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 Well, if you'd like to get your Bibles, turn to Romans chapter 1.

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 I've lived in Chatswood now for just over 13 years, and I can still remember vividly

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 my first experience of moving to Chatswood.

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 One of those experiences was rain.

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 Amazingly, rain for me was weird in Chatswood because it came from every direction.

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 My experience was rain always came from the west until I moved here and it came from

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 any direction, unpredictably.

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 Secondly, I noticed the noise never stopped.

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 Thirdly, I remember not being able to sleep well because it was so bright at night.

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 I was wondering who had left lights on in the house.

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 Light pollution is a very real thing, and it's a real thing in Chatswood.

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 It's not good for sleeping, but it is good if you want to go for a walk at night and

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 you've forgotten your torch.

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 The major downside is we miss something that is so glorious and spectacular.

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 I have never experienced the wonder glittering night sky in Chatswood.

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 Never.

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 In 13 years, never seen it here at all.

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 You've got to go west to experience the wonder of the universe and to sense your smallness.

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 I've never seen the Milky Way or a shooting star in Chatswood.

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 Every light I see in the sky in Chatswood at night is on track to land at Sydney Airport.

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 Or it's on flashing the top of a building of a crane or something like that.

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 What makes the heavenly lights so bright is and so attractive is that it's set against the scene of the ink blackness of the sprawling universe.

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 That's what makes them stand out and so glorious.

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 The night, the brighter the stars, and it's the same with the gospel.

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 It's the same with the core message of the Christian faith.

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 Last week, Romans chapter 1, verses 16 and 17, we investigated the Apostle Paul's thesis in a nutshell about the Christian faith.

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 Why is that so glorious and spectacular?

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 Why is that such great news?

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 Why is receiving God's righteousness through Jesus Christ the only way to have a right standing with our creator God?

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 We get the answer to that in verses 18 through to chapter 3, verse 20.

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 What we have here is a devastating critique of human nature.

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 It is a dark picture of humanity that shows us why we cannot earn, deserve, or attain righteousness ourselves.

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 And yet it is against this spiritual backdrop of blackest night that the light of the good news of the gospel shines even brighter for us.

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 So you've got an outline that will come up on the screen.

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 Three major points.

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 I'm going to kick off with revealing righteous anger.

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 At the end of last week's text, it's as Paul's summary.

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 His gospel nutshell, if you like, the heart of Christianity.

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 He says, he writes here,

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 I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.

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 First to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

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 For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed.

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 A righteousness that is by faith from first to last.

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 First to last.

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 Now in the original language, verse 18 begins with the word for.

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 That is, it's connected, deeply connected.

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 It flows directly on from verse 17.

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 The connection is showing us that the gospel is necessary.

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 Not just simply to make us happy or in John Piper's words, to give us a ticket out of hell.

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 It is necessary because we have a big, big problem that needs to be resolved.

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 And Paul's confidence, joy, and passion for the good news is resting on the assumption

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 that all human beings, apart from Jesus, are under the righteous, justified anger of their creator God.

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 Without a clear understanding of God's righteous anger,

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 then the gift of his righteousness to us in Jesus will never thrill us,

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 will never empower us, and it will never transform us.

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 God's anger against human sin is a settled, fair, right, and a present reality.

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 In verse 18, we are told that God's wrath is being revealed.

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 It doesn't say that it will be revealed, but that it is being revealed.

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 It's a reality now.

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 And so it prompts two questions.

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 The why question and the how question.

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 Why is it being revealed and how is it being revealed?

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 Verse 18 tells us that God is angry because of humanity's godlessness and wickedness.

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 Godlessness is a word that summarizes, if you like,

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 a disregard for God and a breaking of relationship with him.

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 Wickedness is a word that summarizes disregard for people and breaking relationship with people.

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 That is, it captures both our vertical and horizontal relationships.

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 Mark chapter 12, verses 29 to 31 tells us the greatest commandment.

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 It's to love God, love people, vertical and horizontal.

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 Verses 19 and 20 says that the breaking of relationship with God and with people

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 is something that all of us are responsible for.

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 Since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them,

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 for since the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities,

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 his eternal power and his divine nature have been clearly seen,

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 being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

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 So the beginning of verse 21 goes as far as saying that all human beings,

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 everywhere and at all times, know God.

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 They know God.

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 God has made himself plain to them since and in the creation of the world.

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 God reveals a God of eternal power, a being of divine nature,

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 a God to whom we are utterly dependent and completely accountable.

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 Now, creation doesn't reveal everything that we need to know about God.

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 God is not.

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 But it's not hard to conclude that if the universe is great,

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 then there is something greater that is behind that universe.

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 It philosophically does not work to hold to the view

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 that there is a spectacular universe that happened by accident.

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 It does not philosophically work to say that a God of order does not exist,

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 but to point to scientific evidence at the same time.

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 Scientific evidence works on the assumption of order and not chaos.

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 But I'm not here to argue all those points.

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 Verse 18 says that we suppress that truth.

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 If we suppress that truth,

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 we will never understand who we are

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 or why the world is as it is.

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 And so Paul says we are without excuse.

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 As verse 21 says,

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 every human knows God,

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 but no human glorifies God or gives thanks to him.

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 That is, God's issue with humanity

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 is not so much that we're rude

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 and that we've got bad manners.

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 You know, I'm really cranky with people

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 because they forgot to say please and thank you and pardon me.

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 It's not that.

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 The issue is that we are glory stealers.

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 We are glory stealers.

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 We take what God has made

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 and we pass it off as if it's our own.

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 Ours.

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 Which really is another way of saying

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 that we don't acknowledge our dependence upon our creator

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 and we claim independence instead.

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 We live under the illusion

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 that we call the shots

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 and that we can decide what is right

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 and what is wrong.

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 What's interesting in these verses

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 is what it says

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 about how we practice

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 this suppression of the knowledge of God.

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 We push it down.

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 We hold it down.

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 We are people

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 made in the image of God

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 and we are made to worship God.

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 And when we reject God,

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 we don't by nature stop worshipping.

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 We transfer our worship to another thing.

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 That's what we do.

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 We simply shift at the object of our worship.

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 Have a look at verse 23.

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 They exchanged.

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 It's a key word here in this text.

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 Exchanged the glory of the immortal God

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 for images made to look like a mortal human being

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 and birds and animals and reptiles.

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 It's there again in verse 25.

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 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie

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 and worshipped and served,

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 created things rather than the creator.

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 So people are created for worship

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 and if they don't worship their creator God,

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 then they worship something else.

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 They don't stop worshipping.

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 They just worship something else.

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 There must be something which captures our attention,

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 which shapes our hope

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 and in which we put our security.

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 It becomes our centre of our being.

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 This thing we must have

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 for our sense of validation

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 and for our worth

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 and whatever it is, we serve it.

