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 Read verses 1-6 with me.

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 And if she marries another man, she is not an adulteress.

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 Will you pray with me for the preaching of God's word?

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 Father, your word is powerful.

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 It is living and is active and it pierces between the joints of marrow to the intentions of the heart.

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 And we ask this morning that your word would work in us to humble us.

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 To remind us freshly of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And to find great joy in him and in communion with Jesus Christ.

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 Lord, we ask that the word would cause us to rejoice.

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 That it would make the simple wise and it would make the unclean clean.

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 And that it would be richer than gold and sweeter than honey this morning.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 So to introduce today's sermon, I would love to share a little bit about the life of Martin Luther.

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 Martin Luther was educated under medieval theology.

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 In this education, Luther was taught that justification is to make oneself righteous.

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 Righteousness, in this thought, began with baptism and was continued through taking the Catholic sacraments.

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 In addition to being made righteous through the sacraments, they would teach that one could have a claim on God,

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 even demand certain things from God, if they just did their very best.

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 Their natural abilities and their good works would merit or would provide merit that would then justify them.

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 If we just did what was in us, if we just did our very best, we can be disposed to God's grace.

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 That was the doctrine that Luther came out of and that was in his mind as he became a monk.

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 And it was the doctrine that eventually drove him to despair.

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 Between 1516 and 1517, Luther abandoned these teachings.

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 He called them the rancid rules of the philosophers.

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 He realized that we don't have a disposition towards God, but actually indisposition.

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 We're actually naturally rebellious towards God.

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 Luther came to an awareness that the sinner is utterly helpless to save himself

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 or to have any right standing before God based on their own merits.

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 As he came to this reality that he was sinful and God was holy and just, he was undone.

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 All his attempts to satisfy God, his prayers, his fasting, his vigils, his good works,

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 all the things he did left him wholly disquieted.

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 His mood swung from despair to anger at God over this reality.

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 And it began to produce an experience that he called infectum.

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 It's a German word and it doesn't translate well into our language, but it carries lots of meaning.

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 For Luther, this was dread.

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 He would see God's righteousness and feel dread and despair.

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 This sense of foreboding doom.

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 This assault on his soul and anxiety.

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 And it left him lowly.

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 Luther felt as if his whole sinful life was exposed before God's presence.

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 As Luther went to the word in the season, he saw the righteousness of God through the law.

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 Later in his writings, Luther would say,

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 God gave the law then to put us to death, to kill us, so that we would see the enormity of our sin.

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 Luther would talk about God's law as a hammer.

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 He says,

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 This presumption of righteousness in us is a huge and horrible monster.

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 To break and crush it, God needs a large and powerful hammer.

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 That is the law, which is the hammer of death, the thunder of hell, and the lightning of divine wrath.

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 To what purpose?

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 To attack the presumption of righteousness, which is rebellious, stubborn, and stiff-necked beast in us.

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 The law was the hammer of God that would expose Luther's seething rebellion against God,

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 and it would ultimately show his deep need for Jesus Christ for salvation.

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 Between 1518 and 1519, Luther, in studying the book of Romans,

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 discovered that justification is not to be made righteous.

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 It's not a progressive work that we justify ourselves before God.

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 Justification is to be declared righteous based on the works of another.

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 Justification is not doing one's very best, as if we are good and can show approval to God.

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 But justification is based on Christ and his righteousness.

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 Luther says justification is by faith alone,

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 because it looks to Christ alone for forgiveness of sins and salvation.

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 Faith itself doesn't save, but faith saves because we receive Christ by faith,

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 because we possess and grasp Christ by faith.

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 In Luther's theology, before salvation, the law exposes our need for Christ.

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 It reveals our complete inability to be righteous,

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 that our good works don't give anything to God.

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 There is no hope and freedom found in our own works,

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 but only through Jesus Christ and his works.

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 What Luther discovered is that true and lasting freedom comes through Christ.

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 He has done all the work.

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 Because of Christ's work and his fulfillment of the covenant of redemption,

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 we are freed from the law.

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 We are freed from its rigor and its curse.

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 The Holy Spirit has given us new hearts and unites us to Christ.

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 In Christ, we are free, and the law now serves as a rule of life.

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 It's a means by which we express love to God and to please him.

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 So today, the main point I want you to see in this sermon

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 is that in Christ, we are freed from the law

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 so that we can serve God, serve Christ by the Spirit.

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 So in Christ, we are freed from the law

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 so that we can serve Christ by the Spirit.

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 So point number one, the law had rule over us.

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 Point one, the law had rule over us.

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 If you look at verse one with me,

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 and do you not know, brothers, for I am speaking to those who know the law,

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 that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives.

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 Paul begins Romans 7 with another rhetorical question,

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 which as we have been following Nathan's preaching,

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 we see that this is how he forms his arguments.

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 He proposes a good concept,

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 and then he then starts to explain it

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 and asks a question about it, and then answers the question.

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 So here we have another question,

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 and this question is meant to explain the relationship

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 between the believer and the law.

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 What relationship does the law play in the believer's life?

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 So questions I hope to answer today is,

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 what was the relationship between those in Adam and the law?

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 So as we're thinking about Romans 5,

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 what is the relationship that those in Adam, unbelievers, have with the law?

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 Second question I hope to answer is,

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 what relationship are those in Christ have with the law?

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 What relationship does believers have in regards to God's law?

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 Is it no law, or is there still something

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 that bounds us that is good,

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 that we love, that frames the way in which we live?

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 So if you look at verse 1,

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 there is a gentle but firm rebuke to the church.

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 He asserts that they know the law.

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 The audience of the Jews and the Gentiles

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 would know the law in which he speaks about.

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 And as we've made our way through Romans,

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 we see that Paul is building a case.

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 And if we look at the way in which Paul has talked about the law

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 in the first six chapters,

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 and the way he talks about the law in chapter 7,

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 I think that we can understand which law he is referring to.

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 And from this letter,

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 I propose that this law that he's talking to

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 is what we call the moral law,

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 or the Ten Commandments.

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 So throughout this law,

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 Paul's case he's building is that

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 all are unrighteous and deserving of God's wrath.

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 So as we talked about last week in Romans 1,

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 that people see God's glory in creation,

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 they see his righteousness,

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 but they suppress the truth,

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 and they exchange his glory for creation.

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 In Romans 2, we discuss that all people

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 have the law of God in their hearts,

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 and their conscience bear witness against them.

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 The law of God in Romans 2

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 is the law that forbids stealing,

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 idolatry, idolatry,

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 and the misuse of the Lord's name.

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 And it's referred to as the law of the letter

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 that was written on stone.

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 In Romans 7, verse 6 tells us

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 that the law came in the old way of written code.

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 And then verse 7 goes on to say,

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 we would not have known what it is to covet

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 if the law had not said,

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 you shall not covet.

