:06.200
 A lot of us know that John Piper is.

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:08.220
 He's been having this ongoing,

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:10.880
 serious battle with this one other guy

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.799
 about justification,

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.019
 and what it actually implies,

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.680
 and what it means.

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:17.140
 Isaiah 61,

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.039
 verse 10.

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:20.120
 And this is talking about

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:21.799
 what is to come.

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.039
 Like,

00:28:22.060 --> 00:28:23.960
 Christ is going to make this possible.

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.900
 It says,

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:29.180
 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord.

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:31.940
 My soul shall exult in my God,

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.840
 for He has clothed me

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:35.340
 with garments of salvation.

00:28:36.280 --> 00:28:37.180
 He has covered me

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:38.600
 with a robe of righteousness.

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:41.460
 As a bridegroom decks himself

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.800
 like a priest

00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:44.920
 with a beautiful headdress,

00:28:45.060 --> 00:28:47.040
 and a bride adores herself

00:28:47.040 --> 00:28:47.960
 with her jewels.

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.420
 It's a picture of, like,

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:51.120
 being wrapped in Christ's righteousness.

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:53.140
 Like this idea that you have,

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.259
 like,

00:28:53.280 --> 00:28:54.480
 this filthy garment on.

00:28:55.100 --> 00:28:56.400
 It's nasty and sinful

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:56.980
 and foul.

00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:59.280
 And you cannot approach God

00:28:59.280 --> 00:29:00.240
 that way.

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.700
 So what happens?

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:03.240
 He clothes you

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.200
 in Christ's righteousness.

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:06.019
 It's like putting on a robe.

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.780
 And then that's,

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.680
 when he looks at it,

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:08.780
 that's what he sees.

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.060
 He's like,

00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:10.400
 he sees the perfect obedience

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:11.680
 of Christ.

00:29:11.780 --> 00:29:12.120
 He's like,

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.460
 righteous.

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.480
 You know,

00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:16.660
 it's a beautiful exchange

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.140
 that's happened.

00:29:17.800 --> 00:29:19.180
 It leads into our next point,

00:29:19.280 --> 00:29:20.800
 our next statement,

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.480
 number three.

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:25.040
 Justification comes only by

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:26.399
 grace

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:28.240
 through faith

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.920
 in Christ.

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.420
 Grace

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:32.299
 through faith

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.960
 in Christ.

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:34.779
 Now,

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.480
 if you come back next week,

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.460
 we might talk a little bit more

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.879
 about this,

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.139
 but

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:40.940
 in the Reformation,

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.619
 we actually believe this year,

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.059
 and I know

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:44.700
 it's really foundational, too.

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.200
 If you call yourself

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.579
 an evangelical

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.440
 or a Protestant,

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.240
 this would be

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.359
 foundational.

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.799
 These are non-negotiables

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:53.719
 in our theology,

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.099
 what Scripture teaches.

00:29:55.979 --> 00:29:56.199
 But,

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.519
 we believe that

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:59.099
 man is saved

00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:00.079
 completely by

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.899
 grace alone.

00:30:02.459 --> 00:30:03.059
 And that's

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.119
 in Latin,

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.959
 like they use

00:30:04.959 --> 00:30:05.779
 the Latin for this,

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.539
 sola gratina.

00:30:07.179 --> 00:30:07.879
 We're saved by

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.619
 grace alone.

00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:10.500
 Through faith alone.

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:11.919
 Sola fide.

00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.500
 Faith alone.

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.779
 In Christ alone.

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.719
 Solus Christus.

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.500
 In Christ alone.

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:20.019
 And that's what we believe.

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.359
 Like,

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.500
 it's not anything added.

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.039
 It's not faith

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.660
 and

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:25.039
 good deeds

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.839
 and keeping it up

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.619
 and doing your best.

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.700
 It's

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:29.740
 by faith alone.

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.680
 Through faith alone.

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.519
 In Christ alone.

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.599
 All by grace alone.

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:34.839
 And,

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.579
 like we go back

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.200
 to what we were talking about

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.019
 at the beginning,

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.059
 how our good deeds

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:40.359
 can attribute to salvation

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.799
 because God does not

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.700
 share His glory.

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.779
 And because He's

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.480
 the only Savior,

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.960
 we believe in something

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.299
 called

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.240
 solidea gloria.

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.059
 To God alone

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:49.259
 be the glory.

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:49.940
 And,

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:51.200
 and all this

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.200
 from Scripture alone.

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.859
 Scripture our only authority.

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.179
 Not,

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.659
 and,

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:56.720
 what the church might say.

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.139
 It's

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:58.279
 Scripture alone.

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.179
 Which is

00:30:59.179 --> 00:30:59.919
 sola scriptura.

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.299
 We're going to talk about that

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.799
 more later.

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.079
 But,

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.779
 it comes completely

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.779
 by the unmarriage

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.599
 in favor of God.

00:31:06.679 --> 00:31:07.639
 You didn't do anything

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:09.339
 to save yourself.

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.659
 This is all God's work.

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:12.940
 when you try to add

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:14.100
 grace plus works,

00:31:14.800 --> 00:31:15.840
 Paul says in Romans,

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:17.080
 I can't remember,

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.400
 I think it's Romans 11,

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:20.060
 this grace

00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:20.840
 would no longer

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:21.420
 be grace.

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.519
 He just cancels it out.

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:24.120
 Grace is completely

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:25.120
 unmerited favor

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.740
 from God.

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.820
 And it says in Titus 3,

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.820
 verse 4,

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.620
 that we were justified

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.740
 by His grace

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.600
 alone.

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.279
 Not,

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.740
 and,

00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:33.700
 this,

00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:34.300
 and that.

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.040
 Paul,

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.500
 Ephesians 2,

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.240
 for by grace

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.000
 you've been saved

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.220
 through faith.

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.819
 And this is not of yourself.

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.940
 It is the gift of God.

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.480
 Not by works

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.279
 so that no one

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.779
 should boast.

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.140
 So,

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.779
 by grace alone,

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.920
 in Christ alone,

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.960
 through our faith alone.

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:52.839
 Alright?

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.420
 So,

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:56.019
 I need to talk briefly

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:57.019
 just about our union

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.480
 with Christ.

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.140
 This idea of being

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.920
 in Christ.

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.460
 If you read Colossians,

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.539
 that's this constant thing

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.960
 He says,

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.240
 like we're in Christ.

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.539
 In Christ.

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.319
 What does that mean?