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 You can generally tell what it is

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 because when I kick it for you,

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 you get angry.

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 When someone challenges it in any kind of way,

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 your response is an angry response.

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 We give ultimate affection

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 to a created and a good thing

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 rather than the God who alone

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 is worthy of ultimate affection

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 and ultimate worship.

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 Rather than worshipping the immortal,

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 we worship what he has made.

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 That's why he is angry

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 against humanity.

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 But Paul also explains

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 how God's anger is being revealed

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 in the present here.

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 Verse 24.

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 Therefore, God gave them over

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 in the sinful desires of their hearts.

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 The two words sinful desires there

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 in verse 24

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 comes from a single word

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 in the original New Testament language

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 which literally means an over desire.

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 An over desire.

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 That is,

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 it means an all controlling drive

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 and longing and passion.

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 The main issue for us

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 is not so much

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 that we have desires

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 for evil and bad things,

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 but that we have over desires

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 for created good things.

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 Over desires.

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 Controlling passions for those things.

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 We turn good,

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 created things

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 into ultimate God things.

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 We go from good things

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 to God things.

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 We just take an O out

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 is what we do.

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 They go from being good things

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 to God things.

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 And those good things,

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 when they become God things,

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 turn into being evil things,

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 bad things,

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 destructive things.

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 The worst thing that can happen to us

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 is to be given

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 what our hearts desire

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 if it's not God.

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 As Oscar Wilde,

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 not a Christian himself,

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 summed it up well,

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 when the gods wish to punish us,

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 they answer our prayers.

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 They answer our prayers.

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 God's judgment on godlessness

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 and wickedness

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 is to give us

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 what we want.

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 And that ultimately

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 is the picture of hell.

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 Every person who will be there

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 will want to be there.

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 It's what we have chosen

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 for ourselves.

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 Since our hearts

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 were made to be centered

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 on God

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 and since he is our creator

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 and our provider,

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 the provider of our satisfaction

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 and our significance

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 and our identity,

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 every alternative

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 that we set our hearts on

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 ultimately will not satisfy us.

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 God gives us over

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 to whatever it is

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 that we have exchanged

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 worship of God for

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 and we will worship

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 and we will serve those things.

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 They will control us

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 because they are not God

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 and they will control us

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 because they are not God.

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 They will never satisfy us.

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 They are created things.

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 They are less than us

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 and they will always control us.

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 They will enslave us.

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 We will always want more.

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 The tragedy of humanity

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 of which I am one.

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 I want you to be clear about this.

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 I am deeply in this text.

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 The tragedy of my life

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 and your life

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 and humanity

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 is we strive for

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 and we fail to find

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 in creation

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 what we could simply receive

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 and enjoy

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 from our creator.

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 We suppress the truth

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 which would free

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 and satisfy us.

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 But the tragedy is

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 what the heart loves

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 the will chooses

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 and the mind justifies.

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 What the heart loves

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 the will chooses

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 and the mind justifies.

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 Secondly

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 revealing the consequences of sin

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 until verse 24

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 Paul's been focusing

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 on humanity's

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 vertical relationship

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 with their creator.

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 While not everything

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 about him

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 is obvious

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 from creation

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 he has made

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 his presence

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 and his power

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 known in the fabric

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 of what he has made.

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 Sin

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 is where

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 instead of

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 honouring him

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 by living

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 independent

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 gratitude

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 we suppress the truth

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 and we give honour

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 to created things.

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 But sin

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 doesn't just ruin

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:08.039
 relationship with God

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:08.740
 it ruins

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.720
 everything else

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.420
 as well.

00:18:11.100 --> 00:18:11.600
 Damaging our

00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:12.579
 vertical relationships

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.140
 with God

00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:13.880
 also damages

00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:14.660
 our horizontal

00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.279
 relationships

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:16.059
 with people.

00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:18.079
 As I said previously

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 and I'll say it again

00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:20.539
 the word exchanged

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 is key

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 in understanding

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 what sin is

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 in verse 23

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 and 25

00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:27.440
 we exchange

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 the created God

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 for created things

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 we make those things

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 our God

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.700
 instead

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 that is

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:35.579
 what we have here

00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:37.460
 is an upheaval

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:38.900
 of the created order

00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:41.540
 this exchanging

00:18:41.540 --> 00:18:42.860
 and disordering

00:18:42.860 --> 00:18:43.900
 of creation

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 continues

00:18:45.100 --> 00:18:46.940
 because of our

00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:48.400
 fractured relationship

00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:48.940
 with God

00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.680
 it flows on

00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.200
 from there

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 and so in verses

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 26 and 27

00:18:52.620 --> 00:18:53.540
 because of this

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 God gave them

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:56.300
 over to shameful lust

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 even their women

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 exchanged

00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:00.280
 natural sexual relations

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 for unnatural ones

00:19:01.540 --> 00:19:02.460
 in the same way

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 the men also

00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.019
 abandoned

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:05.280
 natural relations

00:19:05.280 --> 00:19:05.740
 with women

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 and were inflamed

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.100
 with lust

00:19:07.100 --> 00:19:07.640
 for one another

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.800
 men committed

00:19:08.800 --> 00:19:09.580
 shameful acts

00:19:09.580 --> 00:19:10.780
 with other men

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 and received

00:19:11.800 --> 00:19:12.259
 in themselves

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.960
 the due penalty

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.720
 for their error

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 and this is one

00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:15.920
 of the more

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:18.100
 controversial passages

00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:18.720
 in the Bible

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:20.620
 it's the longest

00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:21.820
 passage on the Bible

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 on the issue

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 of homosexuality

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 let me say

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.280
 that more recently

00:19:26.280 --> 00:19:27.400
 many have attempted

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 to suggest

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 that the

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 historic

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 traditional

00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:34.040
 understanding

00:19:34.040 --> 00:19:34.800
 of these verses

00:19:34.800 --> 00:19:35.780
 has been mistaken

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 for instance

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.779
 there is a suggestion

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.899
 that these verses

00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:41.960
 refer to people

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.920
 who act against

00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:44.379
 their own nature

00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:46.000
 rather than

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 the nature

00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:48.639
 however

00:19:48.639 --> 00:19:49.519
 there's a number

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.240
 of pushbacks

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.940
 against that

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 the reference

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.940
 to unnatural

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.519
 relations

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.539
 in verses 26

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 and 27

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 is literally

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 against nature

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 against nature

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 in the original

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 language

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.299
 that is

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:05.240
 homosexual practice

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.680
 and I'm talking

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.400
 about practice

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:06.880
 here

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:08.120
 not orientation

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:09.819
 homosexual practice

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:11.799
 is a violation

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:13.980
 of the nature

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.900
 the created

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:16.140
 nature of God

00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:17.460
 Paul does not

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:17.900
 here

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.559
 state

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:19.279
 these people

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:19.960
 exchanged

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:21.319
 their nature

00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:23.220
 their orientation

