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 If you guys ever played on a really good sports team, let's say basketball for instance, sometimes you know that you get up by a really, really large margin, let's say 50 points.

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 And when that happens, the first stream comes out and the second stream goes in. And that's kind of the way that I feel this morning.

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 Romans seven, it was a neck and neck game. We're going back and forth, the flesh and the sin versus the law of God.

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 And then we got the old man versus the new man. And of course, Romans eight, it seems like it kind of go up by like 50 and they put the subs in.

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 So consider myself the second stream. In light of that, let's just pray to the Lord for making this substitution.

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 Father, we thank you so much that Christ is real. Christ is alive. Christ is in us who know him.

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 God, we pray that your word would just be opened up to us this morning in a great and marvelous way.

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 We pray that it would just change the way that we think, the way that we live our lives, Lord God, so that you would receive more glory through us.

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 And we would, Father, just have the right parts that are filled with joy.

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 We pray this in Christ's name. Amen.

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 In psychology, I learned that you tend to remember the first thing and the last thing that you hear from somebody more than all the middle stuff.

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 So I just want to start with kind of the general outline of Romans eight versus one through four, just so you guys can have a have the structure in your mind as we're going through it.

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 I'm only really teaching. I'm supposed to really only teach three and four because Nathan taught one and two a couple of weeks ago.

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 But we're going to we're going to go through all of it really briefly and just focus in on the last two especially.

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 So and I have these kind of, I guess, segmented by ours.

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 All the all the names of these things start with our.

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 So the first verse is really the reality that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ.

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 OK, it's about our need for righteousness.

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 Verse two is the reason why we have no condemnation.

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 And the buzzword there is justification.

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 And it deals with how God provided us with his righteousness.

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 OK, verse three.

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 Is the route.

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 That God took to alleviate from us this condemnation.

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 And the buzzword is substitution.

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 Route and substitution.

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 And it really has to do with Christ being our righteous sacrifice.

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 And then fourthly.

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 It's the result.

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 This is verse four.

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 Of our salvation and Christ substitutionary work on our behalf.

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 And the key word here is sanctification.

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 And this is going to be talking about our demonstration of God's righteousness.

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 OK, so these are massive topics that obviously I'm not going to be able to touch fully.

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 This is a very abridged version of what these things actually deal with.

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 It's this is I mean, literally the whole scripture is kind of being summarized in these four verses.

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 So you can pretty much go anywhere to teach this.

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 But I'm going to try to stay in Romans as much as possible today.

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 Just so you guys aren't flipping all over the place.

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 Let's begin with a review of verses one and two.

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 Let's just read the passage to start with.

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 OK, this is Romans eight, one through four.

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 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

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 For what the law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did.

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 Sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh.

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 In order that we that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.

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 OK, so verses one one through four here, it really functions as a summary of the previous seven chapters.

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 It's kind of a hinge point.

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 OK, so it's the previous seven chapters, but it's also the subsequent thirty five verses to follow in chapter eight.

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 It's really a summary of all that's all that that's going on.

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 And again, the first buzzword that we had was the reality of no condemnation.

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 This is verse one.

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 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 We see that earlier in the text in Romans in verses 18 through really chapter 118 through verses 20 in chapter three.

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 Paul is talking about condemnation.

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 And the reality of man is guilty before a holy God who was also a judge.

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 Of the worst kind of treason.

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 OK, man is guilty of treason against God.

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 And treason is a violation of a violation of allegiance to one sovereign or a betrayal.

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 I like this definition better.

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 A betrayal of a trust or confidence.

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 It's a breach of faith.

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 We have committed treason against God.

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 And with treason, commonly there's no tolerance, right?

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 Crimes often result in the death penalty.

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 There's been a recent thing, I think, happening in the past couple of years.

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 I just learned about this recently from Josh, in fact.

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 A lot of you guys in the military probably heard about this WikiLeaks thing.

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 It's a young, private first class soldier.

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 A couple of years ago stole a lot of confidential documents and some video footage from the government.

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 And somehow he posted it on the Internet for anyone and everyone to see.

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 I mean, that's enemies and friends alike.

