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 Well, if you're like me and our family, you have a series of Christmas plans to execute in the next few days.

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 Your schedules with family have been synchronized.

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 You've arranged your travel.

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 You've made final preparations for how you're going to tackle the monster that is the Christmas week.

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 And perhaps even this moment, maybe this is in your plan.

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 This is kind of a jump start for the week.

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 Kids are finished with school now.

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 They're on Christmas break.

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 Maybe you get a few days off.

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 And kind of the jump start of your Christmas celebration is this worship service here in this place.

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 Whatever your plans may be, Christmas is coming, ready or not.

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 And the text that we're going to study this morning, a simple text,

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 is introducing us to the execution of God's Christmas plans.

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 Plans that were prepared in eternity past.

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 Plans that were carried out in history.

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 Plans that are wonderfully beneficial for anyone who has eyes to see and ears to hear and a heart to believe them.

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 So I want to draw your eyes to Galatians chapter 4.

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 Just two verses here.

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 Verses 4 and 5.

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 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his son, born of woman, born under the law,

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 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

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 Well, since we're kind of parachuting into the middle of this paragraph here,

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 I should at least summarize for you the context here,

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 really a much larger context in the letter,

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 so that we might better grasp Paul's intention in writing these two verses.

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 He was writing to a group of churches who were being heavily influenced at the time by a heretical group

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 that sought to merge Christian discipleship with conformity to the Mosaic law or the Old Testament law.

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 These individuals known as Judaizers, as we might refer to them now,

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 they taught that while following Jesus was important,

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 if you were to truly be right with God,

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 then you must also observe such ceremonial laws as circumcision,

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 feast days, festival days that were put out in the Mosaic law.

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 Dietary restrictions, as we see being referred to.

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 All three of these issues are highlighted in Paul's letter to the Galatian churches

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 because this heretical group has come in,

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 and it says, yeah, Jesus is great, he's important, but he's not enough.

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 What you also need to do is you need to merge together this following of Jesus with conformity to the law.

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 And if you do those two things, you have your faith, plus you have your works,

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 and you bring those two things together,

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 then and only then can you be truly justified before God.

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 Can you be truly made right with God?

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 So Paul's letter to the Galatians is a polemic against such heresy.

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 It's a warning that adopting such beliefs is tantamount to abandoning God himself

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 and the true gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 Now that sounds like strong language, but it's the language that Paul actually uses.

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 If you just look back in chapter 1 and verse 6,

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 he opens the letter without thanksgiving for the church, which was unusual for Paul,

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 but he says in verse 6,

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 I'm astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ

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 and are turning to a different gospel.

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 So the issues that are unfolding in the churches of Galatia are not issues of,

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 that we might treat with any kind of indifference.

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 They are serious issues.

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 They're gospel issues.

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 In this portion of the letter in chapter 4,

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 Paul is arguing that the function of the Mosaic law

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 was never actually to offer salvation to begin with.

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 That's basically what the Judaizers were saying.

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 That's basically what a lot of people that would claim to be Christian today are saying as well.

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 That the function of the law,

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 that there is a certain measure of righteousness that you must have

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 and in exchange for your obedience to a list of rules and a set of traditions,

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 in exchange for your obedience,

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 God will then grant you the salvation that you then deserve.

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 Paul's pushing against that.

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 He's arguing against that fiercely here.

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 And he contends that the function of the law

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 is to expose our sinfulness

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 and to point us to salvation through God's promised Savior.

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 And beginning in chapter 3,

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 he uses this illustration that he begins to repeat a number of times.

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 An illustration that refers to the law

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 as a guardian,

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 or a tutor,

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 or a steward,

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 a household manager,

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 all words that Paul is using here

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 to describe the true function

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 of the Mosaic law.

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 And the role of this guardian

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 would be just as a guardian

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 in the homes in Roman culture

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 who were tasked

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 with overseeing the child

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 until he comes of age.

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 And it's when he becomes of age

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 that he is then granted

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 all the benefits

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 that belong to an heir.

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 That's the illustration he's using,

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 and that's the illustration that he's using here in chapter 4.

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 And so we understand then

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 that having started in faith,

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 some of the Galatian Christians

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 were in danger of turning back,

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 that's Paul's language,

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 turning back

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 from grounding their salvation in Christ

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 to actually grounding it

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 in their efforts

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 at obeying the law.

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 So that's what Paul was writing to confront,

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 and it's the context in which

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 this passage must be interpreted, okay?

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 And there's a lot more to that.

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 I would encourage you to actually go

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 study it on your own in detail.

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 Not just on your own, though.

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 Perhaps you would even be benefited more

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 by studying it along with a partner,

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 a husband, a wife,

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 maybe a friend in the church.

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 Just decide we're going to meet together

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 maybe for a few weeks,

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 and we're going to read through

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 the book of Galatians together.

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 We're going to work against each other

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 to make sure we understand this context,

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 because it is quite important.

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 But what we're going to do

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 is we're going to zero in

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 on these two verses

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 that I read just a moment ago.

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 These two verses,

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 what they do,

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 the way they're functioning

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 in Paul's argument,

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 is they are revealing to us

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 the one that God's law,

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 this guardian,

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 points to.

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 It shows us the eternal plan of God,

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 perfectly fulfilled

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 in the incarnation of Jesus Christ.

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 It expresses for us

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 the glorious truth

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 of God's Christmas plans,

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 which make it possible

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 for us to be forgiven

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 and to be reconciled to Him.

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 And this is the gospel truth

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 that I hope to show you

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 from these two verses this morning.

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 Four things I want to point out to you

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 as we break the verses apart, okay?

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 The first thing is this.

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 I want you to see

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 the unfolding plan of God.

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 The unfolding plan of God.

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 Just the very first phrase

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 in verse four

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 is where we get this.

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 But when the fullness of time

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 had come,

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 the fullness of time

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 had come.

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 Now remember,

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 the language

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 is connected

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 to this illustration

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 Paul is using.

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 If you just set your eyes

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 on verse two

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 in chapter four,

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 the illustration refers

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 to a child

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 being under guardianship

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 until the day

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 set by his father.

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 That's the illustration

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 he's using.

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 But he's under guardians

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 and managers

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 until the date

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 set by his father,

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 Paul says.

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 Now we get to verse four.

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 This statement

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 about the fullness of time

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 coming

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 is the explanation

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 of the illustration

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 Paul's using in verse two.

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 So he illustrates it.

