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 In our first time together, we considered the call of the disciple to put out into the

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 deep with Christ.

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 We then considered the course answering that call puts us upon one involving an ongoing

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 dying, yet also of the simultaneous upwelling of the life of Christ within us.

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 This morning, we want to take up another constant companion in our course as disciples, and that

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 is an inner conflict with which our experience is perpetually fraught.

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 And while I want to be soberly realistic as to this dread conflict, I want the accent to

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 fall upon the hope we have that even in this fierce inner fray, our Lord Christ has given

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 us provision that we might not finally succumb, but rather prevail.

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 To speak of an inner conflict is to speak of a reality with which every disciple is intimately

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 familiar.

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 The Apostle Paul depicts this conflict forthrightly in Galatians 5.

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 And that is where we will put in.

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 Here is how he describes it.

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 Turn there, if you would.

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 Galatians 5, picking up in verse 17.

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 What's going on here?

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 How does this conflict play out?

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 Well, when we choose one course of action, say something good or right, then our sinful

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 desires, the desires of our fallen humanity, oppose.

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 Alternately, when, alas, we have a mind to do something wrong, the spirit opposes, the indwelling

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 spirit.

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 Perhaps you experience this conflict this very morning, 7 a.m. snug in your warm bed.

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 You awaken to your alarm, which you deliberately set early, reflecting your holy desire to make

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 it to Sunday school this semester, as was your ambition.

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 You start to get up accordingly.

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 That is, about to do the thing that you please.

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 Suddenly, your flesh opposes you, so that you would not do it.

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 That is, not do your spiritual pleasure.

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 You are, says the flesh.

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 Really?

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 Are you really going to get up?

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 Oh, but you're so exhausted.

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 You were reading that Page Turner spy novel last night, and you didn't get to bed till

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 1 a.m.

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 You're awfully tired.

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 Why don't you just take a miss this one morning?

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 There will be plenty more.

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 One morning can't hurt.

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 You'll catch up next time.

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 Besides, if you get up now, you'll be so tired, you'll probably embarrass yourself by

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 falling asleep at the church service, the worship service.

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 You wouldn't want to be nodding off then.

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 So, a little more shut-eye, and you'll be able to stave off, nodding off.

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 All right, so now, you are about to roll over and fall back asleep.

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 That is, do the thing you please in fleshly esteem.

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 Then, the spirit opposes you.

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 That is, opposes your now prevailing fleshly pleasure.

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 Suddenly, you feel convicted.

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 What am I doing?

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 I resolved this semester to attend Sunday school.

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 I want my life to show some spiritual harvest.

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 And, I think this would be a good way to sow to it.

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 In the final clause of verse 17,

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 So that you may not do the things you please.

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 That describes the outcome of the conflict.

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 Not simply the result of one or other force, whether flesh or spirit, prevailing.

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 Sometimes, not doing as we are a mind to represents the spirit's victory.

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 Other times, alas, it indicates the flesh prevailing.

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 It all depends upon what or whom we allow ourselves to be persuaded by.

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 I wonder if you've ever experienced this kind of thing.

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 Which of us does not know this conflict?

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 Now, I want you to take, for a moment,

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 The most grueling, fleshly enticement.

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 Self-pity or self-assertion.

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 Anger or anxiety.

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 Lust or laziness.

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 Pride or possessiveness.

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 Fear or fury.

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 And recall the dread struggle.

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 Is it not an experience of ferocity?

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 Can we not at times feel as if in the throes of a Jekyll and Hyde tale?

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 You recall the chilling description of the moral conflict within,

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 which Robert Louis Stevenson gives us in his classic.

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 The parallel was suggested by an old mentor of mine.

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 Dr. Jekyll, a respectable London physician,

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 in the course of research,

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 discovers a drug which transmogrifies him

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 into a repulsive, malevolent dwarf.

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 Hyde.

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 And Hyde performs all kinds of immoral and abominable acts.

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 Yet for all of Jekyll's shame and disgust at these deeds,

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 he finds himself incorrigibly addicted to his alter ego.

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 And the more often he yields to the drug,

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 the more difficult to regain his virtuous identity afterwards.

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 Eventually, the evil side of his personality so dominates

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 that he becomes permanently wedded to the character of Hyde,

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 finally destroying himself after many a heinous crime,

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 a dramatic and dreadful inner conflict.

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 Interestingly, judging from some of the author's correspondence,

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 it is not unlikely that Stevenson intended his story

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 as an allegorical commentary on this very verse of Paul.

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 Well, if so, and if he got it right,

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 so much for our hoped-for hopeful accent.

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 Will Hyde, in the end, destroy Jekyll?

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 Will the deeds of the flesh,

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 the very unglorious catalog of verses 19 through 21,

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 be the prevalent display?

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 Sometimes I can sure feel this way.

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 But not according to Paul.

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 And this is why this passage brings mighty encouragement.

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 So for all of Paul's sympathy

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 with the power and inveteracy of the flesh,

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 all of the sinful desires of our fallen humanity,

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 the apostle in this passage

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 is notwithstanding optimistic.

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 Notice that it opens with a reassuring promise.

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 Surely one of the most wonderful promises

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 of the whole Bible.

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 Do you see it there, verse 16?

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 Walk by the Spirit

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 and you will not carry out

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 the desire of the flesh.

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 If you have the NIV,

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 it dissolves this promise

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 by making it a second imperative.

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 In other words, a command.

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 But that's not the way to translate it.

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 It's a promise.

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 It's a promise.

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 You see, it is for us,

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 as disciples of Jesus,

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 no longer a conflict

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 of Jekyll versus Hyde.

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 That was the old war

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 before we were believers.

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 And that was a losing battle.

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 But now,

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 it is Jekyll plus the Holy Spirit

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 versus Hyde.

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 And with the Spirit,

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 the balance of power

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 in the inner war

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 has been decisively altered.

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 And this battle,

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 we can win

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 and we shall win.

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 But how?

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 That's what we need to know.

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 What is the way of victory?

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 How do we overcome

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 the dark acts of the flesh,

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 clamoring to be indulged?

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 And instead,

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 begin to bear the fruit

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 of the Spirit.

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 That glory display

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 of the character of Christ

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 that's cataloged there

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 from verse 22 on.

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 What is the dynamic?

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 Surely,

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 there are few questions

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 more vitally practical

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 for the Christian.

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 And Paul gives us the answer

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 in this passage.

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 And though challenging

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 to apply,

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 I think it's probably

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 simple to grasp.

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 And I want us

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 to apply ourselves

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 to grasping it.

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 So let's pray.

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 Lord,

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 we thank you

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 that you have given us

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 every good thing we need

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 for doing your will.

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 That you have given us

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 all that we need

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 for life and godliness

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 in your scriptures.

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 And that you can take

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 these truths

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 and you can make them real

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 and animate them for us

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 by your Spirit.

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 Would you do that?

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 That we might

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 begin to display

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 this wonderful glory

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 that is the character

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 of Christ.

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 So we ask for this aid

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 with confidence

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 that you will give us

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 it

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 as our good shepherd

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Okay,

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 here it is

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 in a nutshell.

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 Team,

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 for victory

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 in this battle,

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 we must

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 maintain

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 both

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 toward

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 the flesh

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 and the Spirit

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 a right attitude

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 or posture

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 or disposition.

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 Namely,

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 in the Apostle's words,

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 we must

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 first

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 crucify

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 the flesh

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 and we must

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 walk

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 by the Spirit.

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 Okay?

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 Let's look at each

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 of these vital aspects

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 in turn.

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 So for one,

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 we must

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 crucify

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 the flesh.

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 Verse 24,

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 those who belong

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 to Christ

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 have

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 crucified

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 the flesh.

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 Notice the tense

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 there,

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 have

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 crucified.

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 This crucifixion

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 is something

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 that took place

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 for us

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 in the past.

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 So when did we,

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 described as

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 those who belong

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 to Christ,

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 when did we

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 crucify

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 the flesh?

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 Well,

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 at our conversion,

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 when we repented

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 and we believed

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 in Christ,

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 it was then

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 that we,

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 by faith,

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 were united

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 to Christ

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 and so shared

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 in His

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 crucifixion.

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 It was then

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 that we were

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 incorporated

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 into His,

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 Christ's,

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 death

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 and resurrection.

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 As Paul

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 previously told

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 the Galatians

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 in 2.20,

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 I have been

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 crucified

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 with Christ.

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 So both

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 2.20,

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 which I just quoted,

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 I have been

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 crucified with Christ

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 and chapter

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 5.24

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 refer to the

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 same event.

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 But,

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 and this is

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 vitally important,

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 don't miss this,

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 there's a crucial

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 difference between

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 2.20

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 and 5.24.

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 Although they refer

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 to the same event,

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 they're looking

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 at it

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 from different

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 angles.

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 Notice

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 that Galatians

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 2.20

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 is passive.

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 I have

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 been

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 crucified

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 with Christ.

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 Okay?

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 I have been

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 crucified.

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 It happened

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 to me.

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 But here,

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 in 5.24,

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 it is

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 active.

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 Do you see

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 that?

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 Here,

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 crucifixion

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 is not

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 done

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 to us,

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 but

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 by us.

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 Do you see

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 that?

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 It is

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 we ourselves

00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:04.240
 who are said

00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:04.620
 to have

00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:05.419
 crucified

00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:06.279
 the flesh.

00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:07.759
 How

00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:08.219
 was this

00:14:08.219 --> 00:14:08.579
 so?

00:14:09.459 --> 00:14:09.860
 Well,

00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:10.719
 when we came

00:14:10.719 --> 00:14:11.279
 to Christ,

00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:12.319
 we repented,

00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.959
 we put to

00:14:13.959 --> 00:14:14.259
 death

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 everything

00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:16.379
 that we knew

00:14:16.379 --> 00:14:17.079
 to be wrong,

00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:18.399
 we radically

00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:19.000
 renounced

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.519
 fellowship

00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.240
 with sin,

00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:21.700
 we took

00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:22.259
 our old

00:14:22.259 --> 00:14:23.039
 self-centered

00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:24.279
 selves,

00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:27.600
 all its

00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:27.940
 sinful

00:14:27.940 --> 00:14:28.440
 passions

00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:29.080
 and desires,

00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:29.700
 and we

00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:30.399
 nailed it

00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:30.659
 to the

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 cross.

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 That's

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 what we

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 did.

00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:34.240
 Probably,

00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:35.659
 our promise

00:14:35.659 --> 00:14:36.580
 at our

00:14:36.580 --> 00:14:37.320
 baptism

00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:38.759
 gave verbal

00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:39.460
 expression

00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:40.220
 to this

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 turning

00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:41.620
 from

00:14:41.620 --> 00:14:42.440
 a life

00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:43.019
 of following

00:14:43.019 --> 00:14:43.580
 sin

00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:45.179
 to a

00:14:45.179 --> 00:14:45.679
 life

00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:46.539
 of following

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 Christ.

