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 It's nice to be with you this morning. Please open up your copy of God's Word to Romans chapter 4.

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 Our text for today's study will be Romans chapter 4, verses 1-12.

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 As we have studied Paul's letter to the Romans, it has been a concern that you all may grow tired of hearing Paul's argument that we are justified by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ.

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 Alone? I hope not.

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 But Paul makes his case in mere minutes in the opening chapters of this book if we were to read it straight through.

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 But as we slow down to consider it in small bites, the lesson gets drawn out.

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 Two weeks ago, I preached what I felt was the necessary introduction as we began our study of chapter 4,

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 and we thought together about the five solas of the Reformation, Latin terms that were used in that day.

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 The Bible alone is God's final authority, sola scriptura.

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 And it is on its pages that we learn that we are saved by God's grace alone, sola gratia,

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 through faith alone, sola fide, in Jesus Christ alone, solus Christus,

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 and this salvation and all things exist for the glory of God alone, soli Deo Gloria.

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 We gave particular attention to the doctrine of sola scriptura those two weeks ago because I want you to want to stick to the text,

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 to really settle into our studies of long books like the book of Romans,

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 to relish in its teaching and trust that God knew what he was doing as these books were penned

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 and knows what he was doing as we open them and take them piece by piece together.

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 As we begin chapter 4, Paul continues to draw out his theme of justification by grace alone,

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 through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone,

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 with a particular attention in these first 12 verses to faith alone, sola fide.

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 Notice the beginning of verse 1, chapter 4.

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 He then says,

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 What then shall we say?

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 Let me draw you back just a little bit to Romans chapter 3, verse 21 and 22.

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 And in response to the argument he's been making,

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 this what then shall we say in chapter 4 and verse 1,

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 Romans 3, 21 and 22,

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 But now, the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law.

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 Although the law and the prophets bear witness to it,

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 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.

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 For there is no distinction.

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 So whether Jew or Gentile, just everyone not Jewish,

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 we are justified, which means to be declared righteous through faith.

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 We are justified through faith, and through faith alone.

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 Paul will continue to make this point in the first 12 verses of chapter 4.

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 Now, normally, we tend to follow a pattern in our preaching,

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 which is a very old pattern of preaching.

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 Many of the great Puritan preachers followed this pattern,

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 and it goes like this.

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 Exegesis, that is, explain what the text says.

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 Doctrine, what doctrines does the text teach,

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 and then application.

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 So what do we do with these doctrines?

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 Exegesis, doctrine, application.

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 They would often title the sections of their sermons in this way,

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 and they would announce them as they came to them.

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 They would say, here is the exegesis, and go on to explain.

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 And then they would say, here is the doctrine, and so forth.

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 Now, we don't announce the sections like that as we preach,

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 but we normally follow a very similar pattern.

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 Now that I've told you about it, you're probably going to notice it quite often.

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 Exegesis, doctrine, application.

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 But sometimes that happens for each point of the sermon,

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 so often it'll go exegesis, doctrine, application, exegesis, doctrine, application,

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 and so forth for however many points there may be for that day's text.

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 Now today, though, I'm going to mix the outline up a little bit.

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 I have already stated the doctrine.

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 We are justified through faith alone.

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 That is the doctrine presented in this text, sola fide.

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 To be justified means that God has declared you morally perfect.

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 We use that term righteous.

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 He's declared you morally perfect.

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 Roman 3.26 states that God is just

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 and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus Christ.

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 So it is God who does the declaration.

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 You cannot declare yourself morally perfect.

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 And it is moral perfection that we are concerned with here.

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 This is not physical perfection.

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 People spend a lot of time pursuing that, whatever that means.

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 Or professional perfection, or any other way you may define perfection.

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 Here we are talking about the only thing that will matter in the end.

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 Moral perfection.

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 Have you kept God's law?

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 So this is the doctrine.

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 We are justified through faith alone.

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 So I now want to state the application.

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 And then I promise we will exegete the text.

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 So in brief, application as we approach these verses together.

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 Today you find yourself in one of either two categories.

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 Most simply, one of two categories.

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 First, today, you are either not justified.

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 Or, I hope you can guess it, justified.

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 You have either not been declared by God to be righteous, morally perfect.

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 Or you have been declared by God to be justified, morally perfect.

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 If you are not declared righteous by God, then when you pass from this life and stand before him,

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 he will cast you forever from his presence to a place of eternal punishment.

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 And the Bible says much about this, and oh, is there so much that could be said here.

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 But I simply this morning want you to hear.

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 Your soul is in a desperate state now and will be forever if you do not place saving faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 You are guilty and you will stand in judgment.

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 You are guilty and you must be forgiven if you will avoid this eternal punishment.

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 God in his great loving kindness has made it possible for your sins to be forgotten.

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 For you, excuse me, to be declared righteous.

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 I believe that as you have gathered with us today, that God is doing a work in your life.

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 I just say it matter of factly.

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 There are better places to be if you care nothing about the eternal state of your soul.

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 If you are living for this life, there are more fun things to be doing.

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 But I hope that you are concerned about the eternal state of your soul.

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 And that I believe that God is at work bringing you to this place on this day.

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 He's either given you parents who love you enough to bring you to church or a friend that has invited you.

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 Or he has compelled you to come on your own.

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 Any number of possible other reasons exist.

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 How it is you found yourself sitting and listening now to God's word.

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 But you are not here by accident.

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 Hear God's word to you this day.

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 Turn from your sin.

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 Flee to Christ.

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 Let this be the day of your salvation.

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 If you are declared righteous,

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 I believe this represents the majority of people who are here with us today.

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 If you are declared morally perfect by God,

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 you also need to heed the words of today's text.

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 Because perhaps you need to be reminded that if you are justified,

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 then you are justified by grace alone through faith alone.

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 We can be declared righteous and heir in two ways as we respond to this declaration.

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 We can first live as if the way we live doesn't matter at all.

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 The argument goes something like,

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 I am saved by faith alone.

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 So how I live is inconsequential as long as I have faith.

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 There's a lot of people in our day that live in this way.

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 Or secondly, and I think this is typically more true of us,

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 I know can tend to be true of me.

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 We can live as if we began by faith,

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 but now we must be continually justified by our works.

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 I forget sometimes.

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 And it is subtle and it creeps up

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 that I'm justified, declared righteous by God.

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 My salvation, my eternal standing with God,

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 does not depend on me,

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 but on Him and the work that He has accomplished.