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 So at this point,

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 Paul's talking about this law in Romans 7

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 that forbids stealing,

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 adultery, idolatry, blasphemy,

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 and covetousness.

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 The law was written on stone

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 and is referred to as the law of the letter.

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 I believe that from all these things,

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 Paul has in mind the Ten Commandments,

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 which God wrote on stone.

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 This moral law has been revealed

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 in the hearts of all men in creation

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 and was put in writing on Mount Sinai.

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 This is the law of creation

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 that is made explicit in the Mosaic law.

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 So with that said,

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 John Calvin has proposed

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 three uses of the moral law

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 that I think we will find very instructive today.

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 He says,

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 use number one is the civil use.

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 This is the use of the law

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 that restrains evil

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 and promotes righteousness.

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 It restrains the wicked inclinations

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 of the heart from manifesting itself.

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 And we see this law being applied

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 in how we tell people right or wrong,

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 but we ultimately see it

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 in how we create and preserve a society.

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 There is always some sense of civil use

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 throughout society

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 that upholds and sustains a society.

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 Number two is the pedagogical

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 or the evangelical use of the law.

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 This law functions like a mirror.

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 It's supposed to expose to us

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 our sin or reveal our unrighteousness.

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 It shows our complete inability

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 to be righteous

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 so that we would see our need for a savior,

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 see our need for someone who was righteous.

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 And the third use

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 is what Calvin called the normative use.

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 This use of the law

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 reveals God's will

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 and frames the law

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 as a rule of life.

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 It's the way that believers

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 express their love to God

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 and delight in him.

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 So the three uses of the law

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 are the civil use,

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 the evangelical use,

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 and the normative use.

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 So in verse one,

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 Paul is applying the evangelical use.

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 We see that the law is binding.

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 It has an authority,

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 authority.

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 But this isn't just authority.

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 This word is used in this context

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 to mean a rule,

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 a mastery.

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 BDAG,

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 which is the Greek lexicon,

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 supports that this is a rule over,

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 that it has authority

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 that's not just,

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 it tells us what is right and wrong,

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 but it is binding,

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 it's domineering over us.

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 And Paul here describes us

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 being married to the law.

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 All men are obligated

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 to the law's demands,

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 and if they break

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 the demands of the law,

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 it's penalties.

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 The ten commandments

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 bind all in Adam.

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 In this marriage,

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 we are under a taskmaster.

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 The law reveals

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 the ways in which

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 we cannot keep the commandments.

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 And in doing so,

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 according to verse five,

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 the law arouses sin in us.

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 It exposes sin in our hearts.

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 The law shows us

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 our utter inability to keep it.

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 So James 2.10 says,

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 whoever keeps the whole law

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 but fails one point

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 is guilty of it all.

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 To be bound under the law

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 is to be bound

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 under the rigor

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 of its obedience

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 that it requires from us.

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 The law lays this heavy yoke upon us

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 and gives us the least help

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 or necessary strength

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 to fulfill it.

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 It doesn't offer life or salvation,

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 but offers a requirement.

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 The law has an impossible demand

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 of exact obedience.

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 As James 2 says,

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 if we fail in one point,

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 we've broken it all.

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 Samuel Bolton says,

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 the law looks for exact obedience

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 in every jot and tittle.

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 The demands of the law

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 are unbearable

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 and they leave the subjects

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 beat down and condemned.

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 The law's requirements

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 are too great for any.

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 This is why Paul says,

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 no one is justified

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 before God

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 by the law in Galatians.

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 So we see that

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 the demand of the law

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 is great.

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 The consequences

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 for breaking the law

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 are severe.

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 In Galatians 2.10,

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 all who rely on the works

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 of the law

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 are under a curse.

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 For it's written,

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 cursed be everyone

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 who does not abide

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 by all things written

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 in the book of the law

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 and do them.

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 The severe consequences

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 of those who rely on the law,

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 that means those who rely

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 on their own works,

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 those who rely on their own will,

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 or those who rely

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 on their innate goodness,

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 is death.

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 We see this in 6.23,

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 the verse right before verse 1.

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 For the wages of sin

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 is death,

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 but the gift of God

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 is eternal life

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 through Christ Jesus.

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 So in Adam,

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 we were under

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 this rule of law.

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 It had authority

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 and rule over us

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 and sin had dominion in us.

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 The demands of this master

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 were great,

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 the consequences severe.

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 It was an impossible yoke

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 and an eternal punishment

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 for breaking it.

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 This is why

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 when we sing the hymn

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 Rock of Ages,

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 we say,

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 Not the labors of my hand

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 can fulfill

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 thy law's demands.

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 Could my zeal

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 no respite know?

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 Could my tears

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 forever flow?

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 All for sin

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 could not atone.

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 Thou must save

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 and thou alone.

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 This is where we see

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 the evangelical

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 use of the law.

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 This is where we see

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 the law shows

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 our complete inability

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 to keep it.

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 That we need someone

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 greater than us

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 who can fulfill

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 all demands.

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 It can fulfill

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 every jot and tittle

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 of its requirements.

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 But not only that,

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 we don't only need

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 someone to meet

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 the demands,

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 we need someone

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 to also bear the penalties

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 because we've all

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 broken the law.

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 So the evangelical

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 use of the law

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 takes the law

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 and shows us

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 that we need the gospel.

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 Samuel Bolton says

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 the law is subservient

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 to the gospel.

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 It's under the gospel.

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 It serves it.

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 Its purpose is to convince

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 and to humble us.

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 And the gospel

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 is to enable us

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 to fulfill the obedience

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 of the law.

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 The law sends us

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 to the gospel

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 for justification.

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 It doesn't justify,

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 but it sends us

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 to the gospel.

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 And the gospel

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 sends us to the law

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 to frame our way

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 of life.

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 And we see this exact thing

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 in Pilgrim's Progress

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 by John Bunyan.

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 In Pilgrim's Progress,

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 the main character

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 named Christian

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 is making a journey.

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 And along his journey

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 through the Christian life,

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 he meets a man

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 named Faithful.

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 And Faithful and Christian

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 now are journeying together.

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 They're sharing

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 how they came to salvation.

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 They're sharing

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 their experiences

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 as being a believer.

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 And Pilgrim asks Faithful

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 about how he came to Christ,

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 but then his experiences

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 from it.

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 Faithful retells

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 that he comes

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 to the hill of difficulty.

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 And as he comes

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 to the hill,

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 he meets someone

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 named Adam the First.

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 And Adam the First

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 tries to appeal

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 to Faithful

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 with all the world's pleasures.

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 I'll give you

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 the lust of the flesh,

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 the lust of the eyes,

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 and the pride of life.

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 And you can come

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 and enjoy my estate

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 is what Adam the First says.

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 But Faithful

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 has this thought

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 that he needs

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 to put off the old man

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 and turns away

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 from Adam the First

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 and starts climbing

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 the mountain.

