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 Romans chapter 7 is where we're going to be this morning.

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 Let's read together the first six verses.

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

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

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 For a married woman is bound by the law to her husband while he lives,

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 but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

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 Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive.

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 But if her husband dies, she is free from that law,

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

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 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ,

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 so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead,

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 in order that we may bear fruit for God.

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 But while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions aroused by the law

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 were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

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 For now we were released from the law, having died to that which held us captive,

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 so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, I pray that you will bless our time together as we study your word,

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 by the power of the Spirit within us,

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 and that you give me words to speak clearly the truth presented here,

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 and that you give all of us fears and hearts to receive it.

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 I pray, Father, that the great truths of the gospel are not lost on us.

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 We are your children, and we thank you for that.

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 Father, I pray that you will now combine knowledge and understanding,

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 so that we may have wisdom as to how we ought to live in light of these truths.

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 We pray this in the precious name of Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to spend a number of weeks in these first six verses.

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 I don't really know exactly how many yet,

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 but we're going to get through verse four this morning.

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 Just so you kind of know,

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 I'm not going to just neglect those last two verses in our reading this morning,

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 but I really want to get us through verse four,

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 and we'll probably need to stop at that point for the sake of time.

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 But just to kind of get our minds going,

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 to get us back on page,

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 to make sure that we know where Paul has been

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 and where he's taking our thinking,

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 let me remind you that he begins the book off

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 and goes through about the middle of chapter three,

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 approximately verse 20,

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 is where he begins to wrap up the idea,

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 the presentation that all of us have sinned

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 and fall short of the glory of God.

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 There is no chosen race of people that's exempt from the law.

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 And that the law demands of us two things.

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 The law demands fulfillment,

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 and the law demands condemnation.

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 Fulfillment we can see in chapter two, verse 13 of Romans.

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 Not the hearers of the law who are righteous for God,

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 but the doers of the law will be justified.

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 In condemnation, chapter two, verse eight,

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 those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth,

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 but obey unrighteousness,

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 there will be wrath and fury.

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 We see in chapter three, verse 10,

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 that none is righteous,

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 no, not one.

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 All of us have transgressed the law

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 and are entirely incapable of keeping it.

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 Which creates a great problem for us, doesn't it?

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 It puts us in a desperate state.

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 If you don't know that this morning,

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 that apart from Christ,

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 if you were to have to work your way

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 by fulfilling the law,

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 by keeping the law,

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 it is impossible.

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 There is no way.

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 Your sinful heart inclines you to do the opposite.

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 And as a result,

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 you are an enemy of God,

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 apart from Christ.

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 So in the middle of chapter three,

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 beginning in verse 21,

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 he begins to give us the solution to the problem,

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 and he runs that through the end of chapter five,

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 in that Jesus Christ fulfills

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 both of the demands of the law.

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 He fulfilled the law in his perfect life.

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 Jesus Christ came and did not sin.

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 And he meets the demand of the condemnation

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 by bearing the wrath of God on our behalf.

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 So justification then for us,

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 our right standing before God,

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 is contingent only upon faith in Christ.

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 The belief that he did, in fact,

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 fulfill the demands of the law,

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 that he came as the Son of God,

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 lived a sinless life,

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 died as propitiation,

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 the replacement for us.

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 Justification by faith alone,

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 is such a precious truth.

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 It absolutely ought to blow our minds.

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 I'm justified simply by my faith.

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 Nothing that I have done

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 has earned my right standing before God.

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 It is all wrapped up in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 I get trembling just thinking about it.

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 It's an amazing truth

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 that neither can I earn my way to heaven,

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 but also I don't have to.

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 Christ has accomplished the work for me.

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 It is finished.

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 But there's some implications

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 that come along with that.

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 It doesn't just stop there.

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 When I am justified before God,

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 I don't disappear.

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 I don't go to heaven to be in His presence.

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 I'm left behind for some very specific purposes.

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 What do we do then with these truths

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 beyond what He's trying to say to us?

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 Which is where He goes in chapter 6 and 7 and 8.

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 He begins to ask some hard questions

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 in light of this idea that we're justified by faith alone.

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 In a few moments, I think,

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 we're going to sing the song Rock of Ages.

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 The first verse of Rock of Ages reads this.

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 Rock of Ages, cleft for me.

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 Let me hide myself in Thee.

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 Let the water and the blood

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 from my wounded side which flowed

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 be of sin the double cure

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 save from wrath

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 and make me pure.

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 I realized recently what the song was about.

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 I admit to you that I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.

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 And I connected it,

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 I just randomly, divinely in my mind

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 to the story of Moses

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 after the tablets had been broken

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 and he went back to receive them again.

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 He asked, audacious claim,

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 he asked of God to see His glory.

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 And God granted that request in part.

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 He said, well, you can't see my face.

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 If you look on my face as a sinful man,

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 you will die.

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 But what I'll do is I'll hide you

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 in this spot in the rock.

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 A cleft in the rock.

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 I'll hide you in it.

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 And I'll put my hand over it.