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 Now both errors stem from forgetfulness

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 and a misunderstanding of the difference

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 between justification and sanctification.

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 Both justification and sanctification

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 are brought about by grace alone through faith alone.

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 God gives to us His Spirit

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 and declares us righteous in justification.

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 He removes the guilt of our sin

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 as He punished it in Christ as He hung on the cross.

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 He grants us the moral perfection of Christ

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 that was gained by His sinless life.

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 I like it when I hear someone say,

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 we are saved by works but not our own,

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 the works of another.

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 And they're talking about Jesus.

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 Jesus' perfect life.

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 When we are justified,

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 we become His.

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 He makes us His own.

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 In sanctification,

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 we are brought degree by degree,

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 bit by bit,

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 into conformity with who He has declared us to be

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 by the power of the Spirit within us.

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 He has declared that we are something,

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 and sanctification is bringing us to that reality.

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 Declared, not made righteous,

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 declared righteous.

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 Sanctification is the process by which

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 we are being made righteous,

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 which will be fully realized

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 when the Lord Jesus Christ returns.

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 We will be finally made perfect

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 in that very last day,

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 but we are meant to be moving in degree toward it

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 in between now and then.

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 If we rightly understand this,

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 then we will not live however we see fit,

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 but we'll want to see our lives

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 bear witness to our faith in Christ.

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 Evidence what we believe to be true

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 of who God has made us.

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 If we rightly understand this,

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 then we will,

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 when we fail to live as God would have us,

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 we will not lose all hope,

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 but we'll repent and press on.

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 I think many good,

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 God-fearing Christians

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 think they must have some

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 long extended time of penitence.

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 How sad must I feel

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 over my sin when I sin?

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 And this gets asked to me fairly regularly,

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 and here's the answer.

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 As long as it takes

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 to get you back to the cross,

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 back to the reality

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 that if you are in Christ,

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 then God has declared you righteous.

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 Grieve over your sin,

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 but only as long as it takes

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 for you to go back to the truth

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 of what God has accomplished

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 on your behalf

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 in the person and work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 We cannot live as if how we live

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 does not matter.

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 Neither can we live

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 as if how we live

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 is all that matters.

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 Beloved, let us not forget

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 that we are saved

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 by the works

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And that out of wonder,

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 love, and awe,

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 by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in the power of the Spirit,

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 let us press on

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 in holy endeavors.

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 because of what God

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 has done for us,

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 sola fide,

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 through faith,

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 let us press on

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 to holiness.

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 holiness.

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 This is the application.

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 Now to our text

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 and the exegesis.

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 Romans chapter 4,

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 verses 1 through 12.

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 Beloved,

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 this is God's word to us,

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 written for his glory

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 and our good,

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 so we would all do well

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 to listen to it

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 in order to believe

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 its promises

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 and to obey its commands.

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 What then shall we say

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 was gained by Abraham,

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 our forefather,

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 according to the flesh?

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 For if Abraham

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 was justified by works,

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 he has something

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 to boast about,

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 but not before God.

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 For what does

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 the scripture say?

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 Abraham believed God

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 and it was counted to him

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 as righteousness.

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 Now to the one who works,

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 his wages are not counted

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 as a gift,

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 but as his due.

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 And to the one

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 who does not work,

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 but believes in him

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 who justifies the ungodly,

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 his faith is counted

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 as righteousness.

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 Just as David also speaks

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 of the blessing

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 of the one to whom

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 God counts righteousness

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 apart from works.

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 Blessed are those

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 whose lawless deeds

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 are forgiven

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 and whose sins

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 are covered.

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 Blessed is the man

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 against whom the Lord

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 will not count his sin.

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 Is this blessing

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 then only for the circumcised

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 or also for the uncircumcised?

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 See there,

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 Jew and Gentile.

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 For we say that faith

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 was counted to Abraham

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 as righteousness.

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 How then was it counted

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 to him?

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 Was it before

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 or after

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 he had been circumcised?

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 It was not after,

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 but before

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 he was circumcised.

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 He received

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 the sign of circumcision

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 as a seal

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 of the righteousness

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 that he had by faith

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 while he was still

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 uncircumcised.

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 The purpose

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 was to make him

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 the father

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 of all who believe

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 without being circumcised

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 so that righteousness

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 would be counted

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 to them as well

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 and to make them

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 the father

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 of the circumcised

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 who are not merely

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 circumcised

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 but who also walk

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 in the footsteps

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 of the faith

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 that our father Abraham

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 had before

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 he was circumcised.

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 So,

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 simple outline for you

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 this morning.

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 Just three points.

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 Number one,

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 sola fide

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 cries Abraham.

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 Number two,

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 sola fide

00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:28.440
 cries David.

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 And number three,

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 sola fide

00:16:30.680 --> 00:16:31.840
 cries the church.

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 Number one,

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 sola fide

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 cries Abraham.

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 Paul appeals

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 to what the scripture

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 has to say

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 about Abraham.

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 What shall we say

00:16:42.880 --> 00:16:43.920
 was gained by Abraham?

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 If Abraham was justified

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 by works,

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 he has something

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 to boast about.

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 But what does

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 the scripture say?

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 Verse three,

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 Abraham believed God

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 and was counted

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 to him

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 as righteousness.

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 His belief,

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 his faith

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 was counted

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 as righteousness.

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 This is a quotation

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 from Genesis chapter 15

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 and verse six.

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 Paul's a good preacher.

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 He is using

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 the scripture

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 to help people

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 understand

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 the plan

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 of God.

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 So I would

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 like to ask you

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 to join me

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 in Genesis

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 chapter 15.

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 I think it'll

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 serve you well

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 to see those

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 first six verses

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 and I'll draw

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 your attention

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 to some neighboring

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 material as well.

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 So as you're getting there,

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 Genesis chapter 15,

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 it's back in

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 Genesis chapter 12

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 that God

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 calls Abraham,

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 then called

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 Abram,

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 and tells him,

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 Abram,

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 and I will make

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 of you

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 a great nation.

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 This is the beginning

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 of verse two

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 of chapter 12

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 and this will

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 be tied together

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 a bit later

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 as I read to you

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 from the book

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 of Galatians.

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 He there says,

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 part of the promise

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 he makes,

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 God makes

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 when he calls

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 Abram,

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 I will make of you

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 a great nation.