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 And as he's climbing,

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 Adam the First yells,

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 I'm going to send

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 someone after you.

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 So Faithful

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 tells his story

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 from there.

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 He says,

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 so as soon as the man,

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 or as he's going

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 up the hill,

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 in the next scene,

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 he sees someone

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 coming after him.

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 And he says,

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 so as soon as the man

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 overtook me

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 without saying a word,

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 he struck me

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 and knocked me down

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 unconscious.

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 When I came to,

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 I asked him

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 why he had thus

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 assaulted me.

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 And he said that

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 it was because

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 of my secret inclination

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 to follow Adam the First.

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 And with that,

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 he struck me

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 with another deadly blow

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 on the chest

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 and beat me down

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 backwards.

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 And I laid at his feet

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 as if I were dead.

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 So when I came to,

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 I cried to him

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 for mercy.

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 I said,

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 I do not,

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 he said to me,

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 I do not know

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 how to show mercy.

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 And he knocked me

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 down again.

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 And he would have

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 beaten me to death

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 except one who came

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 and told him to stop.

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 So Christian then

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 asked Faithful,

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 who came

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 and told him to stop?

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 And Faithful says,

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 I did not recognize

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 him at first,

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 but as he went by,

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 I saw the wounds

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 in his hands

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 and in his side.

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 Then I concluded

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 that it was our Lord.

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 Christian then explained

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 the incident to Faithful.

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 The man who overtook

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 he was Moses.

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 He spares no one

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 and does not know

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 how to show mercy

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 to anyone

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 who transgresses

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 his law.

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 So here,

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 Bunyan is picturing

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 the law

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 as one who came

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 and beat him down.

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 And the law

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 pointed that he had

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 no ability

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 to fulfill it,

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 no ability to do

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 the demands of the law.

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 But then came someone

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 with wounds in his hand

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 and wounds in his side

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 who stopped the beating

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 and this was his Lord.

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 The point he's making

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 is that the law

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 should point us

00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:50.440
 to our need for a Savior.

00:18:51.080 --> 00:18:51.880
 We need the law

00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.259
 to point us

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.299
 to our need for a Savior

00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:54.779
 because we cannot be justified

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 by the law.

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 So the law

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 had great rule over us

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 with its demands

00:19:00.860 --> 00:19:02.279
 and its severe consequences.

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:04.539
 Christ has set us free

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 from the law's demands

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.220
 and consequences

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:07.680
 by his work

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 of redemption.

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 So point number two,

00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:12.519
 Christ has set us free.

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 Christ has set us free.

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 The law of Romans 7

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 is binding on all

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 and the only way

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:23.099
 to be freed from this law

00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:23.900
 is death.

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 According to verses 2-3,

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:27.099
 the married spouse

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 is bound to her husband

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:29.619
 by the law of marriage.

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 This union is for life

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 for as the text says,

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 as long as one lives.

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 The married woman

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 would only be free

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.740
 to marry another

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 by law

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 if her husband died.

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 Paul uses this picture

00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:44.420
 to portray the freedom

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:45.039
 that we have

00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:46.079
 through our union

00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:47.099
 with Jesus Christ.

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:48.359
 Because we've been

00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:49.299
 united to Christ,

00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:51.160
 we have died to the law

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 through his body,

00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:54.180
 according to verse 4.

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:56.319
 Verse 6 explains

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:57.259
 that we've been released

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:58.259
 from the law,

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 having died to that

00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:00.299
 which held us captive.

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:01.980
 How can this be?

00:20:02.919 --> 00:20:04.079
 How can our union

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.619
 with Christ

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.779
 provide us freedom?

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.799
 It is because

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:09.519
 Jesus was our federal head.

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 He was our perfect representative.

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.819
 The covenant of works

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.879
 that God made of Adam,

00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:16.039
 Adam broke.

00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.779
 The covenant of redemption

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:19.200
 that God made of Christ,

00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:20.879
 Christ kept.

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.879
 When we are united to Christ,

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.659
 we are represented

00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:24.619
 in his life,

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.399
 his death,

00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:26.200
 and his resurrection.

00:20:26.800 --> 00:20:27.640
 In his death,

00:20:27.780 --> 00:20:29.060
 we died with him.

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 It says we were crucified

00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:30.960
 with Christ,

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.160
 and in doing so,

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.440
 we died to the law.

00:20:34.080 --> 00:20:34.800
 And in his life,

00:20:34.840 --> 00:20:36.019
 we were raised with him

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:37.280
 and are justified.

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:39.120
 His life and resurrection

00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:41.060
 provide us justification.

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.780
 That means true freedom

00:20:43.780 --> 00:20:44.840
 comes from the works

00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:45.700
 of Jesus Christ.

00:20:46.820 --> 00:20:47.800
 In Christ,

00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:49.740
 you are free indeed.

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.940
 John 8.36 says,

00:20:52.540 --> 00:20:54.120
 So if the Son sets you free,

00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:56.459
 you will be free indeed.

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.379
 Galatians 5.1,

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.779
 For freedom Christ

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.899
 has set you free.

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:03.639
 2 Corinthians 3.17,

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:05.899
 Now the Lord is spirit,

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.819
 and where the spirit

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.500
 of the Lord is,

00:21:07.899 --> 00:21:09.739
 there is freedom.

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:13.419
 In Christ is where we experience

00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:16.139
 true and lasting freedom.

00:21:16.979 --> 00:21:17.779
 There is freedom,

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:19.179
 and you are free indeed

00:21:19.179 --> 00:21:20.159
 through our Savior.

00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:22.319
 And this is an essential part

00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.959
 of your gospel,

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:24.380
 of the gospel that we believe.

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:26.340
 John Calvin says,

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:28.340
 Liberty is a necessary

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.460
 attendant to the doctrine

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:30.259
 of justification.

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.200
 John Owen calls

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.000
 Christian freedom

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:34.340
 the second principle

00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:35.200
 of the Reformation.

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:38.259
 Our gospel is a freeing gospel

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:39.759
 that has fulfilled the law

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.900
 and broke the bonds

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.759
 in sin and death

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.600
 that we were under.

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.720
 We see this in the work

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:46.140
 Jesus has done for us.

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.700
 The heavy demands

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.480
 of the law

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:50.480
 and the severe consequences

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.519
 that we deserve

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:53.039
 were credited to Christ,

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:54.440
 were counted on him.

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 He fulfilled the demands,

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 and he took the consequences

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 for us.

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 Jesus was placed

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 under every rigorous demand

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.019
 of the law

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 and obeyed it

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 in every way.

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 Jesus obeyed the law,

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 every dot

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 and every tittle.

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 Jesus perfectly offered

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:11.160
 obedience to God,

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 fulfilling the law.

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 That's why Romans 8 says

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 that the righteous requirement

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 of the law

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 might be fulfilled in us.

