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 This is a reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans.

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 Chapter 1, verses 16 to 18, and chapter 2, verses 1 to 16, as printed in your liturgy.

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

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 first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

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

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 a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,

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 just as it is written, the righteous will live by faith.

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 The wrath of God is being revealed,

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 from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people,

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 who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

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 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else.

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 For at whatever point you judge another,

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 you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

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 Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

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 So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them, and yet do the same things,

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 do you think you will escape God's judgment?

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 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance, and patience,

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 not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

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 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart,

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 you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath,

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 when his righteous judgment will be revealed.

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 God will repay each person according to what they have done.

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 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality,

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 he will give eternal life.

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 But for those who are self-seeking, and who reject the truth and follow evil,

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 there will be wrath and anger.

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 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil,

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 first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

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 But glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good,

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 first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

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 For God does not show favoritism.

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 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law,

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 and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

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 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight,

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 but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.

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 Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law,

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 do by nature things required by the law,

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 they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law.

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 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts.

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 Their conscience is also bearing witness,

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 and their thoughts sometimes accusing them,

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 and at other times even defending them.

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 This will take place on the day when God judges people's secrets

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 through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Good morning, Christ Church.

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 I do want to, like Andrew, just take a brief moment

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 to honor Reverend Tim Keller,

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 who departed this life on Friday

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 and is now with his Savior at home in heaven.

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 Tim planted Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City in 1989,

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 and by the time I graduated from Reform Theological Seminary in 2005

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 and accepted this call to come and plant a church in Berkeley,

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 an Urban University church with my brother-in-law,

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 the whole reason we did that was because

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 we had accepted Tim Keller into our hearts.

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 And we are here.

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 I'm grateful for his model, his voice.

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 I'm grateful for the money that Redeemer invested into Christ Church,

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 the training Tim gave to us in those early days,

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 the wisdom and resources that he's left behind.

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 Tim loved Lord of the Rings,

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 and in many ways he was like Gandalf in the Shire.

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 You know, on the surface of things,

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 you just thought he was there to set off fireworks at the birthday party,

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 but really he was out in the world slaying dragons and fighting evil wizards.

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 You know, and when you read the things that he wrote,

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 especially in these last few years,

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 you can see that he's doing very, very deep work.

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 So we're super grateful for that,

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 and I think Tim would be pleased that we are studying today

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 the epistle to the Romans.

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 So that's what we're going to keep doing.

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 We're trying to get through the end of Romans chapter 8,

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 by the end of the summer, Lord willing.

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 And we've done a slow burn here in Romans 1,

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 and now we're going to go at a bit of a faster clip.

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 So buckle up, because the Apostle Paul is taking us through these great doctrines,

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 these great truths of the Christian faith,

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 God's creation, the fall and depravity of human beings,

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 the wrath and the righteousness of God,

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 the atonement, justification, and all these wonderful truths.

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 But so far, the Apostle Paul has told us that there are two ages,

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 two realms that are being revealed.

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 In verse 17 it says,

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 in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed.

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 And in verse 17 it says that the wrath of God is being revealed.

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 And so there's this old age, this old realm of God's wrath,

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 and there's this new age, this new realm of God's righteousness

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 in the gospel of his Son.

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 And Romans chapters 1 through 3 is showing us

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 what it means to be under God's wrath,

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 so that we will see the necessity of and the power of the gospel

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 to bring us out from under his wrath

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 and to bring us up under the righteousness of God.

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 Now, I know some of you weren't here last week,

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 so let me repeat a few things that we said.

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 We don't like to talk about wrath and condemnation and judgment,

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 because it's super uncomfortable.

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 But Jesus talked about it all the time,

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 in fact, more than anybody else in the Bible.

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 This is one of the greatest known texts in the Scriptures,

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 John 3, 16.

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 It says,

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 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son.

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 Why?

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 That whoever believes in him should not perish,

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 should not perish spiritually and eternally

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 under the condemnation and judgment of God.

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 That text goes on and it says,

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 whoever rejects the Son will not see life,

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 for God's wrath remains on them.

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 That's from John, the apostle of love.

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 Right?

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 Jesus goes on in John 5.

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 He says,

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 The Father judges no one,

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 but has entrusted all judgment to the Son.

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 Whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me

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 has eternal life and will not be judged,

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 but is crossed over from death to life.

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 And Jesus' assumption and implication there

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 is that until we've crossed over,

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 we're still in death and we're still in judgment.

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 So what is this wrath of God that Jesus insists upon over and over?

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 We defined it last week as God's holy hatred of evil,

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 his settled righteous opposition to the darkness,

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 his uncompromising hostility against sin.

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 And if we see love in God,

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 we also need to see hatred in God

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 because God hates whatever opposes that

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 which is true and good and beautiful.

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 God hates whatever defaces and damages

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 and destroys his creation and his creatures.

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 And if he didn't hate these things,

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 he wouldn't be a God of love.

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 He wouldn't necessarily be even God at all,

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 a God worthy to be worshipped.

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 And so Paul is laying out this argument for us

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 that on the one hand,

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 God's wrath, even now in human history,

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 is being revealed as we give God up

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 so God gives us up to our own self-centeredness.

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 But he says there's coming a day

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 when God's wrath will be revealed finally and fully

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 on the final day of judgment.

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 And this judgment of God is not peripheral

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 to the story of Scripture.

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 It's absolutely central to the Bible.

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 And in this chapter, more than anywhere else,

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 Paul outlines his picture of the final day of judgment.

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 The word judge or judgment comes up nine times

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 and he's saying that everybody is going to be judged

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 by God separately, individually, and distinctly.

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 And again, that's super uncomfortable for us,

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 but the secular alternative of just getting rid of God

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 and therefore getting rid of the wrath of God

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 and substituting in the place of this doctrine

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 a doctrine of materialism and nihilism,

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 that actually creates way more problems than it solves.