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 He says,

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 there's this kind of scenario

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 he puts forth

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 where there's a child.

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 He's raised by this guardian

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 until the date

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 that the father

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 has determined.

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 And then he turns

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 to the plan of God,

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 the unfolding plan of God

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 in history,

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 redemptive history.

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 And he says,

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 the fullness of time

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 has now come.

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 The date set

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 by the father

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 has come.

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 Now what he does

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 not mean here

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 is that when God

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 felt that the world's

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 circumstances

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 were most favorable

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 that he suddenly

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 decided to take action.

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 That's not what Paul

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 means by this statement.

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 What he means

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 is that the events

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 of Jesus'

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 incarnation,

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 including the historical

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 circumstances

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 into which he was born,

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 took place

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 at precisely

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 the time

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 God

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 intended.

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 At precisely

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 the time

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 when the fullness

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 of time had come,

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 when everything

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 had been accomplished

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 that God had intended

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 to be accomplished

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 in the orchestration

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 of his sovereign plan

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 and his providence.

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 Then

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 and only then

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 Christ came.

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 It's the unfolding

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 plan

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 of God.

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 Now,

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 I hope this

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 doesn't happen

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 to you,

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 but the chances

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 are something's

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 going to happen

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 this week.

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 It's going to mess

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 up your Christmas

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 plans,

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 right?

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 A few weeks

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 ago,

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 Ashlyn's birthday

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 is tomorrow.

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 Ashlyn's 13

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 years old tomorrow.

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 We celebrate,

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 do you want me,

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 do you want us

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 to sing to you?

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 You don't want us

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 to do it?

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 A couple of weeks

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 ago we celebrated

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 her birthday.

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 This year she wanted

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 to go to Winterfest

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 at Carowind.

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 She wanted to take

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 some of her friends

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 with her and some

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 of the girls here

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 went along with her.

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 Julie and I had,

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 it was a Friday night,

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 we had to set up

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 this whole plan together

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 where Julie was

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 going to drive

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 to Troutman

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 to get Annette

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 and Phoebe

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 and then she was

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 going to drive

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 down to Mooresville

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 to get Clementine.

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 Then she was

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 going to drive

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 to Matthew's

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 to get my niece,

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 Kate,

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 and then she was

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 going to drive

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 to the Zaxby's

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 next to Carowind's.

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 Now while she

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 was doing that,

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 Harper and I

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 were taking Charlie

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 to Gastonia

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 so we could drop

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 her off with my parents

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 and then we were

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 going to rendezvous

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 with them at Zaxby's

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 so that we could

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 eat dinner

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 before it cost,

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 you know,

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 50 bucks a plate

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 and then we were

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 going to go

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 into Carowind's

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 and enjoy the time

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 together.

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 Well,

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 things don't ever

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 happen the way

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 that you want

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 them to happen,

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 do they?

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 And Harper

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 and I are on

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 77,

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 485,

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 and 85

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 all at about,

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 I don't know,

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 430.

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 And we just

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 weren't going to make

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 it to Zaxby's

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 so I called Julie

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 and I was like,

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 we're not going to

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 be there in time,

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 she was already

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 at the restaurant,

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 if you'll just get

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 Harper and I

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 something to eat,

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 we'll eat dinner

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 in the parking lot

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 at Carowind's

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 and we'll go in

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 and we'll enjoy

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 the night.

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 So Harper and I

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 go straight to Carowind's,

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 plans have already

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 changed,

00:11:11.079 --> 00:11:11.699
 we get there,

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 we're in line to

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 get into the parking

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 lot and finally

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 they open up the

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 gates and we go

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 into the parking

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 lot and we find

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 our parking space,

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 Julie pulls in

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 behind us and we

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 get out,

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 we're so hungry,

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 we haven't eaten

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 all day,

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 we say,

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 where's our food

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 we would love to

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 eat and she says,

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 oh,

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 I forgot to get

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 you food.

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 So,

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 plan B

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 is already

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 changed.

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 So we go inside

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 and we think,

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 okay,

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 we're just going

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 to find us a

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 restaurant immediately.

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 Well,

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 there's no

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 restaurants immediately

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 unless you want

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 Cinnabon,

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 right,

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 when you walk

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 into the thing

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 and then there's

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 these shows that

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 we want to go to.

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 It's like two

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 hours later,

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 Harper and I

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 finally get

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 something to eat

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 at Carowind's.

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 The plans were

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 just constantly

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 changing,

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 right?

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 Our plans do

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 that.

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 Your plans are

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 going to do

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 that this week.

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 Listen,

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 one person or

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 one being that

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 never happens

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 to is God.

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 His plans never

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 change.

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 Nothing takes

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 him by surprise.

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 There's nothing

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 that he's hoping

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 to happen or

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 waiting for to

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 happen before he

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 decides to act.

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 That's not how

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 it works for

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 him.

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 No,

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 God has an

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 eternal plan that

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 he executes in

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 time and space

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 according to his

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 sovereign will and

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 that plan has

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 everything to do

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 with Jesus and

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 saving sinners from

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 his own wrath through

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 Jesus.

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 Now,

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 there's a lot of

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 text we could turn

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 to for this.

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 Let me just show

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 you one in

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 Ephesians chapter

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 one.

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 It's on the

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 screen for you

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 to see.

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 God chose us in

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 him, in Christ.

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 God chose us in

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 Christ, watch this

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 phrase, before the

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 foundation of the

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 world, before

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 creation.

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 In eternity past,

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 God had a plan to

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 save sinners.

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 In love, he

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 predestined us to

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 adoption to himself

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 as sons through

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Here's the phrase,

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 according to the

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 purposes of his

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 will.

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 He planned to do

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 it in him.

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 We have

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 redemption through

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 his blood, the

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 forgiveness of our

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 trespasses, according

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 to the riches of his

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 grace, which he

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 lavished upon us in

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 all wisdom and

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 insight, making known

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 to us here the

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 mystery of his

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 will, or we might

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 say his plan,

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 according to his

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 purpose, which he

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 set forth in Christ

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 as a plan, and

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 here's this phrase

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 again, for the

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 fullness of time.

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 In him, we have

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 attained an

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 inheritance, having

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 been predestined

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 according to the

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 purpose of him who

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 works all things,

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 according to the

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 counsel of his

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 will.

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 What am I saying?

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 I'm saying that God's

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 plan in Christ was

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 not spontaneous.

