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 Okay, this morning we're going to pray together as a church, and every Sunday during our pastoral

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 prayer, we love to pray for another church, often in Hong Kong.

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 This morning we're going to pray for this church, it's called New City Church in Delhi,

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 and it's just been planted by a man called Ranjit and his wife Deepa, and we're going

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 to pray for them.

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 I think they've been going for about a year or so, but they've just moved to a new venue,

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 and the day before they moved, Ranjit got kidney stones, got admitted to hospital, so the

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 day before their launch of their new campus, and so I was emailing him this week, and he

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 said, hey, just pray for his health, pray for his family, and pray for this church.

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 The area where they've just moved to, there's never been a worshiping community in that area

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 for a thousand years.

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 It's a very old historic area of Delhi, and so we're going to pray for New City Church.

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 There's a couple of photos, but won't you join me as we pray this morning?

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 Heavenly Father, gracious God, wonderful Savior, we've come to worship and adore you this morning.

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 We've come to lift up your name, to declare that you are God and that we are not, to remind

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 ourselves, remind one another that there is no one else in all creation as awesome and

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 as glorious as you.

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 God, help us to know that and to rest secure in that and to glory in that truth.

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 Father, this morning, won't you come and wash us in who you are, that you are sovereign,

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 you are majestic, you are gracious, you are faithful.

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 You, God, are trustworthy.

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 And remind us who we are in you, God.

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 We are loved, chosen, secure, your children.

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 God, we pray for ourselves.

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 Don't let us be fooled into putting our hope and trust in the things around us, nor let us

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 be seduced by the bright lights of this world.

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 Lord, God, help us, strengthen us, remind us, draw us back to the truth of who you are

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 and who we are in you.

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 God, may it be in our hearts as it is in heaven, we pray.

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 Father, this morning, we want to pray for our congregation and for ourselves as we go into

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 our work week.

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 We ask for your favor and your blessing to rest upon us as we work this week.

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 We pray, Lord, that you will keep us humble, gentle, and gracious with those around us.

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 May our conduct, our gentleness, our humility speak loudly of our security in you.

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 God, in a world in which we so often feel the pressure to hustle, to outdo one another,

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 may our security be in your love for us, God.

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 May that cause us to act and behave differently.

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 We pray, God, that your gospel will speak in our work lives, in the conference room, in

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 the lunch table.

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 Remind us, God, you are as interested in the staff meeting as you are in the prayer meeting.

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 Help us to take both of them seriously.

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 God, we pray for those who are facing difficult work situations.

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 God, difficult bosses, difficult colleagues, difficult challenges.

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 Help us, God, not to be defensive, insisting on our own way, but to be humble and gracious,

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 we pray.

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 And, Lord, we do pray for those in our church that are looking for work.

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 We pray, God, that you'll provide not just a job with a salary, but an opportunity to

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 grow, to be stretched, to contribute to the city, and to serve others in our city, we pray,

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 Lord.

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 Father, this morning we want to pray for New City, Delhi, and Ranjit, and Deepa, and their

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 family.

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 We pray that that church will be a faithful gospel witness in the area in which they meet.

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 For many that are lost and don't know you, to find the true God through this church.

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 Use them to welcome all and to share the gospel.

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 We pray, God, for men and women to be converted, born again, saved, have the life of God breathed

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 into them.

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 We pray, Lord.

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 We pray that you, Lord, will raise up leaders from within this community to lead various initiatives

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 and plant new churches in Delhi.

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 And we pray, God, for Ranjit and his health, Lord.

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 Pray for speedy recovery for his family, his children, the church in this season.

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 We lift them up before you and ask for your favor and your anointing to rest on them,

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 God.

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 And then finally, Father, we pray for Justin this morning and the preaching of your word.

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 We pray, God, that you will use him to speak your word to us, encourage him.

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 God, I pray that your word will edify us, build us up, strengthen our faith, help us

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 to live out your word this week because of Justin's preaching this morning.

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 We pray these things in your glorious name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let's listen to God's word being read to us and then Justin's going to come and share

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 the scriptures.

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 The scripture reading comes from Matthew chapter 5.

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 Please follow along in your bulletins or on the screen.

