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 Please take out your copy of God's Word, which I pray is with you.

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 It's well read and treasured in your hearts.

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 And turn to the book of Galatians chapter 3.

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 On the 31st of this month, we will celebrate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 theses being nailed to the door of the Wittenberg Church.

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 An event which ignited a flame of doctrinal purification in Europe.

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 Much of the Reformers' teaching has been summed up systematically in what are known as the Solas, which we are considering one at a time leading up to the Sunday before the 31st.

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 So far we have considered a Sola Scriptura, and that is that God's Scripture, the Bible, the 66 books that we have canonized in our Protestant Bible,

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 are the final authority of God on earth.

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 We considered last week, Sola Gratia, by grace alone.

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 Salvation is a gift of God.

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 Today we're going to consider Sola Fide, or faith alone.

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 That is to say that we are justified through faith alone.

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 And in the coming two weeks, Solus Christus, in Christ alone, or justified by faith alone, in Christ alone.

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 And finally, Soli Deo Gloria.

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 That is, all is to the glory of God alone.

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 Now the Reformers were speaking to audiences that considered themselves Christian.

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 It was a very Christianized culture.

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 There was not opposition in Luther's day to Scripture, or grace, or faith, or Christ, or the glory of God.

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 But there was much addition and subtraction from these key doctrines.

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 And that is why the Reformers loved the word alone or only.

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 And we find in our day much error as well.

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 And it's why we should also look to the past and to our Bibles to see that the Bible alone is authority of God.

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 Final authority.

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 We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

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 And this is all to the glory of God alone.

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 So as we consider today, Sola Fide, faith alone, let's look at Galatians 3, verses 10-14.

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 Before I read, I remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and for our good.

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 And we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Let's begin in verse 10 and following.

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 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse.

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 For it is written,

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 Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law and do them.

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 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law,

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 for the righteous shall live by faith.

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 But the law is not of faith.

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 Rather, the one who does them shall live by them.

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 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written,

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 Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.

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 So that in Christ Jesus, the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles,

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 so that we might receive the promised spirit through faith.

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 The producer of a podcast called The White Horse Inn,

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 which I would commend to you,

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 recently conducted a survey at a conference for evangelical pastors

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 where he asked the following questions.

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 Number one,

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 are we justified by faith alone,

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 by faith and works,

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 or by works alone?

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 And,

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 in your view,

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 is justification a one-time declaration,

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 or a lifelong process?

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 Now these two questions are pursuing the same point,

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 and it is a point that is extremely vital

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 to a proper understanding of the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 So I know I've tipped you off a little already,

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 but take a moment and consider how you would answer these two questions.

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 Somebody comes up to you on the street with a microphone,

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 and says,

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 are we justified by faith alone,

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 by faith and works,

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 or by works alone?

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 And,

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 in your view,

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 is justification a one-time declaration,

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 or a lifelong process?

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 The majority response of the pastors at this particular conference were,

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 we are justified by faith and works,

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 and justification is a lifelong process.

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 If you answer these questions in the same way,

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 you are dreadfully wrong.

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 This is likely not entirely your fault.

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 You may have grown up in a church

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 that one of these men pastored,

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 that never addressed the matter,

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 or,

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 if they did,

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 they did so poorly.

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 But,

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 beloved,

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 a proper understanding of justification

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 is at the very heart of the gospel.

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 And at the end of all things,

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 you will not be able to plead before God

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 that your Bible went unread

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 because of the church you grew up in.

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 You see,

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 if we fail to understand justification

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 through faith alone,

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 we fail to understand the gospel.

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 In fact,

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 any misunderstanding of justification

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 is antithetical to the gospel

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 and is very egregious.

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 That is to say,

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 it's the opposite of the gospel.

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 I fear that in our day,

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 there is more misunderstanding

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 of how a person is saved

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 than there was in the medieval Europe

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 of Luther's day.

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 So let's be sure today

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 that we all have a clear understanding

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 of justification through faith alone

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 so that,

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 number one,

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 we can be saved.

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 You may find yourself here this morning

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 believing that you're in Christ

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 because you have not understood

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 justification by faith alone.

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 You may think that you can be justified

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 by your works.

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 That you even being here

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 is gaining you some favor with God

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 so that we can be saved.

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 Secondly,

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 if we are,

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 in fact,

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 saved,

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 that we can have assurance

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 of our salvation.

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 How is it that we can know

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 that we belong to God,

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 that we are justified

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 before Him?

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 And thirdly,

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 so that we can help others

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 come to faith

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 and have assurance.

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 If I am correct,

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 and I believe that I am,

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 about how much our culture

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 is erring on this,

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 then we need to be ambassadors

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 for Christ.

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 We need to preach the true gospel

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 and help people understand

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 how it is they can be saved

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 and how it is they can be confident

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 that they are saved.

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 So let's do so by asking

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 and answering four questions.

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 I'm not going to alliterate today

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 to make John MacArthur proud.

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 I'm going to ask questions

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 to make Clay Namor proud.

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 Those questions are going to be as follows.

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 Number one,

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 what does it mean to be justified?

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 I'm going to use that word a lot today.

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 What does it mean

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 to be justified?

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 Secondly,

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 why do we need to be justified

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 through faith?

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 Thirdly,

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 how are we justified?

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 Through faith?

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 And fourthly,

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 what is the relationship

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 between faith

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 and works?

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 So number one,

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 what does it mean

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 to be

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 justified?

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 At Christ Family Church,

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 we don't use

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 large words

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 because we want to

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 appear smart.

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 We try to use

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 Bible words

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 because if you're going to be

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 faithful to the Scripture,

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 you're going to come across

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 these words.

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 Some of you,

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 I know,

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 might be going,

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 justified,

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 that seems like a kind of

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 churchy word.

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 Yeah,

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 it is.

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 Because we're a people

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 of the Word.

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 So you've got to know

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 what these things mean

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 when you come across them

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 in the Scripture.

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 So we don't want to

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 do away with

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 big words,

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 but we want to press you

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 to understand

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 big words.

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 What a novel idea

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 to give you an education.

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 What a crazy thing.

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 So,

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 justification

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 is a

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 one-time

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 declaration

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 that we are

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 righteous

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 before God.

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 The doctrine

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 of justification

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 includes

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 both the idea

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 that our guilt

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 has been

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 expunged,

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 it's been done

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 away with,

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 and that we have

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 been granted

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 perfection.

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 So,

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 the negative

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 debt that we had

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 has been brought

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 up to zero,

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 and we've been given,

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 we've been credited

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 to our account,

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 perfection,

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 the righteousness

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 that is Christ's.

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 The occasion

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 for Paul's writing

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 of this letter

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 to the church

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 of Galatia

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 was men

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 who had come

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 teaching

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 what Paul calls

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 a different

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 and contrary

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 gospel,

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 right?

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 An antithetical

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 gospel.

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 Look at Galatians

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 chapter 1

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 verse 6

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 and following.

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 Paul writes,

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 I am astonished

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 that you are so

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 quickly deserting

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 him,

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 this is Christ,

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 who called you,

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 excuse me,

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 it's the spirit,

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 who called you

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 in the grace

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 of Christ

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 and are turning

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 to a different

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 gospel.

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 Not that there

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 is another one,

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 he's saying that

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 there isn't good

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 news found anywhere

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 else,

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 not that there

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 is another one,

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 but there are

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 some who trouble

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 you and want

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 to distort

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 the gospel

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 of Christ.

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 He then has

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 some very strong

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 words for anyone

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 who would preach

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 such a gospel

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 beginning in verse

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 8.