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 God's plan in Christ

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 was not happenstance.

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 It is his sovereign

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 purpose from before

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 creation.

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 It is the unfolding

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 plan of God in

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 history, the pivotal

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 moment of which is

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 the incarnation of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 You say, how do you

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 know that?

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 The Bible tells us

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 all about it.

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 You can start from

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 the very beginning.

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 Jesus is the seed of

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 the woman whom God

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 promised to Adam and

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 Eve that he would

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 rescue fallen humanity.

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 Jesus is the ark of

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 our salvation from

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 God's judgment pictured

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 in the story of Noah.

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 Jesus is Abraham's

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 offspring through which

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 all the families of

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 the earth are blessed.

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 Jesus is the perfect

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 spotless lamb pictured

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 in the worship of

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 Israel.

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 Jesus is the son of

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 David who will rule

00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:40.700
 God's eternal kingdom.

00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:43.000
 Jesus is the Messiah

00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:44.100
 foretold by the

00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:44.460
 prophets.

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 The birth of Jesus was

00:14:47.040 --> 00:14:47.840
 not a coincidence.

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 God didn't wake up one

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 morning and say, oh,

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 this might be a good

00:14:52.780 --> 00:14:53.940
 time to try to make

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 something happen.

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 No.

00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:56.379
 This was the pivotal

00:14:56.379 --> 00:14:57.980
 moment of human history

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 orchestrated by the

00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:01.180
 sovereign plan of God

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 as the event to which

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 all the scriptures

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 pointed.

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 So using this

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 illustration, Paul

00:15:08.680 --> 00:15:09.960
 reminds the Galatians

00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:10.820
 that in God's

00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:13.060
 unfolding plan, the

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 time to which the law

00:15:14.220 --> 00:15:15.560
 pointed was marked by

00:15:15.560 --> 00:15:17.500
 Jesus' advent, his

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 coming.

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 And because of what

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 God did through Christ

00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.300
 in the fullness of

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 time, we are no longer

00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:27.040
 under a guardian.

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 No longer under the

00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:33.160
 condemnation of the law

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 held in bondage to it.

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 The unfolding plan of

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 God.

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 Number two, I want you

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 to see the agent of God's

00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:41.700
 plan.

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 The agent of God's plan.

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 Now we're still in verse

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 four.

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 Just look at the next

00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.560
 couple of phrases.

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 In the fullness of

00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:49.539
 time, God sent forth

00:15:49.539 --> 00:15:52.559
 his son, born of

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 woman, born under

00:15:54.599 --> 00:15:55.159
 the law.

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 Now these brief

00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:58.399
 statements, they give

00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:00.279
 us an introduction to

00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:02.059
 the true nature of

00:16:02.059 --> 00:16:02.419
 Jesus.

00:16:04.079 --> 00:16:05.839
 He is the agent of

00:16:05.839 --> 00:16:07.639
 God's plan, carrying

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:10.119
 out this plan in real

00:16:10.119 --> 00:16:11.519
 time and space.

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 Now that he was sent

00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:17.539
 forth from God, is

00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:18.719
 Paul's way of

00:16:18.719 --> 00:16:20.379
 indicating that Jesus

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:22.439
 actually existed before

00:16:22.439 --> 00:16:23.759
 he was ever born.

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 That's strange.

00:16:26.339 --> 00:16:27.359
 None of us can say that,

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 can we?

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 Oh, we came into

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 existence at our

00:16:30.839 --> 00:16:31.859
 conception, didn't we?

00:16:32.599 --> 00:16:33.559
 Not Jesus, though.

00:16:34.079 --> 00:16:34.979
 No, Jesus was actually

00:16:34.979 --> 00:16:37.699
 sent forth in order to

00:16:37.699 --> 00:16:39.579
 be born of woman.

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 He existed before.

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:44.340
 John chapter one.

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 In the beginning was the

00:16:46.780 --> 00:16:47.139
 word.

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 John's using word here as a

00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:51.620
 proper noun for Jesus.

00:16:52.040 --> 00:16:52.860
 In the beginning was the

00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.200
 word.

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 The word was with God.

00:16:55.520 --> 00:16:57.160
 The word was God.

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.840
 He was in the beginning

00:16:58.840 --> 00:16:59.320
 with God.

00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:00.460
 All things were actually

00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:01.560
 made through him.

00:17:01.660 --> 00:17:03.200
 Jesus is the creator.

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 And without him was not

00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.660
 anything made that was

00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:06.000
 made.

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 And then in verse 14 he

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:09.079
 says, and the word

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:10.980
 became flesh.

00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:13.299
 This preexistent word,

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:17.779
 this one existing with

00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:19.680
 God as God in eternity

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:22.359
 past became flesh,

00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:24.400
 became a man and

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 dwelt among us.

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 And we have seen his

00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.640
 glory, John says,

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:29.119
 glory as of the only

00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:32.259
 son from the father,

00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:33.500
 full of grace and

00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:33.720
 truth.

00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:36.160
 Jesus makes this very

00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:36.860
 claim himself.

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:38.539
 In John 17, four and

00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:40.319
 five, Jesus prays to the

00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:41.539
 father, I glorified you

00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:42.559
 on earth, having

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.600
 accomplished the work

00:17:43.600 --> 00:17:44.600
 you gave me to do.

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:46.860
 And now father glorify me

00:17:46.860 --> 00:17:48.660
 in your own presence with

00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:50.500
 the glory that I had with

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:52.059
 you before the world ever

00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.600
 existed.

00:17:53.100 --> 00:17:53.660
 He says.

00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:56.740
 Jesus' birth is not the

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.400
 beginning of his

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 existence.

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 It's just the beginning of

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 his incarnation.

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 That's important.

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 That's important.

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 That the essence of his

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 eternal existence is as

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 God's son corresponds to

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 the reality that his

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 coming indeed was via a

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 virgin birth.

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 Just as the scripture says.

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 People keep trying to

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 explain this away.

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 Can't explain it away if

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 you're using the Bible.

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 It just doesn't work.

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 He didn't become God's

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 son.

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 No.

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 He's always been God's

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 son.

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 Luke chapter 1.

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 The angel comes to Mary.

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 Behold, you will conceive in

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 your room and bear a son.

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 You shall call his name

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 Jesus.

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 He will be great and will be

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 called the son of the most

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 high, the son of God.

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 And the Lord God will give to

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 him the throne of his father

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 David.