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 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.

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 I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

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 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot will pass from

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 the law until all is accomplished.

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 Therefore, whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to

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 do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven.

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 But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you

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 will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 You have heard that it was said to those of old, you shall not murder, and whoever murders

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 will be liable to judgment.

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 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.

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 Whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council.

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 And whoever says, you fool, will be liable to the hell of fire.

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 So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something

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 against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go.

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 First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

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 Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you're going with him to court, lest your accuser

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 hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.

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 Truly I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Can you hear me?

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 Those at the back can hear me too?

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 Okay.

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 So good morning, Watermark.

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 My name is Justin Ma, and I started coming to Watermark about five and a half years ago

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 with my three sisters, Edie, Phoebe, and Iris.

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 It's a privilege to bring God's word to you this morning.

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 We have been going through the book of Matthew to learn about an upside-down kingdom.

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 Chris talked about Jesus calling two fishermen brothers to follow him, and he promised to

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 make them fishers of men.

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 We learn that Christ is, in fact, inviting not just the two fishermen brothers to follow

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 him, but all of us.

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 And then we look at the Beatitudes.

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 We learn from Kevin that Jesus is not presenting a bundle of optional blessings for us to choose

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 from, but he is presenting a vision of this new way of living in the kingdom of God.

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 And today, we come to Matthew 5, where Jesus talks about the law of God in the Old Testament.

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 That is the law in Exodus, Deuteronomy, Numbers, Leviticus, etc.

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 Basically, Jesus is talking about the books in the Bible that we often skip.

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 How do you personally view the law in the Old Testament?

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 Perhaps you think it has been abolished, so it is no longer relevant to us.

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 Or perhaps you think that we should still obey the Old Testament law, because faith without

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 work is quite dead.

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 Maybe you have heard that Jesus has replaced the Old Testament law with a new set of law.

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 But you're not quite sure what this new set of law is all about.

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 So you start asking questions like whether you should state a non-Christian, whether you

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 should accept a job that demands working on Sundays.

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 But I guess none of you is like King David, who says in the Psalms that he delies in the

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 law, and he meditates on the law day and night.

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 Now, isn't it weird for King David to do that?

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 But as I was preparing for today's sermon, it starts to make sense for me.

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 I think today's passage actually gives us a refreshing perspective on how we should approach the law of God.

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 And it's actually quite key to our Christian faith.

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 And if you're not a believer, welcome to be with us.

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 And I believe this passage would also fundamentally change your understanding about the law of God.

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 And also the Christian faith itself.

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 In today's passage, I think Jesus talks about three things.

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 That the law prophesies about Jesus.

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 That God demands from us the righteousness of Jesus.

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 And lastly, I'm going to talk about what it means to live in this loving worship of him.

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 I'm coming to my first point about the law prophesying about Jesus.

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 If you look at a bulletin in verse 17, Jesus says,

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 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.

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 I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

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 Jesus is saying that both the law and the prophecies in the Bible prophesy about his coming,

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 his death on the cross, and his resurrection.

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 So his coming does not abolish the law and the prophecies.

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 His coming actually fulfills both of them.

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 See, if Jesus was merely talking about his obedience with the law,

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 he would have used the word obey.

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 But he deliberately chose the word fulfill.

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 The same word he uses when he goes to a synagogue on the Sabbath day in his hometown Nazareth.

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 And he read from the scroll of prophet Isaiah and told the synagogue that Isaiah's prophecies have been fulfilled.

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 Jesus is saying that the law is like the prophecies in prophesying about a Savior that is coming

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 and his death and resurrection.

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 Now, what does this mean for Jesus' audience?

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 His audience were Jewish men and women who thought that they have to obey the Old Testament law strictly

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 so that they could earn a ticket to heaven.

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 At that time, there was also a group of influential people called the scribes and the Pharisees.

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 And they spent much time studying and interpreting the Old Testament law.

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 And they have come up with quite a complicated system of law.

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 In this system, you not only find the Old Testament law,

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 but you also find many laws that are added to the Bible.

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 The audience that Jesus was addressing must have felt quite tired,

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 exhausted, and even burned out by trying to obey the law.