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 And so I'd like for you to just at least consider

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 what Paul is saying here in Romans chapter two.

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 And the gist is this,

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 that God's judgment is universal,

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 works righteousness is inconceivable,

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 and gospel repentance is essential.

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 God's judgment is universal,

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 works righteousness is inconceivable,

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 and gospel repentance is essential.

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 First of all, God's judgment is universal.

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 Verse one says,

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 you therefore have no excuse,

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 you who pass judgment on someone else,

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 for at whatever point you judge another,

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 you are condemning yourself,

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 because you who pass judgment do the very same things.

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 Paul turns his attention from these pagan Gentiles

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 in Romans one to now talk about these Jews

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 and moralists in Romans two.

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 All these people who are ready to agree

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 that yes, Paul,

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 all these people in Romans one you just described

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 who are vile and violent and vicious,

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 all of those people deserve the wrath of God.

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 They deserve to be judged.

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 But their objection is that not everybody's like that.

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 And some people have wonderful ideas about morality,

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 and God has been very kind and good

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 to give us these insights,

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 and so surely we are not going to be judged

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 and condemned by God.

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 Because after all, we go to church,

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 and we're good people,

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 and we believe the Bible,

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 and we offer prayers,

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 and we have this religious and moral life,

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 and surely we are living up to the God's standards

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 of godliness and righteousness.

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 Yes, the rest of humanity should be judged by God,

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 but we over here ought to be protected and delivered.

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 And Paul's dealing with people

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 who have a false sense of assurance

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 and a false sense of confidence before God.

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 People who are smug,

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 have a smug self-satisfaction and self-contentment,

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 thinking that we're over here in this special category,

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 and because we're special,

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 we're therefore superior to other people.

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 And how does Paul respond to this group?

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 He says to them in verse one,

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 he says,

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 you have no excuse.

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 Paul's setting out to prove in these three chapters

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 that there's not one righteous person,

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 not even one.

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 There's no exception to that rule.

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 And he wants to convince and convict

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 these religious moralists of their own sinfulness,

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 and that they too are going to be judged

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 by the wrath of God,

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 unless God acts,

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 unless God intervenes.

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 And so he says in verse three,

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 so when you, a mere human,

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 pass judgment on them,

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 and yet do the same things,

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 do you think you will escape God's judgment?

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 Two times Paul's been talking about,

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 you do the same things.

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 You do the very same things.

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 What is that?

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 Well, the thesis of this entire section of this letter

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 says that God is revealing his wrath

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 against all godlessness and wickedness,

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 all ungodliness and all unrighteousness.

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 And we saw last week how that unfolds

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 into deceitful idols

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 and degraded bodies and depraved minds

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 and decaying societies.

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 And Paul's saying,

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 you Jews,

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 you religious and moral people,

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 you do the very same things.

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 If you just read the Old Testament,

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 you'll see that the people of God

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 sank down into these very same things.

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 Prophet after prophet

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 had to come to the people of God

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 and list off their deplorable sins

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 to these people who were claiming

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 to have a special relationship with God,

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 these people who were claiming

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 to be utterly different

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 than all the Gentile nations.

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 God says,

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 you're no different,

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 you're doing the same things.

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 And people would object to Paul

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 and say,

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 but Paul,

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 that was then

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 and that was their exceptions to that rule.

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 And we are,

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 we're not guilty of all those things.

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 And Paul is at pains

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 to say in this text

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 that it's possible

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 to be highly respectable people morally

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 and yet to be ungodly.

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 It's possible to be highly respectable people morally

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 and yet to be ungodly.

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 For as we saw last week,

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 ungodliness is a failure

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 to make God supreme in our lives

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 and in the lives of other people.

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 And there's no greater instance

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 of ungodliness

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 than the failure to see

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 your need for a righteousness

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 that comes not from you

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 but from outside of yourself

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 from God.

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 The height of ungodliness

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 is to think that you

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 and your religious practices

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 and you and your morality

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 are enough to satisfy

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 the demands of God.

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 And so Paul says

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 be very, very careful

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 that you don't rely

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 on your external

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 and visible expressions

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 of godliness and righteousness

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 when internally

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 and invisibly

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 you church people,

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 you Bible believing,

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 praying people,

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 you're doing the same things.

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 And what are those same things?

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 If you open your Bible

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 and you turn back

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 to Romans 1.29,

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 Paul says

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 they have become filled

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 with every kind of wickedness,

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 evil, greed, and depravity.

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 They are full of envy,

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 murder, strife, deceit, and malice.

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 They are gossips, slanderers,

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 God-haters,

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 insolent, arrogant, and boastful.

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 They invent ways of doing evil.

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 They disobey their parents.

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 They have no understanding,

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 no fidelity,

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 no love, no mercy.

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 Paul is saying

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 look inside of your own heart.

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 You may not actually

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 murder your neighbor,

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 but look at the things

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 in your heart

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 that diminish other people

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 and kill relationships

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 with other people.

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 Do you see inside

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 of your own heart

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 the things that Paul lists

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 where he talks about greed,

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 envy, deceit, and malice?

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 Do you ever argue

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 or gossip or slander?

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 Do you ever feel

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 a prideful sense

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 of superiority

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 to other people?

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 You know,

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 Paul is doing

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 the exact same thing

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 that Jesus does

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 in the Sermon on the Mount

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 when he talks about murder.

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 Right?

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 Jesus says

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 in Matthew chapter 5,

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 he says,

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 if you say

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 to your brother

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 or your sister,

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 rakah,

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 or you fool,

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 you are in danger

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 of the fire of hell,

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 Jesus says.

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 To say to another person,

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 rakah,

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 means you're a nobody.

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 You're a nothing.

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 And if you look

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 at other people

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 and you say

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 you're not important

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 and you look down

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 your nose at them

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 and you hold them

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 in contempt

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 and you're indifferent

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 toward them,

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 Jesus is saying

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 you have the seed

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 of murder in your heart.

