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 Even a 24-hour day, never mind a year, can make a huge difference to the course of our lives.

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 Especially if your name is Jack Bauer and you've got 24 hours to save the world.

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 But for Jack Bauer, it's the most 24-hour traumatic day of his life.

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 For everyone watching, it's just wasted 24 hours.

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 But either way, 24 hours makes a difference.

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 And a year in our lives makes a huge difference.

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 And so at the end of it, as it comes, you know, closer to the end of the year,

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 and as it comes to 11 p.m. on the 31st of December,

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 we get very conscious of time passing by.

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 The world around us is changing.

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 People around us have changed.

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 And as we reflect, we feel the need to change ourselves as well.

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 The change is troubling.

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 And sometimes we want to change just to keep up with the pace of everything else.

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 Everything from changing our clues to changing our minds.

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 Most of the time, in truth, the changes that we make,

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 and the New Year's resolutions,

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 rather being a desire for something really new,

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 are an attempt to control or to limit the change that's already happening too fast in our lives.

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 We make resolutions, for example, to change diet and exercise,

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 because we look in the mirror or we go for a walk and we don't like how our body is changing.

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 Many other changes we make to save more, to spend more time with children.

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 Whatever the change might be,

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 chances are that we're doing it because we're afraid of what else might change if we don't.

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 We don't like change.

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 That's why whenever people look at a child,

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 if they haven't seen them for a while,

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 they say,

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 Wow, you've really grown.

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 Because I think deep down in our hearts,

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 we kind of expect everything to just stay the same.

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 We almost get shocked when a child grows,

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 whereas it would be terrible if a child remained two feet tall all their life, wouldn't it?

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 But we don't really like it when things change.

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 But it's nearly 2013,

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 and everything, everything except God,

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 has changed and is changing.

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 And being a believer is being certain of what we're changing into.

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 So that as we see all the change in the world around us,

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 we don't get overcome with fear and troubled in our minds,

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 but instead we well up with hope.

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 Why?

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 Well, turn with me please to Romans 8.

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 We'll read it through together.

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 Excuse me when I cough.

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 So Romans chapter 8.

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 I'll just read through the whole chapter,

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 and we're going to look through it briefly.

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 We're not going to focus on anything in too much detail.

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 But the flow of the chapter kind of lends itself to looking at it all at once.

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 So we'll read the whole chapter.

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 Therefore,

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 there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

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 because through Christ Jesus,

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 the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

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 For what the law was powerless to do,

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 because it was weakened by the flesh?

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 God did,

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 by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.

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 And so he condemns sin in the flesh,

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 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us,

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 who do not live according to the flesh,

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 but according to the Spirit.

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 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires,

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 but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

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 The mind governed by the flesh is death,

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 but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

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 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God.

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 It does not submit to God's law,

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 nor can it do so.

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 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

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 You, however,

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 are not in the realm of the flesh,

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 but in the realm of the Spirit,

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 if indeed the Spirit,

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 thank you again,

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 if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.

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 And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,

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 they do not belong to Christ.

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 But if Christ is in you,

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 then even though your body is subject to death because of sin,

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 the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.

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 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you,

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 he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies

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 because of his Spirit who lives in you.

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 Therefore, brothers and sisters,

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 we have an obligation,

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 but it is not to the flesh to live according to it.

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 For if you live according to the flesh,

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 you will die.

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 But if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,

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 you will live.

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 For those who are led by the Spirit of God

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 or the children of God,

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 the Spirit you receive does not make you slaves

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 so that you live in fear again.

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 Rather, the Spirit you received

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 brought about your adoption to sonship,

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 and by him we cry,

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 Abba, Father.

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 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit

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 that we are God's children.

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 Now if we are children,

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 then we are heirs,

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 heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ,

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 if indeed we share in his sufferings

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 in order that we may share in his glory.

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 I consider that our present sufferings

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 are not worth comparing with the glory

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 that will be revealed in us.

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 For the creation waits in eager expectation

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 for the children of God to be revealed.

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 For the creation was subjected to frustration,

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 not by its own choice,

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 but by the will of the one who subjected it,

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 in hope that the creation itself

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 will be liberated from its bondage to decay

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 and brought into the freedom and glory

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 of the children of God.