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:07.119
 It speaks to our

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:08.759
 spiritual union

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.479
 that we have

00:32:09.479 --> 00:32:10.179
 with Christ.

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:11.639
 A spiritual union

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.519
 we have with Christ.

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.859
 Throughout history,

00:32:13.979 --> 00:32:14.739
 God has only appointed

00:32:14.739 --> 00:32:15.359
 two men

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.899
 to represent

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:18.279
 the human race.

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.419
 Adam

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:21.459
 and Christ.

00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.579
 Christ is called

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.279
 the second Adam.

00:32:24.219 --> 00:32:25.399
 Adam's disobedience

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:26.679
 brought eternal death

00:32:26.679 --> 00:32:28.000
 and separation

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.619
 from God.

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:31.199
 Christ's perfect obedience

00:32:31.199 --> 00:32:33.000
 brought eternal life

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.659
 and reconciliation

00:32:33.659 --> 00:32:34.479
 to God

00:32:34.479 --> 00:32:35.699
 through

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:37.420
 those who believe

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.779
 in Him.

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.660
 So,

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:40.340
 you see like the difference

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:41.259
 like Adam brought

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:42.140
 death and separation

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.960
 Christ brought

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:44.220
 eternal life

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.799
 and reconciliation

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.559
 with God

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.920
 and through

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:48.519
 only for those

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.440
 who have faith in Him.

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.340
 So,

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:52.480
 you need to think

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.120
 about this too.

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:55.080
 It does say

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:55.620
 that we're saved

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.319
 through our faith

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.539
 through faith

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.460
 but not by faith.

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.840
 That's important.

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:00.860
 Because then you're

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.259
 trying to say

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.480
 that because I believed

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.700
 I have the right

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.220
 to be saved.

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:04.860
 That's not what

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:06.079
 you can imply by that

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.880
 and that's not true.

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.000
 Your faith

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:09.140
 is not what saves you.

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.480
 Christ is what saves you.

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.779
 And the difference is

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:14.319
 if you're like

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:16.200
 drowning in the water

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:18.400
 and you are drowning

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.240
 like you're going down

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:20.819
 you do believe

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.799
 I'm sure that you believe

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.059
 man,

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:23.019
 if I just had a wrath

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.500
 that could save me.

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.480
 You know,

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.460
 if I just had a wrath

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.920
 well that belief

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.579
 doesn't save you,

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.200
 does it?

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.360
 You actually have to

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:31.180
 have the wrath there

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.900
 to save you.

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.279
 You know,

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.640
 so just your belief

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.660
 in it doesn't really matter.

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.740
 You have to have it there.

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.620
 So,

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.400
 your salvation

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:38.680
 doesn't come from your faith.

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:40.420
 It comes from the object

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.180
 of your faith

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.799
 which is Christ.

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.799
 He alone saves you,

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.380
 not your faith.

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.560
 Christ alone saves you.

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.840
 And that's really

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:49.120
 important to get a hold of.

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.340
 So,

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.380
 it's going to lead us

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:54.299
 to this idea

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.400
 again,

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.259
 not by works.

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.980
 I want to just show you

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.660
 one verse of that.

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.820
 Turn to Galatians 2

00:33:58.820 --> 00:34:00.120
 really fast.

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.000
 Galatians 2

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.779
 verse 16.

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.560
 I only have two more

00:34:04.560 --> 00:34:05.360
 places where you return.

00:34:05.560 --> 00:34:05.660
 So,

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.539
 our one after this.

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.220
 Galatians 2

00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:08.940
 verse 16.

00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:13.220
 So,

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.220
 by grace

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:15.000
 alone,

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.539
 through faith

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.000
 alone,

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.960
 in Christ alone,

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.360
 our faith

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.320
 is what unites us

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.820
 to Christ.

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.000
 So,

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.500
 if you say you're

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.240
 in Christ,

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.840
 what united you

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.280
 to Him

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:25.119
 was faith.

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.700
 Galatians 2

00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:28.420
 verse 16.

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.579
 Yet,

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.220
 we know that

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:31.360
 a person is not

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.760
 justified

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.559
 by works

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.019
 and law,

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.659
 but through faith

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:37.039
 in Jesus Christ.

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:37.960
 So,

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.340
 also,

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.139
 we have believed

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:40.180
 in Christ Jesus

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:41.400
 in order to be

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.019
 justified

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:43.559
 by faith

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.119
 in Christ

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:45.420
 and not by works

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.880
 and law

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:47.579
 because by the works

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.059
 of the law,

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.940
 no one will be

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.500
 justified.

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.639
 He says justify

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.720
 quite a few times

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.000
 in there.

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.019
 He says,

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.900
 not by works

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:56.579
 and not by the law

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.519
 can you be justified.

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.539
 It's very clear.

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:00.559
 And in this context,

00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:01.300
 Paul is trying

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.260
 to dispute people

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:04.599
 from a Jewish background.

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:05.280
 He was trying to say,

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:05.599
 yeah,

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:07.240
 cool to believe in Jews,

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:08.019
 but you also need

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:09.139
 to do all this other stuff

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:10.860
 in order to be saved

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.380
 and have a right

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.920
 saving of God.

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.340
 He's saying,

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.360
 no,

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:15.019
 not possible.

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.380
 And he uses Abraham

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.220
 as an example

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:18.420
 on the Father

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:20.340
 and he

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:21.519
 lived a life

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.940
 of faith

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.519
 and that's what

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.099
 made him right

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.740
 before God.

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:24.759
 Chris had been

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:25.179
 talking a lot

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:25.519
 about that

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.459
 on Sunday mornings.

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.339
 So,

00:35:27.479 --> 00:35:28.259
 not by works,

00:35:28.839 --> 00:35:29.839
 by grace alone,

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.319
 through faith alone

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:32.079
 and Christ alone

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:33.359
 are you justified.

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.559
 And our fourth point

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.399
 and last point,

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.199
 justification

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:40.579
 is a legal

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:42.259
 declaration

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:43.000
 by God.

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.139
 Right?

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:44.919
 It's a legal

00:35:44.919 --> 00:35:46.139
 declaration by God.

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:48.059
 It's declarative.

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.199
 It happens

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.739
 in an instant.

00:35:49.839 --> 00:35:50.559
 It's instantaneous.

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.699
 It's not this process

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:52.879
 you go through.