00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:24.059
 that is

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.440
 they're not going

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:25.039
 against their

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:26.380
 personal orientation

00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:26.859
 the nature

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.319
 of their personal

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.859
 orientation

00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:29.159
 but they are

00:20:29.159 --> 00:20:29.939
 going against

00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:31.019
 the nature

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:32.859
 of sexual

00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:33.479
 functioning

00:20:33.479 --> 00:20:34.500
 there is no

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.419
 reference here

00:20:35.419 --> 00:20:36.759
 to natural

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.779
 or unnatural

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.719
 feelings

00:20:38.719 --> 00:20:39.899
 it is to

00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:40.579
 natural

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.519
 and unnatural

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.639
 function

00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:44.479
 that's the

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 reference

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:46.459
 and the context

00:20:46.459 --> 00:20:47.399
 matters too

00:20:47.399 --> 00:20:49.519
 Paul is outlining

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.019
 here

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:51.279
 a scathing

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.879
 critique

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:53.279
 of pagan

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.059
 society

00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:55.719
 as a whole

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:58.279
 he's not

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:59.240
 referring here

00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.900
 to the sexual

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.460
 preferences

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.220
 of some

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.720
 members

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.299
 of that

00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:02.980
 society

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:04.759
 but society

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:06.160
 as a whole

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:07.339
 he's addressing

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.559
 human nature

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.579
 and not the

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:10.160
 nature of

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.680
 certain

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.559
 individuals

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:14.019
 he's not

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.440
 judging

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:14.940
 sexual

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.720
 immorality

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.640
 on the

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.059
 basis

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:17.720
 of an

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.059
 inner

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.900
 disposition

00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:20.860
 of the

00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.360
 individual

00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:22.759
 but in

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.339
 accordance

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:23.720
 with

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.120
 biblical

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.839
 revelation

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.759
 on the

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.299
 natural

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.939
 functioning

00:21:26.939 --> 00:21:27.759
 of humans

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.559
 from

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.099
 created

00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.500
 order

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:31.759
 now

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.039
 some

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.199
 have

00:21:32.199 --> 00:21:32.679
 suggested

00:21:32.679 --> 00:21:33.000
 that the

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.199
 word

00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:33.639
 nature

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:33.879
 here

00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.119
 means

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:34.740
 convention

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.959
 meaning

00:21:35.959 --> 00:21:36.519
 that

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.039
 it's

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:38.299
 against

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.579
 the

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.139
 generally

00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:39.899
 accepted

00:21:39.899 --> 00:21:40.639
 practice

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.519
 in

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.639
 certain

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.079
 times

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.439
 and certain

00:21:43.439 --> 00:21:44.099
 places

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:45.059
 that is

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:46.259
 it's

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.519
 against

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:46.759
 the

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.279
 cultural

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.919
 practice

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.579
 of Paul's

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.000
 day and

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.539
 age

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.059
 so it's

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.339
 against

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.559
 the

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.539
 society's

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.039
 acceptance

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.579
 of it

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:54.339
 the reality

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:54.919
 is that

00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.559
 is just

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.179
 a misreading

00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:56.419
 of

00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:56.919
 entire

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.339
 misreading

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:57.839
 of history

00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:59.659
 he is

00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:00.159
 arguing

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.859
 against

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.379
 homosexual

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:02.240
 practice

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:04.599
 not because

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.139
 it was

00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:05.699
 accepted

00:22:05.699 --> 00:22:06.480
 culturally

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.819
 unacceptable

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.559
 culturally

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:08.939
 then

00:22:08.939 --> 00:22:10.460
 homosexual

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.240
 practice

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.799
 was

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.659
 acceptable

00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:13.220
 practice

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.960
 in his

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.379
 day and

00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:14.759
 age

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:16.379
 he is

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.899
 writing

00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.619
 this letter

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:17.960
 from

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.839
 Corinth

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:20.059
 sin

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.659
 city

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.880
 people

00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:22.220
 had

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.900
 sex

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.320
 in

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:23.540
 the

00:22:23.540 --> 00:22:24.120
 streets

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.440
 in

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:24.800
 broad

00:22:24.800 --> 00:22:25.480
 daylight

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:28.140
 he is

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.560
 writing

00:22:28.560 --> 00:22:28.840
 from

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.259
 here

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.840
 where

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.000
 it

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.180
 was

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.480
 both

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.220
 acceptable

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.700
 in

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.160
 Corinth

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.740
 and

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:32.920
 in

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.100
 the

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.380
 Roman

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:34.100
 Empire

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.860
 to

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.259
 have

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.560
 both

00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:35.740
 a

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.060
 wife

00:22:36.060 --> 00:22:36.240
 and

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.400
 your

00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:36.940
 family

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.860
 and

00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:38.040
 a

00:22:38.040 --> 00:22:38.640
 homosexual

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:40.380
 lover

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:41.160
 at

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.360
 the

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:41.580
 same

00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:42.180
 time

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.759
 openly

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:47.259
 another

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.800
 argument

00:22:47.800 --> 00:22:48.259
 is that

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.580
 Paul is

00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:48.900
 only

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.340
 referring

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.939
 here to

00:22:49.939 --> 00:22:51.339
 promiscuous

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.119
 homosexual

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.879
 practice

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:54.259
 and not

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.679
 against

00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.240
 long-term

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.599
 settled

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.459
 relationships

00:22:56.459 --> 00:22:59.000
 long-term

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.359
 settled

00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.259
 relationships

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.659
 homosexual

00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:01.519
 relationships

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.099
 in the

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.339
 Roman

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.879
 Empire

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:04.199
 was also

00:23:04.199 --> 00:23:04.879
 acceptable

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.559
 practice

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:07.179
 it was

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:07.619
 culturally

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.279
 acceptable

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.919
 and there

00:23:09.919 --> 00:23:10.339
 is nothing

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.779
 in this

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.299
 text that

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.699
 suggests

00:23:11.699 --> 00:23:12.279
 even for

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.819
 a moment

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.699
 that he

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.279
 only has

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.819
 certain

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.339
 practice

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.019
 in mind

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.459
 and not

00:23:16.459 --> 00:23:16.959
 others

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:18.240
 Paul

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.539
 had

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.100
 access

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.519
 to

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.120
 language

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:20.920
 to

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.519
 distinguish

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.059
 between

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.600
 certain

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.019
 things

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.220
 and

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.559
 certain

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.180
 practices

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:25.539
 in his

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.019
 day

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.980
 access

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.400
 to

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.880
 language

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.220
 that

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.340
 Greek

00:23:29.340 --> 00:23:30.039
 philosophers

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.500
 like

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.039
 Plato

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.480
 themselves

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.019
 used

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.180
 to

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.700
 distinguish

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.440
 Paul

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.840
 doesn't

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.160
 use

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.680
 any

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:34.880
 of

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.019
 them

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.420
 here

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.980
 even

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.200
 though

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.340
 he

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:36.500
 had

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:36.940
 access

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.299
 to

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.660
 all

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 of

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 it

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 all

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 of

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 it

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 if

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 he

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 had

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 certain

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 practices

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.619
 in

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 mind

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 he

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 could

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 have

