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 So I just kind of want to go ahead and let you know that I'm extremely physically fatigued this morning.

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 Shorter breath.

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 Really tired.

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 And I think I might even would have passed this off to somebody else, but I thought I'll let Caleb do it.

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! Wait a minute, Caleb's doing music. He can't do it.

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 So I was kind of just thinking I have to deal with it.

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 So I'm really tired, but I wonder why sometimes God allows me to be so driven down at a time like this.

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 Where I'm like, this is so important. This is so rich.

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 I want to feel good for it. I want to have energy for it.

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 But, and two brothers have quoted the same scripture to me on separate occasions this morning.

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 But, ultimately, it's so that I may not boast in my own strength that God's grace is sufficient.

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 And that His power has made perfect in weakness.

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 And so I've got nothing. I have nothing for you this morning.

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 Like, you're going to be, if you receive anything good this morning, it's going to be simply because of the grace of God and because of the power of His Word.

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 And so, throughout the service, just keep me in prayer.

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 And I pray that.

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 I was remembering Richard Baxter, who was a Puritan pastor.

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 He said, a man only preacheth well to others when he first preacheth to his own soul.

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 And so I've been trying to remind myself that this is not just a lecture on grace.

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 This is something that's life-giving, even to me, as I think about it, pray over it, read it.

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 And so, just join me in prayer one more time here.

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 Father, we gather this morning, not because of any other reason, but to celebrate Your greatness, to celebrate who You are and what You've done for us.

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 So, Lord, I ask this morning that You would give me just enough to make it through this time,

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 that Your Word would minister to people, that it would have its desired effect on people.

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 You would meet each one of us where we are.

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 You would convict us of sin.

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 You would break us down.

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 But then You would build us up and fill us with life because of Christ.

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 Heal the brokenhearted.

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 Set the captive free.

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 Lord, have Your way this morning.

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 In Christ's name, Amen.

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 So last week, we started a five-week series on the five solos of the Reformation.

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 And so, if you don't know, the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation is coming up on October 31st.

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 And I just kind of want to be clear about this.

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 It's not a movement that we worship.

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 It's not certain men that we worship.

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 It's about the God that worked in that time and brought about certain things for His glory during that time that we worship.

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 And so, we can learn from the past.

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 We can learn from those who went before us.

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 I think it's the height of arrogance, especially in our culture, that we don't need things from the past.

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 That we're much more advanced and smarter than a lot of the men and women who went before us.

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 But, you know, as a pastor, as someone who does find much encouragement from history,

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 I think you would be terrified if you could see the parallels between the modern evangelical church and the medieval church.

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 I think you would be really terrified.

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 There's so much that has come back.

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 And we have very much slipped back into medievalism in a lot of ways.

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 So, October 31st, 1517 is the day when the German Augustinian monk Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the All Saints Church in Wittenberg, Germany.

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 And it was a protest against the selling of indulgences by the Roman church.

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 The irony of it is that Luther actually thought that Rome was being misrepresented by the selling of indulgences.

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 He thought this was something that if the Pope knew that this was happening, he would not be okay with it.

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 So, the irony is he dedicated the 95 theses to Pope Leo.

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 Pretty funny.

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 So, then later on he came to find out that, like, wait a minute, this has actually got Rome's stamp of approval on it.

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 The selling of indulgences, a certified document from Rome that could absolve someone from their sins if they bought it, if they bought it with money.

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 And you could get yourself or a dead relative out of purgatory or out of hell to go to heaven.

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 With an indulgence.

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 And it started when a man named John Tetzel, who was like the number one seller of indulgences in the Holy Roman Empire at the time,

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 came to Luther's area and he started corrupting his people with the teaching of indulgences.

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 And it really ticked Luther off.

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 And so, he said, wait a minute, this is not Scripture.

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 This is not what grace is.

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 This is not what salvation is.

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 And so, he protested, again, to his horror, only to find out at the end of the day that Rome was behind this.

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 Rome was supporting it.

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 And so, instead of leaning into Luther's call for reformation, Rome, you know, bucked up against it and pushed against the need for reform.

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 But I think it's important to say that Luther was not the first reformer.

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 There were plenty of men who went before him who taught the same things, including people in England like John Wycliffe, which we talked about before.

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 A man named John Huss, who was a bohemian pastor, who taught that salvation was by grace alone, that the Scripture alone was our authority.

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 He taught in the language of the common people and not in Latin.

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 And for that, he was eventually burned at the stake by Rome, stripped him of all his preaching garments.

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 And supposedly, okay, John Huss said to the bishop who was setting him on fire,

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 in a hundred years, there's a man that's going to come, and you're not going to be able to stop him.

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 You're not going to be able to silence him like you're trying to silence me.

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 And so, almost to the day, a hundred years later, is when Luther came into being a monk.

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 And here's the irony.

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 He was actually ordained as a monk in the same cathedral where that bishop was buried.

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 Like, he was buried underneath where Luther was taking that oath.

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 And so, the joke goes that after John Huss said,

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 in a hundred years, someone's going to come and you won't be able to silence,

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 the bishop said, over my dead body.

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 So, really, that was a prophecy that came true.

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 And so, but I want you to be clear that Luther,

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 Swingley,

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 John Calvin,

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 John Huss,

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 none of these men were perfect men.

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 If you study them,

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 you will see that they were in just as much need of these doctrines as we were.

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 They were not perfect men.

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 And indeed, some of the things that they did would frighten you, I think.

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 So, we don't celebrate them.

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 We celebrate our God that they made much of, right?

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 And so, the five solas really were consolidated as doctrines,

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 maybe around the 20th century.

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 So, it wasn't like the Reformers got together and said,

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 hey, these are five things that we believe.

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 It was just things that were being taught.

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 And we brought them together probably around the 20th century.

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 And why is important?

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 Why is that important?

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 Because, well, first let me tell you what they are.

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 I apologize.

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 It means that Scripture alone is our authority.

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 The salvation is by God's grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone,

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 and all to the glory of God alone.

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 And why is that so important?

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 Well, if it's not alone,

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 then you're saying something has to be added.

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 Then you're saying the Scripture and something.

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 Grace and something.

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 Faith and something.

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 Christ and something.

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 And to the glory of God and something else.

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 So, that's why it has to be alone, right?

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 So, by stating these solas,

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 you were stating what's true,

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 and at the same time,

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 you're stating what was false.

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 So, the Reformers were saying,

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 Scripture is not only necessary,

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 it's sufficient.

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 Christ is not only necessary,

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 He's enough.

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 And that grace is not only necessary,

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 but God's grace alone is what saves.

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 So, those are just so important

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 to keep in our mind

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 that Rome taught these things,

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 but they didn't teach them alone.

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 They just thought that they were necessary and good.

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 So, today,

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 it brings us to sola gratia,

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 grace alone.

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 And there is so much about this.

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 I think part of my problem

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 was I had just a wealth of things

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 I was looking at this week

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 that I was just overwhelmed by it all.

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 So,

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 God's grace alone is what saves us.

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 It encompasses all our salvation.

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 And so,

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 just to start with this,

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 the Roman view of grace,

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 the Roman Catholic view of grace,

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 then,

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 and now,

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 is that grace,

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 in essence,

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 is God's merited favor

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 or divine assistance

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 that He dispenses

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 to those who seek to please Him.

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 Alright?

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 Grace,

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 in essence,

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 is God's merited favor,

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 which doesn't quite sound right.

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 So,

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 they were taught,

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 then and now,

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 taught that sinners are justified

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 by God's grace

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 plus some merit of their own,

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 and that the road of salvation

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 begins with the individual's efforts

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 aided by the grace of God.

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 So,

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 through keeping the commands of Christ,

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 regular confession,

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 penance,

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 taking of the sacraments,

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 God's grace is,

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 in fact,

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 infused into believers.

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 Like,

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 it's something that God dispenses

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 and strengthens you with.

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 Right?

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 So,

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 when enough merit

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 has been obtained,

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 then and only then

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 is it right for God

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 to justify you

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 and make you right

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 in His sight.

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 But Rome,

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 at this time,

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 taught that actually

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 no one could ever

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 merit enough

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 to have salvation.

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 No one.

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 Right?

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 And so,

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 that's why

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 purgatory exists.

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 So,

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 purgatory

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 is not a

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 biblical idea

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 at all.

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 But Rome taught,

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 again,

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 that no one

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 can merit enough

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 salvation,

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 merit enough

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 to achieve salvation.

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 So,

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 purgatory

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 is a safety net.

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 So,

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 if you can't work it out

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 in this life,

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 you fall down

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 to the next one

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 and you

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 are able to work it out

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 there

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 and then

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 later on

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 be admitted

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 to heaven.

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 But if I could,

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 I would,

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 many people

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 have summed up

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 Rome's teaching

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 on grace

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 just like this.

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 God helps those

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 who help

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 themselves.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 that was a Roman idea.

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 And,

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 here's the shocking

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 thing though.

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 A study a few years ago

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 of evangelicals,

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 half of them

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 thought that that was

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 a direct

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 biblical quotation.

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 Eighty-four percent

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 of them believed

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 it was at least

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 a biblical idea.

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 And so,

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 it's not just

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 scary

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 to think that we are

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 again,

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 drifting back

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 into medievalism.

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 It is

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 very frightening

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 indeed.

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 In fact,

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 Benjamin Franklin

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 is the one

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 who penned that.

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 God helps those

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 who help themselves

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 in Paul Richard's

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 Almanac

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 in 1739.

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 But he really

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 was echoing

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 something that

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 the Roman church

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 taught

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 at the time

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 of the Reformation.

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 A very popular

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 phrase that Rome

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 taught

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 to the masses

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 was this phrase,

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 God will not

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 deny His grace

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 to those

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 who do

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 what they can.

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 So,

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 deep down,

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 right,

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 man's sinful

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 pride wants

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 to believe

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 that if we

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 cannot save

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 ourselves,

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 that we at

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 least can

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 contribute

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 something

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 to aid

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 in our

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 salvation.

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 So,

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 the Reformers

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 came along

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 and said,

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 no,

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 God is not,

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 grace is not

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 God's merited

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 favor.

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 Grace means

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 His unmerited

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 favor.

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 It's the very

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 opposite of

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 grace.

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 You can't have

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 grace and

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 merit.

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 You can either

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 have merit

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 or grace.

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 And so,

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 if you want a

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 definition of

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 God's grace,

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 here you go.

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 God's grace

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 means His

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 unmerited

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 favor and

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 goodness

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 towards those

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 who only

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 deserve

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 punishment.

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 God's grace

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 means His

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 unmerited

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 favor and

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 goodness

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 towards those

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 who only

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 deserve

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 punishment.

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 Romans 11,

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 6 says,

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 if it is by

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 grace,

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 then it is

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 no longer

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 on the

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 basis of

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 works.

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 Otherwise,

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 grace would

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 no longer

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 be grace.

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 So,

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 you can't

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 have both

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 together.

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 So,

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 the Reformers

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 were saying

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 grace is not

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 something God

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 just dispenses.

