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 Okay team, we are in our series of the personal work of the Holy Spirit and we come to what I trust is the deeply edifying topic of the Holy Spirit's work in sanctification.

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 And by sanctification, we mean the process by which we increasingly become partakers of the divine nature, to use the terminology from Peter.

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 That is, to take on a progressive likeness to God in all the ways that we can be like Him.

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 Or, expressed in relation to Christ, who is the perfect human image of God, how can we come to be more Christ-like, more compellingly and comprehensively vivid images of Christ, the image of God, to bear in all aspects of our being the fragrance of Christ?

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 How does this progressive transformation transpire?

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 In answer, we might felicitously begin by reflecting upon how the first disciples of Jesus were so changed.

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 How, we might ask, did the Son of Thunder become the Apostle of Love?

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 Or the Thrice Denier become the Rock?

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 A simple statement in Mark's Gospel surely gets at the heart of our answer.

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 He appointed the twelve that they might be with Him.

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 Mark 3.14

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 It was by being with Jesus that they were changed.

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 It was in their following that they were formed.

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 You follow me, He told them, and I will make you fishers of men.

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 And by the same process of Jesus' dynamic presence, everything else that they were to become in His presence.

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 There was, by Jesus' presence, what we might call an alchemy of influence, imparted, that was slowly but surely, incrementally but ineluctably transformative.

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 Like the presence of the Shekinah glory in the midst of Israel, a character was imparted as it was upon the face of Moses, as he was before the presence, or the face of in the Hebrew.

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 The presence is always used the word face of, panim, the face of God.

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 Significantly, the opening of John's Gospel presents Jesus, the Son's incarnate presence, in parallel language.

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 It says of Him, He, Jesus, tabernacled among us, and we beheld His glory.

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 And by this means, a transforming, growing likeness began to appear upon His disciples.

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 As the Sanhedrin would later marvel that so ragtag a posse, pathetic in the world's eyes, could be so full of conviction, confidence, and courage,

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 they remarked, it was perceived that they had been with Jesus, manifesting His imprint.

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 And if we were to press further and ask, well, how particularly Jesus' presence imprinted His disciples?

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 Our answer, distilled from the Gospels, would be manifold, but two realities seem prominent to me.

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 His words and His love.

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 His words and His love.

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 In His high priestly prayer to the Father, Jesus highlights repeatedly,

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 I have given them your words.

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 John 17, 8, and then 14, many times throughout.

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 As Peter accounted for why he would keep following,

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 Lord, where else would we go?

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 For you have the words of life.

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 John 6, 68.

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 And Jesus' words came in the context of His love.

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 This was certainly the striking experience and perception of His disciples themselves.

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 As the apostle He loved, John, testified,

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 He loved us to the end.

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 John 13, 1.

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 When near the end, when Jesus told them He must leave them,

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 their hearts were heavy to the breaking at such a thought.

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 There He told them His presence would continue with them by the Spirit,

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 and that His Spirit would bring to their remembrance His words.

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 What they must have thought of His reassuring yet cryptic promise,

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 I am with you always, given that it was uttered as He was disappearing from their midst,

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 I know not,

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 but it was marvelously fulfilled at Pentecost by His sending of His Spirit.

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 So I want to suggest that a helpful way to understand the work of the Spirit

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 in sanctification of disciples today, you and I,

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 is by recognizing it as a continuation of the very dynamics of Jesus' earthly ministry

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 among His first disciples.

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 That is, the Holy Spirit sanctifies, imparts the likeness of Christ

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 by making Christ's transforming reality present to us,

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 and especially His love and His words.

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 See, same pattern that we saw with the first disciples.

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 Same thing.

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 First, let's consider the critical role in sanctification of the Holy Spirit

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 presenting to us divine words.

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 And we do so under the title, we have number one here,

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 hearing with faith.

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 Hearing with faith.

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 The phrase is taken from Galatians 3.5,

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 and we'll get there,

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 but let's begin picking up our thread in Romans chapter 8.

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 That will be kind of our main text for today that we'll work through.

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 In verse 13, so Romans 8.13,

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 the apostle gives us an absolutely pivotal principle of sanctification.

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 The first phrase of that verse, verse 13,

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 gives us the highest stakes for putative disciples.

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 He writes,

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 If you live according to the flesh,

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 and by flesh, he means all within us that either opposes or even ignores God.

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 That's the flesh.

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 If you live according to that flesh,

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 you will die.

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 If coddling or coasting along with the current of our flesh,

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 if that becomes the characteristic mode of our life,

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 we will at the last have none.

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 We will die.

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 Now there's a warning worth soberly assessing.

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 And surely we should justly ask with the first disciples around the last supper table

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 as to who might betray the master.

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 Is it I?

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 Is it I?

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 Well, may it not be so.

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 What is the alternative?

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 How do we not die?

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 Well, the apostle goes on.

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 But,

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 if by the spirit,

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 you put to death the deeds of the body,

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 you will live.

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 So,

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 these are the vividly dramatic alternatives.

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 As John Owen,

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 an old Puritan writer,

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 puts it with lapidary succinctness,

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 be killing sin,

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 be killing sin,

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 or sin will be killing you.

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 Be killing sin,

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 or sin will be killing you.

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 And this needs to be our unrelieved and unwearied stance towards sin.

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 We must seek nothing else than its extirpation,

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 put to death.

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 Not simply wound,

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 or periodically prune.

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 Just a little bit off the top, please.

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 No,

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 the axe must be at the root of the tree.

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 For if we let our flesh prevail,

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 that is,

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 what we think,

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 feel,

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 do,

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 be shaped against,

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 or apart from God,

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 we will die.

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 So,

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 surely the vital question becomes,

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 how do we manage to put to death

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 these deeds of the body?

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 And by deeds of the body,

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 that phrase is used for our flesh,

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 simply because it's through the body

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 that our flesh is able to express itself.

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 It's the way we are as human beings.

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 So,

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 the deeds of the body,

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 nothing against the body in and of itself.

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 It's just that the body is the instrument

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 through which our flesh expresses itself,

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 but it could also be the instrument

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 through which the spirit expresses itself.

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 So,

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 it's not negative in itself,

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 but in this context,

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 he's just using that

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 as a parallel to the flesh,

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 the deeds of the body here in this context.

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 And notice,

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 this is critical,

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 notice how our text emphasizes

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 the need to battle our flesh

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 in a particular way.

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 I can't believe that you just missed

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 the John Owen quote.

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 There'll be another one.

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 Don't worry.

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 Don't worry.

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 Okay.

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 Be killing sin,

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 or sin will be killing you.

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 You know it well.

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 So,

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 notice how our text emphasizes

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 that the need to battle our flesh

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 in a particular way.

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 Did you see that?

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 It says,

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 if by the spirit

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 you are putting to death

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 the deeds of the body,

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 you will live.

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 Very critical.

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 You know,

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 because Christian,

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 the Christian is not simply one

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 who puts to death

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 the deeds of the body.

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 Lots of unbelievers do that.

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 I mean,

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 we see them all over the place.

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 Everyone from dieters

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 to ascetics

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 perform acts of self-denial.

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 And neither does

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 being a Christian

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 guarantee

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 in any way

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 that we will go about

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 seeking to put to death

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 the flesh

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 in the right

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 and effectual way.

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 Hair shirts,

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 that's not gonna,

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 you know,

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 this is not the effectual way.

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 Often,

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 our efforts amount

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 to nothing but a miserable failure.

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 So,

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 that ought to clue us in

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 that,

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 hey,

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 I think we're going about this

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 in the wrong way.

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 No,

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 the apostle is adamant here.

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 It must be

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 by the spirit

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 that we do

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 the killing.

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 No other way

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 is effectual.

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 So,

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 our question becomes,

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 how is this done?

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 What does

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 by the spirit mean?

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 Now,

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 the apostle

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 is not as explicit

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 as we all wish

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 that he were here.

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 But,

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 we're not without resort

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 for the context,

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 verse 5,

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 gives us a clue.

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 And there,

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 we're in Romans 8,

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 Tyler,

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 there,

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 he has just explained

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 those,

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 according to the spirit,

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 set their minds

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 on the things

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 of the spirit.

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 So,

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 inferentially,

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 likely,

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 the way we put

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 to death the flesh

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 by the spirit

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 is by setting

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 our minds

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 on the things

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 of the spirit.

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 spirit.

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 And if this is so,

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 then the question

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 becomes,

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 what are the things

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 of the spirit?

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 Well,

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 without wanting

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 unduly

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 to narrow

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 the identification,

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 it is interesting

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 that there is

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 one place,

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 just one,

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 one place

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 in the New Testament

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 where that exact

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 phrase occurs.

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 And again,

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 from Paul's pen,

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 it's in 1 Corinthians

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 2.14,

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 where we discover

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 that the things

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 of the spirit

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 are the words

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 taught by the

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 Holy Spirit

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 given to Paul,

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 an apostle,

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 to teach us,

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 now recorded

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 in the New Testament,

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 the apostolic words,

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 the voice

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 of the spirit

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 heard in the

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 spirit-inspired

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 scriptures.

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 It's the exact

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 phrase that Paul

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 uses,

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 the things

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 of the spirit.

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 So,

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 I'm proposing

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 to set our mind

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 on the things

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 of the spirit

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 spirit

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 certainly

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 involves

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 setting them

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 on the words

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 of God

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 as we now

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 have them

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 in our Bibles.

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 And a corroborative

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 piece of evidence

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 suggests we may

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 have the identification

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 right here,

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 and that would be

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 the armor of God.

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 Remember that list

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 in Ephesians 6?

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 Now,

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 interestingly,

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 in that whole list,

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 that whole panoply

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 of things that we need

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 to put on,

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 there is only

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 one of these

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 pieces with which

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 you can kill.

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 Anybody remember

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 what it might be?

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 The sword!

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 Yeah,

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 you can kill

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 with a sword.

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 And what is

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 the sword of the spirit

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 that identifies

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 what that is?

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 The word of God!

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 There you go.

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 So you're thinking,

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 oh, bingo!

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 We've got resonance here,

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 we've got correlation.

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 Always a good principle

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 in scripture study

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 is, you know,

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 do these truths

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 that I'm thinking

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 that I'm finding here,

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 do they correlate

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 with other truths

00:14:35.579 --> 00:14:36.379
 that I'm seeing?

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 Do I get a little

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 thickening weave

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 of the fabric

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 of scripture together?

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 Is this a prominent theme?

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 Does this seem to work?

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 Yes.

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 Why, then we think,

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 okay, we're on solid ground here.

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 We're on solid ground.

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 And,

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 as further,

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 and I think decisive support

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 for our contention,

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 Jesus does exactly this

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 when he is faced

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 with temptation.

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 He meets the assault

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 with scripture,

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 the words of God.

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 This was the manner

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 of the master.

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 And you all remember this

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 from the temptation narrative

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 in Luke 4.

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 Remember?

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 Quote scripture.

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 So,

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 how do we put to death

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 the deeds of the body

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 by the spirit?

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 Well,

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 by taking our minds

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 and setting them firmly

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 on the words of God.

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 It is the word

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 that is instrumental

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 in killing our sin

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 as we set our minds

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 on it.

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 The word is the means

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 by which the vigorous action

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 is engaged.

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 So, we set our minds

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 on it,

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 the word.

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 So,

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 how does this

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 practically work itself out?

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 Well,

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 Paul's remarks

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 to the Galatians

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 that we started with

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 are helpfully

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 kind of fill this out.

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 Particularly,

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 great Galatians 3.5,

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 okay,

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 which gets at what

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 we do

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 such that the spirit

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 is at work.

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 Okay,

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 and the question

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 Paul sets before

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 the Galatians

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 is,

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 how,

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 Galatians,

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 think back with me,

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 remember with me,

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 how

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 was the miracle

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 working power

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 of the spirit

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 unleashed

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 in your lives?

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 And he gives them

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 two options.

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 Well,

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 did it happen

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 by performing

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 works of the law?

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 Gong,

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 wrong,

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 wrong answer,

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 thank you for playing,

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 no.

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 Or,

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 did it happen

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 by hearing

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 with faith?

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 Bingo!

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 Hearing with faith.

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 Hearing with faith.

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 Now,

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 is it not

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 interesting

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 how Paul

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 does not just say

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 by faith,

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 by faith.

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 No,

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 hearing by faith.

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 Why add

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 hearing?

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 Apostle Paul,

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 why add hearing?

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 How does

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 accenting

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 hearing

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 make a difference?

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 Because

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 the spirit

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 is engaged

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 by our

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 hearing.

00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:29.779
 Now,

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 we're not just

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 spirits,

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 we're embodied

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 spirits.

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 And he works

00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.539
 his miracles,

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 and he did

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 to you,

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 to you Galatians,

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 by our

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 hearing.

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 And this is vital.

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 If you want

00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:42.880
 the spirit

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 released

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 to work

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 with power,

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 hear

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 the word

00:17:47.820 --> 00:17:48.360
 of God

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 and believe

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 it.