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 We know that the whole creation

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 has been groaning

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 as in the pains of childbirth

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 right up to this present time.

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 Not only so,

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 but we ourselves,

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 who have the first fruits of the Spirit

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 grown inwardly

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 as we wait eagerly

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 for our adoption to sonship,

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 the redemption of our bodies.

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 For in this hope,

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 we are saved.

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 But hope that is seen

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 is no hope at all.

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 Who hopes for what they already have?

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 But if we hope for what we do not yet have,

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 we wait for it patiently.

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 In the same way,

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 the Spirit helps us in our weakness.

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 We do not know what we ought to pray for,

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 but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us

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 through wordless groans.

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 And He who searches our hearts

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 knows the mind of the Spirit,

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 because the Spirit intercedes for God's people

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 in accordance with the will of God.

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 And we know that in all things,

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 God works for the good of those who love Him,

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 who have been called according to His purpose.

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 For those God foreknew,

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 He also predestined

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 to be conformed to the image of His Son,

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 that He might be the firstborn

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 among many brothers and sisters.

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 And those He predestined,

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 He also called.

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 Those He called,

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 He also justified.

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 Those He justified,

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 He also glorified.

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 What then shall we say

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 in response to these things?

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 If God is for us,

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 who can be against us?

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 He who did not spare His own Son,

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 but gave Him up for us all,

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 how will He not also,

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 along with Him,

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 graciously give us all things?

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 Who will bring any charge

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 against those whom God has chosen?

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 It is God who justifies.

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 Who then is the one who condemns?

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 No one.

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 Christ Jesus who died,

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 more than that,

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 who is raised to life,

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 is at the right hand of God

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 and is interceding for us.

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 Who shall separate us

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 from the love of Christ?

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 Shall trouble,

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 or hardship,

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 or persecution,

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 or famine,

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 or nakedness,

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 or danger,

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 or sword?

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 As it is written,

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 for your sake,

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 we face death all day long.

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 We are considered

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 as sheep to be slaughtered.

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 No.

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 In all these things,

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 we are more than conquerors

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 through Him who loved us.

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 For I am convinced

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 that neither death nor life,

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 neither angels nor demons,

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 neither the present nor the future,

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 nor any powers,

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 neither height nor depth,

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 nor anything else

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 in all creation,

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 will be able to separate us

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 from the love of God

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 that is in Christ Jesus,

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 our Lord.

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 So we'll just pray briefly

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 before we look at the passage.

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 Father, we thank You for Your Word.

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 And we thank You, Lord,

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 that we have it in our own language,

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 that we can freely read it

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 and think about it

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 and hear it talked about.

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 And Father, we pray

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 that as we look at it now

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 that You would help us

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 to understand it

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 and apply it to our hearts and lives

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 and be changed as a result

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 to be more like Jesus.

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 And in His name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, Romans 5

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 till the end of chapter 8,

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 I suppose the biggest theme

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 is probably the theme of hope.

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 Hope comes through faith.

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 And chapter 8,

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 particularly towards the end,

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 is all about the future hope.

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 But before we get to that,

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 Paul talks about

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 two different types of people.

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 And the reason why he does

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 is because only one group

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 has a future.

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 Only one has a hope.

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 So verses 1 to 17,

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 briefly then,

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 the people of the Spirit

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 and the people of the flesh.

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 Now, he starts with those

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 who are in Christ,

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 identified with Christ.

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 They have the Holy Spirit

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 that was living in Christ,

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 now living in them.

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 Now, previously in chapter 7,

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 he had been talking about the law,

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 the moral law,

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 the Old Testament law,

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 the simple knowledge

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 of right and wrong,

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 and how really,

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 even though it's good in itself,

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 it condemns us as human beings

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 because we fail to keep it.

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 So here in verse 3,

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 if you look at verse 3,

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 when he writes about

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 the law being powerless

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 because it was weakened by the flesh,

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 he is saying that,

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 right and good,

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 though the law may be,

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 it won't save us

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 from our sinful, selfish self

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 because the more law we know,

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 the more we just end up breaking.

