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 We don't often do this here in our times of worship, but there are many churches who utilize

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 the historic Christian creeds and confessions as a vital part of their weekly worship services.

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 These statements like the Apostles' Creed, or the Nicene Creed, the Athanasian Creed, or

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 the London Baptist Confession, or the Westminster Confession, or the Heidelberg Catechism,

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 there are a number of them historically that the church has used. What these statements do is they

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 helpfully summarize for us and express the core doctrines of the Christian faith.

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 We must be careful that we never elevate them to the level of Scripture or even above Scripture,

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 as many denominations and Christian traditions have done. We must be careful not to do that.

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 We believe in sola scriptura, that the Scriptures are the authority above all else, and even the

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 statements that we use to summarize these core doctrines that are found in the Scriptures must

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 be subservient to the Scriptures. And insofar as they agree with the Word of God, they are very helpful

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 to us, and they can be edifying to recognize them and to meditate on them. When churches incorporate

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 these creeds and confessions into their corporate worship Sunday by Sunday, they're really following

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 in the footsteps of Christians from the early church. In fact, our primary text for this morning,

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 verses 4 through 7, is believed to have functioned as an early creedal statement of early Christians,

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 or at least perhaps a hymn that would have been sung in the worship of first century believers.

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 And what a tremendous confession it is. Can you imagine gathering with believers in Crete 2,000 years ago,

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 and together, either in song, they believed that this was probably used at the baptismal services that they would have,

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 as you gather for a baptism or maybe in the service, whether you're reciting it or you're singing it.

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 Can you imagine lifting your voices together, and this is the thing that you say.

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 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, He saved us.

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 And you move on from there to talk about the roles of the Holy Spirit and the Son, Jesus Christ.

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 What a wonderful confession it actually is.

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 Before we get into the details of what is actually being said here,

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 let's first acknowledge why Paul is actually using it.

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 Why has he inserted it here in this passage?

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 Remember, the structural pattern for chapter 2 and chapter 3 is exactly the same.

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 Paul begins with exhortations for the Christians in Crete to follow him.

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 He grounds them in the gospel of grace,

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 and then he concludes them with pastoral instruction for Titus and the other elders to follow.

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 In chapter 2, the emphasis is on Christian behavior in the church.

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 In chapter 3, the emphasis is on Christian behavior in the world,

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 outside of the church and the testimony that we have before others.

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 And so as we look at the structure of chapter 3,

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 that's the reason I wanted to read all 11 verses there just a moment ago,

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 because we need to see the bigger picture here,

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 else we'll get lost in the weeds and we won't know exactly.

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 It will be fruitful for us to dig into 4 through 7,

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 but it is important for us to know why Paul has it here.

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 The main appeal is in verses 1 through 2.

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 We talked about that two weeks ago.

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 And everything else flows, all the way down to verse 11,

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 flows out of verses 1 and 2,

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 where Paul has exhorted Titus to remind the people

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 to behave in particular ways in the world.

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 In verses 4 through 7, where we study today,

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 Paul lays the foundation of God's grace

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 as the source and motivation for the Christ-likeness

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 that he has commanded in verses 1 and 2.

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 And then when we get to verses 8 through 11,

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 he gives more pastoral instruction,

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 particularly how Titus and the elders

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 are to insist on these things

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 and how they are to discipline people in the church

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 who do not insist on these things

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 or perhaps even contradict them.

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 So Paul takes what might have been

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 an early Christian creed or hymn,

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 and under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,

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 he employs it to emphasize that God's grace toward us

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 is the very reason why we should act with such grace

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 toward the unbelievers around us.

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 Do you see that in the big picture?

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 Because I'm going to move on from it,

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 but I want you to see that first

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 before we dig into the details.

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 Paul takes this creed in the middle

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 and he inserts it to say,

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 behave this way because this is the way

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 God has behaved toward you, okay?

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 That's the motivation, the gospel of grace.

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 Now, everything in verses 4 through 7

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 revolves around a single phrase,

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 and you find it at the beginning of verse 5.

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 Look at it with me.

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 He saved us.

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 He saved us.

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 Saved here means to be rescued.

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 And it brings into view the desperate condition

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 each of us is in as a result of our sin.

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 We're all guilty before God.

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 We're guilty of sinning against God.

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 By nature, we are enemies of God,

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 destined to face His eternal wrath.

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 But to be saved is to be rescued

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 from the penalty of sin.

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 It is to be reconciled to God in peace.

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 And when we come to verse 5,

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 we see the central focus is on this phrase.

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 God rescued us.

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 And what did He rescue us from?

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 Himself.

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 It was the holy wrath of God,

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 destined to condemn us for all of eternity.

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 And it is the loving grace of God

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 that provides a way for sinners

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 to be made right with Himself.

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 He saved us.

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 And the text emphasizes that this salvation

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 is God's work of grace

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 apart from any merit or action of men.

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 Twice in these short verses,

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 God Himself is declared to be the Savior.

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 We see it in verse 4,

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 the goodness and loving kindness of God,

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 our Savior appeared.

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 And then we see it again in verse 6,

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 whom He poured out on us richly

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 through Jesus Christ, our Savior.

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 And all of the saving action in this passage

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 is attributed only to God and to His work.

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 You see, salvation is not a reward

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 for those whose good outweighs their bad.

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 Salvation is not a debt that God owes us

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 for religious services that we render to Him.

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 Salvation is the gracious act of God

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 whereby He grants forgiveness

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 and eternal life solely on the basis of His mercy.

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 And if you forget everything else I say this morning,

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 I hope you will at least remember this,

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 that if anyone is to be saved,

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 it will only be as a result

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 of the gracious work of God in their life.

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 And that's the emphasis of this gospel of grace.

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 It's not only the emphasis of the gospel of grace

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 in Titus chapter 2 and Titus chapter 3.

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 It is the emphasis of the gospel of grace

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 from Genesis 1 to the end of the book of the Revelation.

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 It is all of God's grace.

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 And we find a particular, wonderful,

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 glorious statement of it here in this early creed.

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 The creed declares three wonderful truths

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 about the saving grace of God.

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 It tells us when He saved us.

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 It tells us how He saved us.

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 It tells us why He saved us.

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 That's the structure I want to take with you this morning.

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 First, let's see when He saved us.

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 When He saved us.

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 Verse 4,

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 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,

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 He saved us.

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 Goodness and loving kindness of God

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 toward the Cretan believers in the context here

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 is set in contrast with the spirit of those Christians

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 in Crete toward the unbelievers in the world around them.