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:55.439
 Traditionally,

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:57.519
 in Roman theology,

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:59.339
 Roman Catholic theology,

00:35:59.459 --> 00:36:00.279
 they teach that

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:01.719
 you have to make

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:02.279
 yourself

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:03.279
 acceptable

00:36:03.279 --> 00:36:04.159
 in God's sight

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.739
 and earn

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:05.279
 the right

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:06.279
 to be justified

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:07.699
 by good deeds

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.159
 and by,

00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:09.019
 you know,

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.859
 the works

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:11.299
 and all the other

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:12.000
 stuff that they pile up.

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.479
 We'll talk about that

00:36:12.479 --> 00:36:13.359
 more next week,

00:36:13.459 --> 00:36:13.699
 maybe.

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.079
 But,

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.699
 it's the idea

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.279
 that God helps

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:17.779
 those who help

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:18.279
 themselves.

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:19.940
 and this is

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.380
 a process

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.880
 you go through

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.720
 like sanctification.

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.680
 John,

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.340
 in a few weeks,

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.760
 is going to talk

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.780
 about sanctification

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:26.640
 and what that is.

00:36:27.540 --> 00:36:27.980
 But,

00:36:28.140 --> 00:36:28.620
 sanctification

00:36:28.620 --> 00:36:29.380
 is not

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.060
 justification.

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.580
 They're

00:36:30.580 --> 00:36:31.680
 two different

00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:32.160
 things.

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.440
 Being justified

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.500
 is a declaration

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.940
 saying,

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:37.960
 made righteous,

00:36:38.060 --> 00:36:38.480
 like you are

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.840
 righteous.

00:36:39.560 --> 00:36:40.080
 You have kept

00:36:40.080 --> 00:36:40.480
 the law.

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.300
 You are righteous.

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:42.700
 It is instantaneous

00:36:42.700 --> 00:36:43.440
 and it happens

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.040
 at the moment

00:36:44.040 --> 00:36:44.580
 of faith.

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:46.500
 rewind to

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.739
 what we've

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:47.119
 been talking

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.380
 about.

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:47.860
 Remember how

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.159
 I talked

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:49.440
 about being

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.099
 born again

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.819
 and regeneration

00:36:50.819 --> 00:36:52.039
 is the act

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.360
 that God

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.019
 does to a

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.539
 dead sinner.

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.259
 They come

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.819
 to life

00:36:55.819 --> 00:36:56.779
 spiritually

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.519
 and the result

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:58.639
 is they

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.239
 have faith

00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:00.340
 in Christ

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:00.579
 and they

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.960
 repent of

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.400
 their sins

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.619
 is what

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.019
 John's been

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.619
 talking about.

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.840
 And in that

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.179
 moment,

00:37:04.319 --> 00:37:04.759
 in that very

00:37:04.759 --> 00:37:05.219
 instant,

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.659
 they are

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.079
 justified

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.759
 before God.

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.980
 It's a

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.480
 one-time

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:08.799
 deal.

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:09.980
 There's no

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:11.880
 double jeopardy,

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.299
 put it that

00:37:12.299 --> 00:37:12.519
 way,

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.059
 in God's

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.259
 court.

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.539
 You won't

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.000
 be tried

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.259
 for the

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:14.460
 same

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.800
 crime

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.720
 if you

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.120
 are right

00:37:16.120 --> 00:37:16.720
 before God,

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:17.620
 if you've

00:37:17.620 --> 00:37:18.020
 been wrapped

00:37:18.020 --> 00:37:18.580
 in His

00:37:18.580 --> 00:37:19.080
 righteousness.

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.060
 It's an

00:37:20.060 --> 00:37:20.440
 instantaneous

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.000
 thing,

00:37:21.080 --> 00:37:21.940
 not a process

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.260
 that you

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.760
 go through.

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.440
 Once it's

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:24.960
 done once,

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.300
 it's never

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.820
 done again.

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.160
 So,

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.600
 what about

00:37:28.600 --> 00:37:30.360
 some application

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.760
 here?

00:37:32.060 --> 00:37:32.720
 Some of you

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.020
 may be

00:37:33.020 --> 00:37:33.320
 thinking,

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.820
 that's really

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.180
 cool.

00:37:36.020 --> 00:37:36.420
 If I'm

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:36.720
 righteous

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:37.500
 before God

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.500
 and that

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.100
 can't change,

00:37:39.160 --> 00:37:39.420
 it was a

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.120
 once and

00:37:40.120 --> 00:37:40.420
 for all

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.040
 time deal,

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.440
 I can't

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.000
 lose that.

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:43.620
 I might

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.019
 just,

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:44.859
 that's

00:37:44.859 --> 00:37:45.119
 awesome.

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.380
 I can

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.940
 just sin

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:47.319
 and screw

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.759
 up and

00:37:47.759 --> 00:37:48.239
 rebel against

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.639
 God all I

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.079
 want because

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.400
 I can't

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:49.880
 lose that

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.940
 if I'm

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.259
 made

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:51.559
 righteous

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.079
 in sight.

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:54.880
 And the

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:56.539
 Bible is

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.559
 aware of

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:57.920
 people who

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.299
 think that

00:37:58.299 --> 00:37:58.579
 way.

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.079
 In Romans

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.799
 3.8,

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.839
 it would

00:38:01.839 --> 00:38:02.319
 tell you,

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:02.799
 if you do

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.179
 think that

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:03.420
 way,

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.759
 that your

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.579
 condemnation

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:05.880
 is just.

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.559
 Because true

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.079
 faith in

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.420
 Christ,

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:08.859
 as John's

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.280
 been talking

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:09.880
 about last

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.200
 week,

00:38:10.700 --> 00:38:11.280
 it produces

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:11.940
 a love

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:13.140
 for Christ

00:38:13.140 --> 00:38:14.240
 and a

00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:14.720
 desire to

00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:15.240
 follow Him

00:38:15.240 --> 00:38:15.640
 and obey

00:38:15.640 --> 00:38:15.880
 Him,

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.260
 a true

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:16.780
 faith in

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.140
 Christ,

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.380
 and not

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.640
 a,

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:18.960
 well,

00:38:19.620 --> 00:38:20.059
 I can

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.380
 go sin

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.640
 to my

00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:20.900
 heart's

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.140
 content

00:38:21.140 --> 00:38:21.720
 because I'm

00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:22.000
 righteous

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.539
 in God's

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:22.980
 sight now.

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:23.940
 So,

00:38:24.180 --> 00:38:25.079
 if you think

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.519
 that way,

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.000
 you're probably

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.980
 not born again

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:28.400
 because God's

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.240
 grace is not,

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:30.000
 it doesn't

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.920
 produce that

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.720
 kind of result.