00:14:47.179 --> 00:14:47.299
 Christ.

00:14:49.579 --> 00:14:50.339
 Now,

00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:51.179
 in describing

00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:51.899
 the Christian's

00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.579
 relation to

00:14:52.579 --> 00:14:53.399
 her flesh

00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:54.139
 as that

00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:55.279
 of crucifixion,

00:14:55.959 --> 00:14:56.479
 Paul is

00:14:56.479 --> 00:14:57.139
 borrowing

00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:57.799
 Jesus'

00:14:58.059 --> 00:14:58.379
 metaphor.

00:14:58.919 --> 00:14:59.259
 It was

00:14:59.259 --> 00:15:00.299
 he that

00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:01.259
 originated

00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:01.599
 this

00:15:01.599 --> 00:15:01.939
 metaphor.

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 You

00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:03.659
 recall,

00:15:04.439 --> 00:15:05.059
 he says

00:15:05.059 --> 00:15:05.459
 in Mark

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 8,

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 34,

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 if anyone

00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:07.739
 would follow

00:15:07.739 --> 00:15:08.059
 me,

00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:08.539
 they must

00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:09.099
 deny

00:15:09.099 --> 00:15:09.779
 themselves

00:15:09.779 --> 00:15:10.919
 and take

00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:11.439
 up their

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 cross.

00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:12.839
 Okay,

00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:13.539
 crucifixion.

00:15:13.959 --> 00:15:14.299
 And the

00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:15.240
 cross was

00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:15.979
 the Lord's

00:15:15.979 --> 00:15:16.899
 figure of

00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:18.419
 self-denial,

00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:19.799
 a crucifying

00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:20.799
 of self.

00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:22.179
 Now,

00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.740
 when anyone

00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:23.439
 was seen

00:15:23.439 --> 00:15:23.980
 taking up

00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:24.519
 a cross,

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 there was

00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:26.439
 no question

00:15:26.439 --> 00:15:27.379
 as to

00:15:27.379 --> 00:15:27.879
 what was

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 happening.

00:15:28.959 --> 00:15:29.699
 That was

00:15:29.699 --> 00:15:30.319
 very clear.

00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:31.659
 Execution.

00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:32.559
 That was

00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:32.939
 the point

00:15:32.939 --> 00:15:33.220
 of it.

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 And Paul

00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:34.879
 is making

00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:35.559
 the same

00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:36.439
 point here.

00:15:37.439 --> 00:15:37.740
 Taking

00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:38.139
 up the

00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:38.639
 cross

00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:39.559
 means

00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:40.319
 that we

00:15:40.319 --> 00:15:40.779
 need to

00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:42.000
 make sure

00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:43.059
 that an

00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:43.960
 execution

00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:45.620
 takes place.

00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:46.980
 And that

00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:47.460
 is the

00:15:47.460 --> 00:15:48.039
 Christian's

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:48.460
 posture

00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:49.519
 toward the

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.139
 flesh,

00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.320
 their flesh,

00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:53.019
 crucifixion.

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.039
 Okay,

00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:54.320
 now,

00:15:54.560 --> 00:15:55.259
 these days,

00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:56.419
 I hope I

00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:56.980
 may safely

00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:58.100
 say that

00:15:58.100 --> 00:16:00.200
 we haven't

00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:00.840
 witnessed

00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:01.679
 a live

00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:02.539
 crucifixion.

00:16:03.539 --> 00:16:04.879
 Not so

00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:06.460
 for those

00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:07.000
 in Jesus'

00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:07.840
 and Paul's

00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:08.100
 day.

00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.120
 People

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.419
 would have

00:16:09.419 --> 00:16:10.080
 seen

00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:11.120
 crucifixion.

00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.220
 Hence,

00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:13.139
 for them,

00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.620
 the

00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.639
 grisly

00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:15.199
 power

00:16:15.199 --> 00:16:16.199
 of this

00:16:16.199 --> 00:16:16.620
 metaphor.

00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.299
 What did

00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:18.559
 it

00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:19.519
 communicate?

00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:21.059
 Let me

00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:21.539
 draw this

00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:21.860
 out.

00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:23.500
 And the

00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:23.779
 late

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.740
 John

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.220
 Stott

00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.659
 is very

00:16:25.659 --> 00:16:26.139
 helpful in

00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:26.699
 his commentary

00:16:26.699 --> 00:16:27.240
 on this

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:27.539
 stuff,

00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:27.840
 too.

00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:29.620
 So,

00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.120
 for one,

00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.759
 crucifixion

00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:32.720
 was

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.819
 pitiless.

00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.100
 Pitiless.

00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:35.840
 It was

00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.319
 not a

00:16:36.319 --> 00:16:36.960
 pleasant

00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:37.500
 form of

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.059
 execution

00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:38.580
 for the

00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:39.080
 nice and

00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:39.720
 the refined.

00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:40.799
 It was

00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:41.460
 reserved for

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:42.179
 the worst

00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:42.779
 of criminals.

00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:43.099
 If you

00:16:43.099 --> 00:16:43.279
 were a

00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:43.759
 Roman citizen,

00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:44.199
 couldn't do

00:16:44.199 --> 00:16:44.419
 this.

00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:44.659
 No,

00:16:44.739 --> 00:16:45.059
 this is

00:16:45.059 --> 00:16:45.259
 too

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:45.739
 terrible.

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.979
 And that's

00:16:47.979 --> 00:16:49.099
 how our

00:16:49.099 --> 00:16:49.919
 flesh is

00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:50.339
 to be

00:16:50.339 --> 00:16:50.759
 treated.

00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:52.219
 We are

00:16:52.219 --> 00:16:52.739
 to show

00:16:52.739 --> 00:16:53.639
 it no

00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:54.279
 courtesy

00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.159
 or deference.

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.579
 It is

00:16:56.579 --> 00:16:56.819
 so

00:16:56.819 --> 00:16:57.639
 flagitious

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.519
 that it

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.319
 deserves no

00:16:59.319 --> 00:17:00.299
 better fate

00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:01.199
 than to be

00:17:01.199 --> 00:17:01.739
 crucified.

00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:03.699
 Also

00:17:03.699 --> 00:17:04.440
 significant to

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:04.899
 the metaphor,

00:17:05.639 --> 00:17:06.440
 crucifixion

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:07.319
 was

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.659
 painful

00:17:08.659 --> 00:17:10.819
 and so

00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.460
 also

00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.319
 will be

00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:12.679
 our

00:17:12.679 --> 00:17:13.139
 rejection

00:17:13.139 --> 00:17:13.539
 of our

00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.000
 flesh.

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.619
 Who

00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.359
 does not

00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:16.879
 know

00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:18.099
 the acute

00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:18.740
 pain,

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.460
 even

00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:20.679
 anguish

00:17:20.679 --> 00:17:21.500
 of the

00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:21.679
 inner

00:17:21.679 --> 00:17:22.159
 conflict

00:17:22.159 --> 00:17:23.299
 when the

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:23.819
 fleeting

00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.359
 pleasures

00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:25.119
 of sin

00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:26.039
 are

00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:26.639
 renounced?

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.259
 You

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:29.700
 remember

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.579
 Augustine's

00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.240
 cry,

00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:32.579
 Oh,

00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:32.919
 Lord,

00:17:33.179 --> 00:17:33.740
 give me

00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:34.419
 chastity.

00:17:34.919 --> 00:17:35.679
 Just not

00:17:35.679 --> 00:17:35.980
 yet.

00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:37.339
 Just not

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.659
 yet.

00:17:37.939 --> 00:17:38.419
 Or what's

00:17:38.419 --> 00:17:39.519
 that wonderful

00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.160
 part in

00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:40.639
 Lewis's

00:17:40.639 --> 00:17:40.920
 great

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.240
 divorce.

00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:41.559
 Remember

00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:41.940
 when that

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.500
 habit,

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:43.859
 that terrible

00:17:43.859 --> 00:17:44.819
 fleshly

00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:45.460
 habit that

00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:46.119
 is dominated

00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:46.680
 and the

00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:46.920
 angel is

00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.119
 saying,

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.500
 can I

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.079
 kill it?

00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:48.900
 And that

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.599
 habit sitting

00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:49.879
 on the

00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.059
 shoulder,

00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:50.319
 oh,

00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.180
 you can't

00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:51.779
 kill me,

00:17:51.879 --> 00:17:52.160
 don't,

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:52.460
 no,

00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:52.980
 oh,

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:53.500
 think of

00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:53.720
 what it

00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:53.940
 will be

00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:54.160
 to be

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.359
 without

00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:54.779
 me,

00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:55.059
 no,

00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:55.299
 I

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:55.740
 comfort

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:55.960
 you,

00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.139
 oh,

00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:56.279
 I

00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:56.579
 bring

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:56.720
 you

00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:56.940
 such

00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.400
 pleasure,

00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.019
 don't

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.279
 kill

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:58.420
 me,

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:58.819
 can I

00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.139
 kill

00:17:59.139 --> 00:17:59.279
 it?

00:17:59.519 --> 00:17:59.960
 Oh,

00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:00.579
 no,

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:00.839
 you

00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.599
 can't,

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:02.359
 the

00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:02.799
 anguish

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.420
 is terrible.

00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:03.940
 That's

00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.220
 what it's

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.799
 to crucify

00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.579
 these things.

00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:13.579
 And also,

00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:14.119
 part of the

00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:14.740
 metaphor as

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.019
 well,

00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:16.319
 crucifixion

00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:17.900
 was decisive.

00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:20.039
 No one

00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.519
 who saw

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:21.200
 someone nailed

00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:21.519
 to a

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.019
 cross

00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:22.740
 queried,

00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.339
 you know,

00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:23.799
 I wonder

00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.200
 what the

00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:24.720
 outcome of

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.079
 this will

00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.319
 be.

00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:26.400
 No,

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.279
 no,

00:18:27.660 --> 00:18:28.259
 although

00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.000
 death by

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.619
 crucifixion

00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:30.059
 was a

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.480
 lingering

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.160
 death,

00:18:31.379 --> 00:18:32.240
 it was

00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:33.440
 a certain

00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.279
 death.

00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:35.759
 Everyone

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.220
 knew

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.059
 criminals

00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.839
 nailed to

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.259
 a cross

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:39.000
 did not

00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.500
 survive.

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.599
 they were

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.440
 left there

00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:42.279
 to die.

00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:43.779
 And so

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.339
 it is

00:18:44.339 --> 00:18:45.160
 and must

00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:45.799
 be with

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.099
 our

00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:46.759
 flesh.