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 He will reign over the house

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 of Jacob forever and of his

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 kingdom there will be no end.

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 And Mary said to the angel,

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 how will this be since I'm a

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 virgin?

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 I've never known a man.

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 And the angel said, the Holy

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 Spirit will come upon you.

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 The power of the most high

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 will overshadow you.

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 Therefore, the child to be

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 born will be called holy, the

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 son of God.

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 And then in Matthew chapter 1

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 in Matthew's account, all this

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 took place, Matthew says, to

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 fulfill what the Lord had

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 spoken by the prophet.

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 Behold, the virgin shall

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 conceive and bear a son and

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 they shall call his name

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 Emmanuel, which means God is

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 with us.

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 Not one from God is with us.

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 No, God is with us.

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 So in this simple phrase, this

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 simple statement in Galatians 4,

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 as Paul is making this argument

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 of the sufficiency of Christ in

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 his gospel, he reminds us of

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 Jesus's true nature, underscoring

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 Jesus's true divinity, deity.

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 But he also underscores Jesus's

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 true humanity.

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 This is the mystery of it, isn't

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 it?

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 It's the very next phrase.

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 That Jesus was born of woman

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 highlights the fact that Jesus

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 was not only truly God, but he's

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 actually truly man.

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 He's a real man.

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 That he was born under the law

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 means that as a true man, Jesus

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 was fully subjected to the

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 demands of God's law like every

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 other man and woman.

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 Jesus truly is the God-man.

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 A mystery to be sure, but a

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 reality that's made plain in the

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 scriptures.

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 Jesus's nature as truly God and

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 truly man is absolutely essential.

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 to God's saving plan.

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 He's the agent of God's plan

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 because only he can be the agent

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 of God's plan.

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 So we've got the unfolding of

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 God's plan.

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 We've got the agent of God's plan.

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 Third, we see the execution of

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 God's plan.

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 The execution of God's plan.

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 Now we're going to look at verse

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 five, just the first phrase there.

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 Why did he come?

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 Why did he send forth his son?

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 To redeem those who were under the

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 law.

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 To redeem those who were under the

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 law.

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 Now how is it that this child

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 whose birth we celebrate

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 executes God's plan to save

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 sinners?

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 What did the father send the son

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 to do so that those who are under

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 the law, that's me and you, that's

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 mankind,

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 what did he send him to do so that

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 we could be redeemed?

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 The manger in Bethlehem is of

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 course shadowed by the cross in

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 Jerusalem, isn't it?

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 The execution of God's plan

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 necessitated the execution of God's

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 son.

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 To redeem those who were under the

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 law,

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 Jesus was born so that he could die.

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 And it was all according to God's

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 sovereign plan.

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 A plan that was foretold hundreds of

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 years before it took place.

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 Isaiah tells us all about it in

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 Isaiah 53.

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 Yet it was the will of the Lord to

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 crush him.

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 He has put him to grief.

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 When his soul makes an offering for

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 guilt, he shall see his offspring.

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 He shall prolong his days.

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 The will of the Lord shall prosper

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 in his hand.

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 This is the plan of God.

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 Now how could the execution of

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 Jesus be a means of redemption for

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 us?

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 How is that even possible?

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 What does a Jew and his death from

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 2,000 years ago have anything to do

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 with your life today?

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 This is why understanding Jesus'

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 true nature is so important.

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 That's why Paul is laying out the

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 argument the way that he is.

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 He doesn't just say that Jesus is

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 the son of God born of woman born

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 under the law just because he's

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 trying to fill up space and he's

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 being real wordy like I am.

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 No, there's an intention to it.

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 It's only after you understand that

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 nature that you can actually

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 understand this redemption.

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 Though as a man, Jesus was fully

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 subjected to the demands of the law

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 unlike any other man.

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 Jesus perfectly obeyed and fulfilled

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 that law.

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 Therefore his death was not a

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 judgment for sins that he committed

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 but it was an atonement for those

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 who have indeed sinned against God.

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 That's how he did it.

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 That's why it matters.

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 In other words, Jesus lived the life

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 that we were meant to live

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 and then he died the death

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 that we deserve to die.

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 On the cross, he laid down his life

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 to suffer the wrath of the Father

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 meant for sinners so that God

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 might count those same sinners

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 as righteous before him.

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 That's amazing.

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.920
 Let me give you just a few passages

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 that echo this.

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 from Galatians itself.

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 If you want to just flip back a page

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 to chapter 3.

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 Galatians 3 verse 10.

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 All who rely on the works of the law

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 are under a curse.

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 In other words, if you're counting on

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 your ability to just kind of be good

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 and do your best and try your hardest

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 that how could God ever condemn

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 somebody like me

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 if that's what you're counting on?

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 Paul says you're under a curse.

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 He says the reason you're under a curse

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 is because the scriptures say

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:43.180
 curse be everyone who does not abide

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 by all things written in the book

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.960
 of the law and do them.

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 He says in other words

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:48.639
 if you're counting on your goodness

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.920
 to make it

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:51.359
 you're under a curse

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 because none of us have been good enough.

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 All of us have fallen short

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 and somebody has to pay for that.

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 Somebody has to reckon with that.

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 But then look at verse 13.

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 But Christ redeemed us from that curse.

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.359
 How?

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:12.939
 By becoming a curse for us.

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 For it's written

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:16.879
 cursed is everyone

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 who hangs on a tree.

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 Paul says the same thing

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:22.159
 in Romans chapter 8.

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 For God has done what the law

00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:26.919
 weakened by the flesh could not do.

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.579
 How?

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:29.859
 By sending his own son

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:32.299
 in the likeness of sinful flesh

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 and for sin

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 he condemned sin in the flesh.

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 In his flesh

00:25:37.679 --> 00:25:39.399
 with his flesh

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.179
 with his body

00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:41.919
 in the execution on the cross

00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:43.379
 he condemns sin.

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 He deals with sin

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.519
 Paul says.

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.019
 Why?

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 In order that

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:51.059
 the righteous requirement of the law

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:53.000
 might be filled in us

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 who have not truly fulfilled it

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:57.440
 and yet we're counted

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.519
 as righteous.

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:01.460
 2 Corinthians 5 29

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:03.120
 For our sake

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:05.140
 he made him to be sin

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:06.460
 who knew no sin

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:08.380
 so that in him

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.880
 we might become

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.519
 the righteousness

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.740
 of God.