00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:32.760
 It's a sinner

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.240
 who wants to

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:34.240
 keep sinning

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:34.780
 against God

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:35.180
 and fighting

00:38:35.180 --> 00:38:35.900
 against God

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.840
 and say,

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.260
 man,

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:38.200
 I hate my

00:38:38.200 --> 00:38:38.380
 sin,

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.960
 I hate my

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.180
 sin,

00:38:39.680 --> 00:38:40.160
 and I want

00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:40.440
 to follow

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:40.800
 Christ,

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.180
 I want to

00:38:41.180 --> 00:38:41.559
 be like

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.860
 Christ,

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.180
 I want to

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:42.680
 honor Him,

00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:43.500
 I want to

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.019
 have fellowship

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.599
 with God,

00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:45.579
 that's what

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:45.880
 it looks

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.240
 like.

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.200
 So,

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:48.160
 stop fooling

00:38:48.160 --> 00:38:48.800
 yourself and

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.420
 repent and

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:49.840
 believe the

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.200
 gospel,

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.559
 and come to

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.079
 Christ as

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.440
 your only

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:52.880
 righteousness.

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.119
 And,

00:38:54.240 --> 00:38:55.320
 there might

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.559
 be some

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:55.940
 people here

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.260
 thinking,

00:38:56.680 --> 00:38:57.860
 I do want

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:58.099
 to have

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.619
 right standing

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:58.980
 with God,

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.380
 I do want

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.740
 to be made

00:38:59.740 --> 00:39:00.880
 righteous in

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.519
 God's sight,

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:03.940
 but I feel

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.380
 like I've got to

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.119
 get my life

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.840
 straight first,

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.240
 and I've got to

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:06.920
 do this first,

00:39:07.700 --> 00:39:09.420
 and just

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:10.300
 abandon that,

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.559
 like just

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.059
 throw all your

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.559
 good works

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:12.920
 away,

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.000
 and just

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.860
 come by

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:15.660
 faith to

00:39:15.660 --> 00:39:16.079
 Christ,

00:39:16.200 --> 00:39:16.519
 and let Him

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.980
 save you.