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 While blameless,

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:20.740
 Jesus,

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.899
 in fulfilling his covenant

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 and being the better

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 representative for us,

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 he also became a curse

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 and he took

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 all the severe consequences

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 that you deserve.

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 Every breaking of the law,

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.319
 every sin

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 that you have committed,

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.839
 Jesus took for you

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 and he died once and for all.

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 Galatians 3.13 says,

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 Christ redeemed us

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 from the curse of the law

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 by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written,

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 curse it to everyone

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 who is hanged on a tree.

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 Because Jesus fulfilled

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 the covenant of redemption,

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 we are free.

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 We are free from the dominion

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 of sin.

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 The sin that you once served,

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 that once held you captive

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 and that you labored for,

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 you've been set free from.

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 We are free from Satan

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 and the tyranny of Satan

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 and his dominion.

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 Colossians 1.13

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 We are free from the demands

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 of the law

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 and the exact obedience

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 that it renders,

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 that it asked for.

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 And we are free

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 from the curse of the law.

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 All your penalties

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 were taken by Jesus.

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.500
 The Reformation song,

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 which we will sing

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.000
 after the sermon,

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 says,

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 In Christ alone,

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 we're justified.

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 His righteousness

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 is our plea.

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 Your law's demands

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.039
 are satisfied.

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 His perfect work

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 has set us free.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 do you see this amazing love

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:40.079
 that Christ has for us?

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.759
 There is no labor.

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:43.240
 There is no work.

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.439
 There is no decision

00:23:44.439 --> 00:23:45.679
 that you can offer to God

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 for his approval.

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 You are not under

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 a magnifying glass.

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 There is no perfect

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 and foreboding standard

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:54.079
 that makes you lie worthless,

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.980
 that makes you feel inadequate,

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:58.619
 because Christ has done it all.

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 God looks at Christ's works

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 and finds great approval for you.

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 Therefore,

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.819
 you don't have to work.

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:08.159
 His work has provided you

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 a sweet and amiable relationship

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:11.399
 with the Father.

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 You are valued

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 on Christ's merits

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 and now have access

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 to the Father,

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.679
 now have communion

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:17.839
 with him.

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.980
 Brothers and sisters,

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.539
 there is nothing

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.679
 this world can offer you

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.639
 for your godliness.

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.579
 The self-help mantra

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.240
 that says,

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.460
 you are enough,

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:28.079
 be the better you,

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.779
 be your true self,

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.679
 is not to be trusted.

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:33.879
 You are not enough,

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:35.320
 but that's okay

00:24:35.320 --> 00:24:36.580
 because Christ is.

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 He was enough

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 and is enough

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 and he has purchased

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 all for you.

00:24:42.280 --> 00:24:43.480
 All the spiritual blessings

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.580
 and the sweetness

00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:45.340
 of his communion

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:46.280
 are given to you

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 in Christ,

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 to those who repentably,

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 to those who the Spirit

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.840
 has made new.

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 And we see in Romans 7-4

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 that Christ has set us free

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 that we may bear fruit

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 for God.

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.220
 We have been set free

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.080
 from the law's rule

00:24:59.080 --> 00:25:00.020
 and sin's dominion

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 so that we may live

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.720
 for another,

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.340
 that our lives now

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.139
 may be lived

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:05.159
 to our faithful Savior,

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.939
 Jesus Christ.

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.500
 Verse 4 says,

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 we belong to another.

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:11.099
 We are now united

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.899
 to Christ.

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.439
 We have died to the law

00:25:13.439 --> 00:25:14.379
 and we now live

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 for another.

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 But the implications

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.779
 of this are so wonderful.

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 As we go in Romans,

00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:20.599
 you'll continue to see

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.399
 these implications.

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:23.039
 Romans 5 is a book

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.139
 of saying implications

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:25.319
 for being united to Christ.

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 But get this,

00:25:27.699 --> 00:25:29.099
 those who are in Christ

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:30.459
 are now bound to Christ

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 for life.

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 And nothing can separate

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 them from His love.

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 See, chapter 6,

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:38.240
 we are now united to Him.

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.200
 In chapter 8,

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.600
 at the end of it,

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:41.380
 nothing can separate us

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.940
 from Him.

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:44.039
 You are secure in Christ

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 and you are in His love.

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 And there isn't any sin,

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 any principality,

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.680
 there is nothing on this world

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.400
 or in heaven

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:53.200
 that can separate you

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.759
 from Christ.

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:55.400
 You are free indeed,

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.319
 brothers and sisters,

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 and you are free

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 to worship Him

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 and to live for Him.

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.180
 So point one,

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.319
 we had been under

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.339
 the rule of the law.

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.099
 Point two,

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.460
 Christ has set us free

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.180
 from the law.

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.539
 Now point number three

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:09.279
 is we live by the Spirit.

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.559
 Verse six says,

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 we have been released

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.960
 from the law

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 so we serve in the way

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.019
 of the Spirit

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.200
 and not in the way

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.319
 of the written code.

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 The new way of the Spirit

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:21.140
 is what we call

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:22.200
 the covenant of grace.

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 This is the new covenant

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.700
 promised in Ezekiel 36

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.819
 and Jeremiah 31.

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:28.299
 Will you turn to

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.460
 Ezekiel 36 with me?

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:35.220
 In Ezekiel 36,

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:37.480
 this is the new covenant promise

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.759
 that is to come

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:40.319
 for the Old Testament believers

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:42.119
 that is fulfilled in Christ.

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:44.099
 When Christ at the Lord's Supper

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.359
 said,

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.299
 this is my blood,

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.000
 the new covenant for you.

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.299
 He is enacting,

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:49.019
 He is initiating

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.419
 the new covenant

00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:50.339
 now being applied

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.079
 to believers.

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:54.119
 Verses 25 through 28 say,

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 I will sprinkle

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:57.000
 clean water on you

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.279
 and you shall be clean

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.479
 from all your uncleansliness

00:26:59.479 --> 00:27:01.199
 and from all your idols

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:02.279
 I will cleanse you

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.559
 and I will give you

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.319
 a new heart

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.439
 and a new spirit

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:06.579
 I will put within you

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.879
 and I will remove

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.619
 the heart of stone

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.399
 from your flesh

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.299
 and give you

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.539
 a heart of flesh.

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:13.339
 I will put my spirit

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:13.919
 within you

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:15.319
 and cause you to walk

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.339
 in my statutes

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.319
 and be careful

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:18.339
 to obey my rules.

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.419
 You shall dwell

00:27:19.419 --> 00:27:19.839
 in the land

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.759
 I gave to your fathers

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.459
 and you shall be

00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:22.079
 my people

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:23.839
 and I will be your God.

00:27:25.699 --> 00:27:27.179
 Ezekiel 36 promises

00:27:27.179 --> 00:27:28.119
 a work in which

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:29.399
 God has already done

00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:30.740
 for those who are in Christ.