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 We sing about this

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.940
 every week

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:16.100
 bearing sin

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:17.240
 and scoffing rude

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 in my place

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.059
 condemned

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.440
 he stood

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:24.240
 sealed my pardon

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:26.460
 with his blood.

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 Hallelujah

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.259
 what a savior.

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.480
 But of course

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:33.019
 death isn't the end

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:34.039
 for Jesus.

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:36.259
 He defeats death

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:38.220
 by rising from the dead

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:40.059
 three days after that crucifixion

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.359
 and this too

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:43.039
 is the execution

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:45.220
 of God's eternal plan.

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.940
 This is what was meant to happen.

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:49.680
 John chapter 10 tells us

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.640
 Jesus says it

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.839
 for this reason

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.920
 the father loves me

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:54.519
 because I lay down

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.120
 my life

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.860
 that I may take it up again.

00:26:57.800 --> 00:26:59.160
 No one takes it from me

00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.160
 I lay it down

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.980
 of my own accord.

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.180
 I have authority

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.039
 to lay it down

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:04.340
 I have authority

00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:05.580
 to take it up again

00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:07.240
 this charge

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.180
 this mission

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.440
 this plan

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:11.060
 I have received

00:27:11.060 --> 00:27:12.640
 from my father.

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.580
 Oh it's not just

00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:16.000
 that his execution

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.920
 was a part of the plan

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:18.600
 so was his resurrection

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:19.880
 and you can't have one

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.600
 without the other.

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:22.779
 the resurrection

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.619
 it shows us

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.819
 that God actually

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:27.019
 accepted Christ's crucifixion

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:28.480
 as sufficient

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.599
 for us.

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.539
 Now why in the world

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.519
 would Paul be referring

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.879
 to this in Galatians 4?

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.980
 Because he's talking

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.779
 to a group of people

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.599
 who are being deceived.

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.819
 Somebody's telling them

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.139
 that yeah

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:40.319
 Jesus is fine

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:41.519
 but he's not enough.

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.500
 But in the resurrection

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.219
 itself

00:27:44.219 --> 00:27:45.439
 God himself

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:46.619
 tells the world

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:48.439
 Christ is enough.

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:50.840
 nothing else

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.660
 need be done.

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:54.320
 Receive salvation

00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:56.100
 through him.

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.299
 Christ

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:02.580
 fully satisfied

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:03.420
 God's wrath

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.480
 against every sinner

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.039
 who will receive him

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.559
 by faith.

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.539
 There is nothing

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.680
 left for you to pay.

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.400
 But his resurrection

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.440
 it guarantees

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:16.200
 our future resurrection.

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.380
 salvation.

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:19.299
 Because he lives

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:21.960
 we have the full assurance

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.039
 that we too

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.680
 will live.

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:27.180
 It's the execution

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:28.000
 of God's plan.

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.860
 Fourthly and finally

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:31.340
 the purpose

00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:32.140
 of God's plan.

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.380
 The purpose

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.100
 of God's plan.

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.960
 Look at the last phrase

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.860
 of verse 5.

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.319
 It's a purpose statement.

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.940
 We know that

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:40.100
 because the first two words

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:41.259
 so that

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:42.140
 it's a purpose statement.

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:44.100
 so that we

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:45.800
 might receive

00:28:45.800 --> 00:28:46.480
 adoption

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.940
 as sons.

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:49.700
 So that we might

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.500
 receive adoption

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.960
 as sons.

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.620
 There is a popular

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.960
 idea out there

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:58.020
 that maintains

00:28:58.020 --> 00:28:59.759
 something like this.

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.240
 We are

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:01.120
 all

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:02.480
 God's children.

00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:03.840
 We're all God's children.

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.620
 Perhaps you've heard that.

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.540
 Maybe you've said it.

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:06.759
 But here's the thing.

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.680
 That doesn't actually

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.540
 come from the Bible.

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:12.000
 That was a phrase

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.599
 that was brought to bear

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:15.519
 at the end of the

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.460
 enlightenment

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:18.839
 when culturally

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.659
 men had decided

00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:20.680
 that God and religion

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.960
 was no longer necessary

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.980
 that mankind

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.119
 can get by just fine

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:25.039
 on pure reason

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:26.039
 and rationality.

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.740
 But yet there was still

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.460
 hundreds and hundreds

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.200
 of years worth

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.259
 of religion that existed.

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:30.779
 They didn't want to

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.639
 just do away with it all.

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.359
 So what they did

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:33.639
 is they tried to merge

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.319
 the two together

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.940
 and they said

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:36.420
 they spoke of

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.799
 the universal fatherhood

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.279
 of God

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.200
 and the universal

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.160
 brotherhood of man.

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.740
 In other words

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:42.059
 we all belong to God.

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.660
 We're all the children

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.099
 of God

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:44.220
 and we're all brothers

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.180
 and sisters together.

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.319
 A nice sentiment.

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.279
 Not true.

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.220
 It's not what the Bible

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.619
 teaches.

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:53.160
 We are all God's

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.599
 creatures.

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:56.299
 We do belong to Him

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.240
 in that sense

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:59.259
 but we are not

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.039
 all His children.

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.339
 In fact

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.819
 in our sinful condition

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:04.779
 the Bible describes us

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.720
 as God's enemies

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:07.879
 not His children.

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:11.240
 That's why the New Testament

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:13.000
 so often uses this idea

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.940
 of adoption

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:15.579
 in reference

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.759
 to God's salvation.

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.859
 You see it right here

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:18.319
 in the phrase

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.700
 don't you?

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:22.099
 If Christ executed

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:23.039
 this plan

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:25.099
 with the purpose

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:26.879
 that those who believe

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:28.240
 Him might receive

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.799
 adoption

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:30.399
 might become

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.200
 children of God

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.819
 that means

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.980
 necessarily

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:34.879
 that those same people

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.839
 at some time

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:37.119
 were not the children

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.699
 of God.

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.359
 God's purpose

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:42.559
 in His eternal plan

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.959
 as executed

00:30:43.959 --> 00:30:45.219
 by Jesus Christ

00:30:45.219 --> 00:30:46.599
 is to make

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.179
 His enemies

00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:48.239
 sons.

00:30:49.199 --> 00:30:49.899
 It's to make

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.299
 His enemies

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.719
 sons.

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.439
 I just want you

00:30:53.439 --> 00:30:54.039
 to let that sit

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.539
 on your mind

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.259
 for just a second.

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:58.079
 It's kind of amazing.