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.400
 Write down

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:20.380
 Philippians 3,

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.579
 and read that

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:21.940
 chapter,

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:23.000
 if that's what

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.440
 you think,

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.420
 because Paul,

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.820
 in that,

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.240
 he actually,

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:25.860
 the Apostle

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.500
 Paul talks

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:28.500
 about how

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.680
 he was the

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.220
 most religious

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:30.880
 guy out there,

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.180
 he had

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:31.700
 everything

00:39:31.700 --> 00:39:33.119
 perfect on

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.579
 the outside,

00:39:33.720 --> 00:39:33.940
 he talks

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.380
 about how

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:34.700
 he was a

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:35.360
 Pharisee,

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:36.039
 he had

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.320
 the right

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:36.820
 pedigree,

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.240
 everything,

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:37.700
 to be like

00:39:37.700 --> 00:39:38.180
 a perfect

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:38.579
 guy,

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.240
 on the outside,

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.700
 but then he

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:41.099
 says at the

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.579
 end of that,

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:42.840
 I count all

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:43.260
 that as

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:43.740
 loss,

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.039
 he throws it

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:45.519
 all away,

00:39:45.700 --> 00:39:46.320
 he counts it

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:47.660
 as rubbish,

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:49.160
 then at the

00:39:49.160 --> 00:39:49.519
 end of that,

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:49.960
 he says,

00:39:50.620 --> 00:39:52.680
 and he

00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:54.420
 accepts Christ's

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.140
 righteousness by

00:39:55.140 --> 00:39:55.800
 faith alone,

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:56.800
 so he throws

00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.360
 away all these

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.840
 good works,

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.260
 he says,

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.860
 I want to have

00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:59.380
 a righteousness

00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:00.200
 righteousness of

00:40:00.200 --> 00:40:00.820
 Christ that

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.360
 comes through

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:01.720
 faith,

00:40:02.220 --> 00:40:02.599
 that's what he

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.039
 says at the

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.579
 end of that,

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:05.039
 so stop

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.900
 trying to get

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.519
 right with God

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:07.079
 that way,

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:08.039
 by doing good

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.420
 stuff,

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.440
 and just come

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.980
 to Christ,

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.320
 and then,

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:13.039
 this is what I

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:13.579
 was talking about

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:13.920
 earlier,

00:40:14.660 --> 00:40:15.360
 there's no

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.200
 condemnation

00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:18.340
 from God or

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:18.900
 for others if

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.559
 you're justifying

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.059
 the sight,

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:21.220
 there's no

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:22.000
 double jeopardy

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.780
 like I was

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.260
 saying a minute

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:23.599
 ago,

00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:24.940
 no trial for

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.660
 the same crime,

00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:27.379
 and the

00:40:27.379 --> 00:40:27.839
 last place I

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:28.139
 want you to

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:28.519
 turn is

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.239
 Romans 8,

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:32.099
 Romans 8

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:32.819
 verse 1,

00:40:38.819 --> 00:40:39.839
 so whenever I

00:40:39.839 --> 00:40:40.379
 have a fear

00:40:40.379 --> 00:40:40.839
 of falling

00:40:40.839 --> 00:40:41.259
 away,

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.119
 I'm like,

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:42.440
 man,

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.379
 I'm screwed

00:40:43.379 --> 00:40:44.179
 up and God

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:44.719
 is going to

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:45.519
 condemn me for

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:45.859
 this,

00:40:46.339 --> 00:40:46.799
 when that kind

00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:47.079
 of enters

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.679
 your mind,

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:49.359
 Romans 8

00:40:49.359 --> 00:40:49.960
 verse 1

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.379
 and 2

00:40:50.379 --> 00:40:52.000
 says,

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.420
 there is

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.179
 therefore now

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:55.299
 no condemnation

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:55.980
 for those

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:57.220
 who are in

00:40:57.220 --> 00:40:57.860
 Christ Jesus,

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.120
 for the law

00:40:59.120 --> 00:40:59.600
 of the spirit

00:40:59.600 --> 00:41:00.200
 of life has

00:41:00.200 --> 00:41:00.880
 set you free

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.460
 in Christ

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:02.740
 Jesus from

00:41:02.740 --> 00:41:03.320
 the law of

00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:03.660
 sin and

00:41:03.660 --> 00:41:04.039
 death,

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.640
 so then jump

00:41:05.640 --> 00:41:05.900
 down,

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.260
 the whole

00:41:06.260 --> 00:41:06.700
 chapter is

00:41:06.700 --> 00:41:07.180
 worth reading,

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:07.580
 so they try

00:41:07.580 --> 00:41:07.940
 to make this

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.440
 point in the

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:08.720
 beginning,

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:09.920
 there's no

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.600
 condemnation

00:41:10.600 --> 00:41:11.580
 for those

00:41:11.580 --> 00:41:11.920
 who are in

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.539
 Christ Jesus,

00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:13.000
 there's an

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.580
 idea in

00:41:13.580 --> 00:41:14.260
 Christ Jesus,

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:14.900
 being united

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.360
 with Him,

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.500
 having His

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:17.000
 righteousness,

00:41:18.220 --> 00:41:19.200
 flip down to

00:41:19.200 --> 00:41:20.120
 verse 31,

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.580
 and it says

00:41:22.580 --> 00:41:22.980
 this,

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.760
 what then

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:25.620
 shall we

00:41:25.620 --> 00:41:25.940
 say to

00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:26.520
 these things,

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.700
 if God

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:28.340
 is for us,

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:28.820
 who can

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.420
 be against

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:29.760
 us?

00:41:30.680 --> 00:41:31.400
 He who

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.840
 did not

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.420
 spare His

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:33.040
 own Son,

00:41:33.680 --> 00:41:34.060
 who gave

00:41:34.060 --> 00:41:34.360
 Him up

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:34.700
 for us

00:41:34.700 --> 00:41:35.000
 all,

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:36.140
 how will

00:41:36.140 --> 00:41:36.420
 He not

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:37.280
 also with

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.440
 Him

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.940
 graciously

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:38.440
 give us

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:39.260
 all things?

00:41:40.220 --> 00:41:40.700
 Who shall

00:41:40.700 --> 00:41:41.320
 bring any

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:42.180
 charge against

00:41:42.180 --> 00:41:43.080
 God's elect?

00:41:43.740 --> 00:41:44.520
 It is God

00:41:44.520 --> 00:41:46.020
 who justifies.

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.720
 Really awesome.

00:41:48.060 --> 00:41:48.420
 That whole

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:49.720
 chapter is

00:41:49.720 --> 00:41:51.360
 so encouraging.

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.300
 He's like,

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:52.720
 who's going to

00:41:52.720 --> 00:41:53.240
 condemn you?

00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:54.199
 It doesn't

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.659
 matter if

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:55.359
 man condemns

00:41:55.359 --> 00:41:55.500
 you,

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.119
 because God

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:56.399
 is the

00:41:56.399 --> 00:41:57.259
 one who

00:41:57.259 --> 00:41:57.419
 always

00:41:57.419 --> 00:41:57.519
 can

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.619
 wait

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:57.739
 to

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.000
 die

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.199
 and

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.339
 he

00:41:58.339 --> 00:41:58.639
 has

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.119
 justified

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.500
 you.

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:00.699
 He is the

00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:00.979
 one who

00:42:00.979 --> 00:42:01.179
 said,

00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:01.500
 you are

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.839
 righteous

00:42:01.839 --> 00:42:02.379
 in my

00:42:02.379 --> 00:42:02.739
 sight.

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:03.899
 So,

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:05.799
 I know,

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:06.779
 back to our

00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:07.619
 question at the

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:07.979
 beginning,

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.779
 what's going to

00:42:09.779 --> 00:42:10.479
 happen when you

00:42:10.479 --> 00:42:11.319
 stand before God

00:42:11.319 --> 00:42:12.039
 and He says,

00:42:12.959 --> 00:42:14.739
 you know,

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:15.959
 why should you

00:42:15.959 --> 00:42:16.279
 come into

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:16.739
 heaven or

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:17.019
 whatever?

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.119
 if I'm

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:18.679
 standing before

00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:20.840
 God and

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:22.840
 I know

00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:23.460
 my sin

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:24.259
 very well,

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:26.860
 let's say

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.400
 that Satan

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:28.599
 himself is

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:29.219
 accusing me,

00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:29.519
 he's called

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.199
 the accuser of

00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:30.619
 the brethren

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:31.300
 in Revelation,

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.440
 he stands

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:33.019
 before God

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:33.940
 making accusations

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:35.500
 against you,

00:42:35.739 --> 00:42:36.199
 trying to get

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:36.780
 God to turn

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:37.380
 against you.

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.420
 That's what the

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:38.900
 word devil

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:39.280
 means,

00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:39.659
 it means like

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:40.420
 a slanderer,

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.820
 he just

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:42.000
 throws slanders

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.480
 on you.

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:44.880
 He can say

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.360
 all kinds of

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:45.519
 stuff.

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:45.860
 He did

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.199
 this,

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:47.000
 she did

00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:47.320
 that.

00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:47.920
 He can

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:48.519
 hurl every

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:48.800
 kind of

00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:50.119
 insult at

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:51.059
 you and

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.599
 accuse you

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:51.880
 of every

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:52.239
 kind of

00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:52.780
 heinous

00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:53.179
 crime.

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:54.500
 And he's

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.840
 done that,

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.219
 he's done

00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:55.519
 that.

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.980
 And what

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.759
 God will

00:42:58.759 --> 00:42:59.539
 probably say

00:42:59.539 --> 00:43:00.519
 is if he

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:01.119
 looks at

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:02.239
 me or he

00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:02.559
 looks at

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:02.759
 you,

00:43:02.820 --> 00:43:03.019
 if you're

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.500
 in Christ,

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:03.900
 he'll just

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:04.199
 say,

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:05.440
 I don't

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.659
 see what

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:05.679
 you're

00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:05.900
 talking

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:06.139
 about,

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:06.619
 I see

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:07.840
 the perfect

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:08.519
 righteousness

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:09.039
 of my

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:10.280
 son wrapped

00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:10.860
 around him

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.440
 or her,

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:12.699
 and that'll

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:13.059
 be it.

00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:13.920
 That's what

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.320
 will happen.

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.460
 That's the

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:16.059
 beauty of

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:17.619
 being justified

00:43:17.619 --> 00:43:18.519
 by Christ.

00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:20.380
 God made

00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:20.699
 him who

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:21.059
 had no

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.400
 sin to

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:21.740
 be sin

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:22.059
 on our

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:22.420
 behalf.

00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:23.760
 So the

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:24.320
 result of

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:24.539
 this,

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:24.720
 if you

00:43:24.720 --> 00:43:25.179
 understand

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:25.500
 this,

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:26.059
 you cannot

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:27.500
 lose this.