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 But we see in Matthew 5, Jesus telling them that the law is actually here to remind you

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 that you're not your own Savior.

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 The law is to remind you that there is a Savior that is coming,

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 a Savior who will save us by his death and his resurrection.

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 But is this message still relevant to us today?

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 I think it is.

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 Because all the religions in the world, in one way or another,

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 talks about a system of law that we ought to obey

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 so that we could achieve something spiritual.

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 But it's only in Christianity that we find the law prophesying about a Savior,

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 his death and his resurrection.

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 And don't we all have colleagues and friends who ask us whether Christians ought to do something

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 or not do something?

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 Perhaps next time we could tell them about this law of God,

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 but we also can tell them,

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 hey, you know what?

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 I didn't obey this law so that I could please God.

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 This law of God actually is a prophecy.

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 It talks about a Savior that is coming, a Savior who died for me, a Savior who resurrected,

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 so that I can come near God, so that you can come near God.

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 But can we really see Christ, his death and his resurrection in all the law in the Bible?

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 I believe we cannot unless God opens our mind.

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 Because in Luke 24, after Jesus' death and resurrection,

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 he says to his disciples,

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 These are my words that I spoke to you while I was with you,

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 that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.

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 It's very similar to what he was telling the crowd in Matthew 5,

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 that he came to fulfill the law and the prophecies.

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 But then he says something very critical.

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 He said,

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 Then he opened the disciples' minds to understand the Scriptures,

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 and said to them,

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 Thus it is written,

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 that the Christ should suffer,

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 and on the third day rise from the dead.

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 Jesus had to open the mind of the disciples,

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 so that they could see in the law clearly,

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 that they could see Christ and his death and resurrection.

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 So I would encourage you,

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 after the sermon today,

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 to read one of the books in the Old Testament,

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 that talks about the law.

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 And when you read,

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 be praying,

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 that Christ please open my mind,

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 like you opened the minds of the disciples,

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 so that I could see in the law yourself,

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 your death and your resurrection.

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 Now, I have to confess,

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 that I don't have an answer,

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 for how in each and every law in the Bible,

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 you could see Christ.

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 But I would like to take you,

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 to just two places in the Bible,

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 where I could see Christ clearly personally.

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 And the first one,

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 is a Passover lamb,

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 in Exodus 12.

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 When Israel was still slaves in Egypt,

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 God sent Moses,

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 to bring them out of slavery.

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 So Moses asked the king of Egypt,

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 to let his people go.

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 But the king of Egypt refused to do so.

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 And God performed many miracles,

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 against Egypt.

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 Then God said,

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 there is a final miracle I will perform,

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 and after that,

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 Egypt will let Israel go.

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 God said,

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 he will go into Egypt,

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 and kill every firstborn in the land.

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 Now that is a problem for Israel,

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 because the Israelites,

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 were actually living in the same land of Egypt.

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 So God commanded Israel to do this,

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 that each household of Israel,

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 is to kill a lamb,

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 without any defect,

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 and take the blood of the lamb,

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 on the doorpost of the household.

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 So when God comes into the land of Egypt,

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 and he sees the blood of the lamb,

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 on the doorpost,

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 he will pass over the household,

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 for his judgment.

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 So the blood of this Passover lamb,

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 saves Israel,

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 from God's judgment.

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 And God commanded Israel,

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 to kill this Passover lamb,

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 year after year.

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 This Passover lamb actually,

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 prophesies about Jesus himself,

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 whose death on the cross,

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 and whose blood will save us,

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 from God's judgment.

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 Remember the first song we sang today?

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 We sang this morning,

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 that our God is a lamb,

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 the lamb that was slain,

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 that was killed,

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 for the sin of the world.

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 So this is an example,

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 to show that in the ceremonial law of the Bible,

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 we would see Christ.

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 How about the moral law?

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 I would like to take us to Deuteronomy 21,

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 where it talks about a rebellious son,

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 and then a man hang on a tree.

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 It says this,

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 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son,

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 who will not obey the voice of his father,

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 or the voice of his mother,

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 and although they discipline him,

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 will not listen to them,

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 then his father and his mother

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 shall take hold of him,

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 and bring him out to the elders

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 of the city of the gate,

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 at the gate of the place where he lives.