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 So really,

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 even though the law,

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 like the law in society,

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 may have a restraining effect on us,

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 because of the way we are

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 as human beings,

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 because of our sinful selves,

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 always inclined to look out

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 for number one,

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 then it might help us

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 clean up a little,

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 but it will never really change

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 who we are deep down.

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 And that's because

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 we've got a serious problem.

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 Now Paul describes it here

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 as the flesh.

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 Now he's not literally,

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 of course,

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 talking about our skin

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 or our shells

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 or our physical bodies,

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 but really more

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 the fallen part of our humanity,

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 our worldly desires

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 and our materialism

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 and our worship of self.

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 And instead of, I suppose,

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 using the word material,

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 like the material uses

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 versus the spiritual,

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 he uses flesh.

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 Because the image is more like

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 something to do with

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 our own humanness.

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 Even, if you will,

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 if you kind of stretch it

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 about our human meat.

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 Meat, it's not,

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 a flesh is not an appealing term.

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 If you think of flesh,

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 flesh of an animal

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 or a flesh of a human,

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 it might be something

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 that looks nice

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 and appealing one day,

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 but a few days down the line

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 it's all rotten.

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 It's not really

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 that glamorous an image.

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 Now if we think about

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 the context of Romans,

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 it'll maybe make it

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 a little bit clearer.

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 In AD 49,

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 Claudius,

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 he expelled all the Jews

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 from Rome.

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 And the reason was

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 because there was

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 continual rioting

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 between the Jewish Orthodox,

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 the Jewish believers,

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 or the Jewish Jews,

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 and the Jewish Christians.

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 So the Jews,

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 whether they were Christians

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 or whether they were

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 traditional Jews,

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 they were all expelled

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 from Rome.

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 And Aquila and Priscilla,

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 I suppose,

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 in Acts 18.2

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 are examples of this.

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 It talks about it

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 in Acts 18.2.

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 But five years later,

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 whenever Nero came to power

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 in AD 54,

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 the expulsion was revoked

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 and all the Jews,

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 including the Jewish believers,

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 were allowed back to Rome.

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 So now,

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 as Paul writes

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 in AD 57,

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 he's writing to a church

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 that was predominantly

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 Gentile believers

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 for five years

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 and then the Jews

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 come back,

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 Jewish believers,

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 and they're struggling

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 to understand the whole thing

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 about the Jewish heritage

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 and the gospel.

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 And that's what Paul

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 writes to.

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 Now,

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 for the Jew,

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 the word flesh

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 goes right back

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 to creation.

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 When Adam looked at Eve

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 and he says,

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 bone of my bone

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 and flesh of my flesh,

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 it's really the meat

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 of human existence.

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 God says later,

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 at the time of Noah,

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 that all flesh

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 had become corrupted

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 and we have other references

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 to flesh

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 and the flesh of man.

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 So,

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 for the Jewish,

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 for the Jews,

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 the Jewish understanding

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 is that for man

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 to be flesh

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 means that man is mortal.

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 He is dying.

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 And so,

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 in verse 3,

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 when Paul writes

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 that Jesus came

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 in the likeness

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 of sinful flesh,

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 he isn't saying

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 that Jesus came

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 in the likeness

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 of sinful nature.

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 It doesn't make any sense

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 to say that Jesus

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 looked like he had

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 a sinful nature.

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 But what is clear

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 is that Jesus was born

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 in human flesh.

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 He was born

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 just like us

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 with a decaying

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 and cursed body

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 even though

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 he had no sin.

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 he was born

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 in the flesh

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 just like us sinners.

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 And the purpose of it,

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 as he says,

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 was so that he could

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 offer his flesh

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 as a sacrifice

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 to us,

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 for us,

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 to redeem our bodies

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 through the Spirit.

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 And so,

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 the whole consequence

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 of Paul's argument

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 is that he's saying

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 for those in Christ,

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 there is no condemnation.

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 Instead,

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 we have the same

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 Holy Spirit

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 that was in Christ

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 living in us.

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 so that unlike

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 before when we

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 didn't know Christ,

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 when it was impossible

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 for us to keep the law,

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 we can now keep the law

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 by following Christ

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 because we follow

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 the one who kept the law,

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 who came

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 in the flesh.

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 So then in verses 5-8,

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 we move on,

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 we have this great distinction

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 between those who live

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 according to the flesh

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 and those who live

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 according to the Spirit.