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 But even if we

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 or an angel

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 from heaven

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 should preach

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 to you a gospel

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 contrary to the

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 one we preach

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 to you,

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 let him be

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 accursed.

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 As we have said

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 before,

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 so now I say

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 again,

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 if anyone is

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 preaching to you

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 a gospel contrary

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 to the one you

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 have received,

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 let him be

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 accursed.

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 These men

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 who would come

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 into the church

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 of Galatia

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 who are often

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 called Judaizers

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 were teaching

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 faith in Jesus

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 plus circumcision.

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 Faith in Jesus

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 plus the observation

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 of certain feasts

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 and this equals

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 justification.

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 This was the equation

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 that they were teaching.

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 Yeah,

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 yeah,

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 yeah.

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 Right?

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 Faith is good

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 but also

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 must add on to

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 faith

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 works.

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 And Paul

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 cries out

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 in his letter

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 to the Galatian

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 church,

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 no,

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 by faith alone

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 is one

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 justified

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 before God.

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 So this is

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 what justification

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 is.

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 A one-time

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 declaration

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 that we are

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 righteous

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 before God.

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 Secondly,

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 why do we need

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 to be justified

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 through faith?

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 Back in our text,

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 chapter 3,

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 verse 10

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 and following.

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 For all who rely

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 on works of the law

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 are under

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 a curse.

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 We are

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 cursed

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 and we are

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 incapable

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 of earning

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 our justification.

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 Right?

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 this is the purpose

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 of the law

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 to bring us

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 to Christ.

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 To show us

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 how incapable

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 we are

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 of pleasing

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 God

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 apart

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 from Christ.

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 As previously stated,

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 we are justified

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 through faith

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 alone.

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 No one is justified

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 by their works.

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 Paul is abundantly

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 clear about this

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 in Romans chapter 3.

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 Turn with me,

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 if you will,

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 please,

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 to Romans 3.

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 beginning

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 in verse 10,

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 Paul cites

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 ancient words.

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 He appeals

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 to the authority

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 of Scripture

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 to make his case

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 in Romans 3.

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 As it is written,

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 none is righteous.

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 No,

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 not one.

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 No one understands.

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 No one seeks

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 for God.

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 All have turned aside.

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 Together they have

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 become worthless.

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 No one does good.

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 Not even one.

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 Their throat

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 is an empty grave.

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 They use their tongues

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 to deceive.

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 The venom of asps

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 is under their lips.

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 Their mouth

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 is full of curses

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 and bitterness.

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 Their feet

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 are swift

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 to shed blood.

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 And their paths

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 are ruin

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 and misery.

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 And the way

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 of peace

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 they have not known.

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 There is no

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 fear of God

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 before their eyes.

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 This is not

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 the beginning

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 of the gospel

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 preached

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 in most churches

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 today.

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 Apart from Christ,

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 you have become

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 worthless.

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 In Christ,

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 you have

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 great worth.

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 But apart from Him,

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 you are as dross

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 to be thrown away

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 of no value

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 whatsoever

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 in the kingdom

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 of God.

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 Flee

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 to Christ.

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 This is what

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 the law

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 is doing for us.

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 It's showing us

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 our great

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 need.

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 I've heard

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 visitors of

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 our church

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 go away

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 and complain

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 that don't make

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 them feel good

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 about themselves

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 when they come here.

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 It's not my job

00:14:47.779 --> 00:14:49.120
 to make you feel

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 good about yourself.

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 It's my job

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 to make much

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 of Christ.

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 God is aimed

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 at this

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 very purpose.

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 Paul is aimed

00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:59.200
 at this

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 very purpose.

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 Flee to Christ.

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 We have no

00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:04.779
 righteousness of our own.

00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:05.879
 We need the

00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:06.259
 righteousness

00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:07.639
 of Christ.

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 And Paul's not

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 alone in this.

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 Remember verse 10,

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 he says,

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 as it is

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 written.

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 Psalm 14,

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 1-3.

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 Psalm 53,

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 1-3.

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 Psalm 5,

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 9.

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 Psalm 143.

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 Psalm 10,

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 7.

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 Proverbs 1,

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 16.

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 Chapter 3,

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 verse 15-17.

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 Isaiah 59,

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 7-8.

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 And Psalm 36,

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 1.

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 The text I just

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 read to you,

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 those are the places,

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 those are all of the

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 references for the

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 places.

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 The scripture speaks

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 loudly to this point.

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 We are under the

00:15:40.259 --> 00:15:42.299
 curse of Adam.

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 We have his

00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:45.559
 sin apart

00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:47.240
 from Christ.

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 So,

00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:49.639
 we cannot

00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:50.659
 earn

00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.539
 our way

00:15:51.539 --> 00:15:52.579
 to heaven.

00:15:52.819 --> 00:15:53.179
 It is

00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:54.259
 a grand

00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:55.219
 impossibility.

00:15:56.599 --> 00:15:57.099
 Paul has been

00:15:57.099 --> 00:15:57.679
 pressing this

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 same point

00:15:58.319 --> 00:15:58.799
 in his letter

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 to the Galatians.

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 You can go back

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 to Galatians

00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:02.139
 chapter 2,

00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:04.059
 verse 16.

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 We know

00:16:06.819 --> 00:16:07.419
 that a person

00:16:07.419 --> 00:16:08.599
 is not justified

00:16:08.599 --> 00:16:09.339
 by works

00:16:09.339 --> 00:16:09.939
 of the law,

00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:11.120
 but through faith

00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.480
 in Jesus Christ.

00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:13.699
 So,

00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:14.419
 we also have

00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:15.139
 believed in

00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:15.699
 Christ Jesus

00:16:15.699 --> 00:16:16.419
 in order to be

00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:17.500
 justified by faith

00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:17.980
 in Christ

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:19.099
 and not by works

00:16:19.099 --> 00:16:20.099
 of the law.

00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:21.299
 Because by works

00:16:21.299 --> 00:16:21.959
 of the law,

00:16:22.099 --> 00:16:23.199
 no one

00:16:23.199 --> 00:16:25.059
 will be

00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:25.559
 justified.

00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.979
 This is the

00:16:27.979 --> 00:16:28.740
 very beginning.

00:16:28.859 --> 00:16:29.240
 This is the

00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:30.539
 bad news

00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.279
 of the gospel

00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:32.459
 of Jesus Christ.

00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.620
 No one will be

00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:34.399
 justified before God

00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:36.000
 by their own

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:37.419
 working.

00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:39.979
 And in many

00:16:39.979 --> 00:16:40.779
 churches today,

00:16:41.839 --> 00:16:42.759
 this doctrine,

00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.319
 justification by faith

00:16:44.319 --> 00:16:44.579
 alone,

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.359
 has been disregarded

00:16:45.359 --> 00:16:45.859
 altogether.

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:46.979
 Many churches

00:16:46.979 --> 00:16:47.459
 today,

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.659
 even this morning,

00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:50.779
 I say with a

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.360
 great deal

00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.139
 of grief,

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.559
 are preaching

00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:54.379
 a soft

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.379
 prosperity gospel

00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:57.079
 that says,

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.620
 do good

00:16:58.620 --> 00:17:00.600
 so that you'll

00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.419
 feel good

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:02.559
 and you'll

00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:03.339
 get good.

00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:05.859
 Beloved,

00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.279
 this is not

00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.740
 the gospel

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.779
 of Jesus Christ.

00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:10.000
 Once a person

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.000
 realizes their

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.819
 need of

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.519
 justification,

00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.779
 they recognize

00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:15.859
 they cannot

00:17:15.859 --> 00:17:16.940
 stand rightly

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:18.000
 before the

00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:18.559
 creator of

00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:18.880
 heaven and

00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:19.140
 earth.