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 It's an

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 attribute He

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 possesses.

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 It's in His

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 nature to

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 be gracious.

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 It's His

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 kindness and

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 His grace

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 alone that

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 saves.

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 So,

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 as we look

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 at this,

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 we're going

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 to use

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 Ephesians 2

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 to walk

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 through this

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 idea of

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 grace.

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 And again,

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 this is a

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 scripture alone,

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 not on just

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 what people

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 say.

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 We're going

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 to do it in

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 the form of

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 questions like

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 I like to

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 do a lot

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 of the time.

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 So,

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 I'll read

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 the text

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 with you

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 and

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 we'll go

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 from there.

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 Chapter 2,

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 verse 1.

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 And you

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 were dead

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 in your

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 trespasses

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 and sins,

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 in which

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 you once

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 walked,

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 following the

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 course of

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 this world,

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 following the

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 prince of

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 the power

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 of the air,

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 the spirit

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 that is now

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 at work,

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 and the

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 sons of

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 disobedience,

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 among whom

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 we all

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 once

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 live in

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 the passions

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 of our

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 flesh,

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 carrying out

00:15:59.040 --> 00:15:59.640
 the desires

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 of the body

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 and the mind,

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 and by

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.480
 nature,

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 children of

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 wrath like

00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:05.000
 the rest

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 of mankind.

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 But God,

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 being rich in

00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:10.040
 mercy,

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 because of the

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 great love

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 with which

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 he loved us,

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 even when we

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 were dead

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 and our

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 trespasses,

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 made us alive

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 together with

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 Christ,

00:16:20.660 --> 00:16:21.520
 by grace

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 you have

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 been saved,

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 and raised

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 us up with

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 him and

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 seated us

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 with him

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 in heavenly

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 places in

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 Christ Jesus,

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 so that in

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 the coming

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 ages he

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 might show

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 the immeasurable

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 riches of

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 his grace

00:16:33.319 --> 00:16:34.600
 and kindness

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 towards us

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 in Christ

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 Jesus.

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 For by grace

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 you have been

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 saved through

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:39.639
 faith,

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 and this is

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 not your

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 undoing,

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 it is the

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 gift of

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 God,

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 not a result

00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.340
 of works,

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 so that no

00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.620
 one may

00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:48.059
 boast.

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 For we are

00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:50.100
 his workmanship,

00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:51.840
 created in

00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.460
 Christ Jesus

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.019
 for good

00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.440
 works,

00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.540
 which God

00:16:54.540 --> 00:16:55.540
 prepared beforehand

00:16:55.540 --> 00:16:56.300
 that we

00:16:56.300 --> 00:16:57.100
 should walk

00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.700
 in them.

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 So that's

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:01.320
 our text,

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:01.740
 and there is

00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.379
 so much to

00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.060
 learn about

00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:04.019
 grace in

00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.640
 this text,

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:06.259
 so much.

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.620
 So,

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:08.740
 the first

00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.299
 question we're

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:09.860
 going to ask

00:17:09.860 --> 00:17:10.099
 is,

00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.519
 how great

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:11.960
 is our

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:13.360
 need for

00:17:13.360 --> 00:17:13.720
 God's

00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.059
 grace?

00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.599
 How great

00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:15.920
 is our

00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.680
 need for

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.019
 God's

00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:17.360
 grace?

00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:18.620
 We see

00:17:18.620 --> 00:17:19.099
 this in

00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:19.559
 the first

00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.179
 three verses,

00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:20.720
 one through

00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.139
 three,

00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:22.460
 we see

00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:22.879
 that our

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 need is

00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:24.319
 very,

00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:25.700
 very great

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:27.159
 for God's

00:17:27.159 --> 00:17:27.519
 grace.

00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:28.879
 We were

00:17:28.879 --> 00:17:29.319
 created in

00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:29.679
 the image

00:17:29.679 --> 00:17:30.139
 of God,

00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:30.639
 to walk

00:17:30.639 --> 00:17:31.099
 with him,

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.720
 to know

00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.039
 him,

00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.179
 to live

00:17:33.179 --> 00:17:33.799
 in joyful

00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.399
 obedience

00:17:34.399 --> 00:17:35.299
 and relationship

00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:35.819
 with him,

00:17:35.879 --> 00:17:36.399
 and to honor

00:17:36.399 --> 00:17:36.980
 him in all

00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:37.419
 we do,

00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:38.119
 to reflect

00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:39.279
 his image

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.079
 wherever we

00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:40.339
 go.

00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:41.659
 We had a

00:17:41.659 --> 00:17:42.679
 special standing

00:17:42.679 --> 00:17:43.139
 with God,

00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.859
 unlike anyone

00:17:43.859 --> 00:17:44.359
 else,

00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:45.000
 any other

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.559
 thing in

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:45.980
 all the

00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:46.279
 created

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.679
 order.

00:17:47.659 --> 00:17:47.899
 Yet,

00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.460
 tragically,

00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:49.759
 we know

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:51.380
 that each

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:51.759
 one of

00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:52.160
 us have

00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:52.680
 completely

00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:53.200
 forfeited

00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:53.840
 our special

00:17:53.840 --> 00:17:54.160
 standing

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.620
 with God

00:17:54.620 --> 00:17:56.240
 by rebelling

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.100
 against him,

00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:57.519
 sinning

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.059
 against him,

00:17:58.100 --> 00:17:58.420
 and turning

00:17:58.420 --> 00:18:00.039
 away from

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.420
 him.

00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:02.279
 Isaiah 53,

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:02.740
 6,

00:18:02.840 --> 00:18:03.539
 all we like

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.059
 sheep have

00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:04.940
 gone astray.

00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:06.120
 We have

00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:06.960
 turned everyone

00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.880
 to his own

00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:08.340
 way.

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.200
 We all

00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:11.340
 have done

00:18:11.340 --> 00:18:11.620
 this,

00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:12.079
 every one

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.500
 of us.

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:14.299
 we have

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:14.859
 separated

00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:15.480
 ourselves

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.200
 from God

00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:16.460
 and now

00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:16.720
 we are

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.440
 alienated

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.680
 from him

00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.000
 in our

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.559
 lost,

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.519
 fallen

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:21.259
 state.

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:22.900
 So,

00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:24.000
 that's the

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.680
 testimony of

00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:24.960
 scripture.

00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:25.980
 It's the

00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.640
 testimony of

00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:26.960
 history.

00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:27.980
 If you

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.420
 think that

00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:28.960
 man has

00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.799
 some goodness

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.440
 in him,

00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:30.740
 you need

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.119
 to open

00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:31.759
 your eyes

00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:32.099
 to your

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.619
 own heart

00:18:32.619 --> 00:18:33.440
 and the

00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.000
 world around

00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.319
 you,

00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:35.859
 and you

00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:36.160
 will see

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:36.460
 that it's

00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:37.039
 not there.

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:39.279
 St. Augustine,

00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:39.839
 who was a

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.799
 fourth-century

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:42.279
 church father,

00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:43.019
 he was one

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:43.740
 that a lot

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:43.960
 of the

00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.599
 reformers

00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.299
 looked to

00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:47.099
 rediscover,

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:47.859
 to pick back

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.440
 up on

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.319
 the gospel.

00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:51.579
 He said,

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:52.799
 the whole

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.619
 humility of

00:18:53.619 --> 00:18:54.519
 man consists

00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:55.079
 in the

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:55.740
 knowledge of

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.240
 himself.

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:57.980
 So,

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.980
 let's look at

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.759
 this text so

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.259
 we can gain

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.659
 a better

00:19:00.659 --> 00:19:01.899
 idea of

00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.159
 that.

00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:04.259
 First off,

00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:04.960
 we see that

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.319
 man is

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:07.200
 dead in

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 his

00:19:07.419 --> 00:19:08.259
 trespasses

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:08.919
 and sin.

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 So,

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.759
 again,

00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:13.579
 many in

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:13.819
 our

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 churches

00:19:14.139 --> 00:19:14.680
 today,

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 just like

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 in the

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.659
 medieval

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 Roman

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 church,

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 we

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.859
 believe

00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.940
 in a

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 lot of

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:21.500
 ways.

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 If you

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.319
 just go

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.700
 around the

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.000
 churches,

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 listen to

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 sermons,

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 listen to

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 what people

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 look for

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 in church,

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 we really

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 believe that

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 we're born

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 basically

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 good,

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 that we

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 need God

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 to help

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 us a little

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 bit and

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 give us

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 some moral

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 guidance on

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 how to

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 live a good

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 life,

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 but we

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 just need

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 some

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 encouragement.

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 And that

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 would be a

00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:41.440
 heresy

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 called

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 Pelagianism

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 because

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 we believe

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 that man

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 is born

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 basically

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 good.

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.700
 Pelagianism.

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 Man is

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 not just

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 born

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 spiritually

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 sick.

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 Okay?

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 If you're

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 sick,

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 you just

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 need a

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 doctor to

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 give you

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 some medical

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 attention to

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 make you

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 better.

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 That's what

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 would be

00:20:01.540 --> 00:20:01.760
 called

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 semi-Pelagianism

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 or Arminianism.

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 You can

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 cooperate.

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.240
 You just

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 have to have

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 somebody come

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 and help

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 you.

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 Like you're

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 sick,

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.539
 you're

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 desperate for

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 some help

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 and all

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:11.660
 you need

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 is someone

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 to come

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 and give

00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.060
 you some

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 attention.

00:20:14.320 --> 00:20:15.640
 But we

00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.039
 see that

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.480
 man is

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:18.080
 dead in

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 his

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.980
 trespasses,

00:20:19.840 --> 00:20:20.640
 born in

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 sin and

00:20:21.060 --> 00:20:21.580
 by nature

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 spiritually

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 dead.

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 That word

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 means corpse.

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 So not

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 just spiritually

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.640
 misguided,

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:27.960
 are spiritually

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.440
 sick,

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 but we're

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:29.860
 spiritually

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.340
 dead.

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 Meaning our

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 souls are

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 dead to

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 all that

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 God is and

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 that we have

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 no ability

00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.140
 to do

00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:36.660
 spiritual

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 good.

00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:38.880
 before God

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:40.019
 or to

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.660
 initiate

00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:41.960
 a relationship

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.640
 with God.

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:44.160
 We're born

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:45.180
 dead in

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.480
 sin.

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 It says

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.320
 this in our

00:20:47.320 --> 00:20:47.700
 text.

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 This is what

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:48.600
 he's trying

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 to say.

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 And he's

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.700
 setting it

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.259
 up for

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:51.880
 something else

00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:52.120
 though.

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.539
 Not only

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:53.720
 are we

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.039
 dead in

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.220
 sin,

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.500
 let's see

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.700
 that our

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.320
 spiritual

00:20:56.320 --> 00:20:57.460
 senses have

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.340
 been darkened

00:20:58.340 --> 00:20:59.080
 by sin.

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.840
 Men are

00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:02.100
 born blind

00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:02.759
 in death

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.340
 to spiritual

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:03.820
 truth.