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 They perhaps had fallen into pride,

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 into rebellion,

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 into arrogance against the unbelievers.

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 But in contrast to that,

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 Paul highlights the goodness and loving kindness of God

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 that was shown to them when they were unbelievers.

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 And Paul calls them to show this same grace to others.

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 The same grace that they had experienced from God,

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 they were to show to others.

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 And how had God shown this grace to the Cretan Christians?

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 His grace was demonstrated through the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 And appeared, the word appeared is significant here.

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 Just like in chapter 2 and verse 11,

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 it's the same word that we get,

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 epiphany,

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 meaning a sudden manifestation or appearance of something.

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 It is something being made visible.

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 And what Paul is saying,

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 or the Creed is saying,

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 and Paul is saying through the Creed here,

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 is that the goodness and loving kindness of God

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 are not abstract ideas

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 that we just kind of theoretically attach to God up there somewhere.

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 No, they are tangible realities

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 that we see in the person and the work of Jesus.

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 In other words,

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 if you want to see the goodness and the loving kindness of God,

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 look at Jesus.

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 If you want to see the grace of God,

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 look at Jesus.

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 That is how God has manifested his grace.

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 Another way to say it is to say this,

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 but God shows his love for us

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 in that while we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 Or we might could say it another way.

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 We were by nature children of wrath,

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 like the rest of mankind.

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 But God, being rich in mercy,

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 because of the great love with which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Christ.

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 By grace you have been saved.

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 It's the theme of the Bible.

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 It's everywhere.

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 Now I want you to notice here in verse four

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 that the timestamp of our salvation

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 is given in the past tense.

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 When the goodness and loving kindness of God appeared,

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 the person and work of Jesus in the past,

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 he saved us in the past.

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 How are we to understand this?

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 Simply reverse the phrases

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 to see it maybe a little bit more clearly.

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 He saved us when the goodness

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 and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared.

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 And I want to take just a moment to show you

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 why I think this is so significant.

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 Don't turn me off yet.

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 This is good.

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 I want you to think about the various dimensions

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 of salvation recorded in the Bible.

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 The first thing I want to point out to you

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 is that our salvation was determined

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 before the world began.

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 So in eternity past,

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 God sets his love on his people.

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 We see that in Ephesians chapter one.

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 He chose us in Christ

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 before the foundation of the world

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 that we should be holy

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 and blameless before him.

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 In love, he predestined us for adoption

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 to himself as sons through Jesus Christ

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 according to the purpose of his will,

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 to the praise of his glorious grace

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 with which he has blessed us in the beloved.

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 What does he mean by that?

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 That our salvation in one sense

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 was determined before we were ever even created.

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 Indeed, before anything else was ever created.

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 But then we see our salvation is confirmed

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 at the moment of conversion.

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 It is determined before the world began.

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 It's confirmed at the moment of conversion.

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 Romans chapter 10.

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 Because if you confess with your mouth

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 that Jesus is Lord

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 and believe in your heart

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 that God raised him from the dead,

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 you will be saved.

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 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 If someone were to come to you this afternoon

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 and they said,

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 hey, I heard you are a Christian.

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 I've heard that being a Christian

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 means that you have to be saved.

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 Tell me, when were you saved?

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 Your immediate reaction

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 is gonna go to the moment of your conversion

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 because that's the moment

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 that your salvation

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 graciously given to you by Jesus Christ

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 was confirmed

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 through your faith in Jesus Christ

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 and his finished work.

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 So salvation is determined

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 before the world began.

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 It's confirmed at the moment of our conversion.

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 Thirdly, our salvation will be completed

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 at Christ's return.

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 will be completed at Christ's return.

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 Hebrews chapter 9.

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 So Christ, having been offered once

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 to bear the sins of many,

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 will appear a second time.

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 He's coming back.

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 Not to deal with sin,

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 but to save those

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 who are eagerly waiting for him.

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 Now, I thought we were already saved.

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 If we know Christ,

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 God has predestined it

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 before the world's began.

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 It was confirmed at the moment

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 that I trusted Christ.

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 Why is he saying that I won't be saved

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 until Jesus returns?

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 Because there's this past,

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 present, future dimension to salvation.

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 We are saved.

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 We have been saved.

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 We are being saved.

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 The gospel is transforming us

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 by the work of the Holy Spirit

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 to be more like Christ.

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 We will be saved.

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 That is one day.

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 All of this will be brought to completion.

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 Glorified.

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 No more sin.

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 No more death.

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 No more disease.

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 It will all be over.

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 We will be saved,

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 and we will be with him in eternity.

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 And I say all of that to say this.

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 It's determined before,

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 confirmed at conversion,

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 completed at Christ's return,

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 but it is secured at the cross.

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 Our salvation is secured at the cross.

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 We read it last week, John 19, 30.

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 When Jesus had received the sour wine,

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 he said, what's the next three words?

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 It is finished.

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 It's finished.

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 It's done.

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 What's done?

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 Everything necessary for our salvation

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 was done.

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 It was complete.

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 We were saved.

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 It was secured at the cross.

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 The salvation of sinners is God's work

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 from beginning to end.

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 It's his plan, born of his mercy.

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 And if you are in Christ today,

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 it's not because you met a certain standard,

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 and it's not because you fulfilled

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 your religious duty.

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 Your salvation was won and secured

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 at the cross when Jesus bore the wrath of God

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 in your place,

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 making a once-for-all time atonement

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 for your sin.

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 We were saved when the goodness

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 and loving kindness of God appeared,

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 and how did it appear?

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 In the cross of Jesus.

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 And if God secured your salvation

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 at the cross,

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 he will see it through to the end.

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 He will see it through.

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 He will not say,

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 your redemption is good for now,

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 but if you cross me again,

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 I'm taking it away.

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 No, it's secured.

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 It's been secured for 2,000 years.

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 Romans chapter 8.

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 Think about this.

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 This is so awesome.

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 Romans 8.

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 For those whom he foreknew,

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 he predestined to be conformed

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 to the image of his Son,

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 in order that he might be the firstborn

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 among many brothers.

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 And those whom he predestined,

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 he called.

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 Those whom he called,

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 he justified.

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 Those whom he justified,

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 he glorified.

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 What shall we then say to these things?

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 If God is for us,

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 who can be against us?

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 When did he save us?

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 When the goodness and love

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 and kindness of God appeared.

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 When did that appear?

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 On the cross.

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 Our salvation was secured.