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 And then as I pass by,

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 I'll let my hand go

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 and you can see my back.

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 But you cannot see my face.

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 That's what the song is about.

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 The rock of ages.

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 Jesus Christ.

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 It's a cleft for us.

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 That we can hide ourselves in Him.

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 That we might behold the full glory of God

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 and not be destroyed.

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 It's incredible.

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 It's incredible.

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 But some questions come out of it.

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 Chapter 6, verse 1.

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 What shall we say then?

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 That's the question.

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 What shall we say then?

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 Are we to continue in sin

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 that grace may abound?

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 Because of the great work of God

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 in our lives,

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 this grace to us,

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 should we go on sinning

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 to prove Him gracious?

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 Chapter 6, verse 15.

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 What then?

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 Are we to sin because we are not under law,

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 but under grace?

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 We've now been set free from the law.

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 Are we just to go be lawless?

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 Paul emphatically answers both questions.

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 He says, no.

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 Absolutely not.

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 And then we get to chapter 7.

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 The overarching question

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 throughout the chapter is,

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 so what then becomes of the law?

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 So what value is it then to us?

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 And that's kind of going to be the theme

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 for chapter 7.

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 The law.

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 It is mentioned,

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 that phrasing, the law,

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 is mentioned 46 times in Romans.

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 23 of which are in chapter 7.

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 Half of them are found in chapter 7.

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 That's why the kids are supposed to give a thumbs up

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 when they hear the law.

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 Fail.

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 Fail.

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 They're not listening.

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 They're coloring right now.

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 And that's fine.

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 So in order for us to begin our journey

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 through chapter 7 together,

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 I think we just need to take a little bit of a step back

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 and talk a bit about the law.

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 What is it that he's referring to

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 when he talks about the law?

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 Number one, specifically,

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 he's referring to the Mosaic law.

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 That law found in the first five books of the Bible,

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 the Pentateuch,

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 Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.

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 He's certainly referring to the Mosaic law,

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 that law that was given to Israel,

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 that was given to Moses,

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 and he brought it to the people.

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 That law that was meant to set them apart

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 from the world,

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 but to prove to them

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 that they couldn't do it on their own,

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 that they needed Jesus Christ.

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 All the clues were there for them to understand

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 that they needed a Savior.

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 Beyond that,

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 let me read to you a couple of texts.

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 Joshua 1, 7 and 8.

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 It says,

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 Be strong and very courageous,

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 being careful to do according to all the law

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 that Moses, my servant, commanded you.

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 Do not turn from the right hand or to the left,

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 that you may have good success wherever you go.

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 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth,

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 but you shall meditate on it day and night,

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 that you may be careful to do

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 according to all that is written in it.

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 Isaiah 42, 21.

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 Isaiah says,

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 The Lord was pleased for His righteousness' sake

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 to magnify His law

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 and make it glorious.

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 Psalm 1, 2 says that the righteous man's delight

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 is in the law of the Lord.

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 Psalm 119, a famous psalm,

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 speaks in 176 verses

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 about the law of God.

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 Makes much of it.

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 Psalm 119, 72 says,

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 The law of your mouth is better to me

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 than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

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 Psalm 119, 165 says,

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 Great peace have those who love your law.

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 Nothing can make them stumble.

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 The law has great value.

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 And certainly,

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 to the people that Paul is writing to,

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 had great value.

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 You'll notice in verse 1 of chapter 7,

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 he says,

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 Or do you not know,

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 brothers,

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 which clues us into the fact

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 that he's speaking to the Jewish Christians,

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 which would have been a large part

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 of the church in Rome.

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 Do you not know,

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 brothers,

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 the problem was

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 that many Jews

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 had inflated the law,

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 had taken it beyond its intended purpose.

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 It had become

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 not the way to point them to Christ,

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 the condemnation

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 that showed them they needed a Savior,

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 but it himself had become their salvation.

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 They idolized it.

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 They set it up as the thing they worshiped

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 to the degree that

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 they created new laws,

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 they called them hedge laws,

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 to prevent the breaking of the

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 Mosaic law.

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 So even a converted Jew,

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 somebody who had placed their faith in Christ,

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 would have held dearly

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 to the law,

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 as we should,

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 to a degree.

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 I'll give you an example

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 of the degree

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 to which they

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 revered the law.

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 The Babylonian Talmud,

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 which is the primary collection

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 of ancient

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 rabbinical commentary

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 on the Torah,

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 those first five books

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 of the Bible,

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 rabbis wrote commentary

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 and it became

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 new truths.

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 Rabbi Rabba

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 said,

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 the Holy One

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 created man's

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 evil inclination

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 for theology,

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 so dismiss that please,

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 but created the Torah,

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 the law,

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 to overcome it.

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 He believed

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 so strongly

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 that the law

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 was the redemption

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 of man's

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 evil inclination.

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 There's a type of art

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 called

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 pointillism,

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 if you've ever

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 heard of pointillism

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 or not.

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 John, I think,

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 is going to throw a photo

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 up there for me.