00:30:59.699 --> 00:31:00.419
 Who of you

00:31:00.419 --> 00:31:00.959
 would ever look

00:31:00.959 --> 00:31:01.439
 at an enemy

00:31:01.439 --> 00:31:02.759
 who hates

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.599
 your guts

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.759
 and wants

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.379
 nothing to do

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.659
 with you

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:05.939
 and say

00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:06.139
 you know

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.439
 what I'm going

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:06.779
 to do?

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.519
 I'm going to

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.879
 make you

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.419
 my child.

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:10.959
 I'm going to

00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:11.199
 give you

00:31:11.199 --> 00:31:11.819
 everything that's

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.059
 mine.

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.819
 I'm going to

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.379
 forgive everything

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:15.099
 you've ever done.

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.439
 I'm going to

00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:16.799
 turn away

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.419
 from every bit

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:17.799
 of hatred

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.179
 that you've

00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:18.519
 ever put

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.959
 towards me

00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:19.399
 and I'm going

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:19.839
 to give you

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.559
 everything that's

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:20.779
 mine.

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.819
 None of us

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.219
 would ever

00:31:22.219 --> 00:31:22.839
 do that

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:24.099
 and yet

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.699
 that's exactly

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.240
 what God

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.059
 does in Christ.

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:27.839
 Why?

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:34.799
 God's plan

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.519
 of salvation

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.359
 it's not a

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.119
 provision that

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.579
 he makes

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:37.980
 for us

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.699
 out of pity.

00:31:40.679 --> 00:31:41.279
 Sometimes we

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.039
 get this idea

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.679
 that because

00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:43.139
 of God's

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.459
 holiness

00:31:43.459 --> 00:31:44.740
 that you

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:44.939
 know he

00:31:44.939 --> 00:31:45.339
 feels like

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.639
 he has to

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:45.899
 do something

00:31:45.899 --> 00:31:46.119
 because he

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.299
 kind of

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.720
 feels sorry

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.039
 for us

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.259
 so he

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.579
 kind of

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:47.879
 pinches

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.459
 his nose

00:31:48.459 --> 00:31:49.679
 and he

00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:50.359
 sends Jesus

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.459
 and I

00:31:51.459 --> 00:31:51.980
 go do this

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.439
 thing for

00:31:52.439 --> 00:31:52.919
 anybody who

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.259
 wants to

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.579
 deal with

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:53.879
 it

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.539
 and he

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.839
 just kind

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.119
 of keeps

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:55.720
 his distance.

00:31:55.959 --> 00:31:56.439
 That is not

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:56.959
 at all what

00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:57.419
 we find in

00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:57.779
 the scripture

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.180
 remember

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.839
 this is

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.139
 God's

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.599
 unfolding

00:31:59.599 --> 00:31:59.980
 plan

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.399
 from all

00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:00.940
 of eternity.

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.259
 This is

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.899
 his plan.

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.119
 Why?

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.200
 Why would

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.420
 he do

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.720
 that?

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.960
 What is it

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.200
 that he

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.500
 actually

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.019
 desires?

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.200
 He desires

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.339
 to be

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.200
 reconciled

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:17.559
 to us

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:19.660
 his enemies.

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:21.079
 Why does

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.440
 he want

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.740
 what's

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.319
 motivating

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.079
 this desire?

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.240
 Love.

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.500
 Love.

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:28.319
 Romans

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.740
 Romans 5

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.099
 8

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:30.339
 God

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.039
 shows

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.839
 his love

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.299
 toward us

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.740
 how?

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.819
 That while

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.440
 we're still

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.220
 sinners

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:38.019
 his enemies

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:40.440
 and in that

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.880
 moment don't

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.339
 even want

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.759
 him we're

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.319
 not asking

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.140
 for salvation

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:44.079
 don't think

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.480
 we need

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.779
 it.

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.420
 Even

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.920
 then

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:47.019
 he shows

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.460
 his love

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.940
 for us

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.839
 by sending

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.359
 Christ to

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.940
 die for

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.480
 us.

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.660
 Ephesians

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.060
 too

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:55.259
 but God

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.980
 being rich

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.680
 in mercy

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:59.140
 because of

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.820
 the great

00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:00.519
 love

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.960
 with which

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.480
 he loved

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.920
 us

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:03.320
 even when

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.740
 we were

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.300
 dead in

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:04.460
 our

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.279
 trespasses

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.680
 made us

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.140
 alive

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.560
 together

00:33:07.560 --> 00:33:08.259
 with Christ

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.600
 by grace

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.019
 you've been

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.460
 saved.

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.880
 1 John

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.240
 4

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.519
 9

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.980
 and 10

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:16.200
 in this

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:17.400
 the love

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.880
 of God

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.279
 was made

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.620
 manifest

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.059
 in this

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.500
 the love

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.880
 of God

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.339
 was put

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.220
 on display

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:23.279
 how?

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.599
 That God

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.180
 sent his

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.500
 son

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.380
 into the

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:26.680
 world

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:28.579
 so that

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.339
 we might

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.740
 live

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.380
 through him

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:32.160
 in this

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.759
 is love

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.599
 not that

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:33.900
 we've

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.140
 loved

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:34.460
 him

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.339
 but that

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.940
 he loved

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.480
 us

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.680
 and sent

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.319
 his son

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.319
 to be

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:40.220
 the propitiation

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.759
 the full

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.620
 satisfaction

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:43.819
 for our

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.319
 sins

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.879
 unless we

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.399
 begin to

00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:47.000
 think that

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.719
 Jesus is an

00:33:47.719 --> 00:33:48.039
 unwilling

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.619
 participant

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:49.339
 in this

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:50.879
 hear the

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.279
 words of

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.619
 the writer

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.179
 of Hebrews

00:33:52.179 --> 00:33:52.659
 in Hebrews

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:53.459
 chapter 12

00:33:53.459 --> 00:33:54.359
 and verse 2

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.719
 he says

00:33:54.719 --> 00:33:55.119
 look to

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.459
 Jesus

00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:56.099
 the founder

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:57.039
 and perfecter

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.279
 of our

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.559
 faith

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.319
 who for

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:59.159
 the joy

00:33:59.159 --> 00:34:00.259
 that was

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.879
 set before

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.259
 him

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.559
 endured

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.279
 the cross

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.719
 despising

00:34:04.719 --> 00:34:05.319
 the shame

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:06.299
 and is

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.759
 seated at

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.059
 the right

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.399
 hand of

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.699
 the throne

00:34:07.699 --> 00:34:08.099
 of God

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.679
 what do you

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.000
 mean by

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.279
 that?