00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:19.920
 They need

00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.279
 to be

00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:20.900
 justified.

00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.340
 There is no

00:17:22.340 --> 00:17:22.920
 greater question

00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.400
 for that person

00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:23.940
 to ask

00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.380
 than,

00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:26.180
 how must

00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:26.440
 I be

00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:26.860
 justified?

00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:28.120
 How is it

00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:28.360
 then?

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 If I can't

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.340
 do it,

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 how is it

00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:30.940
 then that

00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:32.340
 I can be

00:17:32.340 --> 00:17:32.900
 justified?

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.200
 This was the

00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:35.279
 great question

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:35.740
 of the

00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.320
 Reformation.

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 This was the

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:40.279
 splinter in

00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:41.320
 Martin Luther's

00:17:41.320 --> 00:17:42.100
 mind.

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 This is what

00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.559
 drove him to

00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.500
 become a monk.

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 He thought,

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 certainly if

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 there's any

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.580
 place that

00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:46.980
 righteousness

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:47.419
 can be

00:17:47.419 --> 00:17:47.819
 found,

00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:49.559
 it's in

00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:49.919
 the good

00:17:49.919 --> 00:17:50.619
 work of

00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:50.939
 the

00:17:50.939 --> 00:17:51.879
 monkery,

00:17:52.419 --> 00:17:52.819
 which is

00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.099
 the proper

00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:53.379
 word.

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 But he

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 did not

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.500
 find it

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:57.960
 there.

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 Rather,

00:17:59.579 --> 00:17:59.960
 he found

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.539
 it in

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.079
 the scripture

00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:01.539
 as he

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.240
 was preparing,

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:02.659
 he was

00:18:02.659 --> 00:18:03.159
 translating,

00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.939
 preparing to

00:18:03.939 --> 00:18:05.419
 lecture from

00:18:05.419 --> 00:18:06.899
 Romans chapter

00:18:06.899 --> 00:18:07.299
 one.

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 The righteous

00:18:08.139 --> 00:18:09.019
 shall live

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:11.899
 by faith.

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.559
 It is of

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.419
 highest importance

00:18:14.419 --> 00:18:14.819
 this morning

00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:15.299
 that you see

00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:15.919
 your need

00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:16.580
 of justification

00:18:16.580 --> 00:18:17.620
 by faith

00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:18.640
 alone.

00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:20.480
 Now,

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.460
 what is

00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:21.800
 faith?

00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:24.400
 Faith is

00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:25.759
 not merely

00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:26.960
 a mental

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:28.120
 ascension.

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.800
 Faith is

00:18:29.800 --> 00:18:30.220
 not merely

00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:30.560
 going,

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.039
 yeah,

00:18:31.120 --> 00:18:31.340
 yeah,

00:18:31.620 --> 00:18:32.100
 Jesus.

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 But it

00:18:34.060 --> 00:18:35.259
 is belief

00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:36.000
 or I

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.620
 prefer

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 trust.

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 But this

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 trust can

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 not just be

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 placed anywhere

00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:42.539
 that you would

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.220
 like to place

00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:44.299
 your trust.

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 You cannot

00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:46.200
 simply have

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.880
 faith in

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 anything,

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 but you

00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.740
 must place

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.860
 your trust

00:18:49.860 --> 00:18:50.680
 in the

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.620
 person and

00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:52.799
 work of

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.500
 Jesus Christ.

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 So we are

00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:55.900
 justified

00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:57.779
 through faith

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 alone in

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 Christ

00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:01.640
 alone.

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 And that

00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:03.620
 brings us to

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 our third

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.319
 question,

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 which I just

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 kind of

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 answered.

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 but how

00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:06.519
 are we

00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:06.900
 justified

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:08.259
 through

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:09.579
 faith?

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 Verse 13,

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.360
 Galatians

00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:14.019
 chapter 3,

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 Christ

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 redeemed us

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 from the

00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:19.220
 curse of the

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 law by

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 becoming a

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 curse for

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 us.

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 So saving

00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:23.740
 faith,

00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:24.559
 trust that

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:25.019
 Jesus

00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:27.299
 is the

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 Christ.

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 It's a title

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 given to

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 him,

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 the promised

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 redeemer of

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 the Old

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 Testament.

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 God a

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 promise to

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 sin,

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 and that

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 he is

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 the son

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 of God.

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 Christ

00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:41.180
 redeemed us.

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 Christ

00:19:41.820 --> 00:19:43.140
 paid the

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:43.680
 ransom to

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 deliver us

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 from the

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 captivity of

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 our sin.

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 John writes

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 in 1 John

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 5,

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 1,

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 everyone who

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 believes that

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 Jesus is

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 the Christ

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 has been

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:59.060
 born of

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 God.

00:20:00.560 --> 00:20:01.019
 So saving

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.680
 faith,

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:03.060
 trust in

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.839
 the person

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.700
 of Christ,

00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:06.200
 who he

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.839
 in fact

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 is,

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 who he

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 said he

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 is,

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:11.339
 and saving

00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:11.799
 faith,

00:20:11.919 --> 00:20:12.799
 trust in

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.679
 the work

00:20:13.679 --> 00:20:15.039
 of Jesus

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.539
 Christ.

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 So in

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 verses 13

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:18.500
 to 14,

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 we have

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 these two

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 phrases,

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 Christ

00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.619
 redeemed us

00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:20.879
 from the

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.240
 curse of

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 the law

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 by becoming

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 a curse

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 for us.

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 As it is

00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.359
 written,

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.139
 cursed is

00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.579
 everyone who

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 hangs on

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 a tree.

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 So Jesus

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 takes our

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 place on

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 the cross

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 of Calvary.

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 And the

00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:37.060
 second phrase,

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 so that

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:38.960
 we might

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.740
 receive the

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 promised

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.800
 spirit

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 through faith.

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 I see in

00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:44.460
 these two

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 phrases both

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 sides of

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 justification.

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 Recall that

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:48.779
 our previously

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.120
 defined

00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.640
 justification

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 as follows.

00:20:50.800 --> 00:20:51.080
 Justification

00:20:51.080 --> 00:20:51.640
 is a

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.240
 one-time

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.820
 declaration

00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.900
 that we

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.519
 are righteous

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:56.000
 before God.

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 And then I

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.660
 went on to

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:57.040
 say the

00:20:57.040 --> 00:20:57.420
 doctrine

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:58.080
 includes

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 both the

00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.860
 idea that

00:20:59.860 --> 00:21:00.400
 our guilt

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:00.900
 has been

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:02.080
 expunged

00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:03.320
 and we

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:03.600
 have been

00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:04.100
 granted

00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:05.560
 perfection.

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.220
 So first

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.680
 we see that

00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.019
 our sins

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.240
 have been

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.600
 forgiven

00:21:09.600 --> 00:21:10.200
 because

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.900
 Christ

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.920
 became

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.700
 a curse

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:14.200
 for us.

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.100
 Beloved,

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.380
 you see,

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.080
 because God

00:21:17.080 --> 00:21:17.759
 is just,

00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:18.200
 He cannot

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.440
 merely dismiss

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.140
 crimes

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.960
 against Him.

00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:22.000
 He doesn't

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:23.220
 simply overlook

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:24.080
 the offense

00:21:24.080 --> 00:21:24.580
 because it

00:21:24.580 --> 00:21:24.860
 would be

00:21:24.860 --> 00:21:25.460
 against His

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:25.920
 character.

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.840
 He cannot.

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.860
 He must

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.759
 punish

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.660
 crime

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.840
 against Him.