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 And they shall say to the elders,

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 This, our son, is stubborn and rebellious.

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 He will not obey our voice.

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 He is a glutton and a drunkard.

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 Then all the men of the city

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 shall stone him to death with stones.

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 And then he says,

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 If a man has committed a crime punishable by death,

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 and he is then put to death,

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 and you hang him on a tree,

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 his body shall not remain all night on the tree,

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 but you shall bury him on the same day.

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 For a hanged man is cursed by God.

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 Now wait a minute.

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 How can we see Christ?

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 In the passage, it talks not only about

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 stoning a rebellious son,

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 but also about hanging this son on the tree.

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 But if we really think about our heart,

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 are we not all this rebellious son

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 this passage talks about?

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 Are we not stubborn in our sins

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 and refuse again and again

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 to obey God's voice?

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 God has plenty of testimonies

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 to pronounce a judgment of death against us.

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 Yet Christ is the perfect son

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 who became the cursed man on the cross for us.

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 And I wrote something

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 which I believe represents the reality

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 that Deuteronomy 21 actually points to us.

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 It talks about this perfect son.

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 God has a perfect and righteous son

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 who obeys his voice.

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 Although God did not discipline him,

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 he obeys his voice.

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 God gave this testimony about his son to Israel.

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 This is my beloved son,

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 with whom I am well pleased.

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 The son gave himself up willingly

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 to the authority in Israel.

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 And though no testimony was given

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 to establish any wrong done by him,

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 Jesus was crucified on the cross,

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 becoming the cursed one

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 where the God's curse against us

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 can be taken away.

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 Isn't the law marvelous and wonderful?

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 Does it now make sense to you

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 why King David could delight

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 and meditate on the law

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 day and night?

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 I now come to my second point

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 about righteousness.

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 In verse 20,

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 Jesus says,

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 unless your righteousness

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 exceeds that of the scribes

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 and the Pharisees,

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 you will never enter the kingdom of God.

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 As I said earlier,

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 the scribes and the Pharisees

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 came up with a complicated system of law

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 that adds much to the Old Testament law.

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 And they taught the Israelites

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 that in order to be righteous,

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 that is,

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 in order to live

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 in the right relationship with God,

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 they ought to obey

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 this complicated system of law.

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 So the people at Jesus' time

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 thought that the Pharisees

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 and the scribes

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 were the most righteous people

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 in the land.

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 No one can possibly

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 be more righteous than them.

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 But then Jesus shockingly

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 demands from us

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 a righteousness

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 exceeding that of the scribes

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 and the Pharisees.

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 How can we attain this righteousness?

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 Well, if you think righteousness

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 means strict obedience with the law,

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 then you definitely cannot have

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 a righteousness

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 exceeding that of the scribes,

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 and the Pharisees.

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 But I think what Jesus

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 is really saying here

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 is that our understanding

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 of righteousness

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 has been totally wrong.

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 In order to live

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 in the right relationship

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 with God,

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 strict obedience with the law

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 is not enough.

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 In fact,

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 no human efforts

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 will be enough.

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 it is a humanly impossible

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 and it is righteousness

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 of God.

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 In Romans 10,

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 it says,

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 since they,

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 referring to the Israelites,

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 did not know the righteousness

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 of God

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 and sought to establish

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 their own righteousness,

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 they did not submit

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 to God's righteousness.

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 righteousness,

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 but Christ

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 is the culmination

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 of the law

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 so that there may be righteousness

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 for everyone who believes.

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 We can only be righteous

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 by having Christ's righteousness.

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 righteousness.

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 What that means is

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 we can only live

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 in the right relationship

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 with God

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 by having Jesus'

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 relationship with God.

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 What is Jesus'

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 relationship with God?

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 He is the perfect

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 Son of God.

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 He experienced temptations

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 to sin,

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 but He never sinned.

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 He even willingly

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 went to the cross

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 for us

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 as this is

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 the Father's will

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 for Him.

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 God the Father said,

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 this is my beloved Son

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 with whom I am well pleased.

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 Christ, in fact,

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 is the only one

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 who ever lived

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 in the right relationship

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 with God.