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.039
 This is the work

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.859
 to cleanse us.

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.639
 This is the radical work

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.500
 of heart surgery.

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:37.539
 We are all born in Adam

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.339
 with a heart

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.579
 that is hard to God,

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.679
 that hates God,

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.960
 that does not want

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:43.259
 to love and serve Him.

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:45.559
 And this promise here

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.699
 says that God will

00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:48.359
 remove this heart of stone,

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:50.039
 remove this hard heart

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:51.379
 and put a heart of flesh,

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:52.680
 a heart that desires

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.520
 to love God,

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:55.160
 desires to follow Him.

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.660
 We see it right here,

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.500
 it says that

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.700
 they will desire

00:27:58.700 --> 00:28:00.080
 to do God's law,

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.520
 that they'll walk

00:28:01.520 --> 00:28:02.480
 in my statutes.

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.360
 Now will you turn

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:05.540
 to Jeremiah 31 with me?

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:12.600
 This is another promise

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.520
 of the new covenant.

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:15.760
 Verses 31 through 34 say,

00:28:16.760 --> 00:28:18.340
 Behold, the days are coming,

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.140
 declares the Lord,

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:20.380
 when I will make

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.020
 a new covenant

00:28:21.020 --> 00:28:21.960
 with the house of Israel

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.140
 and the house of Judah,

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.320
 not like the covenant

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:24.860
 that I made

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.540
 with their fathers

00:28:25.540 --> 00:28:26.100
 on the day

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:26.800
 when I took them

00:28:26.800 --> 00:28:27.460
 by the hand

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.300
 to bring them

00:28:28.300 --> 00:28:29.300
 out of the land of Egypt.

00:28:29.780 --> 00:28:31.060
 My covenant they broke

00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:34.020
 though I was their husband,

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.900
 declares the Lord.

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.420
 For this is the covenant

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.080
 that I will make

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.940
 with the house of Israel

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.759
 after those days,

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.460
 declares the Lord.

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.840
 I will put my law

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.340
 within them

00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:42.000
 and I will write it

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.660
 on their hearts

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:44.060
 and I will be their God

00:28:44.060 --> 00:28:45.040
 and they shall be my people.

00:28:45.540 --> 00:28:46.060
 And no longer

00:28:46.060 --> 00:28:47.160
 shall each one teach

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.560
 his neighbor

00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:48.620
 and each brother

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:49.779
 and each his brother

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.120
 saying,

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.759
 Know the Lord

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:52.540
 for they shall all know me

00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:53.759
 from the least

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.400
 to the greatest,

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.019
 declares the Lord.

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.980
 For I will forgive

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.580
 their iniquity

00:28:56.580 --> 00:28:57.440
 and I will remember

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.519
 their sin no more.

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.920
 So Jeremiah 31

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:02.360
 is building on this promise

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:03.100
 of giving the spirit

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:04.279
 and in this promise

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.980
 he says that he's going

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.779
 to put his law

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:07.019
 within their heart

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:08.040
 and he's going to write it

00:29:08.040 --> 00:29:08.880
 on their heart.

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.779
 It calls back to Ezekiel

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.700
 or calls forward to Ezekiel

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.220
 where it says

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.519
 that he'll cause them

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:15.220
 to walk in his statutes.

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:17.140
 What we see

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:19.120
 in Ezekiel 36

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:20.480
 and Jeremiah 31

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.980
 is the promised new covenant

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.900
 and it's the new way

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.440
 of the spirit.

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.819
 The way in which

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.700
 we now have the spirit

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.400
 that caused us

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.120
 to love God

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:29.680
 but also to obey his law,

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.660
 to please him,

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:32.740
 to express love to him.

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.819
 Before in Adam

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.799
 we had a heart of stone

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.600
 that hated God

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.360
 and loved sin.

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:39.200
 The law had bound us

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.539
 and we were in captivity.

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.400
 Sin reigned over us

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.120
 and we served it

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.860
 as an instrument

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:45.100
 of unrighteousness.

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:46.559
 God has done

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.640
 an amazing work.

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.900
 His spirit has done

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.660
 the work of regeneration

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.980
 and given us new hearts.

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.900
 By the work of the spirit

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.940
 we partake in the covenant

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.259
 of grace.

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.000
 We've been united

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.019
 to Christ

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:57.539
 and in the new way

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.019
 of the spirit

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:59.500
 the law is within us

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:01.240
 and written on our hearts.

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.620
 So to remind you

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:03.660
 of Samuel Bolton's quote,

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:05.039
 the law sends us

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.500
 to the gospel

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.600
 for justification.

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:08.460
 The gospel sends us

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.000
 to the law

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:10.339
 to frame our way of life.

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.440
 The law is now

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.160
 within us.

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.980
 In Christ

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.759
 we serve

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.480
 by the new way

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.160
 of the spirit.

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.299
 And we can say

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.940
 with Paul

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:19.299
 as in Romans chapter 7

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.799
 I delight in the law

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.279
 of God

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:23.160
 in my inner being.

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.059
 And at the end

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.559
 of chapter 7

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:24.819
 he says

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.700
 I serve the law

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.339
 with God.

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.420
 I serve the law

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.440
 of God in my mind

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.480
 but my flesh

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.160
 serves sin.

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.319
 The law

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.980
 is no longer

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.960
 a hammer for us

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.579
 but a staff

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.539
 that guides us.

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.059
 As those in Christ

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:38.279
 walking in the statutes

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.240
 of the moral law

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.379
 is the expression

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:41.519
 of love to God

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:43.259
 and to delight in him.

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.299
 That's why

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.839
 when it says

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.500
 that we should love

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.940
 our God

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.660
 and love our neighbor

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.339
 as ourself

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.339
 that's the summary

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.039
 of all the law

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.539
 and the prophets

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:51.200
 because the first

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:53.019
 four commandments

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:54.180
 is to love God

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:55.359
 and the first six commandments

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:56.680
 is to love

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.259
 our neighbor

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.079
 as ourself.

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.599
 So the commandments

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.579
 should be something

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.000
 that we see

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.779
 as a delight now.

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:03.420
 I want to worship God.

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.220
 I want to bear

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.920
 his name well.

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:07.080
 I want to give time

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:08.500
 to worship him well.

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.259
 And then

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.060
 I want to serve

00:31:11.060 --> 00:31:12.279
 my brothers and sisters well.

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.779
 I want to do

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.779
 the one anotherings well.

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:15.400
 I care for your soul

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.400
 so I want to make sure

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.539
 that there's no lust

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.100
 in my heart.

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.259
 I want to make sure

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.080
 that I don't consider

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.740
 stealing

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:22.100
 or being covetousness.

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:24.060
 I want to love you

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:25.600
 as my own soul.

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.700
 This is the life

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.340
 in the spirit.