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:32.600
 And if you

00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:32.980
 have placed

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.380
 your faith

00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:33.740
 in Jesus

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.279
 Christ,

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:35.240
 then your

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.960
 sins were

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.560
 punished

00:21:36.560 --> 00:21:38.640
 in Christ.

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.120
 This is

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:41.060
 often called

00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:41.519
 Jesus'

00:21:41.820 --> 00:21:43.039
 passive

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.000
 obedience.

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.580
 He died

00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.200
 in your

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.920
 stead.

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.140
 He was

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:49.720
 sacrificed

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.980
 as your

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:52.220
 substitute.

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.660
 This is

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.240
 called

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.900
 substitutionary,

00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:56.600
 atonement.

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.140
 This is a

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.420
 good

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.220
 reformation

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.640
 phrase.

00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:01.000
 Christ

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.420
 died.

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.259
 He atoned

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.500
 for us

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.380
 in our

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:05.740
 place.

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.060
 Only

00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:09.640
 God

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.140
 Himself

00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:10.759
 could bear

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.320
 the wrath

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.880
 of God.

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.100
 Eternal

00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:13.779
 punishment

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.620
 poured out

00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:15.600
 in those

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.180
 moments on

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:16.660
 the cross

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.500
 in Christ.

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.560
 Your sins

00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:20.759
 were imputed,

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.380
 were given

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:22.360
 to Christ

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:23.319
 as He

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:23.740
 suffered

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.759
 on the

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.179
 cross.

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.119
 And secondly,

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.159
 that we have

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.639
 been granted

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.299
 His righteousness

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.019
 because we

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:32.240
 have received

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.000
 the promised

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.679
 Spirit

00:22:33.679 --> 00:22:35.819
 through faith.

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:36.819
 In verse

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.179
 11,

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:37.879
 Paul cites

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.879
 Habakkuk 2.4,

00:22:38.959 --> 00:22:39.459
 the righteous

00:22:39.459 --> 00:22:40.139
 shall live

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:42.299
 by faith.

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.440
 In Romans

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:46.299
 8.4,

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.299
 and then in

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.799
 verse 9,

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.639
 Paul wrote,

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.419
 In order

00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:54.899
 that the

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.259
 righteous

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:56.039
 requirement of

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.399
 the law

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:57.039
 might be

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.740
 fulfilled in

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.240
 us,

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.519
 who walk

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.180
 not according

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.480
 to the

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.879
 flesh,

00:23:01.159 --> 00:23:02.000
 but according

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.200
 to the

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.539
 Spirit.

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.139
 And then in

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.700
 verse 9,

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:04.960
 You,

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:05.279
 however,

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.859
 are not in

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.220
 the flesh,

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.619
 but in

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.159
 the Spirit,

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.899
 if in fact

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:08.859
 the Spirit

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.319
 of God

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.000
 dwells in

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.240
 you.

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.160
 If anyone

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.819
 does not

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.400
 have the

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:12.920
 Spirit of

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:15.200
 Christ,

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.359
 he does

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.120
 not belong

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:18.420
 to Him.

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:18.859
 You can tell

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.180
 my notes

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.599
 got goofy

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.160
 there for

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.440
 a second.

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:23.759
 So that

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.140
 we can

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.779
 receive the

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.319
 promise of

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:25.740
 the Spirit

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:27.079
 through

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:28.359
 faith.

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.720
 I believe

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.120
 that Paul

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.500
 here is

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.940
 given that

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.400
 other

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.039
 expression

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.460
 of it.

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.180
 Because we

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.559
 are found

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:33.880
 righteous

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.359
 in Christ

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.180
 by the

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.539
 power

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.980
 of the

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.259
 Spirit.

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.500
 God

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.420
 requires

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.220
 perfection.

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.019
 And through

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.539
 faith,

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:41.859
 we are

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.640
 made

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.200
 perfect

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.720
 in

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.740
 Christ.

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.900
 He

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:46.440
 perfectly

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:46.960
 kept

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.900
 God's

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.440
 law.

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:48.779
 This is

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.259
 often referred

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.660
 to as

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:49.900
 His

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.819
 active

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.740
 obedience.

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.000
 And His

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.039
 righteousness

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:55.579
 is imputed,

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.579
 it's given

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:58.359
 to us.

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:58.980
 Martin Luther

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.460
 called this

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.819
 the great

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.440
 exchange.

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.680
 We can

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.000
 find in

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.480
 2 Corinthians

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.140
 chapter 5

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.900
 verse 21

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.559
 a beautiful

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.220
 summary of

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.740
 Christ's

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.220
 work in

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.539
 our

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.500
 justification.

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 Paul

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 wrote,

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 For our

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.460
 sake,

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:09.980
 God

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.500
 made

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.039
 Jesus

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.700
 to be

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.039
 sin

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:13.000
 who

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.279
 knew

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.579
 no

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:13.920
 sin

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.579
 so

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:14.720
 that

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:14.980
 in

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.299
 Him

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.600
 we

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:15.840
 might

00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.340
 become

00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:16.759
 the

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.160
 righteousness

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:18.620
 of God.

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.180
 This

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.220
 double

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.120
 imputation

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:23.319
 is what

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.120
 justifies

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.620
 us

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.600
 through

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.160
 faith.

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.100
 It

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.640
 cannot be

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.120
 achieved

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:29.160
 by works

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.079
 but only

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.299
 through

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.900
 faith in

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.180
 Jesus

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.860
 Christ's

00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.259
 person

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.160
 and

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.600
 work.

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.180
 Faith

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:36.019
 is the

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:37.100
 instrument

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:38.160
 of our

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:39.060
 justification

00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:40.500
 but our

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.060
 justification

00:24:41.060 --> 00:24:42.220
 is still

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.420
 all of

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.200
 grace.

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:44.519
 We are

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.000
 justified

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.440
 by grace

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.060
 through

00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.640
 faith

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.779
 in

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.880
 Christ.

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 That is

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 why we

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 do not

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.240
 say we

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.880
 are justified

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:53.039
 because

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.360
 of faith

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:55.060
 but rather

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 through it.

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:58.960
 Here

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.560
 a reformer

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 spoke of

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 faith like

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 an open

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 hand.

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 A hand

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.039
 that receives

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.740
 the merit

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:08.220
 of Christ.

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 It's not

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.299
 the work

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.899
 of faith

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.279
 that makes

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.980
 us justified.

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.480
 It's that

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.279
 we believe

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.700
 in the

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.119
 merit of

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 Jesus Christ.

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.279
 This open

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.720
 hand

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.460
 grasps

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 hold of

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 Him

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 and what

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.279
 He did

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:23.460
 bearing

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.019
 our sin

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 and granting

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 us

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.379
 His

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.319
 righteousness.

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 And that's

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.700
 why we

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.500
 often link

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.160
 the solos

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.500
 together

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.819
 as we

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.220
 speak of

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.440
 them.

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:31.920
 Justified

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.319
 by grace

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.500
 alone

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:32.660
 through

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:32.880
 faith

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.079
 alone

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.440
 in

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.440
 Christ

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.240
 alone.

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.779
 In

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.339
 this way

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.900
 saving

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.599
 faith

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.740
 is a

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.160
 resting

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.039
 faith.

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:41.900
 It

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.519
 rests

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.839
 in

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.619
 Christ's

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.119
 work

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:45.119
 on our

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:45.559
 behalf.

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.500
 This is

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.980
 one way

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.299
 you have

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.859
 assurance

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.660
 before God

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.119
 because

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.859
 Christ

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:52.160
 accomplished

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.420
 it.

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.500
 In the

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:53.859
 beloved

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:55.160
 accepted

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:56.059
 and free.