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 You have the spirit

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 and the attitude

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 of murder in your heart

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 and that contempt,

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 that disdain

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 that calls other people

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 nothings and nobodies,

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 that little acorn

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 can very easily

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 grow into an oak tree

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 of murder.

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 And so he's calling us

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 to look inside our hearts.

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 I was reminded this week

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 of C.S. Lewis.

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 He wrote a great book

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 called Mere Christianity

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 and if you've not read it,

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 I encourage you to read it.

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 He's an Oxford professor

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 and he said this.

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 He said,

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 though I've had to speak

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 at some length

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 about sex,

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 I want to make it

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 as clear as I possibly can

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 that the center

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 of Christian morality

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 is not here.

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 The sins of the flesh

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 are bad

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 but they are the least bad

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 of all sins.

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 All the worst pleasures

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 are purely spiritual.

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 The pleasure of putting

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 other people in the wrong,

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 of bossing

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 and patronizing

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 and spoiling sport

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 and backbiting,

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 the pleasures of power,

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 of hatred.

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 For there are two things

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 inside me

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 competing with the human self

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 which I must try to become.

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 They are the animal self

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 and the diabolical self.

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 And the diabolical self

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 is the worst of the two.

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 That is why a cold,

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 self-righteous prig

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 who regularly goes to church

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 may be far nearer to hell

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 than a prostitute.

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 But of course,

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 it is better to be neither.

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 A cold, self-righteous prig

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 who regularly goes to church

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 may be far nearer to hell

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 than a prostitute.

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 This is what Jesus is saying

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 in Luke chapter 15

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 when he tells that great story

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 about the father

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 and his two sons.

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 Right?

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 And there's that elder brother

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 who's kind of the religious

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 and the moral one

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 and he condemns

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 his younger brother

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 who's the irreligious

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 and the immoral one.

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 And yet Jesus says

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 both of these sons

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 are equally alienated

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 from their father.

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 The father needs to go out

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 to both of these sons

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 and invite them

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 into his feast.

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 And what happens?

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 Jesus says

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 the bad, irreligious,

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 immoral son

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 enters in

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 and the good,

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 religious,

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 or the good,

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 religious,

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 immoral son

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 does not.

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 The son of moral rectitude

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 stays outside

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 and the rebel

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 goes inside.

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 And that's what Paul

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 is talking to here.

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 He's talking to elder brothers

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 who condemn

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 their younger brothers.

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 And he says in verse 1

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 you therefore have no excuse

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 you who pass judgment

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 on someone else

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 for at whatever point

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 you judge another

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 you are condemning yourself.

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 I was thinking this week too

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 about Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

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 He was a Russian novelist

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 and historian

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 and he wrote

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 The Gulag Archipelago

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 and he said this.

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 You may have heard this.

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 He says the line

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 separating good and evil

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 passes not through states

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 nor between classes

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 nor between political parties either

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 but right through

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 every human heart

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 and through all human hearts.

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 If only there were

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 evil people

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 somewhere insidiously

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 committing evil deeds

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 and it were necessary

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 only to separate them

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 from the rest of us

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 and destroy them.

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 But the line

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 dividing good and evil

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 cuts through the heart

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 of every human being

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 and who is willing

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 to destroy a piece

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 of his own heart.

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 See Solzhenitsyn

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 and Lewis

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 and the Apostle Paul

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 and the Lord Jesus Christ

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 they're all saying

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 the same thing

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 that the religious people

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 and the irreligious people

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 the moral people

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 and the immoral people

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 were all in the same boat.

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 And God's judgment

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 is universal

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 for all of us.

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 And some people

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 would object to that

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 and say well wait a minute

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 if God's good

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 and if God is a God of love

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 how can he judge us?

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 How can he judge me?

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 And that's what Paul

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 is getting at in verse 4

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 where he says

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 do you show contempt

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 for the riches

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 of his kindness

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 forbearance and patience

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 not realizing

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 that God's kindness

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 is intended to lead you

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 to repentance.

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 You know some people

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 will do that

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 will appeal to

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 the riches

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 of the kindness of God.

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 this great treasury

00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:49.599
 of the endless

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 inexhaustible wealth

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 of God's tolerance

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 and his long suffering

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 all of his goodness

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 and say God is love

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 and therefore

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 he cannot judge me.

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 And Paul would say

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 yes it's true

00:20:00.439 --> 00:20:01.479
 that the kindness

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 and the forbearance

00:20:02.459 --> 00:20:03.599
 and the patience of God

00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:04.539
 are the reason

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.240
 that the world

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 even still exists today.

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 But to use

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:11.159
 the kindness of God

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 as an appeal

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 to excuse my sin

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 or to escape

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 his judgment

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 Paul says

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 that's to hold

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:20.079
 the kindness of God

00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.720
 in contempt.

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 That's to despise

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 the goodness of God

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 to regard all the attributes

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 of God

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 as quite cheap.

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 And he says

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 yes God is kind

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 but his kindness

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 will not cancel out

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.779
 his judgment

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 because he's also

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.019
 a God

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 of righteousness

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 and justice.

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 So God's judgment

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 is universal.

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 You tracking with me?

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 This is a hard passage.

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:43.539
 Okay?

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 I'm trying my hardest

00:20:45.479 --> 00:20:45.899
 up here.

00:20:47.179 --> 00:20:47.979
 God's judgment

00:20:47.979 --> 00:20:48.519
 is universal.

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 Works righteousness

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 is inconceivable.

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 And I gotta

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 work even harder now

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 because Romans 2

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 particularly verses 7

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 through 10

00:20:57.939 --> 00:20:59.779
 seems to say

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:01.779
 that it's possible

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.699
 to be righteous

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 by the works

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 that we do.

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 And it's possible

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.239
 to be saved

00:21:06.239 --> 00:21:07.279
 by the righteous actions

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.339
 that we produce

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 and achieve.

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 If you just look

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 at verse 7

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 it says

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:12.680
 seek glory

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 do good

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 and you'll be rewarded

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.560
 with eternal life.