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.580
 The life that we say

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:30.740
 Father I love you

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.740
 because I keep

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.240
 your commandments.

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:34.180
 Our religion

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.160
 is not law based

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:36.519
 works based righteousness.

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.980
 It is heart based.

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.680
 This is what

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.480
 Calvin would call

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.140
 the third use

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.660
 of the law.

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.799
 What Calvin calls

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:44.079
 the normative use

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.799
 of the law.

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.200
 It is the way

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.980
 believers normally

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.579
 use the law

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.380
 for life and godliness.

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.799
 This is how believers

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:51.039
 relate to the law.

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.559
 Compared to the unbeliever

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.660
 who relate to it

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.200
 in a civil

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:55.200
 and evangelical way

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.819
 the believers now

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.700
 relate it in a normative

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.519
 way.

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.200
 If you turn to the

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.819
 back of your bulletin

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.259
 there's a quote

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.120
 by Richard Sibbes

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.679
 and it says

00:32:02.679 --> 00:32:06.719
 when we come

00:32:06.719 --> 00:32:07.579
 to be religious

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.859
 we lose

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.839
 not our pleasure

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.819
 we don't lose

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.219
 our pleasure

00:32:11.219 --> 00:32:12.899
 but we translate it

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:14.599
 before we fed

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.479
 on common notions

00:32:15.479 --> 00:32:17.359
 now we live

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.399
 on holy truths.

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.659
 Do you see the change?

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.759
 Before we lived

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.279
 on the things

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.759
 of the world

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.759
 common notions

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.319
 are sin

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.419
 but now we live

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:25.179
 on holy truths

00:32:25.179 --> 00:32:25.759
 and they are

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.679
 pleasurable

00:32:26.679 --> 00:32:27.459
 they are delightful

00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:28.079
 they are great

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.739
 to live by.

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:31.359
 The 1689

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:31.799
 London Baptist

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.279
 Confession

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.079
 is very informative

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.460
 here.

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.059
 In chapter 19

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.839
 paragraph 7

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.539
 it says

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.980
 these uses

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.559
 of the law

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.420
 are not contrary

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:40.680
 talking about

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.740
 the civil

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.440
 evangelical

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.120
 and the normative

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.359
 use.

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:43.960
 They are not

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.720
 contrary to one

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.019
 another

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.700
 they don't

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.559
 oppose each other

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.779
 these uses

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.059
 of the law

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.700
 are not contrary

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.359
 to the grace

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.980
 of the gospel

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.839
 but are in

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.680
 sweet harmony

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.359
 with it

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:53.759
 for the spirit

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.140
 of Christ

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.819
 subdues

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.680
 and enables

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.460
 the human will

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.480
 to freely

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.799
 and cheerfully

00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:00.519
 do what

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.319
 the will of God

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:02.059
 requires

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.740
 in the scriptures.

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.680
 The gospel

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.500
 doesn't do away

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.340
 with the moral law

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.880
 but actually

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.740
 strengthens it.

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.079
 There is a sweet

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.700
 harmony between

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.039
 the law

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.559
 and the gospel

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.440
 but the law

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.460
 is subservient

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.140
 it serves

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.940
 the gospel.

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.700
 Through the gospel

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.160
 and the work

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.700
 of the spirit

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.720
 believers

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:19.120
 can freely

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:20.180
 and cheerfully

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:21.720
 do the ten commandments

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:23.340
 we have them

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:23.819
 as a joy

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.380
 for us

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:25.460
 but this

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:25.840
 harmony

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.260
 of law

00:33:26.260 --> 00:33:26.580
 and gospel

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:27.400
 is essential

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.960
 to the Christian

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.320
 life.

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.640
 As Christians

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.500
 the light

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.960
 of Christ

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.420
 should shine

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.300
 in every domain

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:33.280
 of our lives.

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.400
 It should affect

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.920
 all of us

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.640
 every aspect

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.160
 of us.

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.220
 So just two

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:38.200
 places of application

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.760
 for today

00:33:38.760 --> 00:33:39.760
 and then we

00:33:39.760 --> 00:33:40.640
 will be concluding.

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.520
 Number one

00:33:42.520 --> 00:33:43.300
 our friendships

00:33:43.300 --> 00:33:44.300
 and our marriages

00:33:44.300 --> 00:33:45.100
 how does

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:46.440
 law and gospel

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.900
 harmony

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.540
 law and gospel

00:33:47.540 --> 00:33:48.000
 distinction

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.680
 affect our

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.000
 friendships

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.560
 and marriages?

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.120
 In our

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.480
 friendships

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.440
 and or our

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:52.780
 marriages

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:54.039
 while we

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.720
 greatly enjoy

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.279
 both of those

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.920
 relationships

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:57.119
 the aim

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.539
 is to please

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.920
 and glorify

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.279
 God.

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.019
 That's what

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.839
 they're designed

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.160
 for.

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.480
 He's given

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.019
 these relationships

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.480
 to us

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.079
 as a gift

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:04.339
 and in these

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.019
 relationships

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.899
 the law

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:06.720
 and the gospel

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:08.219
 are significantly

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:08.739
 important.

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.599
 If we live

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.159
 these relationships

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.739
 based on

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.900
 perfect obedience

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:14.279
 or extreme

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:14.980
 expectation

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:16.079
 we will be

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.860
 left discouraged

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.539
 and angry.

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.940
 We must be

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.719
 careful not to

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.279
 build our

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:21.800
 relationships

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.420
 just based

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.920
 on law

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.640
 and to be

00:34:23.640 --> 00:34:24.060
 those who

00:34:24.060 --> 00:34:25.019
 bear our

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.700
 friends with

00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:26.100
 the law

00:34:26.100 --> 00:34:26.519
 and our

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.880
 marriages

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.380
 with the

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:27.620
 law

00:34:27.620 --> 00:34:28.880
 to enact

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:30.220
 perfect obedience

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:31.019
 from our

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.380
 spouse

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.320
 or to enact

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:33.400
 perfect obedience

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:35.080
 from our

00:34:35.080 --> 00:34:35.580
 friends.

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.200
 Gospel living

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:37.780
 is always

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.220
 accompanied

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:39.200
 with the

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:39.539
 gospel.