00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:47.839
 Now,

00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:48.119
 it is

00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:48.420
 true

00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:49.079
 that the

00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:49.680
 crucifying

00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.039
 of our

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.420
 flesh

00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:51.639
 produces

00:18:51.639 --> 00:18:52.160
 death,

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.480
 not

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.339
 suddenly,

00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.160
 typically,

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.240
 rather

00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:56.259
 gradually.

00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.799
 In fact,

00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.940
 we never

00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.720
 succeed in

00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.480
 completely

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.379
 killing it

00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:02.619
 off in

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:03.579
 this life.

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.740
 But,

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:06.099
 we fixed

00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:06.420
 it to

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:07.160
 the cross

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:08.359
 and we

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:08.680
 are

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.720
 determined

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.700
 to keep

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.180
 it there

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:12.360
 until it

00:19:12.360 --> 00:19:13.580
 expires.

00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:14.980
 It's

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.340
 interesting

00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:16.440
 that soldiers

00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:17.140
 were placed

00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:17.480
 on the

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.360
 scene of

00:19:18.360 --> 00:19:19.000
 the execution

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.900
 to guard

00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:20.799
 the victim

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.840
 and their

00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:22.580
 job was to

00:19:22.580 --> 00:19:23.259
 prevent anyone

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:24.220
 rushing up

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.980
 and taking

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.600
 them down

00:19:25.600 --> 00:19:25.960
 from the

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.460
 cross.

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.259
 So,

00:19:30.320 --> 00:19:32.080
 at least

00:19:32.080 --> 00:19:32.700
 until the

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.220
 felon was

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.759
 completely

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.259
 dead.

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.299
 God,

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:36.140
 and so

00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:36.640
 it is

00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.240
 with

00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:37.740
 Christians.

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.920
 We have

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.420
 put,

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:39.879
 when we

00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.259
 came to

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.500
 Christ,

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.240
 we have

00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:42.000
 put our

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.859
 flesh on

00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:43.460
 the cross.

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.160
 We

00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:44.680
 crucified

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.460
 it at

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:45.700
 our

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.200
 conversion.

00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:47.359
 This

00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:47.799
 was a

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.539
 decisive

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.299
 action

00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.599
 in the

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:51.119
 past.

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.140
 But,

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.920
 that

00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.559
 decisive

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:54.140
 action in

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.599
 the past

00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:55.640
 involves

00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:56.140
 the

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:57.000
 ongoing

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.779
 duty

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:59.200
 of

00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.799
 keeping

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.119
 the

00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.539
 flesh

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:01.099
 on

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.299
 the

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.799
 cross.

00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:03.119
 We

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:03.519
 need to

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.079
 leave it

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.420
 there

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.559
 to die.

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.379
 And,

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:07.700
 it will

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.039
 be a

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.359
 lingering

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:08.899
 death.

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.700
 Life

00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.139
 long.

00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:11.539
 Now,

00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.079
 this

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.819
 requires

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.420
 of us

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.460
 a daily,

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.700
 moment

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:16.720
 by moment,

00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:17.839
 continuous

00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:18.639
 attitude

00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.500
 toward our

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.019
 flesh

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:21.000
 of

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.680
 ruthless

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.299
 and

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:23.639
 uncompromising

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.319
 rejection.

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:25.940
 As

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.139
 Jesus

00:20:26.139 --> 00:20:26.420
 said,

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.039
 take up

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.180
 your

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:27.500
 cross,

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.380
 daily.

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.319
 Daily.

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:29.799
 That is,

00:20:29.859 --> 00:20:30.240
 each and

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.720
 every day.

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.720
 No half

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.500
 holidays or

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.440
 holidays or

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.559
 long weekends

00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.079
 for the

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.480
 flesh.

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.359
 We can't

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:36.799
 do it.

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:37.619
 No.

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:38.740
 However

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.779
 painful to

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.400
 experience,

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.500
 we must

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.079
 show our

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:43.359
 flesh no

00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:44.059
 pity.

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.599
 However

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.579
 much it

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:48.400
 pleads,

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:50.079
 screams,

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.940
 petitions,

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.960
 no

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.440
 mercy.

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:55.720
 This

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.480
 must be

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:56.700
 our

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.200
 policy.

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.579
 daily

00:20:58.579 --> 00:21:00.319
 draconianism.

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.259
 Okay?

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.400
 And this

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.980
 daily

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:04.519
 reassertion

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.400
 of our

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.259
 crucifixion,

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.339
 decisively

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:07.900
 begun at

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.359
 conversion,

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.240
 is

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.319
 absolutely

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:11.099
 vital

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:12.160
 in this

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.819
 terrible

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:14.019
 contest.

00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:15.319
 We

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.920
 cannot,

00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:17.640
 having once

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.220
 nailed our

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.660
 flesh to

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.259
 the cross,

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:21.099
 wistfully

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:22.779
 return to

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.319
 the scene

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:24.140
 of execution

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:25.340
 and there

00:21:25.340 --> 00:21:25.920
 begin to

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.720
 fondle and

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.620
 caress the

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.960
 flesh and

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.720
 long for

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.520
 its release

00:21:30.520 --> 00:21:32.180
 or maybe

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:32.840
 even try to

00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.700
 take it down

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.100
 from the

00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:35.000
 cross just

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.520
 for a little

00:21:35.520 --> 00:21:35.960
 bit.

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:39.740
 So how

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.299
 does all

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.920
 this play

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.200
 out

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.900
 practically?

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.240
 Okay?

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.480
 When some

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.620
 jealous

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:47.000
 or proud

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.920
 or malicious

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:49.840
 or lustful

00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.579
 thought or

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.200
 suggestion

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:52.259
 invades our

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.740
 minds,

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.840
 we must

00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:54.759
 banish it

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:56.279
 at once,

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.680
 instantly

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.600
 exile it,

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.799
 give it not

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.880
 a moment's

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.600
 refuge.

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:03.319
 We cannot

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.859
 be an

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.379
 abetter

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.339
 to a

00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:05.919
 condemned

00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.759
 criminal.

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.159
 And it's

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.939
 fatal to

00:22:08.939 --> 00:22:09.379
 Parley

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:10.899
 to begin

00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:11.659
 to examine

00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.019
 it and

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.659
 consider

00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:13.559
 whether or

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.000
 not we

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.639
 might give

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:15.000
 in.

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:16.980
 No,

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:17.319
 no.

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:17.759
 I mean,

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.279
 imagine

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.079
 Joseph

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:20.539
 responding to

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.199
 Potiphar's

00:22:21.199 --> 00:22:22.199
 wife's

00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:22.639
 proposition.

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:23.879
 Well,

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.859
 run that

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.219
 by me

00:22:25.219 --> 00:22:25.579
 again.

00:22:25.959 --> 00:22:26.519
 What

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.219
 particularly

00:22:27.219 --> 00:22:27.699
 did you

00:22:27.699 --> 00:22:28.679
 have in

00:22:28.679 --> 00:22:29.019
 mind?

00:22:29.439 --> 00:22:29.619
 Yeah,

00:22:29.679 --> 00:22:30.359
 good luck,

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:30.759
 buddy.

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.039
 No,

00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:32.699
 no.

00:22:32.899 --> 00:22:33.500
 We have

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.439
 declared

00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:35.559
 war on

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.240
 the flesh.

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.980
 We cannot

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.619
 resume

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.419
 negotiations.

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.599
 The issue

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.259
 is settled

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.579
 and cannot

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.839
 be reopened.

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.199
 We have

00:22:45.199 --> 00:22:45.879
 crucified

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.659
 the flesh

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:47.799
 and we

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.679
 are never

00:22:48.679 --> 00:22:49.779
 going to

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.579
 draw the

00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:50.939
 nails.

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.339
 So this

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:52.679
 is the

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.079
 posture

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.839
 that we

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.399
 must

00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:55.039
 maintain

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.939
 unflaggingly,

00:22:57.459 --> 00:22:58.519
 indefatigably,

00:22:58.939 --> 00:23:00.059
 incorrigibly

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:01.519
 toward our

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.220
 flesh.

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.920
 If we

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.160
 are to

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.839
 experience

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.700
 victory

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.740
 in this

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.220
 crucial

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.879
 campaign.

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.259
 If we

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.619
 are ever

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.099
 to see

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:11.160
 glory

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.139
 begin to

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.720
 dawn and

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.099
 show its

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.680
 radiant

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.220
 beauty

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.980
 in our

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.460
 lives,

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.220
 the likes

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.539
 of that

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.160
 wonderful

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.980
 catalog of

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.539
 fruit

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.519
 that we

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.059
 see there.

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.339
 But

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.059
 there is

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.700
 an

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.799
 indispensable,

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.940
 a second

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.680
 prong to

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:26.960
 this

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.680
 strategy.

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:28.840
 Namely,

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.400
 the

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:29.980
 attitude

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:31.480
 or posture

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.140
 that we

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.620
 must

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.240
 maintain

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.299
 in relation

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.880
 to the

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.380
 indwelling

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.460
 Holy Spirit.

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.560
 Okay?

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.700
 So,

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.640
 we must

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.960
 walk by

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.560
 the Spirit.

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.220
 And we

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.660
 saw that

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.039
 this was

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.880
 pivotal to

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.480
 that promise

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:45.920
 there in

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.680
 verse 16.

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.860
 Walk by

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:48.759
 the Spirit

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:50.320
 and you

00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:50.900
 will not

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.660
 carry out

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.759
 the desire

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.100
 of the

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:53.540
 flesh.

00:23:54.540 --> 00:23:54.820
 And the

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.460
 phrase occurs

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:55.940
 again in

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.880
 verse 25

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.320
 there.

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.320
 If we

00:23:58.320 --> 00:23:59.019
 live by

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.600
 the Spirit,

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.540
 let us

00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:01.160
 also

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.560
 walk by

00:24:02.560 --> 00:24:03.160
 the Spirit.

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.620
 Okay?

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.019
 Here the

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.920
 Spirit is

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:07.140
 first described

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.540
 as the

00:24:07.540 --> 00:24:08.720
 source and

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.380
 sustaining

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.100
 power of

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.600
 the believer's

00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:10.800
 life.

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.440
 We live

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.880
 by the

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.180
 Spirit,

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.560
 then as

00:24:13.560 --> 00:24:13.860
 the

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.580
 regulative

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:15.400
 principle

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:15.900
 of the

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.320
 believer's

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:16.660
 life.

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:17.620
 Walk

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.140
 by the

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.440
 Spirit.

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.540
 So,

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.360
 the exhortation

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:20.940
 here is

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.340
 this.