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 So,

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 when you're

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 battling

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 with temptation,

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 what is your

00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:57.040
 first act

00:17:57.040 --> 00:17:57.700
 in the fray?

00:17:58.580 --> 00:17:59.080
 Listen!

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 Hear something!

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 Get something

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 into your ear!

00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:05.660
 Okay?

00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:07.960
 Luther used

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 to say,

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 the ear,

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 that's the

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 Christian organ,

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 the ear.

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 I think he's

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 right.

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 Don't

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 minimize

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 the importance

00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:22.220
 of hearing.

00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:22.600
 Oh,

00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:23.019
 I'll just

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 trust in God.

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 Sounds

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 pious.

00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:26.540
 Well,

00:18:26.580 --> 00:18:27.019
 yes,

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 but it's

00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.820
 too vague

00:18:28.820 --> 00:18:29.800
 and amorphous.

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 get a

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 concrete

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.819
 piece

00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.460
 of his

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.139
 promises

00:18:35.139 --> 00:18:36.359
 and character

00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:38.220
 and trust

00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:39.180
 that.

00:18:40.619 --> 00:18:41.519
 How does

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.059
 this play

00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:42.419
 out?

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.539
 Well,

00:18:44.639 --> 00:18:45.019
 when your

00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.440
 flesh

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.339
 kindles

00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:47.099
 something

00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:48.180
 seeking to

00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:48.740
 conceive

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.419
 sin,

00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.180
 how do

00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.599
 you kill

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:50.859
 it?

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.960
 Hear

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:54.259
 the word.

00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.180
 Listen

00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.960
 to a

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.579
 promise.

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:58.000
 This is

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.759
 the spirit's

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.220
 instrument

00:18:59.220 --> 00:18:59.900
 to do

00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.420
 his

00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:01.500
 sin-killing

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.140
 work.

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.100
 So the

00:19:04.100 --> 00:19:04.539
 way we

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.339
 slay sin

00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.200
 by the

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.960
 spirit,

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.480
 or as we

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.100
 might alternately

00:19:09.100 --> 00:19:09.579
 phrase it,

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.140
 how the

00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:10.620
 spirit

00:19:10.620 --> 00:19:11.660
 sanctifies

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.720
 us in

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.500
 mortifying

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.420
 our sin

00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.200
 is by

00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:15.920
 taking the

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.460
 scriptures,

00:19:17.360 --> 00:19:17.779
 the word

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.440
 of Christ,

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.700
 and bringing

00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:20.539
 them to

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.319
 our mind,

00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:21.980
 just as

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.980
 Jesus promised

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.420
 that the

00:19:23.420 --> 00:19:23.940
 spirit would

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:24.339
 help us

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:24.900
 to do.

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.799
 In

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.160
 opposition

00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.839
 to our

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.579
 flesh,

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.359
 the world,

00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:29.859
 and the

00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.279
 enemy of

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:30.899
 our soul.

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.099
 Or to

00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.559
 bring another

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.179
 Pauline

00:19:34.179 --> 00:19:34.939
 image to

00:19:34.939 --> 00:19:35.279
 bear,

00:19:35.899 --> 00:19:36.399
 when the

00:19:36.399 --> 00:19:36.879
 fiery

00:19:36.879 --> 00:19:37.539
 darts

00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:39.119
 of

00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.659
 temptation

00:19:39.659 --> 00:19:40.659
 come in

00:19:40.659 --> 00:19:41.419
 as thick

00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:41.939
 and deadly

00:19:41.939 --> 00:19:42.720
 arrows,

00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.639
 raise the

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.299
 shield of

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.519
 faith which

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.659
 extinguishes

00:19:47.659 --> 00:19:47.980
 them.

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:50.000
 What is it

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.039
 to raise the

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.559
 shield of

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:51.980
 faith?

00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.019
 Well,

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:54.119
 faith is

00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:54.799
 always in the

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.059
 scripture

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:56.259
 putting our

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.639
 trust

00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.759
 concretely

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.399
 in the

00:19:58.399 --> 00:19:59.319
 promises of

00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:00.079
 God and

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:00.619
 the person

00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.319
 behind those

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:01.819
 promises.

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.259
 And this

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.659
 is again

00:20:04.659 --> 00:20:05.539
 exactly what

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:05.960
 we see

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.639
 Jesus doing

00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:07.500
 for his

00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:08.099
 disciples.

00:20:08.659 --> 00:20:09.000
 Let's give

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.559
 an example.

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.200
 You remember

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:11.539
 when his

00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.240
 disciples were

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:12.919
 troubled in

00:20:12.919 --> 00:20:13.299
 heart.

00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.299
 So John

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:15.019
 14.

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:16.139
 Remember?

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:16.819
 And he

00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.359
 tells them,

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.519
 let not your

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.099
 hearts be

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.559
 troubled.

00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:22.659
 Believe in

00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.360
 God and

00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:23.940
 in me.

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.820
 That is,

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.660
 raise the

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.080
 shield of

00:20:26.080 --> 00:20:26.420
 faith.

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:26.740
 Let's

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.160
 exercise

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.800
 faith here.

00:20:29.040 --> 00:20:29.279
 Yes,

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:29.840
 faith in

00:20:29.840 --> 00:20:30.140
 God,

00:20:30.340 --> 00:20:31.180
 but further

00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:32.160
 and importantly,

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.360
 he makes

00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:34.640
 a concrete,

00:20:35.860 --> 00:20:36.480
 he makes

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.420
 it concrete

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.480
 to them by

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.300
 giving them

00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:40.400
 a specific

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:42.200
 promise to

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:42.759
 sink their

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.460
 teeth into.

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:45.019
 If I go,

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.460
 I will come

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.220
 again and

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.740
 take you to

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.600
 myself that

00:20:48.600 --> 00:20:49.500
 where I am,

00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:50.920
 you will be

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.500
 also.

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.380
 So, see,

00:20:53.560 --> 00:20:53.840
 there's

00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:54.160
 something

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.440
 concrete to

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.940
 sink our

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 faith into.

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 And his

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 words are

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 solid ground,

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 for he it

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:03.259
 is who is

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 behind them,

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.420
 and he's

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 utterly and

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:06.060
 always trustworthy,

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 and he even

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 reassures them

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.360
 with that.

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 Hey, after

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 his promise,

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 if it were

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 not so, I

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.040
 would not

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 have told

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 you.

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 You see how

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.080
 he's directing

00:21:15.080 --> 00:21:15.960
 them to trust

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 in the promise

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 concretely and

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.400
 in the person

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 behind it.

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 See how

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.820
 Jesus does

00:21:20.820 --> 00:21:21.500
 this to his

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.040
 disciples?

00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.920
 How he

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.420
 helps them?

00:21:24.659 --> 00:21:25.539
 So, this

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.019
 is what it

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.839
 is to put

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 to death

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:27.960
 the flesh

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.879
 by the

00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:30.259
 spirit, to

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 quench the

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 incoming temptations

00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.279
 with the

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 shield of

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 faith.

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 Lay hold

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.159
 of a

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 word of

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 divine promise

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 and put

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 your trust

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 in it

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 and in

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 the one

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 behind it.

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 Sisters and

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 brothers,

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 what a rich

00:21:46.399 --> 00:21:47.399
 harvest field

00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:48.039
 there is of

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 God's promises.

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 Jesus.

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 You know,

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 he's not

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:52.279
 stingy here.

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:52.700
 He's given

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 us a lot

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 of them.

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 And there

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:54.960
 is surely

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:56.200
 an armful

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:56.819
 to be

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 gleaned to

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 meet every

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 occasion of

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 temptation.

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.600
 And these

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 the spirit

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.319
 will use

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 as his

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 arsenal

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:09.059
 in his

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:10.380
 sin-slaying

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.140
 sanctifying

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.940
 mission.

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 So let's

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 help out

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 by laboring

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 that the

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.480
 word of

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.660
 Christ might

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.120
 come to

00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:22.580
 dwell in

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 us richly.

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 You see

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 how critical

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 a role it

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 has.

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 That the

00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:27.779
 Holy Spirit

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.559
 might have

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.039
 an ample

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.360
 arsenal to

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 draw upon

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 in his

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 war with

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 us on

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 our sin.

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 And let

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 it encourage

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 us that the

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 spirit's work

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.220
 here is the

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:41.240
 fulfillment of

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.799
 the promise

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.039
 of the

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 master.

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 He said

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 be assured

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 the Holy

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 Spirit will

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.259
 bring to

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 your

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 remembrance

00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.720
 all that

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.000
 I have

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 said to

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 you.

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 John 14

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.079
 26.

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 As John

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.139
 Owen writes

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 I'm going to

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 throw in

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 another one

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.399
 for Tyler

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 here.

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.839
 Christ had

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.399
 said many

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 things,

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 things gracious

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.519
 and heavenly

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.559
 to his

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.039
 disciples.

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.460
 He had

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.839
 given them

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.539
 many rich

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.279
 and precious

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:08.079
 promises to

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 uphold their

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 hearts.

00:23:09.919 --> 00:23:11.279
 But knowing

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.639
 full well how

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.559
 ready they

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 were to

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:15.480
 forget and

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:15.819
 to let

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 slip the

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.420
 things that

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:17.980
 were spoken

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.940
 and how

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:20.139
 coldly his

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 promises would

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:21.859
 come into

00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:22.720
 their assistance

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.920
 when retained

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:25.240
 only in their

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.899
 natural faculties

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:29.180
 and made use

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.940
 of their own

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.920
 strength.

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.359
 To obviate

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.200
 these ills,

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.960
 he tells

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.940
 them that this

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.899
 work he committed

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.599
 to the charge

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.159
 of another

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:39.839
 who will do

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.219
 to the

00:23:40.219 --> 00:23:40.659
 purpose,

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.480
 the comforter

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.719
 who is in

00:23:42.719 --> 00:23:42.959
 you.

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.719
 He shall

00:23:43.719 --> 00:23:44.159
 bring to

00:23:44.159 --> 00:23:44.639
 remembrance

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.659
 and apply

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.059
 to your

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.619
 souls the

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.099
 things that

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.419
 I have

00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:47.899
 spoken,

00:23:48.419 --> 00:23:49.059
 the promises

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.679
 that I have

00:23:49.679 --> 00:23:50.000
 made,

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:50.919
 which will

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.500
 then be

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.240
 unto you

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.319
 as life

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.980
 from the

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.379
 dead.

00:23:56.459 --> 00:23:57.619
 So the

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.059
 Spirit

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:59.500
 brings the

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.240
 promises of

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.699
 the Word

00:24:00.699 --> 00:24:01.619
 to our

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.179
 minds

00:24:02.179 --> 00:24:03.219
 and applies

00:24:03.219 --> 00:24:03.699
 them for

00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:04.019
 us.

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.339
 And not

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:06.519
 only that,

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.180
 but the

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:08.079
 Spirit works

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.839
 upon our

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:11.019
 affections so

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:12.539
 that we savor

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.379
 these truths,

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.400
 we relish

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:14.740
 them.

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.519
 He causes

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.660
 us to lay

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.879
 great stock

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.759
 in them,

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.879
 to treasure

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.359
 them,

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.680
 delight in

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:22.940
 them,

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.299
 find them to

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:25.259
 be food for

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.960
 our soul.

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.139
 We may

00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:28.379
 have read

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:28.900
 a promise

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.559
 a hundred

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.519
 times before,

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.879
 but apart

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.279
 from the

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.680
 Spirit,

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.460
 to quote

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.900
 John Owen

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.259
 again,

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.460
 we find

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.279
 no more

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.120
 savor in

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.680
 them than

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:37.980
 in the

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.360
 white of

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.840
 an egg.

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.140
 That's not

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.519
 much.

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.880
 But when

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.320
 the same

00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:44.340
 promises are

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.860
 brought to

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.660
 remembrance by

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.259
 the Spirit,

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.980
 the Comforter

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.580
 who is with

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:48.880
 us and

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.420
 in us,

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.900
 ah, how

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.539
 full of

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.160
 life and

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.740
 power they

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.519
 then become.

00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:55.200
 See, this

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.640
 is the work

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:56.140
 of the Spirit.

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.600
 How often,

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.380
 continues Owen,

00:24:59.100 --> 00:24:59.640
 when the

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.279
 spirits of

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.740
 the saints

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.539
 are ready to

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.200
 faint within

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:03.460
 them, when

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.180
 straits and

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.059
 perplexities are

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.620
 round about

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.539
 them, that

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.380
 they know not

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.000
 what to do,

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.779
 nor whither to

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.539
 apply themselves

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.460
 for help or

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.360
 supportment,

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:12.640
 doth the

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.420
 Spirit that

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.120
 dwelleth in

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.840
 them bring

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.539
 to mind some

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.720
 seasonable,

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:18.000
 suitable promise

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.620
 of Christ,

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:20.019
 that bears them

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.860
 up quite above

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.640
 their difficulties

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.420
 and distractions,

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:24.000
 opening such

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:25.039
 new springs of

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.740
 life and

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.519
 consolation to

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.140
 their souls,

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.620
 as that they

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:30.019
 who but now

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.100
 stooped,

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.899
 yea, we're

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:33.000
 almost bowed,

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.459
 bowed to

00:25:33.459 --> 00:25:34.159
 the ground,

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.480
 do now stand

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.740
 upright and

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.839
 feel no weight

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.959
 or burden at

00:25:38.959 --> 00:25:39.240
 all.