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.700
 We need

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:41.260
 to hold

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:41.780
 our friends

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.180
 and spouse

00:34:42.180 --> 00:34:42.620
 to the

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:42.960
 law of

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.220
 God

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.840
 as a

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.420
 frame of

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.860
 life

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.640
 and when

00:34:45.640 --> 00:34:46.220
 they fail

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:46.720
 we bring

00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.000
 it to their

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.300
 attention

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.660
 gently

00:34:47.660 --> 00:34:48.720
 and as

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.000
 we bring

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.300
 it to their

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.620
 attention

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.299
 we say

00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:50.940
 brother

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.420
 sister

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:52.099
 honey

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.980
 whoever

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.219
 you're

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.460
 speaking

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.759
 to

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:55.239
 this

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:55.759
 thing

00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:55.960
 you

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.400
 said

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:56.739
 or

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:56.940
 this

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.159
 thing

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.339
 you

00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:57.679
 did

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.440
 does

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.679
 not

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:58.960
 honor

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.359
 the

00:34:59.359 --> 00:34:59.480
 Lord

00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.839
 the way

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.139
 that it

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.440
 should

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.159
 and it

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.539
 grieves me

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:01.880
 that that

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.239
 happened

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.880
 and I

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.339
 see my

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:03.759
 own sin

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.059
 too

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.059
 but we

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.259
 need to

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:06.079
 be careful

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.519
 and quickly

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:06.859
 to ask

00:35:06.859 --> 00:35:07.019
 God

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.480
 for help

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.159
 so we

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.579
 can repent

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.299
 and enjoy

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:10.219
 the life

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.559
 in the

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:10.859
 spirit.

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.739
 It is a

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.000
 beautiful

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.699
 thing to

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.099
 live by

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.420
 law and

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.699
 gospel

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.380
 because the

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.739
 law is

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.199
 now a way

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.559
 of life

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:16.920
 that we

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.799
 instruct and

00:35:17.799 --> 00:35:18.119
 love each

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.539
 other by

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.719
 and then it

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.579
 provides gospel

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.119
 interactions.

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.199
 Your friendships

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.579
 and your

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.079
 marriages can

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.340
 now be

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.480
 built on

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.039
 the gospel

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:26.480
 because you

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.159
 are faithful

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:28.440
 to the

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.880
 laws of

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.320
 frame of

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.559
 life

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.059
 the normative

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.460
 use.

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.420
 So some

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.759
 brief verses

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:35.019
 faithful are the

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.539
 wounds of a

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.880
 friend

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:37.460
 profuse are the

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.380
 kisses of an

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:38.639
 enemy.

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.739
 See the

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:40.239
 difference there

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:41.699
 the comparison

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.800
 faithful are the

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.259
 wounds

00:35:43.259 --> 00:35:44.940
 profuse are the

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.279
 kisses

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:46.660
 proverbs 27

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:47.220
 6

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:49.019
 iron sharpens

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.540
 iron and

00:35:49.540 --> 00:35:50.120
 one man

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:50.780
 sharpens

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.160
 another

00:35:51.160 --> 00:35:51.740
 proverbs

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:52.400
 27

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.920
 17

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.400
 when we

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.840
 are doing

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.560
 this well

00:35:55.560 --> 00:35:55.880
 when we

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.360
 are balancing

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.840
 law and

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.420
 gospel well

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:59.080
 we can say

00:35:59.080 --> 00:35:59.540
 of our

00:35:59.540 --> 00:36:00.360
 friendships and

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.700
 marriages

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:01.660
 oil and

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.260
 perfume make

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.580
 the heart

00:36:02.580 --> 00:36:03.740
 glad and

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.180
 the sweetness

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:04.820
 of a friend

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.460
 comes from

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.740
 earnest

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.160
 counsel

00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:06.900
 proverbs

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.440
 27

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.840
 9

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:09.300
 so number

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.680
 one

00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:11.100
 friendships and

00:36:11.100 --> 00:36:11.340
 marriages

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.860
 number two

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.380
 parenting

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:13.780
 the same

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.160
 goes for

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:14.460
 parenting

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:14.880
 it should

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:16.119
 affect every

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.880
 aspect of

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.440
 our lives

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.660
 and there is

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:19.220
 so much

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:20.220
 parenting advice

00:36:20.220 --> 00:36:20.700
 out there

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.320
 we've all

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.079
 heard so much

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.860
 and honestly

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.340
 we're probably

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:24.200
 affected by so

00:36:24.200 --> 00:36:24.500
 much even

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:24.980
 stuff we don't

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.300
 agree with

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:26.119
 subconsciously

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.599
 from what we

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:26.940
 hear

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:28.840
 some of this

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.340
 advice is

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.880
 really great

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.680
 some of it

00:36:30.680 --> 00:36:30.980
 we should

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.599
 keep and

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.039
 use

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:33.019
 some of it

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.720
 is not so

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.039
 great

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.700
 some of it

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.059
 is stuff we

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.380
 shouldn't be

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.720
 using because

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.260
 it doesn't

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:37.420
 advocate gospel

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.880
 living

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:39.539
 good parenting

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:40.680
 advice preserves

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.200
 the harmony

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:41.800
 between law

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:42.280
 and gospel

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.840
 as parents

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.160
 we have

00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:44.700
 delegated

00:36:44.700 --> 00:36:45.260
 authority

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:46.060
 authority

00:36:46.060 --> 00:36:46.600
 given by

00:36:46.600 --> 00:36:47.100
 god to

00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:47.740
 exercise

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:48.320
 godly

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.740
 homes

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:50.100
 we are

00:36:50.100 --> 00:36:50.620
 ambassadors

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:51.019
 of the

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.540
 gospel to

00:36:51.540 --> 00:36:51.700
 our

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.019
 children

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.800
 and there's

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.500
 two ways

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.240
 we typically

00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:55.500
 err or we

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.000
 drift to

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.300
 in our

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:56.680
 parenting

00:36:56.680 --> 00:36:58.120
 number one

00:36:58.120 --> 00:36:59.120
 the use

00:36:59.120 --> 00:36:59.560
 of the

00:36:59.560 --> 00:36:59.780
 law

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.060
 without

00:37:00.060 --> 00:37:00.340
 the

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:00.680
 gospel

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:02.300
 we give

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:02.660
 our children

00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:03.220
 commands

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:03.560
 and we

00:37:03.560 --> 00:37:03.900
 discipline

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.380
 them without

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.660
 bringing

00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:05.180
 them to

00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:05.320
 the

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:05.660
 gospel

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.840
 this type

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.260
 of parenting

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:07.620
 is law

00:37:07.620 --> 00:37:07.840
 based

00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.220
 parenting

00:37:08.220 --> 00:37:09.540
 and this

00:37:09.540 --> 00:37:10.100
 is binding

00:37:10.100 --> 00:37:10.820
 our children

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.380
 under the

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.660
 law

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.179
 without giving

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.679
 them any

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.599
 hope in the

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.039
 gospel of

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.659
 jesus christ

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:16.179
 number two

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:17.279
 the use

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:18.259
 of grace

00:37:18.259 --> 00:37:18.739
 without

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.779
 the law

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:21.159
 this type

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.639
 of parenting

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.519
 is when parents

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:22.859
 give their

00:37:22.859 --> 00:37:23.299
 children a

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:23.679
 command but

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.079
 do not

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.480
 discipline

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.819
 them

00:37:24.819 --> 00:37:26.539
 the common

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.139
 phrase tossed

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.119
!