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 Famous artist named

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 Surratt in the 19th century

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 painted this painting,

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 you may or may not

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 be familiar with it,

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 called

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 A Sunday Afternoon

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 on the Island

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 of La Grande Hate.

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 Sunday Afternoon

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 on the Island

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 of La Grande Hate.

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 It's huge.

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 It's in the Chicago

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 Museum of Art.

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 I hope someday

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 to get to go see it

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 in person.

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 It's incredibly large.

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 It's six feet,

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 ten inches tall

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 and I think it's

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 eight feet,

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 ten inches,

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 eight feet,

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 one inch wide.

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 Huge.

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 Takes up a whole wall

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 at the Chicago

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 Museum of Art.

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 And pointillist paintings

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 are painted

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 with little dot brushstrokes.

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 A modern version

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 of this you've probably

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 seen are the big pictures

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 that are made up

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 of little tiny photos

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 of people

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 and they put them

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 all together

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 in order,

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 when you step back

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 from it,

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 you see the large

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 picture of it all.

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 I use this just

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 as an example

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 because if you were

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 to walk really close

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 to this huge painting

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 at the Chicago Museum

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 of Art

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 and really get in there,

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 let's say on the

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 girl in the white dress

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 in the middle,

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 you would see simply

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 dots of white.

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 Get in there close.

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 You wouldn't really

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 understand what's

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 going on in the

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 big picture

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 of things.

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 Maybe you could

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 see the girl.

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 You know,

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 your scope would be

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 large enough

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 to see,

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 it's a little girl,

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 that's fantastic,

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 but you wouldn't see

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 that she's holding

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 the hand of her mother

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 with the red umbrella,

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 etc.

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 That's what the law

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 had become

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 for the Jews.

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 They were so narrow,

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 they were such a

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 tight view of it

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 that they missed

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 the point.

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 They missed the fact

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 that it was meant

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 to point them

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 to Christ.

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 It was their

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 condemnation.

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 You fools,

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 you can't keep this,

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 you need a savior.

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 Between the Old Testament

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 and the New,

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 God's promises to us

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 have never changed.

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 It wasn't as if

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 God had a plan

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 and it got messed up.

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 I'm going to give

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 these people the law.

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 I'm going to show

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 them the way.

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 And they just

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 weren't good at it.

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 Man,

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 he thought,

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 it's just not good enough.

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 I've got to come up

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 with something else.

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 Okay,

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 I'm just going to have

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 to take care of it

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 for them.

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 It wasn't the case at all.

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 People were always

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 saved by their faith.

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 Before the law existed,

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 Abram,

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 his name at the time,

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 was saved by his faith.

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 He believed in the

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 promises of God.

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 Now,

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 they couldn't see

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 the whole picture.

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 Well,

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 it's not fair.

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 It's okay.

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 They couldn't see

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 the whole picture.

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 We do.

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 That's a blessing to us.

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 We get to see

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 the grand scheme

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 of all things.

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 But what they knew

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 was that God

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 was their salvation.

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 He would

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 redeem them

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 from their sins.

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 They just had to

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 place their faith

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 in that.

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 So this is a really

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 valid question

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 coming up in our

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 readers' minds.

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 We don't really

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 feel the burden

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 of the law,

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 which is unfortunate.

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 We should.

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 But we don't really

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 feel that burden.

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 But the Jewish reader

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 would have said,

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 Whoa, Paul!

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 What happened to the law?

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 Does it not have

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 value anymore?

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 Should we dismiss

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 the Torah

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 and the prophets?

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 Paul would say,

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 Absolutely not.

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 So it certainly

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 refers to the law,

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 the Mosaic law.

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 Secondly, though,

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 and more generally,

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 because there is no

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 article in Greek

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 in front of the word

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 law.

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 The law,

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 there is no.

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 So really,

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 it could be read,

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 For I am speaking

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 to those who know

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 law.

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 Any moral code,

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 the Greek word

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 just simply means

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 moral code,

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 rules set apart

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 for the good

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 of mankind.

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 And we know

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 laws.

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 We have laws

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 of our land,

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 which we are

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 meant to obey.

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 So generally,

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 it means that,

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 I'll give you

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 an example,

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 most people

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 know,

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 or make some

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 mental assent

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 to the fact

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 that it's good

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 to go to church.

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 That's why,

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 typically,

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 Christmas and

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 Easter celebrations

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 at churches

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 are widely attended.

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 There are churches

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 now that rent out

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 stadiums to be able

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 to seat the people

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 that will show up

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 on those days.

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 Because in those

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 people's minds,

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 it's a good thing,

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 it's a law.

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 I must go do

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 this good thing

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 to be in right

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 standing with God.

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 I saw a TV show

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 this week,

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 actually,

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 where it opened

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 with the dad

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 trying to rush

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 the children out

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 the door to go

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 to church,

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 and one of the

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 little girls

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 said,

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 Dad,

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 why do we have

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 to go to church?

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 And his response

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 was,

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 we're hedging our

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 bets.