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 easily

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 had

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 access

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 to

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 that

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 language

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 and

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 implanted

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 in

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 the

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 text

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 and

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 he

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 doesn't

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 as a

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 cultured

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 and

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 travelled

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 Roman

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 citizen

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 Paul

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 would

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 have

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 been

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 very

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 familiar

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 with

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 long

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 term

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 stable

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 loving

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 relationships

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 between

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 same

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 sex

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 couples

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 and

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 yet

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 that

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 does

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 not

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 stop

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 him

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 here

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 from

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 identifying

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 them

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 as

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 not

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 the

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 creator's

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 intention

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 for

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 human

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 flourishing

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 Paul

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 is

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 saying

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:16.599
 here

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 is a

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 way

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 in

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 which

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 God

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 has

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 in

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 his

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 righteous

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 settled

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 just

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 anger

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 for

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 human

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 sin

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 given

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 people

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 over

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 to

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 over

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 desires

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 and

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 to

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 experience

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 its

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 consequences

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 and

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 that

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 is

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 how

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 the

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 end

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 of

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 verse

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 27

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 should

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 be

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 understood

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 the

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 reference

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 there

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 to

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 due

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 penalty

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 for

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 their

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 error

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 in

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 verse

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 27

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 is

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 just

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 really

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 simply

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 the

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 reaping

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 of

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 the

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 results

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 of

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 exchanging

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 God

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 for a

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 lesser

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.839
 thing

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.939
 which

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 is a

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.079
 biblical

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 definition

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:01.839
 of

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 idolatry

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 the

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:03.839
 due

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 penalty

00:25:04.239 --> 00:25:04.479
 for

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 their

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.000
 error

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 is the

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:05.959
 consequence

00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:06.379
 of

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:07.000
 idolatry

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 this

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.519
 means

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 that

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.759
 whatever

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 due

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.619
 penalty

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.460
 is

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:11.859
 in

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 verse

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.819
 27

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:14.839
 it

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.079
 is

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.599
 not

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.460
 restricted

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.440
 to

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.039
 homosexual

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 practice

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:20.859
 the

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 due

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.640
 penalty

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.000
 stuff

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.140
 in

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 verse

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 27

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.079
 is

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.240
 not

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.880
 restricted

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.119
 to

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 homosexual

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:25.119
 practice

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:27.099
 this

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.380
 is

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.059
 due

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.599
 penalty

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.380
 for

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.059
 all

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.759
 sin

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:32.119
 all

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.720
 human

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 beings

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.079
 suffer

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.339
 the

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.539
 due

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.159
 penalty

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.879
 for

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.059
 the

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.500
 rejection

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.799
 of

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.059
 God

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.179
 and

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:37.339
 we

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.799
 carry

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.000
 it

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.179
 in

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:38.379
 our

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:39.099
 lives

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.599
 every

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:40.960
 day

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:45.500
 now

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:45.639
 the

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:45.899
 Bible

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.139
 is

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.539
 clear

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:48.220
 and

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.399
 I'm

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.579
 very

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.960
 mindful

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.220
 this

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.480
 is a

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:49.799
 politically

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.319
 charged

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:52.199
 subject

00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:53.500
 and it's

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:53.839
 not just

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.220
 politically

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.799
 charged

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.179
 it is

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.500
 deeply

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.039
 pastoral

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.199
 and

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:56.559
 personal

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.579
 for

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:57.819
 many

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.259
 people

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.019
 including

00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:00.579
 dear

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:02.339
 friends

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.500
 of

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:02.699
 mine

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:05.180
 the

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.440
 Bible

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.680
 is

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.059
 clear

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:07.360
 both

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:07.519
 in

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.640
 the

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:07.840
 Old

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.240
 Testament

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.580
 and

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:08.720
 the

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:08.920
 New

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.420
 Testament

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.259
 that

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.799
 practicing

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.519
 homosexual

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.140
 sex

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.940
 as a

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.460
 settled

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:15.180
 unrepentant

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.700
 pattern of

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.160
 behaviour

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:17.720
 is indicative

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.920
 of an

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.460
 attitude

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.660
 of rejection

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.539
 of Jesus

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.160
 Lordship

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:23.920
 and

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.240
 according

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.460
 to

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.720
 1

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.100
 Corinthians

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.799
 6

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.420
 this

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.779
 leaves

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:26.960
 a

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.400
 person

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:27.940
 outside

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.259
 of

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.460
 his

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.900
 kingdom

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:30.900
 but

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.500
 hear me

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.779
 say

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.319
 this

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.939
 never

00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:35.359
 ever

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.419
 outside

00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:36.879
 of his

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.339
 reach

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:38.019
 of his

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.519
 mercy

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.779
 never

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:44.079
 now

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.279
 there's

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.700
 much more

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.079
 that could

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.679
 be said

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:47.359
 on this

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.700
 subject

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.159
 but I do

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.339
 want to

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.759
 make two