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 You will be the

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 father

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 of many

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 people.

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 back to

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 Romans chapter

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 4.

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 And a number

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 of things

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 come to pass.

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 If you're not

00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:09.680
 familiar with the

00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:09.960
 story,

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 you should read

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 the story,

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 the things that

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 are happening.

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 Some significant

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 things happen

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 in between

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 chapter 12

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 and chapter

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 15.

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 There we read,

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 after these things,

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 beginning of

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 chapter 15,

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 the word of the

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 Lord came to

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 Abram in a vision.

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 Fear not,

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:27.759
 Abram,

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:29.139
 I am your shield,

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 your reward

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 shall be very

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 great.

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 But Abram

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 said,

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 O Lord God,

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 what will you

00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.039
 give me?

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 For I continue

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 childless,

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 and the heir of

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 my house is

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 Eleazar of

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 Damascus.

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 And Abram

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.160
 said,

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 Behold,

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.420
 you have given

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 me no offspring,

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 and a member

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 of my household

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 will be my

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 heir.

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 He's saying,

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:50.000
 how am I going

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.460
 to be the

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 father of

00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:51.379
 nations?

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 How is this

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:52.759
 possible?

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 I don't have

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 a son.

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 Verse 4,

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 And behold,

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 the word of the

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 Lord came to

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 him,

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 this man shall

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 not be your

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 heir,

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 your very own

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.920
 son shall be

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.519
 your heir.

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 And he brought

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 him outside

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 and said,

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:07.079
 look toward

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.720
 heaven and

00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.480
 number the

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.400
 stars if you

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 are able to

00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.380
 number them.

00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.440
 Then he said

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:12.839
 to him,

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.700
 so shall your

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 offspring be.

00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.000
 Now,

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:19.380
 Abram is very

00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:20.640
 old at this

00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:20.960
 point.

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 If my memory

00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.599
 is serving me

00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.039
 correct,

00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.019
 someone's going

00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.420
 to come up and

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:24.839
 tell me that I'm

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.420
 wrong at the

00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:25.779
 end of this,

00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.480
 I'm sure.

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.819
 I believe he's

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.640
 87.

00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:28.940
 Ben.

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.820
 Something like

00:19:30.820 --> 00:19:30.980
 that.

00:19:31.020 --> 00:19:31.480
 He's in his

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.020
 80s,

00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:32.680
 to be sure.

00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:34.620
 His wife,

00:19:35.020 --> 00:19:35.400
 Sarah,

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:36.160
 is yet to be

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.480
 pregnant.

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.320
 So,

00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:39.020
 none of this

00:19:39.020 --> 00:19:39.400
 has actually

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.100
 happened yet.

00:19:40.520 --> 00:19:41.440
 In a vision,

00:19:41.600 --> 00:19:42.340
 he goes out

00:19:42.340 --> 00:19:42.800
 and God

00:19:42.800 --> 00:19:43.340
 says to him,

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:43.700
 look toward

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.000
 heaven and

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.259
 number the

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.520
 stars.

00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:44.800
 If you're

00:19:44.800 --> 00:19:45.060
 able to

00:19:45.060 --> 00:19:45.500
 number them,

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.940
 so shall

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.560
 your offspring

00:19:47.560 --> 00:19:48.360
 be.

00:19:48.520 --> 00:19:48.700
 And then

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.180
 verse 6,

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.620
 which is what

00:19:49.620 --> 00:19:49.960
 Paul is

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.960
 citing in

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.420
 Romans chapter

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:51.780
 4,

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.259
 and he

00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:53.340
 believed

00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:54.359
 the Lord.

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.740
 He believed

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.359
 the promise,

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:58.059
 and God

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.939
 counted it

00:19:58.939 --> 00:19:59.500
 to him

00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.679
 as

00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:02.259
 righteousness.

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:03.839
 Now,

00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.439
 it is not

00:20:04.439 --> 00:20:04.919
 until

00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:06.159
 Genesis chapter

00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:07.480
 17

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:09.199
 when

00:20:09.199 --> 00:20:09.939
 circumcision

00:20:09.939 --> 00:20:10.819
 comes up,

00:20:10.919 --> 00:20:11.419
 and this is

00:20:11.419 --> 00:20:12.099
 at least

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:13.279
 13 years

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.980
 later.

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.819
 At least.

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.759
 Probably more,

00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:16.659
 but it's at least

00:20:16.659 --> 00:20:18.379
 13 years

00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:19.359
 later.

00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:19.799
 So,

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.539
 Abram's faith

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.720
 is counted to

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:22.980
 him as

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.460
 righteousness

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:25.460
 long before

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:27.039
 the circumcision.

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.319
 So,

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:29.059
 what is it

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:30.600
 that Abram

00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:31.299
 has to boast

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:31.519
 in?

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.299
 Nothing.

00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:34.940
 There's nothing

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.400
 to boast in

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:35.799
 at all.

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.279
 Right?

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.700
 He believed

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.519
 the promise

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.420
 of God,

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.000
 and God

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:41.160
 declared him

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:42.500
 morally

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:44.259
 perfect.

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.559
 And Paul's

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.000
 just going on

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.460
 to explain

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.900
 that back

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.339
 in Romans

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.140
 chapter 4.

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.440
 Now,

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.819
 to the one

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.360
 who works,

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:49.980
 he's reasoning

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.579
 with us.

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.960
 If you work,

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.759
 then you're

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.160
 due your

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.620
 wages.

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.860
 It's good

00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.319
 to thank

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.860
 your boss

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.380
 for your

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:57.840
 paycheck.

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.039
 It's not a

00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.720
 bad thing

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.100
 to do,

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.740
 but I hope

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.039
 that you

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.680
 earned

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.819
 your paycheck.

00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:03.920
 You traded

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:04.920
 labor for

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:06.360
 those wages.

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.319
 They're not

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:07.900
 counted as a

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.100
 gift,

00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.559
 he says in

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.059
 verse 4,

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.100
 but as

00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:10.799
 your due.

00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:11.539
 Of course.

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.440
 Typically,

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:12.940
 a good boss

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.460
 will say that,

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:13.720
 oh,

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.039
 no,

00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:14.880
 thank you

00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:15.440
 for working.

00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:16.400
 I appreciate

00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:16.840
 that.