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 We're going to go

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 just in case.

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 that's required

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 of us,

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 so we'll be

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 all right.

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 We're going to hedge

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 our bets.

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 So what then

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 becomes of the law?

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 What should we do

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 with it as those

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 who have died

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 to it?

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 How is it that

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 those who have

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 died to the law

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 don't become

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 lawless?

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 Christ hasn't

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 delivered us

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 from our sin

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 and let us

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 go into

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 more sin?

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 How is it

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 that we

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 don't actually

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 become

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 lawless?

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 And he gives

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 us an analogy,

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 which we see

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 in the second

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 half of

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 verse 1

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 through 3,

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 and it's

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 pretty simple,

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 so let's look

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 at it real quick.

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 Or do you not

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 know,

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 brothers,

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 for I'm speaking

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 to those who

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 know the law,

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 that the law

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 is binding

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 on a person

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 only as long

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 as he lives?

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 So it's a simple

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 analogy.

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 It's all he's

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 giving us here,

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 and I think he

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 explains it rather

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 well.

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 He says,

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 if a woman is

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 married to a man,

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 her job as a

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 wife is to

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 serve him.

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 With all

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 that she is.

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 And if she

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 doesn't serve

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 him with all

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 that she is,

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 if she serves

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 another man,

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 she's an

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 adulteress.

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 The law

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 requires her

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 to maintain

00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:09.599
 commitment to

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 her husband.

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 However,

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 if her husband

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 dies,

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 she's no longer

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 held accountable

00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.559
 to him in

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 that way.

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 The same is

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.200
 true of our

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:20.099
 modern day

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 judicial system.

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 If somebody

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 commits a

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:23.220
 murder and

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 then dies,

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 they're not

00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:26.720
 put on trial

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.240
 for the murder.

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 They're not

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.059
 held accountable

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.400
 to the law

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:29.779
 anymore because

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.039
 they're no

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 longer alive.

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 The analogy

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 can be flipped

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 around.

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 It doesn't

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 really matter.

00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.460
 This isn't

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 any kind of

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 a teaching

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:40.240
 on divorce.

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 It's not

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.740
 really the point

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.059
 of what he's

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.440
 trying to say.

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 We can flip it

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 around and say,

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 a husband is

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 to be committed

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.380
 to his wife

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 as long as

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 she is alive.

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 And he's not

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 to be committed

00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:51.240
 to any other

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 while that's

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 the case.

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 That's simply

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 what he's

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 trying to

00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.440
 say here.

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 In order for

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 him to get

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.259
 to verse

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 four,

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 where he

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 says,

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 likewise,

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.080
 in the same

00:20:02.080 --> 00:20:02.500
 way.

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.120
 Many of your

00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:03.799
 translations might

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.120
 say,

00:20:04.580 --> 00:20:05.140
 therefore.

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 And he

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:07.980
 says,

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.420
 my brothers,

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:08.720
 you have

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.840
 also died

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.759
 to the law

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 through the

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.700
 body of

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.160
 Christ.

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.140
 You have

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:15.900
 also died

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:17.180
 to the law

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:17.420
 through the

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:17.759
 body of

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.120
 Christ.

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 This phrase

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 is,

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.740
 aorist,

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 past,

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 passive.

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 I know most

00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:23.599
 of you don't

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 care about

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.420
 that.

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 So what it

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.379
 means is,

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 that it has

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 been a

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.559
 divinely

00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.420
 completed

00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:30.559
 action.

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 If you

00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:32.519
 were found

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:32.899
 in Christ,

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 if you

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.519
 placed your

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:33.920
 faith in

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.220
 him,

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 you have

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 died.

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 Not

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 physically,

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 you didn't

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 kill yourself,

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 but divinely

00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:42.000
 your old self

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.859
 has been

00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.960
 killed.

00:20:44.139 --> 00:20:44.539
 Completed

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.399
 action in

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 the past

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:47.279
 because we're

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.359
 found in

00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:48.779
 Christ.

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.720
 our identity

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.279
 gets tied

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.579
 up with

00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.180
 his identity

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:52.079
 and Christ

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:53.180
 died.

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.240
 In the same

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 way,

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.700
 so have

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.000
 we.

00:20:56.619 --> 00:20:56.980
 Likewise,

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 so that

00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:59.079
 we're no

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.799
 longer

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:01.319
 bound

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:02.359
 to the

00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:02.619
 law.

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.039
 We've

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.500
 died to

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:03.579
 it.

00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:03.819
 We're not

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.440
 bound to

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.220
 it any

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.599
 longer.

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.639
 For what

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 purpose?

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:09.279
 So that

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.420
 you may

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:11.039
 belong

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.200
 to another,

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.319
 to him

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.740
 who has

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.619
 been raised

00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.660
 from the

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:16.940
 dead.

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:18.700
 we have

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.120
 been set

00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:19.840
 free

00:21:19.840 --> 00:21:20.900
 from the

00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.720
 marriage,

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.279
 if you

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.539
 will,

00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:23.799
 to the

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.080
 law,

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.880
 so that

00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.460
 we might

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.100
 be bound,

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.460
 we might

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.180
 be married

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:28.500
 to Christ.