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 And verse 8 says

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 seek yourself

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 do evil

00:21:18.580 --> 00:21:19.320
 you'll be rewarded

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 with eternal wrath.

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 Verse 9 says

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 do evil

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 and the result

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 will be unending

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 trouble and distress.

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 Verse 10 says

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 do good

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 and the result

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 will be glory

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 honor and peace

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 forever.

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 And then verse 13

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 says if you obey

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 the law

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 God will declare

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 you righteous.

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 And it's so easy

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 to misinterpret this

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 if you're not careful.

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 To say okay

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 I get you

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 in verses 1 to 4

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 that I do

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 the very same things

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.759
 that other

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 quote unquote

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 evil people are doing

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 but

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 this seems to say

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 if I just try

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 a little harder

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 and if I just

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 work a little bit

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 I can maybe

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 balance the scales

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 I can tip

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 the scales

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 and if I just

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 seek God

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 a little bit more

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 than I seek myself

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 and if I just do

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 a little bit more good

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 so that my good

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 outweighs my bad

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 and if I just try

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 to obey the law

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 of God

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 maybe then I can

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 cancel out

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 this judgment of God.

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 And that

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 I understand

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 how you might get there

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 but that would

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 completely contradict

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 Paul's entire letter.

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 So let me

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 explain.

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 Paul says

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 on judgment day

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 there's going to be

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 two groups of people

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 the righteous

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 and the unrighteous.

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 And he says

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.460
 in verse 6

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 that God is going

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 to repay

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 every person

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 according to

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 what they have done.

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 And so you're

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 going to be able

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 to tell the righteous

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 and the unrighteous

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 apart

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 by their general

00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:44.159
 attitude toward God

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 their tenor of life

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 their actual conduct

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 and behavior

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 and this is what

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.579
 Paul describes

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.240
 in verse 7

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 he says

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 the righteous

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 to those who

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 by persistence

00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.639
 in doing good

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.839
 seek glory

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 honor

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 and immortality

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 he will give

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.779
 eternal life.

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 Right?

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.819
 The righteous person

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 seeks God.

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 the righteous person

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 desires to be

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.359
 with God

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:07.219
 the righteous person

00:23:07.219 --> 00:23:08.059
 wants to behold

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.359
 these glorious

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.359
 attributes

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.459
 of God

00:23:11.459 --> 00:23:12.339
 to spend eternity

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:13.019
 in the presence

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 of God

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.039
 adoring

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.099
 the majesty

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.719
 of God.

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.759
 The righteous person

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.279
 seeks

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.719
 from God

00:23:19.719 --> 00:23:20.500
 honor

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.559
 he seeks God

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.119
 to confer

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.379
 honor and blessing

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:24.000
 and dignity

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.740
 upon him

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:26.639
 the righteous person

00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:28.279
 seeks immortality

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.179
 the state of

00:23:29.179 --> 00:23:30.639
 incorruptibility

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.380
 glory

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.720
 they want

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.400
 to be pure

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.480
 and holy

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.280
 and to be above

00:23:34.280 --> 00:23:35.540
 and beyond sin

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 and eternally perfect

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.700
 in the presence

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.060
 of God

00:23:38.060 --> 00:23:38.680
 that's the righteous

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.600
 person's attitude

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:40.800
 toward God

00:23:40.800 --> 00:23:42.360
 and what then

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:42.820
 is the righteous

00:23:42.820 --> 00:23:43.740
 person's tenor

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.800
 of life?

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:46.540
 Paul says

00:23:46.540 --> 00:23:47.700
 they persist

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.840
 in doing good

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:50.620
 they patiently

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.480
 persevere

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.580
 in reading their

00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:52.940
 Bible

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.920
 and praying

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.860
 and wanting to know

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.680
 the will of God

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.640
 and walk with God

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.420
 and fight the good

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.220
 fight of the faith

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:59.980
 that's their attitude

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.480
 toward God

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.160
 that's their tenor

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.579
 of life

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.180
 and what about

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:04.039
 their actual conduct

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.720
 and behavior?

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.220
 Paul says

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.819
 they persist

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:07.299
 in doing good

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:09.799
 they work good

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.440
 they keep

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.460
 all the commandments

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.000
 of God

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.759
 they love God

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.559
 with all their heart

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:13.960
 soul

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.740
 mind and strength

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.259
 and they love

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.779
 their neighbor

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:17.079
 as they love

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.960
 themselves

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:20.200
 that's the righteous

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:22.079
 and Paul then

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.579
 goes on

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.180
 in verse 8

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:24.000
 and he describes

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.980
 the unrighteous

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.819
 as the exact

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.900
 opposite of this

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:28.720
 an unrighteous person

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.880
 does not seek God

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.440
 and his glory

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.080
 but they rather

00:24:31.080 --> 00:24:32.760
 seek themselves

00:24:32.760 --> 00:24:35.100
 the unrighteous person

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.780
 does not seek

00:24:35.780 --> 00:24:36.180
 the honor

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:37.020
 that comes from God

00:24:37.020 --> 00:24:37.940
 they in fact

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.480
 turn away

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.240
 from the truth

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.000
 of God

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:42.200
 and he says

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:43.100
 the unrighteous person

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:43.680
 doesn't seek

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.560
 immortality

00:24:44.560 --> 00:24:45.600
 and purity

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.740
 in God

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.800
 they rather

00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:49.160
 follow evil

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.700
 instead

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:51.480
 and so Paul

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.240
 is putting this

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.300
 question before us

00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:53.680
 he says

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.920
 which group

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:57.060
 or which camp

00:24:57.060 --> 00:24:58.700
 are you going to be

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.700
 in on judgment day?