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.340
 Since,

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.320
 and that

00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:23.720
 probably

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.600
 better renders

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.380
 the if

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:25.700
 for the

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.060
 condition

00:24:26.060 --> 00:24:26.700
 is assumed

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:26.980
 to be

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.240
 true,

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.420
 since

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.540
 the Spirit

00:24:29.540 --> 00:24:30.060
 is the

00:24:30.060 --> 00:24:31.100
 source of

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.920
 our life,

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:33.220
 let the

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:34.140
 Spirit also

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:35.279
 direct the

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.700
 course of

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.340
 our life.

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.140
 So,

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.440
 how does

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.840
 this play

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.100
 out?

00:24:40.800 --> 00:24:41.180
 Well,

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.680
 it plays

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.080
 out in

00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:42.980
 terms of

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.640
 a posture

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.040
 that we

00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:45.240
 adopt in

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.779
 relation to

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.040
 the Holy

00:24:46.040 --> 00:24:46.400
 Spirit.

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.000
 And the

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.440
 requisite

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.620
 posture is

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.360
 described in

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.960
 this passage

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.940
 in two

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.620
 ways.

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.060
 First,

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.720
 it is to

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:55.060
 be led

00:24:55.060 --> 00:24:55.720
 by the

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.120
 Spirit,

00:24:56.540 --> 00:24:57.340
 verse 18,

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.600
 led by

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:59.120
 the Spirit.

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.320
 Second,

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.980
 it is to

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:03.640
 walk by

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.220
 the Spirit,

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.620
 verses 16

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:07.040
 and 18.

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.560
 Sorry,

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:07.759
 no,

00:25:07.800 --> 00:25:08.660
 16 and 25.

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.019
 Yeah,

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:09.779
 16 and 25.

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.860
 In each of

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:13.019
 these expressions

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.940
 in the Greek,

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.080
 Spirit is

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:16.220
 positioned first

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.980
 in word

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.759
 order for

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.160
 emphasis,

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.220
 implying that

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.200
 the Spirit

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.600
 is the

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.059
 key to

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.240
 this

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.980
 process.

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:24.380
 And the

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:24.960
 verbs are

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.299
 both

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.039
 continuous,

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.259
 implying the

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.720
 need for

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.100
 this to

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.860
 be happening

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.600
 on an

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.180
 ongoing

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.900
 basis,

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:32.120
 not just

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:33.259
 episodic,

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.839
 has to be

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.400
 ongoing.

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.240
 And so

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.700
 much those

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.380
 phrases have

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.900
 in common.

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:40.059
 But there

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.279
 is a

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.880
 critical

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.779
 distinction

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.740
 between

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.960
 being led

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.440
 by the

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.840
 Spirit

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:47.440
 and walking

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.039
 by the

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.360
 Spirit.

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.579
 Notice that

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.279
 the former

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:52.019
 is passive

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.840
 and the

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.440
 latter is

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.100
 active.

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.720
 In other

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.079
 words,

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.400
 it is the

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.420
 Spirit who

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.980
 does the

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.559
 leading,

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:02.579
 but we

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.340
 who do

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:04.000
 the walking.

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.160
 So first

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.420
 then,

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:06.900
 we are

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:08.440
 led by

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.960
 the Spirit.

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.519
 That is,

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.559
 the Spirit

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.539
 here takes

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.180
 the initiative,

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.519
 he forms

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.240
 within us,

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.579
 the indwelling

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.319
 Spirit forms

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.819
 within us,

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:18.299
 holy and

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.559
 heavenly desires,

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.700
 and he puts

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.019
 gentle

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:23.859
 pressure on

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.819
 us to

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:26.119
 yield to

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:27.500
 his direction.

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.000
 As, for

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.579
 example, we

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.359
 speculated may

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.759
 have happened

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.539
 at 7 a.m.

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.119
 this morning

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:33.139
 when the

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.819
 Holy Spirit

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:35.019
 awakened you

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.059
 and gently

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.879
 prompted you

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:39.019
 perhaps to

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.579
 recall your

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.359
 ambition to

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.859
 make it to

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.359
 Sunday school

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.079
 this semester.

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.420
 Just gently

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.080
 prompted you

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.360
 with that

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:45.980
 recognition.

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:50.680
 And then

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.960
 perhaps reminded

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.960
 you gently

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.100
 that you

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.980
 desire a

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.759
 spiritual harvest

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.500
 in your life

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.700
 and this is

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.160
 going to be a

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:59.160
 good way that

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.820
 you might sow

00:26:59.820 --> 00:27:00.740
 to that.

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.720
 So you

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.640
 yielded to

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.480
 his promptings

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.700
 and you

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.759
 got up and

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.440
 here you are.

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.460
 Well done!

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.200
 Well done!

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.100
 Here you are.

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:13.219
 Maybe it's

00:27:13.219 --> 00:27:14.899
 growing up in

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.639
 Vienna but I

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.459
 tend to think

00:27:16.459 --> 00:27:17.519
 of this process

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.980
 like a

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.619
 waltz.

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.759
 I wish my

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.459
 sister were

00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:21.619
 here.

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.079
 She could

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.399
 really

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:22.779
 demonstrate.

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.159
 She's a

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:25.179
 master waltz

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:25.879
 instructor.

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.419
 Well she's

00:27:27.419 --> 00:27:27.779
 actually a

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.240
 missionary but

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.639
 she does a

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.039
 little waltzing

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.500
 on the side.

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:31.559
 But in

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.200
 that it's

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.319
 just you

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.599
 get it's

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.339
 probably with

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.680
 a lot of

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.119
 old-fashioned

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.680
 dances at

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:35.940
 least you're

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.319
 just following

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.440
 the gentle

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.660
 lead of the

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.059
 partner.

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.099
 And this

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:41.599
 kind of

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.460
 describes the

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.539
 passive aspect

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.480
 of our

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:44.960
 relation to

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.420
 the spirit.

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.759
 Yielding to

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:48.099
 the spirit's

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.960
 lead.

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.940
 Just gently

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.519
 taking us

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.099
 along and we

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:53.099
 just respond to

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.000
 the lead of

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.720
 the spirit.

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.500
 So that's that

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.720
 side.

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.079
 But in

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.920
 relation to

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.200
 the holy

00:27:58.200 --> 00:28:00.039
 spirit it's

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.539
 not our

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.000
 relation to

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.799
 the spirit is

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.759
 not entirely

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:04.039
 passive and

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.640
 it would be a

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:06.019
 grave mistake

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.460
 to think so.

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.860
 We are not

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:11.299
 simply led by

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.960
 the spirit.

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.240
 We also

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:15.400
 walk by the

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.680
 spirit.

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.519
 And this is

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.120
 the active

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.539
 side.

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.740
 It's interesting

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.600
 to note and

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:19.880
 I think

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:21.039
 suggestive that

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.460
 the Greek

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.680
 words translated

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:24.000
 alike walk

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.539
 so in the

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.620
 English 16

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.200
 and 25

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.580
 just walk

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:28.220
 same word

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.819
 but in

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.279
 Greek they're

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.279
 different words.

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.000
 The verb

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.920
 in verse 16

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.259
 is the

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.039
 ordinary word

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.720
 for walking

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:36.680
 but in

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.620
 verse 25

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.799
 the verb

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.240
 translated

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.940
 walk

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.840
 isn't the

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.240
 ordinary

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.779
 it's not

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.380
 the ordinary

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.840
 word

00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:43.539
 but rather

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:43.960
 one that

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.420
 suggests

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.539
 marching

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.700
 or

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:48.559
 walking in

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:48.900
 rank

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:50.480
 or walking

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.100
 in line

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:51.600
 with

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.180
 it's a

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.720
 different one.

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:53.779
 It's a word

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.279
 that's used

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.039
 in Romans

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.059
 4.12

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.700
 and translated

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:58.240
 follow in

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.139
 the steps

00:28:59.139 --> 00:29:00.059
 of the

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.559
 faith of

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.139
 your father

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.899
 Abraham.

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.480
 And it

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.119
 occurs again

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.879
 in Galatians

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.700
 6.16

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:07.119
 where it's

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.359
 rendered

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.659
 walk by

00:29:08.659 --> 00:29:09.659
 this rule

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:11.440
 and the

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.159
 notion is

00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:13.119
 deliberately

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:14.279
 walking

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.960
 the path

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.879
 that's marked

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.619
 out by

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.359
 the spirit.

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:19.460
 Okay?

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.700
 In the

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.720
 spirit's

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.399
 steps.

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.339
 Here,

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.720
 because I

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.079
 picked on

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.419
 the NIV

00:29:24.419 --> 00:29:24.859
 before,

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.559
 here the

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.879
 NIV

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.259
 very

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.099
 felicitously

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.879
 puts it

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:29.179
 in step

00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.740
 with the

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.079
 spirit.

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.500
 That's

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.879
 good.

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.319
 That's

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.599
 good.

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.480
 I

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:35.000
 regularly

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.959
 take the

00:29:35.959 --> 00:29:36.480
 girls out

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.839
 hiking,

00:29:36.939 --> 00:29:37.439
 my daughters,

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.500
 and they

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.579
 have become

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.039
 equal to

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.439
 some pretty

00:29:40.439 --> 00:29:41.299
 astonishingly

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.000
 tough terrain

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.339
 now.

00:29:42.439 --> 00:29:42.980
 Very proud

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.279
 of them.

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.299
 But when

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.559
 they were

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.139
 young,

00:29:45.459 --> 00:29:46.480
 occasionally

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.139
 we would

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.759
 encounter

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:49.019
 a particularly

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:50.019
 tricky bit

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.619
 of trail

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:52.559
 and some

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.900
 sort of

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.500
 soggy

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.359
 slough

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.859
 or a

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.299
 carking

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.059
 quagmire

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.420
 or who

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.000
 knows what.

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.119
 And here

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.559
 I would

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.639
 tell Vienna

00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.160
 then Geneva

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.740
 and Belle,

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.460
 okay,

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.359
 watch where

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.299
 dad puts

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.059
 his feet

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:05.019
 and you

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:06.119
 step just

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.819
 where dad

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.559
 steps.

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.700
 And then I

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.079
 would show

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.539
 them how to

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.000
 pick their

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.680
 way through

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.480
 the little

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.039
 challenging

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.579
 bit and

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:12.900
 they would

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.339
 do that.

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.180
 And that's

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.639
 the idea

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.200
 here.

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.859
 Or if

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.019
 you,

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.359
 again,

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:17.839
 if you want

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.419
 the ballroom

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:19.259
 metaphor again,

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.119
 think of a

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.839
 dance school

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.480
 this time,

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.859
 not the

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.079
 waltz,

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.359
 but the

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.879
 dance school

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.879
 where don't

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.539
 they stencil

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.059
 out the

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.720
 steps that

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.099
 you're supposed

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.539
 to take?