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 It was God's work from beginning to end.

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 And it's the only place

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 that we can begin at this point

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 in this creed.

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 When he saved us.

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 Secondly,

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 how did he save us?

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 How did he save us?

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 Verse 5.

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 He saved us,

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 not because of works

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 done by us in righteousness,

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 but according to his own mercy,

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 by the washing of regeneration

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 and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

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 whom he poured out on us richly

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 through Jesus Christ,

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 our Savior.

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 Again, Paul is very quick here

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 to remind us

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 that our salvation

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 does not come as a result

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 of anything that we do.

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 And here's why.

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 We cannot possibly

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 be saved by our own righteousness

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 because according to verse 3,

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 put your eye back on it.

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 According to verse 3,

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 before God's gracious intervention

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 in our lives,

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 what were we?

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 We were foolish.

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 Led astray.

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 Slaves to sin.

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 So on and so forth.

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 A foolish person.

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 A person that is led astray.

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 A person that is a slave to sin.

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 This is a picture

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 of all of those

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 who are without Christ.

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 That kind of person

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 will not just wake up one day

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 and decide,

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 you know what?

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 I think I'm going to be

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 a Christian now.

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 It doesn't work like that.

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 No.

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 So how does God save us?

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 Without the righteousness of Christ

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 being imputed to us,

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 our very best efforts

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 are worthlessly ineffective.

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 You can go to church every Sunday.

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 You can give in the offering

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 every week.

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 You can do all the things.

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 You can greet all the people.

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 You can fulfill

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 and tick all your boxes

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 on the religious things.

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 And it will be completely ineffective

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 for your salvation.

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 Why?

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 Because he saved us

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 not because of works done by us.

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 It's not about us.

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 It's not about our righteousness.

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 Our righteousness

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 will never be good enough.

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 Paul knew this

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 better than anybody.

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 Remember in Philippians chapter 3,

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 Paul says,

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 if anyone else thinks

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 that he has a reason

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 for confidence in the flesh,

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 I have more.

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 And he goes through his pedigree.

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 Circumcised the eighth day.

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 Tribe of Benjamin.

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 Hebrew of Hebrews.

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 As to the law,

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 a Pharisee.

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 That means that he kept it

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 to the nth degree.

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 As to zeal,

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 a persecutor of the church,

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 thinking he was fulfilling

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 the will of God.

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 As to righteousness

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 under the law,

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 blameless, he says.

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 But whatever gain I had,

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 I count it as loss

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 for the sake of Christ.

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 Indeed,

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 I count everything as loss

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 because of the surpassing worth

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 of knowing Jesus my Lord.

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 For his sake,

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 I have suffered the loss

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 of all things

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 and count them as rubbish,

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 he says.

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 Rubbish.

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 All of the righteous efforts

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 that you've put in

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 are nothing but trash,

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 Paul says.

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 Because the only way

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 to know Christ

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 is through faith,

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 by his grace.

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 So if God doesn't save us

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 through self-righteous works,

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 how does he then save us?

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 And the answer

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 is succinctly given here

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 in verses 5 and 6.

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 And it has everything

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 to do with God's grace.

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 But what I love so much

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 about this creed

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 is that it is ultimately

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 Trinitarian,

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 revealing how the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 work together

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 for our salvation.

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 Bill Mountain

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 said it this way.

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 This passage has one

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 of the most elegant

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 descriptions of the Trinity

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 anywhere in the New Testament.

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 It shows the three members

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 of the Godhead

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 actively involved

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 in the salvation of sinners.

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 God the Father

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 as planner and initiator.

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 God the Son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 as the agent of redemption.

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 That's verse 6.

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 And the Holy Spirit

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 as the instrument

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 of regeneration

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 and renewal.

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 That's verse 5.

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 Gordon Fee calls it

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 an inerrant Trinitarianism

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 that sees Father,

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 Son, and Spirit

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 working co-jointly

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 jointly for our salvation.

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 And why does that matter?

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 Because our salvation

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 is all of God.

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 So how then

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 does God save us?

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 Well, the entire plan

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 of redemption

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 is based on the Father's mercy

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 that has been revealed

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 to us in the sacrifice

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 of His Son.

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 We've touched

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 on those already.

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 Let me focus now

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 for our time this morning

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 on this work

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 in verse 5.

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 There's a two-fold work

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 that is stated here.

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 Two words are given.

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 Regeneration

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 and renewal.

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 Regeneration,

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 the kids have learned this

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 in Adventure Club.

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 Kids,

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 what does it mean

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 to be regenerated?

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 Do you remember?

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 Gus,

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 it means to be born again.

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 That's exactly right.

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 Regeneration means

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 to recreate,

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 to bring to life again.

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 It's when sinners

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 who are dead

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 in their trespasses

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 and sins

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 are cleansed from sin,

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 awakened to new life

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 And in John chapter 3,

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 Jesus called it,

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 as Gus said,

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 being born again.

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 John chapter 3,

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 verse 5,

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 Jesus answered Nicodemus,

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 truly I say to you,

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 unless one is born

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 of water and of the Spirit,

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 water there being

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 the cleansing of sin

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 and being born of the Spirit

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 being the regenerating work,

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 unless one is born

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 of water and the Spirit,

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 he cannot enter

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 the kingdom of God.

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 He cannot be saved.

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 That which is born

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 of the flesh is flesh.

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 That which is born

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 of the Spirit is Spirit.

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 And he says,

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 do not marvel

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 that I said this to you.

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 The wind blows

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 where it wishes.

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 You hear it sound.

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 You do not know

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 where it comes from

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 or where it goes.

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 So it is with those

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 who are born

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 of the Spirit.

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 The Holy Spirit's

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 work in regeneration.

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 The wind blows.

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 The wind of the Spirit

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 blows when the Word of God

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 is declared

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 and the Gospel

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 is declared.

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 And the Holy Spirit

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 does this.

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 Sin,

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 cleansing,

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 regenerating work

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 where he takes

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 dead sinners

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 and he gives them

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 new life.

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 The regenerating power

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 The second word

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 is renewal.

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 Renewal refers

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 to the quality

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 of life

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 that is given

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 to us

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 by God's Spirit.

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 And it is a life

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 that is distinctly

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 different

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 from the one before.

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 That's Paul's point here.

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 Think about it

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 in Romans 12 too

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 where the same word

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 is used.

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 Do not be conformed

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 to this world

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 but be transformed

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 by what?

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.579
 The renewal

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 of your mind.