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.220
 We're

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.660
 accepted

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.220
 in

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.759
 Christ.

00:25:58.759 --> 00:26:01.940
 Jesus

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.259
 tells a

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.539
 parable

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.740
 in

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:02.980
 Luke

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.319
 chapter

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.279
 18

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.619
 beginning

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:04.819
 in

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.099
 verse

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.900
 9.

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.259
 Luke

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.599
 records

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:06.839
 Jesus

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.099
 also

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.400
 told

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:07.640
 this

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:07.920
 parable

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.079
 to

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:08.259
 some

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.400
 who

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:08.859
 trusted

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.180
 in

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.779
 themselves

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.599
 that

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:10.700
 they

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:10.839
 were

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.299
 righteous.

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.819
 They

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.039
 thought

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.200
 they

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.339
 could

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.740
 work

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:12.940
 their

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.299
 way

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.519
 into

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.019
 favor

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.519
!

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.519


00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.599
 and

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:15.900
 treated

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.339
 others

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.559
 with

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.079
 contempt.

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.680
 Two

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:18.920
 men

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.339
 went up

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.539
 into

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.700
 the

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.000
 temple

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.500
 to

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.859
 pray.

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:21.920
 One

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.059
 a

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.599
 Pharisee

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.139
 and

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.259
 the

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.440
 other

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.599
 a

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:23.839
 tax

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.240
 collector.

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.480
 The

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.879
 Pharisee

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.319
 standing

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.619
 by

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.099
 himself

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.559
 prayed

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.980
 thus,

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.379
 God

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.539
 I

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.779
 thank

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:28.900
 you

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.019
 that

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.099
 I

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.200
 am

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.420
 not

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:29.759
 like

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.099
 other

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.539
 men

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.980
 extortioners

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.720
 unjust

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.500
 adulterers

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:33.980
 or even

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.319
 like

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.720
 this

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.139
 tax

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.559
 collector.

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.639
 I

00:26:36.639 --> 00:26:36.940
 fast

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.160
 twice

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.319
 a

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.460
 week.

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.599
 I

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:37.740
 give

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.299
 tithes

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.480
 of

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.859
 all

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.639
 that

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:39.779
 I

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.059
 get.

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.480
 There's

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.680
 things

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:40.859
 I

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.180
 don't

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.400
 do

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:41.539
 and

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:41.740
 there's

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.019
 things

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.160
 that

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.299
 I

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.640
 do.

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.500
 I

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.700
 thank

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:43.779
 you

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:43.920
 that

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.299
 I

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.440
 am

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.700
 so

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.100
 pleasing

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.580
 to

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:45.880
 you.

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.180
 Verse

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.560
 13

00:26:47.560 --> 00:26:48.840
 But

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:48.940
 the

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.180
 tax

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:49.500
 collector

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:49.860
 standing

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.220
 far

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.600
 off

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:51.420
 would

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.539
 not

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:51.720
 even

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.060
 lift

00:26:52.060 --> 00:26:52.220
 up

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.360
 his

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:52.820
 eyes

00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.000
 to

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.340
 heaven

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:54.220
 but

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.480
 beat

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.640
 his

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.019
 breast

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.400
 saying

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.940
 God

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.779
 be

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.400
 merciful

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.900
 to

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.320
 me

00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:59.380
 a

00:26:59.380 --> 00:26:59.640
 sinner.

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.779
 And

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:01.900
 then

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.039
 Jesus

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.500
 says

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.500
 verse

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.960
 14

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.120
 I

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.380
 tell

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.680
 you

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.840
 this

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.340
 man

00:27:06.340 --> 00:27:07.120
 went

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.380
 down

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:07.519
 to

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:07.680
 his

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.200
 house

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.840
 justified

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.740
 rather

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:11.980
 than

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.139
 the

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.399
 other

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:13.519
 for

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.740
 everyone

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:13.879
 who

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.240
 exalts

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.539
 himself

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.720
 will

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:14.859
 be

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.059
 humbled

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.220
 but

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.339
 the

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.519
 one

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.659
 who

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.000
 humbles

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.480
 himself

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.299
 will

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.579
 be

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.459
 exalted.

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:18.980
 The

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.139
 one

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.299
 who

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.839
 comes

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.480
 humbly

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.480


00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.299
 I

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.379
 have

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.099
 nothing

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.480
 to

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.919
 offer

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.819
 for

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.199
 my

00:27:24.199 --> 00:27:24.919
 justification

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:26.419
 except

00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:26.659
 the

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.059
 completed

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.459
 work

00:27:27.459 --> 00:27:28.439
 of

00:27:28.439 --> 00:27:28.839
 Christ.

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.039
 So

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.259
 this

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.500
 is

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.980
 how

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.139
 it

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.480
 is

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.839
 that

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:31.959
 we

00:27:31.959 --> 00:27:32.099
 are

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.599
 justified

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:32.879
 through

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.199
 faith.

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.279
 And

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.779
 fourthly

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:34.980
 and

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.419
 lastly

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.439
!

00:27:35.679 --> 00:27:35.699
 What

00:27:35.699 --> 00:27:35.859
 is

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:35.980
 the

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.619
 relationship

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.019
 between

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.319
 faith

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.459
 and

00:27:37.459 --> 00:27:37.779
 works?

00:27:39.199 --> 00:27:39.539
 What

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.779
 of

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.259
 all

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.500
 the

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.059
 commands

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.279
 of

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.639
 scripture?

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.259
 What

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.420
 of

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.559
 the

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.839
 moral

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.319
 law?

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:44.480
 We

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:44.720
 mentioned

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:44.859
 that

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 this

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 morning

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 with

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 the

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 kids.

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 Exodus

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 chapter

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 20

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 the

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 Ten

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 Commandments.

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 Can

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 a

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 Christian

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 now

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 just

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 live

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 in

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 any

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 way

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 that

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 they

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 please?

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 Paul

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 of

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 course

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 denounces

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 this

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 type

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 of

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 thinking

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 in

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 Romans

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 chapter

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 6

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 verses

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 1

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 and

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 2.

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 What

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 shall

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 we

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 say

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 then?

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 We

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 just

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 talked

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 about

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 justification

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 through

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 faith

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 alone.

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 What

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 shall

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 we

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 say

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 then?

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 Are

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 we

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 to

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 continue

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 in

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 sin

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 that

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 grace

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 may

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 abound?