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:04.900
 That's what

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.220
 the Bible

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.580
 teaches.

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.620
 Verse 3,

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.019
 they live

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.259
 in the

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.679
 passions

00:21:07.679 --> 00:21:08.039
 of our

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.399
 flesh,

00:21:08.479 --> 00:21:08.839
 carrying out

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.399
 the desires

00:21:09.399 --> 00:21:09.659
 of the

00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:10.899
 body and

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.479
 the mind.

00:21:12.919 --> 00:21:13.679
 Our minds

00:21:13.679 --> 00:21:14.519
 are darkened

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.119
 by sin

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:15.399
 and our

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:15.739
 hearts

00:21:15.739 --> 00:21:16.259
 corrupted

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:17.739
 by evil

00:21:17.739 --> 00:21:19.239
 and fallen

00:21:19.239 --> 00:21:20.059
 man cannot

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:21.459
 even begin

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.180
 to initiate

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:22.259
 to initiate

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:23.180
 something good

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.900
 with God.

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.400
 Paul wrote

00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:26.160
 later on

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.880
 in the same

00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.220
 letter,

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.400
 just turn

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:28.759
 up a couple

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 chapters to

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.180
 chapter 4

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:31.400
 in Ephesians,

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.920
 but verse

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.460
 17,

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.200
 chapter 4,

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.980
 he says,

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:37.620
 Now this I

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:37.980
 say in

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.480
 testifying

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.039
 the Lord,

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.059
 that you

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.500
 must no

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.220
 longer walk

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.700
 as the

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.519
 Gentiles do

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.579
 in the

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.140
 futility

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.620
 of their

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.120
 minds.

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.180
 They are

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.759
 darkened

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.059
 in their

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.799
 understanding,

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.380
 alienated

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:49.880
 from the

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.460
 life of

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:50.839
 God

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.839
 because of

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.400
 the ignorance

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.180
 that is in

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:54.460
 them due

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:54.819
 to the

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.200
 hardness

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.039
 of heart,

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:56.519
 their

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:56.819
 hardness

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.339
 of heart.

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.339
 They have

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:58.640
 become

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.259
 callous

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.180
 and have

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:00.599
 even given

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.059
 themselves

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.799
 up to

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.660
 sensuality,

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.259
 greedy to

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.940
 practice every

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.360
 kind of

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:05.840
 impurity.

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.320
 So look at

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:07.920
 those terms,

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.539
 darkened

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.320
 in understanding,

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.180
 alienated

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.840
 from God,

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.019
 ignorant,

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:12.840
 hardness

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.480
 of heart,

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.680
 callous.

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.559
 That is a

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:17.320
 description of

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:17.960
 who we are

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:19.000
 before Christ.

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.220
 It's

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:22.039
 terrifying.

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.779
 Not only

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.120
 this,

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.500
 if we keep

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.000
 reading back

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.500
 in our text

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.019
 in Ephesians

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.640
 2, it says

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:26.880
 that we

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:28.600
 followed the

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:29.340
 prince of

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:29.860
 the power

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.299
 of the

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.640
 air.

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.840
 That's

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.160
 Satan,

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:33.980
 the devil.

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.920
 This is

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.640
 terrifying.

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.820
 Before we

00:22:38.820 --> 00:22:39.180
 are in

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.720
 Christ,

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.100
 scripture

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:43.100
 says that

00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:43.320
 we are

00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:43.759
 children of

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.140
 the devil,

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.200
 under his

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.759
 control,

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.460
 enslaved to

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:47.799
 sin.

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.779
 Alright?

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:51.680
 If you don't

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.340
 agree with that,

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.259
 just listen to

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.580
 this.

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.259
 Jesus was

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.920
 talking in

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.600
 John 8

00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.840
 with a large

00:22:57.840 --> 00:22:58.140
 group of

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.539
 people who

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.380
 refused to

00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.000
 believe that

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.460
 he was the

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.759
 son of

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.059
 God.

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.880
 And this

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.140
 is what he

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.500
 said to

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.700
 them.

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.840
 This is

00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.559
 not real

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.440
 seeker friendly

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:06.920
 at all.

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:07.920
 He says,

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.980
 you are of

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.620
 your father,

00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:10.279
 the devil,

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.279
 and you

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.960
 want to

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.440
 do the

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.059
 will of

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.640
 your father.

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.319
 That's

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:15.960
 scary.

00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:17.740
 Paul later

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.640
 on prayed

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.740
 that unbelievers

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:21.400
 would escape

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.240
 the snare

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.920
 of the devil

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:24.240
 after being

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:25.059
 captured by

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.539
 him to

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.100
 do his

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:26.460
 will.

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.039
 2 Timothy

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.980
 2.26

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.980
 God.

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.579
 So not

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.180
 all belong

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.599
 to God,

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:31.839
 and that's

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.339
 a frightening

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.880
 thought.

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.279
 It says

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.500
 that we

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.160
 are sons

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.380
 of

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.259
 disobedience

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.200
 and our

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.799
 end is

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.140
 wrath.

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.579
 That's what

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.079
 we read

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.339
 right here

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.559
 in our

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:38.880
 text.

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.440
 By

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.860
 nature,

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.180
 we are

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.519
 children

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.960
 of

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.420
 wrath

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.740
 like the

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.160
 rest

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.360
 of

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:42.940
 mankind.

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.759
 So,

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.259
 left in

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.920
 our fallen

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:48.059
 original

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.620
 state,

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:49.940
 we are

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.960
 only objects

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.680
 of God's

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 wrath

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:53.200
 and

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.920
 condemnation.

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:56.080
 So,

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.820
 not just

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:57.180
 sick,

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.340
 not just

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:59.380
 misguided,

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.720
 but desperately,

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.080
 desperately

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.640
 fallen.

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.820
 We are

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.420
 dead in

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.580
 our

00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:05.259
 trespasses.

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.019
 So,

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.519
 why is this

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.080
 so important,

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.360
 right?

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.920
 Well,

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.200
 you will

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.700
 minimize

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:13.080
 the grace

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:13.580
 of God

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:13.860
 if you

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.279
 hold too

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.680
 high a

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:14.940
 view of

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.380
 yourself.

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.060
 In the

00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:18.660
 Roman church

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.000
 at this

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.420
 time,

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.880
 they had

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.759
 pragmatic

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.900
 theologians

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:24.400
 and they

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.840
 taught,

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.140
 at least

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.560
 in this

00:24:26.560 --> 00:24:27.320
 time,

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:28.280
 right,

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.320
 they judged

00:24:29.320 --> 00:24:29.880
 a doctrine

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.259
 to be

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.740
 true or

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.080
 not,

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:31.980
 if it

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.600
 was useful

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.000
 for

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.440
 contemporary

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.100
 life,

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:34.960
 and if

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.180
 it wasn't

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.540
 hard to

00:24:35.540 --> 00:24:35.920
 grasp.

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.000
 So,

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.920
 Erasmus,

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.420
 who was

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.300
 one of

00:24:39.300 --> 00:24:39.680
 Luther's

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.140
 opponents

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.860
 later on,

00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:42.000
 Roman

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.380
 Catholic

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.160
 theologian,

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:45.000
 Desiderius

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.740
 Erasmus,

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.440
 he basically

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.820
 said,

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.180
 look,

00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:49.240
 Luther,

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.700
 even if

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.060
 Scripture

00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:51.920
 does teach

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.380
 that man

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.760
 is so

00:24:52.760 --> 00:24:53.220
 fallen,

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.220
 so

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.900
 depraved,

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.000
 so

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.400
 helpless,

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.380
 we

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:57.640
 shouldn't

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.080
 teach the

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.360
 people

00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:58.740
 that,

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.600
 because if

00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:00.980
 we do,

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.380
 they're just

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:01.620
 going to

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.080
 despair,

00:25:02.760 --> 00:25:03.020
 and they're

00:25:03.020 --> 00:25:03.360
 not even

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.700
 going to

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.320
 want to

00:25:04.320 --> 00:25:04.920
 even try

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.540
 to improve

00:25:05.540 --> 00:25:05.760
 their

00:25:05.760 --> 00:25:06.260
 condition.

00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:07.700
 That's

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.340
 what they

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:08.700
 taught.

00:25:09.280 --> 00:25:09.580
 Sound

00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:10.000
 familiar

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.740
 today?

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.640
 As where

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:13.940
 the

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.740
 reformers

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.920
 and Luther

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.300
 said,

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.800
 no,

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.540
 it's the

00:25:18.540 --> 00:25:19.040
 eternal

00:25:19.040 --> 00:25:19.940
 idea of

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.360
 God's

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:21.060
 truth that

00:25:21.060 --> 00:25:21.500
 matters,

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.599
 not our

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.160
 feelings,

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.579
 or whether

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:23.819
 or not

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.180
 we think

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.599
 something's

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.079
 helpful or

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.400
 not,

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.539
 and you

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.740
 will

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.480
 diminish,

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.140
 if you

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.920
 diminish our

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.420
 desperate

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:30.980
 spiritual

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.480
 condition,

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:31.900
 you will

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.700
 diminish the

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.279
 glory of

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.779
 God in

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.420
 saving us.

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.900
 That's what

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.160
 they were

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.559
 saying.

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:37.920
 So it

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.460
 doesn't matter

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.819
 if it's

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:40.000
 helpful in

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.440
 our moment

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:40.779
 or not,

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.099
 in this

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.519
 moment or

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:41.740
 not.

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:42.859
 So,

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.519
 such a

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.880
 desperate

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.400
 spiritual

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.619
 state leaves

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.619
 us at

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:47.960
 God's

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.319
 mercy.

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.599
 And it

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.059
 goes to

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.539
 question

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:50.839
 number

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.179
 two.

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.679
 Go back

00:25:52.679 --> 00:25:53.339
 to Ephesians

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.619
 two.

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.119
 You see

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.480
 this in

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.159
 verses five

00:25:57.159 --> 00:25:57.700
 and six.

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:58.939
 Okay,

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.599
 the question

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.000
 is,

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:02.679
 how did

00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:03.859
 God provide

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.579
 his grace

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.379
 for us?

00:26:06.419 --> 00:26:07.059
 Verses

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.539
 five and

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.879
 six.

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.039
 And we

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.379
 see

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:10.339
 beautifully

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.899
 that he

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.299
 did it

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.939
 in Christ

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:14.399
 by sending

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.980
 his son.

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:17.019
 this saving

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.599
 grace that

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:17.960
 we know,

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.960
 this unmerited

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.779
 favor of

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.279
 the Father

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.559
 came at

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.079
 a great

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.620
 cost.

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:23.839
 It

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:25.720
 was costly

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.120
 grace because

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.799
 it cost the

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.640
 precious blood

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.259
 of Christ,

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.860
 the only

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.339
 blood of

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.779
 the Father.