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:28.440
 It was

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:28.820
 because of

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:29.300
 what Christ

00:43:29.300 --> 00:43:29.579
 did,

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:30.260
 his work,

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:31.119
 the great

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.780
 exchange,

00:43:32.340 --> 00:43:33.039
 your sin

00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:34.639
 on Christ,

00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:35.240
 he paid the

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:36.019
 penalty for it,

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:37.220
 his perfect

00:43:37.220 --> 00:43:37.740
 life of

00:43:37.740 --> 00:43:38.199
 obedience,

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:39.059
 honored God,

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:40.280
 given to

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:40.840
 you and put

00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:41.360
 on you

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:42.480
 for all

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:42.820
 time.

00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:43.500
 Christ will

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:43.940
 not do

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.420
 this again.

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:44.740
 It says

00:43:44.740 --> 00:43:44.920
 that he

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.640
 died once

00:43:45.640 --> 00:43:46.580
 for all

00:43:46.580 --> 00:43:46.900
 time.

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:47.820
 That's it.

00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:49.200
 If that's

00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:49.480
 true,

00:43:49.580 --> 00:43:49.940
 then you

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.200
 can have

00:43:50.200 --> 00:43:50.559
 a right

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:50.860
 staying

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:51.280
 with God

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:51.720
 in God's

00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:51.900
 court.

00:43:52.019 --> 00:43:52.220
 And he'll

00:43:52.220 --> 00:43:52.500
 say,

00:43:52.680 --> 00:43:53.500
 righteous,

00:43:54.140 --> 00:43:54.800
 you have

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:55.180
 kept the

00:43:55.180 --> 00:43:56.160
 law perfectly.

00:43:57.120 --> 00:43:57.940
 My son

00:43:57.940 --> 00:43:58.400
 has paid

00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:58.960
 your penalty.

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.180
 You'll be

00:44:00.180 --> 00:44:00.780
 wrapped in a

00:44:00.780 --> 00:44:01.120
 robe of

00:44:01.120 --> 00:44:01.559
 righteousness.

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:03.160
 So the

00:44:03.160 --> 00:44:03.720
 result of

00:44:03.720 --> 00:44:04.019
 this in

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.440
 your everyday

00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:04.880
 life,

00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:05.340
 to me,

00:44:06.100 --> 00:44:08.059
 it brings

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:08.840
 joy and

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:09.400
 peace like

00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:09.620
 you wouldn't

00:44:09.620 --> 00:44:10.059
 believe.

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:10.960
 like,

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:11.279
 I'm like,

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:11.559
 man,

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:11.880
 I've

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:12.239
 screwed

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:12.519
 up.

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.219
 Only the

00:44:14.219 --> 00:44:14.519
 righteousness

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:15.079
 of Christ

00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:15.519
 can bring

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:15.860
 this.

00:44:16.719 --> 00:44:17.139
 I want

00:44:17.139 --> 00:44:17.420
 to read

00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:17.820
 this one

00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:18.279
 verse to

00:44:18.279 --> 00:44:18.539
 you.

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:20.179
 Just listen

00:44:20.179 --> 00:44:20.759
 carefully.

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:21.380
 It's Isaiah

00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:21.980
 32,

00:44:22.699 --> 00:44:23.880
 17-18.

00:44:24.799 --> 00:44:25.559
 It talks

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:26.900
 about the

00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:27.579
 effects of

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.179
 being justified.

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.619
 It says,

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.179
 And the

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:31.820
 effect of

00:44:31.820 --> 00:44:32.340
 righteousness

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:33.719
 will be

00:44:33.719 --> 00:44:34.199
 peace,

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.299
 and the

00:44:35.299 --> 00:44:35.860
 result of

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.400
 righteousness

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:37.960
 quietness

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.559
 and trust

00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:38.960
 forever.

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:41.699
 If you

00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:42.259
 are righteous,

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:42.539
 what will

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:42.779
 be the

00:44:42.779 --> 00:44:43.059
 result?

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:43.299
 What's

00:44:43.299 --> 00:44:43.679
 the effect

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:44.000
 of that?

00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:44.500
 Peace,

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:45.579
 it says,

00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:47.079
 in quietness

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:47.639
 and trust.

00:44:47.799 --> 00:44:47.880
 Like,

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:48.159
 man,

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:49.539
 I am in

00:44:49.539 --> 00:44:49.840
 Christ.

00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:50.219
 I have

00:44:50.219 --> 00:44:50.619
 Christ's

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:50.980
 righteousness.

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:51.400
 And the

00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:51.900
 result of

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.799
 that is

00:44:52.799 --> 00:44:53.420
 peace and

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:54.019
 quietness.

00:44:54.779 --> 00:44:55.199
 God goes

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:55.639
 on to say,

00:44:55.719 --> 00:44:56.299
 My people

00:44:56.299 --> 00:44:57.539
 will abide

00:44:57.539 --> 00:44:58.159
 in a peaceful

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:58.799
 habitation,

00:44:59.460 --> 00:44:59.860
 in secure

00:44:59.860 --> 00:45:00.519
 dwellings,

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:01.779
 in quiet

00:45:01.779 --> 00:45:02.639
 resting places.

00:45:03.259 --> 00:45:03.799
 So that is

00:45:03.799 --> 00:45:04.500
 the result of

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:05.000
 what being

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:05.779
 righteous is.

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.320
 It brings

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:06.940
 you peace.

00:45:07.579 --> 00:45:07.880
 It brings

00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:08.340
 you joy.

00:45:08.519 --> 00:45:08.599
 Like,

00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:08.779
 man,

00:45:08.820 --> 00:45:08.980
 there's

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:09.380
 nothing that

00:45:09.380 --> 00:45:09.679
 can take

00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:10.039
 that away

00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:10.460
 from me.

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:11.759
 Christ has

00:45:11.759 --> 00:45:12.079
 paid my

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:12.440
 penalty,

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:12.840
 and I

00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:13.179
 have his

00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:13.619
 righteousness,

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:14.719
 and I

00:45:14.719 --> 00:45:14.980
 can be

00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:15.579
 justified in

00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:15.860
 God's

00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:16.119
 sight.

00:45:17.059 --> 00:45:17.320
 This

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:17.840
 covering,

00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:18.980
 Adam and

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:19.519
 Eve tried

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:21.360
 to run

00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:21.820
 from God,

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.360
 hide from

00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:22.699
 God.

00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:23.500
 We don't

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.759
 have to

00:45:23.759 --> 00:45:24.099
 hide from

00:45:24.099 --> 00:45:24.759
 God anymore

00:45:24.759 --> 00:45:25.279
 if you're

00:45:25.279 --> 00:45:25.679
 clothed in

00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:26.079
 the righteousness

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.699
 of Christ.