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 And

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 in

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 verse

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 2

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 he

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 uses

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 the

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 strongest

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 Greek

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 expletive

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 which I

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 cannot

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 translate

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 into

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 English

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 for you

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 and

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 our

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 English

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 translators

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 have

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 rendered

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 it

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 by

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 no

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 means

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 by

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 no

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 means

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 you

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 can

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 insert

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 what

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 you

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 think

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 he

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 may

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 have

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 said

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 there

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 how

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 can

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 he

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 we

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 who

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 die

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 to

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 sin

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 still

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 live

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 in

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 it

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 by

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 no

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 means

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 we

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 are

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 not

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 justified

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 by

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 works

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 we

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 are

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 justified

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 by

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 faith

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 alone

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 but

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 yet

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 we

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 work

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 so

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 what

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 is

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 that

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 relationship

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 good

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 works

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 are

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 the

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 evidence

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 of

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 our

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 faith

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 and

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 beloved

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 we

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 must

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 get

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 this

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.059
 equation

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:54.099
 right

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 and

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 we

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 must

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 help

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 others

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 see

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 it

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 not

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 Jesus

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 plus

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 circumcision

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 and the

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 observation

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 of

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 certain

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 feasts

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 equals

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 justification

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 or

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 Jesus

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 plus

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 attending

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 church

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 or sharing

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 the gospel

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 or going

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 on mission

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 trips

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 or dressing

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 modestly

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 or avoiding

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 course

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 joking

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 or

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 serving

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 the poor

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 all wonderful

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 things

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 but not

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 Jesus

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 plus

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 those

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 things

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 equals

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 justification

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 but

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 rather

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 faith

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 in

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 equals

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 justification

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 which

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 yields

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 good

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 works

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 faith

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 alone

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.759
 faith

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:31.900
 in

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 equals

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 justification

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:34.380
 which

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.480
 yields

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 good

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.580
 works

00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:36.720
 the

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 good

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 works

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.540
 become

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 the

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.840
 evidencing

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.540
 of

00:29:39.540 --> 00:29:39.920
 the

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.300
 faith

00:29:40.300 --> 00:29:40.440
 that

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.560
 we

00:29:40.560 --> 00:29:40.920
 have

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 so

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.320
 we're

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:42.060
 accepted

00:29:42.060 --> 00:29:43.019
 therefore

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 we

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:43.759
 work

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.680
 not

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 we

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.360
 work

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:45.600
 in

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 order

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.180
 to

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.519
 be

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.480
 accepted

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 having

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 been

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 accepted

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.120
 out

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.259
 of

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 grateful

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 response

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.059
 the

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.259
 spirit

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 of

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 God

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 abiding

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 in

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 us

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 changing

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 who

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 we

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 are

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.440
 from

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 the

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.299
 inside

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 we

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.720
 begin

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 to

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 work

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.539
 that

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.980
 out

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 outside

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 so

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 we

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.400
 pick

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 up

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 and we

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 obey

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 the

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 commands

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.299
 of

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 God

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 right

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.460
 we

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.940
 grow

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.160
 in

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.380
 this

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.539
 this

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.620
 is

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:04.740
 the

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.180
 process

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.680
 called

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:07.079
 sanctification

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.500
 right

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.140
 sanctification

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.660
 is a

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:08.940
 lifelong

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.480
 process

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.259
 justification

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.740
 is a

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.000
 one

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.839
 time

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:13.200
 declaration

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:15.039
 it

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.720
 grieved

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.059
 me

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.759
 at a

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.920
 small

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.259
 local

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.799
 baptist

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.220
 school

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.299
 that I

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.779
 used to

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.180
 work at

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:22.240
 to see

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.380
 the

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.880
 testimonies

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.299
 of students

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.860
 coming in

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.400
 all of the

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:25.000
 applications

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.279
 of the

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.480
 school

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:25.740
 had

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.319
 testimonies

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:26.759
 on it

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:28.340
 how the

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:28.759
 the

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.100
 I could

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:29.559
 sum up

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:29.880
 for you

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.100
 the

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.720
 common

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.680
 testimony

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.640
 for young

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.019
 people

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.900
 coming to

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.299
 this

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.759
 small

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.319
 baptist

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.779
 college

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.660
 were

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:36.980
 something

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.259
 like

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.640
 this

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.720
 I

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:38.920
 grew

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.059
 up

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.259
 in a

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.500
 Christian

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.860
 home

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:41.100
 I

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.340
 attended

00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:41.900
 church

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.380
 all my

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.819
 life

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.779
 at

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.159
 summer

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.579
 camp

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:44.879
 I

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.299
 responded

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.639
 to an

00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.079
 invitation

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:47.359
 and now

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.899
 I go on

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.119
 mission

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.500
 trips

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.079
 and I

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.259
 serve

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.419
 in the

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:49.720
 church

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:52.859
 and I

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.220
 hope

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.079
 with every

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.359
 one of

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:54.579
 them that

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.000
 I read

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.799
 I hoped

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:57.200
 that that

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.139
 little

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:59.059
 response

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:00.519
 was saving

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.659
 but they

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:02.259
 seem to

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:03.039
 bank so

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.919
 much

00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:04.939
 in their

00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:05.839
 pedigree

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.919
 and in

00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:07.159
 their

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.799
 activity

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.000
 this is

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.879
 how I

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.259
 know

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.220
 because I'm

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.819
 working

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.919
 look at

00:31:12.919 --> 00:31:13.079
 me

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.759
 working

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:15.159
 rather

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:15.379
 than

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:16.000
 praising

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.099
 in their

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.639
 testimony

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.279
 the work

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.000
 of Christ

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.019