00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:18.939
 But the

00:21:18.939 --> 00:21:19.319
 one who

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:20.199
 does not

00:21:20.199 --> 00:21:20.659
 work,

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:22.159
 but believes

00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:22.899
 in him

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.819
 who justifies

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.819
 the ungodly,

00:21:25.139 --> 00:21:25.740
 his faith

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:27.019
 is counted

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:28.199
 as righteousness.

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.519
 So we are

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.039
 justified

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.480
 by faith

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.939
 alone.

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.539
 The point

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.179
 is being

00:21:33.179 --> 00:21:33.919
 pressed.

00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:35.079
 Paul writes

00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:35.419
 later in

00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:35.679
 Ephesians

00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:36.220
 chapter 2,

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.659
 verse 8 and

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:36.879
 9,

00:21:36.959 --> 00:21:37.679
 for by grace

00:21:37.679 --> 00:21:38.179
 you have been

00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:38.919
 saved through

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 faith,

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 and this is

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 not your

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.779
 own doing,

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 it is the

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:41.759
 gift of

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 God,

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 not a

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 result of

00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:44.000
 work,

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 so that

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 no one

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 may boast.

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 Beloved,

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 if we have

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 anything to boast

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 in at all,

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 it is what

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.200
 God has done

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.920
 on our behalf

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.960
 in the

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.620
 personal work

00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:56.340
 of the

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:56.680
 Lord Jesus

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.120
 Christ.

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.620
 We are

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:58.920
 undeserving

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.440
 of the

00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.880
 salvation

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 that is

00:22:00.800 --> 00:22:01.040
 ours.

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.620
 Why do

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.100
 we continue

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:02.500
 to act

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:02.900
 as if we

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 must

00:22:03.320 --> 00:22:04.200
 deserve it?

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.580
 As if we

00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:06.840
 must earn

00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.060
 it?

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.020
 May it

00:22:09.020 --> 00:22:09.460
 never be.

00:22:10.560 --> 00:22:11.140
 May we

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.759
 press on in

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.420
 holiness because

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.259
 of who God

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.259
 has declared

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:16.019
 us to be

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 by grace

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:18.920
 through faith.

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 So Abraham,

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.579
 the story of

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.640
 Abraham cries

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 out to us,

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 sola

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:25.480
 fide.

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.660
 But also

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:28.079
 David,

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.879
 Paul goes

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.240
 on in

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.819
 Romans 4

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:32.160
 verse 6,

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 just as

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.599
 David also,

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 he is just

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.359
 reiterating,

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 he is driving

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.660
 his point,

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 he is piling

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.119
 up the

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 argument,

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 speaks of

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.680
 the blessing

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.799
 of the one

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 to whom God

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:44.019
 counts righteous

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 apart from

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.980
 works.

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 Blessed are

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.259
 those whose

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:48.019
 lawless deeds

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.599
 are forgiven

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.039
 and whose

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.980
 sins are

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.379
 covered.

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 Blessed is

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.039
 the man

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.779
 against whom

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 the Lord

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:53.900
 will not

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:55.559
 count his

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:55.940
 sin.

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.079
 This is

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.700
 Psalm 32

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.539
 verses 1

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:58.879
 and the

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.720
 first half

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.599
 ish of

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:02.460
 verse 2.

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 David had

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.759
 committed

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.119
 egregious

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.759
 sins.

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:07.859
 David had

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.639
 committed sins

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.019
 that there

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.059
 was no

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:11.559
 reparation for

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.579
 in the

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:12.940
 law.

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.039
 David had

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.720
 no hope

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.139
 of going

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.399
 to the

00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:16.700
 temple

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 and giving

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.740
 the forgiveness

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.119
 of his

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.519
 sins for

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:18.859
 the sins

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.119
 that he

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.339
 had

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.679
 committed.

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:20.679
 So what

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:20.839
 does he

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.099
 do?

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:22.379
 He throws

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:23.379
 himself on

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:23.759
 the mercy

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.799
 of God.

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:25.899
 By faith

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:26.960
 he believes

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:28.639
 that somehow

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:30.019
 God's promises

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.960
 will be true

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.179
 and his sins

00:23:32.179 --> 00:23:33.599
 will be forgiven.

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.940
 Turn to

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.539
 Psalm 32.

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.179
 Let's read

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.460
 it in

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:36.740
 its

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.840
 entirety.

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.840
 When Paul

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.440
 cites these

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.799
 texts it's

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.560
 most likely

00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:44.100
 his original

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:45.160
 hearers knew

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.720
 the psalm.

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.700
 He's pulling

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.320
 out a piece

00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:47.620
 of it but

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:47.840
 they would

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.759
 have heard

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.220
 it in its

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.140
 entirety as

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.580
 this letter

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:50.920
 was read

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.259
 to them.

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.259


00:23:51.259 --> 00:24:06.279
 Psalm 32.

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.779
 Read all

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.299
 11 verses.

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.839
 Blessed is

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.200
 the one

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.460
 whose

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.299
 transgression

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.619
 is forgiven,

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.480
 whose sin

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.879
 is covered.

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.259
 Blessed is

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.599
 the man

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.000
 against whom

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.319
 the Lord

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.180
 counts no

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.980
 iniquity and

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.339
 in whose

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:20.859
 spirit

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.819
 there is

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.579
 no deceit.

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.099
 For when

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.759
 I kept

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.699
 silent my

00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:27.139
 bones wasted

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.899
 away through

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.659
 my groaning

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.379
 all day

00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:29.819
 long.

00:24:30.679 --> 00:24:31.619
 For day

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.240
 and night

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.019
 your hand

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.659
 was heavy

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.559
 upon me.

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.759
 My strength

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.500
 was dried

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.259
 up as by

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.879
 the heat

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:39.199
 of summer.

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.259
 He's under

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.099
 the conviction

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:42.279
 of his

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.619
 sin.

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.679
 He's not

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:44.319
 crying out

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:44.759
 to God

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.319
 and it's

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.079
 destroying

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.779
 him.

00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:49.159
 I acknowledge

00:24:49.159 --> 00:24:49.639
 my sin

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.079
 to you,

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.839
 verse 5,

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:52.359
 and I

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.899
 did not

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.279
 cover

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.639
 my

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.119
 iniquity.

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:54.899
 I

00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:55.319
 said,

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:55.659
 I will

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.039
 confess

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.319
 my

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.899
 transgressions

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.199
 to the

00:24:57.199 --> 00:24:57.439
 Lord

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:58.139
 and you

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.939
 forgave

00:24:58.939 --> 00:24:59.559
 the

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.019
 iniquity

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:01.099
 of my

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.459
 sin.