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.659
 observations

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:51.779
 lengthy

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.480
 observations

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.939
 firstly

00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:55.379
 notice that

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:55.819
 the first

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.200
 thing that

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.439
 Paul

00:26:56.439 --> 00:26:57.200
 highlights

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.859
 in these

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.399
 verses

00:26:58.400 --> 00:27:00.400
 is

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:04.019
 heterosexual

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.620
 sex

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:07.180
 is that

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.660
 all

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.240
 sex

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.780
 outside

00:27:08.780 --> 00:27:09.259
 of a

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.580
 biblical

00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:10.340
 definition

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.660
 of

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.259
 marriage

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:13.259
 in

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.540
 verse

00:27:13.540 --> 00:27:14.400
 24

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:16.860
 is

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.259
 sin

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.820
 and he

00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:19.500
 says that

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.220
 before he

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.740
 gets to

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.420
 homosexual

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.140
 sex

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.560
 in verses

00:27:22.560 --> 00:27:23.240
 26 and

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.840
 27

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:25.059
 that is

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.779
 both

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.500
 result

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.000
 in

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:28.179
 and are

00:27:28.179 --> 00:27:28.379
 an

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:29.139
 outworking

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.939
 of

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:31.079
 God's

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.740
 giving

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.299
 over

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.659
 in

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.099
 judgment

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:35.220
 all

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.699
 forms

00:27:35.699 --> 00:27:36.019
 of

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.379
 sex

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:36.859
 outside

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.419
 of a

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:37.819
 marriage

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.240
 covenant

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.779
 between a

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.379
 man and a

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:39.699
 woman

00:27:39.699 --> 00:27:40.799
 are in

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.079
 view

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.539
 here

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.639
 not just

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.039
 some

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.579
 all

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:45.480
 all

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.959
 are a

00:27:45.959 --> 00:27:46.579
 form of

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.199
 exchanging

00:27:47.199 --> 00:27:47.679
 God's

00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:47.919
 good

00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:48.339
 order

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.519
 and

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:49.879
 are

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.299
 therefore

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.099
 idolatry

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:52.019
 and all

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.779
 result

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.219
 in

00:27:53.219 --> 00:27:54.099
 due

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.879
 penalty

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:57.939
 let me

00:27:57.939 --> 00:27:58.199
 take this

00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:58.379
 a bit

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.679
 further

00:27:58.679 --> 00:28:00.419
 on this

00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:00.779
 issue

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:03.079
 elsewhere

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.879
 in his

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.379
 letters

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:05.619
 Paul

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.259
 mentions

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.899
 other

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.639
 examples

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.199
 of

00:28:08.199 --> 00:28:09.259
 idolatrous

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.819
 behaviour

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.779
 he doesn't

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.139
 just think

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.619
 of sex

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.259
 as idolatrous

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.699
 behaviour

00:28:12.699 --> 00:28:13.480
 other

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.980
 examples

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.539
 of idolatrous

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:14.959
 behaviour

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.559
 for instance

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.839
 in

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.599
 Colossians

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:16.819
 3

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.599
 verse 5

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.159
 he calls

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:18.919
 greed

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:20.099
 idolatry

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:21.500
 that is

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.059
 greed

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.740
 is an

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.139
 over

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:23.859
 desire

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:25.279
 for more

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.740
 more

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.159
 my sense

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.659
 of worth

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.319
 validation

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.219
 is in

00:28:29.219 --> 00:28:29.959
 my bank

00:28:29.959 --> 00:28:30.399
 accounts

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 and my

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:34.439
 possessions

00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:36.059
 that is

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.679
 greed

00:28:36.679 --> 00:28:38.219
 is just

00:28:38.219 --> 00:28:38.859
 as

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.659
 indicative

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.699
 of

00:28:40.699 --> 00:28:41.799
 idolatry

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.259
 and a

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.119
 giving over

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:44.559
 as sexual

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.240
 immorality

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.839
 is

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:48.919
 I'll go

00:28:48.919 --> 00:28:49.500
 even further

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:51.240
 Galatians

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.700
 4

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.019
 verses

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.400
 8

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:52.920
 and 9

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.660
 Paul

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.200
 addresses

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.859
 Christians

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.619
 who have

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:56.559
 been pagans

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.119
 before they

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:57.660
 became

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.819
 Christians

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.539
 in Jesus

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.700
 and who

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.380
 are now

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:01.940
 tempted

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:03.059
 to take

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.599
 on

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.339
 Jewish

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.859
 religious

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.640
 laws

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.380
 in order

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.799
 to be

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.279
 saved

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.259
 this is

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.480
 what he

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.759
 says

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.259
 formally

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.599
 when you

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.019
 did not

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.319
 know

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.680
 God

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.000
 you were

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.460
 slaves

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.019
 to those

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.759
 who by

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.119
 nature

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.619
 are not

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.140
 gods

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.259
 but now

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.759
 that you

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.099
 know

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.619
 God

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.379
 or rather

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:18.939
 are known

00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:19.799
 by God

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.819
 how is it

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.139
 that you

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.599
 are turning

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.079
 back to

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.479
 those

00:29:22.479 --> 00:29:23.279
 weak

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.299
 and miserable

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.799
 forces

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.239
 do you

00:29:25.239 --> 00:29:25.739
 think

00:29:25.739 --> 00:29:26.259
 do you

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.659
 wish to

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.419
 be enslaved

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:28.379
 by them

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:29.179
 all over

00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.739
 again

00:29:29.739 --> 00:29:31.399
 Paul's

00:29:31.399 --> 00:29:31.759
 point

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.219
 there

00:29:32.219 --> 00:29:33.219
 is

00:29:33.219 --> 00:29:33.879
 that the

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.319
 seeking

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.259
 of blessing

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.579
 and salvation

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:38.519
 through

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.460
 biblical

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.279
 morality

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:42.059
 through

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:43.240
 religious

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.439
 practice

00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:46.379
 is

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.980
 just

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.819
 as much

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.220
 of an

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.039
 idolatry

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:50.220
 as

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.799
 greed

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.439
 and

00:29:51.439 --> 00:29:51.919
 sexual

00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:52.639
 immorality

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:54.779
 we

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.339
 worship

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.799
 whatever

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.839
 we think

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.720
 will give

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.139
 us a

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:58.419
 sense

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:58.559
 of

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.139
 identity

00:29:59.139 --> 00:30:00.319
 worth

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.579
 validation

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.279
 and a

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.500
 sense

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.639
 of

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.099
 fulfillment

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:05.059
 if we

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.559
 do not

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:05.980
 worship

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.339
 our

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.759
 creator

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.299
 God

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.179
 then we

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.379
 will

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:08.740
 worship

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.279
 something

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.779
 else

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.759
 it could

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.139
 well be

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.500
 sexual

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.339
 gratification

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.740
 increasing

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.480
 our wealth

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.859
 and our

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.399
 possessions

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:16.379
 or

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:16.919
 practicing

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:18.379
 religion

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:19.879
 the point

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.439
 is

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:21.539
 none of

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.859
 these

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.500
 things

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.480
 and this

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.259
 is absolutely

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.740
 essential

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.139
 for us

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:25.559
 to get

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.699
 none of

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:27.099
 these

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.859
 things

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:29.740
 are

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.279
 more

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.279
 or

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.940
 less

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.700
 serious

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.119