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.660
 Ephesians

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.019
 one,

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.539
 verse seven,

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:34.880
 it says,

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.500
 in him,

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:35.980
 in Christ,

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.299
 we have

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:36.740
 redemption

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.920
 through his

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.339
 blood,

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.960
 the forgiveness

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.579
 of our

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.299
 trespasses

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.539
 according to

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.039
 the riches

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.839
 of his

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.380
 grace,

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:44.620
 which he

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.419
 lavished on

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:45.759
 us.

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.319
 So,

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.899
 we don't

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.299
 have really

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.819
 many places

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.439
 to turn this

00:26:49.439 --> 00:26:49.959
 morning other

00:26:49.959 --> 00:26:50.500
 than Ephesians

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.759
 two,

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:52.839
 but my

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.559
 classic text,

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:53.839
 go to

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.559
 Romans five,

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.059
 Romans five

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.619
 really quick.

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.019
 I just

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.419
 want you to

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:58.959
 see this.

00:26:59.959 --> 00:27:00.699
 Romans five

00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:02.239
 and go to

00:27:02.239 --> 00:27:02.919
 verse six.

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.059
 God

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.859
 provided his

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.479
 grace for

00:27:08.479 --> 00:27:08.899
 us and

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.500
 he sent

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:11.339
 Christ to

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.799
 come and

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.419
 die on

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:13.079
 our behalf.

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.479
 provided in

00:27:15.479 --> 00:27:15.959
 the Savior.

00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.219
 Okay.

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.319
 Romans five

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.199
 verse six.

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.299
 For while

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.099
 we were

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.919
 still weak,

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:27.099
 at the

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.879
 right time

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:28.879
 Christ died

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.259
 for the

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.899
 ungodly.

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:30.919
 Okay,

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.219
 now,

00:27:31.479 --> 00:27:31.879
 pause.

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.019
 So,

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.539
 God doesn't

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.000
 help those

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.299
 who help

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.759
 themselves.

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.479
 It says

00:27:36.479 --> 00:27:36.759
 that we

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.419
 are weak

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:38.819
 and helpless.

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.419
 We cannot

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:39.959
 help

00:27:39.959 --> 00:27:40.599
 ourselves.

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.559
 Right?

00:27:41.719 --> 00:27:42.119
 We're not

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.519
 in any

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.000
 position.

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.140
 At the

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.700
 right time

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.440
 Christ died

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.759
 for the

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.440
 ungodly.

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.819
 For one

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.660
 will scarcely

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.440
 die for

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.839
 a righteous

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.420
 person,

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.619
 though perhaps

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.099
 for a good

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.759
 person one

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.160
 would even

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.599
 dare to

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:53.880
 die.

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.039
 Listen to

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.319
 this.

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.640
 But God

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.920
 chose his

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.380
 love for

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:58.759
 us and

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.200
 that while

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.579
 we were

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.000
 still

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.559
 sinners,

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.619
 Christ

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.099
 died for

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.460
 us.

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:03.700
 Since

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.240
 therefore we

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.579
 now have

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.299
 been justified

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.960
 by his

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.460
 blood,

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.880
 much more

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.500
 shall I be

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.099
 saved by

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.579
 him from

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.140
 the wrath

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.740
 of God.

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.200
 For if

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.480
 we were

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.900
 enemies,

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.319
 we were

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.980
 reconciled

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.500
 to God

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.079
 by the

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.380
 death

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:15.759
 of his

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.079
 son.

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.160
 Much

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.559
 more,

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.700
 now that

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:18.980
 we are

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.819
 reconciled,

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.680
 shall we

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.380
 be saved

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:21.980
 by his

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.420
 life.

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.319
 So good.

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.819
 Chew on

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.299
 those verses

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.759
 today when

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:25.980
 you go

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.200
 home.

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.160
 But you

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.620
 see these

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.259
 phrases that

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.799
 are used

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.940
 of a lost

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.400
 person?

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.279
 Without

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.680
 Christ,

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:32.960
 they are

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.599
 ungodly,

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.640
 they are

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:34.980
 weak,

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.339
 they are

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.900
 enemies,

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.420
 they are

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.859
 sinners,

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.400
 and they are

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:39.940
 separated.

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.200
 That is

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.039
 all scary

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.500
 news,

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:42.920
 right?

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.799
 But we

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.319
 see that

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:46.859
 Christ died

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.559
 for us,

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.200
 reconciled us

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.579
 to God,

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:49.839
 and made

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.440
 us right

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.599
 with God.

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.819
 Beautiful

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.279
 picture.

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.519
 Okay?

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.319
 So,

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.480
 this is a

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.839
 picture of

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.299
 the work,

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.140
 how God

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.960
 provided his

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.660
 grace for

00:28:59.660 --> 00:28:59.980
 us,

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:00.720
 that he

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.279
 sent Christ

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.620
 to die

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.079
 for us.

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.880
 So listen

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.319
 to this,

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.200
 if you can,

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.940
 just pull

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.220
 in,

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.759
 take this

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.019
 in.

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:10.319
 again,

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.680
 it's in

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.039
 God's

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.559
 nature

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.359
 to be

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:12.700
 gracious.

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.639
 So God

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.160
 is not

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.599
 gracious

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.500
 to us

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.660
 because

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.160
 Jesus

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.759
 died for

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.059
 us.

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.619
 Jesus

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.279
 died for

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.879
 us because

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.539
 God is

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.259
 gracious to

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.599
 us.

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:24.839
 You

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.379
 follow that?

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.859
 God is

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.460
 not gracious

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.859
 to us

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.460
 because Christ

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.019
 died for

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.359
 us,

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.259
 but Christ

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.779
 died for

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.160
 us because

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.740
 God is

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.099
 gracious.

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.240
 gracious.

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.299
 So it

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.619
 is the

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.139
 grace of

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.659
 the Father

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:38.519
 who initiated

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.159
 with us

00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:39.539
 and that

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.980
 Jesus came

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:42.399
 and died

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:42.779
 in our

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.279
 place.

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.619
 He is

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.339
 how we

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.859
 have the

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.359
 grace of

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:46.679
 God.

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:48.179
 So in a

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:48.439
 sense,

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.139
 the reformers

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.619
 were saying

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.919
 that grace

00:29:50.919 --> 00:29:51.559
 isn't some

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.939
 thing that

00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:53.639
 God just

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.059
 sort of

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.859
 throws out

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.459
 to us.

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.579
 He sent

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.199
 us Christ

00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:57.740
 and in

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.379
 Christ is

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:58.799
 all the

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.279
 grace we

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.579
 need.

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.059
 In

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.419
 Christ,

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.359
 not outside

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.199
 of Christ.

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.619
 So,

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.539
 they were

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:08.279
 saying we

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:09.059
 can distort

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.639
 the character

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:09.959
 of the

00:30:09.959 --> 00:30:10.279
 Father.

00:30:10.959 --> 00:30:11.419
 He is

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:11.839
 just,

00:30:11.959 --> 00:30:12.319
 he is

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.699
 righteous,

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.000
 but he

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.399
 is also

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:13.879
 gracious

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.659
 and loving.

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.119
 Right?

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.179
 And that's

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:17.659
 how we see

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.099
 in Romans,

00:30:18.219 --> 00:30:18.379
 right,

00:30:18.439 --> 00:30:19.259
 that God

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.799
 remained

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.399
 just by

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:20.740
 punishing

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.219
 Christ,

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.559
 but in

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.019
 through that

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.459
 he became

00:30:22.459 --> 00:30:23.359
 the justifier

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.299
 of the

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.659
 one who

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.199
 had faith

00:30:25.199 --> 00:30:26.500
 in Christ.

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.639
 Brings us

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:28.919
 to our

00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:29.240
 third

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.740
 question.

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.379
 What is

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.180
 the means

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:34.680
 of receiving

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.480
 God's

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.840
 grace?

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.140
 Alright,

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.720
 look at

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.400
 verses 8

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.880
 and 9.

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.000
 For by

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.520
 grace you

00:30:40.520 --> 00:30:40.760
 have been

00:30:40.760 --> 00:30:41.260
 saved

00:30:41.260 --> 00:30:41.480
 through

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.960
 faith,

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.020
 and this

00:30:43.020 --> 00:30:43.400
 is not

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.760
 your own

00:30:43.760 --> 00:30:44.020
 doing,

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.320
 it is

00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:44.800
 the gift

00:30:44.800 --> 00:30:45.580
 of God,

00:30:46.280 --> 00:30:46.660
 not of

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.140
 the result

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.940
 of works,

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:48.680
 so that

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.180
 no one

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.860
 may boast.

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.140
 So,

00:30:52.260 --> 00:30:52.640
 as fallen

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.300
 human beings,

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.860
 we all

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.200
 have a

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.440
 tendency,

00:30:54.540 --> 00:30:54.940
 every one

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.240
 of you,

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.820
 and me,

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.860
 we have a

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.620
 tendency to

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.200
 want to seek

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.720
 to earn

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.500
 God's favor.

00:30:59.500 --> 00:30:59.579
 behavior.

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.339
 This is

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.759
 how the

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.700
 world operates

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.500
 around us,

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.259
 every day,

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.720
 right?

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:07.019
 Kids try to

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.480
 be on good

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.119
 behavior to

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.859
 earn their

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.200
 parents'

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.599
 favor.

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.359
 Students

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:12.079
 work really

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.539
 hard to

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.099
 make good

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.960
 grazing class.

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.480
 You work

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.980
 really hard

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.539
 to make a

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.319
 sports team

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.880
 and perform

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.740
 well at work

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.240
 to hopefully

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.640
 get a

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:21.079
 promotion.

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.460
 Our whole

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.460
 life is

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.359
 saturated with

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.460
 performance-based

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.299
 acceptance.

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.440
 acceptance.

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.680
 So,

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.619
 very easily

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.139
 that drips

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:30.419
 into our

00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:30.839
 relationship

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.419
 with God.

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.519
 So,

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:32.680
 if you

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.240
 struggle with

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.440
 that,

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.839
 just know

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.079
 that's

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.539
 affecting,

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.379
 you know,

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.180
 your

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.819
 understanding

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.339
 of the

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.960
 nature of

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.319
 God,

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.659
 right?

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:39.980
 And it's

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.379
 something that

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:40.740
 the other

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.480
 religions and

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.000
 cults of the

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.299
 world have

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.940
 picked up on.

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:43.519
 You know,

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.019
 work your

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.220
 way,

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:44.639
 earn your

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.700
 way to

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:45.940
 God,

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.419
 appease

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.019
 Him some

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.379
 way,

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:50.139
 and that's

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.700
 not how it

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:50.960
 is.

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.359
 The reality

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.720
 is that God's

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.519
 salvation is by

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:56.119
 grace alone.

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.299
 And that's a

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.019
 message that the

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.720
 whole world needs

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.119
 to hear.

00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:00.579
 So,

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.500
 God doesn't even

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.099
 want you to

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:03.200
 contribute 1%

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.700
 of your

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:05.039
 salvation so

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.480
 that you have

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.419
 no grounds

00:32:06.419 --> 00:32:07.480
 to boast,

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.000
 right?