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.519
 Therefore,

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.379
 let everyone

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.679
 who is

00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:05.199
 godly

00:25:05.199 --> 00:25:05.500
 offer

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.099
 prayer to

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.339
 you at

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.759
 a time

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.019
 when you

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.319
 may be

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.740
 found.

00:25:07.979 --> 00:25:08.219
 Surely,

00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:09.059
 in the

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.559
 rush of

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:09.819
 great

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.199
 waters,

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.859
 they shall

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.819
 not

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:13.179
 reach him.

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.859
 He's

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.259
 talking there

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.459
 about

00:25:14.459 --> 00:25:15.039
 judgment.

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.719
 Water

00:25:15.719 --> 00:25:15.979
 was

00:25:15.979 --> 00:25:16.939
 frightening

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:18.160
 to these

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.559
 people.

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.140
 In judgment

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.519
 we will

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:20.940
 not find

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.140
 him.

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.100
 Let us

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:23.360
 cry now

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.920
 while he

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.160
 is to

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.759
 be found.

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.900
 Verse 7,

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.580
 you are a

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:27.500
 hiding place

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.860
 for me.

00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:29.039
 You preserve

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:30.000
 me from

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.420
 trouble.

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.660
 You surround

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.720
 me with

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.340
 shouts

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:35.000
 of deliverance.

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.460
 And then the

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.960
 voice of the

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.299
 psalm

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.320
 changes.

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:38.960
 It's now

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.740
 God speaking.

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.279
 He says,

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.660
 I will

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.259
 instruct

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.660
 you

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.899
 and teach

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.139
 you

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.399
 in the

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.720
 way

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.519
 you

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.700
 should

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.059
 go.

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.059
 I will

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.559
 counsel

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:46.859
 you

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.099
 with

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.420
 my

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.059
 eye

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.940
 upon

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.279
 you.

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.420
 Be

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:50.779
 not

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.019
 like

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.220
 a

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.660
 horse

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.299
 or a

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.639
 mule

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:52.980
 without

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.660
 understanding

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:53.879
 which

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.119
 must

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.619
 be

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.259
 curbed

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.500
 with

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.859
 bit

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.700
 and

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.139
 bridle

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:57.759
 or

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:57.879
 it

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.039
 will

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.299
 not

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.700
 stay

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.519
 near

00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.799
 you.

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.079
 Do

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.139
 not

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.279
 be

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.879
 stubborn

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.519
 like

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:01.639
 a

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:01.980
 horse

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.379
 or

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:03.539
 a

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:03.799
 mule.

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.480
 Many

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.680
 are

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:05.859
 the

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.240
 sorrows

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.359
 of

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:06.500
 the

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.720
 wicked

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:06.920
 but

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.599
 steadfast

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:07.940
 love

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.660
 surrounds

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:08.920
 the

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.279
 one

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.559
 who

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:09.980
 trusts

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.160
 in

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.299
 the

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.599
 Lord.

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.120
 Be

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.579
 glad

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:11.720
 in

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:11.880
 the

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.200
 Lord

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.940
 and

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.440
 rejoice

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.980
 O

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.319
 righteous

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.620
 and

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:14.940
 shout

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.180
 for

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.500
 joy

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:15.980
 all

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.339
 you

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.960
 upright

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.059
 in

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.440
 heart.

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.799
 Right?

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.019
 So

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:20.920
 David

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.380
 throws

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:21.819
 himself

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.099
 on

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.240
 the

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.559
 mercy

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:22.779
 of

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.180
 God

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.420
 and

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.039
 understands

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.720
 that

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.039
 as

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.200
 he

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.519
 does

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.019
 so

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.860
 God

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.200
 will

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:27.700
 forgive

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.360
 his

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:28.759
 sins.

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.059
 It

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.180
 has

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.299
 been

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.720
 repeatedly

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.019
 stated

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.160
 that

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.220
 we

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.319
 are

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.700
 justified

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:31.940
 by

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.200
 grace

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.380
 alone

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.539
 through

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.759
 faith

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:32.980
 alone

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.160
 and

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.400
 Jesus

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.839
 Christ

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:35.140
 alone.

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.339
 But

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.680
 how

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:35.940
 can

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.059
 it

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.339
 be

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:36.599
 that

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:36.940
 those

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.279
 people

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.500
 who

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.980
 lived

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.900
 before

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.460
 Christ

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.400
 were

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.880
 justified?

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.519
 How

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.799
 is this

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.299
 true of

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.440
 Abraham

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.339
 and of

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.099
 David

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.519
 and of

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.920
 many

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.400
 other

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.380
 saints?

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:47.720
 The

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.440
 author of

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.779
 Hebrews

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.440
 gives us

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.200
 some help

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.500
 in this

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.839
 matter

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.680
 beginning

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.220
 in the

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.460
 beginning

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.140
 of chapter

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.839
 11 of

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.160
 Hebrews.

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:54.799
 There he

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.059
 says,

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.720
 now faith

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.079
 is the

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.519
 assurance

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.279
 of things

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.120
 hoped

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:58.480
 for.

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.039
 The

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.539
 conviction

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.460
 of things

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.160
 not

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.059
 seen.

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.380
 Wasn't

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.579
 this

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.200
 true of

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.660
 Abraham

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:05.120
 and of

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:05.440
 David

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.299
 and many

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.620
 others

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.200
 like them?

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.460
 Verse 2

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.779
 he says,

00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.279
 for by

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.460
 it

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.059
 the

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.519
 people

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.819
 of

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.319
 old

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.960
 received

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.920
 their

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.759
 commendation.

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.420
 Then

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.039
 verses 3

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.700
 through 12

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.299
 of

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.480
 Hebrews

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.839
 11,

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.960
 we see

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.640
 a list

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:19.920
 of

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.220
 people

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.480
 like

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.920
 Abel

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.140
 and

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.480
 Noah

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:21.880
 and

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.539
 Enoch

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.779
 and

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.759
 Abraham.