00:25:39.659 --> 00:25:40.259
 Notice how I'm

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:41.099
 trying to seed in

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.899
 a little appreciation

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:43.299
 for John Owen.

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.319
 It's just kind of

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.240
 a temptation that

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.699
 you guys should

00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:46.519
 read some of

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.699
 that.

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.359
 That's from his

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.480
 Saints Perseverance,

00:25:48.959 --> 00:25:49.619
 his works,

00:25:49.699 --> 00:25:50.279
 volume 11.

00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:50.799
 A lot of

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.279
 works, a lot

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.599
 of works.

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.500
 Well, so I've

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.719
 expounded the

00:25:55.719 --> 00:25:57.019
 Spirit's sanctifying

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.879
 word work,

00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:00.280
 focusing upon

00:26:00.280 --> 00:26:01.020
 words of

00:26:01.020 --> 00:26:01.820
 promise,

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.440
 which is

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.920
 surely a

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.800
 crucial category.

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:05.900
 But,

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:08.200
 what is,

00:26:08.340 --> 00:26:09.000
 excuse me,

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.900
 what is going

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:11.360
 on when we

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:12.260
 meet the

00:26:12.260 --> 00:26:12.960
 flesh's

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.960
 blandishments

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.940
 with scriptural

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:17.000
 truth?

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.980
 We are

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:20.620
 engaging in

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.540
 a battle

00:26:21.540 --> 00:26:23.100
 of stories,

00:26:23.560 --> 00:26:24.080
 a battle

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.840
 of stories.

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.000
 stories.

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:27.399
 Our flesh

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:28.779
 uses stories.

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.599
 It seeks to

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.779
 ensorcel us

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:33.179
 with a story.

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:35.220
 Oh, this sin

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.119
 will satisfy.

00:26:37.199 --> 00:26:37.879
 It's your

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.579
 heart's

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.599
 dainty

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.779
 and desire.

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.779
 Oh, and

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.339
 it's but an

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:43.720
 isolated indulgence

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.639
 that will not

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.419
 lead to anything

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:46.859
 seriously harmful.

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.859
 It's so

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.740
 worth it.

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.099
 See, we're

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.980
 being given a

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:54.019
 story and

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:55.000
 urged to

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.920
 live within

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.359
 it.

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.519
 And stories

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.700
 must be

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:01.160
 met with

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.139
 stories.

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.000
 The scripture

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.299
 also gives

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.980
 us another

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.940
 story, a

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.420
 very different

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.879
 story.

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.200
 Wait,

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:12.319
 life that is

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.279
 worth the name

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.480
 is to be had

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.500
 only in Christ

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.160
 alone.

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:18.099
 God is the

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.559
 fountain of

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.220
 living water

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.900
 and the

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.980
 cisterns sin

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.579
 offers are

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:23.139
 broken and

00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:23.639
 hold no

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.159
 water.

00:27:25.919 --> 00:27:26.919
 It may be

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.480
 able to wet

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.059
 our lips,

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.359
 but it can

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:29.960
 never quench

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.759
 our thirst.

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.939
 Indeed, sin

00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:33.659
 is a murderer.

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.059
 It whispers

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:36.819
 softly, only

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.899
 that we may

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.679
 draw near,

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.460
 so it

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.259
 stabs

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.919
 fatally.

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.319
 Its pleasures

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.119
 are poisoned.

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.859
 When has it

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.559
 ever delivered

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.299
 its promises?

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:49.259
 sin is a

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.960
 liar from

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.500
 the beginning.

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.500
 It courts

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.159
 me to

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:53.299
 enslave me.

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.419
 Its steps

00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:55.579
 go down

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.700
 to death.

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.579
 No,

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.419
 I will not

00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:01.299
 live in the

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.000
 story it

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.299
 offers.

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.059
 I see the

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:05.059
 face behind

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.879
 the enticement.

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.359
 It is the

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.279
 enemy of my

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.799
 soul.

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.299
 Get behind

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.359
 me,

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:11.819
 Satan.

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:14.879
 When we

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:16.179
 meet sin

00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:16.439
 with

00:28:16.439 --> 00:28:16.939
 scripture,

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.419
 we are

00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:19.000
 meeting

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:20.179
 story

00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:21.039
 with

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.939
 story.

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.819
 A story

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:25.119
 invites us

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.059
 to inhabit

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.439
 it.

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.159
 And as

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:29.079
 we dwell,

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.879
 indwell that

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.519
 story,

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:34.659
 its form

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:36.679
 forms us.

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.519
 It informs

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.939
 and forms

00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:41.319
 our imagination.

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:43.819
 And the

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.339
 spirit's

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.099
 work is

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.720
 to render

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.839
 that story

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.919
 compelling

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.700
 to us,

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.079
 captivating

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.720
 in its

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.240
 goodness,

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.039
 beauty,

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.419
 and truth.

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.599
 If we

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.299
 encounter

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.279
 sin's

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.200
 solicitations

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.939
 and the

00:28:58.939 --> 00:28:59.399
 alluring

00:28:59.399 --> 00:29:00.099
 story it

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.759
 tells us

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.240
 without

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.339
 our own

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.279
 countervailing

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.960
 story,

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.679
 we shall

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.139
 surely

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.819
 succumb

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.240
 to its

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.759
 story.

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:10.019
 Like an

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.460
 actress

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.099
 torn from

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.779
 her drama

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.599
 she has

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:12.779
 no

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.480
 storyline

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.180
 to guide

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.639
 and govern

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:14.819
 her.

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.460
 She is

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.079
 adrift.

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.920
 When we

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:19.440
 understand

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.359
 this dynamic,

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.680
 an implication

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.420
 I think

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.180
 becomes

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:24.559
 forcefully

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.119
 clear.

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.720
 Are we

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.339
 living

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.480
 within the

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.799
 biblical

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.519
 story,

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.240
 the drama?

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:32.139
 Do we

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.680
 know the

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.319
 drama in

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.700
 which we

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.019
 are to

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.619
 perform our

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.019
 part?

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.339
 Do we

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.859
 find it

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.379
 compelling?

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:39.240
 are our

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.240
 consciousness

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.760
 and our

00:29:40.760 --> 00:29:41.560
 imaginations

00:29:41.560 --> 00:29:42.920
 steeped in

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.220
 it?

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.700
 To respond

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.020
 to sin's

00:29:47.020 --> 00:29:48.060
 solicitations

00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:48.980
 with scripture

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.780
 is not

00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:50.700
 simply to

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.180
 quote

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.780
 isolated

00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:53.940
 atomistic

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.840
 Bible verses

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:56.180
 like we're

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.680
 reading a

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.560
 fortune cookie

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:58.900
 or fingering

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.960
 a talisman.

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:01.720
 no, it

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.019
 is to

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.880
 apply a

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:04.480
 piece of

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.079
 the rich

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:07.160
 fabric with

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.920
 the force

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.220
 of the

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.500
 entire weave

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.500
 behind it.

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.480
 So I

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.340
 again ask,

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.079
 are we

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.819
 living within

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.400
 the biblical

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:16.140
 story?

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.559
 Are we,

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.180
 as we

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.900
 seek to

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.500
 grow in

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.759
 it,

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.900
 finding it

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.460
 more and

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.279
 more compelling,

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:25.420
 more and

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.500
 more complete,

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.119
 more and

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.859
 more real,

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.579
 more and

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.319
 more beautiful?

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.319
 Are we

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.899
 more and

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.879
 more confident

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:35.259
 from tried

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.519
 experience that

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.579
 it always

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.319
 keeps its

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.879
 promises

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:41.099
 sweeter than

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.180
 honey, for

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.519
 it is the

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.200
 expression of

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.039
 him who is

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.639
 altogether

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.339
 beautiful,

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.879
 who alone

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.359
 has the

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.720
 words of

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.079
 eternal

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.559
 life?

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.639
 And this

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.099
 brings us

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.420
 to our

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.259
 second

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.480
 sanctifying

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.019
 work of

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.200
 the

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.619
 spirit.

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.539
 For

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.379
 perhaps

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:57.279
 most

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.140
 compellingly

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.720
 of all,

00:30:59.660 --> 00:30:59.839
 the

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.619
 spirit

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.440
 presents

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:01.720
 the

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.180
 story

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.460
 to

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.960
 us,

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:03.980
 indeed

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.619
 makes

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:04.900
 us

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.900
 feel

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.160
 the

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.559
 story

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.819
 to

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.400
 be

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.900
 a

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.200
 love

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.839
 story.

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.920
 This

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.339
 is what

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.839
 gives it

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.740
 such

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:15.019
 transforming

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.740
 power.

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.420
 For a

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.619
 love

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.079
 story

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.759
 is the

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.180
 story

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.940
 that we

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.559
 were all

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.480
 made to

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:21.980
 be part

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:23.839
 of and

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:25.339
 so long

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.980
 to be

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.640
 part of.

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.180
 More than

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.620
 anything,

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.940
 the sons

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.380
 of Adam

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:30.860
 and daughters

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.400
 of Eve,

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.339
 as sons

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.660
 of Adam

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.000
 and daughters

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.180
 of Eve,

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.059
 we long

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.400
 to be

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.839
 loved and

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.319
 accepted,

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:36.940
 to hear

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.400
 the words

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.120
 of welcome

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:39.120
 and affection

00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:40.420
 spoken over

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.759
 us like

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.759
 the divine

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.519
 voice of

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.980
 love and

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.099
 acceptance heard

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:47.220
 so fulfillingly

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.500
 in the

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.880
 garden.

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.000
 men.

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.000
 We

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.360
 observe

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:50.680
 that in

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.120
 the ministry

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.640
 of Jesus

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.060
 to his

00:31:52.060 --> 00:31:52.540
 disciples,

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.800
 his words

00:31:53.800 --> 00:31:55.020
 came in

00:31:55.020 --> 00:31:55.620
 the setting

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:55.980
 of his

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.540
 love.

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.800
 So let's

00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.640
 now briefly

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.660
 consider how

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.320
 the Spirit

00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:02.780
 continues for

00:32:02.780 --> 00:32:03.420
 disciples

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:05.600
 this experience

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:07.180
 of Christ's

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.820
 love.

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:09.600
 What is

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:10.300
 this work?

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.759
 Well,

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.299
 it's

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.059
 twofold

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.180
 and we

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:14.019
 will expound

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:15.099
 it as

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.940
 involving

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:17.299
 the kiss

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.139
 and the

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.599
 cry.

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.579
 The kiss

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.879
 and the

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.259
 cry.

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.339
 First,

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.980
 the kiss.

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.419
 As the

00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:26.359
 apostle describes

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.759
 it in

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.440
 Romans 5,

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.899
 5,

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.139
 God's

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:30.460
 love is

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.460
 poured out

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.099
 into our

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:33.500
 hearts by

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.099
 the Holy

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.720
 Spirit.

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.119
 And in

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.680
 our passage,

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.039
 we've been

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.379
 looking at

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:38.039
 Romans 8,

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.579
 it's a

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.359
 parallel passage,

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:40.439
 Paul calls

00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:41.059
 the Holy

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:42.199
 Spirit the

00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:43.399
 spirit of

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:44.079
 adoption,

00:32:44.479 --> 00:32:45.359
 whereby,

00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:45.859
 quote,

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.939
 the Spirit

00:32:46.939 --> 00:32:48.179
 himself bears

00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:49.219
 witness with

00:32:49.219 --> 00:32:50.439
 our spirit

00:32:50.439 --> 00:32:51.979
 that we are

00:32:51.979 --> 00:32:52.819
 children of

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.319
 God.

00:32:53.439 --> 00:32:53.799
 There's the

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.279
 acceptance,

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.079
 the love and

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.740
 the acceptance.

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.259
 Verse 16.

00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:00.000
 This is

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.819
 not simply

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:02.319
 the communication

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.339
 of a

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.159
 proposition,

00:33:04.679 --> 00:33:05.159
 though it may

00:33:05.159 --> 00:33:05.579
 come in the

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:05.979
 form of

00:33:05.979 --> 00:33:06.740
 declarations.

00:33:07.479 --> 00:33:08.439
 It is the

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:10.320
 imparting of

00:33:10.320 --> 00:33:11.960
 an experience.

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.820
 Our sense

00:33:14.820 --> 00:33:15.380
 of being

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.019
 beloved,

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.000
 a beloved

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.799
 child of

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.160
 God,

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.460
 is not in

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.940
 this particular

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.340
 case,

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.559
 inferential,

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:24.059
 but experiential.