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.200
 Now,

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:30.519
 some of you

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.279
 macho men

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.580
 in here,

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.120
 your macho

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.480
 ego may

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:32.960
 not allow

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 you to

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.039
 think of

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.420
 your

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:34.799
 relationship

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.279
 with Christ

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.600
 in this

00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:35.860
 way,

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.420
 and my

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:36.779
 encouragement

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.180
 to you

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.500
 would be

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.220
 get over

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.400
 it,

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:38.779
 because it's

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.080
 a really

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.259
 good

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.700
 analogy

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:41.039
 of our

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.799
 relationship

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:43.000
 with him.

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:44.839
 Ephesians

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.460
 chapter 5,

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.200
 we're taught

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.619
 as husbands

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:46.980
 to love

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.339
 our wives

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:48.039
 as Christ

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.339
 loved the

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:48.579
 church.

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.180
 I want

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.619
 Christ to

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:49.900
 love me

00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:50.359
 that way.

00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.660
 I'm cool

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.019
 with that.

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.500
 I can be

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:52.759
 a bride

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.240
 of Christ,

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.119
 no problem

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.380
 with it

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.720
 at all.

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.220
 Keep in

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.539
 mind,

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:56.960
 it's an

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.420
 analogy.

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.480
 It's not

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.039
 the reality

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.319
 of the

00:21:59.319 --> 00:21:59.759
 situation.

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.500
 It's an

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.039
 analogy,

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.799
 trying to

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.220
 help us

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.660
 wrap our

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:02.940
 minds

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.720
 around what

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.380
 happens

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:05.039
 when we

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.460
 become

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.380
 Christians.

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.140
 So we

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.619
 have been

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.599
 bound

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.519
 together

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.559
 with Christ.

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.819
 We belong

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:14.500
 to him.

00:22:16.439 --> 00:22:17.099
 So what

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:17.279
 does that

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.720
 do then

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.539
 to the

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:18.779
 law?

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.339
 What does

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.319
 that do

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:21.939
 for us?

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.319
 Romans 6,

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.379
 2,

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:25.720
 as Chris

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.240
 preached on,

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.000
 the second

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.379
 part of

00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:27.919
 verse 2

00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:28.419
 through 4,

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.740
 reads this

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:29.960
 way.

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.659
 How can

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:34.179
 he who

00:22:34.179 --> 00:22:34.619
 died to

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.759
 sin still

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.379
 live in

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:36.579
 it?

00:22:37.679 --> 00:22:38.359
 Do you

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:38.919
 not know

00:22:38.919 --> 00:22:39.839
 that all

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.299
 of us who

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.539
 have been

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.480
 baptized into

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.039
 Christ Jesus

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.639
 were baptized

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.500
 into his

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:43.920
 death?

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:45.100
 We were

00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.400
 buried

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.140
 therefore with

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.680
 him by

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.340
 baptism into

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:47.759
 death in

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.400
 order that

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.100
 just as

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.640
 Christ was

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.440
 raised from

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.180
 the dead by

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.940
 the glory of

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.380
 the Father,

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.900
 we too might

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.660
 walk in

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.900
 newness of

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.240
 life.

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.740
 So we're

00:22:58.740 --> 00:23:00.320
 bound with

00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:01.120
 Christ in

00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:02.080
 that, in

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:02.980
 the newness

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:04.620
 of life,

00:23:04.860 --> 00:23:06.100
 because of

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.480
 our union

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.160
 with him.

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.680
 We have

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.060
 died with

00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:09.320
 him in

00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:09.600
 order to

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.080
 belong to

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:10.300
 him.

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.059
 2 Corinthians

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.440
 11,

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:11.839
 2,

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.240
 Paul paints

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.579
 another

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.639
 beautiful

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:15.119
 picture of

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.379
 this.

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.659
 He writes

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:16.879
 to the

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.259
 Corinthians,

00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:17.659
 for I

00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:18.240
 feel a

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.740
 divine

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.180
 jealousy

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.700
 for you

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.539
 since I

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.279
 betrothed

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.000
 you to

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.819
 one husband

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.799
 to present

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.379
 you as a

00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:25.139
 pure virgin

00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:26.359
 to Christ.

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.119
 It's where

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.960
 our allegiance

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:30.099
 lies as

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.419
 Christians.

00:23:31.879 --> 00:23:32.639
 So we're

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.119
 joined together

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.519
 with Christ,

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.700
 but for what

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.440
 purpose?

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.099
 For what

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.419
 purpose?

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:36.740
 And you look

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.079
 at the very

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.420
 end of

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.859
 verse 4

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.120
 there,

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.359
 so that

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:40.059
 we will

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.779
 bear fruit

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.339
 for God.

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.240
 That's the

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.620
 end of

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:44.920
 the need.