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:26.899
 One,

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.199
 two,

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.480
 three,

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:27.720
 four,

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:27.959
 and you

00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:28.679
 place your

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:29.259
 feet in

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.799
 those steps

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.539
 and that's

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.819
 how you

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.819
 learn these

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.299
 moves.

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.679
 And that's

00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:34.199
 what this

00:30:34.199 --> 00:30:34.619
 is.

00:30:35.439 --> 00:30:36.039
 So the

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.579
 Holy Spirit

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.959
 is not

00:30:36.959 --> 00:30:37.539
 simply the

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.699
 partner to

00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:39.599
 prompt the

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.419
 dance in

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.000
 our first

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:42.419
 metaphor to

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:42.779
 whom we

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.419
 passively

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:43.859
 yield,

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.519
 that's one

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:44.839
 side,

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.639
 but he is

00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.299
 also the

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.240
 instructor

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.720
 to indicate

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.819
 the steps

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.640
 in which

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.079
 we

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:52.160
 deliberately

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.980
 walk,

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:53.920
 kind of

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.779
 in the

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.539
 Spirit's

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.500
 choreography.

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.279
 That's what

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.579
 we're doing

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:58.839
 there.

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.059
 So just

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.680
 as we

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.539
 actively,

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.680
 consciously,

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:04.299
 and deliberately

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.960
 repudiate the

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.420
 flesh,

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:08.079
 we reject

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.720
 to follow

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.380
 the path

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:10.599
 suggested by

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.519
 the flesh,

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.960
 likewise,

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:14.019
 it's equally

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.720
 vital

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:16.240
 actively

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.600
 to ply

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.579
 the Spirit's

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.140
 path

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:20.539
 and deliberately

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.839
 turn ourselves

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:23.039
 toward the

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.559
 things of

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.160
 the Spirit.

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:26.559
 This is what

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.660
 Scripture means

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.740
 when it tells

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.980
 us to

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:31.880
 set our minds

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.500
 on the things

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.259
 of the Spirit,

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.200
 Romans 8.

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.539
 Seek the

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.000
 things that are

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.720
 above,

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.539
 set our minds

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.299
 on things above,

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.400
 in Colossians 3.

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.559
 Or let your

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.839
 mind dwell on

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.720
 these things,

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:44.319
 Philippians 4,

00:31:44.459 --> 00:31:45.279
 and so forth.

00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:47.599
 This sort of

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.819
 active

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:50.220
 resolve,

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:52.500
 this posture,

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.179
 will be

00:31:53.179 --> 00:31:54.639
 reflected in

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:56.000
 our whole

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.819
 way of life.

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.159
 What we do

00:31:58.159 --> 00:31:58.480
 with our

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.599
 leisure time,

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.679
 those precious

00:32:01.679 --> 00:32:03.959
 discretionary

00:32:03.959 --> 00:32:04.720
 hours that we

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.220
 have,

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.339
 the books

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.720
 that we

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.359
 read,

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.699
 the friendships

00:32:08.699 --> 00:32:09.220
 that we

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.759
 cultivate.

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:11.700
 Will these

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.460
 choices play

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.059
 out to

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:14.519
 grieve or

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.200
 quench the

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.559
 Spirit?

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.680
 Or will

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.319
 they sow

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.680
 to the

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.019
 Spirit?

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.900
 And especially

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.879
 significant here

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.599
 is what an

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.640
 older generation

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.299
 of Christians

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.879
 called the

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:27.519
 diligent use

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.640
 of the means

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.400
 of grace.

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.259
 In other

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.480
 words,

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.259
 availing

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.799
 ourselves

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:33.019
 very prodigally

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.920
 of those

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.759
 means that

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.119
 God has

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.980
 particularly

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:37.579
 established

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.819
 and appointed

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.659
 for our

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.299
 growth in

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.759
 grace.

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.659
 He's given

00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:42.039
 us some

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.559
 really good

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.559
 fat paths

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:45.000
 to grow

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.480
 in grace,

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.960
 such as

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.500
 maybe the

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.960
 disciplined

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.759
 practice of

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.259
 prayer,

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.000
 meditation,

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:52.000
 hiding God's

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.519
 word in our

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.159
 heart,

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.899
 attending upon

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.519
 the ministry

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.519
 of the word,

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.139
 corporate

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.819
 worship,

00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.139
 remembering

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:01.359
 Christ's

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.720
 death

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.740
 in the

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.099
 cup,

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.259
 and so

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.759
 forth.

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.420
 these

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.920
 things.

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.240
 So we

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.319
 ought not

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.920
 to

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:11.759
 simply

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.819
 wait

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.519
 to be

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.119
 prompted

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:14.859
 by the

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.240
 impulse

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.579
 of the

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:15.879
 Spirit.

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.680
 That's the

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.359
 passive side.

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:17.740
 Okay,

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.000
 if the

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.460
 Spirit does

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.079
 prompt us,

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.819
 yield,

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.720
 but we

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.700
 don't just

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:23.160
 wait for

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:24.500
 the promptings

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.799
 of the

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.119
 Spirit.

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:26.339
 We need

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.960
 to be

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.359
 forming

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.220
 holy

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.240
 resolves

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.740
 and

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.440
 resolutions

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.740
 on the

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.420
 basis of

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.759
 what the

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.879
 Spirit has

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.640
 clearly mapped

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.820
 out in

00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.400
 his word.

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:38.600
 I think

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.080
 of the

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.380
 young

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:40.060
 Jonathan

00:33:40.060 --> 00:33:40.400
 Edwards

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.060
 during his

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:41.620
 college

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.180
 days.

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.540
 He

00:33:43.540 --> 00:33:44.380
 formulated

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.660
 some

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.240
 resolutions

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.140
 that would

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:47.340
 guide his

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:48.100
 paths while

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.520
 he was in

00:33:48.520 --> 00:33:48.820
 college.

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:50.340
 Here are a

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:50.760
 few of the

00:33:50.760 --> 00:33:51.240
 ones that he

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.240
 formulated as

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.620
 a college

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.000
 student.

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.740
 Here was

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.500
 number 28.

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.060
 Resolved

00:33:56.060 --> 00:33:57.620
 to study

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.300
 the Scriptures

00:33:58.300 --> 00:34:00.120
 so steadily,

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.540
 constantly,

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:03.039
 and frequently

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:04.339
 as that I

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.099
 may find

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:06.180
 and plainly

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.720
 perceive

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.799
 myself to

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.420
 grow in

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.860
 the knowledge

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.159
 of the

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.500
 same.

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.259
 Number

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:12.779
 30.

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.639
 Resolved

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.800
 to strive

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.239
 to my

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.800
 utmost

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:18.559
 every week

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.500
 to be

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:19.779
 brought

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.759
 higher in

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:21.159
 religion

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.880
 and do

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.579
 a higher

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.219
 exercise

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:24.059
 of grace

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.880
 than I

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.219
 was the

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.820
 week before.

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.420
 Wow!

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.659
 He wants

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.119
 to be so

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.599
 diligent

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.619
 about his

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.219
 growth

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.460
 that there's

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.920
 a, you

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.380
 could actually

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.739
 tell the

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.259
 difference from

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:34.639
 week to

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:34.900
 week.

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.339
 Yeah, I'm

00:34:35.339 --> 00:34:35.659
 growing.

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.420
 I'm

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.719
 growing.

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.519
 Ah!

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.460
 43.

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.279
 Resolved.

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.779
 Never

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:44.059
 henceforward

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:45.079
 till I die

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.420
 to act as

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.259
 if I were

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:48.059
 in any

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.519
 way my

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.000
 own,

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:51.159
 but entirely

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:52.559
 and altogether

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.940
 Christ's.

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.319
 Well, these

00:34:55.319 --> 00:34:56.059
 are three of,

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.839
 I think it's

00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:57.259
 70,

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:59.740
 70 that we

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:00.480
 find in his

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.080
 diaries.

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.860
 Well, this is

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.200
 just an

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.780
 example of

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:04.120
 the active

00:35:04.120 --> 00:35:05.540
 walking in

00:35:05.540 --> 00:35:05.980
 the way of

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.480
 the Spirit.

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:08.680
 And this

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.380
 then is

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.340
 the dynamic

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:11.540
 of how we

00:35:11.540 --> 00:35:12.740
 are progressively

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.800
 transformed

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.440
 into the

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.840
 image of

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.240
 Christ.

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.400
 We must

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:17.220
 actively

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:18.660
 crucify our

00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:20.220
 flesh and

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:21.860
 actively walk

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.540
 in the steps

00:35:22.540 --> 00:35:23.120
 of the Spirit

00:35:23.120 --> 00:35:23.720
 along with

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.260
 passively

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:25.660
 yielding to

00:35:25.660 --> 00:35:26.440
 the Spirit's

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.020
 promptings.

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:28.420
 And as

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.060
 we do

00:35:29.060 --> 00:35:29.700
 this,

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:32.000
 the layers

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:33.040
 of tarnish

00:35:33.040 --> 00:35:34.340
 will begin

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.960
 to come

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.000
 off and

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.540
 we will

00:35:36.540 --> 00:35:37.980
 begin to

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.020
 sparkle with

00:35:39.020 --> 00:35:39.760
 the reflected

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.680
 light of

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.480
 the glory

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.360
 of Christ.

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:44.160
 This is

00:35:44.160 --> 00:35:44.680
 how the

00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:45.580
 Spirit will

00:35:45.580 --> 00:35:46.260
 manifest in

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:47.380
 us the

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.940
 character of

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.380
 Christ.

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:50.340
 And as if

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:51.340
 this were

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:52.040
 not enough,

00:35:53.040 --> 00:35:53.900
 we begin

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.720
 also to

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.580
 make the

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.319
 discovery

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:57.940
 that as

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.920
 we yield

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.219
 to the

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.639
 Spirit

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.420
 and as

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.019
 we stay

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.699
 in stride

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.079
 with His

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.539
 steps,

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.779
 we find

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.440
 that all

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.360
 along

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:07.199
 He is

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:08.420
 giving us

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:09.619
 a greater

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.400
 and greater

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.500
 taste

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.539
 for the

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.019
 things of

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.539
 the Spirit,

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.380
 a deeper

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.559
 delight in

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:16.940
 them,

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.340
 a more

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:19.099
 settled

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:20.340
 satisfaction

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:21.059
 in

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.360
 them,

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:22.860
 a richer

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.880
 relish

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.780
 of them,

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.260
 a taste

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:27.420
 for glory.

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.120
 Isn't that

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.340
 wonderful?

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.660
 Haven't you

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:28.840
 noticed,

00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:29.280
 you know,

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:29.620
 when I was

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:30.039
 in college,

00:36:30.140 --> 00:36:30.539
 I used to

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.039
 love to

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:32.160
 eat Lucky

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:32.940
 Charms.