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.160
 And

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.240
 then

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.339
 in

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.480
 verse

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.900
 13

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.099
 he

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.460
 says,

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:26.759
 these

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.140
 all

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.779
 died

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.140
 in

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.759
 faith,

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.759
 not

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.059
 having

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.599
 received

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:30.759
 the

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:30.940
 things

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.279
 promised,

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.480
 but

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.740
 having

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.200
 seen

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.460
 them

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:32.720
 and

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.039
 greeted

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.259
 them

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.460
 from

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.940
 afar,

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.420
 and

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.660
 having

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.279
 acknowledged

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.539
 that

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.640
 they

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:35.799
 were

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.519
 strangers

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.880
 and

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.599
 exiles

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.299
 on

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.459
 the

00:27:38.459 --> 00:27:38.859
 earth.

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:39.959
 For

00:27:39.959 --> 00:27:40.219
 people

00:27:40.219 --> 00:27:40.399
 who

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:40.740
 speak

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.019
 thus

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.240
 make

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.399
 it

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:41.719
 clear

00:27:41.719 --> 00:27:41.899
 that

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.019
 they

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.139
 are

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:42.579
 seeking

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.299
 a

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.740
 homeland.

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:44.879
 If

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:44.980
 they

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.059
 had

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.159
 been

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.379
 thinking

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:45.559
 of

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:45.679
 that

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:45.879
 land

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.039
 from

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.199
 which

00:27:46.199 --> 00:27:46.319
 they

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.419
 had

00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:46.619
 gone

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:46.799
 out,

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:46.959
 they

00:27:46.959 --> 00:27:47.139
 would

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.299
 have

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.559
 had

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.199
 opportunity

00:27:48.199 --> 00:27:48.500
 to

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:48.899
 return.

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.399
 But

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:49.559
 as

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:49.679
 it

00:27:49.679 --> 00:27:49.859
 is,

00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:50.019
 they

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.619
 desire

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:50.919
 a

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.139
 better

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.619
 country

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:51.839
 that

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.139
 is

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.399
 a

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:52.759
 heavenly

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.240
 one.

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.039
 Therefore

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.619
 God

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:54.939
 is not

00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.559
 ashamed

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.039
 to be

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.459
 called

00:27:56.459 --> 00:27:56.699
 their

00:27:56.699 --> 00:27:57.059
 God,

00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:57.240
 for

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.359
 he

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.500
 has

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.939
 prepared

00:27:57.939 --> 00:27:58.219
 for

00:27:58.219 --> 00:27:58.639
 them

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:59.759
 a

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.000
 city.

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:01.539
 Faith,

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.659
 future

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.240
 promise.

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.540
 Then

00:28:04.540 --> 00:28:04.680
 in

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:04.840
 verses

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.340
 17

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:05.519
 through

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.900
 38

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.120
 we

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.320
 get

00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:06.759
 more

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:06.980
 of

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.240
 these

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.759
 people

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:07.980
 of

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.560
 old

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.440
 listed.

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:09.700
 And

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:09.820
 in

00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:10.040
 verse

00:28:10.040 --> 00:28:10.680
 39

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.759
 the

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:11.920
 author

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.060
 of

00:28:12.060 --> 00:28:12.220
 Hebrews

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.580
 says,

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:12.759
 And

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.180
 all

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.720
 these

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.060
 though

00:28:14.060 --> 00:28:14.740
 commended

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.120
 through

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.340
 their

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.820
 faith

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.660
 did

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:16.860
 not

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.360
 receive

00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:17.580
 what

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:17.740
 was

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.300
 promised

00:28:18.300 --> 00:28:18.740
 since

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.200
 God

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.380
 had

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:19.759
 provided

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.340
 something

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:21.120
 better

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:22.060
 for

00:28:22.060 --> 00:28:22.540
 us

00:28:22.540 --> 00:28:23.259
 that

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.580
 apart

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:23.820
 from

00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:24.200
 us

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.100
 they

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.320
 should

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:25.779
 not

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.740
 be

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:26.960
 made

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.400
 perfect.

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.980
 So

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.080
 the

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:29.259
 people

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.400
 of

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:29.700
 old

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.860
 awaited

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.000
 the

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.380
 promise

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:31.560
 of

00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:31.700
 the

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:31.920
 coming

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.440
 Christ

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.220
 that

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.440
 the

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:33.920
 church

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.140
 would

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.340
 be

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:34.880
 gathered

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.960
 together

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.440
 that

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:36.880
 all

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.080
 of

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.559
 us

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.200
 one

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.660
 day

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:38.940
 will

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.480
 rejoice

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.220
 together

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.940
 in

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.039
 the

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.460
 presence

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.380
 of

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.660
 God.

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.620
 Brings

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:44.880
 us to

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.019
 the

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.200
 third

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.559
 point.

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.160
 Sola

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.940
 fide

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:48.140
 cries

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:49.380
 the

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:49.779
 church.

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.539
 This

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.880
 church

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.279
 that this

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.600
 letter was

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:52.920
 written to

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.420
 in Rome

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.980
 and

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:55.000
 us

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.220
 today

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.500
 is the

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.779
 blessing

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.480
 only for

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.620
 the

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.340
 circumcised

00:28:59.340 --> 00:29:00.039
 or also

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.400
 the

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:01.259
 uncircumcised.

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:01.600
 Praise

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:01.919
 be to

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.159
 God.

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.339
 The

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:02.759
 answer

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.399
 is

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.319
 for

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.879
 both.

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.339
 I

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.740
 think

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.240
 some

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.359
 of

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.459
 you

00:29:07.459 --> 00:29:07.619
 may

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:07.779
 be

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.159
 ethnically

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:08.599
 Jewish.

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.219
 Most

00:29:09.219 --> 00:29:09.399
 of

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:09.559
 us

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:09.699
 are

00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:10.099
 not.

00:29:10.919 --> 00:29:11.199
 I'm

00:29:11.199 --> 00:29:11.779
 so

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.939
 grateful

00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:13.439
 that

00:29:13.439 --> 00:29:13.559
 the

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:13.799
 gospel

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:13.959
 of

00:29:13.959 --> 00:29:14.139
 Jesus

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.500
 Christ

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.699
 is

00:29:14.699 --> 00:29:14.859
 for

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.399
 all

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:16.159
 of

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.539
 us.

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:17.639
 And

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:17.719
 he

00:29:17.719 --> 00:29:17.919
 makes

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.079
 this

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.480
 argument.

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.399
 When

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.759
 was

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:19.980
 the

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.379
 righteousness

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:20.959
 counted

00:29:20.959 --> 00:29:21.359
 to

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:21.839
 Abraham?