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.759
 The Holy

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.880
 Spirit takes

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.680
 the reality

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.740
 of our

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.960
 sonship

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.000
 and allows

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.400
 us to

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:31.920
 taste it.

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.680
 And ladies,

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.600
 by sonship,

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.420
 don't get hung

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:36.220
 up on gender.

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.960
 This is a

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.519
 special thing

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.640
 because sonship

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.200
 implied to

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.759
 those readers

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:41.059
 the possessor

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.839
 of the full

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.640
 inheritance.

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.980
 So you are

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.539
 included.

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:44.940
 It's not

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.360
 exclusion.

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:45.960
 It's actually

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.519
 a marvelous

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:48.279
 inclusion into

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.860
 the full

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.640
 inheritance.

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.120
 Okay?

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.079
 Sonship.

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.860
 So the Holy

00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:53.880
 Spirit takes

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.539
 the reality of

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.279
 our sonship

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.100
 and allows

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:57.200
 us to

00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:58.039
 taste it.

00:33:58.039 --> 00:34:00.079
 we feel

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:00.619
 as it

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.720
 were the

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.440
 kiss of

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.139
 the father

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:04.200
 as the

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.799
 prodigal.

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.539
 And feel,

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.139
 do you ever

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.519
 do this?

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:08.139
 I got my

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.559
 ring every

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:08.900
 once in a

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:08.980
 while.

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.360
 I just miss

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.599
 her.

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.279
 She's away

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.820
 now and I

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.779
 just kind of

00:34:12.779 --> 00:34:13.300
 feel it.

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.239
 It's just

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.559
 such a

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.139
 wonderful thing.

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.679
 And we

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:17.800
 feel the

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.159
 ring of

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.820
 inheritance

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.800
 on our

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:21.099
 finger from

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.400
 God.

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:21.739
 The Holy

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.699
 Spirit allows

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.119
 us to do

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.400
 that.

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.639
 As Thomas

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.179
 Goodwin in

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.480
 another

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.920
 Puritan

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.460
 writes,

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:28.240
 It is

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:29.460
 not a

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.679
 bare

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.380
 conviction

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.780
 that a

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.220
 man shall

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:32.539
 go to

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.840
 heaven,

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.340
 but God

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.179
 telleth him

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:36.400
 directly in

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:37.659
 part what

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.760
 heaven is

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:40.240
 and lets

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:40.900
 the soul

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.780
 feel it.

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.039
 Ah,

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.559
 there is

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.000
 nothing

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:45.059
 sweeter

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.860
 than the

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.199
 love of

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.639
 God and

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.320
 the tasting

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.780
 of that

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.240
 sweetness.

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.159
 The

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.840
 experience

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.599
 may come

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.720
 suddenly and

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:55.280
 forcefully

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.159
 like a

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.619
 crashing

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.359
 wave,

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.779
 or it

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.519
 may come

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.599
 as the

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.139
 gentleness

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.759
 of dew

00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:02.179
 upon

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:02.759
 parched

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.319
 ground,

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.960
 but this

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.839
 comfort and

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:06.899
 joy is

00:35:06.899 --> 00:35:07.539
 carried into

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.059
 the soul

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.420
 by the

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.159
 Holy Spirit

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:10.519
 who distills

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.299
 it personally

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:12.000
 into our

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.440
 hearts.

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.539
 And we

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.440
 feel

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:17.259
 the truth

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:17.739
 of

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:19.359
 this is

00:35:19.359 --> 00:35:20.000
 my beloved

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:21.139
 in whom

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.539
 I am

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.359
 well pleased.

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.320
 I have

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:24.099
 loved you

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.900
 with an

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.579
 everlasting

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.420
 love.

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.079
 Jeremiah

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:28.039
 31.3

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:29.059
 I have

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.800
 engraved

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.500
 you on

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.039
 the palms

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.420
 of my

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.860
 hands.

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.160
 Isaiah

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:33.160
 49.15

00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:34.460
 He who

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.200
 touches you

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:36.140
 touches the

00:35:36.140 --> 00:35:36.599
 apple of

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.340
 my eye.

00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:38.760
 Zechariah

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.300
 2.18

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:40.380
 I will

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:41.700
 rejoice over

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:42.059
 you with

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.539
 gladness.

00:35:42.660 --> 00:35:42.940
 I will

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.320
 quiet you

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.900
 by my

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.340
 love.

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.440
 I will

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.340
 exalt over

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.880
 you with

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.559
 singing.

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:50.119
 yea loud

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.840
 singing.

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.420
 Zephaniah

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.199
 3.17

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.679
 and on

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:53.980
 and on

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.380
 and on.

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.360
 And not

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:57.059
 only does

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.559
 the Spirit

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.699
 place the

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.719
 divine kiss

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.360
 within his

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.659
 own,

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:02.039
 he also

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:03.480
 stirs up

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.659
 an answering

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.539
 cry

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.519
 from our

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.920
 inward

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.599
 parts.

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.920
 As the

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.340
 Apostle

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.719
 writes,

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:11.579
 you have

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.400
 received the

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.960
 spirit of

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.920
 adoption as

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.099
 sons by

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:16.679
 whom we

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:17.139
 cry,

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.059
 Abba

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.539
 Father.

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.679
 Father.

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.559
 Verse 15.

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.679
 Abba,

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.739
 the Aramaic

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.619
 word Jesus

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.259
 used,

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.699
 indicative of

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.699
 his intimate,

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.340
 affectionate

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.320
 relationship with

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:29.840
 the Father.

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.840
 And the

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.440
 Holy Spirit

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.920
 places this

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.500
 word,

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.480
 wow,

00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:36.559
 this word,

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.039
 Abba,

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.739
 as our

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:40.179
 spontaneous,

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.519
 upwelling,

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.420
 answering

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.159
 utterance

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.980
 out of a

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.779
 heart of

00:36:44.779 --> 00:36:45.900
 deeply loved

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.579
 belonging.

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.259
 I am

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:49.260
 my beloved's

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:50.160
 and my

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:50.680
 beloved's

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:51.200
 mind.

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.680
 Song of

00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:53.840
 Solomon 2.16.

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.860
 But how

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.740
 is this

00:36:57.740 --> 00:37:00.020
 connected to

00:37:00.020 --> 00:37:00.260
 our

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:01.180
 sanctification,

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.500
 this love

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.880
 bit,

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:04.520
 and how is

00:37:04.520 --> 00:37:05.300
 that so

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.840
 vitally

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.340
 important?

00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:07.740
 So three

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:09.540
 brief and

00:37:09.540 --> 00:37:10.640
 concluding

00:37:10.640 --> 00:37:11.320
 observations.

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.440
 sanctification.

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.320
 Why is

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:13.620
 this,

00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:14.140
 this,

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:14.960
 that this

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:16.260
 comes in

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.800
 the context

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.420
 of love

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.440
 so vital

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.080
 for

00:37:19.080 --> 00:37:19.940
 sanctification?

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.140
 Okay?

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.960
 First,

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:24.780
 it is

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:25.960
 love

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:28.000
 that ultimately

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.720
 or finally

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:29.640
 that deeply

00:37:29.640 --> 00:37:31.120
 changes us,

00:37:31.580 --> 00:37:32.360
 not fear.

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.400
 fear.

00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:33.680
 It's

00:37:33.680 --> 00:37:34.519
 love

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.320
 that

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:36.120
 changes us,

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.480
 deeply

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.280
 changes us,

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:37.940
 not fear.

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.200
 The spirit

00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:40.960
 affects in

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.559
 us a

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:42.019
 critical

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.720
 change.

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.160
 For

00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:44.640
 you did

00:37:44.640 --> 00:37:45.440
 not receive

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.120
 the spirit

00:37:46.120 --> 00:37:47.039
 of slavery,

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:47.700
 he writes,

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.460
 Romans 8,

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.039
 what,

00:37:49.120 --> 00:37:49.539
 14,

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.140
 to fall

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:51.840
 back into

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:53.120
 fear,

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:55.240
 but you

00:37:55.240 --> 00:37:55.900
 have received

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.980
 the spirit

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.720
 of adoption

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:58.380
 as sons.

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.260
 Notice the

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.780
 contrast.

00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:01.140
 contrast.

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.340
 It's

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.720
 pivotal.

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.920
 The spirit

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:06.720
 of sonship

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:08.060
 comes in

00:38:08.060 --> 00:38:08.880
 in exchange

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.300
 for the

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:10.019
 spirit of

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.780
 bondage.

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.420
 The spirit

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.320
 of bondage

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:15.740
 relates to

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:16.240
 the way we

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:17.400
 all naturally,

00:38:17.640 --> 00:38:18.460
 inevitably,

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.600
 apart from the

00:38:19.600 --> 00:38:20.160
 spirit-applied

00:38:20.160 --> 00:38:20.820
 sonship,

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:21.800
 how we

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.500
 inevitably

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.980
 seek to

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:25.280
 sanctify or

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:26.300
 better ourselves

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:26.980
 or try to

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.780
 make ourselves

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:28.840
 acceptable,

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:29.820
 or at least

00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:30.280
 feel

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.900
 acceptable.

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:32.560
 We

00:38:32.560 --> 00:38:32.940
 encounter

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.320
 God's

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:34.220
 law and

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:34.620
 him as

00:38:34.620 --> 00:38:34.780
 the

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:35.160
 lawgiver

00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:35.720
 judge

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.400
 who

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:36.740
 holds

00:38:36.740 --> 00:38:37.120
 us to

00:38:37.120 --> 00:38:37.660
 account,

00:38:39.180 --> 00:38:41.140
 but given

00:38:41.140 --> 00:38:41.980
 the weakness

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.360
 of our

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:42.780
 flesh,

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.980
 ours is

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:45.060
 never more

00:38:45.060 --> 00:38:46.400
 than failure

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.960
 to live up

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.200
 to the

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:48.920
 requirements

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.300
 with the

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:51.160
 result of

00:38:51.160 --> 00:38:52.420
 never getting

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:53.720
 beyond a

00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:54.420
 soberly

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:55.140
 terrified

00:38:55.140 --> 00:38:55.940
 conscience.

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.000
 conscience.

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.340
 Not a

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:58.280
 pathologically

00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:58.760
 terrified,

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.760
 soberly

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.500
 terrified

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.119
 conscience.

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.200
 Anxiety

00:39:03.200 --> 00:39:04.380
 over the

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:04.780
 impending

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.300
 judgment.

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:07.059
 Utter lack

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.720
 of peace

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:08.360
 with a

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.880
 perpetually

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:09.700
 offended God

00:39:09.700 --> 00:39:10.000
 and how

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.420
 could there

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:10.940
 be peace

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.340
 with a

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:11.820
 perpetually

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:12.679
 offended God?

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:15.340
 Self-recrimination

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:16.639
 for our

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:17.139
 failures

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:18.860
 or a

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.800
 fragile

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.860
 tissue

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.160
 of

00:39:21.160 --> 00:39:22.260
 delusionality

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:23.220
 as to

00:39:23.220 --> 00:39:23.420
 our

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.120
 success.

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.160
 No,

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.660
 we're not

00:39:25.660 --> 00:39:26.340
 being good

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:27.920
 and no

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:28.860
 hope in

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.380
 the judgment

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:30.140
 of a

00:39:30.140 --> 00:39:30.880
 holy God.

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:32.280
 That's

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:33.960
 all we

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.400
 get.

00:39:35.240 --> 00:39:35.559
 And the

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.280
 apostle calls

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:37.180
 this a

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:37.680
 spirit of

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.300
 bondage.

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.320
 And bondage

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.640
 it is

00:39:39.640 --> 00:39:40.160
 indeed,

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.780
 from which

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.180
 there is

00:39:42.180 --> 00:39:43.980
 no self-escape.

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.300
 But when

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:47.840
 the spirit

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.320
 comes and

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:49.360
 applies the

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:50.000
 gospel to

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.200
 our

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:50.739
 helpless

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:51.659
 estate,

00:39:52.299 --> 00:39:53.139
 he sets

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:54.079
 forth the

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:55.259
 unspeakable

00:39:55.259 --> 00:39:56.599
 wonder that

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.439
 God has

00:39:57.439 --> 00:39:58.139
 in the

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:59.319
 Savior Christ

00:39:59.319 --> 00:40:00.619
 exchanged our

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.659
 miserable,

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.579
 blighted,

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.339
 and blackened

00:40:03.339 --> 00:40:04.679
 record with

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:05.559
 his own

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.839
 perfect one.

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.619
 In faith

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.819
 union with

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.239
 Christ,

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:10.779
 our

00:40:10.779 --> 00:40:12.039
 unacceptableness

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:13.839
 is exchanged

00:40:13.839 --> 00:40:14.439
 for his

00:40:14.439 --> 00:40:15.279
 perfect

00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:15.819
 acceptance.

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:17.019
 We are

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:18.119
 accepted in

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:18.659
 the beloved.