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 Don't be like the world.

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 Be transformed

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.700
 by the renewal

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.360
 of your mind.

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 Well you can't renew

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.900
 your own mind.

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.920
 That's the work

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.579
 of God's Spirit

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.620
 according to the Word.

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.160
 The Holy Spirit

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.019
 transforms us.

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.980
 He renews us.

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.400
 How about Colossians 3?

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 Do not lie

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 to one another

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 seeing that you have

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 put off the old self

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 with its practices

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:26.599
 and have put on

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 the new self

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 which is being

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 renewed

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 in knowledge

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 after the image

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 of its creator.

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 It's this work

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.500
 of sanctification

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.799
 that the Holy Spirit does.

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.879
 He brings us back

00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:37.319
 to life

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.420
 and he renews

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 the quality

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.980
 of that life

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 to be distinctly

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 different from

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 what we were before.

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 So he not only

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 gives us life

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 he gives us

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 a different kind.

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 And this regeneration

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.159
 and renewal

00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:51.519
 is part and parcel

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 of the motivation

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 behind our pursuit

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 of Christ-likeness

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 in the world.

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 It's how it relates

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 back to the first two verses.

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 If you have

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 the Holy Spirit

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.519
 that has brought you

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.000
 to life

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.639
 and is renewing you

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 actively,

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.739
 progressively

00:24:04.739 --> 00:24:05.419
 in your life

00:24:05.419 --> 00:24:06.299
 in sanctification

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 you will progressively

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.659
 change

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 from being so frustrated

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.759
 and arrogant

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.439
 and prideful

00:24:11.439 --> 00:24:12.039
 to the world

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 to where you will

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.639
 now humbly show

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.399
 the grace of God

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.979
 and the forgiveness

00:24:14.979 --> 00:24:15.399
 of God

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:16.319
 and the mercy of God.

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:19.199
 God does this.

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 It is his work.

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 But perhaps

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.660
 you're wondering

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:26.000
 how does the Holy Spirit

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.780
 actually go about

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 doing this?

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 I mean is it just like

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:30.720
 you just happen

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 to be standing

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 in just the right place

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.000
 like a person

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 getting struck

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.000
 by lightning

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 and if you just happen

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.440
 to be in the right place

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.540
 suddenly the Holy Spirit

00:24:37.540 --> 00:24:38.220
 just bam

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.860
 you're there

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.480
 and it's done.

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 No that's not

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.620
 how it works.

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 The Bible tells us

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.920
 in Ephesians chapter 6

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.640
 that there is a sword

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:48.100
 that the Holy Spirit

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:49.900
 wields to do his work.

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:51.740
 The sword is the word

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.259
 of God.

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:56.220
 The Holy Spirit

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.240
 accompanies

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:59.320
 the Holy Scripture.

00:25:00.800 --> 00:25:02.100
 The wind of the Spirit

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:03.360
 blows in regeneration

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:04.220
 and renewal

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.600
 when the word of God

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:06.280
 is preached

00:25:06.280 --> 00:25:07.519
 and shared

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.680
 and studied

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 and what this truth

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.820
 should do

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:13.980
 is radically affect

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.640
 our efforts

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.680
 at evangelism

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:18.060
 and our spiritual maturity

00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:19.900
 neither of which

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.640
 can be fruitful

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.700
 apart from

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.580
 the scriptures.

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:23.940
 They cannot be

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:25.180
 because the way

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.940
 that the Holy Spirit

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.840
 does this work

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.820
 is through

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:29.019
 the word of God.

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 That's why we want people

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.120
 we want to invite

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.600
 unbelievers

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.580
 to a church service.

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.420
 That's why we don't

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:35.980
 want to just

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:37.019
 encourage them

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.640
 to be

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.680
 like Christians.

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.920
 We want to encourage

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.900
 them with the word

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.720
 to believe

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.820
 and follow Christ

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:44.079
 because it is

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.939
 the word of God

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.839
 that the Holy Spirit

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.799
 uses

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.659
 to make

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.519
 the people

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.419
 of God.

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:51.559
 Hebrews chapter 4

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.659
 the word of God

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.319
 is living

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 it's active

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.720
 sharper

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.200
 than any

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.039
 two-edged sword

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.899
 piercing

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.779
 to the division

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.379
 of soul

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.059
 and spirit

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.220
 of joints

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.899
 and of marrow

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:03.819
 and it discerns

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.679
 the thoughts

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:06.039
 and the intents

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.779
 of the heart

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:08.539
 not because

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.339
 not the book

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.879
 itself

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:11.220
 it's not

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.600
 that there's

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.360
 a magic button

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:12.520
 here

00:26:12.520 --> 00:26:12.900
 that if you

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.420
 just open

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.900
 your Bible

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.280
 one day

00:26:14.280 --> 00:26:14.700
 and you start

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.020
 to read

00:26:15.020 --> 00:26:15.620
 through a passage

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.260
 that there's

00:26:16.260 --> 00:26:16.560
 something

00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:17.140
 that comes

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.540
 alive

00:26:17.540 --> 00:26:18.260
 out of the pages

00:26:18.260 --> 00:26:18.640
 itself

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:18.980
 and does

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.300
 some type

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:19.680
 of mystical

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.300
 work in you.

00:26:20.520 --> 00:26:20.900
 No that's

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.340
 not how it

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:21.620
 works

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.200
 it's that

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.820
 it is brought

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:23.280
 to life

00:26:23.280 --> 00:26:23.720
 through the

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.340
 regenerative

00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:24.780
 and renewal

00:26:24.780 --> 00:26:25.320
 work of the

00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:25.840
 Holy Spirit

00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.920
 as the word

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.300
 of God

00:26:27.300 --> 00:26:27.880
 goes out

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.800
 he always

00:26:28.800 --> 00:26:29.460
 accomplishes

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.060
 his purposes

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:31.160
 and as he

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.720
 accomplishes

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.240
 his purposes

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.260
 he does it

00:26:33.260 --> 00:26:34.180
 through the work

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:35.220
 of the Spirit.

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.520
 So how then

00:26:36.520 --> 00:26:36.880
 has God

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.440
 saved us?

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:38.240
 Not through

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.780
 anything we've

00:26:38.780 --> 00:26:39.080
 done

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:40.599
 our salvation

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.599
 rests solely

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.699
 on God's

00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:43.299
 sovereign work

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.879
 of grace

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:45.079
 accomplished

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.579
 through the

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:45.980
 death of

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.299
 Jesus

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.419
 and the

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.079
 transformative

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.699
 power

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.619
 of his

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:49.960
 Spirit.