 on their

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.579
 behalf

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.619
 and beloved

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.439
 you are not

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:22.939
 the hero

00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.539
 of your

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.079
 testimony

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.919
 Jesus

00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:25.419
 Christ

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:25.879
 is

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:27.399
 and a

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:27.759
 testimony

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.139
 that's

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.700
 not

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:31.419
 just

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:32.019
 covered

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.579
 in his

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.039
 blood

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:34.359
 may not

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.139
 be a

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:35.460
 testimony

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.359
 of saving

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.519
 faith

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:39.440
 now

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.500
 Martin

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.720
 Luther

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.299
 notoriously

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.639
 called

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.000
 the book

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.740
 of James

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.660
 an epistle

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.539
 of straw

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.420
 and wished

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.839
 it had been

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.319
 excluded

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.779
 from the

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.059
 canon

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.559
 because of

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.160
 its apparent

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.019
 contradiction

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.960
 of the

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.379
 doctrine of

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:51.019
 justification

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.160
 by faith

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.519
 alone

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.839
 all of

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.200
 these men

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.839
 had errors

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.720
 at some

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.039
 point

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.720
 he offered

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.279
 to award

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.700
 anyone

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.240
 who could

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.759
 reconcile

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.440
 James

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.079
 and Paul

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.680
 I wonder

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:01.940
 what the

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.480
 award would

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:02.879
 have been

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:04.640
 for that

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:06.380
 I believe

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.680
 this was

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.080
 largely

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:08.340
 a reaction

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:09.260
 to Rome's

00:32:09.260 --> 00:32:09.800
 improper

00:32:09.800 --> 00:32:10.860
 use of

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.080
 the book

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.520
 of James

00:32:11.520 --> 00:32:12.920
 they love

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.360
 to flee

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.840
 to James

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:15.500
 to make

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.080
 the case

00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:16.580
 for

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:17.260
 justification

00:32:17.260 --> 00:32:18.120
 by

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:19.660
 works

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.740
 and it's

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.160
 because of

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.560
 the following

00:32:21.560 --> 00:32:21.900
 text

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.160
 I'm going to

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.380
 invite you

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.580
 to turn

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:22.760
 with me

00:32:22.760 --> 00:32:23.100
 to James

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.820
 chapter 2

00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:26.620
 it's right

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.180
 after Hebrews

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.520
 so if you can

00:32:27.520 --> 00:32:28.080
 hit Hebrews

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:28.800
 it's right

00:32:28.800 --> 00:32:29.260
 after Hebrews

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:53.920
 beginning

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.140
 in verse

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.519
 14

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:57.480
 what good

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.740
 is it my

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.000
 brothers

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.379
 if someone

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:59.000
 says he

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.759
 has faith

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.900
 but does

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.279
 not have

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.779
 works

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:03.339
 can that

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:03.859
 faith

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.839
 save him

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:06.700
 if a brother

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.059
 or sister

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.640
 is poorly

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.119
 clothed

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.519
 and lacking

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:08.880
 in daily

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.200
 food

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.519
 and one

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.720
 of you

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.099
 says to

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.299
 them

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.759
 go in

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.059
 peace

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.700
 be warmed

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.339
 and filled

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.900
 without giving

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.539
 them the things

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.380
 needed for the

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.740
 body

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.660
 what good

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.140
 is that

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:17.980
 so also

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.140
 faith by

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.720
 itself

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.079
 if it does

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.500
 not have

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.000
 works

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.440
 is dead

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.920
 but what

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.119
 Helmand

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.579
 will say

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.019
 you have

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.220
 faith

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.400
 and I

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:25.539
 have

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.019
 works

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:27.039
 show me

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.519
 your faith

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.000
 apart from

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.420
 your works

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.620
 and I

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:28.920
 will show

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.320
 you my

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:29.620
 faith

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.060
 by my

00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:30.440
 works

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:32.180
 you believe

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.580
 that God

00:33:32.580 --> 00:33:33.080
 is one

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:33.560
 you do

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:33.940
 well

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.640
 even the

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.039
 demons

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.860
 believe

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:37.539
 and shudder

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:39.320
 now if you've

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:40.140
 been hearing me

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:41.279
 across the past

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:44.120
 35 or so minutes

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:47.159
 does this create

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:47.519
 a problem

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:47.939
 for you

00:33:47.939 --> 00:33:48.459
 hang on a

00:33:48.459 --> 00:33:48.859
 second

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:50.039
 he has

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.639
 just said

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:50.879
 and he's

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.019
 going to

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.299
 say some

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.479
 things

00:33:51.479 --> 00:33:51.599
 that are

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:51.819
 even a

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:51.899
 little

00:33:51.899 --> 00:33:52.079
 more

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.519
 controversial

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.099
 soon

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.279
 but

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:55.159
 but we

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.500
 have to

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.799
 have

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.419
 we have

00:33:56.419 --> 00:33:56.759
 to have

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:56.859
 it

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.179
 right

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:58.299
 faith

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.799
 by itself

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:58.959
 if it

00:33:58.959 --> 00:33:59.279
 does not

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.699
 have

00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.319
 works

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.319
 is

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.019
 dead

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:03.319
 I will

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.919
 show you

00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:04.500
 my faith

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.019
 by my

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.159
 works

00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:07.199
 but then he

00:34:07.199 --> 00:34:07.539
 sets up

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:07.759
 for us

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.079
 a very

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.659
 interesting

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.480
 juxtaposition

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.799
 which we're

00:34:09.799 --> 00:34:10.179
 about to get

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.339
 into

00:34:10.339 --> 00:34:10.880
 he starts

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.500
 by saying

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.780
 you believe

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.460
 that God

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.059
 is one

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.780
 you do

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.260
 well

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:16.360
 however

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.820
 is what he's

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.460
 essentially saying

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.140
 even the

00:34:18.140 --> 00:34:18.579
 demons

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.220
 believe

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:20.180
 and shudder

00:34:20.180 --> 00:34:20.599
 they're in

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.280
 fear

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.840
 of

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:23.140
 this God

00:34:23.140 --> 00:34:23.420
 but what

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:23.579
 do the

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:23.800
 demons

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.440
 not have

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.800
 that he's

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.220
 referring to

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:26.119
 the works

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.960
 right

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:28.400
 so verse 20

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.960
 he goes on

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:30.019
 do you want

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.640
 to be shown

00:34:30.640 --> 00:34:31.599
 you foolish

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.079
 person

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:33.559
 that faith

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.260
 apart from

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.599
 works

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.559
 is useless

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.800
 and here's

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.280
 here's who

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.680
 he sets up

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.280
 as the example

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:39.039
 against

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:40.519
 the demons

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.880
 who do

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.259
 not have

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.800
 good works

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:44.219
 verse 21

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:45.719
 was not

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:46.280
 Abraham

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:47.360
 our father

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:48.539
 justified

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.239
 by works

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:49.500
 that's a

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.000
 troubling phrase

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.619
 isn't it

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.199
 was not

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.460
 Abraham

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.840
 our father

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.360
 justified

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.059
 by works

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.320
 when he

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.880
 offered up

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.259
 his son

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.699
 Isaac

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.099
 on the

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.440
 altar

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.960
 you see

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.719
 that faith

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.519
 was active

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.119
 along with

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.599
 his works

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.239
 and faith

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:01.300
 was completed

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.519
 by his

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.320
 works

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.719
 and the

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:04.980
 scripture

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.599
 was fulfilled

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.119
 that says

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.639
 Abraham

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.320
 believed

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.719
 God

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:07.960
 and it

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.480
 was counted

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.059
 to him

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.960
 as

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.320
 righteous

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.760
 righteousness

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.539
 and he

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.500
 was called

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.080
 a friend

00:35:13.080 --> 00:35:13.519
 of God

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.140
 okay so

00:35:14.140 --> 00:35:14.680
 in our

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:15.400
 in our

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.760
 English

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.220
 translations

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.760
 this causes

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.140
 a lot

00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:17.580
 of trouble

00:35:17.580 --> 00:35:17.800
 right

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.140
 we go

00:35:18.140 --> 00:35:19.940
 that could

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.300
 be

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:21.360
 very troubling

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.960
 but what is he

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.780
 trying to show

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.380
 what is the

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.059
 what's the larger

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.900
 context and what is he