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:33.720
 And then,

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:35.460
 I don't

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:35.640
 know,

00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:37.640
 after college

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:37.920
 I couldn't

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.300
 afford to

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.600
 get them,

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.620
 and then I

00:36:39.620 --> 00:36:40.220
 got married,

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.600
 and that was

00:36:40.600 --> 00:36:40.920
 the best

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.180
 thing that

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.519
 happened to

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.880
 me after

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.260
 Christ.

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.120
 And then I

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.640
 started eating

00:36:43.640 --> 00:36:44.220
 Alpen and

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.780
 this good

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.100
 stuff.

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.760
 And one

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.000
 day I

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.300
 was at a

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.640
 conference,

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:46.900
 and they

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:48.300
 had a little

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.780
 box of

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.220
 Lucky Charms,

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:50.039
 nostalgia,

00:36:50.379 --> 00:36:50.480
 and I

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.819
 went back

00:36:50.819 --> 00:36:51.000
 and I

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.179
 tried to

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.419
 eat that.

00:36:51.919 --> 00:36:52.459
 It was

00:36:52.459 --> 00:36:52.879
 like burning

00:36:52.879 --> 00:36:53.500
 my tongue.

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:53.819
 It was

00:36:53.819 --> 00:36:54.299
 so sweet.

00:36:54.379 --> 00:36:54.459
 I thought,

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.019
 whoa,

00:36:55.379 --> 00:36:55.939
 my tastes

00:36:55.939 --> 00:36:56.819
 have changed.

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.500
 You know,

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:57.839
 you eat

00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:58.919
 good food,

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.019
 and your

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:01.019
 tastes actually

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:02.079
 get bent

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.659
 toward the

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:03.039
 better quality.

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.099
 That's the

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.480
 way it is

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.679
 in the

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:04.959
 spiritual

00:37:04.959 --> 00:37:05.379
 life.

00:37:05.919 --> 00:37:06.319
 Our

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:06.859
 tastes

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:07.359
 actually

00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:08.179
 change.

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:08.359
 The

00:37:08.359 --> 00:37:08.539
 Spirit

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:08.899
 gives us

00:37:08.899 --> 00:37:09.579
 changed

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.059
 taste.

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:10.779
 It's

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.559
 wonderful.

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.679
 And

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.619
 correspondingly,

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.480
 those old

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.319
 dainties of

00:37:15.319 --> 00:37:16.179
 the flesh,

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:16.879
 after which

00:37:16.879 --> 00:37:17.959
 our hungry

00:37:17.959 --> 00:37:18.480
 hearts

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.980
 had so

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.840
 hankered,

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.219
 well,

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.780
 they just

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.820
 don't seem

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.539
 to have the

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.360
 same appeal

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.679
 that they

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.300
 once did.

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.659
 It's like

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.000
 the Lucky

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.420
 Charms

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:28.800
 stuff.

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.480
 And they

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:32.260
 just fall

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.000
 away,

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.460
 and are

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.440
 not even

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.199
 missed.

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.460
 You see,

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.760
 the dynamic

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.639
 of glory

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.860
 to return

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.280
 for a

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.219
 moment to

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:43.780
 Jekyll and

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.159
 Hyde,

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.940
 is not

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:47.019
 Jekyll,

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.760
 kind of

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:48.940
 precariously

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.700
 holding out,

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.019
 kind of

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:51.099
 white-knuckled

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:52.679
 and squinting

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:53.159
 over the

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:53.920
 strain,

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:55.780
 just managing

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.639
 to keep

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.159
 Hyde on

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.639
 a tight

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:58.200
 leash.

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.960
 We're

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.740
 imprisoned in

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:00.940
 the

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.700
 straitjacket

00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:01.860
 of

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.700
 strictures.

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.059
 No,

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.920
 and without

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:07.500
 denying the

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.880
 blood,

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.340
 sweat,

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.840
 and tears

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.300
 side of

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:10.139
 discipleship.

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.740
 That's part

00:38:10.740 --> 00:38:10.940
 of the

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.360
 dynamic.

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:11.720
 But the

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:12.559
 dynamic also

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.820
 involves being

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.800
 caught up

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:16.680
 in a

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.440
 swell,

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.920
 kind of an

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:19.340
 incoming tide

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:21.380
 of joy,

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:23.480
 a spirit-generated

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:25.620
 swell of

00:38:25.620 --> 00:38:26.660
 profounder

00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:27.400
 delights and

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.059
 desires.

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.880
 Delights in

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.960
 and desires for

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.660
 the things of

00:38:32.660 --> 00:38:33.519
 Christ and his

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.720
 kingdom to

00:38:34.720 --> 00:38:35.380
 which he calls

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:35.660
 us.

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:38.039
 You remember

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.820
 in Homer's

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.800
 Odyssey,

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:39.900
 Odyssey,

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:41.160
 when Odysseus'

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:42.620
 ship passed

00:38:42.620 --> 00:38:43.740
 the island of

00:38:43.740 --> 00:38:44.519
 the Sirens.

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.380
 Remember those

00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:47.080
 fabled creatures,

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:47.980
 kind of half

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.760
 woman and

00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:49.920
 half bird,

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.640
 that would

00:38:51.640 --> 00:38:53.360
 beguile passing

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:54.280
 sailors by

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:56.039
 their entrancing

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.840
 singing,

00:38:57.560 --> 00:38:58.600
 luring them to

00:38:58.600 --> 00:38:59.380
 shipwreck on

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:00.080
 the rocks.

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.120
 Remember that?

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:02.560
 Well,

00:39:02.620 --> 00:39:03.500
 Odysseus,

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:05.300
 to escape

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:06.560
 the seduction,

00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:08.000
 he stuffed

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.740
 his sailors'

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:09.660
 ears with

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.319
 wax,

00:39:10.759 --> 00:39:11.299
 but he wanted

00:39:11.299 --> 00:39:11.839
 to hear them,

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:13.039
 so he lashed

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.920
 himself to

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.719
 the mast

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:16.379
 and forbade

00:39:16.379 --> 00:39:18.319
 his men

00:39:18.319 --> 00:39:19.119
 to loose

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.559
 him no

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:20.559
 matter what

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.359
 he might

00:39:21.359 --> 00:39:21.859
 do or

00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:22.319
 plead.

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.259
 Okay?

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.480
 Lash

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.059
 himself to

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.399
 the mast.

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:25.859
 Well,

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.299
 there's one

00:39:26.299 --> 00:39:26.779
 technique,

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.519
 all right?

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.000
 Lash

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.599
 yourself to

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:29.199
 the mast,

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.480
 okay?

00:39:29.799 --> 00:39:30.239
 But,

00:39:30.339 --> 00:39:30.639
 remember,

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.359
 when the

00:39:31.359 --> 00:39:32.480
 Argonauts

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.559
 traced the

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.539
 same route,

00:39:35.779 --> 00:39:36.440
 Orpheus

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:38.480
 employed a

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.440
 different strategy.

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:40.860
 Remember,

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.880
 Orpheus took

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:43.039
 out his

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.740
 harp,

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:45.340
 and he

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:46.539
 played music

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.980
 of such

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:49.420
 surpassing

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:50.119
 sweetness

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:51.880
 that the

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:52.820
 sailors paid

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.840
 no heed

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.820
 to the

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.860
 siren song.

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:58.179
 And so it

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:58.800
 is with the

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.260
 spirit.

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.900
 He

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:02.000
 fosters in

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:03.460
 us a

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.900
 greater delight

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:06.059
 in holiness

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:07.660
 than in the

00:40:07.660 --> 00:40:08.280
 flesh is

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:09.220
 touted fair.

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:11.260
 So we

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.940
 may walk

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.440
 through the

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:13.360
 streets of

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:14.300
 vanity fair,

00:40:14.680 --> 00:40:15.880
 like Christian

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.599
 and faithful,

00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:18.800
 and not be

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.740
 enticed by

00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.559
 its wares,

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:22.740
 for ours is

00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:23.300
 a better

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:23.920
 portion.

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:26.200
 And we

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:27.099
 not only know

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:27.980
 it to be so,

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.139
 we got good

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:29.860
 theology here,

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.420
 we know it to

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:30.820
 be so.

00:40:31.160 --> 00:40:31.460
 No,

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:33.440
 we experience

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:35.639
 it as the

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:36.460
 better portion.

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:40.420
 Even the

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:41.480
 best charms

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:41.900
 of this

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:43.559
 world cannot

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.720
 match the

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:46.179
 sweetness of

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:47.059
 fellowship with

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.579
 the Savior,

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:49.199
 that his

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:50.019
 spirit works

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.320
 in our

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.720
 hearts.

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.440
 I don't

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:53.740
 know if you

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:54.240
 guys have

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:55.559
 seen this

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:55.820
 thing, I

00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:56.240
 read for it

00:40:56.240 --> 00:40:56.619
 occasionally,

00:40:56.720 --> 00:40:56.960
 it's a

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.400
 Spurgeon

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:58.000
 morning and

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.320
 evening,

00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:59.360
 wonderful.

00:40:59.360 --> 00:41:00.559
 Here's a

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:00.980
 little bit

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.519
 from him.

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.599
 Nothing

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:06.320
 gives the

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:08.120
 believer so

00:41:08.120 --> 00:41:09.420
 much joy as

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.260
 fellowship with

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:10.840
 Christ.

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.660
 He has

00:41:13.660 --> 00:41:14.340
 enjoyment,

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:16.599
 as others

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:17.660
 have, in

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:18.180
 the common

00:41:18.180 --> 00:41:18.960
 mercies of

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.360
 life.

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:20.380
 He can be

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:21.260
 glad both in

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:22.099
 God's gifts

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:23.579
 and God's

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:25.000
 works, but

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.960
 in all these

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.720
 separately,

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:28.480
 yea, and

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.059
 in all of

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.659
 them added

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.199
 together.

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.440
 He doth

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:32.579
 not find such

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:33.239
 substantial

00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:34.719
 delight as

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.000
 in the

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.579
 matchless

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.279
 person of

00:41:36.279 --> 00:41:36.699
 his Lord

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.099
 Jesus.

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:39.000
 He has

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.739
 wine which

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.420
 no vineyard

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:41.019
 on earth

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.960
 ever yielded.

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:43.440
 He has

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:45.000
 bread which

00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:45.519
 all the

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:46.420
 cornfields of

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:47.480
 Egypt could

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.099
 never bring

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.619
 forth.

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:50.239
 Where can

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:51.039
 such sweetness

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:52.639
 be found as

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.440
 we have tasted

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:54.099
 in communion

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.599
 with our

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:54.960
 beloved?