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:20.179
 In the

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:20.519
 indeed,

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:21.440
 adopted into

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:21.980
 the family

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.500
 of God

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.299
 where we

00:40:23.299 --> 00:40:24.059
 dare and

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:24.679
 delight to

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:25.079
 call him

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.599
 father.

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.359
 We now

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:28.839
 no longer

00:40:28.839 --> 00:40:29.460
 strive to

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.019
 make ourselves

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:31.159
 acceptable in

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.899
 suspenseful

00:40:31.899 --> 00:40:33.299
 fear and

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:34.099
 finally hopeless

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.799
 despair.

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.339
 For we

00:40:36.339 --> 00:40:37.219
 have,

00:40:37.339 --> 00:40:38.699
 we have

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:39.779
 his full

00:40:39.779 --> 00:40:40.719
 and unfading

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:41.440
 acceptance.

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.779
 Thus,

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.519
 the dynamic

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:43.940
 has not

00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:44.440
 simply been

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:45.079
 altered.

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:45.719
 We altered

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.339
 the dynamic.

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:46.840
 no,

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.460
 it's been

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:48.039
 upended.

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.200
 It's been

00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:49.620
 upended.

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.820
 We seek

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.100
 to be

00:40:53.100 --> 00:40:53.420
 holy,

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:55.280
 not striving

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:56.640
 for God's

00:40:56.640 --> 00:40:57.120
 acceptance,

00:40:57.620 --> 00:40:58.160
 but rather

00:40:58.160 --> 00:40:59.079
 from his

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.579
 acceptance.

00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:01.680
 We simply

00:41:01.680 --> 00:41:02.120
 want to be

00:41:02.120 --> 00:41:02.559
 like our

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.720
 father and

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:04.180
 to please

00:41:04.180 --> 00:41:04.500
 him in

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.220
 imitation of

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:05.460
 him.

00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:08.000
 That's the

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:08.280
 motive.

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:09.900
 I learned

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.440
 this difference

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:10.820
 as a little

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:11.140
 boy.

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:12.940
 We used

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.779
 to play

00:41:13.779 --> 00:41:14.099
 soccer

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.719
 together as

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.000
 I was

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.599
 growing up

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.519
 and in

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:16.819
 the pickup

00:41:16.819 --> 00:41:17.239
 games,

00:41:17.359 --> 00:41:17.900
 my father,

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.159
 who would

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:18.519
 always be

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:18.900
 a captain,

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:19.500
 he would

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.079
 always pick

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.679
 me first

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.179
 to be on

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:21.719
 his team.

00:41:22.359 --> 00:41:22.859
 I can

00:41:22.859 --> 00:41:23.259
 still hear

00:41:23.259 --> 00:41:23.859
 those words.

00:41:24.379 --> 00:41:25.179
 I choose

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:26.059
 my son.

00:41:26.299 --> 00:41:26.759
 He's my

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:27.619
 first choice.

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:30.900
 And I

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:32.699
 knew that

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.559
 I had his

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.139
 love and

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:35.900
 favor before

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.279
 the game

00:41:36.279 --> 00:41:36.960
 even started.

00:41:37.839 --> 00:41:38.599
 Whether I

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.079
 scored the

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.559
 goal or

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:40.019
 swung and

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.460
 missed and

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.980
 fell on my

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:42.179
 doofus or

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:42.639
 took us.

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:44.139
 I had his

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.599
 love.

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:46.019
 I didn't

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.699
 play for

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:47.900
 it, but

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:48.800
 out of it.

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.159
 And in

00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:51.619
 the absence

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:52.639
 of fear and

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.179
 in the fullness

00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:54.340
 of love, it's

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:54.880
 amazing what

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:55.460
 you can do.

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:57.199
 I ran as

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:58.619
 freely and

00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:59.820
 so as fast

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:00.840
 as my little

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:01.300
 legs would

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:01.780
 carry me.

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:02.920
 And I got

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.380
 to be pretty

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:03.780
 good at the

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:04.159
 game.

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.920
 I learned

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.619
 my soccer

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:08.240
 in the spirit

00:42:08.240 --> 00:42:09.559
 of sonship.

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:10.920
 I learned

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.539
 my soccer

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:12.159
 in the spirit

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:12.799
 of sonship.

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.719
 So when

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:15.500
 it comes to

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.279
 sanctification,

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:17.659
 love is

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:18.360
 more powerful

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:19.099
 than fear.

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:21.119
 Love is

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.639
 far more

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:22.259
 powerful than

00:42:22.259 --> 00:42:22.599
 fear.

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:25.119
 You see

00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:25.759
 how it's

00:42:25.759 --> 00:42:26.059
 vital?

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.719
 It's also

00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:28.440
 vital to our

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:29.119
 sanctification

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.940
 that the

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.759
 Holy Spirit

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:32.559
 pours out

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.299
 the love of

00:42:33.299 --> 00:42:33.699
 God into

00:42:33.699 --> 00:42:34.119
 our heart

00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:34.599
 because,

00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:36.239
 too,

00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:38.000
 the way

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.739
 our hearts

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:39.500
 work,

00:42:40.319 --> 00:42:41.539
 we need

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.539
 for change

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:44.099
 the expulsive

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:45.859
 power of

00:42:45.859 --> 00:42:47.299
 an over-mastering

00:42:47.299 --> 00:42:47.759
 affection.

00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:49.119
 The way

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:49.459
 our hearts

00:42:49.459 --> 00:42:49.839
 work,

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.739
 we need

00:42:50.739 --> 00:42:51.319
 for change

00:42:51.319 --> 00:42:52.579
 the expulsive

00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:53.719
 power of

00:42:53.719 --> 00:42:55.639
 an over-mastering

00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:56.899
 affection.

00:42:58.299 --> 00:42:59.239
 Our hearts

00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:00.659
 are a natural

00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:01.959
 tangle of

00:43:01.959 --> 00:43:02.539
 well-rooted

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:03.519
 idols that we

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.039
 cherish.

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:05.719
 And these

00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:06.619
 delectables

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:07.019
 which have

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:07.759
 ensorcelled

00:43:07.759 --> 00:43:08.400
 our hearts

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:09.759
 have an

00:43:09.759 --> 00:43:10.980
 uncanny

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:12.259
 staying power.

00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:13.900
 Their talons

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.579
 grasp.

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:16.199
 Their tendrils

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:17.400
 entwine.

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:18.960
 They have

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.940
 so fastened

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:20.960
 themselves as

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.460
 our hearts

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:22.139
 preference,

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.539
 so ensconced

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:24.820
 themselves as

00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:25.739
 our ruling

00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:26.519
 appetites,

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.739
 we can feel

00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:28.639
 powerless to

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:29.139
 cast them

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.500
 off.

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.420
 Haven't you

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.920
 felt that

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:31.199
 way?

00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:34.239
 how will

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:35.219
 we destroy

00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:35.619
 these

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:36.699
 infatuations?

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:39.279
 Not simply

00:43:39.279 --> 00:43:40.099
 by choking

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.759
 them out

00:43:40.759 --> 00:43:41.399
 to death.

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:42.939
 No.

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:44.399
 Our hearts

00:43:44.399 --> 00:43:45.559
 will always

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.359
 adhere

00:43:46.359 --> 00:43:47.500
 to some

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:48.339
 object

00:43:48.339 --> 00:43:49.679
 and will

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:50.559
 never be

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:51.439
 left void

00:43:51.439 --> 00:43:52.259
 or vacant.

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:54.259
 That's not

00:43:54.259 --> 00:43:54.639
 how we

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:55.219
 extinguish

00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:55.460
 them.

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:58.300
 but what

00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:59.220
 cannot be

00:43:59.220 --> 00:44:00.720
 thus destroyed

00:44:00.720 --> 00:44:03.000
 may be

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:04.340
 dispossessed

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:05.619
 and one

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:06.320
 taste

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:07.559
 give way,

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.039
 made to

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:09.720
 give way

00:44:09.720 --> 00:44:11.099
 to another.

00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:12.559
 This is

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:13.280
 echoing

00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:13.699
 Thomas

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:14.400
 Chalmers.

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:19.360
 how do

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:20.180
 you get

00:44:20.180 --> 00:44:20.980
 the toddler

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.740
 to let

00:44:21.740 --> 00:44:22.200
 go of

00:44:22.200 --> 00:44:23.059
 the keys?

00:44:23.260 --> 00:44:23.660
 I know

00:44:23.660 --> 00:44:23.900
 this,

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.300
 I got a

00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:24.920
 three-year-old

00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:25.300
 and a

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:25.920
 one-year-old.

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:26.940
 How do

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:27.119
 you get

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:27.599
 the toddler?

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.180
 You know,

00:44:28.220 --> 00:44:28.579
 you can try

00:44:28.579 --> 00:44:29.000
 to wrench

00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:29.280
 his family.

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:29.519
 No,

00:44:29.579 --> 00:44:29.680
 no,

00:44:29.700 --> 00:44:29.840
 no,

00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:29.880
 no,

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:31.019
 just bring

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:31.420
 in the

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.820
 puppy.

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:33.000
 Bring

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.340
 in the

00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:33.680
 puppy.

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:34.720
 He'll see

00:44:34.720 --> 00:44:35.180
 the puppy

00:44:35.180 --> 00:44:35.480
 and the

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:35.840
 keys will

00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:36.500
 just drop

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:37.500
 disinterestedly

00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:37.900
 and he'll

00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:38.320
 head for

00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:40.380
 the wiggly

00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:41.240
 cuteness.

00:44:41.239 --> 00:44:43.379
 Do you

00:44:43.379 --> 00:44:43.619
 see?

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.799
 You're

00:44:45.799 --> 00:44:46.539
 dispelling

00:44:46.539 --> 00:44:47.039
 the one.

00:44:47.399 --> 00:44:48.159
 The one

00:44:48.159 --> 00:44:48.899
 affection

00:44:48.899 --> 00:44:50.039
 just over

00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:50.839
 masters the

00:44:50.839 --> 00:44:51.259
 other and

00:44:51.259 --> 00:44:51.659
 you drop

00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:51.899
 it.

00:44:57.319 --> 00:44:58.119
 To

00:44:58.119 --> 00:44:58.899
 mortify our

00:44:58.899 --> 00:44:59.259
 sins,

00:44:59.579 --> 00:45:00.239
 we must

00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:01.139
 love something

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:02.179
 more than

00:45:02.179 --> 00:45:02.519
 them.

00:45:04.299 --> 00:45:04.939
 And so

00:45:04.939 --> 00:45:05.359
 it is

00:45:05.359 --> 00:45:06.459
 critical that

00:45:06.459 --> 00:45:07.019
 the Spirit

00:45:07.019 --> 00:45:08.039
 present before

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:09.259
 us Christ

00:45:09.259 --> 00:45:10.439
 in all his

00:45:10.439 --> 00:45:10.979
 beauty,

00:45:11.239 --> 00:45:11.659
 that our

00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:12.379
 hearts may

00:45:12.379 --> 00:45:13.239
 be ravished

00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:15.919
 away from

00:45:15.919 --> 00:45:16.639
 their worldly

00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:17.659
 allurements.

00:45:18.959 --> 00:45:19.539
 The Spirit

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:20.439
 makes us to

00:45:20.439 --> 00:45:21.239
 see Christ

00:45:21.239 --> 00:45:21.959
 as the

00:45:21.959 --> 00:45:22.439
 pearl of

00:45:22.439 --> 00:45:23.319
 great price

00:45:23.319 --> 00:45:24.459
 and to

00:45:24.459 --> 00:45:25.039
 treasure him

00:45:25.039 --> 00:45:25.759
 more than

00:45:25.759 --> 00:45:26.559
 all the

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:27.439
 world proffers

00:45:27.439 --> 00:45:27.739
 in its

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:28.319
 place.

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:29.459
 We would

00:45:29.459 --> 00:45:30.239
 gladly part

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:31.759
 from it

00:45:31.759 --> 00:45:32.639
 in exchange

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:33.259
 for the

00:45:33.259 --> 00:45:33.719
 pearl of

00:45:33.719 --> 00:45:34.419
 great price.

00:45:36.979 --> 00:45:37.839
 It is

00:45:37.839 --> 00:45:38.279
 the vision

00:45:38.279 --> 00:45:39.000
 of Christ

00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:39.879
 that the

00:45:39.879 --> 00:45:40.199
 Spirit

00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:40.799
 gives,

00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:41.740
 taken into

00:45:41.740 --> 00:45:42.260
 the soul,

00:45:42.260 --> 00:45:42.960
 which is

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:44.160
 the drenching

00:45:44.160 --> 00:45:44.940
 downpour,

00:45:45.300 --> 00:45:46.000
 which loosens

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.500
 all those

00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:47.560
 clinging roots

00:45:47.560 --> 00:45:48.060
 of our

00:45:48.060 --> 00:45:48.820
 idols,

00:45:49.720 --> 00:45:50.460
 that they

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:51.039
 may near

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:52.019
 effortlessly be

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:52.720
 plucked up

00:45:52.720 --> 00:45:53.480
 or simply

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:54.500
 wash away

00:45:54.500 --> 00:45:55.700
 in the flood

00:45:55.700 --> 00:45:56.360
 tide of a

00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:57.480
 superior love.