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.639
 around is I'm

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.099
 giving them

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.559
 grace

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.659
 another way

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.139
 this grace

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.679
 based parenting

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.460
 is applied

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.079
 is that we

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.719
 give commands

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.339
 but we do

00:37:33.339 --> 00:37:33.839
 not require

00:37:33.839 --> 00:37:34.319
 first time

00:37:34.319 --> 00:37:34.839
 obedience

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.759
 we do not

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.219
 require them

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.519
 to obey

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.199
 us but we

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:38.079
 let it

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.519
 happen or

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.239
 we excuse

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:40.279
 their actions

00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:41.699
 both of

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.460
 these areas

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:44.019
 using the

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.380
 law without

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.880
 the gospel

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.319
 and using

00:37:45.319 --> 00:37:45.779
 the gospel

00:37:45.779 --> 00:37:46.199
 without the

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:47.179
 law do

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.599
 not keep

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.039
 the distinction

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.339
 of law

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:48.599
 and gospel

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.059
 not keep

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:50.019
 gospel living

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:51.279
 primary

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:53.259
 both areas

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.480
 do not

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.099
 preserve the

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.639
 beauty of

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:54.980
 law and

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.319
 gospel

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:56.559
 and Calvin's

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.059
 use of the

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.739
 law is very

00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:58.699
 helpful for us

00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:59.059
 here

00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:00.279
 the first

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:01.019
 use is the

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.699
 civil use

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.400
 and if you

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:02.920
 remember this

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.279
 is the use

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:03.799
 that restrains

00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:04.659
 evil but

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.299
 tells us what

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:05.839
 right and

00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:06.719
 wrong is

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.639
 this is a

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.319
 use that you

00:38:08.319 --> 00:38:08.879
 shouldn't want

00:38:08.879 --> 00:38:10.039
 to sin because

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.599
 you don't like

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.339
 the consequences

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:12.759
 and this use

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:13.359
 is used in

00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:13.819
 parenting we

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:14.500
 tell our kids

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.519
 do not do

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.099
 this and if

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.400
 you'll do

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.460
 this this is

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.139
 your consequence

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:19.139
 and there's

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:20.139
 expectations that

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:21.199
 clear and right

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:21.940
 and if they

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.339
 break those

00:38:22.339 --> 00:38:23.960
 expectations we

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.539
 discipline

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:26.360
 them the

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.139
 second use of

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.599
 the law is

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.219
 the evangelical

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:29.739
 use in the

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.500
 use of law

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.099
 and discipline

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:32.039
 we're aiming

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.519
 our children

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.539
 towards the

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:34.639
 gospel all

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.279
 parenting needs

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:36.079
 to be needs

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.539
 to have a

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.880
 second use so

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.440
 we can point

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.920
 them to the

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:42.699
 hope with

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.360
 that said all

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:43.960
 parenting needs

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.239
 to have the

00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:44.940
 civil use so

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.460
 we point our

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.880
 children towards

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:48.440
 the need for

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:49.460
 the gospel if

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.860
 we go into

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.800
 one we veer

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.800
 to more law

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.699
 base if we

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:52.980
 go to the

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.840
 other we veer

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:54.279
 more towards

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:54.860
 cheap grace

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.760
 we offer

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:56.540
 grace without

00:38:56.540 --> 00:38:57.740
 the undergirding

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.420
 of the law

00:38:58.420 --> 00:39:00.300
 but the

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:00.940
 third use

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.560
 the sweet

00:39:01.560 --> 00:39:03.600
 use is the

00:39:03.600 --> 00:39:04.160
 normative use

00:39:04.160 --> 00:39:04.540
 and this is

00:39:04.540 --> 00:39:05.100
 when your kid

00:39:05.100 --> 00:39:05.960
 professes faith

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:07.300
 and in this

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:07.880
 if your kid's a

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.660
 believer we now

00:39:08.660 --> 00:39:09.160
 get to teach them

00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:09.519
 how to frame

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.380
 their life around

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.000
 the law

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.720
 how do the

00:39:11.720 --> 00:39:12.180
 ten commandments

00:39:12.180 --> 00:39:13.000
 instruct us to

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.640
 live to god

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.380
 in a way that

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:14.880
 is pleasing

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.340
 in a way that

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:16.700
 shows love

00:39:16.700 --> 00:39:17.900
 but in the

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.420
 meantime i think

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:19.200
 most of us

00:39:19.200 --> 00:39:19.980
 that are parenting

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.980
 right now tend

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.600
 to be under the

00:39:21.600 --> 00:39:22.180
 first and second

00:39:22.180 --> 00:39:23.380
 use we're

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:24.000
 tending to

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.420
 use the

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:25.019
 civil use

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.640
 to show

00:39:25.640 --> 00:39:25.940
 right and

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.579
 wrong and

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:26.800
 then we're

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.280
 using the

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:27.800
 second use

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.119
 to point

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.400
 them to

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.460
 jesus we

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 disappoint and

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 we give

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 instruction and

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 all of this

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 should bring

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 point them

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 to jesus to

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 the grace that

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 jesus offers and

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 it should lead us

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 to pray much

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 because our

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:40.860
 meager

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 our meager

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 abilities our

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 meager instruction

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 isn't going to

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 save our kids

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 they're not going

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 to be saved by

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 us but by

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 jesus christ and

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 the holy spirit

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 so we should

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 pray often in

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 parenting and

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 often in our

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 friendships because

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 it is the spirit

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 who works in

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 their hearts that

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 brings them to

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 salvation and it

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 is god who is a

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 great savior for

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 us so praise god

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 for this great

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 salvation he's

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 a pride he's

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 provided may he

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 equip us to live

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 out his gospel in

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 a way that is

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 worthy in christ

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:12.840
 jesus so in

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 conclusion in

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 adam the law

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 has rule over

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 us it had great

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 demands and gave

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:20.019
 severe consequences

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 jesus as our

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:22.260
 federal head

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 fulfilled the

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.460
 law's demands

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 and bore the

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 consequences by

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 becoming a curse

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 because of christ's

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:29.240
 work we are free

00:40:29.240 --> 00:40:31.059
 we partake of the

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:31.700
 covenant of grace

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 and all of its

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 benefits the spirit

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 gives us new hearts

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 and the law is now

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 within us while the

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.840
 law exposes our

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.980
 sins and sends us

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 to the gospel it

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 now while it did do

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 that it now frames

00:40:43.680 --> 00:40:44.940
 our life and we

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.860
 serve christ by the

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:47.519
 spirit so in christ

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:49.219
 we are free from

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 the law so that we

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 can serve him by the

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:53.500
 spirit pray with me

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 and we are free from

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 our sins and sins and

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 sins and sins and sins

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 and sins and sins and

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 sins and sins and sins and

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 sins and sins and sins and

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 sins and sins and sins and

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 sins and sins and sins and sins and sins

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