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.279
 So,

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:10.039
 imagine if

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.940
 someone committed

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.339
 the most

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:12.259
 atrocious crime

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.720
 to you,

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.940
 towards you,

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.000
 and then they

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.539
 tried to make

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.799
 amends by giving

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.460
 you just a little

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.940
 bit of money

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.460
 for it.

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.399
 You know,

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:20.200
 that makes no

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.879
 sense at all.

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.799
 And that's how

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.759
 we kind of act

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.220
 with God,

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.519
 that,

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.339
 you know,

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.759
 we can

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:26.019
 disapace His

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.720
 justice if we

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.220
 just do a

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.559
 few,

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.680
 quote,

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.579
 good things.

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.619
 And that's

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:31.200
 not how His

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.980
 justice works.

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.480
 Remember,

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.440
 God's grace

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.160
 means that His

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.299
 unmerited favor

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.920
 and goodness

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.639
 towards those

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.160
 who deserve

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:40.160
 only punishment.

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.220
 None of us

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.779
 deserve it.

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.700
 Again,

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.220
 otherwise,

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:44.859
 grace would

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.940
 not be

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.259
 grace.

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.660
 And He is

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.099
 not under

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:48.220
 obligation to

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.839
 show us

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.180
 grace.

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.500
 You should

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.000
 hear that.

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.680
 God is not

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.379
 obligated to

00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:52.700
 show us

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.059
 grace.

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:55.019
 Exodus 33,

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.559
 19,

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:58.119
 also quoted

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.599
 in Romans

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.059
 9,

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.519
 Lord,

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.119
 the Lord

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:01.440
 said,

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:01.899
 I will be

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:02.639
 gracious to

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:03.019
 whom I

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.279
 will be

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.599
 gracious,

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.019
 and I

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.339
 will show

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.859
 mercy on

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.299
 whom I

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.679
 will show

00:33:06.679 --> 00:33:07.079
 mercy.

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:08.619
 Yet,

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.559
 astonishingly,

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.740
 astonishingly,

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:11.879
 shockingly,

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.399
 God did

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:14.000
 choose to

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.539
 show us

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.019
 His grace.

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.220
 And it

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.599
 was a

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.000
 gift,

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.200
 a gift

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.700
 of God

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:17.960
 that we

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.319
 read,

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.379
 right?

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:20.800
 That means

00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:21.500
 like the

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.880
 faith,

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.540
 the faith

00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:24.420
 itself is

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.960
 a gift

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.600
 of God

00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:26.780
 towards you.

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.540
 So,

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:30.200
 one commentator

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.620
 I read,

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.140
 he said,

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:32.180
 faith is

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.020
 simply breathing

00:33:33.020 --> 00:33:34.000
 the breath

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.760
 that God's

00:33:34.760 --> 00:33:35.820
 grace provides.

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.580
 Faith is

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:38.300
 breathing the

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:38.900
 breath that

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.680
 God's grace

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.400
 provides.

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.540
 So we

00:33:41.540 --> 00:33:42.220
 cannot be

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.800
 good enough,

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.060
 we cannot

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:44.580
 do enough

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:45.160
 good works

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:46.900
 to make

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.300
 ourselves

00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:47.720
 right with

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.040
 God.

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:49.539
 we cannot.

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.920
 So,

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.519
 the only

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.159
 way to

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.700
 receive it

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.379
 again is

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:54.980
 by faith.

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.460
 And God's

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.180
 grace provides

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.500
 this.

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.099
 Question

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.720
 number four.

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.680
 Thanks for

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.099
 bearing with

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.240
 me,

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.440
 I'm

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.879
 struggling

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.399
 right now.

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:05.980
 Question

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.579
 number four.

00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:08.420
 Why,

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.880
 this is

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.159
 important,

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.920
 why did

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.719
 God choose

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.179
 to show

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.599
 us His

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.059
 grace?

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.539
 Why?

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.539
 See this

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.920
 in verses

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.480
 four and

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.840
 seven.

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:19.900
 God being

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.420
 rich in

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.840
 mercy

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:23.079
 because of

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.460
 the great

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.279
 love which

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.779
 He loved

00:34:24.779 --> 00:34:25.159
 us.

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.059
 And in

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.579
 verse seven,

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.820
 so that in

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.360
 the coming

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.880
 age He

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.440
 might show

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.159
 the immeasurable

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.920
 riches of

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.539
 His grace

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.940
 and kindness

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.820
 towards us

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.320
 in Christ

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.659
 Jesus.

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.659
 So,

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:38.000
 it could

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.639
 be said

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.960
 that the

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.400
 first two

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.840
 words of

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.960
 that are

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.639
 so beautiful,

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.460
 but God,

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.059
 right?

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:48.019
 though we

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.840
 were helplessly

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.360
 lost,

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:51.079
 enslaved to

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.460
 sin,

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.960
 children of

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.380
 the devil,

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.199
 held captive

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.579
 to do

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.119
 His will,

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.860
 hearts darkened

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.480
 by sin,

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.739
 minds

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.900
 corrupted by

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.299
 evil,

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:02.099
 though we

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.400
 had done

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.019
 nothing but

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.940
 rebel against

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.239
 Him,

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.860
 but God.

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:07.620
 So,

00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.019
 why did

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.460
 God choose

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.700
 us to

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.039
 show us

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.539
 His grace?

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.539
 Not because

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:10.840
 we were

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.240
 worthy,

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.519
 not because

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.940
 we cleaned

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.680
 ourselves up

00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:14.200
 enough to

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.880
 make ourselves

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.620
 acceptable to

00:35:15.620 --> 00:35:15.940
 God,

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:17.740
 not because

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.360
 we earned

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.800
 His favor,

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.500
 we earned

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.260
 only death,

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.000
 Romans 6,

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.760
 the wages of

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.460
 sin is death,

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:26.380
 right?

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:29.099
 only because

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.500
 of the

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.980
 riches of

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.599
 His mercy

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.300
 and grace.

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.360
 So,

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.300
 this word,

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:35.360
 this word

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.920
 rich right

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.260
 here that

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.660
 you see,

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.619
 it means

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.760
 overabounding

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:40.420
 without measure

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.619
 in mercy

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.559
 towards us.

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.680
 So,

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:45.099
 that is

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.780
 God's mercy,

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.519
 His pardoning,

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.099
 His forgiving.

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.660
 So,

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.800
 then we read

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.920
 because of

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.440
 the great

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.240
 love with

00:35:52.240 --> 00:35:52.700
 which He

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.440
 loved us,

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.019
 agape,

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:56.759
 my favorite,

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.420
 one of my

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.099
 favorite words,

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.639
 agape,

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.860
 the highest

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.599
 form of

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.179
 love and

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.619
 existence.

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.119
 So,

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.800
 it's not like,

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.400
 I think most

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.820
 of us can't

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.219
 get our heads

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.820
 around this.

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.099
 I think we

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.900
 minimize like

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.300
 how great

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:10.679
 this idea

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.679
 of love is.

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:12.659
 It's not

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.619
 brotherly love.

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.259
 It's not even

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:16.320
 like the affection

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:17.019
 that a marital

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.960
 couple has

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.480
 with each other.

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.719
 It's higher

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.420
 than that.

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.900
 God in His

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.639
 nature is by

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.299
 definition,

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.199
 love.

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:27.940
 His love is

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.879
 infinitely greater

00:36:28.879 --> 00:36:29.799
 than any human

00:36:29.799 --> 00:36:30.879
 love can express.

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.119
 And,

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:33.059
 this word,

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.619
 in Greek

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:36.059
 speaking culture,

00:36:36.379 --> 00:36:37.000
 back then,

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.519
 it hardly ever

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.199
 pops up.

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:40.900
 It was never

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.859
 really used a lot

00:36:41.859 --> 00:36:42.139
 because they

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.619
 didn't really have

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.440
 a right context

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:43.920
 for it.

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:44.940
 But the New

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.379
 Testament,

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:46.699
 it occurs

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:48.279
 320 times,

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.839
 speaking about

00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:50.420
 God's

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:51.559
 self-sacrificing,

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:52.359
 unconditional

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:53.179
 love.

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.219
 love.

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.519
 So,

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.739
 it's a love

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.460
 not of human

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:56.899
 origin.

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.440
 Right?

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.539
 Humans don't

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.379
 have this kind

00:37:00.379 --> 00:37:00.759
 of love.

00:37:00.839 --> 00:37:01.679
 We don't

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.919
 die for our

00:37:02.919 --> 00:37:03.339
 enemies.

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.239
 Right?

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:07.039
 This is only

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:08.019
 the God type

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.500
 love that

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.179
 Christ died

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:10.159
 for us

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.579
 while we were

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.239
 His enemies,

00:37:11.399 --> 00:37:11.759
 while we were

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:12.619
 still sinners.

00:37:13.899 --> 00:37:14.259
 So,

00:37:14.419 --> 00:37:15.059
 listen to this.

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.779
 You must have

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.579
 a high view

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.179
 of sin

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:19.179
 and depravity

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:20.000
 because if

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.379
 you do,

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.639
 it will

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.059
 help you

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.859
 magnify

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.839
 the love

00:37:22.839 --> 00:37:23.299
 of God

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:24.079
 much more

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:25.059
 than those

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.239
 who have

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.719
 a low view

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.099
 of sin.

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.379
 If you

00:37:27.379 --> 00:37:27.759
 think that

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.239
 you're actually

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:29.239
 worthy of

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:29.879
 God's love,

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:31.319
 then God's

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:31.659
 love is

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.159
 puny.

00:37:33.339 --> 00:37:34.519
 But God's

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.839
 love is

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.539
 magnified

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:35.980
 because He

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.599
 chose to

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:37.239
 love that

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.679
 which was

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.579
 unlovable.

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.440
 Us.

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.599
 Right?

00:37:42.339 --> 00:37:43.019
 It's so much

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.519
 more beautiful,

00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:44.440
 so much more

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:46.039
 glorious when

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.619
 we see that

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.319
 He just simply

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:48.559
 chose to

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.019
 love us,

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:50.000
 not because

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.599
 we deserve

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:50.880
 it.

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:52.119
 Right?

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:54.199
 It says that

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.860
 in 1 John

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.380
 does it not?

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.679
 We love

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.099
 why?

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.659
 Because He

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.579
 first loved

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:58.960
 us.

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.820
 Right?

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.099
 So that He

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.799
 might show

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.739
 the immeasurable

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:04.539
 riches of

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.139
 His grace.

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:06.440
 Each one of

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.940
 you who are

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.440
 in Christ,

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.880
 you're a

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:09.380
 trophy of

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:10.039
 God's grace.

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.579
 I like to

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.059
 deer hunt.

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.199
 I've only

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.759
 killed a couple

00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:14.400
 of big bucks.

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.019
 I only mounted

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.559
 one of them,

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.000
 and that's my

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.299
 trophy.

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.699
 I don't even

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.119
 have it in my

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.400
 house,

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:17.900
 in my parents'

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.219
 house.

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:20.059
 My brother

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.719
 is a deer

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.179
 slayer,

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:21.480
 though.