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.179
 Before

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:23.719
 or

00:29:23.719 --> 00:29:24.079
 after

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.740
 he

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:24.859
 was

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.359
 circumcised?

00:29:25.439 --> 00:29:25.500
 And

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.579
 it

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:25.699
 was

00:29:25.699 --> 00:29:25.899
 most

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 certainly

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 before.

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 As

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 I

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 said,

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 at

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 least

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 13

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 years

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 before.

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 There's

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 a

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 great

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 gap

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 of

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 time

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 from

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 the

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 beginning

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 of

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 Genesis

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:34.759
 chapter

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.180
 15

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 to

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.579
 the

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:35.880
 beginning

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.120
 of

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.460
 Genesis

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.079
 chapter

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:38.299
 17.

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.340
 Not

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:39.960
 justified

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.759
 by works

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.420
 of

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:41.559
 the

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 law.

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 The

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.559
 law

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 bears

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 witness

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 to

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 our

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 sinful

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 state

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 and

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 our

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 need

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 of

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 a

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 savior.

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 It

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 helps

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 us

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 be

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.059
 aware

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 of

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 our

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 transgression.

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 Once

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 counted,

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 declared

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 righteous,

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 it

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 helps

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 us

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 to

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 know

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 how

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 we

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 ought

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 to

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 walk

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 to

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 please

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 our

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.920
 God.

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.379
 But

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.500
 we

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 are

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.180
 not

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.119
 justified

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 by

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 works

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.400
 of

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.539
 the

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:01.859
 law.

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 Galatians

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.099
 chapter

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 3.

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 Last

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 text

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 for

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 today.

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 Verse

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 6

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 and

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 following.

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 There

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 Paul

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 says,

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 Abraham

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 believed

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 God

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 and it

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 was

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 counted

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 to

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 him

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 as

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 righteousness.

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 Genesis

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 15

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 6.

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 Know

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 then

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 that

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 it

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 is

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 those

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 of

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 faith

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 who

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 are

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 the

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 sons

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 of

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 Abraham.

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 And

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 the

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.200
 scripture

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 foreseeing

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 that

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 God

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 would

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 justify

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.079
 the

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 Gentiles

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 by

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 faith

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.940
 preached

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 the

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 gospel

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 beforehand

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 to

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 Abraham

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 saying

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 in

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 you

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.019
 shall

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 all

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.539
 the

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.019
 nations

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.640
 be

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 blessed.

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 Remember

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 that

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.539
 back

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.759
 from

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 the

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.539
 beginning

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:38.779
 of

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.119
 chapter

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.579
 12?

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.559
 In

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 you

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:42.000
 shall

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.220
 all

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.399
 the

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:42.699
 nations

00:30:42.699 --> 00:30:42.899
 be

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:43.339
 blessed.

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 And

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:43.779
 here

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.079
 Paul

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.439
 says

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 under

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 the

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 inspiration

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.299
 of

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 the

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:45.679
 spirit

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 that

00:30:46.199 --> 00:30:46.579
 this

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.139
 was

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.339
 the

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.859
 scriptures

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.659
 preaching

00:30:48.659 --> 00:30:49.379
 the

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:49.819
 gospel.

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 That's

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.159
 cool.

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 So cool.

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 Verse

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 9

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 Galatians 3

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 So then

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 those

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 who

00:30:55.699 --> 00:30:55.839
 are

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 of

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 faith

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.439
 are

00:30:56.439 --> 00:30:56.819
 blessed

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.259
 along

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.439
 with

00:30:57.439 --> 00:30:57.899
 Abraham

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.480
 the

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.699
 man

00:30:58.699 --> 00:30:58.859
 of

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.240
 faith.

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.099
 For

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.399
 all

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:00.559
 who

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:00.919
 rely

00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:01.079
 on

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.359
 works

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:01.459
 of

00:31:01.459 --> 00:31:01.559
 the

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:01.759
 law

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:01.919
 are

00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:02.199
 under

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.419
 a

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:02.720
 curse

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.059
 for

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.159
 it

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.259
 is

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.559
 written

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.240
 curse

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.419
 be

00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:04.819
 everyone

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.039
 who

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.279
 does

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.439
 not

00:31:05.439 --> 00:31:05.759
 abide

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:05.939
 by

00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:06.259
 all

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.619
 things

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:06.879
 written

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.159
 in

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.279
 the

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.480
 book

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.619
 of

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:07.759
 the

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.039
 law

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.639
 and

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:08.899
 do

00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:09.139
 them.

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 And

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.339
 there

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.459
 what

00:31:09.459 --> 00:31:09.599
 he's

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:09.859
 saying

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.159
 is

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.339
 if

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.539
 you're

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.579
!

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:10.959
 counting

00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:10.980
!

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.500
 on

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.119
 your

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.419
 keeping

00:31:12.419 --> 00:31:12.619
 of

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:12.759
 the

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.019
 law

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.259
 to

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.599
 save

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.659
 you've

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:14.980
 broken

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.319
 it

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.699
 and

00:31:15.699 --> 00:31:15.879
 you're

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.279
 cursed.

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.379
 It

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:17.579
 will

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:17.799
 not

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.079
 save

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.319
 you.

00:31:19.459 --> 00:31:19.699
 Now

00:31:19.699 --> 00:31:19.819
 it

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:19.939
 is

00:31:19.939 --> 00:31:20.259
 evident

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.039
 that

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.219
 no

00:31:21.219 --> 00:31:21.339
 one

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.480
 is

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:21.839
 justified

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.319
 before

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.579
 God

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:22.740
 by

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:22.879
 the

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.179
 law

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:23.980
 for

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.139
 the

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.699
 righteous

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.759
 shall

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.240
 live

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.779
 by

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.199
 faith.

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.819
 The

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.139
 Bible

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.579
 alone

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:31.779
 is

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.240
 God's

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.799
 final

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.419
 authority

00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:34.559
 sola

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.059
 scriptura

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.980
 and

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.079
 it

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.179
 is

00:31:36.179 --> 00:31:36.319
 on

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.459
 its

00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:36.740
 pages

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:36.899
 that

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.000
 we

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.219
 learn

00:31:37.219 --> 00:31:37.319
 that

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:37.399
 we

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.519
 are

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.759
 saved

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:37.899
 by

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.199
 God's

00:31:38.199 --> 00:31:38.459
 grace

00:31:38.459 --> 00:31:38.879
 alone

00:31:38.879 --> 00:31:39.219
 sola

00:31:39.219 --> 00:31:39.779
 gratia

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.059
 through

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.419
 faith

00:31:40.419 --> 00:31:40.719
 alone

00:31:40.719 --> 00:31:41.039
 sola

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.059
!