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 Those who live out their lives

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 always keeping in mind

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 their own flesh,

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 their own skin,

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 their own earthly,

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 mortal existence,

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 and those who look beyond that

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 to the spiritual.

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 Now everything that goes

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 with the flesh is decaying.

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 It's going to die.

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 It's rotting

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 because it's under God's curse.

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 But to live in the Spirit

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 means peace with God

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 and life to come.

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 And we get to verses 9-11

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 and Paul explains

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 just how the Spirit

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 brings life.

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 He says,

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 you either have the Spirit

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 or you don't.

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 You either belong to Christ

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 or you don't.

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 If you have the Spirit,

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 Paul explains,

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 that you're not in the realm

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 of the flesh.

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 In other words,

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 your flesh doesn't own you anymore.

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 It doesn't control you anymore.

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 Now even though we have

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 a physical body

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 with flesh and blood,

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 he explains in verse 10,

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 in spite of that,

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 you will live

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 because you have the Spirit

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 dwelling in you

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 and the Spirit brings life.

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 Now how or what does he mean?

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 Is he talking about

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 spiritual life

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 and out-of-body life

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 in another realm?

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 Well,

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 we do have

00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:07.500
 a new spiritual life

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 in Christ.

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 But really,

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 what he is referring to

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 mostly here

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 is that we're going to have

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 a real physical life.

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 Rather than being

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 rid of our bodies

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 in the end,

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 those bodies

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 are going to be redeemed.

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 And this is the whole purpose

00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:22.660
 of these verses.

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 The whole point

00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:23.740
 in these verses

00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:24.860
 and the whole

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 what the hope

00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:26.840
 rests on.

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 And that's why

00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:29.460
 Paul says elsewhere

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 that if it was only

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 for this life

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 that we have no hope,

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 or sorry,

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 if it was only

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 for this life

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 that we have hope

00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:35.059
 in Christ,

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 then we of all people

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 are to be most pitied

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 because the hope

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 isn't for this life.

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 It's all in the next.

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 It's all in the resurrection.

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 All eggs in one basket

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 and that's in the next life.

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 The hope is in the resurrection.

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 So verse 12 and following.

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 Why then?

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 Would you have anything,

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 would you want to have

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 anything to do

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 with conforming to this word?

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 Focusing on our attention

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 and setting our thoughts

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 and such

00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:06.860
 fleshly things

00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:07.560
 in this life

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 when in the end

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 they're all just going to

00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:11.480
 pass away into death.

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 And if we're gripped

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 by these things

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 then they're just going to

00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.679
 drag us down with them.

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 But Christ,

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 he says,

00:16:18.539 --> 00:16:19.600
 saves us from that.

00:16:20.560 --> 00:16:21.639
 He frees us

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 from slavery to sin

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 and saves us

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 from ourselves,

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 me, myself and I.

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 And he gives us

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 a new identity

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 as a child of God.

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 Having the Spirit

00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:33.340
 of God in us

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 marks us out now

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 as belonging to him,

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 as his children

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 with privilege.

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 In the Old Testament

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 God sat at the top

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.519
 of Mount Sinai

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 in unapproachable fire

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:48.620
 whenever the Holy Spirit

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 came at Pentecost.

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 The very feast

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 which commemorated

00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:53.259
 the giving of the law

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 to Moses

00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.620
 at Pentecost,

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 that unapproachable fire

00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:56.879
 came down

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 and rested

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 on the disciples' heads.

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 Because of what

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 Jesus had done,

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 the unapproachable

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:04.519
 holy, holy, holy God

00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:06.279
 would now be called

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 Abba Father.

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 Basically,

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 Dada.

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 The same kind of

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 word that

00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:14.039
 a little child

00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.480
 would use

00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.700
 to cry out

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 to their daddy.

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 Now if you've put

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 your trust in Christ,

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 then this

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 is

00:17:21.619 --> 00:17:23.000
 your identity.

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 The first verses

00:17:25.379 --> 00:17:26.079
 that we looked at there

00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.519
 in the chapter

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:27.960
 are all about

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 the technical legality

00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:29.960
 and the theology

00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:31.019
 that tells us

00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:32.019
 about the two identities.