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.279
 I know

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.539
 that was

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:51.859
 heavy

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.539
 and that's

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.879
 a lot

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:54.059
 but perhaps

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.599
 it'll marinate

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.139
 on your mind

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.659
 for a while

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:57.000
 when we were

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.419
 saved

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:58.539
 how he

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.079
 saved us

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.740
 finally

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.939
 why he

00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:01.480
 saved us

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.839
 why did

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.119
 he even

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.519
 do this

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.679
 if salvation

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:05.279
 is God's

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.679
 work from

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.179
 beginning to

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:06.439
 end

00:27:06.439 --> 00:27:07.399
 if it flows

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.819
 out of his

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.199
 mercy

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.580
 and through

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:08.819
 the

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.440
 demonstration

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.960
 of the

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.279
 love of

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.559
 Christ

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:10.880
 on the

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.220
 cross

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.620
 and it's

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:11.880
 this

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.620
 regenerative

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:13.019
 work of

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.160
 his

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.360
 spirit

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:14.039
 if it is

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.380
 God's

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:14.559
 doing

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.059
 from beginning

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.460
 to end

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.220
 why does

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.500
 he care

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.940
 to do

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.240
 it

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.460
 why

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.880
 verse 7

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:22.100
 so that

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.559
 it's the

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:22.860
 purpose

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.220
 statement

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.620
 of the

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.140
 creed

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:25.180
 so that

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.779
 being

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.480
 justified

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.140
 by his

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.660
 grace

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.180
 we might

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.640
 become

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.380
 heirs

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.860
 according

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.319
 to the

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.680
 hope

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.819
 of eternal

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.299
 life

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.839
 let's

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.139
 condense

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.440
 it down

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.740
 again

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.960
 he

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.500
 saved

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.960
 us

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:40.099
 so

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.720
 that

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.799
 being

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.339
 justified

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.919
 by his

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:43.359
 grace

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.379
 we might

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:44.720
 become

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.200
 heirs

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.159
 according

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:46.519
 to the

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:46.720
 hope

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:46.859
 of

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.159
 eternal

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:47.539
 life

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.299
 again

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.480
 grace

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.000
 is set

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.579
 in contrast

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.240
 with works

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.819
 of righteousness

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:53.059
 and it

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.659
 reiterates

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:54.299
 how God

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.980
 saves us

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.659
 but the

00:27:55.659 --> 00:27:55.980
 ultimate

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.579
 goal

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.339
 of God's

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:57.740
 gracious

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.339
 initiative

00:27:58.339 --> 00:28:00.159
 is to

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:00.659
 make us

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:01.319
 his own

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.879
 people

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:03.000
 is to

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.340
 make us

00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:03.760
 his own

00:28:03.760 --> 00:28:05.380
 adopted

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.840
 into the

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.360
 family of

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:07.720
 God

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:09.280
 we've been

00:28:09.280 --> 00:28:09.720
 praying for

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.260
 the Blevins

00:28:10.260 --> 00:28:10.680
 for some

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.180
 time now

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.540
 they're in

00:28:11.540 --> 00:28:11.780
 this

00:28:11.780 --> 00:28:13.100
 waiting

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:13.600
 cycle

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:14.060
 for

00:28:14.060 --> 00:28:14.880
 the

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.300
 adoption

00:28:15.300 --> 00:28:15.720
 of a

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.060
 child

00:28:16.060 --> 00:28:16.460
 from

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.400
 Columbia

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:17.680
 and

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 whenever

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 the Lord

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.220
 sees fit

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.600
 to bring

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:20.120
 that child

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.580
 into their

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.300
 home

00:28:21.300 --> 00:28:22.100
 legally

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.980
 bestowing

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:24.120
 all rights

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.500
 as being

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.860
 their

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.280
 children

00:28:25.280 --> 00:28:25.640
 will be

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:25.900
 given

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.900
 to that

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.260
 child

00:28:27.260 --> 00:28:28.520
 adopted

00:28:28.520 --> 00:28:28.960
 into

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.220
 their

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.700
 family

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:31.840
 belongs

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.079
 to

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.379
 them

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:33.899
 all

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.059
 the

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.459
 rights

00:28:34.459 --> 00:28:35.559
 all

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:35.720
 the

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.199
 inheritance

00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:37.220
 all

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.419
 the

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:37.899
 things

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.799
 belongs

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:38.939
 to

00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:39.099
 this

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.419
 child

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 and

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.519
 that's

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.639
 the

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:40.879
 image

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.059
 that

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.299
 God

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.579
 uses

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:41.799
 of

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.119
 us

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.639
 here

00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:43.559
 we

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:43.859
 become

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.240
 heirs

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:46.220
 if

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.740
 salvation

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.119
 came

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.359
 from

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.939
 works

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:49.679
 then

00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:49.879
 its

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:50.500
 benefits

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.759
 would

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.079
 be a

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.399
 payment

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:51.639
 that

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:51.859
 God

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.220
 owes

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.559
 us

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:54.019
 and

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.159
 our

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:54.779
 relationship

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.119
 with

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.399
 him

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:56.099
 would

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.299
 be

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.659
 merely

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.639
 contractual

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.299
 and

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.959
 professional

00:28:58.959 --> 00:29:00.259
 that

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.539
 is

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.379
 we do

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:01.699
 something

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:01.920
 for

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.180
 God

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.759
 and

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:02.900
 in

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.259
 return

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.720
 he

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:03.980
 does

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.279
 something

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.519
 for

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.860
 us

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.380
 okay

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.220
 if

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.279
 it

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.400
 was

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.539
 through

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:06.840
 works

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.039
 that's

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.160
 how

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.259
 it

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.380
 would

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.720
 function

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.180
 but

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.360
 the

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:08.539
 true

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:08.900
 gospel

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.100
 is

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.240
 so

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.380
 much

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:09.580
 more

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:09.940
 glorious

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.180
 than

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.420
 that

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.920
 it's

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.440
 amazing

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.920
 actually

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.779
 because

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:14.319
 salvation

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.720
 is of

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.039
 God's

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.460
 grace

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.120
 its

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.720
 benefits

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.140
 belong

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.340
 to

00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:17.559
 us

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.860
 positionally

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:19.860
 not

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.240