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.900
 That's why

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:46.539
 we've been

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.680
 delivered,

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.620
 joined together

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:49.259
 with Christ,

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:49.880
 so that

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.640
 we will

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.240
 bear fruit

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.680
 for God.

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.180
 2 Corinthians

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.500
 5,

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.920
 21,

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.140
 Paul said,

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.559
 for our

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.059
 sake he

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.519
 made him

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.079
 to be

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.740
 sin,

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.160
 who knew

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.640
 no sin,

00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.539
 so that

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.099
 in him

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.680
 we might

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.120
 become

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:02.339
 the

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.720
 righteousness

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.900
 of God.

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:06.780
 Christ

00:24:06.780 --> 00:24:07.300
 came

00:24:07.300 --> 00:24:09.440
 to

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 fulfill

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.400
 the

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.720
 demands

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:10.940
 of the

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.220
 law,

00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:12.440
 to

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.340
 live a

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.580
 sinless

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:13.820
 life,

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 to give

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.560
 us the

00:24:14.560 --> 00:24:15.080
 ability

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.740
 to be

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.640
 seen as

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 perfected

00:24:17.320 --> 00:24:18.580
 from the

00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:18.880
 eyes of

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.140
 God.

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.600
 He also

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.200
 bore the

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.860
 condemnation

00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:22.640
 of said

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:22.920
 law.

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.360
 So if

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:26.080
 we are

00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:26.840
 bound up

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.380
 with Christ,

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:27.840
 we will

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.580
 care about

00:24:28.580 --> 00:24:29.240
 what he

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.840
 cares about.

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.759
 We will

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.680
 fulfill

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.460
 the law

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.140
 as

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.460
 Christians.

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.920
 There's not

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.220
 a lot of

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.900
 gray area

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.580
 in there.

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.880
 We will

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.759
 fulfill

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:42.080
 the law

00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:43.500
 because we

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.860
 are from

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.519
 the heart

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.900
 joined to

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.160
 Jesus.

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.680
 We are

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.200
 from the

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.600
 heart

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.380
 joined to

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:51.580
 Jesus.

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.840
 You can't

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:54.080
 be that.

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.100
 You can't

00:24:55.100 --> 00:24:55.779
 be joined

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.340
 to Jesus

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.700
 from the

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.600
 heart and

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:58.900
 not have

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.880
 that change

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.519
 how you

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 live.

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.700
 You can't.

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.299
 It's

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.960
 impossible.

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.480
 If you

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.740
 have made

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.220
 a profession

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.640
 of faith

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:06.880
 in your

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.299
 life

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.920
 somewhere

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.420
 along the

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:08.700
 way

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.660
 and it

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:09.920
 didn't

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.400
 change

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:10.660
 you,

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:11.700
 you're

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:11.940
 not a

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.259
 Christian.

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.720
 You don't

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.480
 believe in

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.740
 the risen

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.100
 Son of

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:15.420
 God

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:17.600
 because when

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:17.940
 you place

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.259
 your faith

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.759
 in Christ,

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.880
 you die

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.160
 to the

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:21.039
 law and

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.259
 you're

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.019
 joined to

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.559
 another

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.180
 Jesus

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.640
 Christ.

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.299
 And that

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.759
 will

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.420
 change

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.940
 your

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 heart.

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.559
 The

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:28.740
 great

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.140
 theologian

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.480
 Charles

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:29.900
 Hodge

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:31.519
 wrote on

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.200
 this text,

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.620
 as far

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:33.880
 as we

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.000
 are

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.460
 concerned,

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.140
 redemption

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.960
 is in

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.700
 order to

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.000
 produce

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.400
 holiness.

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.060
 We are

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:39.660
 delivered from

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.040
 the law

00:25:40.040 --> 00:25:40.360
 that we

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.680
 may be

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.380
 united to

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.780
 Christ,

00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:42.240
 and we

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.660
 are united

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.100
 to Christ

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.340
 that we

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:43.720
 may bring

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.560
 forth fruit

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:45.320
 unto God

00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:46.300
 as

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:46.920
 deliverance

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.259
 from the

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.740
 penalty of

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.000
 the law

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.400
 in order

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.040
 to produce

00:25:49.040 --> 00:25:49.600
 holiness.

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:51.019
 It is

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.540
 vain to

00:25:51.540 --> 00:25:52.280
 expect that

00:25:52.280 --> 00:25:52.980
 deliverance

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:54.060
 except with

00:25:54.060 --> 00:25:54.500
 a view

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.240
 to the

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.080
 end for

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:56.640
 which it

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.180
 was granted.

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:59.600
 You

00:25:59.600 --> 00:25:59.840
 can't

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.259
 believe for

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.759
 a moment

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:00.980
 is what

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.100
 he's

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.240
 saying.

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.420
 You

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:01.680
 can't

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.299
 believe

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.779
 that

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.060
 Christ

00:26:03.060 --> 00:26:03.259
 would

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.600
 deliver

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:03.880
 you

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.240
 for

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.700
 any

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.039
 other

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.420
 reason

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.759
 than

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.140
 holiness.