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 There's people of the flesh

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 and there's people

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 of the Spirit.

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 But if you've trusted

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.099
 in Christ

00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:38.460
 as your Savior

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 and your King,

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 then this is where

00:17:40.700 --> 00:17:41.139
 you are now.

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 You're identified

00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:43.599
 with God

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:44.799
 as his Son,

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 as one who has

00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:47.079
 the Spirit of God

00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:47.860
 inside them.

00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:50.200
 Because of Jesus' death,

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.500
 you have forgiveness,

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:53.559
 you have no condemnation,

00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:55.039
 freedom from sin,

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.620
 freedom from self,

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:58.420
 to have a new identity

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 and a new relationship.

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 One where God

00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.759
 becomes our Father

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 and our protector

00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:05.019
 and our provider

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:06.640
 and the one that we live

00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.259
 to please

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:08.440
 and enjoy.

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.279
 So like Christ,

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 if we love him

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 and know him

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 and accepted him

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 as our Savior,

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 then we are God's sons,

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 his children.

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 And like Christ,

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 we will be raised

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 from death.

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 And that's

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 where the hope lies.

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 So verses 18 to 30,

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 secondly then,

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 let's look a little bit

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 at the hope

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 and what that means

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 for us

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 in an uncertain world.

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 Well, verse 18,

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 well, Paul says

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 the main consequence

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 is that when you think

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 about the hope

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 for the future

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 and you think

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 about today's troubles,

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 whatever they might be,

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 they're not even worth

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 bothering

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 comparing to

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 what is coming.

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 The pure glory

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 of what's going

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 to happen to us

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 as our broken bodies

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 get fixed

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 and our troubled minds

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 are finally

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 and completely calmed

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 and every sin

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 which bothered us

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 is finally taken away

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 or removed.

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 Every pain

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 and every hurt

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 is gone.

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 That will be

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 the greatest

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 demonstration

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 of God's work

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 in all its glory.

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 The redemption

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 of the creation

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 and particularly us

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 the redemption

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 of his prize.

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 He says it's not worth

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 comparing

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 even the greatest

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 troubles in life

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 that we might have

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 and he had plenty.

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 He says

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 even

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 in verses 19 to 22

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 even the creation

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 looks on

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 in anticipation

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 to see what's

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 going to happen

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 to us

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 as we're fully

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 transformed

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 into the children

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 of God.

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 The creation

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 can't wait.

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 Since the fall

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 everything in the

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 entire creation

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 from stars

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 to shellfish

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 has been suffering

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 because of our sin.

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 Everything from

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 massive tsunamis

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 to hurricanes

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 to myxomatosis

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 and little bunny rabbits

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 can be traced back

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 to the first

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 human decision

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 to rebel

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 against the creator.

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 The creation

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 didn't decide

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 to sin.

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 It didn't rebel

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 against its creator.

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 Animals didn't decide

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 to rebel

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 against their creator.

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 But Paul reminds us

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 that God chose

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 to frustrate

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 the entire world

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 and any hope

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 for humanity.

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 God frustrated

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 the creation

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 so that it might

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 play its part

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 in the redemption

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 of humanity

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 in the hope

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 that the creation

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 itself would one day

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 be set free

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 and share in the

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 freedom and redemption

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 with the caretakers

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 that it was originally

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 created to have.

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 That's the hope

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 for the world around us.

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 Verse 18 to 22

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 and then 23 to 30

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 we have the hope

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 for the child of God.

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 Now it's not just

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:38.039
 the creation

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:39.339
 that wants the redemption

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 to come.

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.319
 We should too.

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.400
 We must do

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 if we have the spirit

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.639
 of God in us.

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 Not that we'd want

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.859
 to give up on life

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.859
 or want it all

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.359
 to be over

00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:49.200
 or wish it all away

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.379
 but there's something

00:20:50.379 --> 00:20:50.960
 in us

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:52.460
 that just wants it all

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 to be fixed.

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 Instead of having

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:57.720
 a fearful expectation

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.319
 of judgment

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:59.379
 to come after death

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 there's a desire

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:02.019
 for everything

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.740
 to be made new

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.779
 for us to be made new.