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 And Romans says

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 that His righteousness

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 is available to everyone

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 who believes in Him.

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 Available to you and me

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 if we believe in Christ.

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 Now, what does this mean

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 for us practically?

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 I think oftentimes

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:54.900
 we as Christians

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 ask questions like

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 the question I posed

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 at the beginning

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 of a sermon.

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 Should I date

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 a non-Christian?

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 Should I take this job

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 that demands work

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.120
 on Sundays?

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 And I think oftentimes

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.960
 we ask these questions

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:11.299
 with the same motivation

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 as the Pharisees

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 and the scribes.

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.440
 That is,

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.660
 what shall I do

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:18.660
 in order to become righteous?

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 what shall I do

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 in order to come

00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:23.420
 into this right relationship

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 with God?

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 And I think that really

00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.860
 is the language

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.779
 of the law.

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 But Christ says

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:33.680
 we cannot be righteous

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.640
 without efforts.

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.000
 And we need

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.779
 His righteousness

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:38.740
 that is available to us

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.779
 if we believe in Him.

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:42.900
 So after we put our faith

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.580
 in Christ,

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:45.540
 we know that we are already

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:47.220
 in this right relationship

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.819
 with God

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:49.779
 and that should change

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:51.420
 the language of the law

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:53.079
 into the language of love.

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.859
 So instead of asking

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.859
 what shall I do

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:58.159
 to become righteous?

00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:59.740
 That is the language

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.279
 of the law.

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.240
 I think we are now

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.259
 able to ask

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:06.159
 in light of Christ's love

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:06.500
 for me,

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:08.279
 His sacrifice

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.240
 on the cross for me,

00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:11.180
 His righteousness

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:12.120
 given to me.

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.900
 How shall I live

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:16.380
 to love Him,

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.640
 to honor Him,

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.880
 to praise Him,

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.000
 to worship Him,

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.720
 to testify about Him?

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.600
 I think that is

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:25.080
 a language of love.

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:28.920
 And that brings me

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:30.600
 to my last point

00:25:30.600 --> 00:25:31.560
 about living

00:25:31.560 --> 00:25:33.000
 in loving worship

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.560
 of Jesus.

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:36.960
 Jesus in Matthew 5

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:38.060
 gave a number

00:25:38.060 --> 00:25:38.900
 of examples

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:40.060
 about what it means

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.299
 to live in loving worship

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.700
 of Him.

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.220
 And today I will just

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:44.240
 focus on the first

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.359
 example He gave

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.579
 about anger.

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:50.299
 In verse 21,

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.579
 Jesus refers

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:54.579
 to the sixth commandment

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:56.399
 that you shall not murder.

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:59.059
 Have you wondered

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.919
 why Jesus then suddenly

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:02.139
 talks about

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:02.919
 the issue of anger?

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:06.119
 Well, in Genesis 4,

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:08.679
 we see the first murder

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.340
 in the history

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.080
 in the history of mankind.

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:12.720
 That is Cain's murder

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:14.100
 of his brother Abel.

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.660
 Cain murdered

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.539
 his brother Abel

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.360
 because the Bible

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.080
 tells us

00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:20.960
 he was very angry.

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.400
 Christ says

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:25.120
 that the sixth commandment

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:26.279
 against murder

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:28.200
 actually points us

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.940
 towards the issue

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.440
 of anger.

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:32.259
 And that is no longer

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.940
 an issue

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.220
 on the outside

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:35.560
 that the Pharisees

00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:36.100
 and the scribes

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.779
 care about,

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:38.379
 but an issue

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:39.220
 on the inside,

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.480
 an issue

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.299
 of the heart.

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.539
 Jesus is not

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.700
 talking about anger

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:47.240
 with what a person

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.839
 does,

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.680
 but He's talking

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.220
 about the anger

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.099
 with the person

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.599
 himself or herself.

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.980
 To cry out

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.859
 against a person

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.619
 you fool

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:58.119
 demonstrates

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:59.559
 this profound

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.539
 sense of hatred

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.859
 and even total

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.399
 disregard

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:03.740
 for the welfare

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.480
 of this person.