00:45:59.160 --> 00:46:00.280
 And finally,

00:46:01.080 --> 00:46:01.920
 the Spirit's

00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:02.640
 work of

00:46:02.640 --> 00:46:03.460
 displaying Christ

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:04.100
 is so

00:46:04.100 --> 00:46:05.360
 critical for

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:06.260
 our sanctification

00:46:06.260 --> 00:46:06.760
 salvation.

00:46:06.760 --> 00:46:07.040
 Because,

00:46:07.180 --> 00:46:07.760
 third and

00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:08.200
 finally,

00:46:08.820 --> 00:46:10.480
 what transforms

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:11.820
 us at

00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:13.160
 the last

00:46:13.160 --> 00:46:15.500
 is precisely

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:16.960
 what transforms

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:18.600
 us all

00:46:18.600 --> 00:46:19.400
 along the

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:19.780
 way.

00:46:20.340 --> 00:46:21.560
 What transforms

00:46:21.560 --> 00:46:23.040
 us ultimately

00:46:23.040 --> 00:46:23.960
 at the last

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:25.680
 is precisely

00:46:25.680 --> 00:46:27.280
 what transforms

00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:28.760
 us all

00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:30.160
 along the

00:46:30.160 --> 00:46:30.480
 way.

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:32.240
 what is it

00:46:32.240 --> 00:46:33.099
 which at

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:34.019
 last shall

00:46:34.019 --> 00:46:34.619
 perfectly

00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:35.699
 transform us

00:46:35.699 --> 00:46:36.300
 into the

00:46:36.300 --> 00:46:36.719
 image of

00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:37.300
 the Son?

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:38.000
 Well,

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:38.559
 the Apostle

00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:39.199
 John writes,

00:46:39.619 --> 00:46:40.099
 it has not

00:46:40.099 --> 00:46:40.619
 appeared as

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:41.260
 yet what we

00:46:41.260 --> 00:46:41.760
 shall be.

00:46:42.099 --> 00:46:42.699
 We know

00:46:42.699 --> 00:46:43.820
 that when

00:46:43.820 --> 00:46:45.139
 He appears,

00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:46.820
 we shall be

00:46:46.820 --> 00:46:47.480
 like Him

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:49.920
 because we

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:50.679
 shall see

00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:52.240
 Him just

00:46:52.240 --> 00:46:52.980
 as He

00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:53.579
 is.

00:46:54.099 --> 00:46:54.920
 1 John 3,

00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:55.240
 2.

00:46:56.380 --> 00:46:56.800
 And the

00:46:56.800 --> 00:46:57.940
 Apostle asserts

00:46:57.940 --> 00:46:58.500
 the same

00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:59.320
 in 1 Corinthians

00:46:59.320 --> 00:46:59.880
 13,

00:47:01.059 --> 00:47:01.539
 where He

00:47:01.539 --> 00:47:01.920
 says,

00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:02.579
 near the

00:47:02.579 --> 00:47:02.880
 end,

00:47:03.700 --> 00:47:04.079
 there is

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:04.820
 something

00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:06.480
 which awaits

00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:07.059
 us.

00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:08.760
 The

00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:09.400
 perfect.

00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:10.900
 Tough word

00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:11.440
 to translate,

00:47:11.579 --> 00:47:12.059
 totalion,

00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:13.260
 the perfect.

00:47:14.320 --> 00:47:14.960
 Which,

00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:15.820
 when we

00:47:15.820 --> 00:47:16.920
 encounter it,

00:47:17.740 --> 00:47:18.960
 is also

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:20.159
 our

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:21.119
 perfection.

00:47:21.720 --> 00:47:22.059
 The

00:47:22.059 --> 00:47:22.420
 realization

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:22.860
 of the

00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:23.240
 end for

00:47:23.240 --> 00:47:23.599
 which we

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:23.780
 were

00:47:23.780 --> 00:47:24.380
 fashioned.

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:26.840
 What is

00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:27.280
 this?

00:47:27.940 --> 00:47:29.360
 It is

00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:29.780
 when we

00:47:29.780 --> 00:47:30.360
 encounter

00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:30.960
 the risen

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:31.599
 Christ,

00:47:32.240 --> 00:47:33.240
 face to

00:47:33.240 --> 00:47:33.700
 face.

00:47:34.240 --> 00:47:34.639
 That's how

00:47:34.639 --> 00:47:35.179
 He defines

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:35.340
 it,

00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:35.940
 face to

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:36.360
 face.

00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:38.059
 Where His

00:47:38.059 --> 00:47:38.820
 presence,

00:47:39.420 --> 00:47:40.480
 so intimate

00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:41.760
 that His

00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:42.380
 attributes

00:47:42.380 --> 00:47:43.659
 blaze and

00:47:43.659 --> 00:47:44.360
 press against

00:47:44.360 --> 00:47:44.820
 us.

00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:45.800
 We

00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:46.960
 experience

00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:48.139
 firsthand,

00:47:48.619 --> 00:47:49.420
 up close,

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:50.000
 front row

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:50.400
 seat,

00:47:51.260 --> 00:47:51.960
 His glory,

00:47:52.139 --> 00:47:52.460
 beauty,

00:47:52.460 --> 00:47:53.679
 and burning

00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:54.320
 affection.

00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:55.660
 face to

00:47:55.660 --> 00:47:55.660


00:47:55.660 --> 00:47:56.420
 face.

00:47:56.420 --> 00:47:56.920
 This is

00:47:56.920 --> 00:47:57.320
 what will

00:47:57.320 --> 00:47:57.700
 ultimately

00:47:57.700 --> 00:47:58.400
 change us

00:47:58.400 --> 00:47:58.740
 into the

00:47:58.740 --> 00:47:59.380
 image of

00:47:59.380 --> 00:47:59.760
 the beloved

00:47:59.760 --> 00:48:00.240
 Son,

00:48:01.120 --> 00:48:01.680
 the face

00:48:01.680 --> 00:48:02.300
 to face.

00:48:03.080 --> 00:48:03.440
 We shall

00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:04.720
 perfectly see

00:48:04.720 --> 00:48:04.960
 Him,

00:48:05.240 --> 00:48:05.740
 experience

00:48:05.740 --> 00:48:06.600
 perfectly His

00:48:06.600 --> 00:48:07.760
 presence and

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:08.240
 love,

00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:09.440
 and that

00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:10.220
 will be our

00:48:10.220 --> 00:48:10.900
 perfecting.

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:12.920
 This is the

00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:13.960
 dynamic of

00:48:13.960 --> 00:48:14.820
 our final

00:48:14.820 --> 00:48:16.080
 transformation.

00:48:17.460 --> 00:48:17.940
 But,

00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:20.100
 this is the

00:48:20.100 --> 00:48:21.039
 very dynamic.

00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:21.639
 Do you

00:48:21.639 --> 00:48:22.360
 notice that

00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:22.900
 the Spirit

00:48:22.900 --> 00:48:24.579
 works in

00:48:24.579 --> 00:48:25.739
 our this

00:48:25.739 --> 00:48:26.219
 earthly

00:48:26.219 --> 00:48:26.759
 pilgrimage?

00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:28.420
 He makes

00:48:28.420 --> 00:48:30.340
 Christ vividly

00:48:30.340 --> 00:48:31.259
 present to

00:48:31.259 --> 00:48:31.659
 us.

00:48:32.400 --> 00:48:32.840
 He makes

00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:33.460
 His attributes

00:48:33.460 --> 00:48:34.059
 shine.

00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:35.039
 He sets

00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:35.779
 forth Christ

00:48:35.779 --> 00:48:36.500
 as beautiful

00:48:36.500 --> 00:48:36.960
 in our

00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:37.400
 hearts.

00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:39.039
 As the

00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:39.699
 apostle writes,

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:40.659
 and we all

00:48:40.659 --> 00:48:41.659
 with unveiled

00:48:41.659 --> 00:48:43.079
 face beholding

00:48:43.079 --> 00:48:43.900
 the glory of

00:48:43.900 --> 00:48:44.980
 the Lord in

00:48:44.980 --> 00:48:45.500
 the face of

00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:46.279
 Jesus Christ,

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:47.480
 are being

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:49.019
 transformed into

00:48:49.019 --> 00:48:49.840
 the same

00:48:49.840 --> 00:48:51.000
 image from

00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:51.840
 one degree

00:48:51.840 --> 00:48:52.500
 of glory

00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:53.500
 to another.

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:54.420
 For this

00:48:54.420 --> 00:48:54.980
 comes from

00:48:54.980 --> 00:48:55.400
 the Lord

00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:56.099
 who is

00:48:56.099 --> 00:48:56.760
 the Spirit.

00:48:58.199 --> 00:48:58.860
 2 Corinthians

00:48:58.860 --> 00:48:59.900
 3.18

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:01.739
 The now,

00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:02.780
 in this

00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:03.059
 earthly

00:49:03.059 --> 00:49:03.460
 pilgrimage,

00:49:03.739 --> 00:49:04.159
 does not

00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:04.539
 have the

00:49:04.539 --> 00:49:04.880
 perfect

00:49:04.880 --> 00:49:05.519
 completeness

00:49:05.519 --> 00:49:05.860
 of the

00:49:05.860 --> 00:49:06.219
 then,

00:49:07.360 --> 00:49:07.980
 but is

00:49:07.980 --> 00:49:08.619
 in continuity

00:49:08.619 --> 00:49:09.179
 with it.

00:49:09.780 --> 00:49:10.159
 We are

00:49:10.159 --> 00:49:10.559
 changed,

00:49:10.639 --> 00:49:11.260
 not fully,

00:49:11.559 --> 00:49:12.199
 but truly.

00:49:13.800 --> 00:49:14.280
 Really,

00:49:14.679 --> 00:49:16.000
 we do

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:16.420
 not need

00:49:16.420 --> 00:49:16.880
 to wait

00:49:16.880 --> 00:49:17.619
 for Christ's

00:49:17.619 --> 00:49:18.179
 return to

00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:18.780
 glimpse Him.

00:49:19.119 --> 00:49:19.519
 We may,

00:49:19.639 --> 00:49:20.000
 by the

00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:20.440
 Spirit,

00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:21.539
 even now

00:49:21.539 --> 00:49:23.360
 experience His

00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:24.539
 attributes ablaze

00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:25.320
 before us.

00:49:26.340 --> 00:49:26.740
 We may

00:49:26.740 --> 00:49:27.460
 glimpse His

00:49:27.460 --> 00:49:28.380
 blinding beauty,

00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:29.139
 have His

00:49:29.139 --> 00:49:29.760
 love poured

00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:30.179
 out into

00:49:30.179 --> 00:49:30.720
 our hearts,

00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:31.320
 little

00:49:31.320 --> 00:49:32.119
 foretastes

00:49:32.119 --> 00:49:32.519
 of the

00:49:32.519 --> 00:49:33.139
 feast to

00:49:33.139 --> 00:49:33.519
 come,

00:49:34.119 --> 00:49:34.860
 glimpses

00:49:34.860 --> 00:49:35.679
 of what

00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:36.159
 will be

00:49:36.159 --> 00:49:36.980
 the gaze.

00:49:38.119 --> 00:49:38.639
 And these

00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:39.159
 glimpses are

00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:39.679
 as yet only

00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:40.380
 partial and

00:49:40.380 --> 00:49:40.720
 patchy.

00:49:40.780 --> 00:49:40.980
 It's kind

00:49:40.980 --> 00:49:41.559
 of like a

00:49:41.559 --> 00:49:42.000
 New England

00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:42.599
 beach in

00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:43.320
 early spring,

00:49:43.440 --> 00:49:43.700
 or maybe

00:49:43.700 --> 00:49:44.119
 around about

00:49:44.119 --> 00:49:44.720
 this time,

00:49:45.039 --> 00:49:45.599
 when we

00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:45.940
 get the

00:49:45.940 --> 00:49:46.679
 sun through

00:49:46.679 --> 00:49:47.339
 clouds in

00:49:47.339 --> 00:49:48.119
 moments and

00:49:48.119 --> 00:49:48.759
 fragments.

00:49:50.139 --> 00:49:50.799
 But it

00:49:50.799 --> 00:49:51.299
 is these

00:49:51.299 --> 00:49:51.940
 shafts of

00:49:51.940 --> 00:49:52.519
 light and

00:49:52.519 --> 00:49:53.119
 warmth which

00:49:53.119 --> 00:49:53.799
 transform,

00:49:54.539 --> 00:49:55.779
 not to the

00:49:55.779 --> 00:49:56.279
 degree of

00:49:56.279 --> 00:49:56.739
 the full

00:49:56.739 --> 00:49:57.579
 and uninterrupted

00:49:57.579 --> 00:49:58.599
 brilliance of

00:49:58.599 --> 00:49:59.299
 the noonday

00:49:59.299 --> 00:50:00.799
 presence that

00:50:00.799 --> 00:50:01.159
 that will

00:50:01.159 --> 00:50:01.739
 accomplish,

00:50:02.059 --> 00:50:02.819
 but truly,

00:50:03.299 --> 00:50:03.799
 graciously,

00:50:03.799 --> 00:50:04.460
 and wonderfully,

00:50:04.619 --> 00:50:04.980
 nonetheless.