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:21.980
 He has

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.360
 like,

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.799
 deers all

00:38:23.799 --> 00:38:24.139
 over the

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.460
 wall,

00:38:25.259 --> 00:38:25.820
 massive

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.320
 deers.

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.739
 And,

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:30.880
 not a

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.199
 direct

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:31.719
 connection,

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.340
 but each

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:32.920
 one of us

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.259
 who are in

00:38:33.259 --> 00:38:33.519
 Christ,

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:33.960
 we are a

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:35.099
 trophy of

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.779
 God's grace.

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:37.480
 We are a

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.960
 trophy of

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.739
 God's goodness.

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:40.799
 Why,

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.440
 each one of

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:41.799
 us have

00:38:41.799 --> 00:38:42.599
 been changed

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:43.340
 and redeemed

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:45.079
 by Christ.

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:45.579
 We are a

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:46.340
 trophy of

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.779
 grace,

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.139
 each one of

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:48.359
 us.

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:49.879
 So,

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.579
 this is the

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.159
 last place I

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:52.559
 want you to

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:52.819
 look,

00:38:53.839 --> 00:38:54.659
 but just flip

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.039
 over to

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:55.699
 Ephesians 1.

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.119
 I'm trying to

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.460
 keep you in

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.920
 Ephesians.

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:58.179
 Ephesians 1,

00:38:59.219 --> 00:39:02.500
 verse 5.

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:04.679
 And we see

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.339
 this, that God

00:39:05.339 --> 00:39:06.079
 did this to the

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.779
 praise of His

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:07.239
 glory.

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.199
 Sola

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.519
 Dei

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:09.879
 Gloria.

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:13.039
 says,

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.519
 in love,

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.260
 He predestined

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:14.700
 us for

00:39:14.700 --> 00:39:15.519
 adoption as

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.240
 sons through

00:39:16.240 --> 00:39:17.079
 Jesus Christ,

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.579
 according to

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.260
 the purpose

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:19.820
 of His

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.180
 will,

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:21.480
 listen to this,

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.380
 to the praise

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.800
 of His

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:24.160
 glorious grace

00:39:24.160 --> 00:39:25.680
 with which He

00:39:25.680 --> 00:39:26.539
 has blessed us

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:26.820
 in the

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.160
 beloved.

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.760
 In Him,

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:29.260
 we have

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:29.700
 redemption

00:39:29.700 --> 00:39:30.340
 through His

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:30.740
 blood,

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:31.380
 the forgiveness

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:32.059
 of our

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.680
 trespasses,

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:34.160
 according to

00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:34.640
 the riches

00:39:34.640 --> 00:39:35.160
 of His

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:35.619
 grace,

00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:36.660
 which He

00:39:36.660 --> 00:39:37.700
 lavished upon

00:39:37.700 --> 00:39:38.400
 us in all

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.119
 wisdom and

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.639
 insight,

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:41.179
 making known

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:41.819
 to us the

00:39:41.819 --> 00:39:42.420
 mystery of

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.900
 His will,

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.119
 according to

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:45.480
 His purpose,

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:46.599
 which He

00:39:46.599 --> 00:39:47.259
 set forth

00:39:47.259 --> 00:39:48.059
 in Christ,

00:39:48.859 --> 00:39:49.739
 as a plan

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:50.079
 for the

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.539
 fullness of

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.059
 time to

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.599
 unite all

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:52.119
 things in

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:52.380
 Him,

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:53.319
 things in

00:39:53.319 --> 00:39:54.500
 heaven and

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.920
 things on

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.219
 earth.

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:56.839
 So,

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.539
 He did

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.639
 this for

00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:59.239
 the praise

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.539
 of His

00:39:59.539 --> 00:39:59.920
 glorious

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.440
 grace.

00:40:01.319 --> 00:40:01.799
 That's

00:40:01.799 --> 00:40:02.599
 mind-blowing

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.019
 to me.

00:40:03.819 --> 00:40:04.239
 But listen

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:04.619
 to this,

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:05.239
 if God's

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:06.319
 glory is at

00:40:06.319 --> 00:40:06.980
 stake here,

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:09.000
 that's

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.400
 huge,

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.639
 because it

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:10.980
 means that

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.320
 He won't

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:12.059
 suffer His

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.800
 glory to

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.440
 be diminished.

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:14.599
 Okay,

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:15.260
 so that leads

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:16.420
 us to the

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:16.940
 fifth thing,

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:17.519
 the last

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.159
 question.

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.820
 How should

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:21.739
 we respond

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:23.179
 to God's

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.519
 grace?

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.280
 How should

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:26.019
 we respond

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.719
 to God's

00:40:26.719 --> 00:40:27.059
 grace?

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.400
 In a way,

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:29.880
 in verse

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.260
 10,

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:31.619
 back in

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.179
 chapter 2,

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.500
 it says that

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.920
 we are His

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.460
 workmanship,

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.139
 created in

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:35.719
 Christ Jesus

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:36.159
 for good

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:36.559
 works,

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:36.920
 which He

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.420
 prepared

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:38.599
 beforehand

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:39.119
 that we

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.779
 should walk

00:40:39.779 --> 00:40:40.380
 in them.

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.099
 So,

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:43.659
 I think

00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:44.259
 each one of

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:44.500
 us would

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.119
 find ourselves

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.759
 in one

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.219
 of these

00:40:46.219 --> 00:40:46.440
 two

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.039
 positions,

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:48.380
 naturally

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:49.119
 speaking.

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.139
 We would

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:50.559
 find that

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:51.000
 our natural

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.659
 tendency is

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.039
 either to

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:54.079
 drift away

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.759
 from God's

00:40:54.759 --> 00:40:56.159
 grace with

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:57.000
 either legalism

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:58.380
 or licentiousness.

00:40:59.119 --> 00:40:59.679
 We either

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:01.340
 de-appreciate

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.119
 God's grace.

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:04.940
 this is

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.319
 sad.

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:05.819
 So,

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:06.219
 let's just

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:06.920
 unpack this.

00:41:07.179 --> 00:41:07.500
 These are

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:08.199
 two wrong

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:08.859
 responses

00:41:08.859 --> 00:41:10.219
 to God's

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:11.839
 grace that

00:41:11.839 --> 00:41:12.319
 each one of

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:12.539
 us will

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.179
 find ourselves

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:13.859
 in at

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:14.339
 some point.

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:15.739
 The first

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:16.219
 one is

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:17.460
 the cheap

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:19.239
 grace

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.880
 mentality.

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:20.940
 We look at

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:21.559
 God's grace

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.059
 and we treat

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.440
 it like it

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.239
 wasn't costly,

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.699
 like it's

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:24.480
 not valuable.

00:41:26.319 --> 00:41:27.019
 Many of

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:28.039
 you may

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.339
 have found

00:41:28.339 --> 00:41:28.759
 yourself in

00:41:28.759 --> 00:41:29.299
 this position.

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:30.659
 This was

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.339
 the story of

00:41:31.339 --> 00:41:31.880
 my life.

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:33.619
 If you

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:33.920
 ever heard

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.239
 me tell

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:34.880
 you my

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.319
 story,

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.619
 it would

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:36.099
 be filled

00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:36.480
 with this

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:36.859
 kind of

00:41:36.859 --> 00:41:37.259
 stuff.

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:39.299
 Or we

00:41:39.299 --> 00:41:39.440
 say,

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:39.900
 grace,

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.000
 that's

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.339
 awesome.

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.619
 Boy,

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:42.019
 I'm glad

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.259
 I'm

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:42.599
 saved,

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:42.940
 so no

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.099
 matter

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:43.880
 what I

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:44.359
 do now,

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:45.179
 I'm

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:45.819
 okay with

00:41:45.819 --> 00:41:46.039
 God.

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.199
 I've

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:46.559
 got my

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:46.940
 get out

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.279
 of hell

00:41:47.279 --> 00:41:47.940
 free ticket

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.980
 because of

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.259
 God's

00:41:49.259 --> 00:41:49.759
 grace and

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.079
 now I

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:50.599
 can send

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:51.099
 all I

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.579
 want to.

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:52.440
 I

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.739
 thought

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:53.279
 that way

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:55.119
 for years.

00:41:56.299 --> 00:41:56.779
 So,

00:41:57.259 --> 00:41:57.920
 as long

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.359
 as I

00:41:58.359 --> 00:41:58.799
 go to

00:41:58.799 --> 00:41:59.259
 church on

00:41:59.259 --> 00:41:59.960
 Sunday and

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.299
 Wednesday

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:02.580
 and try

00:42:02.580 --> 00:42:02.900
 to go

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.260
 do the

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.560
 thing,

00:42:03.640 --> 00:42:04.160
 get baptized,

00:42:05.100 --> 00:42:05.539
 join the

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:05.960
 church,

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:06.740
 I'm

00:42:06.740 --> 00:42:07.100
 okay.

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:08.900
 Yet,

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:10.300
 if that's

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:10.860
 you this

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:11.220
 morning,

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.420
 know that

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.740
 Scripture

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:15.100
 says that a

00:42:15.100 --> 00:42:15.519
 lot of people

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:16.300
 are deceived

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:17.420
 into thinking

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.160
 they belong

00:42:18.160 --> 00:42:19.320
 to Christ

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:19.600
 and they

00:42:19.600 --> 00:42:20.080
 are not.

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:22.039
 2 Corinthians

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.940
 13.5,

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.420
 a verse I

00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.880
 had never

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.900
 read until

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:27.619
 about ten

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:28.159
 years ago

00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:28.380
 when I

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:28.819
 became a

00:42:28.819 --> 00:42:29.039
 believer.

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:30.579
 It says,

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.119
 examine

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:32.059
 yourselves to

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.460
 see whether

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:32.880
 or not you

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.319
 are in the

00:42:33.319 --> 00:42:33.699
 faith.

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.219
 Test

00:42:35.219 --> 00:42:35.840
 yourselves.

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.279
 Well, I

00:42:37.279 --> 00:42:37.739
 was told not

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.059
 to doubt

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.940
 myself, so I'm

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.159
 not going to

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.480
 listen to

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:39.799
 that.

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:40.880
 I pray my

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.460
 prayers, I'm

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:41.759
 good.

00:42:42.759 --> 00:42:43.159
 No, he

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:43.779
 says test

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:44.539
 yourself to

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:45.219
 see if you

00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:46.400
 are in

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:46.880
 the faith.

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:48.660
 And I

00:42:48.660 --> 00:42:49.380
 had no

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:50.160
 love of

00:42:50.160 --> 00:42:50.500
 God.

00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:51.099
 If you

00:42:51.099 --> 00:42:51.460
 had watched

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:52.079
 my life, I

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.660
 had no fear

00:42:52.660 --> 00:42:53.140
 of God.