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.039
 As far

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.299
 as we

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.400
 are

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:08.820
 concerned,

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.759
 that is

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.340
 why it

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.480
 was

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.039
 accomplished,

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.940
 to make

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.100
 us

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.420
 holy.

00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:12.940
 That's

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.019
 who

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.160
 is

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.360
 holy.

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.460
 So,

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.519
 if you're

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.940
 found in

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.240
 Christ,

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.180
 if you

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.700
 have placed

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.380
 your faith

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.160
 justified

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.880
 by faith

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.560
 alone

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.460
 in

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.820
 Christ,

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.019
 you're

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.200
 going to

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.420
 fulfill

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:24.560
 the

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:24.820
 law.

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:26.980
 do we

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.259
 do that

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.639
 perfectly?

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.339
 No.

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:29.879
 I wish

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.240
 we did.

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.579
 I wish

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.019
 that when

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.919
 the Spirit

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.319
 came to

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.939
 indwell us

00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:34.619
 and we

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:34.759
 were

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.619
 regenerate,

00:26:36.439 --> 00:26:36.899
 things just

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:37.339
 started working

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.720
 their way

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.159
 out.

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.779
 Everything

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.079
 went

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.439
 perfect.

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.179
 We're

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.379
 going to

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:41.679
 get into

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.119
 some stuff

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.419
 that makes

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:42.939
 my head

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:43.579
 spin as

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.179
 Paul begins

00:26:44.179 --> 00:26:44.579
 to try to

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.139
 explain the

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:45.679
 process in

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.200
 his life

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.659
 where he

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.279
 sees himself

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.980
 doing things

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.419
 he doesn't

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:49.960
 desire to

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.200
 do.

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.619
 But this

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.019
 kind of

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.599
 truth is a

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.299
 barometer for

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.599
 us.

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.740
 it's a

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.399
 test by

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:55.779
 which we

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.679
 filter our

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:57.019
 living.

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.299
 If we're

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.099
 faithful to

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.419
 God,

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.199
 we'll bear

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:01.579
 fruit for

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.859
 God.

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.199
 If we're

00:27:03.199 --> 00:27:03.659
 faithful to

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:03.799
 God,

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.179
 we will

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.619
 bear fruit

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:04.939
 for God,

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.219
 but we

00:27:05.219 --> 00:27:05.539
 don't

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.139
 always

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.899
 bear fruit

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.359
 for God.

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.099
 And what

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.339
 does that

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:08.939
 then say

00:27:08.939 --> 00:27:09.859
 of our

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.319
 relationship

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.799
 with him?

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.219
 If you're

00:27:13.219 --> 00:27:13.619
 a Christian,

00:27:13.719 --> 00:27:13.919
 you were

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:15.359
 bound to

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.799
 Christ,

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.799
 but most

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.259
 of us

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.319
 are unfaithful

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.679
 to that

00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:19.959
 union.

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:24.120
 I want

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.380
 to find

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:25.039
 myself

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.960
 faithful to

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.299
 my husband

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.759
 as a

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.640
 bride of

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.100
 Christ,

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.920
 devoted

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.240
 and serving

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.539
 him with

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.539
 all that

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.000
 I have.

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.559
 And that

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.120
 will be

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:39.319
 the fulfillment

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.620
 of the

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:39.920
 law.

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:41.880
 It's the

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.180
 first and

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.380
 greatest

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:42.880
 commandment.

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.600
 Love the

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:44.860
 Lord your

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.240
 God with

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.440
 all your

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.799
 heart,

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.180
 with all

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.740
 your mind,

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.240
 with all

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.000
 your soul,

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.180
 and love

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.460
 your neighbor

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.080
 as yourself.

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.480
 In those,

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.080
 all the other

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.700
 commandments are

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.560
 wrapped up,

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.080
 they're tied

00:27:54.080 --> 00:27:54.320
 in that.

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:54.779
 If you do

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.039
 that,

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:55.460
 you'll do

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.440
 everything else.

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.840
 If you

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:58.080
 devote yourself

00:27:58.080 --> 00:27:59.640
 to that

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.160
 whom you're

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.680
 bound up

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:00.880
 with,

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.360
 that was a

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.779
 terrible sentence,

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.120
 I'm sorry,

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:03.440
 devote yourself

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:03.799
 to whom

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.120
 you're

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:05.400
 bound up

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.620
 with,

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.779
 you will

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.940
 fulfill

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.980
 the law.

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.440
 So where

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.620
 does that

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.060
 leave you

00:28:12.060 --> 00:28:12.799
 as you're

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.340
 pondering

00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:13.960
 such a thing

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.340
 and questioning

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.840
 your own

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.180
 life?

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:19.240
 I hope

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.080
 convicted.

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.779
 I don't

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.120
 think it's

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.720
 possible for

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:21.960
 us to

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.440
 think about

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:24.420
 the potential

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.380
 to fulfill

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.820
 the law

00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:26.799
 in Christ

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.620
 and not

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:27.900
 feel some

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.240
 conviction

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.759
 because we

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.180
 don't.