00:50:06.619 --> 00:50:07.639
 The Spirit

00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:08.219
 makes a

00:50:08.219 --> 00:50:09.839
 beginning of

00:50:09.839 --> 00:50:10.519
 our putting

00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:11.440
 on glory

00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:12.440
 here below,

00:50:12.440 --> 00:50:13.760
 and He

00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:14.579
 will complete

00:50:14.579 --> 00:50:15.380
 what He

00:50:15.380 --> 00:50:15.940
 begins.

00:50:16.400 --> 00:50:17.099
 The Spirit

00:50:17.099 --> 00:50:17.619
 gives it

00:50:17.619 --> 00:50:18.220
 continuity,

00:50:18.900 --> 00:50:19.539
 something from

00:50:19.539 --> 00:50:20.099
 the future

00:50:20.099 --> 00:50:21.059
 coming to

00:50:21.059 --> 00:50:21.679
 the present.

00:50:23.240 --> 00:50:23.840
 One of my

00:50:23.840 --> 00:50:24.599
 cherished

00:50:24.599 --> 00:50:25.280
 emblems of

00:50:25.280 --> 00:50:26.139
 this continuity

00:50:26.139 --> 00:50:27.820
 is the

00:50:27.820 --> 00:50:28.519
 homegoing,

00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:29.900
 the Lord

00:50:29.900 --> 00:50:30.260
 took him

00:50:30.260 --> 00:50:30.559
 home to

00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:30.960
 Himself,

00:50:31.320 --> 00:50:31.900
 of R.W.

00:50:32.019 --> 00:50:32.320
 Dale.

00:50:33.039 --> 00:50:33.619
 He was at

00:50:33.619 --> 00:50:34.300
 his desk

00:50:34.300 --> 00:50:35.440
 meditating on

00:50:35.440 --> 00:50:36.139
 the glory of

00:50:36.139 --> 00:50:37.019
 Christ and

00:50:37.019 --> 00:50:37.720
 transcribing

00:50:37.720 --> 00:50:38.480
 his thoughts

00:50:38.480 --> 00:50:40.280
 in the very

00:50:40.280 --> 00:50:40.940
 moment that the

00:50:40.940 --> 00:50:41.440
 Lord called

00:50:41.440 --> 00:50:41.740
 him into

00:50:41.740 --> 00:50:42.380
 his presence.

00:50:42.440 --> 00:50:44.380
 these were

00:50:44.380 --> 00:50:44.960
 his unfinished

00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:46.460
 words left

00:50:46.460 --> 00:50:47.420
 on the page

00:50:47.420 --> 00:50:48.139
 on his

00:50:48.139 --> 00:50:48.619
 desk.

00:50:49.820 --> 00:50:50.460
 He wrote,

00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:52.039
 Unworldliness

00:50:52.039 --> 00:50:53.179
 does not

00:50:53.179 --> 00:50:53.880
 consist in

00:50:53.880 --> 00:50:54.260
 the rigid

00:50:54.260 --> 00:50:54.980
 observance

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:55.760
 of any

00:50:55.760 --> 00:50:56.800
 external rules

00:50:56.800 --> 00:50:57.539
 of conduct,

00:50:58.240 --> 00:50:58.860
 but in the

00:50:58.860 --> 00:50:59.480
 spirit and

00:50:59.480 --> 00:51:00.260
 temper and

00:51:00.260 --> 00:51:00.840
 in the way

00:51:00.840 --> 00:51:01.659
 of living

00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:02.920
 created by

00:51:02.920 --> 00:51:03.559
 the vision

00:51:03.559 --> 00:51:04.240
 of God,

00:51:04.599 --> 00:51:05.700
 by constant

00:51:05.700 --> 00:51:06.539
 fellowship

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:07.200
 with Him,

00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:08.400
 by a personal

00:51:08.400 --> 00:51:09.340
 and vivid

00:51:09.340 --> 00:51:10.960
 experience of

00:51:10.960 --> 00:51:11.579
 the greatness

00:51:11.579 --> 00:51:12.799
 of Christ's

00:51:12.799 --> 00:51:13.259
 redemption,

00:51:14.099 --> 00:51:14.519
 by the

00:51:14.519 --> 00:51:14.840
 settled

00:51:14.840 --> 00:51:15.679
 purpose to

00:51:15.679 --> 00:51:16.000
 do the

00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:16.259
 will of

00:51:16.259 --> 00:51:16.920
 God always

00:51:16.920 --> 00:51:17.319
 in all

00:51:17.319 --> 00:51:17.799
 things,

00:51:18.039 --> 00:51:18.539
 at all

00:51:18.539 --> 00:51:19.119
 costs,

00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:20.019
 and by

00:51:20.019 --> 00:51:20.739
 the power

00:51:20.739 --> 00:51:21.539
 of the

00:51:21.539 --> 00:51:22.519
 great hope,

00:51:23.019 --> 00:51:23.539
 the full

00:51:23.539 --> 00:51:24.480
 assurance that

00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:25.659
 after our

00:51:25.659 --> 00:51:26.619
 mortal years

00:51:26.619 --> 00:51:27.739
 are spent,

00:51:27.739 --> 00:51:29.420
 there is a

00:51:29.420 --> 00:51:30.000
 larger,

00:51:30.799 --> 00:51:31.319
 fuller,

00:51:31.699 --> 00:51:32.360
 richer life

00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:34.739
 in...

00:51:34.739 --> 00:51:35.699
 that was

00:51:35.699 --> 00:51:35.899
 it.

00:51:36.959 --> 00:51:37.179
 The Lord

00:51:37.179 --> 00:51:37.539
 took him.

00:51:38.699 --> 00:51:39.359
 Wow!

00:51:41.779 --> 00:51:42.859
 What was

00:51:42.859 --> 00:51:43.559
 well begun

00:51:43.559 --> 00:51:44.379
 was perfectly

00:51:44.379 --> 00:51:44.959
 completed.

00:51:45.979 --> 00:51:46.959
 This is

00:51:46.959 --> 00:51:47.359
 what the

00:51:47.359 --> 00:51:48.159
 spirit does

00:51:48.159 --> 00:51:48.799
 in our

00:51:48.799 --> 00:51:49.579
 sanctification.

00:51:50.079 --> 00:51:50.859
 He brings

00:51:50.859 --> 00:51:51.839
 Christ's

00:51:51.839 --> 00:51:52.219
 heavenly

00:51:52.219 --> 00:51:53.179
 presence down

00:51:53.179 --> 00:51:53.619
 into our

00:51:53.619 --> 00:51:54.819
 hearts until

00:51:54.819 --> 00:51:56.039
 he takes

00:51:56.039 --> 00:51:57.000
 us up into

00:51:57.000 --> 00:51:57.679
 Christ's

00:51:57.679 --> 00:51:58.099
 heavenly

00:51:58.099 --> 00:51:58.859
 presence.

00:51:59.779 --> 00:52:00.199
 The face

00:52:00.199 --> 00:52:00.779
 to face,

00:52:01.259 --> 00:52:02.059
 face to

00:52:02.059 --> 00:52:02.440
 face.

00:52:03.900 --> 00:52:04.360
 Okay,

00:52:04.460 --> 00:52:04.679
 team,

00:52:04.759 --> 00:52:04.920
 sorry,

00:52:05.000 --> 00:52:05.239
 I went a

00:52:05.239 --> 00:52:05.559
 little long,

00:52:05.659 --> 00:52:05.960
 but we

00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:06.579
 have some

00:52:06.579 --> 00:52:07.579
 opportunity for

00:52:07.579 --> 00:52:08.519
 comments or

00:52:08.519 --> 00:52:10.299
 questions,

00:52:11.239 --> 00:52:12.880
 or testimonies.

00:52:14.400 --> 00:52:15.079
 If you need

00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:15.500
 to leave,

00:52:15.820 --> 00:52:16.420
 I'm sorry,

00:52:16.619 --> 00:52:17.039
 go ahead,

00:52:17.199 --> 00:52:17.860
 I get it,

00:52:18.000 --> 00:52:19.460
 but I'll be

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:19.920
 here for a

00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:20.239
 few more

00:52:20.239 --> 00:52:20.519
 minutes,

00:52:20.820 --> 00:52:21.980
 questions or

00:52:21.980 --> 00:52:22.340
 comments.

00:52:22.900 --> 00:52:23.199
 Yes,

00:52:23.239 --> 00:52:23.440
 Sam?

00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:24.440
 I want to

00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:24.980
 talk about

00:52:24.980 --> 00:52:25.460
 the sword

00:52:25.460 --> 00:52:25.719
 of the

00:52:25.719 --> 00:52:25.940
 spirit.

00:52:26.039 --> 00:52:26.159
 Yes?

00:52:26.159 --> 00:52:26.639
 I like that

00:52:26.639 --> 00:52:26.980
 verse,

00:52:27.099 --> 00:52:27.360
 I think,

00:52:27.480 --> 00:52:27.900
 the great

00:52:27.900 --> 00:52:28.360
 thing is

00:52:28.360 --> 00:52:28.679
 where it

00:52:28.679 --> 00:52:28.880
 says,

00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:29.159
 take

00:52:29.159 --> 00:52:29.460
 every

00:52:29.460 --> 00:52:29.779
 soft

00:52:29.779 --> 00:52:30.219
 captive

00:52:30.219 --> 00:52:30.739
 to the

00:52:30.739 --> 00:52:31.019
 Lord

00:52:31.019 --> 00:52:31.299
 shall

00:52:31.299 --> 00:52:32.000
 cry.

00:52:32.059 --> 00:52:32.639
 Excellent,

00:52:32.799 --> 00:52:33.139
 yes,

00:52:33.279 --> 00:52:33.679
 2 Corinthians

00:52:33.679 --> 00:52:34.119
 10.

00:52:42.779 --> 00:52:43.340
 Yes,

00:52:44.259 --> 00:52:44.639
 yes,

00:52:44.840 --> 00:52:45.440
 that's so

00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:45.799
 key,

00:52:46.159 --> 00:52:46.400
 and that's

00:52:46.400 --> 00:52:46.639
 that,

00:52:46.639 --> 00:52:47.279
 in

00:52:47.279 --> 00:52:49.059
 2 Corinthians

00:52:49.059 --> 00:52:50.099
 10.5,

00:52:50.219 --> 00:52:50.639
 I think you're

00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:51.199
 talking about,

00:52:51.659 --> 00:52:53.179
 and yes,

00:52:53.279 --> 00:52:54.039
 every thought

00:52:54.039 --> 00:52:54.519
 captive,

00:52:54.619 --> 00:52:54.840
 and notice

00:52:54.840 --> 00:52:55.759
 how you

00:52:55.759 --> 00:52:56.779
 look at

00:52:56.779 --> 00:52:57.380
 these stray

00:52:57.380 --> 00:52:57.940
 thoughts

00:52:57.940 --> 00:52:58.539
 that are

00:52:58.539 --> 00:52:58.840
 out,

00:52:58.960 --> 00:52:59.279
 remember,

00:52:59.519 --> 00:52:59.820
 God's

00:52:59.820 --> 00:53:00.279
 purpose is

00:53:00.279 --> 00:53:00.599
 to bring

00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:01.519
 everything

00:53:01.519 --> 00:53:01.960
 under

00:53:01.960 --> 00:53:02.139
 the

00:53:02.139 --> 00:53:02.480
 authority

00:53:02.480 --> 00:53:02.639
 and

00:53:02.639 --> 00:53:03.000
 lordship

00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:03.179
 of

00:53:03.179 --> 00:53:03.559
 Christ

00:53:03.559 --> 00:53:03.980
 to

00:53:03.980 --> 00:53:04.119
 kind

00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:04.219
 of

00:53:04.219 --> 00:53:04.699
 reassemble

00:53:04.699 --> 00:53:04.900
 the

00:53:04.900 --> 00:53:05.099
 things

00:53:05.099 --> 00:53:05.199
 that

00:53:05.199 --> 00:53:05.300
 have

00:53:05.300 --> 00:53:05.500
 fallen

00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:05.880
 apart,

00:53:05.880 --> 00:53:06.480
 so you've

00:53:06.480 --> 00:53:06.840
 got these

00:53:06.840 --> 00:53:07.360
 rogue,

00:53:07.559 --> 00:53:08.599
 stray thoughts

00:53:08.599 --> 00:53:09.659
 that are in

00:53:09.659 --> 00:53:10.340
 rebellion against

00:53:10.340 --> 00:53:11.039
 him and trying to

00:53:11.039 --> 00:53:12.159
 encourage us in

00:53:12.159 --> 00:53:14.059
 rebellion to

00:53:14.059 --> 00:53:14.980
 alienate us from

00:53:14.980 --> 00:53:15.280
 God,

00:53:15.420 --> 00:53:16.119
 and they keep

00:53:16.119 --> 00:53:17.860
 floating through

00:53:17.860 --> 00:53:18.820
 our minds,

00:53:19.179 --> 00:53:20.159
 their times,

00:53:20.360 --> 00:53:21.199
 and Satan even

00:53:21.199 --> 00:53:22.059
 can put things

00:53:22.059 --> 00:53:23.460
 into our minds.