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:54.900
 And that's

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.480
 the tragedy

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:56.079
 of the Bible

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:56.640
 belt in a

00:42:56.640 --> 00:42:57.280
 lot of ways,

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:58.160
 that we are

00:42:58.160 --> 00:42:58.880
 so accustomed

00:42:58.880 --> 00:42:59.500
 to the good

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:00.059
 news that it's

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:00.480
 really just

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.140
 dull and old

00:43:01.140 --> 00:43:01.980
 news to us.

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:03.960
 And so, if you

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.579
 find yourself

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:05.400
 there, if you

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:06.160
 can walk up

00:43:06.160 --> 00:43:08.860
 to Jesus,

00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:10.519
 hang on the

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:12.119
 cross, and

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:12.680
 say to Him,

00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:13.280
 I know that

00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:13.860
 you're suffering

00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:14.760
 now from my

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:16.320
 sin, and

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:16.640
 that you're

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:17.659
 dying wish is

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:18.139
 that I go

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:18.719
 and sin no

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:20.039
 more, but

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.480
 there's just

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:21.199
 one need I

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:21.699
 have that

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:22.299
 can only be

00:43:22.299 --> 00:43:22.940
 fulfilled by

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.400
 sinning.

00:43:24.079 --> 00:43:24.719
 So I hope

00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:25.400
 you understand

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:26.139
 as I thrust

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:27.339
 this sword

00:43:27.339 --> 00:43:27.759
 into your

00:43:27.759 --> 00:43:28.239
 side.

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:32.000
 So now I'm

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:32.739
 glad that

00:43:32.739 --> 00:43:33.139
 your blood

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:33.779
 forgives me

00:43:33.779 --> 00:43:34.279
 because I'm

00:43:34.279 --> 00:43:34.900
 doing this.

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:36.739
 Those who

00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:37.339
 are born of

00:43:37.339 --> 00:43:38.099
 God cannot

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:38.859
 think that

00:43:38.859 --> 00:43:39.159
 way.

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:40.639
 Cannot

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:41.179
 think that

00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:41.440
 way.

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:43.219
 If you see

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:44.119
 God's grace

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:44.759
 as a license

00:43:44.759 --> 00:43:45.259
 to sin,

00:43:45.379 --> 00:43:45.960
 hear this,

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:47.340
 Paul says

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:47.880
 in Romans

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:48.480
 6,

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:49.579
 what shall

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:49.960
 we say

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:50.199
 then?

00:43:50.240 --> 00:43:50.420
 Will we

00:43:50.420 --> 00:43:51.220
 continue that

00:43:51.220 --> 00:43:51.960
 grace may

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:52.500
 abound?

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:53.699
 By no

00:43:53.699 --> 00:43:54.159
 means.

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:55.860
 How can

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:56.260
 we who

00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:56.840
 died to

00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:57.740
 sin still

00:43:57.740 --> 00:43:58.280
 live in

00:43:58.280 --> 00:43:58.440
 it?

00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:00.360
 Your sin

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:01.199
 killed Christ,

00:44:01.260 --> 00:44:01.480
 right?

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:03.119
 We can't be

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.720
 friends with it

00:44:03.720 --> 00:44:04.280
 any longer.

00:44:05.139 --> 00:44:05.539
 And if that's

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:06.039
 how you think,

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.679
 just advance

00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:07.159
 at your own

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:07.500
 peril.

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:08.179
 You're getting

00:44:08.179 --> 00:44:08.900
 a warning

00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:09.460
 this morning.

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:10.699
 Stop and

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:11.119
 look at your

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:11.539
 life.

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:13.159
 That is not

00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:13.840
 the right way

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:14.579
 to respond

00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:14.980
 to the

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:15.519
 grace of

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:15.860
 God.

00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:17.860
 Paul actually

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:18.340
 says later

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:18.559
 on,

00:44:18.620 --> 00:44:19.120
 Romans 3,

00:44:19.200 --> 00:44:19.480
 8,

00:44:20.140 --> 00:44:20.600
 if you

00:44:20.600 --> 00:44:21.039
 think this

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:21.320
 way,

00:44:22.140 --> 00:44:22.660
 let us

00:44:22.660 --> 00:44:23.220
 sin that

00:44:23.220 --> 00:44:23.660
 good may

00:44:23.660 --> 00:44:24.019
 come,

00:44:24.120 --> 00:44:24.559
 he says,

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:25.800
 as some

00:44:25.800 --> 00:44:26.440
 slanderously

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:27.160
 charge us,

00:44:27.200 --> 00:44:27.539
 he says,

00:44:27.620 --> 00:44:28.840
 your condemnation

00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:29.620
 is just,

00:44:30.140 --> 00:44:30.720
 if we think

00:44:30.720 --> 00:44:31.200
 this way.

00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:35.320
 So,

00:44:35.460 --> 00:44:35.860
 that's the

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.380
 first wrong

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:36.880
 response.

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.760
 To treat

00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:38.280
 the precious

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:38.800
 blood of

00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:39.340
 Christ is

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:39.700
 cheap.

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:41.839
 the second

00:44:41.839 --> 00:44:42.559
 wrong response,

00:44:42.619 --> 00:44:43.119
 which is just

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:43.599
 as bad,

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:45.759
 is legalism.

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:47.619
 There's so

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.019
 much talk

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:48.759
 about legalism.

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:50.019
 I think most

00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:50.839
 people can't

00:44:50.839 --> 00:44:51.219
 even really

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:52.199
 properly define

00:44:52.199 --> 00:44:52.399
 it.

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:55.279
 But in our

00:44:55.279 --> 00:44:55.659
 case,

00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:57.039
 we're going

00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:57.559
 to say that

00:44:57.559 --> 00:44:58.159
 it's an attempt

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:58.899
 to basically

00:44:58.899 --> 00:45:00.599
 improve upon

00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:01.239
 the grace

00:45:01.239 --> 00:45:01.679
 of God.

00:45:02.379 --> 00:45:02.619
 Like,

00:45:02.659 --> 00:45:03.419
 I like God's

00:45:03.419 --> 00:45:03.699
 grace,

00:45:03.779 --> 00:45:04.039
 but I want

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.599
 to make sure

00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:05.099
 that I still

00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:05.679
 add a little

00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:06.019
 bit of my

00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:06.579
 own goodness

00:45:06.579 --> 00:45:07.319
 into it,

00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:08.099
 just in

00:45:08.099 --> 00:45:08.419
 case.

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:09.980
 I want

00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:10.700
 to have

00:45:10.700 --> 00:45:11.480
 Christ plus

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.920
 some good

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:13.139
 things to

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:14.079
 my account.

00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:15.760
 And that

00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:16.180
 is making

00:45:16.180 --> 00:45:16.900
 a mockery

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:18.139
 of the

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:18.820
 sacrifice of

00:45:18.820 --> 00:45:19.099
 Christ.

00:45:19.240 --> 00:45:19.840
 It's a slap

00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:20.420
 in the face

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:20.940
 of God

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:22.079
 to say

00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:22.860
 that the

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:23.180
 blood of

00:45:23.180 --> 00:45:23.680
 His Son

00:45:23.680 --> 00:45:24.240
 was not

00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:24.760
 enough.

00:45:26.200 --> 00:45:26.559
 Alright?

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:27.720
 You cannot

00:45:27.720 --> 00:45:28.900
 add or

00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:29.780
 try to improve

00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:30.500
 the grace

00:45:30.500 --> 00:45:31.079
 of God.

00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:32.460
 Christ's

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:33.300
 death was

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:33.920
 sufficient.

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:35.320
 Okay?

00:45:36.619 --> 00:45:37.220
 So,

00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:37.579
 I'm going

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:37.840
 to try to

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:38.119
 spend the

00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:38.380
 rest of

00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:38.800
 this time

00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:40.039
 on our

00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:40.300
 right

00:45:40.300 --> 00:45:40.900
 response.

00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:42.200
 Alright?

00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:42.380
 So,

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:42.680
 here's a

00:45:42.680 --> 00:45:43.300
 few things,

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:43.740
 I think,

00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:45.200
 four things

00:45:45.200 --> 00:45:46.220
 that can

00:45:46.220 --> 00:45:46.700
 kind of,

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:47.440
 what's the

00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:48.119
 right response

00:45:48.119 --> 00:45:49.420
 to the

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:49.800
 grace of

00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:50.079
 God?

00:45:50.900 --> 00:45:51.740
 For one,

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:52.559
 is

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:53.980
 obedience.

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:55.940
 Listen to

00:45:55.940 --> 00:45:56.160
 this.

00:45:56.240 --> 00:45:57.019
 Saving grace

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:57.599
 not only

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:58.200
 sets us

00:45:58.200 --> 00:45:59.440
 free from

00:45:59.440 --> 00:45:59.920
 spiritual

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:00.579
 bondage,

00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:02.099
 but at the

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:02.539
 same,

00:46:02.720 --> 00:46:03.440
 saving grace

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:04.619
 also transforms

00:46:04.619 --> 00:46:05.460
 our lives

00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:06.140
 into joyful

00:46:06.140 --> 00:46:06.740
 obedience.

00:46:06.739 --> 00:46:06.799
 obedience.

00:46:08.359 --> 00:46:08.539
 Alright?

00:46:09.859 --> 00:46:10.739
 Saving grace

00:46:10.739 --> 00:46:11.179
 not only

00:46:11.179 --> 00:46:11.579
 sets us

00:46:11.579 --> 00:46:11.959
 free from

00:46:11.959 --> 00:46:12.399
 spiritual

00:46:12.399 --> 00:46:12.879
 bondage,

00:46:12.919 --> 00:46:13.119
 but it

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.579
 transforms

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:14.419
 our lives

00:46:14.419 --> 00:46:15.519
 into joyful

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:16.159
 obedience.

00:46:17.439 --> 00:46:17.939
 Good works

00:46:17.939 --> 00:46:18.559
 don't earn

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:19.239
 God's grace

00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:19.719
 for us,

00:46:19.839 --> 00:46:21.199
 but the

00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:21.639
 church has

00:46:21.639 --> 00:46:22.500
 taught for a

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:23.000
 long time,

00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:24.199
 the Protestant

00:46:24.199 --> 00:46:24.839
 evangelical

00:46:24.839 --> 00:46:25.399
 church,

00:46:26.239 --> 00:46:26.979
 the good works

00:46:26.979 --> 00:46:27.379
 aren't the

00:46:27.379 --> 00:46:27.939
 means of

00:46:27.939 --> 00:46:28.399
 salvation,

00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:28.739
 but they're

00:46:28.739 --> 00:46:29.359
 the fruit of

00:46:29.359 --> 00:46:29.899
 salvation,

00:46:30.039 --> 00:46:30.579
 the evidence

00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:31.659
 of salvation.

00:46:31.659 --> 00:46:32.940
 we want

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:33.519
 to serve

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:33.920
 God.

00:46:34.420 --> 00:46:35.059
 Our hearts

00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:35.779
 are changed.

00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:37.179
 So that is

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:38.199
 the outflow,

00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:39.679
 is a desire

00:46:39.679 --> 00:46:40.460
 to want to

00:46:40.460 --> 00:46:41.039
 follow God.