 because

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.440
 of

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.740
 something

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:20.960
 that

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.120
 we

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.259
 have

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.660
 done

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.279
 but

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.700
 because

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:22.900
 of

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.059
 who

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.299
 we

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.819
 are

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.440
 and

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:24.700
 who

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:24.960
 are

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.220
 we

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.819
 we

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.000
 are

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.220
 the

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.580
 children

00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:26.840
 of

00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:27.220
 God

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.980
 and

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.140
 our

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.800
 relationship

00:29:28.800 --> 00:29:29.120
 to

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.300
 him

00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:29.460
 is

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.680
 not

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.480
 contractual

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.740
 and

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.320
 professional

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:31.860
 our

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.520
 relationship

00:29:32.520 --> 00:29:33.040
 to

00:29:33.040 --> 00:29:33.259
 him

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.600
 in

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.060
 grace

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.580
 is

00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.740
 covenantal

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.500
 and

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.400
 personal

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:39.420
 it's

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.340
 glorious

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:42.400
 Galatians

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.780
 4

00:29:42.780 --> 00:29:43.540
 when

00:29:43.540 --> 00:29:43.720
 the

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.020
 fullness

00:29:44.020 --> 00:29:44.240
 of

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.520
 time

00:29:44.520 --> 00:29:44.680
 had

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.020
 come

00:29:45.020 --> 00:29:45.960
 God

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.240
 sent

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.500
 forth

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.720
 his

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.040
 son

00:29:47.040 --> 00:29:47.640
 born

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:47.759
 of

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:47.900
 a

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.160
 woman

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.660
 born

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:48.900
 under

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.060
 the

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:49.320
 law

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.740
 to

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.120
 redeem

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.420
 those

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.540
 who

00:29:50.540 --> 00:29:50.680
 were

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:50.860
 under

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.040
 the

00:29:51.040 --> 00:29:51.300
 law

00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:51.920
 that's

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.080
 the

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:52.360
 when

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.640
 and

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:52.780
 the

00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:53.060
 how

00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:54.000
 here's

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.120
 the

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.460
 why

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.280
 so

00:29:55.280 --> 00:29:55.600
 that

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:55.820
 we

00:29:55.820 --> 00:29:56.120
 might

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.520
 receive

00:29:56.520 --> 00:29:57.000
 adoption

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.300
 as

00:29:57.300 --> 00:29:57.660
 sons

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.380
 and

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.700
 because

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.220
 your

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.759
 sons

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.360
 God

00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:00.600
 has

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:00.840
 sent

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.080
 the

00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:01.519
 spirit

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.720
 of

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:01.900
 his

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.100
 son

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.300
 into

00:30:02.300 --> 00:30:02.519
 our

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:02.880
 hearts

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.279
 which

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.820
 causes

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.080
 us

00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:04.460
 now

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.860
 to

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.120
 cry

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.360
 out

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.519
 to

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:05.860
 God

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.340
 as

00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:07.120
 father

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:08.200
 so

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.480
 you

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.660
 are

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.000
 no

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.340
 longer

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:09.620
 a

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.200
 slave

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.660
 but

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:10.880
 a

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.400
 son

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:11.860
 and

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.040
 if

00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:12.240
 you're

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.480
 a

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.920
 son

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.400
 then

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.620
 you're

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:13.820
 an

00:30:13.820 --> 00:30:14.220
 heir

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.560
 through

00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:15.040
 God

00:30:15.040 --> 00:30:15.480
 and

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.740
 what

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:15.920
 is

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.120
 the

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.620
 inheritance

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:16.960
 that

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.120
 you

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.480
 have

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.880
 it

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.040
 is

00:30:18.040 --> 00:30:18.560
 eternal

00:30:18.560 --> 00:30:19.080
 life

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.279
 that

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.480
 was

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.840
 won

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.060
 for

00:30:20.060 --> 00:30:20.220
 us

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.380
 at

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.519
 the

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.100
 resurrection

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.480
 of

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.880
 Christ

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.560
 all

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:22.800
 that

00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:23.400
 belongs

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:23.660
 to

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.060
 Jesus

00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:24.400
 our

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:24.759
 elder

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.180
 brother

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.420
 now

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:25.580
 we

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:25.820
 might

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.100
 say

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.700
 all

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:26.920
 that

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.300
 belongs

00:30:27.300 --> 00:30:27.500
 to

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.800
 Jesus

00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:28.279
 now

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.820
 belongs

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.060
 to

00:30:29.060 --> 00:30:29.560
 us

00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:30.140
 not

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.500
 because

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.680
 of

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:30.820
 what

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.060
 we've

00:30:31.060 --> 00:30:31.300
 done

00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:31.740
 but

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.100
 because

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.300
 of

00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:32.540
 who

00:30:32.540 --> 00:30:32.740
 we

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.000
 are

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.680
 in

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.519
 him

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.279
 and

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.740
 why

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.000
 would

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.279
 God

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.540
 do

00:30:36.540 --> 00:30:37.040
 this

00:30:37.040 --> 00:30:38.040
 why

00:30:38.040 --> 00:30:39.720
 why

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.060
 such

00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:40.600
 marvelous

00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:41.240
 grace

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.300
 there

00:30:42.300 --> 00:30:42.480
 is

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.720
 only

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.140
 one

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.580
 possible

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:44.100
 answer

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:45.540
 it

00:30:45.540 --> 00:30:45.759
 can

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.340
 only

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:46.740
 be

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.060
 out

00:30:47.060 --> 00:30:47.240
 of

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.120
 love

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:49.220
 that's

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.420
 the

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:49.840
 only

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.200
 answer

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.400
 that

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.560
 could

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:51.160
 possibly

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.680
 work

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:53.940
 Ephesians

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.240
 2

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.440
 we

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.720
 quoted

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:54.920
 this

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.120
 while

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.380
 ago

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.640
 let's

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:55.860
 quote

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:55.960
 it

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.279
 again

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.880
 God

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.100
 being

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.500
 rich

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.799
 in

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.220
 mercy

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.480
 because

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.880
 of

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.019
 the

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.360
 great

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:01.140
 love

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:02.039
 with

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.360
 which

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.620
 he

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.019
 loved

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.600
 us

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:05.259
 even

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.519
 when

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:05.720
 we

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:05.900
 were

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.340
 dead

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.600
 so

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:07.779
 his

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.000
 love

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.279
 doesn't

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.500
 come

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.799
 because

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:08.980
 of

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.200
 something

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.480
 we've

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.740
 done

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:11.000
 it's

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.180
 not

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.500
 something

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.720
 that

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:11.880
 we

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.220
 are

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 it's

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.539
 just

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:13.740
 his

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.100
 love