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:07.079
 is kind of,

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.539
 is like

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.360
 looking down

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.019
 the person

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:10.819
 as if that person

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.599
 is no longer

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.660
 made in the image

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.140
 of God

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:14.539
 and no longer

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.059
 fit

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:16.200
 for salvation

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:17.000
 in Christ.

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.640
 Have you had

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.279
 an outburst

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.740
 of anger

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:23.000
 against someone

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.440
 recently?

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.360
 Perhaps someone

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:27.279
 who has wronged you

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.620
 and you lash

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.380
 on that person.

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:32.120
 or perhaps

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.960
 you're a less

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.760
 confrontational

00:27:33.760 --> 00:27:34.320
 person,

00:27:35.040 --> 00:27:35.880
 so you're on

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.380
 good terms

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.260
 with everybody,

00:27:37.760 --> 00:27:38.760
 but deep down

00:27:38.760 --> 00:27:39.540
 in your heart

00:27:39.540 --> 00:27:41.120
 you're quite angry

00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:41.700
 and bitter

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.700
 against a lot

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.080
 of people.

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:46.500
 when you come

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.059
 to pray

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.939
 before God

00:27:47.939 --> 00:27:49.759
 do you think

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.279
 of those

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.679
 person?

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.779
 Have you

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.399
 realized

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:55.720
 that Christ

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.799
 hates that

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.519
 person's sin

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.279
 against you

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.500
 and also

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.259
 your sin

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.919
 but Christ

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.740
 loves you

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.779
 and the person

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.740
 so much

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:06.139
 that he came

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.199
 he went to the cross

00:28:07.199 --> 00:28:08.819
 for both of you.

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:11.119
 Now if you

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.980
 realize this

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:14.799
 Christ says

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:17.240
 leave your gift

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.740
 at the altar

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.700
 and go to seek

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.380
 reconciliation

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:22.799
 and we will know

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.200
 that living

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.319
 in a Chinese society

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:26.180
 to apologize

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.240
 to someone

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.500
 that you are

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.620
 rightly angry

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.640
 with what that

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.680
 person did to you

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.839
 but you are

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.620
 quite wrong

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.680
 to treat that person

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:36.380
 less than a person

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.559
 made in the image

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.140
 of God

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:39.240
 as a person

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.519
 not fit for salvation

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.279
 in Christ

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:43.059
 isn't that

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:44.039
 the strangest

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.680
 thing ever?

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.480
 And don't we

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.359
 lose faith

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.420
 doing that?

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.079
 But for people

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:54.079
 at Jesus' time

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:56.000
 to leave the altar

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.039
 while the act

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.839
 of sacrifice

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.920
 is still unfinished

00:28:58.920 --> 00:29:00.660
 is also

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.960
 deeply improper.

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:05.519
 Christ knows

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:07.160
 there is a cost

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:08.740
 to such reconciliation

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:10.240
 in each

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.779
 and every

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.220
 culture

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:12.980
 but he

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.519
 asks us

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.339
 this question

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:17.019
 in light

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.759
 of his love

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.180
 for you

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.839
 his sacrifice

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.299
 for you

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.900
 on the cross

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:22.799
 his righteousness

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:24.000
 given to you

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.400
 would you

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.839
 give up

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.519
 your face

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.779
 to love him

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:29.099
 to honor him

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:30.440
 to praise him

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.380
 to worship him

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.640
 to testify

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.339
 about him

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:37.099
 you may be

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.619
 sitting here

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.079
 and think

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.740
 this is just

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.179
 too much

00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.539
 for you

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:41.079
 do you

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.099
 feel powerless

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:45.000
 Christ knows

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.819
 we're too weak

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.500
 on our own

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:48.220
 so he actually

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.000
 not just give us

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:50.019
 his own righteousness