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.100
 If you

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.440
 think you

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.720
 do,

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:32.920
 you're

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.279
 incredibly

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.840
 prideful,

00:28:34.580 --> 00:28:35.160
 which is a

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:35.340
 sin,

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.700
 or you're

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 a liar,

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 which is a

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.000
 sin.

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.360
 None of

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 us,

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.039
 none of

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.240
 us are

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 perfect.

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 Found

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.180
 perfect in

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.400
 Christ by

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:44.740
 God,

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:46.339
 playing that

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.680
 out in

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.140
 reality,

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:47.940
 none of

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.160
 us are

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.559
 perfect.

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 And you

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 have to

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 ask

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.440
 yourself,

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.880
 am I

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.319
 even dead

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.579
 to the

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 law?

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.099
 Do I

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.920
 try to

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:57.579
 gain approval

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.380
 with God

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.380
 because of

00:28:59.380 --> 00:28:59.620
 what I

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.079
 do,

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.460
 or because

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:01.720
 of who

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.579
 I am?

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.599
 There's a

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.579
 big difference.

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.299
 Your identity

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.359
 in Christ,

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.079
 a child of

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.240
 God,

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.960
 adopted,

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.000
 not because

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.420
 of anything

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.900
 that you've

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.160
 done,

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.880
 but all

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.339
 because of

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.819
 his work

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.059
 on your

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.400
 life,

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.920
 his grace

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.380
 to you,

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.160
 justification

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.800
 by faith

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.340
 alone,

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:20.080
 or do you

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.380
 try to

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.019
 earn and

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.440
 work your

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.580
 way into

00:29:22.580 --> 00:29:23.080
 his approval?

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.500
 You may

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.860
 not be a

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.220
 Christian at

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.420
 all,

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.040
 or you

00:29:27.040 --> 00:29:27.940
 may just

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.880
 need to

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.380
 repent and

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:30.580
 believe anew.

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.780
 A Christian

00:29:31.780 --> 00:29:32.320
 life is a

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.980
 process of

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.340
 repentance,

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.620
 constantly

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.700
 looking to

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.000
 God,

00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:37.140
 laying down

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.700
 the sins

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:37.980
 in your

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.340
 life.

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:40.480
 You never

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.080
 stop that.

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.840
 It never

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.340
 ends.

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:44.220
 we'll

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.439
 always be

00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:46.579
 repenting,

00:29:47.199 --> 00:29:47.720
 picking back

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.339
 up faith,

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.240
 pursuing

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.699
 him.

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.720
 But we

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.039
 ought to be

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.279
 able to

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.639
 look at

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.079
 the scope

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.359
 of our

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:54.059
 lives and

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:55.379
 see some

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.859
 movement

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.279
 towards

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.740
 Godliness.

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.099
 As I

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.619
 counsel people

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.039
 here in the

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.519
 church who

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.119
 are dealing

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.720
 with sins,

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.119
 habitual

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.740
 sins,

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.659
 it is easy

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.099
 for me to

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.759
 encourage them

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.259
 to continue

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.500
 on because

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.019
 they're so

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.980
 broken over

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.339
 the things

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.539
 that they

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.839
 do.

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:10.220
 there are

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.599
 men in

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.039
 this church

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.099
 that hate

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:13.379
 sin and

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:14.179
 love Christ.

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.740
 You can

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.159
 hear their

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.519
 voices,

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.000
 you can

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:18.220
 see it as

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.699
 they pray,

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.799
 as they

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.799
 lament over

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.159
 the stuff

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:21.419
 that they

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:21.740
 do.

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:22.799
 It's easy

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.339
 to encourage

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.599
 them.

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.419
 March on.

00:30:25.199 --> 00:30:25.579
 God's at

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:25.879
 work in

00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.299
 your life

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.359
 because the

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:28.179
 natural man

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:29.259
 doesn't hate

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.179
 sin the way

00:30:30.179 --> 00:30:30.579
 you do.

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.619
 He doesn't

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.319
 abhor it this

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.619
 way.

00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:34.319
 Do you find

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.199
 yourself hating

00:30:35.199 --> 00:30:35.819
 sin more and

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.359
 loving Christ

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.819
 more as your

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.359
 life progresses

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:38.779
 on or do

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.039
 you just

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:40.000
 revel in the

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.359
 fact that

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.079
 you're sinful?

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.679
 So verse 4,

00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:45.259
 I'll leave it to

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.679
 us again.

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.359
 Likewise, my

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:46.740
 brothers, you

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.740
 also have died

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.719
 to the law

00:30:48.719 --> 00:30:49.859
 through the

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.500
 body of Christ

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.079
 that you may

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:52.379
 belong to

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:53.519
 another, to

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.079
 him who has

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.379
 been raised

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.839
 from the dead

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.740
 in order that

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.419
 we may bear

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:58.579
 fruit for God.

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.299
 We'll talk more

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.839
 about this this

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.039
 week.