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:56.920
 in our

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:58.260
 esteem, the

00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:59.039
 joys of

00:41:59.039 --> 00:42:00.300
 earth are

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:00.960
 little better

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.800
 than husks

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:02.579
 for swine

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.840
 compared with

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:05.360
 Jesus, the

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:05.679
 heavenly

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:06.159
 manna.

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:07.780
 We would

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.539
 rather have

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:09.980
 one mouthful

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.800
 of Christ's

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:12.340
 love and a

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:13.179
 sip of his

00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:14.780
 fellowship than

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:16.539
 a whole world

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:17.380
 full of

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:18.260
 carnal delights.

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.619
 What is the

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.460
 chaff to the

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:20.800
 wheat?

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:22.180
 what is the

00:42:22.180 --> 00:42:23.260
 sparkling paste

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:24.460
 to the true

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:24.860
 diamond?

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:26.260
 What is a

00:42:26.260 --> 00:42:27.580
 dream to the

00:42:27.580 --> 00:42:28.580
 glorious reality?

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:29.900
 What is

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:31.660
 time's mirth in

00:42:31.660 --> 00:42:32.680
 its best trim

00:42:32.680 --> 00:42:34.400
 compared to

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:34.860
 our Lord

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:35.640
 Jesus Christ?

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:40.680
 Friends and

00:42:40.680 --> 00:42:41.580
 fellow

00:42:41.580 --> 00:42:43.280
 wayfarers and

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:44.120
 warfarers,

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:46.019
 do not grow

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:47.580
 weary in

00:42:47.580 --> 00:42:49.180
 well-doing or

00:42:49.180 --> 00:42:49.960
 faint in the

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.780
 fray for its

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:51.360
 ferocity.

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:52.920
 Keep

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:54.579
 crucifying the

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:55.099
 flesh.

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.420
 Keep

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:57.220
 yielding to

00:42:57.220 --> 00:42:57.980
 the Spirit's

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:59.059
 prompting and

00:42:59.059 --> 00:43:00.679
 walk deliberately

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:01.800
 in his steps.

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:02.920
 And the

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.420
 indwelling

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:04.940
 Spirit will

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:05.679
 make your

00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:06.699
 communion with

00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:08.380
 Christ so

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:10.340
 sweet it

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:11.000
 will more

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.840
 than compensate

00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:13.500
 for the

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.900
 wending

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.679
 weary way

00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:15.860
 that marks

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.519
 our path

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:17.960
 to glory.

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:19.539
 those who

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:20.240
 take up the

00:43:20.240 --> 00:43:20.820
 cross and

00:43:20.820 --> 00:43:21.420
 carry it

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:23.500
 soon make

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:24.380
 the discovery

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:25.559
 that the

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:27.179
 cross is

00:43:27.179 --> 00:43:28.019
 carrying them.

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.639
 Well, let me

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:30.220
 stop there

00:43:30.220 --> 00:43:31.480
 and open it up.

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:32.079
 I think we have a

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:32.840
 little bit of time

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:34.179
 for any questions

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:35.380
 or comments.

00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:41.660
 was this

00:43:41.660 --> 00:43:42.320
 practical?

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:42.920
 If there's

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:43.500
 something that

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:43.980
 doesn't seem

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:44.599
 concrete or

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:45.019
 practical,

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.579
 hold me to

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:46.780
 it.

00:43:47.160 --> 00:43:48.019
 We want this

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:48.420
 to be

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:48.980
 practical.

00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:51.480
 You feel like

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:51.820
 there's some

00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:52.380
 actionable,

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:53.500
 there's some

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:53.940
 actionable

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:54.500
 things?

00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:56.160
 Okay.

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:00.519
 Comments,

00:44:00.640 --> 00:44:00.940
 questions?

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:05.380
 Wow!

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:05.840
 Maybe it was

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.240
 okay.

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:07.059
 I thought it

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:07.440
 was clear.

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:09.280
 Not a chance.

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:11.539
 I really

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:12.139
 appreciated your

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:13.099
 description of

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:13.880
 putting the

00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:14.519
 flesh on the

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:15.820
 cross and

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.599
 guarding it

00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:17.260
 from not

00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:17.760
 coming off

00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:17.980
 again.

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:19.780
 But yet,

00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:20.700
 despite all

00:44:20.700 --> 00:44:21.079
 the warnings,

00:44:22.179 --> 00:44:22.800
 it does

00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:23.260
 come off

00:44:23.260 --> 00:44:23.740
 sometimes.

00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:24.039
 Yeah.

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:27.500
 And I guess

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:27.880
 the question

00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:28.320
 is,

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:30.119
 you know,

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:30.799
 how do you

00:44:30.799 --> 00:44:32.960
 reason about

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:33.199
 that?

00:44:33.299 --> 00:44:33.659
 Because,

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:34.119
 you know,

00:44:34.839 --> 00:44:35.279
 as you were

00:44:35.279 --> 00:44:35.659
 describing,

00:44:35.819 --> 00:44:36.039
 there's a

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:36.519
 tonality

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:38.099
 having gone

00:44:38.099 --> 00:44:38.500
 on there

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:38.699
 in the

00:44:38.699 --> 00:44:39.259
 first place.

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:40.179
 Excellent.

00:44:41.839 --> 00:44:42.460
 Here's a,

00:44:42.739 --> 00:44:43.619
 I was just

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:44.380
 looking at

00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:44.639
 a,

00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:46.619
 in

00:44:46.619 --> 00:44:49.339
 2 Timothy

00:44:49.339 --> 00:44:50.659
 2,

00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:52.579
 21,

00:44:52.819 --> 00:44:53.259
 22,

00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:53.880
 somewhere,

00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:54.739
 maybe 23,

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:55.659
 verse 23,

00:44:56.179 --> 00:44:56.920
 it's talking

00:44:56.920 --> 00:44:57.159
 about,

00:44:57.259 --> 00:44:57.319
 hey,

00:44:57.359 --> 00:44:57.719
 if you want

00:44:57.719 --> 00:44:58.039
 to be a

00:44:58.039 --> 00:44:58.619
 vessel fit

00:44:58.619 --> 00:44:58.859
 for the

00:44:58.859 --> 00:44:59.359
 master's use,

00:44:59.400 --> 00:44:59.659
 you've got to

00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:00.259
 cleanse yourself.

00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:01.139
 How do you

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:01.799
 cleanse yourself?

00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:02.539
 And he gets

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:02.799
 real,

00:45:02.859 --> 00:45:03.500
 real practical,

00:45:03.879 --> 00:45:04.079
 okay?

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:04.739
 And,

00:45:04.779 --> 00:45:05.519
 and he,

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:05.940
 and he talks

00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:06.879
 about flee,

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:08.079
 got to be

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.519
 fleeing,

00:45:08.839 --> 00:45:09.219
 and then

00:45:09.219 --> 00:45:09.779
 pursue.

00:45:10.299 --> 00:45:10.719
 You got to

00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:11.420
 be pursuing.

00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:13.500
 And then,

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:14.219
 he kind of

00:45:14.219 --> 00:45:14.559
 gives some

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:15.139
 concretes in

00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:15.759
 how to do

00:45:15.759 --> 00:45:16.420
 that well.

00:45:16.839 --> 00:45:17.179
 And one of

00:45:17.179 --> 00:45:17.579
 these is,

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:21.219
 flee,

00:45:21.719 --> 00:45:22.139
 youthful lust,

00:45:22.319 --> 00:45:23.500
 with those

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.839
 who call

00:45:23.839 --> 00:45:24.179
 upon the

00:45:24.179 --> 00:45:24.399
 Lord.

00:45:24.719 --> 00:45:25.119
 So there's

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:25.619
 a sense in

00:45:25.619 --> 00:45:26.079
 which this is,

00:45:26.179 --> 00:45:26.519
 it's really

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:27.199
 hard to be

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:27.819
 doing this

00:45:27.819 --> 00:45:28.519
 solo.

00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:29.480
 So we

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:29.840
 want to be

00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:30.239
 surrounding

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:30.800
 ourselves

00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:31.360
 with,

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:31.599
 with

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:32.099
 friendships,

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:32.940
 kind of a

00:45:32.940 --> 00:45:33.840
 community of

00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:34.380
 the committed,

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:35.360
 you know,

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:37.420
 and who say,

00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:37.960
 yes,

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:38.599
 we are committed

00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:38.980
 to this,

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:39.500
 let's do

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:39.780
 this.

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:40.019
 And we

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:40.639
 talk about,

00:45:40.759 --> 00:45:41.559
 we talk about

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:42.400
 how hard it is,

00:45:42.659 --> 00:45:43.440
 the temptations,

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:44.000
 the trials,

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:44.699
 we encourage one

00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:44.920
 another.

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:45.840
 So don't try to

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:46.860
 fly solo in

00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:47.199
 this.

00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:48.840
 Find some

00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:49.300
 people with

00:45:49.300 --> 00:45:49.980
 whom you can,

00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:50.579
 you can be

00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:51.659
 engaged.

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.639
 Then again,

00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:54.759
 he says,

00:45:54.860 --> 00:45:55.519
 have nothing

00:45:55.519 --> 00:45:56.259
 to do with,

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:57.559
 you've got to

00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:58.360
 decide right

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:58.960
 off the bat

00:45:58.960 --> 00:45:59.920
 to just,

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:01.960
 your stance

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:02.400
 is one of

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:03.059
 rejection.

00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:04.300
 If you're

00:46:04.300 --> 00:46:05.179
 always considering

00:46:05.179 --> 00:46:05.599
 it,

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:07.219
 and you haven't

00:46:07.219 --> 00:46:07.420
 just,

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:08.179
 in principle,

00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:09.159
 rejected the

00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:09.539
 flesh,

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.780
 it's got to be

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:11.340
 really hard,

00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:11.800
 it's going to be

00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:12.320
 tempting each

00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:12.739
 time.

00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:15.579
 But we need

00:46:15.579 --> 00:46:16.000
 to have a

00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:17.500
 stance of

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:17.940
 rejection.

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.480
 He says,

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:19.420
 refuse,

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:20.059
 or have

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.619
 nothing to

00:46:20.619 --> 00:46:21.119
 do with.

00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:23.259
 You know,

00:46:23.359 --> 00:46:24.619
 there are a

00:46:24.619 --> 00:46:25.139
 lot of

00:46:25.139 --> 00:46:26.179
 alternatives in

00:46:26.179 --> 00:46:26.759
 our culture

00:46:26.759 --> 00:46:27.659
 proffered,

00:46:27.819 --> 00:46:28.500
 offered to

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:28.799
 us,

00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:30.380
 alternatives to

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:32.239
 monogamous

00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:33.559
 fidelity in

00:46:33.559 --> 00:46:33.920
 marriage.