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.680
 because

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.039
 it's

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.200
 his

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.560
 love

00:31:15.560 --> 00:31:18.759
 so

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.000
 that

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.279
 we

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.580
 might

00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:19.960
 receive

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.400
 adoption

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.940
 excuse

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.140
 me

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.519
 that's

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:21.779
 the wrong

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.059
 quote

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.420
 so

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.559
 that

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:22.680
 he

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:22.879
 made

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.039
 us

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.379
 alive

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.779
 together

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:23.980
 with

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.440
 Christ

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.579
 by

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:25.900
 grace

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.099
 you've

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.240
 been

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.700
 saved

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.000
 and

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.099
 it

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.299
 goes

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.599
 on

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.799
 we

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.019
 sing

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.240
 about

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.420
 this

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:29.720
 grace

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:29.900
 and

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.059
 this

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.359
 love

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.799
 could

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.000
 we

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.220
 with

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.440
 ink

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.619
 the

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.099
 ocean's

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.379
 fill

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:34.440
 and

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.579
 where

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:34.779
 the

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.099
 skies

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.279
 of

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.639
 parchment

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.180
 made

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:37.019
 where

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.259
 every

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.779
 stalk

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:37.980
 on

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.240
 earth

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.420
 a

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.759
 quill

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.519
 and

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:39.720
 every

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.160
 man

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.680
 a

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.059
 scribe

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.259
 by

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.660
 trade

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:43.019
 to

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.319
 write

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.539
 the

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.859
 love

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.039
 of

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.220
 God

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.720
 above

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.559
 would

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.000
 drain

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.200
 the

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.559
 ocean

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.200
 dry

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:50.240
 nor

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.460
 could

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:50.660
 the

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:50.980
 scroll

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.480
 contain

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.700
 the

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:51.980
 hole

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.220
 though

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.539
 stretched

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.779
 from

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.039
 sky

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.240
 to

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.539
 sky

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:56.819
 why

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.019
 has

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.200
 God

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.559
 saved

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.880
 us

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:59.559
 because

00:31:59.559 --> 00:31:59.819
 he

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.099
 loves

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.500
 us

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:02.160
 because

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.400
 he

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.720
 loves

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.120
 us

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:05.279
 now

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.440
 this

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.799
 passage

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.019
 is

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.400
 immediately

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.900
 relevant

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.319
 on at

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:07.460
 least

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:07.660
 two

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.120
 levels

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:09.860
 first

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:12.240
 expresses

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.539
 the

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.839
 truth

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.019
 of

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.559
 salvation

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:13.880
 by

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.220
 grace

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.740
 alone

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:16.779
 it's

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.039
 God's

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.220
 work

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.400
 from

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:17.680
 beginning

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:17.880
 to

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.160
 end

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:20.100
 but

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.240
 he

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.620
 calls

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:20.779
 us

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:20.980
 to

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.460
 enter

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.000
 this

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.420
 love

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.920
 by

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.380
 trusting

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.620
 the

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:24.800
 work

00:32:24.800 --> 00:32:24.960
 of

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.259
 Christ

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.500
 by

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.840
 faith

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.340
 we

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.480
 are

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.880
 justified

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.200
 by

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.560
 faith

00:32:27.560 --> 00:32:30.860
 no

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.040
 matter

00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:31.420
 what

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.880
 no

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.019
 matter

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.180
 what

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.300
 your

00:32:32.300 --> 00:32:32.640
 background

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:32.980
 is

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.100
 and

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.180
 I

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.300
 don't

00:32:33.300 --> 00:32:33.460
 know

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:33.740
 everyone

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:33.960
 that's

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.060
 here

00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:34.300
 today

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:34.660
 I

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:34.779
 don't

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:34.900
 know

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.019
 what

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.140
 your

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.480
 background

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.779
 is

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:35.920
 and

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.180
 what

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.400
 your

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.900
 particular

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.420
 position

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.779
 is

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:37.940
 in

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.279
 regards

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.519
 to

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.840
 spiritual

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.259
 things

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.420
 or

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.580
 in

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:40.200
 regard

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.380
 to

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.540
 the

00:32:40.540 --> 00:32:40.759
 things

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:40.920
 of

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.160
 God

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:42.180
 but

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.320
 no

00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:42.480
 matter

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.779
 what

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:42.960
 you

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.279
 are

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.899
 where

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.119
 you

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.420
 are

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.259
 you

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.359
 are

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:45.720
 trusting

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.000
 in

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.519
 something

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.559
 for

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:47.879
 life

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.059
 and

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.379
 peace

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:49.339
 you

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:52.559
 may

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:52.720
 be

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.059
 trusting

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.379
 that

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.539
 your

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:53.740
 good

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.119
 outweighs

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.119


00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.259
 your

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.660
 bad

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.799
 or

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:55.940
 that

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.139
 you've

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.339
 done

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.619
 just

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:56.819
 the

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.160
 right

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:58.220
 kind

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.460
 and

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.779
 amount

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:58.920
 of

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.220
 religious

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.660
 works

00:32:59.660 --> 00:32:59.940
 you've

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.119
 done

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.299
 the

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.740
 baptism

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.000
 and

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.139
 you've

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.259
 done

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.399
 the

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:01.960
 catechisms

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.139
 and

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:02.299
 you've

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.399
 done

00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:02.539
 the

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:02.899
 confirmation

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:03.359
 and

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.519
 you've

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.700
 done

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:03.960
 the

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.660
 church

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.279
 things

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.460
 you

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.839
 do

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.059
 all

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.240
 the

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.539
 things

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:06.720
 and

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:06.960
 you're

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.619
 trusting

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:07.639
!