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:27.880
 And it's

00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:28.599
 a beautiful

00:45:28.599 --> 00:45:29.480
 thing.

00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:30.000
 I have no

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.519
 more time

00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:30.980
 to really

00:45:30.980 --> 00:45:32.219
 elaborate on it.

00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:33.799
 You have

00:45:33.799 --> 00:45:34.439
 to grasp

00:45:34.439 --> 00:45:34.679
 one

00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:35.019
 doctrine.

00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:35.219
 I

00:45:35.219 --> 00:45:35.559
 would

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:35.719
 go

00:45:35.719 --> 00:45:35.859
 after

00:45:35.859 --> 00:45:36.079
 that

00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:36.239
 one.

00:45:36.899 --> 00:45:37.539
 It's

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:38.219
 beautiful.

00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:39.339
 And it's

00:45:39.339 --> 00:45:40.000
 interconnected

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:40.439
 to all the

00:45:40.439 --> 00:45:40.819
 ones I've

00:45:40.819 --> 00:45:41.239
 been talking

00:45:41.239 --> 00:45:41.619
 about.

00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:42.480
 They're all

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:42.899
 connected.

00:45:43.739 --> 00:45:43.980
 It's all

00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:44.659
 by grace,

00:45:45.259 --> 00:45:45.739
 alone,

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:47.139
 through faith

00:45:47.139 --> 00:45:47.480
 alone,

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:47.859
 and Christ

00:45:47.859 --> 00:45:48.179
 alone,

00:45:48.279 --> 00:45:48.799
 all to God's

00:45:48.799 --> 00:45:49.099
 glory.

00:45:49.839 --> 00:45:50.500
 And that's the

00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:51.139
 beauty of our

00:45:51.139 --> 00:45:52.319
 salvation.

00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:53.139
 It can't be

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:53.759
 taken away

00:45:53.759 --> 00:45:54.959
 or else

00:45:54.959 --> 00:45:55.559
 Christ's work

00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:56.079
 is meaningless

00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:56.639
 and God's

00:45:56.639 --> 00:45:57.179
 glory is

00:45:57.179 --> 00:45:57.559
 diminished.

00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:58.139
 And he's

00:45:58.139 --> 00:45:59.139
 not going

00:45:59.139 --> 00:45:59.360
 to let that

00:45:59.360 --> 00:46:00.179
 happen at

00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:00.440
 all.

00:46:01.299 --> 00:46:01.900
 Once we're

00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:02.239
 in him,

00:46:02.299 --> 00:46:02.500
 we're in

00:46:02.500 --> 00:46:03.059
 him forever.

00:46:03.820 --> 00:46:04.199
 So,

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.480
 let's just

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:05.880
 pray and

00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:06.159
 then we'll

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:06.799
 just respond

00:46:06.799 --> 00:46:08.199
 in song

00:46:08.199 --> 00:46:09.340
 and in

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:09.820
 thankfulness

00:46:09.820 --> 00:46:10.219
 to God.

00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:11.940
 Holy

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.360
 Father,

00:46:13.779 --> 00:46:14.199
 our

00:46:14.199 --> 00:46:16.119
 Master,

00:46:16.299 --> 00:46:16.440
 our

00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:16.920
 Creator,

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.500
 our

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:18.960
 Redeemer,

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:19.519
 thank you

00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:19.920
 for

00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:23.179
 stooping,

00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:24.019
 coming down,

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:24.639
 and

00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:26.059
 rescuing

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:26.759
 those who

00:46:26.759 --> 00:46:27.000
 were

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:28.119
 foul and

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:29.460
 rebellious

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:30.179
 against you

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:31.739
 who only

00:46:31.739 --> 00:46:32.139
 deserve

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:33.179
 death and

00:46:33.179 --> 00:46:34.460
 eternal

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:35.139
 separation,

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:37.320
 but you

00:46:37.320 --> 00:46:38.739
 sent your

00:46:38.739 --> 00:46:39.420
 only son

00:46:39.420 --> 00:46:39.980
 to be

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:41.420
 an atoning

00:46:41.420 --> 00:46:42.179
 sacrifice

00:46:42.179 --> 00:46:42.679
 for us

00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:44.300
 and to

00:46:44.300 --> 00:46:46.840
 cause him

00:46:46.840 --> 00:46:47.840
 to suffer

00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:48.500
 the punishment

00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:48.940
 of our

00:46:48.940 --> 00:46:49.780
 disobedience.

00:46:50.639 --> 00:46:50.920
 And at the

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:51.559
 same time,

00:46:51.699 --> 00:46:53.099
 you gave

00:46:53.099 --> 00:46:53.639
 us his

00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:54.179
 righteousness,

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:55.099
 his perfect

00:46:55.099 --> 00:46:55.820
 life that

00:46:55.820 --> 00:46:57.000
 he lived

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.580
 was accounted

00:46:57.580 --> 00:46:58.200
 to us,

00:46:58.240 --> 00:46:58.740
 it was put

00:46:58.740 --> 00:46:59.840
 into our

00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:00.220
 account,

00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:00.640
 and we are

00:47:00.640 --> 00:47:01.559
 wrapped in

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:03.039
 robes of

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:03.559
 righteousness,

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:04.580
 and you see

00:47:04.580 --> 00:47:05.360
 us that way.

00:47:06.500 --> 00:47:07.240
 It is a

00:47:07.240 --> 00:47:09.360
 beautiful picture,

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:09.660
 Lord,

00:47:09.660 --> 00:47:09.660


00:47:09.660 --> 00:47:09.680
 Lord,

00:47:09.680 --> 00:47:11.360
 I have

00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:12.260
 despaired and

00:47:12.260 --> 00:47:12.880
 thought of

00:47:12.880 --> 00:47:13.840
 myself unworthy,

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.180
 thought of

00:47:14.180 --> 00:47:15.519
 myself not

00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:16.380
 able to

00:47:16.380 --> 00:47:17.700
 stand before

00:47:17.700 --> 00:47:17.960
 you.

00:47:18.099 --> 00:47:18.559
 I remember

00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:19.720
 that I have

00:47:19.720 --> 00:47:20.300
 been justified

00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:20.980
 by your

00:47:20.980 --> 00:47:22.860
 blood because

00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:23.539
 of what you've

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:23.820
 done,

00:47:24.140 --> 00:47:25.300
 and I can

00:47:25.300 --> 00:47:25.840
 have peace

00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:26.200
 with you.