00:46:34.900 --> 00:46:35.239
 Well,

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.859
 you know,

00:46:36.279 --> 00:46:37.659
 one of the

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.279
 helpful things

00:46:38.279 --> 00:46:38.679
 is,

00:46:39.319 --> 00:46:40.319
 you don't

00:46:40.319 --> 00:46:40.940
 have to

00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:41.739
 spend one

00:46:41.739 --> 00:46:42.519
 ounce of

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:43.279
 imaginative

00:46:43.279 --> 00:46:44.179
 energy

00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:45.319
 considering those

00:46:45.319 --> 00:46:46.019
 other options.

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:47.599
 Because you

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:48.139
 can just

00:46:48.139 --> 00:46:49.239
 have resolved,

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:49.579
 no,

00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:50.920
 it's just

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:51.340
 not a

00:46:51.340 --> 00:46:51.900
 category.

00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:52.759
 Not going

00:46:52.759 --> 00:46:53.039
 to go there.

00:46:53.279 --> 00:46:53.659
 So some

00:46:53.659 --> 00:46:53.960
 of those

00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:54.819
 stances.

00:46:55.219 --> 00:46:55.480
 But then

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:55.819
 it also,

00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:56.460
 Paul in

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:57.380
 that same

00:46:57.380 --> 00:46:57.739
 verse he

00:46:57.739 --> 00:46:57.960
 says,

00:46:58.319 --> 00:46:59.519
 knowing what

00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:00.079
 these things

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:00.460
 lead to,

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:01.360
 and there's

00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:02.460
 a sense of

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:03.360
 understanding

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:03.980
 some of the

00:47:03.980 --> 00:47:05.380
 dynamics of

00:47:05.380 --> 00:47:05.900
 these sins

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:06.259
 that often

00:47:06.259 --> 00:47:06.759
 get us.

00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:07.599
 Think,

00:47:07.679 --> 00:47:08.219
 doggone it,

00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:08.840
 every time I

00:47:08.840 --> 00:47:09.259
 walk down

00:47:09.259 --> 00:47:09.799
 that alley I

00:47:09.799 --> 00:47:10.279
 get mugged

00:47:10.279 --> 00:47:10.679
 and I lose

00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:11.199
 my wallet.

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:12.259
 Let me

00:47:12.259 --> 00:47:12.739
 stop and

00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:13.159
 think this

00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:13.500
 through.

00:47:13.719 --> 00:47:14.059
 Is this

00:47:14.059 --> 00:47:14.340
 going to be

00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:14.779
 the best

00:47:14.779 --> 00:47:15.179
 alley to

00:47:15.179 --> 00:47:15.599
 walk down

00:47:15.599 --> 00:47:15.860
 to get

00:47:15.860 --> 00:47:16.199
 home?

00:47:16.799 --> 00:47:17.159
 And you

00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:17.759
 begin to

00:47:17.759 --> 00:47:19.319
 ask,

00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:20.740
 how does

00:47:20.740 --> 00:47:21.180
 the devil

00:47:21.180 --> 00:47:22.680
 bait the

00:47:22.680 --> 00:47:23.059
 hook?

00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:24.680
 What is it

00:47:24.680 --> 00:47:24.920
 that I

00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:25.280
 desire?

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:25.720
 What are

00:47:25.720 --> 00:47:26.360
 some maybe

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:27.180
 idolatries

00:47:27.180 --> 00:47:29.780
 beneath these

00:47:29.780 --> 00:47:30.380
 desires?

00:47:31.640 --> 00:47:32.260
 Because sometimes

00:47:32.260 --> 00:47:32.780
 when we fight

00:47:32.780 --> 00:47:33.039
 sin,

00:47:33.200 --> 00:47:33.539
 we're just

00:47:33.539 --> 00:47:33.840
 kind of

00:47:33.840 --> 00:47:34.539
 weed whacking

00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:34.880
 on the

00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:35.940
 top and

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:36.240
 we don't

00:47:36.240 --> 00:47:36.680
 go down to

00:47:36.680 --> 00:47:37.080
 the roots

00:47:37.080 --> 00:47:37.380
 of some

00:47:37.380 --> 00:47:37.640
 of these

00:47:37.640 --> 00:47:38.000
 things.

00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:38.880
 So when he

00:47:38.880 --> 00:47:39.120
 says,

00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:40.140
 knowing that

00:47:40.140 --> 00:47:40.660
 these things

00:47:40.660 --> 00:47:41.300
 lead to

00:47:41.300 --> 00:47:41.760
 and knowing

00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:42.120
 that,

00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:42.980
 he's talking

00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:43.580
 about getting

00:47:43.579 --> 00:47:44.739
 an understanding

00:47:44.739 --> 00:47:46.000
 of,

00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:48.559
 well,

00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:48.980
 as Paul

00:47:48.980 --> 00:47:49.299
 writes,

00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:51.579
 you are

00:47:51.579 --> 00:47:52.219
 not ignorant

00:47:52.219 --> 00:47:52.920
 of Satan's

00:47:52.920 --> 00:47:53.480
 devices.

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:54.679
 In other

00:47:54.679 --> 00:47:54.840
 words,

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:55.659
 don't be

00:47:55.659 --> 00:47:56.279
 ignorant of

00:47:56.279 --> 00:47:57.000
 how Satan

00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:57.659
 keeps taking

00:47:57.659 --> 00:47:58.159
 you out.

00:48:00.259 --> 00:48:00.980
 C.S. Lewis

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:01.719
 has this book

00:48:01.719 --> 00:48:02.699
 called Screwtape

00:48:02.699 --> 00:48:03.099
 Letters,

00:48:03.659 --> 00:48:04.059
 where it's

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:04.739
 kind of these

00:48:04.739 --> 00:48:06.639
 demon tempters

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:07.159
 are trying to

00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:07.799
 get you.

00:48:08.099 --> 00:48:08.799
 So sit down

00:48:08.799 --> 00:48:09.059
 and think,

00:48:09.139 --> 00:48:09.360
 okay,

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.000
 let me do a

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.420
 screwtape

00:48:10.420 --> 00:48:10.659
 letter.

00:48:11.219 --> 00:48:12.279
 How is

00:48:12.279 --> 00:48:12.659
 Satan going

00:48:12.659 --> 00:48:13.059
 to try to

00:48:13.059 --> 00:48:13.379
 mug me

00:48:13.379 --> 00:48:13.679
 and take

00:48:13.679 --> 00:48:14.159
 my lunch?

00:48:15.079 --> 00:48:15.719
 So those

00:48:15.719 --> 00:48:16.019
 are some

00:48:16.019 --> 00:48:16.440
 practical,

00:48:16.739 --> 00:48:18.119
 concrete ways

00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:19.339
 to do

00:48:19.339 --> 00:48:20.539
 this.

00:48:20.799 --> 00:48:21.399
 And then let's

00:48:21.399 --> 00:48:21.920
 keep talking

00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:22.420
 about this

00:48:22.420 --> 00:48:22.940
 together with

00:48:22.940 --> 00:48:23.259
 each other.

00:48:23.319 --> 00:48:23.440
 Hey,

00:48:23.539 --> 00:48:24.960
 how are you

00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:25.339
 finding?

00:48:26.019 --> 00:48:26.319
 Oh,

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:26.980
 boy,

00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:27.639
 where are you

00:48:27.639 --> 00:48:28.179
 stumbling and

00:48:28.179 --> 00:48:28.839
 falling and

00:48:28.839 --> 00:48:29.259
 what are you

00:48:29.259 --> 00:48:30.119
 finding to

00:48:30.119 --> 00:48:30.799
 fortify you?

00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:31.819
 What can

00:48:31.819 --> 00:48:32.599
 buttress your

00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:33.539
 best results?

00:48:34.139 --> 00:48:34.639
 And then just

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:35.339
 to try to do

00:48:35.339 --> 00:48:35.859
 this together.

00:48:36.259 --> 00:48:36.559
 So there are

00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:36.819
 a couple

00:48:36.819 --> 00:48:37.579
 thoughts.

00:48:38.059 --> 00:48:38.159
 Yeah.

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:39.339
 Anything else?

00:48:39.460 --> 00:48:40.199
 Maybe a chance

00:48:40.199 --> 00:48:40.819
 for one more?

00:48:42.219 --> 00:48:42.980
 I just wanted

00:48:42.980 --> 00:48:44.399
 to say that I

00:48:44.399 --> 00:48:44.859
 like the way

00:48:44.859 --> 00:48:45.559
 you illustrated

00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:46.159
 putting it on

00:48:46.159 --> 00:48:46.779
 the cross.

00:48:47.239 --> 00:48:47.779
 One of the

00:48:47.779 --> 00:48:48.339
 things that I

00:48:48.339 --> 00:48:48.819
 haven't ever

00:48:48.819 --> 00:48:49.500
 heard from

00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:50.000
 when you gave

00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:50.519
 God to me

00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:51.099
 though I was

00:48:51.099 --> 00:48:51.899
 somewhat conscious

00:48:51.899 --> 00:48:52.339
 of it,

00:48:52.619 --> 00:48:53.259
 but the consciousness

00:48:53.259 --> 00:48:54.139
 is clear to me

00:48:54.139 --> 00:48:54.419
 now,

00:48:54.759 --> 00:48:55.179
 that when you

00:48:55.179 --> 00:48:55.639
 put it up

00:48:55.639 --> 00:48:55.779
 here,

00:48:55.879 --> 00:48:56.759
 that crucifixion

00:48:56.759 --> 00:48:57.279
 is not an

00:48:57.279 --> 00:48:58.039
 instant thing.

00:48:58.359 --> 00:48:59.419
 It's gradual.

00:49:00.939 --> 00:49:01.799
 And what the

00:49:01.799 --> 00:49:02.319
 gentleman was

00:49:02.319 --> 00:49:03.319
 just referring to,

00:49:04.059 --> 00:49:04.699
 you're seeing

00:49:04.699 --> 00:49:05.139
 this thing

00:49:05.139 --> 00:49:05.899
 still alive,

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:06.480
 and as you

00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:06.939
 were saying

00:49:06.939 --> 00:49:07.379
 earlier,

00:49:07.719 --> 00:49:08.319
 it's calling

00:49:08.319 --> 00:49:08.779
 out like,

00:49:08.980 --> 00:49:09.439
 free me,

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:09.899
 set me free.

00:49:09.900 --> 00:49:10.119
 Yeah,

00:49:10.539 --> 00:49:10.720
 right,

00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:11.599
 right.

00:49:12.119 --> 00:49:12.639
 But,

00:49:12.940 --> 00:49:13.460
 yeah.

00:49:13.460 --> 00:49:43.440
 Thank you.