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.419
 fide

00:31:41.419 --> 00:31:41.719
 in

00:31:41.719 --> 00:31:42.019
 Jesus

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.519
 Christ

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.539
!

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.099
 alone

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:44.200
 solus

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.740
 Christus

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.559
 and

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:45.720
 this

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.180
 salvation

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.519
 and

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.819
 all

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.259
 things

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.680
 exist

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:47.859
 for

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:47.980
 the

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.279
 glory

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.859
 of

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.159
 God

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:50.200
 alone

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:51.240
 solely

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.599
 Deo

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:52.879
 Gloria.

00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:54.599
 Now

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:54.859
 in a few

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.159
 minutes

00:31:55.159 --> 00:31:56.039
 the band's

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.200
 going to

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.379
 come

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:56.460
 and

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.579
 they're

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:56.720
 going to

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.099
 lead us

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.440
 in

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.480
 the song

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.079
 In

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.500
 Christ

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.440
 Alone.

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.579
 So I

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:01.839
 just want

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:01.980
 you to

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.279
 take a

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.460
 few

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.000
 moments

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.500
 and let

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.740
 me

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.539
 read

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:04.779
 these

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.059
 lyrics

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.279
 to

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.579
 you

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.399
 that

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:06.500
 you

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.720
 might

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.960
 sit

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.200
 and

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.500
 think

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:08.740
 and

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.019
 meditate

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.399
 on

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:09.539
 their

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.980
 truth

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:11.139
 and

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.240
 then

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.399
 we'll

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.599
 sing

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 the

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 song

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.460
 together

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 In

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 Christ

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.159
 alone

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:18.519
 my

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.019
 hope is

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 found

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 He

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 is my

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.579
 light

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 my

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 strength

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 my

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.440
 song

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 this

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 cornerstone

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.279
 this

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 solid

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 ground

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:30.119
 firm

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 through the

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 fiercest

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 drought

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 and

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 storm

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!

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 What

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 heights

00:32:35.040 --> 00:32:35.560
 of love

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 what

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.480
 depths

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 of

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 peace

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 when

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 fears

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 are

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 stilled

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 when

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 strivings

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 cease

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.800
 my

00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:44.400
 comforter

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 my

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 all

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 in all

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.540
 here

00:32:47.540 --> 00:32:47.740
 in the

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:47.900
 love

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.060
 of

00:32:48.060 --> 00:32:48.460
 Christ

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.520
 I

00:32:49.520 --> 00:32:49.980
 stand

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:51.840
 in

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.240
 Christ

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.679
 alone

00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:52.919
 who

00:32:52.919 --> 00:32:53.259
 took

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.539
 on

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.179
 flesh

00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:55.459
 fullness

00:32:55.459 --> 00:32:55.779
 of

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.220
 God

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.939
 in

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 helpless

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.699
 babe

00:32:57.699 --> 00:32:58.839
 this

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.299
 gift

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.500
 of

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.799
 love

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.039
 and

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.619
 righteousness

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:02.359
 scorned

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.679
 by the

00:33:02.679 --> 00:33:03.139
 ones

00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:03.899
 he

00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:04.139
 came

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.319
 to

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.740
 save

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:06.119
 till

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.459
 on

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:06.679
 that

00:33:06.679 --> 00:33:07.240
 cross

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.699
 as

00:33:07.699 --> 00:33:08.079
 Jesus

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.599
 died

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.659
 the

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:10.240
 wrath

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.519
 of

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.019
 God

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.839
 was

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.359
 satisfied

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:13.699
 for

00:33:13.699 --> 00:33:14.220
 every

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.779
 sin

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.119
 on

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.599
 him

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.299
 was

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.720
 laid

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.819
 here

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:19.000
 in the

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.179
 death

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.320
 of

00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:19.759
 Christ

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.840
 I

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.340
 live

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:23.299
 there

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.539
 in the

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:23.920
 ground

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.140
 his

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.420
 body

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.799
 lay

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:26.019
 light

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.160
 of

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.340
 the

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:26.740
 world

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.039
 by

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.660
 darkness

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.299
 slain

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.460
 then

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.039
 bursting

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.539
 forth

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.000
 in

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.539
 glorious

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.019
 day

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.960
 up

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.120
 from

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.259
 the

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.720
 grave

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.440
 he

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.660
 rose

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:35.000
 again

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:36.100
 and

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.279
 as

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.420
 he

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.900
 stands

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.060
 in

00:33:37.060 --> 00:33:37.460
 victory

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.640
 sin's

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.080
 cursed

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.420
 has

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:39.980
 lost

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.360
 its

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.660
 grip

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:40.880
 on

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.120
 me

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:42.120
 for

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.279
 I

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.420
 am

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:42.880
 his

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.720
 and

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:43.940
 he

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.100
 is

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:44.660
 mine

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.480
 I

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.920
 bought

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.200
 with

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.340
 the

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:46.660
 precious

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.080
 blood

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:48.100
 of

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.500
 Christ

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:50.319
 no

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.900
 guilt

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.259
 in

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.640
 life

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:51.880
 no

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.319
 fear

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.559
 in

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.839
 death

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.220
 this

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.420
 is

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.579
 the

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:53.980
 power

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.259
 of

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.759
 Christ

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.500
 in

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.799
 me

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.859
 from

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.500
 life's

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.720
 first

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.259
 cry

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.799
 to

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.220
 final

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.660
 breath

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.619
 Jesus

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.259
 commands

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.039
 my

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.519
 destiny

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:04.160
 no

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.779
 power

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:04.960
 of

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.220
 hell

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.880
 no

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.240
 scheme

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.400
 of

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:06.680
 man

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:06.960
 can

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.539
 ever

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:08.260
 pluck

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:08.579
 me

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.260
 from

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:10.199
 his

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.659
 hand

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.659
 till

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:11.840
 he

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.500
 returns

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.300
 or

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.559
 calls

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.719
 me

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:14.099
 home

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:15.039
 here

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.139
 in

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.260
 the

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.500
 power

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.659
 of

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.119
 Christ

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:17.320
 I'll

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.699
 stand

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.599
 let's

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.759
 pray

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.059
 together