 than

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.279
 the

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.799
 others

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:36.759
 this

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.339
 leads me

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.720
 to the

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.019
 second

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.720
 observation

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:40.899
 while

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.299
 I want

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.420
 to

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.960
 declare

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.359
 that

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.920
 homosexual

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.700
 practice

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.399
 is a

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.740
 sin

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.539
 with

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.059
 all

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.799
 sexual

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.559
 immorality

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.279
 as a

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.700
 sin

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:51.680
 it is

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.119
 not the

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.480
 worst

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.859
 sin

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:55.539
 it is

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:55.960
 not the

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.279
 worst

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.579
 sin

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:59.179
 all

00:30:59.179 --> 00:30:59.659
 sexual

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.259
 immorality

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.559
 is

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:00.980
 sinful

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.379
 including

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:02.639
 you

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.079
 married

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.639
 men

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.159
 who are

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:04.559
 engaged

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:04.799
 in

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.439
 pornography

00:31:05.439 --> 00:31:06.879
 it's

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.359
 sinful

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:09.659
 sexual

00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:10.960
 immorality

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:14.480
 and

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.819
 Paul

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.119
 will in

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.480
 a moment

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.819
 go on

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.099
 and list

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.379
 a whole

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:16.799
 bunch

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.439
 of sins

00:31:17.439 --> 00:31:17.839
 in the

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.099
 following

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.599
 verses

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:20.139
 and he

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:20.500
 calls

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.039
 all of

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.259
 these

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.659
 acts

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.439
 wickedness

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:22.919
 that flow

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.460
 out of

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:23.939
 rejection

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:24.299
 of the

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.679
 truth

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:25.299
 of God

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:27.240
 so

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.519
 friends

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.799
 what I

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.059
 want to

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.279
 do

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.599
 here

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:28.799
 the

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.099
 line

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.200
 I

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.460
 want us

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.940
 to walk

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.319
 as a

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.819
 church

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:32.639
 is to

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.079
 have such

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.659
 confidence

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.480
 in God

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.879
 and his

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.519
 word

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.960
 that we

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.980
 call sin

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.399
 what he

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:39.200
 calls sin

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:41.159
 I do

00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:41.460
 want to

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.099
 avoid the

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.859
 error of

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.339
 some

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.079
 churches

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:45.859
 possibly

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.859
 for some

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.240
 in a

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.000
 desire for

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.619
 relevance

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.819
 and to

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.460
 be welcoming

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.539
 and loving

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.680
 for those

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.740
 of the

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:55.460
 homosexual

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.240
 community

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.599
 and others

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:59.039
 and I

00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:01.559
 embrace

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.579
 that idea

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:04.620
 but what

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.259
 they've done

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.759
 in that

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.220
 they have

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:07.120
 downplayed

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:07.779
 or denied

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.259
 the clear

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.880
 teaching of

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.140
 scripture

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.779
 on this

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.259
 issue

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:12.420
 I also

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.259
 at the

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.920
 same time

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.200
 want to

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.980
 avoid the

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.599
 error of

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.039
 those who

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.460
 take the

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.759
 Bible

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.500
 seriously

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.859
 on

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.960
 homosexuality

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:20.400
 but do

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.099
 so

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:22.579
 from a

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.959
 very

00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:23.439
 self

00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:23.879
 righteous

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.439
 way

00:32:24.439 --> 00:32:26.839
 for them

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:28.079
 this is

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.919
 the sin

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:30.279
 that really

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.779
 matters

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:34.419
 they may

00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:34.839
 not do it

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.500
 overtly

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:37.679
 and you

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.119
 may not do

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:38.819
 it overtly

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:40.559
 but they

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.279
 speak and

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.839
 live

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:43.619
 as if

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.000
 this is

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.240
 it

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.639
 this is

00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.119
 the sin

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:50.559
 they do

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.119
 not seek

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.899
 to love

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.519
 and welcome

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.319
 gay people

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:56.759
 but they

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.159
 seek to

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.639
 love and

00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:58.179
 get alongside

00:32:58.179 --> 00:32:58.819
 their Hindu

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.479
 neighbours

00:32:59.479 --> 00:33:01.659
 or their

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:02.419
 friends who

00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:02.759
 are committing

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.519
 adultery

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:06.459
 or some

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:07.059
 other sexual

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.579
 sin

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:12.000
 Romans 1

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.239
 is not

00:33:12.239 --> 00:33:12.939
 doing either

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.319
 of those

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.959
 things here

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:17.039
 Paul is

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.720
 not saying

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.180
 it doesn't

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.559
 matter what

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.940
 you do

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.299
 God's

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.840
 okay with

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.140
 it so

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.559
 get along

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.799
 with it

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.019
 and be

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.319
 happy

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:21.660
 he's not

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.220
 saying that

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.480
 but he's

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.039
 also not

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.600
 saying what

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:25.019
 you do

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.779
 matters so

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.240
 much

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.000
 that I

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.299
 don't want

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.660
 to love

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:27.940
 you

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.460
 I don't

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.720
 want to

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.000
 witness

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.640
 to you

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.940
 and if

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.700
 you are

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.220
 somehow

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:33.220
 that's as if

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.799
 somehow you're

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.220
 beyond the

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.600
 gospel

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.640
 or that you're

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.360
 beyond God's

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.779
 mercy

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.779
 or you're

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.460
 beyond the

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.980
 welcoming and

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.440
 embracing

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:41.279
 of the local

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.920
 church

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:44.940
 can I say

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.680
 that you

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.440
 can always

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.420
 tell if the

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:47.940
 latter is

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.800
 ultimately your

00:33:48.800 --> 00:33:49.259
 attitude

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:51.580
 because you

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:52.279
 will see

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.380
 sexual sin

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:54.100
 and in our

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.660
 day and age

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.060
 you will see

00:33:55.060 --> 00:33:56.220
 homosexuality

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.380
 as a

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.980
 perversion

00:33:57.980 --> 00:34:02.100
 but you

00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:02.960
 do not see

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.700
 your gossip

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:05.820
 your greed

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:07.100
 your rampant

00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:08.139
 materialism

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:10.019
 your slandering

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.559
 of another

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.799
 your anger

00:34:11.799 --> 00:34:12.940
 you don't see

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.559
 any of those

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.860
 things a

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.340
 perversion

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.199
 you don't

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.679
 feel the

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.059
 weight of

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.639
 any of

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:16.940
 that

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:24.460
 how can

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.139
 you possibly

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.659
 think

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:27.619
 that one

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.460
 sin like

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.320
 sexual sin

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.539
 is a

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.980
 perversion

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.340
 but your