00:47:26.280 --> 00:47:26.800
 The result of

00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:27.500
 that is peace

00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:28.640
 because I have

00:47:28.640 --> 00:47:29.340
 right standing

00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:29.700
 with you,

00:47:29.780 --> 00:47:30.079
 and I have

00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:31.599
 quietness and

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:32.400
 trust in my

00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:32.700
 spirit.

00:47:32.820 --> 00:47:33.320
 I can trust

00:47:33.320 --> 00:47:33.700
 you through

00:47:33.700 --> 00:47:34.240
 whatever is

00:47:34.240 --> 00:47:34.780
 going on.

00:47:35.539 --> 00:47:36.280
 It is not

00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:36.680
 up to my

00:47:36.680 --> 00:47:37.120
 works.

00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:37.960
 I can't

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:38.440
 be saved

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:38.940
 by what I

00:47:38.940 --> 00:47:39.239
 do,

00:47:39.819 --> 00:47:40.420
 but completely

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:43.000
 through faith

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:43.339
 in your

00:47:43.339 --> 00:47:43.779
 son and

00:47:43.779 --> 00:47:44.199
 what he did

00:47:44.199 --> 00:47:44.819
 on the cross.

00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:46.579
 I pray that

00:47:46.579 --> 00:47:46.920
 we would

00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:48.859
 get down

00:47:48.859 --> 00:47:49.519
 and study

00:47:49.519 --> 00:47:50.079
 your word

00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:51.139
 and ask you

00:47:51.139 --> 00:47:51.519
 to help us

00:47:51.519 --> 00:47:52.219
 understand these

00:47:52.219 --> 00:47:53.739
 things in a

00:47:53.739 --> 00:47:54.339
 greater way.

00:47:54.539 --> 00:47:54.699
 Lord,

00:47:54.819 --> 00:47:56.199
 you have

00:47:56.199 --> 00:47:58.099
 brought great

00:47:58.099 --> 00:47:58.639
 glory to

00:47:58.639 --> 00:47:59.380
 yourself and

00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:00.239
 redeeming man

00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:01.539
 from the

00:48:01.539 --> 00:48:02.359
 sinful state

00:48:02.359 --> 00:48:02.779
 that he was

00:48:02.779 --> 00:48:03.460
 in and

00:48:03.460 --> 00:48:03.940
 brought him

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.359
 back to

00:48:04.359 --> 00:48:04.799
 yourself.

00:48:06.339 --> 00:48:07.099
 We love

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:07.239
 you,

00:48:07.339 --> 00:48:07.480
 Lord.

00:48:07.539 --> 00:48:07.860
 Help us

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:09.460
 to sing

00:48:09.460 --> 00:48:11.019
 now and

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:11.480
 to honor

00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:12.159
 you through

00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:12.920
 our words.

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:13.400
 I pray that

00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:13.719
 they would

00:48:13.719 --> 00:48:14.779
 be from

00:48:14.779 --> 00:48:15.239
 my heart

00:48:15.239 --> 00:48:15.860
 and they

00:48:15.860 --> 00:48:16.039
 wouldn't

00:48:16.039 --> 00:48:16.420
 just be

00:48:16.420 --> 00:48:17.519
 to sing

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:18.059
 along and

00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:18.519
 be cool,

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:18.819
 but it

00:48:18.819 --> 00:48:19.719
 would be

00:48:19.719 --> 00:48:20.480
 a response

00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:22.019
 for your

00:48:22.019 --> 00:48:22.699
 justifying

00:48:22.699 --> 00:48:23.779
 work and

00:48:23.779 --> 00:48:25.440
 our right

00:48:25.440 --> 00:48:26.139
 standing with

00:48:26.139 --> 00:48:26.380
 you.

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:27.920
 Lord,

00:48:27.980 --> 00:48:28.440
 I pray this

00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:29.279
 would move

00:48:29.279 --> 00:48:29.699
 us to be

00:48:29.699 --> 00:48:30.099
 missional.

00:48:30.219 --> 00:48:30.440
 We would

00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:31.039
 go out and

00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:32.239
 tell others

00:48:32.239 --> 00:48:32.480
 that they

00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:32.920
 can't do

00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:33.179
 this.

00:48:33.239 --> 00:48:33.679
 They can't

00:48:33.679 --> 00:48:34.299
 earn God's

00:48:34.299 --> 00:48:34.619
 favor.

00:48:35.799 --> 00:48:36.159
 They have

00:48:36.159 --> 00:48:36.420
 to just

00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:36.940
 come to

00:48:36.940 --> 00:48:38.639
 Christ and

00:48:38.639 --> 00:48:39.539
 be saved and

00:48:39.539 --> 00:48:39.940
 repent of

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:40.420
 their sin.

00:48:42.039 --> 00:48:42.480
 God,

00:48:43.219 --> 00:48:43.639
 we don't

00:48:43.639 --> 00:48:44.239
 understand the

00:48:44.239 --> 00:48:45.000
 gospel ourselves

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:45.480
 if we're not

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:45.920
 sharing it with

00:48:45.920 --> 00:48:46.239
 others.

00:48:46.619 --> 00:48:47.519
 We fail.

00:48:48.359 --> 00:48:48.559
 God,

00:48:48.619 --> 00:48:48.940
 I pray you

00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:49.219
 would give

00:48:49.219 --> 00:48:49.599
 us that.

00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:50.119
 Let us go

00:48:50.119 --> 00:48:50.679
 out and

00:48:50.679 --> 00:48:52.000
 proclaim your

00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:52.339
 goodness,

00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:52.920
 your grace,

00:48:53.019 --> 00:48:53.179
 and your

00:48:53.179 --> 00:48:53.779
 love to

00:48:53.779 --> 00:48:55.079
 the lost

00:48:55.079 --> 00:48:55.699
 around us

00:48:55.699 --> 00:48:56.159
 or else

00:48:56.159 --> 00:48:56.940
 we are

00:48:56.940 --> 00:48:58.099
 hearers of

00:48:58.099 --> 00:48:58.519
 the word

00:48:58.519 --> 00:48:58.940
 and not

00:48:58.940 --> 00:48:59.719
 doers and

00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:01.399
 unbelievers.

00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:03.200
 God help

00:49:03.200 --> 00:49:03.500
 us.

00:49:04.500 --> 00:49:05.960
 We love

00:49:05.960 --> 00:49:06.240
 you in

00:49:06.240 --> 00:49:06.800
 Christ's name.

00:49:07.320 --> 00:49:07.539
 Amen.