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 And specifically here

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:07.619
 of looking forward

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.779
 to redemption

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.940
 of our bodies

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:11.059
 as we gain

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.839
 the full benefits

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 of sonship.

00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:14.639
 As Christians

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 a huge amount

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.859
 of our time

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.420
 is spent

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.200
 in demonstrating

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.440
 God's redemption

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.379
 to the world now.

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.500
 Good deeds

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:23.039
 transforming society

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.740
 where we can.

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.559
 Having a good

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.819
 or a redemptive influence

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.779
 on someone else's life.

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.619
 And most of all

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.920
 sharing the good news

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:31.339
 of Jesus

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 with others.

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 I know

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:35.240
 even though we can hope

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:37.019
 for some kind of redemption

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.160
 in the world around us

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.600
 and we should

00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:41.340
 just as we are

00:21:41.340 --> 00:21:42.519
 described as first risk

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.240
 we should also hope

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.059
 for fruit in the world

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:45.640
 but really

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.259
 ultimately

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:48.220
 the real hope

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:50.320
 is as just in the last point

00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:51.480
 isn't for now

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:53.000
 but it's all eggs

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.600
 in one basket

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:54.559
 and it's all for the life

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.039
 to come.

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:57.279
 Hope through Christ

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.559
 beyond the grave.

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.400
 Verse 24

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.680
 because it's this hope

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:03.280
 that we're saved.

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:04.920
 No hope

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.519
 in results

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.860
 for the transformation

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.860
 of the community

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.700
 or society

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:10.280
 or even results

00:22:10.280 --> 00:22:11.000
 for our church

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:12.460
 that is not

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.340
 what our hope is in.

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:15.340
 Our saving hope

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:16.800
 cannot even be seen

00:22:16.800 --> 00:22:17.320
 in this life

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:17.680
 he says.

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:18.880
 In fact

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.400
 Paul says

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.180
 the hope that is seen

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:21.380
 is no hope at all.

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:22.860
 It's no hope

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.280
 for something

00:22:23.280 --> 00:22:24.000
 that we can actually

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:25.420
 envisage getting hold of

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.320
 in this life

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:27.540
 or something more

00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:28.540
 of what we already know.

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:30.480
 it's hope for something

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:32.139
 that we don't have yet

00:22:32.139 --> 00:22:33.740
 and we have to

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.480
 read right up

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.079
 until the end

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:36.099
 patiently he says

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:38.019
 until we can claim it.

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.960
 Until then

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:41.899
 the spirit will help us

00:22:41.899 --> 00:22:43.319
 even in our prayers.

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.759
 Verse 26

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:46.220
 And he's not

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.480
 talking about tongues

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.139
 here so much

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:48.879
 but he's talking about

00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:49.440
 like before

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.000
 some kind of

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:51.379
 a holy attitude

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:53.019
 of discontent

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.399
 where we know

00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:55.259
 that we need to pray

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.700
 and we know

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.279
 that there's something

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.259
 not right in our lives

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.339
 and we're not content

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:58.839
 with the way

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.799
 the world is around us

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:01.299
 and we just want to change

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.579
 but we don't even know

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.220
 what to say

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.420
 or where to start

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:06.099
 or how to pray about it.

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.000
 The Holy Spirit

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:10.079
 is interceding for us

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:11.399
 and groaning

00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:12.119
 in our behalf.

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.819
 That's what Paul's

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.319
 talking about

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.639
 because it's all

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.460
 in the context

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.500
 of hope

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:19.000
 and change.

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.700
 The spirit is

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.319
 inside us

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.339
 and he's changing us

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.680
 and transforming us

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.519
 as we look forward

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.080
 to the day

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:27.039
 when everything

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.620
 is going to be

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.600
 completely restored.

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.740
 In all things

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.980
 we know

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:33.519
 that God is working

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.380
 and will work

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.400
 for the good

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.420
 of those who love him.

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:38.279
 And it all comes back

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.299
 to that initial trust

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.360
 and faith.

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.680
 If we

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:45.220
 have faith

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:46.480
 and trust in him

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.140
 to save us

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.799
 and guide us

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.320
 in our lives

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:49.680
 then we have

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.460
 the spirit in us

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.680
 and we know

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.759
 that there is

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.640
 a future for us.