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:31.420
 impatience is

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.739
 justified in

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.480
 any way

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:40.539
 we do

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.139
 not have a

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.639
 hierarchy

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.199
 of sin

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:45.219
 there is

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:46.159
 no gospel

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.719
 breakthrough

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.380
 for any

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:47.900
 of us

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.659
 until we

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.059
 feel the

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.480
 weight of

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.119
 our sin

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:51.320
 not someone

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.980
 else's sin

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.639
 our sin

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:57.420
 and so

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.880
 that is the

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.420
 first step

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.920
 needed to

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.400
 break through

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.880
 to gospel

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.619
 hope and for

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.119
 a joy and

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.519
 freedom

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:03.059
 is to be

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.659
 confronted by

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.059
 our own

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.519
 sinfulness

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:06.159
 our own

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.480
 sinfulness

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:08.460
 we need to

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:10.039
 come to

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.699
 that place

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.219
 where we

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:12.239
 realize like

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:12.639
 the apostle

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.619
 Paul in

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.259
 1 Timothy

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:15.199
 1 15

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:17.420
 I

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:19.400
 I am

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.199
 the worst

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:21.500
 sinner I

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.179
 know

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:25.340
 me

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:29.280
 if you

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:29.519
 can

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.320
 specifically

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:32.160
 outline

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:33.059
 a history

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:34.559
 of people's

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.019
 sin

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.880
 against you

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.320
 but you

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.320
 cannot go

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:38.260
 clearly to

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.800
 your own

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.280
 sin

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:40.000
 and if

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.680
 one makes

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.260
 you angry

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.579
 and the

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.000
 other one

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.420
 doesn't

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:43.160
 break you

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:44.300
 you haven't

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.880
 yet had

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.300
 gospel

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.900
 breakthrough

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:47.460
 you're living

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.380
 in Chatswood

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:48.880
 with light

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.380
 pollution

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:50.400
 you can't

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.720
 see the

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:51.559
 glory of

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.460
 the stars

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:58.599
 if Jesus

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.240
 would come

00:35:59.240 --> 00:36:00.760
 and die

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:01.240
 for my

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:01.619
 sin

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.139
 then there

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.980
 is no

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.559
 one he

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.000
 would not

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.599
 die for

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:07.460
 I've already

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:07.980
 jumped into my

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.539
 third point

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.360
 seeing ourselves

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.740
 here

00:36:09.740 --> 00:36:11.679
 that's my

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.340
 final point

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.780
 we see

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.220
 ourselves

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:13.639
 in this

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.039
 text

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:15.880
 Romans 1

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.619
 is not

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.440
 about some

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.860
 people

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.240
 it's about

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.880
 all of us

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.460
 one way or

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.780
 another

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:21.320
 verses 28

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.059
 to 32

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:23.259
 we have

00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:23.500
 this

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.400
 unsettling

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:25.059
 list

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:26.840
 not an

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.440
 exhaustive

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.799
 list

00:36:27.799 --> 00:36:28.340
 but an

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.920
 unsettling

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.340
 list

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:30.059
 of an

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.639
 outworking

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.519
 of idolatry

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.759
 it's the

00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:33.239
 outworking

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:33.519
 of the

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:33.920
 suppression

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.320
 of the

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:34.559
 knowledge

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.079
 of God

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:37.079
 of not

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.619
 thinking it

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.219
 worthwhile

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:39.139
 to retain

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:40.039
 the knowledge

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.579
 of God

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.179
 the list

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.579
 is an

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:41.799
 all

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:44.039
 encompassing

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.340
 list

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.719
 even if

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.000
 it's not

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.759
 detailed

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.559
 that is

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.579
 it includes

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.460
 economic

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:49.019
 disorder

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.519
 in verse

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.179
 29

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:51.920
 with greed

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:53.039
 in getting

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.820
 verse 29

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.280
 social

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.760
 disorder

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.400
 with murder

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.420
 and strife

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.980
 and deceit

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.659
 and malice

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.539
 in verse

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.240
 30

00:36:59.240 --> 00:37:00.639
 we family

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.300
 disorder

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:02.680
 with disobeying

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:03.619
 parents

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:05.039
 in verse

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.639
 31

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.260
 further

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.840
 relational

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.340
 disorder

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:08.300
 with senselessness

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:09.039
 and faithless

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:10.260
 and heartless

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:11.260
 and ruthless

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:12.180
 the point

00:37:12.180 --> 00:37:13.940
 this all

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.539
 points to

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:16.180
 what is

00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:17.240
 known here

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:17.659
 as

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:19.420
 historically

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:21.200
 the Christian

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.579
 doctrine

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.119
 of total

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.720
 depravity

00:37:22.720 --> 00:37:24.180
 it touches

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.659
 everything

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.079
 it means

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.740
 that sin

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.860
 has touched

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:28.280
 every single

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:28.920
 part

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.180
 of who we

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:30.639
 are

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.200
 and everything

00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:31.539
 that we

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.900
 do

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:33.039
 it doesn't

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.420
 mean that

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.720
 we're

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.320
 that human

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.720
 beings

00:37:34.720 --> 00:37:35.519
 are as bad

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:35.880
 as they

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.320
 possibly

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.079
 could be

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:38.760
 because God's

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.380
 grace to

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:40.000
 all of

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.559
 humanity

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:42.039
 is that he

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.900
 doesn't just

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.460
 hand us

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:44.220
 over to the

00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:45.000
 full extent

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.599
 of our

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.000
 sin

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:47.280
 he by his

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:47.679
 grace

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.619
 restrains

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.219
 so much

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:49.940
 wickedness

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:52.260
 hell

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.340
 is where

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:53.760
 he lets

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.139
 go

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:57.440
 and you're

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.699
 on your

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:57.960
 own

00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:00.159
 right now

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:01.079
 we exist

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.400
 with the

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:01.780
 blessings

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.219
 of his

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.719
 gracious

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.159
 hand on

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.820
 our lives

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:06.260
 this here

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.900
 chapter is a

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.420
 dark view

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:08.059
 of humanity

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:09.840
 but

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:12.079
 it fits

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.679
 so well

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.000
 with the

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.480
 reality

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:14.380
 of the

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.719
 world in

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.059
 which we

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.460
 live

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:16.619
 every

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.199
 religion

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:18.139
 and system

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.820
 of thinking

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:20.360
 must account

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.300
 every religion

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.780
 and system

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.179
 of thinking

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:22.619
 including

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.519
 secularism

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.980
 must account

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:26.220
 both

00:38:26.220 --> 00:38:27.059
 for the

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:28.260
 awesomeness

00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:29.340
 of the

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:29.740
 universe

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:31.460
 and at

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:31.880