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.819
 you go to

00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:11.319
 Chick-fil-A

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.820
 you go to

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.220
 the drive

00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:12.539
 through

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.519
 you do

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.860
 your mobile

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.120
 order

00:34:14.120 --> 00:34:14.320
 you say

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.500
 you got a

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.860
 mobile order

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.280
 for Jared

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.559
 B

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.380
 they say

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.620
 you want

00:34:16.620 --> 00:34:16.840
 to make

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.300
 any changes

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:17.640
 they say

00:34:17.640 --> 00:34:18.940
 no

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:20.920
 they say

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.720
 alright you can

00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:22.019
 pull forward

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.260
 they say

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.740
 thank you

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.120
 and they say

00:34:23.120 --> 00:34:24.180
 my pleasure

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:25.960
 it is my

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.519
 joy

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:28.920
 to serve

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.380
 you in this

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.640
 way

00:34:29.640 --> 00:34:30.559
 and I don't

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.840
 think they

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.300
 really mean

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.740
 that all the

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:31.960
 time

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:36.180
 God sends

00:34:36.180 --> 00:34:36.680
 his son

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:38.740
 not as an

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.039
 unwilling

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.580
 participant

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:41.619
 it is

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.500
 his joy

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:45.239
 to give

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.860
 himself

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:47.799
 for us

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.699
 why?

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.279
 so that

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:50.880
 we might

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.219
 be

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:51.960
 his

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:55.659
 why did

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.159
 God make

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.739
 such a plan

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.219
 of redemption

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:58.639
 and go to

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.360
 such great

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.860
 extent

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.940
 to save

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.380
 sinners

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:03.239
 because of

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.639
 his great

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.000
 love

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:05.860
 because he

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.500
 desires to

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.279
 be reconciled

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:07.779
 to us

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:09.019
 because he

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.440
 wants to

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.080
 adopt us

00:35:10.080 --> 00:35:10.540
 into his

00:35:10.540 --> 00:35:11.000
 family

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.120
 and make

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:12.780
 us heirs

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.860
 of eternal

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.320
 life

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:16.120
 now let me

00:35:16.120 --> 00:35:16.700
 finish this way

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.260
 let's go back

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:18.060
 to the context

00:35:18.060 --> 00:35:20.860
 the Galatian

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.519
 Christians were

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.100
 beginning to

00:35:22.100 --> 00:35:22.760
 waver from

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.380
 this gospel

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:25.240
 why would you

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.720
 ever want to

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.040
 do that

00:35:26.040 --> 00:35:26.260
 right?

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.540
 and yet

00:35:27.540 --> 00:35:28.220
 the temptation

00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:28.940
 to do that

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.680
 is real

00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:30.240
 isn't it?