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:55.340
 we have been called

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:56.320
 according to his purpose.

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.940
 He knew us

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:59.060
 and he loved us

00:23:59.060 --> 00:23:59.620
 from the beginning

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:01.259
 and he gave us

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.820
 the destiny

00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:03.720
 of being like Jesus

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:05.120
 predestined

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:06.060
 according to the

00:24:06.060 --> 00:24:06.780
 likeness of his son.

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.680
 That means our destiny

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:09.220
 is to be like Jesus.

00:24:10.300 --> 00:24:11.160
 The day is coming

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.759
 when we will see

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.880
 Jesus face to face

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:14.360
 along with many others

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:15.140
 like ourselves

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:16.200
 and he says

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.259
 it will be glorious.

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.340
 That's the future

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:20.200
 that we hope for.

00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:22.400
 So finally then

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:24.360
 what is the response?

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.540
 And what should

00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:26.420
 our response be

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.180
 for 2013

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.320
 as we face change

00:24:28.320 --> 00:24:29.360
 and uncertainty

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:30.040
 and trouble

00:24:30.040 --> 00:24:30.500
 and pain

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:30.840
 in the world

00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:31.360
 around us

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:32.380
 and in ourselves?

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:35.080
 Verses 31 to 39

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:36.900
 the response is

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.420
 confidence.

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.400
 God subjected

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:40.500
 his entire creation

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.200
 to futility

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.660
 and decay.

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.820
 He sent his son

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.540
 to rescue us

00:24:43.540 --> 00:24:44.360
 in our hopeless state.

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:45.380
 He set out

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:46.100
 a whole plan

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.580
 of redemption

00:24:46.580 --> 00:24:47.080
 for us

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.980
 in a new creation.

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.960
 Verse 31 then

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:51.519
 if God wants

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.200
 good for us

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.500
 and loves us

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:55.160
 and went to such

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.539
 length

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.539
 to redeem us

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:58.519
 if he really has

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.400
 this eternal plan

00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:00.240
 for our little lives

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.819
 then no change

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.319
 or trouble

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.480
 is ever going

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.160
 to upset that.

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.259
 If he has already

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.860
 sent his son

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 to die

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 to bring this

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 whole plan

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 into action

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 and bring this

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 hope to reality

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 then he's not

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 going to just decide

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 now that he wants

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 to give up on it all

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 and not bring us

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 to redemption

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 or bring us

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 everything that he's

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 promised to give us.

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 No one can bring

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 any charge

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 no one can condemn

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 Jesus has died

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 and he has risen again

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 so that we will die

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 and we will rise again

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 with him.

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 So nothing

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 he says

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 will separate us

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 from God's love

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 and his plan

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 for us.

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 No financial difficulty

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 not even to the point

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 of nakedness

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 no slagging

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 or work at school

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 even to the point

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 of physical persecution

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 no danger

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 no threat

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 not even death

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 itself

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 will thwart his plan

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 or separate us

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 from being loved

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 and loving him

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 as our father

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 forever.

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 Paul finishes

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 by explaining

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 I'll just read out

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 the verses

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 for I am convinced

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 that neither death

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 nor life

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 neither angels

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 nor demons

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 neither the present

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 nor the future

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 nor any powers

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 neither height

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 nor depth

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 nor anything else

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 in all creation

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 will be able

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 to separate us

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 from the love of God

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 that is in Christ Jesus

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 our Lord.

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 So

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 when you look in the mirror

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 on Monday night

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 or consider your finances

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 or worry about the future

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 or your children's future

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 or just feel some fear

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 of what might lie ahead

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 remember

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 the hope

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 of the redemption

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 and the hope

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 of the resurrection

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 that one day

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 it's all coming

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 the world is changing

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 our bodies are changing

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 but no matter what happens

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 if the Holy Spirit

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 lives in you

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 through faith in Christ

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 then nothing

00:26:52.760 --> 00:26:54.580
 will change the plan

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 that God has for you

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 and nothing

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 will stop the changes

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 that God has set in motion

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 for his creation

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 the creation will be changed

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 we will be changed

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 and we can be sure

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 that our hope

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 will not be disappointed

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 Amen

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 Thanks so much