00:46:41.139 --> 00:46:41.420
 There's a

00:46:41.420 --> 00:46:41.879
 change in

00:46:41.879 --> 00:46:42.440
 your heart.

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:43.719
 I want

00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:44.079
 to do

00:46:44.079 --> 00:46:44.319
 what he

00:46:44.319 --> 00:46:44.699
 says,

00:46:44.819 --> 00:46:45.319
 not that I

00:46:45.319 --> 00:46:45.859
 have to

00:46:45.859 --> 00:46:47.139
 or whatever,

00:46:47.379 --> 00:46:47.619
 it's a

00:46:47.619 --> 00:46:48.879
 desire

00:46:48.879 --> 00:46:49.739
 change.

00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:51.699
 Joyful

00:46:51.699 --> 00:46:52.339
 obedience,

00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:53.119
 not legal

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:53.739
 obedience.

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:55.539
 Another

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:56.079
 thing that

00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:56.839
 it accomplishes

00:46:56.839 --> 00:46:58.259
 is humility.

00:46:58.260 --> 00:46:58.380
 humility.

00:47:00.060 --> 00:47:01.800
 So humility

00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:02.340
 in this case

00:47:02.340 --> 00:47:02.800
 isn't just

00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:03.180
 trying to

00:47:03.180 --> 00:47:04.040
 feel small

00:47:04.040 --> 00:47:04.500
 or feel

00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:05.120
 useless

00:47:05.120 --> 00:47:06.500
 or inferior,

00:47:07.740 --> 00:47:09.700
 but it's

00:47:09.700 --> 00:47:10.780
 this idea

00:47:10.780 --> 00:47:12.300
 that God

00:47:12.300 --> 00:47:13.020
 is so great,

00:47:13.120 --> 00:47:13.780
 so majestic,

00:47:13.940 --> 00:47:14.560
 so glorious

00:47:14.560 --> 00:47:16.380
 in his grace

00:47:16.380 --> 00:47:17.360
 and we see

00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:18.060
 ourselves in

00:47:18.060 --> 00:47:18.700
 light of that.

00:47:20.020 --> 00:47:21.500
 So we're

00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:22.160
 humbled by

00:47:22.160 --> 00:47:22.720
 the knowledge

00:47:22.720 --> 00:47:23.680
 that such a

00:47:23.680 --> 00:47:23.940
 holy,

00:47:24.100 --> 00:47:24.780
 righteous God

00:47:24.780 --> 00:47:25.220
 would show

00:47:25.220 --> 00:47:25.780
 us grace.

00:47:26.220 --> 00:47:26.560
 That should

00:47:26.560 --> 00:47:27.100
 make us

00:47:27.100 --> 00:47:27.740
 just feel

00:47:27.739 --> 00:47:28.859
 overwhelmed,

00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:29.500
 completely

00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:30.000
 humbled,

00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:31.679
 humbled at

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:32.339
 that reality

00:47:32.339 --> 00:47:32.659
 that he

00:47:32.659 --> 00:47:33.119
 would show

00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:33.979
 such amazing

00:47:33.979 --> 00:47:34.519
 grace to

00:47:34.519 --> 00:47:35.019
 us in

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.579
 Christ Jesus.

00:47:35.699 --> 00:47:35.899
 Like,

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:36.299
 why?

00:47:36.479 --> 00:47:36.859
 Why?

00:47:37.479 --> 00:47:37.959
 Why?

00:47:38.079 --> 00:47:38.639
 Why me?

00:47:39.759 --> 00:47:40.500
 Why you?

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:41.859
 Right?

00:47:43.479 --> 00:47:44.379
 No sense

00:47:44.379 --> 00:47:45.019
 of entitlement.

00:47:45.979 --> 00:47:46.279
 It's a

00:47:46.279 --> 00:47:46.559
 humbling

00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:47.079
 reality.

00:47:47.219 --> 00:47:47.819
 God's grace

00:47:47.819 --> 00:47:48.819
 humbles us.

00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:50.419
 And this

00:47:50.419 --> 00:47:50.879
 is a great

00:47:50.879 --> 00:47:51.159
 one.

00:47:52.459 --> 00:47:53.059
 Assurance.

00:47:53.599 --> 00:47:53.799
 Okay?

00:47:54.319 --> 00:47:54.739
 Another

00:47:54.739 --> 00:47:55.500
 response.

00:47:56.579 --> 00:47:57.099
 Assurance.

00:47:57.739 --> 00:47:59.339
 Because salvation

00:47:59.339 --> 00:48:00.379
 began as a

00:48:00.379 --> 00:48:01.019
 work of God's

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:01.419
 grace,

00:48:01.759 --> 00:48:02.639
 it's also

00:48:02.639 --> 00:48:03.059
 going to be

00:48:03.059 --> 00:48:03.579
 brought to

00:48:03.579 --> 00:48:04.679
 completion by

00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:05.379
 God's grace.

00:48:06.879 --> 00:48:07.439
 God's,

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:07.939
 the same

00:48:07.939 --> 00:48:08.599
 sovereign grace

00:48:08.599 --> 00:48:09.259
 that saved us

00:48:09.259 --> 00:48:09.979
 is the grace

00:48:09.979 --> 00:48:11.079
 that leads us

00:48:11.079 --> 00:48:11.379
 home.

00:48:12.139 --> 00:48:12.619
 Right?

00:48:12.819 --> 00:48:13.279
 That's what

00:48:13.279 --> 00:48:14.639
 Newton said.

00:48:14.759 --> 00:48:15.319
 It was grace

00:48:15.319 --> 00:48:16.059
 that taught my

00:48:16.059 --> 00:48:16.939
 heart to fear,

00:48:17.799 --> 00:48:18.739
 in grace my

00:48:18.739 --> 00:48:19.939
 fears relieved.

00:48:20.619 --> 00:48:21.279
 How precious

00:48:21.279 --> 00:48:22.500
 did the grace

00:48:22.500 --> 00:48:23.579
 appear the hour

00:48:23.579 --> 00:48:24.279
 I first

00:48:24.279 --> 00:48:25.459
 believed.

00:48:25.460 --> 00:48:25.539
 Christ.

00:48:26.980 --> 00:48:27.500
 So,

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:28.900
 he will

00:48:28.900 --> 00:48:29.539
 finish it.

00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:30.619
 Paul says,

00:48:30.720 --> 00:48:31.539
 I am confident

00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:33.280
 that he who

00:48:33.280 --> 00:48:34.380
 began the

00:48:34.380 --> 00:48:34.920
 good work in

00:48:34.920 --> 00:48:35.840
 you will

00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:37.019
 bring it to

00:48:37.019 --> 00:48:37.940
 completion at

00:48:37.940 --> 00:48:38.619
 the day of

00:48:38.619 --> 00:48:39.260
 Christ Jesus.

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:41.039
 Humans are

00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:41.760
 notorious for

00:48:41.760 --> 00:48:42.519
 starting projects

00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:43.079
 they can't

00:48:43.079 --> 00:48:43.420
 finish.

00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:44.800
 I'm the best

00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:45.240
 example.

00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:48.000
 And it's

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:48.500
 usually either

00:48:48.500 --> 00:48:49.159
 a lack of

00:48:49.159 --> 00:48:50.360
 resources or

00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:50.840
 lack of

00:48:50.840 --> 00:48:52.380
 desire to

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:52.740
 finish a

00:48:52.740 --> 00:48:53.300
 project,

00:48:53.300 --> 00:48:54.460
 lack of

00:48:54.460 --> 00:48:54.940
 time,

00:48:55.100 --> 00:48:55.460
 whatever.

00:48:56.560 --> 00:48:57.240
 God lacks

00:48:57.240 --> 00:48:57.800
 none of those

00:48:57.800 --> 00:48:58.260
 things to

00:48:58.260 --> 00:48:58.760
 finish what

00:48:58.760 --> 00:48:59.220
 he starts.

00:48:59.480 --> 00:49:00.100
 He always

00:49:00.100 --> 00:49:00.640
 finishes what

00:49:00.640 --> 00:49:01.080
 he starts.

00:49:02.700 --> 00:49:03.120
 And so,

00:49:03.720 --> 00:49:04.300
 take comfort

00:49:04.300 --> 00:49:04.620
 in that

00:49:04.620 --> 00:49:05.340
 reality that

00:49:05.340 --> 00:49:06.019
 grace started

00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:06.420
 this and

00:49:06.420 --> 00:49:06.800
 grace is

00:49:06.800 --> 00:49:07.039
 going to

00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:07.519
 finish it.

00:49:08.860 --> 00:49:09.240
 And then

00:49:09.240 --> 00:49:09.680
 lastly,

00:49:09.980 --> 00:49:10.400
 worship.

00:49:11.280 --> 00:49:11.900
 As we find

00:49:11.900 --> 00:49:12.360
 our minds

00:49:12.360 --> 00:49:13.200
 expanded by

00:49:13.200 --> 00:49:13.600
 the grace

00:49:13.600 --> 00:49:14.120
 of God,

00:49:14.340 --> 00:49:15.039
 our hearts

00:49:15.039 --> 00:49:15.640
 should

00:49:15.640 --> 00:49:16.519
 correspondingly

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:17.300
 be enlarged

00:49:17.300 --> 00:49:17.900
 for love

00:49:17.900 --> 00:49:18.440
 for him,

00:49:19.080 --> 00:49:19.360
 for what

00:49:19.360 --> 00:49:19.800
 Christ has

00:49:19.800 --> 00:49:20.060
 done.

00:49:20.059 --> 00:49:21.299
 So,

00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:21.559
 we should

00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:22.059
 fall at

00:49:22.059 --> 00:49:22.639
 Christ's

00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:23.179
 feet and

00:49:23.179 --> 00:49:24.500
 worship because

00:49:24.500 --> 00:49:25.500
 of the

00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:26.259
 greatness of

00:49:26.259 --> 00:49:26.900
 this grace.

00:49:28.299 --> 00:49:29.279
 2 Corinthians

00:49:29.279 --> 00:49:29.880
 9,

00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:30.960
 listen to

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:31.259
 this,

00:49:31.400 --> 00:49:31.659
 he just

00:49:31.659 --> 00:49:32.059
 says,

00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:33.500
 because of

00:49:33.500 --> 00:49:34.199
 the surpassing

00:49:34.199 --> 00:49:34.679
 grace of

00:49:34.679 --> 00:49:35.299
 God that

00:49:35.299 --> 00:49:35.820
 is upon

00:49:35.820 --> 00:49:36.219
 us,

00:49:37.400 --> 00:49:38.019
 thanks be

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 to God

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 for his

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 inexpressible

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 gift.

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 Grace is

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 an inexpressible

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 gift of

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 God.

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 And I

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 hope that

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 you're taking

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 comfort in

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 these realities

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 that salvation

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 and our

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 acceptance,

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 our standing

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 with God

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 is solely

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 based on

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 his grace,

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 his unmerited

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 goodness

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 and favor

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 towards us

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 who don't

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 deserve it

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 at all.

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 Join me

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 in prayer.