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.760
 how many times

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.140
 have we been

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:33.560
 in churches

00:35:33.560 --> 00:35:33.960
 or maybe

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.320
 we've been

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.660
 the guilty

00:35:34.660 --> 00:35:35.340
 party in a

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.640
 church

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.900
 that see

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.440
 someone come

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.079
 to Christ

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.879
 exemplify faith

00:35:39.879 --> 00:35:40.739
 put their

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.259
 trust in

00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:41.519
 Jesus

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.079
 and then we

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:43.119
 come behind

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.940
 that and we

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.839
 strap on the

00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:45.420
 bondage of the

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.539
 law afresh

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.400
 all over again

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:50.319
 the temptation

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:51.339
 is real to do

00:35:51.339 --> 00:35:51.699
 that

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:53.099
 and the Galatian

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.579
 Christians were

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.079
 starting to

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:55.059
 waver from it

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.879
 they were

00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.819
 tolerating this

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:57.679
 idea that the

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.420
 grounds of our

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.400
 justification

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.319
 before God

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:00.599
 is our

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:01.299
 conformity to

00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:01.779
 the law

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:03.980
 so Paul

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.360
 writes a

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.860
 whole letter

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.920
 to correct

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.580
 them

00:36:06.580 --> 00:36:08.920
 if a righteous

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.840
 standing before

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.720
 God can be

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.360
 gained through

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.220
 good works

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:14.480
 Christ died

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.360
 for no reason

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:16.900
 that's another

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.620
 argument he makes

00:36:17.620 --> 00:36:18.100
 in the letter

00:36:18.100 --> 00:36:19.300
 think about that

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:21.240
 if this is

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:21.940
 God's plan

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:23.019
 and God's

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.600
 plan was to

00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:24.220
 send Christ

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.700
 to save

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.260
 sinners through

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:25.680
 his death

00:36:25.680 --> 00:36:26.220
 and resurrection

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:27.560
 and then invites

00:36:27.560 --> 00:36:28.120
 us to come to

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.680
 him by faith

00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:29.620
 how could we

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:30.380
 possibly say

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:30.900
 that it's our

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.680
 works then

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.500
 that somehow

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.500
 merit salvation

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.279
 if that was

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:34.579
 true

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.679
 if we could

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:36.139
 actually be

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.839
 saved by our

00:36:36.839 --> 00:36:37.259
 works

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:38.440
 then Christ

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:38.839
 came for

00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.419
 no reason

00:36:39.419 --> 00:36:40.679
 then his

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.099
 incarnation

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.799
 has no

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.419
 purpose

00:36:42.419 --> 00:36:44.159
 let alone

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.799
 his death

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:45.960
 and resurrection

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:48.460
 but the reality

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:49.099
 of God's

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.779
 eternal plan

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.199
 to save

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.539
 sinners

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.259
 through Christ

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.559
 the very

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.419
 fact that

00:36:52.419 --> 00:36:53.059
 that is his

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.719
 plan as

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.799
 presented in

00:36:54.799 --> 00:36:55.259
 the scriptures

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:56.899
 proves that

00:36:56.899 --> 00:36:57.559
 no amount

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.199
 of personal

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.839
 righteous

00:36:58.839 --> 00:37:00.079
 can actually

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.579
 atone for

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.199
 your sins

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:02.799
 this isn't

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.519
 an exchange

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:03.980
 of good

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.559
 deeds

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:06.899
 what a

00:37:06.899 --> 00:37:07.559
 mockery

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.039
 that is

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.480
 to God

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:10.299
 the one

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:10.679
 who in his

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.299
 great love

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:11.739
 goes to

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.519
 such great

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.099
 lengths

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:14.099
 to provide

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.679
 salvation

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.299
 through Christ

00:37:15.299 --> 00:37:15.939
 by his own

00:37:15.939 --> 00:37:16.359
 grace

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:17.299
 what a

00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:17.719
 mockery

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.059
 it is

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.439
 for any

00:37:18.439 --> 00:37:18.980
 person

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.739
 to turn

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.139
 to God

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.480
 and then

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:20.759
 say

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.399
 look at

00:37:21.399 --> 00:37:21.719
 all that

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:21.879
 I've

00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:22.059
 done

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.599
 for you

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.759
 won't

00:37:23.759 --> 00:37:24.139
 you please

00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:24.519
 let me

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.139
 into heaven

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:26.460
 what a

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.000
 mockery

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:30.960
 how then

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.379
 can someone

00:37:31.379 --> 00:37:32.079
 be saved

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:34.920
 it's not

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.319
 by our

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:35.799
 righteousness

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:37.460
 it's through

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:37.819
 Jesus'

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.519
 righteousness

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:41.599
 through faith

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.179
 in his

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:43.079
 identity

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.460
 as the

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:43.819
 son of

00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:44.139
 God

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:45.039
 whose

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.539
 death

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.460
 satisfies

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:46.920
 God's

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.279
 wrath

00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:48.440
 and whose

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:49.359
 resurrection

00:37:49.359 --> 00:37:49.980
 gives us

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.319
 the hope

00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:50.719
 of eternal

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.000
 life

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.539
 it is

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.279
 by faith

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:53.019
 alone

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:54.460
 in what

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.940
 Christ

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.580
 has done

00:37:55.580 --> 00:37:56.960
 that any

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.260
 one of

00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:57.580
 us

00:37:57.580 --> 00:37:58.240
 can be

00:37:58.240 --> 00:37:58.519
 saved

00:37:58.519 --> 00:38:00.260
 again

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.820
 Galatians

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.060
 3

00:38:01.060 --> 00:38:01.519
 in fact

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:01.840
 this is

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.019
 even

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.400
 closer

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:02.720
 if you'll

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:03.000
 just set

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.360
 your eyes

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.600
 up to

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:03.940
 the top

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.100
 of the

00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:04.400
 page

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:04.840
 probably

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.800
 Galatians

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.080
 3

00:38:06.080 --> 00:38:06.560
 24

00:38:06.560 --> 00:38:07.380
 to 26

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:09.100
 in the

00:38:09.100 --> 00:38:09.300
 midst

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.560
 of the

00:38:09.560 --> 00:38:09.840
 same

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.400
 illustration

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.800
 Paul's

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:10.920
 been

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.180
 giving

00:38:11.180 --> 00:38:12.000
 so then

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.400
 the law

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:12.820
 was our

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.220
 guardian

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.620
 until

00:38:13.620 --> 00:38:14.000
 Christ

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.420
 came

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:15.360
 in order

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:15.780
 that we

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.240
 might be

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:16.800
 justified

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.400
 by

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:18.760
 faith

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:20.880
 but now

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.640
 that faith

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.119
 the faith

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.699
 in the

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.159
 revelation

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.859
 of Jesus

00:38:23.859 --> 00:38:24.659
 now that

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.159
 faith has

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.579
 come

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.759
 we are

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:27.219
 no longer

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.679
 under a

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.019
 guardian

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:29.159
 for in

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.519
 Christ

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.940
 Jesus

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.980
 you are

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.739
 all sons

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.279
 of God

00:38:32.279 --> 00:38:32.859
 through

00:38:32.859 --> 00:38:33.179
 faith

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.920
 that's it

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:35.599
 that's it

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:37.159
 that's it

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:40.019
 salvation

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:40.659
 is received

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.139
 only through

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.579
 faith

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:43.139
 turning from

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.759
 sin and

00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:44.460
 unbelief

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.940
 to trust

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.639
 Jesus as

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.079
 Savior

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:48.839
 which

00:38:48.839 --> 00:38:49.480
 necessarily

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.079
 means that

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.699
 you also

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.599
 submit

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.119
 to him

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.559
 as

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:52.880
 Lord

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:55.880
 because

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.440
 of this

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.779
 plan

00:38:56.779 --> 00:38:56.940
 of

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.500
 salvation

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.519
 is

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.259
 motivated

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.799
 by his

00:38:59.799 --> 00:39:00.239
 love

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:01.900
 he

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.619
 accomplishes

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:02.880
 it

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.480
 and

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.679
 he

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:04.539
 invites

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:04.819
 us

00:39:04.819 --> 00:39:05.039
 to

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.400
 receive

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:05.579
 it

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:05.799
 doesn't

00:39:05.799 --> 00:39:06.219
 he

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:06.739
 force

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:06.920
 it

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.139
 upon

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.380
 us

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.739
 he

00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:08.219
 invites

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.380
 us

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:08.539
 to

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:08.900
 receive

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.179
 it

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.199
 these

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:10.299
 are

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:10.420
 the

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:10.599
 words

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:10.739
 of

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:11.000
 Jesus

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 me

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 me

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 who

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 labor

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 are

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 laden

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 what

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 is that

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 labor

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 the

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 labor

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 of

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 trying

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 to

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 achieve

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 something

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 through

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 the

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 law

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 that

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 you

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 can't

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 achieve

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 come

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 to

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 me

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 all

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 who

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 laboring

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 do

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 your

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 best

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 and try

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 your

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 hardest

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 I

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 will

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 give

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 you

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 rest

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 he

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 take

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 my

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 yoke

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 upon

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 me

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 upon

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 you

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 learn

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 from

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 me

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 for

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 I'm

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 gentle

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 and

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 lowly

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 in

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 heart

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 and

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 you

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 will

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 find

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 rest

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 for

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 your

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 soul

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 for

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 my

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 yoke

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 is

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 easy

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 and

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 my

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 burden

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 is

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 light

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 then

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 in

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 all

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 you're

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 giving

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 and

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 receiving

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 this

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 week

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 as

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 you

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 execute

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 your

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 Christmas

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 plans

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 don't

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 neglect

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 the only

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 gift

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 that

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 ultimately

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 matters

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 which

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 is

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 what

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 God

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 has

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 given

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 us

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 in

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 his

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 Christmas

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 plans

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 salvation

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 through

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 alone

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 for

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