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:02.340
 if you think

00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:02.880
 you're going to be

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.960
 in the righteous group

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:05.540
 that means

00:25:05.540 --> 00:25:06.420
 that you trust

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.420
 that your life

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.900
 and everything

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.760
 that you've done

00:25:08.760 --> 00:25:09.600
 and do

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.640
 and will do

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:12.360
 is able to meet

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.300
 God's very very

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:14.720
 high standards

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:17.100
 but Paul's argument

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.580
 from

00:25:17.580 --> 00:25:19.840
 Romans 1 18

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.300
 and onward

00:25:20.300 --> 00:25:20.760
 says that

00:25:20.760 --> 00:25:21.740
 all of us

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.960
 are godless

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.740
 and wicked

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:25.300
 all of us

00:25:25.300 --> 00:25:26.080
 are ungodly

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:27.080
 and unrighteous

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.619
 there is

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.619
 no one

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:28.899
 righteous

00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.339
 it doesn't

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.879
 matter how

00:25:29.879 --> 00:25:30.259
 much you

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.839
 go to church

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.279
 it doesn't

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.819
 matter how

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.159
 much

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:33.079
 you pray

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.339
 yes

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.740
 if

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.779
 the gospel

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.240
 of God

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.980
 enters in

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:39.019
 and the grace

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.480
 of God

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.059
 comes and

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.919
 justifies you

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.519
 and declares

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.359
 you righteous

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:44.039
 and new life

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.919
 comes into you

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.599
 through Jesus

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.000
 Christ

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.659
 and the power

00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:47.079
 of the Holy

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.480
 Spirit

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.699
 comes over you

00:25:48.699 --> 00:25:49.519
 you will begin

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.819
 to experience

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.960
 the Christian life

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.480
 which is being

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.220
 described in

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.740
 verse 7

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:55.640
 and this attitude

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.480
 toward God

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.140
 and your tenor

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.680
 of life

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.380
 and your actual

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.960
 conduct

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.700
 will begin

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.460
 to look like

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.140
 verse 7

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.940
 but unless

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.480
 and until

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.359
 God gives us

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:04.940
 his own

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.519
 righteousness

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:07.660
 all of us

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.180
 Paul says

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.539
 are going to

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.059
 enter into

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.839
 judgment day

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.819
 in a state

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:12.720
 of unrighteousness

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:15.240
 now why is that

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:17.859
 why is that

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.359
 it's because

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.059
 the control

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.000
 center of our

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.519
 lives

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.660
 are completely

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:23.079
 jacked up

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:25.039
 he says

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.859
 in verse 5

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:27.740
 but because

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.220
 of your

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.099
 stubbornness

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.980
 and your

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.679
 unrepentant

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.059
 heart

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.879
 literally the

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.339
 word there

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.139
 for stubbornness

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.619
 in the Greek

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.539
 is because

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.980
 of your

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.919
 sclerosis

00:26:36.919 --> 00:26:38.740
 because you

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.119
 have a

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.759
 sclerotic

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.480
 and a

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.879
 hard

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.519
 heart

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.619
 modern people

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.139
 say that

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:45.059
 we're really

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.699
 alright in

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:46.099
 our heart

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.519
 it's just

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.799
 that we

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.519
 go wrong

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.439
 from time

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:48.899
 to time

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.319
 here and

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:49.639
 there on

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.059
 the surface

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.639
 of things

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:52.139
 but Paul

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.500
 is saying

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.940
 the exact

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.299
 opposite

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.819
 he says

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:55.059
 we're wrong

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.359
 in our

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:55.799
 heart

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.900
 and our

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.359
 lives only

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.240
 go right

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.720
 in patches

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.079
 on the

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.539
 surface

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:01.299
 and what

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.700
 he's saying

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:01.980
 is that

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.559
 the kindness

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.200
 of God

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.559
 our experience

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:04.940
 of the

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.619
 forbearance

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.079
 of God

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.380
 and the

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.740
 patience

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.279
 of God

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.559
 these

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.759
 experiences

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.140
 in our

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.380
 lives

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.680
 are meant

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.299
 to soften

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.859
 our hearts

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.380
 and melt

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.019
 our hearts

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.960
 and cause

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.599
 us to have

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 repentant

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:15.980
 hearts

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 but what

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.220
 actually happens

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.480
 in our

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 lives

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.039
 is that

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.539
 we hold

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.180
 the kindness

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.620
 and the

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:20.900
 goodness

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.900
 of God

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.519
 and contempt

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.340
 with hard

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:24.620
 and impenitent

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.039
 hearts

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:27.060
 and so he

00:27:27.060 --> 00:27:27.259
 says

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:28.039
 because of

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.799
 your stubbornness

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.039
 and your

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.600
 unrepentant

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:29.900
 heart

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.779
 you are

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.380
 storing up

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.779
 wrath

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.560
 against yourself

00:27:32.560 --> 00:27:32.880
 for the

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.259
 day of

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.700
 God's

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.140
 wrath

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.519
 when his

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:34.860
 righteous

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.279
 judgment

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.900
 will be

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.759
 revealed

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 we're meant

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.220
 to store up

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.740
 as treasure

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.380
 the kindness

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:40.820
 of God

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.259
 the riches

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.700
 of God

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:43.259
 the forbearance

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.759
 of God

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.200
 the patience

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.700
 of God

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.060
 but what

00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:46.380
 do we do

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.640
 instead

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.440
 we store up

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.140
 wrath

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.600
 against

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:49.180
 ourselves

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.759
 and this

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.400
 is truly

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:52.100
 alarming

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.620
 to me

00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:54.080
 because it

00:27:54.080 --> 00:27:54.519
 says that

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:54.960
 it's not

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.400
 God

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:56.000
 storing up

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.259
 wrath

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.759
 against us

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.160
 it's we

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.740
 ourselves

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.100
 who are

00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:58.600
 storing up

00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:58.980
 wrath

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.799
 against

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.500
 ourselves

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.820
 and he

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.220
 says this

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.700
 day is

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:02.940
 going to

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.340
 come when

00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:03.880
 all of

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.500
 this wrath

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.860
 that we've

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.380
 been storing

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.059
 up against

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.600
 ourselves

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.420