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:52.240
 he also gives us

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.439
 his spirit

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:54.740
 to empower us

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:56.859
 last week

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.259
 Kevin

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.459
 talked about

00:29:58.459 --> 00:29:59.139
 this famous

00:29:59.139 --> 00:29:59.799
 passage

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:01.339
 in Ezekiel 37

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:03.139
 where God

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.819
 shows us

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.319
 we are all

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.339
 dry bones

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.639
 with no sign

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.159
 of life

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:09.419
 but God

00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:10.039
 promises

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.199
 that one day

00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:12.500
 he will put

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.240
 his spirit

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.139
 within us

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:15.639
 so that we

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.539
 are empowered

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.619
 to live

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.639
 to worship him

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:20.639
 we're empowered

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.220
 to give out

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.879
 our face

00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:23.240
 and seek

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.199
 reconciliation

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:25.539
 with those

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.500
 we have sinned

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.899
 against

00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:29.799
 shall we now

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.599
 pray for the

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:30.859
 spirit

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.379
 to empower

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:32.599
 us

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:35.699
 Father God

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:37.959
 please

00:30:37.959 --> 00:30:38.959
 open our

00:30:38.959 --> 00:30:39.359
 eyes

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:41.079
 so that we

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.419
 could see

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:42.119
 Christ in the

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.339
 law

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:44.659
 so that we

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.359
 could be like

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:46.019
 King David

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:47.779
 to delight

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.459
 in the law

00:30:48.459 --> 00:30:49.839
 and to meditate

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.539
 on it day

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.059
 and night

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:52.619
 how beautiful

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.299
 and marvelous

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.980
 is the law

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:56.779
 Father God

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.740
 we thank you

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:59.279
 for Christ's

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.720
 righteousness

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:02.660
 we cannot

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.660
 fully understand

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.500
 why we could

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.960
 be counted

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.579
 righteous

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:07.000
 through someone's

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.460
 righteousness

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.359
 through Christ's

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:08.799
 righteousness

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:10.680
 it's such a

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.599
 profound mystery

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:13.180
 and I pray

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.599
 that you help

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.639
 us understand it

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:16.059
 and more importantly

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:17.160
 help us believe

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.759
 in Christ's

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.160
 righteousness

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:20.740
 and please

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.399
 help us God

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.019
 to abandon

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.619
 the language

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.240
 of the law

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.819
 we no longer

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.539
 want to ask

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.120
 what we could

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.859
 do to

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.440
 please you

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:27.940
 to become

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.420
 righteous

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:30.000
 we are

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.420
 righteous

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.940
 in Christ

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.319
 already

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.180
 and now

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.480
 we are

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.099
 enabled to

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.500
 speak a

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.019
 language of

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.339
 love

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.460
 to do

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.059
 everything

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.500
 we could

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.920
 think of

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.460
 to love

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.640
 you

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.859
 to worship

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.120
 you

00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.720
 to honor

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.019
 you

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.599
 to praise

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:41.740
 you

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.400
 to testify

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.059
 about you

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:45.579
 but one

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.299
 issue we all

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.779
 face

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.440
 is the issue

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.920
 of anger

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.360
 Father God

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:49.960
 we confess

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.500
 we cannot

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.900
 control

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.300
 our anger

00:31:51.300 --> 00:31:53.259
 we are

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.620
 angry

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:53.980
 towards

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.380
 people

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:56.180
 as if

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.400
 they are

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.860
 not people

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.240
 made in

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.759
 the image

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.840
 as if

00:31:58.840 --> 00:31:59.120
 they can

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.460
 no longer

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.180
 be saved

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:02.660
 Holy Spirit

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:02.920
 we are

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.440
 powerless

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.460
 and we are

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.039
 too weak

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.580
 to do

00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:06.019
 anything

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.519
 about our

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.700
 anger

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.039
 issue

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.960
 we hold

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.300
 on to

00:32:09.300 --> 00:32:09.940
 our face

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.700
 because we

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.180
 dare not

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.660
 lose it

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:11.900
 in the

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.180
 Chinese

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.779
 society

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:14.500
 Holy Spirit

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:14.800
 would you

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.259
 help us

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.560
 see the

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:16.080
 wonders

00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:17.220
 the glory

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.500
 and the

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.720
 beauty

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.380
 of Jesus

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.700
 and help

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:19.860
 us

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.339
 willingly

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.039
 give up

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.839
 our face

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:23.160
 to reconcile

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.860
 to people

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:25.920
 help us

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.259
 Spirit

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.700
 please help us

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:29.420
 we pray

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.940
 this in your

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.579
 son's holy

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.059
 and precious

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.380
 name