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.880
 trying to show

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.420
 right

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.480
 James is saying

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.840
 that works

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.640
 evidence

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:30.580
 faith

00:35:30.580 --> 00:35:31.280
 right

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:32.200
 so for someone

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:32.700
 to simply

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.420
 say they

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.260
 believe

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:35.420
 and not

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.340
 believe in a

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.740
 way

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:37.480
 right

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.260
 that shows

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.960
 their belief

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.440
 he's saying

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.079
 is useless

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.659
 it's dead

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.139
 it's dead

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.440
 faith

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.720
 it's not

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.480
 real faith

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.139
 at all

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.460
 it never

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.440
 was real

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.559
 faith

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.019
 right

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.760
 here we have

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.800
 demons who say

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.559
 they believe

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.440
 and yet they don't

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.099
 have works

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.199
 evidencing that

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.679
 so you've got to

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.320
 you've got to see

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:53.079
 the juxtaposition

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:54.220
 between the demons

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:55.360
 and Abraham

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.519
 but we have

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.380
 Abraham

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.460
 doing what

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.079
 offering up his

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.579
 son Isaac

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.260
 on the altar

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:01.340
 proving

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.699
 that he

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.199
 believed

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:03.400
 not just simply

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.119
 saying

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.319
 to God

00:36:05.319 --> 00:36:05.859
 I believe

00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.119
 in the

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.579
 promise

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:08.079
 but actually

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.659
 proving

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.400
 that he

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.179
 saw God

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:10.920
 as faithful

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.719
 he believed

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.000
 and it was

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.920
 counted to him

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:14.059
 as

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:15.079
 righteousness

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:16.639
 Paul in

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.239
 Romans 4

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.779
 verses 1

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:18.679
 through 3

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:20.039
 references the

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:21.480
 same text

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.259
 as James

00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:22.619
 here

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.519
 what then

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.019
 shall we say

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.460
 was gained

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.099
 by Abraham

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:26.099
 our forefather

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.719
 according to

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.359
 the flesh

00:36:27.359 --> 00:36:29.000
 for if Abraham

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:30.019
 was justified

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.779
 by works

00:36:30.779 --> 00:36:32.159
 he has something

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.799
 to boast about

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:33.380
 but not before

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:33.820
 God

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.820
 for what

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.099
 does the

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.340
 scripture

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.940
 say

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.980
 Abraham

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.640
 believed

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:38.059
 God

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.920
 and it

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.039
 was

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.360
 counted

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.940
 to him

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:41.019
 as

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.519
 righteousness

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:44.519
 verse 24

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.360
 back in

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:46.800
 James chapter 2

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:49.420
 you see

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.880
 that a person

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.440
 is justified

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.380
 by works

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:52.000
 and not by

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.800
 faith alone

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.400
 another troubling

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.840
 verse

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.340
 and in the

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.820
 same way

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.460
 was not also

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.019
 Rahab the

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.480
 prostitute

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:56.920
 justified

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.480
 by works

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.720
 when she

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.140
 received

00:36:58.140 --> 00:36:58.680
 the messengers

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:59.099
 and sent

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.599
 them out

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.660
 by another

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:01.039
 way

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.440
 so again

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.260
 another example

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:02.940
 of somebody

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.340
 who's

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:04.059
 working

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.360
 and that

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.900
 seems to

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.220
 be what

00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:05.640
 James is

00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:05.840
 saying

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.220
 that they're

00:37:06.220 --> 00:37:06.780
 justified

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.820
 by the

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.260
 work

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:10.519
 verse 26

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.340
 summarizes it

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.760
 for as the

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.579
 body apart

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:12.920
 from the

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.280
 spirit is

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.559
 dead

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:14.620
 so also

00:37:14.620 --> 00:37:16.039
 faith

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.900
 apart

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.640
 from works

00:37:17.640 --> 00:37:19.260
 is dead

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:22.220
 so grapple

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.820
 with this

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.980
 what I'm

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.420
 saying to

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:24.720
 you

00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.220
 is that

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:25.579
 they are

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:26.180
 entirely

00:37:26.180 --> 00:37:26.680
 consistent

00:37:26.680 --> 00:37:27.019
 with one

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.340
 another

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.059
 and what

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.440
 James is

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.840
 communicating

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:29.280
 to us

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:29.539
 is that

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:29.980
 if you

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.300
 have

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.720
 saving

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.160
 faith

00:37:31.160 --> 00:37:32.220
 you genuinely

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:33.539
 place faith

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:33.880
 in Jesus

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.420
 Christ

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.260
 you will

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.760
 work and

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.200
 evidence

00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:36.440
 that

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.680
 that's

00:37:36.680 --> 00:37:37.160
 the simplicity

00:37:37.160 --> 00:37:37.539
 of what

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.900
 he's doing

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.579
 you will

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.320
 obey the

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.760
 commands

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.280
 of God

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:40.720
 in a

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.480
 growing way

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.019
 we don't

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.440
 obey it

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.960
 perfectly

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.480
 ever

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.340
 but we're

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.840
 working

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.500
 this process

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.320
 of sanctification

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.900
 growing in

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.240
 holiness

00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:48.079
 a bit

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.660
 by bit

00:37:48.660 --> 00:37:49.360
 day

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.960
 by day

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:52.079
 further

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:52.600
 to make

00:37:52.600 --> 00:37:53.019
 my point

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.619
 of the

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.840
 synthesis

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.320
 between the

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.579
 two

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.320
 the book

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.619
 of James

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.079
 was likely

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.400
 written

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:58.679
 in 45

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.199
 AD

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:00.719
 five years

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.179
 before the

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.599
 Jerusalem

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.300
 council

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.679
 at which

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.099
 Paul

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.800
 and James

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.139
 who was an

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.400
 elder

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:05.320
 the Jerusalem

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.800
 church

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:07.059
 agreed that

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.579
 we are saved

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.219
 by grace

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:08.679
 alone

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:10.159
 through faith

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.880
 you can read

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.239
 about that

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.739
 in Acts

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:13.500
 chapter 15

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:15.460
 so we see

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:17.000
 the synergy

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.619
 between the

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.199
 two of them

00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:20.440
 so

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.420
 you may not

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:21.840
 be satisfied

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.320
 with that

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.760
 I don't know

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.059
 if Martin

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.400
 Luther would

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:23.700
 have been

00:38:23.700 --> 00:38:24.440
 but there

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.200
 is Paul

00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:25.780
 and James

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:26.780
 reconciled

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:27.320
 pay up

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:28.100
 Martin

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:28.400
 Luther

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:31.500
 later in

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.880
 his life

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.360
 he seemed

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.600
 to have

00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:33.000
 arrived

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.300
 at the

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:33.600
 same

00:38:33.600 --> 00:38:34.160
 conclusion

00:38:34.160 --> 00:38:34.800
 listen to

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:35.600
 a bit

00:38:35.600 --> 00:38:35.880
 of what

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.380
 he wrote

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.660
 the very

00:38:37.660 --> 00:38:38.120
 first part

00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:38.360
 of this

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.680
 is on

00:38:38.680 --> 00:38:38.800
 your

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:39.320
 bulletin

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:40.460
 Luther

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.760
 wrote

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.400
 oh it

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.680
 is a

00:38:41.680 --> 00:38:42.320
 living

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:43.080
 busy

00:38:43.080 --> 00:38:43.820
 active

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.360
 mighty

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:44.860
 thing

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.680
 this

00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:46.080
 faith

00:38:46.080 --> 00:38:46.940
 and then

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.160
 he goes

00:38:47.160 --> 00:38:47.400
 on

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:47.820
 and so

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.260
 it is

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:48.840
 impossible

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.380
 for it

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:49.880
 not to

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.140
 do

00:38:50.140 --> 00:38:50.539
 good

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.080
 works

00:38:51.080 --> 00:38:51.420
 I love

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.800
 this word

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.940
 incessantly

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:54.140
 it does

00:38:54.140 --> 00:38:54.640
 not ask

00:38:54.640 --> 00:38:54.980
 whether there

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.240
 are good

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:55.460
 works

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.780
 to do

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.180
 but before

00:38:56.180 --> 00:38:56.580
 the question

00:38:56.580 --> 00:38:56.940
 rises

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.340
 it has

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.700
 already

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:58.120
 done

00:38:58.120 --> 00:38:58.420
 them

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.060
 and is

00:38:59.060 --> 00:38:59.460
 always

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.080
 at the

00:39:00.080 --> 00:39:00.420
 doing

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.300
 of them

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.780
 he also

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.000
 wrote

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.580
 faith is a

00:39:03.580 --> 00:39:03.940
 living

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.640
 restless

00:39:04.640 --> 00:39:05.039
 thing

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:06.160
 it cannot

00:39:06.160 --> 00:39:06.600
 be

00:39:06.600 --> 00:39:07.440
 inoperative

00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:08.380
 we are not

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:08.860
 saved

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.760
 by works

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.200
 but if

00:39:10.200 --> 00:39:10.620
 there be

00:39:10.620 --> 00:39:11.320
 no works

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:12.120
 there must

00:39:12.120 --> 00:39:12.840
 be something

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.620
 amiss

00:39:13.620 --> 00:39:15.160
 with faith

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:17.599
 so in

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.159
 conclusion

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:19.779
 we are

00:39:19.779 --> 00:39:20.079
 justified

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.579
 by grace

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:20.879
 alone

00:39:20.879 --> 00:39:21.359
 through faith

00:39:21.359 --> 00:39:21.739
 alone

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:23.039
 in Christ

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.379
 alone

00:39:23.379 --> 00:39:24.500
 this

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:24.920
 justification

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.519
 is a

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:26.420
 one time

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.899
 declaration

00:39:26.899 --> 00:39:27.480
 of our

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.960
 righteousness

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:29.079
 in Jesus

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.599
 Christ

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.420
 which

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.139
 evidences

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.819
 itself

00:39:31.819 --> 00:39:32.619
 in our

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.119
 activity

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:34.960
 a faith

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.960
 that rests

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.319
 in the

00:39:36.319 --> 00:39:36.940
 merit of

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.420
 Christ

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.779
 is a

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.179
 faith

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:39.500
 that works

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.719
 in grateful

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:41.739
 response

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:42.739
 let's pray

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.000
 together