 is going

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.740
 to be

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.259
 produced

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.259
 in evidence

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.900
 against

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.380
 us

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.820
 and what

00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:11.980
 in the

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.320
 world does

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:12.720
 that mean

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.000
 well

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.940
 imagine

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.700
 an invisible

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.559
 recorder

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:17.359
 and imagine

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.960
 from the time

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.539
 you're a baby

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.740
 this invisible

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.559
 recorder has

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.019
 been hung

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.519
 around your

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.859
 neck

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:23.399
 and you

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:23.700
 get to

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.339
 judgment day

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:24.599
 and you

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.299
 appear before

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.799
 God

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.179
 and you

00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:26.480
 don't even

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.879
 know this

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.319
 recorder

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.379
 ever even

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.799
 existed

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.299
 and you're

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.740
 tempted to

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.039
 say to

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.319
 God

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.399
 hey God

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:31.919
 you can't

00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:32.200
 hold me

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.679
 responsible

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.159
 for all

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.700
 the stuff

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.460
 I didn't

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:34.859
 know

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.679
 and you

00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:36.220
 can't judge

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.519
 me

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.919
 for something

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.460
 that I

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.960
 never really

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.339
 believed

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.679
 in

00:28:39.679 --> 00:28:41.099
 and God

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.440
 will say

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.000
 okay well

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.440
 let's play

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.879
 back this

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.359
 recorder

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:45.200
 and he'll

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.519
 play it

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.880
 back for

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.039
 you

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.380
 as the

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:46.700
 fairest

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.039
 judge

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.400
 you could

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:47.799
 possibly

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.259
 imagine

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.920
 right

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.340
 verse 2

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.960
 says that

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.720
 we know

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.279
 that God's

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.539
 judgment

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.960
 is based

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.580
 on truth

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:54.940
 he's not

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.160
 going to

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.819
 judge people

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.440
 according to

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.840
 the Bible

00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:57.279
 they didn't

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.620
 know

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.100
 he's not

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.319
 going to

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.759
 judge people

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.200
 according to

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.640
 the Christ

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.000
 they didn't

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.160
 know

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.480
 he's just

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:00.740
 going to

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.100
 judge us

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.460
 by our

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.180
 own words

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:03.640
 and he's

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:03.799
 going to

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.200
 play back

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.920
 this recording

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:06.460
 of whenever

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.259
 you bound

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:09.160
 other people

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:10.620
 by

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:13.019
 your own

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.819
 moral judgments

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.819
 whenever

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.299
 you said

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.700
 to someone

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:15.939
 else

00:29:15.939 --> 00:29:16.379
 you should

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:16.839
 do this

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.240
 or you

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.799
 ought to

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.139
 do

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:19.039
 that

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.279
 or

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.539
 whenever

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:19.879
 those

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.240
 thoughts

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.480
 ran

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.659
 through

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:20.819
 your

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.159
 mind

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:21.359
 and

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.259
 God's

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.359
 just

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.539
 going to

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:22.720
 play

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:22.919
 that

00:29:22.919 --> 00:29:23.159
 back

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:23.679
 for us

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:25.019
 isn't

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.159
 that

00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:25.279
 going to

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.379
 be

00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:25.639
 fun

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:27.879
 for some

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.200
 of us

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.819
 that recorder

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.059
 is going

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.200
 to be

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.500
 playing

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.779
 back

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.259
 for years

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.619
 and years

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:30.899
 on end

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.419
 thousands

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:32.099
 and thousands

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.700
 and thousands

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.220
 of moral

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.619
 judgments

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.039
 that we

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.419
 made

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:35.059
 against

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.319
 other

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.599
 people

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.000
 and God's

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.099
 going

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.319
 to say

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.659
 okay

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:38.059
 your standards

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.419
 for other

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:38.659
 people

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:38.899
 are going

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.139
 to be

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.659
 the standard

00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:40.119
 by which

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.299
 you're

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.480
 you are

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.079
 storing up

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.399
 wrath

00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:45.720
 against

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.200
 yourselves

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.519
 for the

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.679
 day

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.159
 of God's

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:47.519
 wrath

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:49.159
 if God

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:49.539
 judges

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.059
 us

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.819
 by our

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.099
 own

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.700
 standards

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:55.059
 no one's

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.259
 going to

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.679
 think that's

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:56.079
 unfair

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:58.039
 and he

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.759
 says that

00:29:58.759 --> 00:30:00.639
 when God

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:01.279
 judges us

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.720
 on judgment

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.039
 day

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.480
 none of us

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.700
 are going

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.220
 to stand

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.939
 all of us

00:30:05.939 --> 00:30:06.139
 are going

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.679
 to be judged

00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.079
 and found

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.460
 wanting

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.500
 even according

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.960
 to our

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.679
 own words

00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:09.960
 and our

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.639
 own standards

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.159
 much less

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:12.039
 God's words

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:13.259
 and God's

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.759
 standards

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.500
 all of us

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.720
 are going

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.059
 to stand

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.240
 there

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.519
 just

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.099
 hopeless

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.759
 and helpless

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.519
 and utterly

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.779
 condemned

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:20.519
 even the

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.799
 works

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.279
 righteousness

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.720
 that we

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.079
 thought

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.500
 we could

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.079
 achieve

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:24.359
 on that

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.599
 day

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:24.900
 is going

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.180
 to all

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.680
 the best

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:25.960
 stuff

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.259
 that we

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.779
 produced

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.400
 all of

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.519
 our

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.799
 goodness

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.180
 all of

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.299
 our

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.720
 righteousness

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.500
 even

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.879
 according

00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:30.279
 to our

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.579
 own

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:31.319
 standards

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.640