 the same

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.500
 time

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.760
 of the

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:34.740
 sorry

00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:35.579
 the awesomeness

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:35.720
 of the

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.000
 universe

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.940
 the goodness

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:38.240
 of that

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:39.159
 human beings

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:39.699
 are so

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:41.000
 capable of

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:42.240
 and at

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:42.639
 the same

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:43.139
 time

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:44.559
 the brokenness

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:44.880
 of our

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.280
 world

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:45.560
 and our

00:38:45.560 --> 00:38:46.220
 bodies

00:38:46.220 --> 00:38:46.600
 and our

00:38:46.600 --> 00:38:47.019
 lives

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.320
 and our

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:47.680
 hearts

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:47.960
 and our

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.560
 relationships

00:38:48.560 --> 00:38:50.440
 holding both

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.760
 of those

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.220
 things in

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.680
 tension

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.780
 the scriptures

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.640
 the christian

00:38:53.640 --> 00:38:54.260
 message has

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:55.060
 got a clear

00:38:55.060 --> 00:38:55.780
 understanding

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:57.040
 of how those

00:38:57.040 --> 00:38:57.680
 two things

00:38:57.680 --> 00:38:58.340
 connect

00:38:58.340 --> 00:39:00.460
 why is there

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:01.600
 so much beauty

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.739
 in this world

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:03.880
 and yet

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.599
 why is it

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.900
 so flawed

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:07.619
 the bible's answer

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.579
 is god

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:10.119
 god

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:13.200
 in the beauty

00:39:13.200 --> 00:39:13.860
 of the world

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.920
 we are to see

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.740
 god's existence

00:39:15.740 --> 00:39:16.280
 and in the

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:16.980
 brokenness of the

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.519
 world we are to

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:17.880
 see his

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.400
 justice

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:21.059
 this

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:21.079
 this

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.579
 this ultimately

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.360
 takes us

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:23.019
 to the cross

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.660
 both of those

00:39:23.660 --> 00:39:23.880
 things

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.539
 take us

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:25.079
 to the cross

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.940
 of jesus christ

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.500
 where

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.240
 with both

00:39:27.240 --> 00:39:27.940
 those things

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.619
 the ugliness

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.220
 and the beauty

00:39:29.220 --> 00:39:30.000
 collide

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:31.099
 for the display

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:32.019
 of god's

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.539
 mercy

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:34.059
 towards us

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:35.840
 the ones

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.039
 who have

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.760
 rejected him

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:38.720
 this

00:39:38.720 --> 00:39:39.820
 dark

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.440
 view of

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.980
 humanity

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:42.099
 in this text

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:43.720
 draws us

00:39:43.720 --> 00:39:44.559
 into it

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.579
 every single

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.019
 one of us

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.639
 there is no

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:48.239
 them and us

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:49.559
 these verses

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.299
 blow away

00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:51.259
 self-righteous

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:51.879
 pride

00:39:51.879 --> 00:39:53.619
 if that doesn't

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:54.299
 do it for you

00:39:54.299 --> 00:39:54.960
 then come back

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:55.759
 next week

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.859
 come back next

00:39:56.859 --> 00:39:57.579
 week as the

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:58.460
 apostle paul

00:39:58.460 --> 00:40:00.000
 turns his guns

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.659
 and does a

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.460
 devastating

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:02.339
 rebuke

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:03.960
 on the

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:05.000
 self-righteous

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:06.559
 those who

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.099
 are pursuing

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:07.920
 a self-righteous

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.500
 morality

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:10.159
 the religious

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:13.059
 you see the

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.500
 thing is

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.719
 self-righteousness

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:16.159
 and if this

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:16.559
 is you at

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.059
 the moment

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:18.579
 let me just

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:20.299
 say self-righteousness

00:40:20.299 --> 00:40:21.739
 is always

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:23.659
 without

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:25.139
 without

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:25.779
 failure

00:40:25.779 --> 00:40:26.559
 it is

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.599
 always

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:29.679
 self-condemnatory

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:31.960
 always

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:35.759
 and it's the

00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:36.500
 playing field

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.799
 of the

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:37.480
 moralist

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:40.759
 the gospel

00:40:40.759 --> 00:40:41.299
 does not

00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:42.500
 shine brightly

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:44.119
 brilliantly

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:45.440
 in our

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:45.980
 lives

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.619
 until we

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:47.000
 see the

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.359
 darkness

00:40:47.359 --> 00:40:47.759
 of our

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:48.219
 hearts

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:51.179
 but this

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:51.599
 view of

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.000
 humanity

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.519
 must be

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:53.079
 read in

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.519
 the light

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:53.940
 of verses

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:54.599
 16 and

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.000
 17

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:57.219
 and considering

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:58.079
 those verses

00:40:58.079 --> 00:41:00.099
 we do

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.319
 we do not

00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:00.779
 need to

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:01.179
 fear

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:01.659
 God's

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.179
 righteousness

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:03.639
 because we

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.500
 can receive

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.019
 his

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.759
 righteousness

00:41:05.759 --> 00:41:07.759
 the gospel

00:41:07.759 --> 00:41:08.199
 is the

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:08.759
 motivation

00:41:08.759 --> 00:41:09.279
 and the

00:41:09.279 --> 00:41:09.699
 freedom

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:10.400
 and the

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.880
 power that

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.279
 we need

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.719
 to stop

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.199
 suppressing

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:12.819
 the truth

00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:13.299
 through

00:41:13.299 --> 00:41:14.019
 idolatry

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.900
 and instead

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.559
 finding our

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.059
 greatest

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.779
 sense of

00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:17.380
 satisfaction

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:18.099
 and worth

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.659
 and identity

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.400
 in him

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:21.639
 so that

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:22.000
 we might

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.599
 give God

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:23.119
 the praise

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:23.460
 and the

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:23.800
 gratitude

00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:24.220
 that he

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:24.800
 deserves

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:27.360
 so let me

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.820
 swing this

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.440
 back around

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:30.619
 this church

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.720
 under my

00:41:31.720 --> 00:41:32.260
 leadership

00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:33.500
 seeks to

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.400
 be a safe

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:35.019
 place

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:36.380
 for everyone

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:37.880
 for everyone

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:39.900
 we are

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:41.059
 a hospital

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:41.820
 for rescued

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:42.300
 sinners

00:41:42.300 --> 00:41:43.820
 none of us

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:45.300
 are more

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:46.539
 needed of

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:47.880
 that rescue

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.460
 than anyone

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:49.000
 else

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:50.400
 some of us

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:51.000
 are not just

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.579
 in the waiting

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:51.940
 room

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.260
 and some

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:52.440
 of us

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.960
 in ICU

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.579
 we're all

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:54.219
 in ICU

00:41:54.219 --> 00:41:56.039
 all of us

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:59.000
 if you

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.599
 don't see

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.239
 that yet

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:00.840
 gospel

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:01.420
 breakthrough

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:02.019
 awaits

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.599
 for you

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.780
 where you

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:04.260
 can live

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:04.699
 with joy

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.239
 and freedom

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:10.360
 this gospel

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:12.099
 calls us

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.500
 to be a

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:12.840
 welcoming

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.280
 church

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:13.760
 for all

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:14.340
 people

00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:15.320
 who are

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.739
 listened

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:16.239
 to

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:17.579
 with

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:18.159
 humility

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:20.379
 patience

00:42:20.379 --> 00:42:21.940
 love

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:23.980
 but we

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:24.399
 are also

00:42:24.399 --> 00:42:25.199
 a discipling

00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:25.639
 community

00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:26.019
 following

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.420
 Jesus

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:26.920
 as our

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.239
 Lord

00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:29.019
 this gospel

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.639
 calls us

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:30.019
 to be a

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.339
 welcoming

00:42:30.339 --> 00:42:31.000
 community

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:32.899
 but not

00:42:32.899 --> 00:42:34.139
 an affirming

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:35.319
 one of all

00:42:35.319 --> 00:42:36.379
 positions and

00:42:36.379 --> 00:42:37.319
 lifestyles and

00:42:37.319 --> 00:42:37.679
 choices

00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:39.679
 people

00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:42.119
 can be a

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.500
 no

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:43.000
 21

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.019
 or

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:43.659
 them

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:44.599
 Budget

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:44.899
 school

00:42:44.899 --> 00:42:45.059
 all

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:45.219
 in

00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:46.279
 «

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