00:53:23.759 --> 00:53:24.039
 Remember,

00:53:24.139 --> 00:53:24.960
 he put it into

00:53:24.960 --> 00:53:25.960
 Judas's mind

00:53:25.960 --> 00:53:26.820
 to betray Jesus,

00:53:26.820 --> 00:53:27.980
 so Satan

00:53:27.980 --> 00:53:28.500
 actually has

00:53:28.500 --> 00:53:29.260
 access to

00:53:29.260 --> 00:53:29.519
 our minds

00:53:29.519 --> 00:53:30.059
 to put them

00:53:30.059 --> 00:53:30.760
 through,

00:53:31.680 --> 00:53:32.760
 but we've

00:53:32.760 --> 00:53:33.039
 got to be

00:53:33.039 --> 00:53:33.400
 careful,

00:53:33.880 --> 00:53:34.720
 like the

00:53:34.720 --> 00:53:35.160
 United States

00:53:35.160 --> 00:53:35.539
 doesn't want

00:53:35.539 --> 00:53:35.900
 to have

00:53:35.900 --> 00:53:37.100
 random flyovers,

00:53:37.539 --> 00:53:38.080
 who knows

00:53:38.080 --> 00:53:38.519
 what that

00:53:38.519 --> 00:53:38.860
 is,

00:53:39.420 --> 00:53:40.500
 so we have

00:53:40.500 --> 00:53:41.680
 to engage

00:53:41.680 --> 00:53:42.500
 and evaluate

00:53:42.500 --> 00:53:43.080
 and take it

00:53:43.080 --> 00:53:44.559
 captive and

00:53:44.559 --> 00:53:45.780
 bring it

00:53:45.780 --> 00:53:46.340
 under

00:53:46.340 --> 00:53:48.019
 submission to

00:53:48.019 --> 00:53:48.519
 Christ,

00:53:49.100 --> 00:53:49.440
 so we're

00:53:49.440 --> 00:53:49.700
 kind of

00:53:49.700 --> 00:53:50.400
 anticipating,

00:53:50.539 --> 00:53:51.160
 sanctification,

00:53:51.559 --> 00:53:51.780
 kind of

00:53:51.780 --> 00:53:53.140
 anticipating that

00:53:53.140 --> 00:53:54.160
 full glorification

00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:55.159
 when everything

00:53:55.159 --> 00:53:55.899
 will be brought

00:53:55.899 --> 00:53:56.699
 under Christ,

00:53:56.839 --> 00:53:58.199
 Ephesians 1.10,

00:53:59.699 --> 00:54:00.799
 and we try to

00:54:00.799 --> 00:54:01.279
 do that in

00:54:01.279 --> 00:54:02.259
 anticipation with

00:54:02.259 --> 00:54:02.759
 every thought,

00:54:03.159 --> 00:54:04.099
 bringing it into

00:54:04.099 --> 00:54:04.420
 order,

00:54:04.699 --> 00:54:05.259
 rightly ordered

00:54:05.259 --> 00:54:05.859
 under Christ,

00:54:05.920 --> 00:54:06.239
 yes?

00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:07.159
 The second thing

00:54:07.159 --> 00:54:07.799
 that I think

00:54:07.799 --> 00:54:09.239
 I find important

00:54:09.239 --> 00:54:11.859
 is that the

00:54:11.859 --> 00:54:12.579
 Spirit of God

00:54:12.579 --> 00:54:14.239
 never brings

00:54:14.239 --> 00:54:15.239
 condemnation.

00:54:15.739 --> 00:54:16.259
 Excellent.

00:54:16.559 --> 00:54:16.779
 So,

00:54:17.059 --> 00:54:17.319
 it's,

00:54:17.440 --> 00:54:17.619
 you know,

00:54:17.699 --> 00:54:18.659
 there's no

00:54:18.659 --> 00:54:19.480
 condemnation,

00:54:20.019 --> 00:54:21.059
 so the thoughts

00:54:21.059 --> 00:54:21.619
 and things

00:54:21.619 --> 00:54:22.199
 when they are

00:54:22.199 --> 00:54:23.019
 really negative

00:54:23.019 --> 00:54:24.719
 and destructive

00:54:24.719 --> 00:54:26.239
 are coming

00:54:26.239 --> 00:54:26.800
 from the

00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:27.360
 other side.

00:54:27.460 --> 00:54:28.219
 That's excellent.

00:54:28.440 --> 00:54:29.159
 I think you're

00:54:29.159 --> 00:54:29.980
 absolutely right

00:54:29.980 --> 00:54:30.460
 on that.

00:54:30.860 --> 00:54:31.679
 And it is,

00:54:31.739 --> 00:54:32.500
 it is true,

00:54:32.780 --> 00:54:33.380
 and I love

00:54:33.380 --> 00:54:33.960
 your distinction,

00:54:34.079 --> 00:54:34.519
 it is true

00:54:34.519 --> 00:54:35.320
 that the Holy

00:54:35.320 --> 00:54:35.940
 Spirit does

00:54:35.940 --> 00:54:36.719
 convict us

00:54:36.719 --> 00:54:37.179
 of sin

00:54:37.179 --> 00:54:37.960
 because it's

00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:38.320
 the Holy

00:54:38.320 --> 00:54:38.719
 Spirit,

00:54:38.980 --> 00:54:39.480
 but that's

00:54:39.480 --> 00:54:39.759
 always,

00:54:39.880 --> 00:54:40.559
 as you say,

00:54:40.960 --> 00:54:41.519
 that's always

00:54:41.519 --> 00:54:42.480
 very,

00:54:42.860 --> 00:54:43.820
 very concrete.

00:54:44.639 --> 00:54:45.119
 I know

00:54:45.119 --> 00:54:45.840
 just what

00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:46.380
 he's talking

00:54:46.380 --> 00:54:46.739
 about.

00:54:47.360 --> 00:54:47.579
 Boy,

00:54:48.239 --> 00:54:48.539
 that,

00:54:48.659 --> 00:54:49.539
 that word

00:54:49.539 --> 00:54:49.820
 that you

00:54:49.820 --> 00:54:50.340
 exchanged

00:54:50.340 --> 00:54:50.759
 with your

00:54:50.759 --> 00:54:51.119
 wife,

00:54:52.059 --> 00:54:52.699
 that was

00:54:52.699 --> 00:54:53.259
 not honoring

00:54:53.259 --> 00:54:53.699
 to Christ.

00:54:54.699 --> 00:54:55.219
 And there's

00:54:55.219 --> 00:54:55.699
 the invitation,

00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:57.059
 but the

00:54:57.059 --> 00:54:57.599
 enemy of

00:54:57.599 --> 00:54:58.059
 our soul,

00:54:59.139 --> 00:54:59.919
 exactly,

00:55:00.139 --> 00:55:00.659
 exactly,

00:55:01.079 --> 00:55:02.059
 that's right,

00:55:02.359 --> 00:55:02.539
 and the

00:55:02.539 --> 00:55:03.619
 enemy of

00:55:03.619 --> 00:55:04.199
 our soul,

00:55:04.359 --> 00:55:04.699
 he just

00:55:04.699 --> 00:55:05.019
 wants to

00:55:05.019 --> 00:55:05.239
 get us

00:55:05.239 --> 00:55:05.419
 down,

00:55:05.519 --> 00:55:05.719
 so it's

00:55:05.719 --> 00:55:05.939
 kind of

00:55:05.939 --> 00:55:07.259
 this vague

00:55:07.259 --> 00:55:07.899
 sense of

00:55:07.899 --> 00:55:08.679
 being under

00:55:08.679 --> 00:55:09.460
 condemnation,

00:55:09.759 --> 00:55:10.239
 you'll never

00:55:10.239 --> 00:55:10.779
 amount to

00:55:10.779 --> 00:55:11.299
 anything.

00:55:12.319 --> 00:55:12.480
 Well,

00:55:12.500 --> 00:55:12.919
 how am I

00:55:12.919 --> 00:55:13.299
 supposed to

00:55:13.299 --> 00:55:13.719
 repent of

00:55:13.719 --> 00:55:14.059
 that?

00:55:15.119 --> 00:55:15.559
 That's not,

00:55:15.759 --> 00:55:15.980
 you know,

00:55:16.219 --> 00:55:16.419
 no,

00:55:16.519 --> 00:55:17.980
 that's just

00:55:17.980 --> 00:55:18.739
 sowing

00:55:18.739 --> 00:55:20.239
 discouragement

00:55:20.239 --> 00:55:23.599
 and it's

00:55:23.599 --> 00:55:24.239
 oppressive,

00:55:24.639 --> 00:55:25.179
 you're right.

00:55:25.719 --> 00:55:25.939
 So,

00:55:26.059 --> 00:55:27.699
 when those

00:55:27.699 --> 00:55:29.859
 things happen,

00:55:29.959 --> 00:55:30.219
 remember,

00:55:30.439 --> 00:55:31.059
 that's like a

00:55:31.059 --> 00:55:32.039
 fiery dart

00:55:32.039 --> 00:55:33.299
 that comes

00:55:33.299 --> 00:55:33.619
 in,

00:55:33.839 --> 00:55:34.439
 and what we

00:55:34.439 --> 00:55:35.079
 need to do

00:55:35.079 --> 00:55:35.839
 is we raise

00:55:35.839 --> 00:55:36.839
 the shield

00:55:36.839 --> 00:55:37.559
 of faith.

00:55:38.379 --> 00:55:38.819
 You say,

00:55:39.199 --> 00:55:39.559
 you know

00:55:39.559 --> 00:55:40.019
 what?

00:55:41.399 --> 00:55:42.000
 You're

00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:42.479
 right,

00:55:43.199 --> 00:55:44.779
 but that's

00:55:44.779 --> 00:55:45.359
 not where my

00:55:45.359 --> 00:55:45.979
 hope is,

00:55:45.979 --> 00:55:46.859
 me amounting

00:55:46.860 --> 00:55:47.300
 to something

00:55:47.300 --> 00:55:47.880
 myself,

00:55:48.260 --> 00:55:49.019
 because my

00:55:49.019 --> 00:55:49.840
 acceptableness

00:55:49.840 --> 00:55:50.800
 is in the

00:55:50.800 --> 00:55:51.900
 beloved and

00:55:51.900 --> 00:55:52.599
 you cannot

00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:53.460
 touch that,

00:55:53.620 --> 00:55:53.960
 get ye

00:55:53.960 --> 00:55:54.780
 behind me,

00:55:54.940 --> 00:55:55.240
 Satan.

00:55:55.660 --> 00:55:55.980
 So,

00:55:56.079 --> 00:55:56.599
 we answer

00:55:56.599 --> 00:55:57.260
 the assault

00:55:57.260 --> 00:55:58.420
 with this

00:55:58.420 --> 00:55:59.360
 biblical truth

00:55:59.360 --> 00:56:01.120
 that kind

00:56:01.120 --> 00:56:02.120
 of defangs

00:56:02.120 --> 00:56:03.380
 the accuser.

00:56:04.500 --> 00:56:04.720
 So,

00:56:05.000 --> 00:56:05.559
 absolutely,

00:56:05.820 --> 00:56:06.599
 that's right.

00:56:09.099 --> 00:56:11.059
 Anything else?

00:56:12.099 --> 00:56:12.480
 Okay,

00:56:12.559 --> 00:56:12.740
 good,

00:56:12.820 --> 00:56:13.300
 I won't be

00:56:13.300 --> 00:56:14.340
 upbraided for

00:56:14.340 --> 00:56:14.800
 getting you

00:56:14.800 --> 00:56:15.860
 in too late.

00:56:15.860 --> 00:56:16.840
 Thank you,

00:56:16.900 --> 00:56:17.120
 team,

00:56:17.440 --> 00:56:17.840
 and I

00:56:17.840 --> 00:56:18.519
 think that

00:56:18.519 --> 00:56:18.960
 this class

00:56:18.960 --> 00:56:19.640
 is continuing

00:56:19.640 --> 00:56:20.740
 next week

00:56:20.740 --> 00:56:21.160
 too,

00:56:21.280 --> 00:56:21.780
 that's my

00:56:21.780 --> 00:56:22.340
 impression.

00:56:23.340 --> 00:56:24.039
 Thanks so

00:56:24.039 --> 00:56:24.340
 much.