 is going

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.200
 to appear

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.920
 as

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.460
 filthy

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.599
 rags

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:38.759
 isn't

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:38.940
 this

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.339
 great

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:41.759
 God's

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.059
 judgment

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:43.119
 is universal

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:43.639
 works

00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:44.179
 righteousness

00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:45.459
 is inconceivable

00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:47.039
 but here

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.500
 comes the

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.059
 good news

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:49.500
 gospel

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.000
 repentance

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:51.859
 is possible

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.679
 and gospel

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.099
 repentance

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:54.699
 is essential

00:30:54.699 --> 00:30:56.599
 right

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.259
 verse 16

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.919
 says that

00:30:57.919 --> 00:31:00.179
 this is all

00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.539
 going to take

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.079
 place on the

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.659
 day when God

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:02.859
 judges everyone's

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.419
 secrets through

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:04.079
 Jesus Christ

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.779
 as my gospel

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.279
 declares

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:07.240
 all of

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.799
 our secrets

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.339
 all the

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.000
 hidden areas

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.299
 of our

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.759
 lives

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:12.379
 all of

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:13.000
 my

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.519
 motives

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:15.259
 all my

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.779
 thoughts

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:17.099
 all the

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.559
 facts are

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:17.819
 going to be

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.039
 known

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.839
 everything I

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.559
 thought

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.059
 everything I

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.440
 said

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.960
 everything I

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.240
 did

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.819
 everything I

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.319
 ought to

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.819
 have done

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.480
 but yet

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.740
 left undone

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:26.440
 do you see

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.160
 why Paul

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.579
 is so

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.279
 anxious for

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.599
 us to

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.139
 realize

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.980
 right now

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.319
 that we're

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.720
 under the

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.079
 wrath of

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.379
 God

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:33.060
 because he

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:33.620
 wants us to

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.380
 hide ourselves

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:35.160
 right now

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.700
 under the

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.100
 righteousness

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.680
 that God

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.220
 has provided

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.880
 and that's

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.280
 the thesis

00:31:39.280 --> 00:31:39.680
 of this

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.260
 whole letter

00:31:40.260 --> 00:31:41.140
 that I'm

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.740
 not ashamed

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.000
 of the

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.360
 gospel

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:44.100
 because it

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:44.360
 is the

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:44.920
 power of

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.360
 God that

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.700
 brings

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.240
 salvation

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.900
 to everyone

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.580
 who believes

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:47.820
 it

00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:48.900
 first for the

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.280
 Jew then

00:31:49.280 --> 00:31:49.580
 for the

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.000
 Gentile

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.580
 for in

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:51.580
 the gospel

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:52.240
 the righteousness

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.380
 of God

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.720
 has been

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.080
 revealed

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.680
 the righteousness

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.260
 that comes

00:31:55.260 --> 00:31:56.080
 by faith

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:56.800
 and is

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:57.660
 by faith

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.220
 from first

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.920
 to last

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.880
 as it is

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.220
 written the

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.760
 righteous will

00:32:00.760 --> 00:32:01.120
 live

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.279
 by faith

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:03.979
 brothers and

00:32:03.979 --> 00:32:04.319
 sisters

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.859
 the bad

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.399
 news is

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:06.699
 that

00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:08.879
 God's

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.179
 judgment

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:09.899
 is universal

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:11.399
 and works

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.859
 righteousness

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.879
 is inconceivable

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.579
 and impossible

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:15.239
 but the

00:32:15.239 --> 00:32:15.639
 good news

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:15.959
 is that

00:32:15.959 --> 00:32:16.379
 God has

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.000
 provided a

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.419
 righteousness

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:18.079
 for us

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.419
 in the

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:18.899
 life and

00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:19.199
 death

00:32:19.199 --> 00:32:19.939
 of his

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.239
 son

00:32:20.239 --> 00:32:21.199
 Jesus

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.679
 Christ

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:23.339
 it's not

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.799
 a righteousness

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.379
 that we

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.819
 need to

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.179
 go and

00:32:25.179 --> 00:32:25.639
 work out

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.019
 it's a

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.379
 righteousness

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.799
 that has

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.379
 already been

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:27.839
 worked out

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.239
 for us

00:32:28.239 --> 00:32:29.419
 by God

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:30.039
 God

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.920
 the gospel

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.380
 says that

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.640
 yes

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:31.880
 this

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.460
 resurrected

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.279
 Jesus

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.900
 who conquered

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.300
 death

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:35.140
 is going

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.420
 to be

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.060
 your judge

00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:36.660
 on the

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:37.160
 last day

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.519
 but it's

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.000
 possible

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.720
 to get

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.060
 there

00:32:39.060 --> 00:32:39.460
 and to

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.860
 look into

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.420
 your judge's

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.820
 face

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.680
 and to

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.019
 see

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:43.019
 your savior

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.400
 there

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:45.140
 to appear

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.820
 before him

00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:46.259
 and say

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.240
 I'm already

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.560
 in the

00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:47.920
 right

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:49.560
 God has

00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:49.900
 already

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.420
 declared

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.759
 me to

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:50.900
 be

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.180
 righteous

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.480
 he's

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.759
 already

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.120
 given

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.539
 to me

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.120
 and imputed

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.860
 upon me

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.800
 the righteousness

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:56.079
 of Christ

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.700
 himself

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:58.119
 isn't that

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.740
 good news

00:32:58.740 --> 00:33:00.919
 but what

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.659
 must we do

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:02.680
 to respond

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.000
 to this

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.539
 good news

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:05.819
 Paul says

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:07.440
 it's the

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.799
 kindness

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.480
 of God

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.779
 that's meant

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.299
 to lead us

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.000
 to repentance

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:12.940
 God's

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.319
 kindness

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.980
 is intended

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.720
 to lead us

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.639
 to

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.759
 repentance

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.419
 and repentance

00:33:17.419 --> 00:33:18.659
 is that

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:20.159
 key word

00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:20.480
 it's that

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.859
 crucial

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.700
 word

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:23.079
 what does

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.460
 it mean

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.440
 to repent

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:26.140
 well I'll

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.440
 end with

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:26.880
 a story

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.240
 from

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.340
 Jesus

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:28.960
 in Luke

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.840
 chapter 18

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.380
 he talks

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.799
 about a

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.380
 Pharisee

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:32.519
 and a

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.140
 tax collector

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:34.500
 somebody

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.220
 who's very

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.920
 religious

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.500