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.399
 Maybe

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:13.920
 you're

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.399
 completely

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.119
 irreligious

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.740
 you

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.680
 are

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.039
 struggling

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.279
 with

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:17.519
 whether

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:17.759
 or not

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:17.899
 you

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.099
 even

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.339
 think

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.599
 that

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:18.899
 God

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.079
 is

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.420
 there

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.720
 that

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:19.879
 he

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.420
 exists

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.960
 well

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.240
 that's

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.399
 a

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:21.899
 trusting

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.399
 action

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:22.680
 there

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:22.940
 is

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.460
 an

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.799
 element

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.000
 where

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.139
 you

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.259
 are

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.660
 trusting

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.039
 life

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.220
 and

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.680
 peace

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.660
 to

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:26.899
 the

00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.200
 fact

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.399
 that

00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:27.559
 there

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.720
 is

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:27.859
 no

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:28.240
 God

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.700
 to

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:28.879
 which

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.000
 you

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.180
 must

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.339
 be

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.480
 held

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:29.940
 accountable

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:32.139
 no

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.299
 matter

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.539
 how

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:32.700
 you

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:32.920
 look

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.019
 at

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.220
 it

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.500
 either

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.920
 way

00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:34.539
 the

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:34.819
 issue

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.299
 eventually

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.700
 boils

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:35.940
 down

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.099
 to

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.460
 faith

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.559
 and

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:37.859
 according

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.019
 to

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.180
 the

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.480
 scriptures

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.779
 what

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.019
 God

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.220
 has

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.500
 told

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:39.680
 us

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:39.799
 in

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:39.940
 his

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.299
 word

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:41.539
 true

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.120
 salvation

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.599
 only

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:42.940
 comes

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.099
 to

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.500
 those

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.180
 whose

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.599
 faith

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:44.759
 is

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:44.880
 in

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.019
 the

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.339
 grace

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.519
 of

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:45.839
 God

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.759
 through

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.180
 Christ

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:48.880
 that's

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.000
 where

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.519
 salvation

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.940
 lies

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.299
 true

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.759
 peace

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.680
 true

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.160
 love

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.420
 true

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.900
 grace

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:55.019
 can

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.220
 only

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.420
 be

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.620
 found

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:55.819
 in

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.180
 Christ

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.740
 that's

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:57.860
 the

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.099
 first

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.299
 way

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.440
 that

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:58.559
 we

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:58.880
 apply

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.079
 it

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.339
 the

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:00.559
 text

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:00.720
 is

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.000
 also

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.519
 relevant

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.539
 because

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:02.819
 it

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.360
 shapes

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:03.559
 the

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:03.960
 entire

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.680
 perspective

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.000
 of

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 how

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 we

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 live

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 and

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.799
 worship

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 doesn't

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 it

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 when

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 we

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 understand

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 and

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 focus

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 on

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 the

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 grace

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 of

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 God

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 it

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 will

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 always

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 produce

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 in

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 us

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 humble

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.800
 praise

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:18.440
 humility

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 worship

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 joyful

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 service

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 to

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 God

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 that

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 is

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 the

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 product

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 of

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 grace

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 it

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 affects

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 the

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 way

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 we

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 view

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 and

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 treat

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 others

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 because

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 those

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 who

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 have

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 received

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 God's

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 grace

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 are

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 keen

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 to

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 show

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 God's

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 grace

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 and

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 if

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 you

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 find

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 that

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 your

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 spirit

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 toward

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 others

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 is

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 arrogant

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 or

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 harsh

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 or

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 if

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 you

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 determine

00:34:42.180 --> 00:34:42.400
 that

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:42.560
 your

00:34:42.560 --> 00:34:42.960
 worship

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.220
 is

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 cold

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 distant

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 mundane

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 it's

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 not

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 because

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 the

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.320
 structure

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 of

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 the

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 service

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 is

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 not

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 beneficial

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 it's

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 not

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 because

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 has

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 failed

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 it's

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 not

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 because

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 people

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 are

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 worse

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 today

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 than

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 what

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 they've

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 been

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 at

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 other

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 times

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 in

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 the

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 world

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 it's

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 not

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 because

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 of

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 any

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 of

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 those

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 things

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 it's

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 because

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 you've

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 lost

00:35:04.600 --> 00:35:05.019
 sight

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.820
 of

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:05.960
 the

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 grace

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.400
 of

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.619
 God

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:06.760
 in

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 your

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 life

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:09.000
 and

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.119
 the

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 only

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 solution

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.160
 for

00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:10.400
 you

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.700
 is

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:11.880
 to

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.059
 look

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.220
 to

00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:12.579
 Jesus

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.500
 that's

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.619
 the

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.039
 only

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.660
 solution

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:16.380
 to

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.559
 look

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:16.720
 to

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.019
 Jesus

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.280
 and

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.680
 understand

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:17.900
 the

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.180
 grace

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:18.380
 and

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.539
 love

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:18.720
 of

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:19.059
 God

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.900
 will

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.119
 lead

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.280
 us

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.440
 to

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.619
 love

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:20.980
 others

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.360
 it

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.480
 will

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.680
 lead

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:21.820
 us

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:21.980
 to

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.320
 worship

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.660
 God

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:22.800
 in

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 humility

00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:23.420
 we

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.579
 will

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:23.860
 want

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 to

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.200
 be

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 at

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.760
 worship

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 not

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 only

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:26.320
 on

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.700
 Sunday

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:26.980
 on

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 the

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 Lord's

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.639
 day

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:27.960
 Sunday

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 by

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 Sunday

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 we

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.119
 will

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.340
 want

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.500
 to

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 worship

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 him

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 at

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 home

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 we

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.079
 will

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.280
 want

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 our

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.700
 kids

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 to

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 know

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 him

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.820
 we

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:32.980
 will

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.240
 want

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.440
 our

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.680
 kids

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:33.860
 to

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.480
 understand

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.680
 his

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.039
 grace

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.420
 we

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.579
 will

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:35.800
 want

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:35.920
 to

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.700
 evangelize

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 the

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.059
 people

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.260
 that

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:37.360
 are

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:37.659
 around

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:37.900
 us

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.260
 because

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.539
 our

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:38.760
 eyes

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:38.900
 are

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.079
 set

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.240
 on

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:39.740
 Christ

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:41.700
 and

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:41.960
 because

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.220
 we've

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.340
 come

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.519
 to

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.000
 understand

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.200
 the

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.460
 grace

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.639
 of

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:43.940
 God

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.340
 if

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.519
 you're

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.860
 struggling

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.119
 in

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.340
 those

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.760
 ways

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:48.220
 just

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.659
 remember

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.039
 God's

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.340
 grace

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.800
 isn't

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:49.920
 that

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.079
 what

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.320
 Paul

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.659
 says

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.559
 remind

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:51.860
 them

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:53.300
 remind

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.659
 them

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.880
 to

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.119
 live

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.360
 this

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.680
 way

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:56.680
 because

00:35:56.680 --> 00:35:56.880
 of

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.039
 who

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.280
 God

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.519
 is

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:57.639
 and

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:57.780
 what

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:57.920
 he

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.079
 has

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.360
 made

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.599
 them

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.539
 in

00:35:59.539 --> 00:35:59.880
 Christ