 and moral

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.860
 and somebody

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:38.400
 who's very

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:39.100
 irreligious

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:39.980
 and immoral

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:41.500
 and he says

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.759
 that the

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.279
 Pharisee

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.820
 goes

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.700
 and he

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.120
 prays

00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:44.539
 to God

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.740
 and he

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:44.920
 says

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.200
 God

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.799
 I thank

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.019
 you

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.440
 that I'm

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.940
 not like

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.380
 all these

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.940
 other people

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.360
 because

00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:49.100
 they do

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.480
 evil

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.279
 but I

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.640
 pray

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.279
 I fast

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.720
 I give

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.160
 all my

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.480
 money

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.759
 and he

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:53.980
 thinks

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.220
 he's

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.700
 completely

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.319
 satisfied

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.900
 the demands

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.339
 of God

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.839
 full

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.759
 of self

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.440
 satisfaction

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:58.920
 and self

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.400
 confidence

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.819
 he doesn't

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.339
 even ask

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.579
 God

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:01.900
 for any

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.079
 help

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.380
 he doesn't

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:02.860
 ask God

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.460
 for anything

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.000
 he just

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.640
 is there

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.400
 telling God

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:06.339
 how he is

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.680
 everything

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.140
 he needs

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.420
 to be

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.759
 and he's

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:07.960
 done

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.300
 everything

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.800
 he needs

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.280
 to do

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:11.360
 and that

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.900
 really isn't

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.639
 even praying

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.559
 Jesus says

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.960
 it's just

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.380
 kind of

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.860
 talking to

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.400
 yourself

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.659
 he says

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.039
 that kind

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.380
 of prayer

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.840
 doesn't get

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.039
 through

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.400
 but what

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.679
 kind of

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:18.960
 prayer

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.820
 does get

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.079
 through

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:21.059
 this tax

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.340
 collector

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.840
 comes

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:23.320
 and he

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:23.559
 knows

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.019
 all about

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.539
 the kindness

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.079
 of God

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.480
 and the

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.019
 forbearance

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.400
 of God

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.640
 and the

00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:26.940
 patience

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.460
 of God

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.840
 and yet

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.500
 even still

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.760
 he knows

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.140
 he's not

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:31.640
 worthy of

00:34:31.640 --> 00:34:31.920
 God

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:33.559
 he knows

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.440
 his whole

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:34.980
 life has

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.519
 been utterly

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.320
 corrupted by

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.700
 sin

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.000
 and so

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.660
 he stands

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:38.860
 far off

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:40.059
 and he

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.460
 doesn't even

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.059
 look up to

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.300
 heaven

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.680
 he just

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:42.059
 beats

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:43.100
 his breast

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.620
 he beats

00:34:43.620 --> 00:34:44.200
 his heart

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:44.559
 and how

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:44.840
 does he

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.100
 pray

00:34:45.100 --> 00:34:45.660
 he says

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.679
 God

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:48.059
 have mercy

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.599
 on me

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.899
 a sinner

00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:51.779
 can we

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.059
 say that

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.399
 together

00:34:52.399 --> 00:34:53.399
 God

00:34:53.399 --> 00:34:54.420
 have mercy

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:55.019
 on me

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.839
 a sinner

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:57.460
 in the

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.719
 Greek

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.279
 he says

00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:58.839
 God

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.359
 have mercy

00:34:59.359 --> 00:34:59.920
 on me

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.000
 the sinner

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.480
 which means

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.079
 he's blocked

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:04.119
 everybody else

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.579
 in the world

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:04.899
 out

00:35:04.899 --> 00:35:06.259
 he's not

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:06.819
 focused on

00:35:06.819 --> 00:35:07.339
 them and

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:07.819
 their sin

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.079
 he just

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.279
 says

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:08.599
 God

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.099
 have mercy

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.659
 on me

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.579
 the

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.420
 sinner

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:13.639
 and that's

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.119
 the prayer

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.679
 that gets

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.039
 through

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:16.699
 because that's

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.159
 the prayer

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:18.420
 of repentance

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:20.159
 God's

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.539
 kindness

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.619
 is meant

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.019
 to lead

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.380
 us

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.279
 into

00:35:23.279 --> 00:35:23.759
 repentance

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:26.400
 and having

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.039
 repented

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:29.559
 having

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.920
 rejected

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.840
 all of

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.219
 our own

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:33.300
 self-righteousness

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:34.960
 and embraced

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.639
 this righteousness

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.239
 of God

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.599
 that he's

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.199
 provided for

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.519
 us in

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.759
 Jesus

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.259
 Christ

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:40.059
 now we

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.480
 can begin

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:40.820
 to live

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.199
 this new

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.599
 life

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:43.079
 now we

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.480
 can start

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.900
 to lean

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.380
 in to

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.559
 what

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.219
 verse 7

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:46.000
 is all

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.279
 about

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 to those

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 who by

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 persistence

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 in doing

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 good

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 seek glory

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 honor

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 and immortality

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 he will

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 give

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 eternal

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 life

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 those are

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 not the

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 works that

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 save you

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 but they

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 are the

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 necessary

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 outcome

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 and evidence

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 of a

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 saving

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 faith

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 so friends

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 God's

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 kindness

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 is meant

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 to lead

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 us to

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 repentance

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 and we

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 have

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 every

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 opportunity

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 today

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 to

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 repent

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 and to

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 believe

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 this

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 glorious

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 gospel

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 of the

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 righteousness

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 of God

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 in the name

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 of the

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 Father

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 Son

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 and Holy

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 Spirit

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 Amen

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:22.539
 Amen

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 Amen

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 .

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 Amen