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 And some of the content was very disturbing.

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 It exposed actually a mission that had gone wrong overseas.

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 And needless to say, the man was arrested and is actually awaiting trial and potentially the death penalty.

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 This is just a young man who put some stuff on the Internet.

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 But the severity of the crime is determined by the scale of the offense.

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 The severity of the crime is determined by the scale of the offense.

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 So, you slap your brother or sister on the face, you get time out.

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 You slap the president, you get time in jail.

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 There's a difference between slapping your brother and slapping the president.

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 That's because the scale of offense is greater.

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 If we betray one's country, we get death.

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 If we betray God, we get death and hell.

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 It's greater.

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 Understand in the present predicament of sinners.

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 They are under the condemnation of the King of Kings.

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 Jesus, therefore, says rightly in Matthew 10, 28,

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 Don't fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul.

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 Rather, fear Him who is able to send both soul and body into hell.

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 There's a reverence that God was speaking up there.

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 And so you may ask, what have we done to deserve condemnation?

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 What are we guilty of before God?

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 That would sentence us to death and then eventually hell?

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 Turn to Romans 1.

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 Again, beginning in verse 18, He's dealing with this.

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 Going through chapter 3, verse 20.

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 What have we done?

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 Read verse 18 with me.

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 For the wrath of God, that's the condemnation, is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness

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 and all unrighteousness of men who do what?

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 Who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.

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 Then skip down to verses 21 through 23.

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 For even though they knew about God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks,

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 but they became futile in their speculations and their foolish heart was darkened.

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 Professing to be wise, they became fools.

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 And they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God

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 for an image in the form of corruptible man

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 and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.

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 And you might substitute anything there.

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 Any false god or idol that you may serve.

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 A lifestyle, a status, an image, a relationship, etc.

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 They worship and serve and men worship and serve.

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 And we used to worship and serve things that were not God.

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 That's treason.

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 That's betrayal of God.

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 Look at verses 24 and 25.

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 Therefore, God gave them over in the lust of their hearts to impurity.

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 That their bodies might be dishonored among them.

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 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie.

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 And they worship and served the creature rather than the creator.

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 Okay?

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 Just a note.

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 Immorality is normal as a symptom of depravity.

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 And normally, within a certain society or a certain country or a certain region

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 where you have gross immorality or growing immorality,

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 normally that means soon the destruction of that society or nation or whatever.

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 This happened to Rome a long time ago.

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 There was just a growing homosexuality, a growing heterosexual sin throughout the region.

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 It was corrupting everybody from the inside out.

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 And Rome fell from the inside out.

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 So immorality is a normal symptom of depravity.

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 So imagine what condition our society and our country is in today.

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 Furthermore, look at 28 through 32.

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 Now, he's kind of speaking, okay?

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 He's writing to the church, so he's speaking to Christians.

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 But these things that he's saying are all, or once were all, true of us.

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 This is going to help us compare what Christ has done better.

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 So look at verses 28 through 32.

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 And just as they did not see fit, this is unbelievers,

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 as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer,

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 God gave them over to a depraved mind to do those things that are not proper.

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 What things are not proper?

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 Being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil,

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 full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice.

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 They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful,

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 inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding,

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 and trustworthy, and loving, and merciful.

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 And although they know the ordinance or the commandment of God,

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 that those who practice such things are worthy of death,

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 they not only do the same,

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 but they also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

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 So that's a laundry list of indictment against us.

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 And that's just chapter 1.

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 This is the condemnation of God that is coming upon people

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 that this is characteristic of.

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 But for those who are in Christ Jesus,

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 there is no condemnation.

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 So we were all once these things.

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 And yet there's no condemnation.

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 There's no condemnation at all.

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 No penalty to be paid.

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 No judgment to fear.

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 No hell to suffer.

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 All of our guilt absolved.

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 So the question then becomes,

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 well, how do I get in Christ, right?

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 Because the first verse of our text says

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 that those that are in Christ have no condemnation.

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 How do I get in Christ?

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 That's the beauty of verse 2.

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 He rescues you by the power of the gospel.

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 Let's read it.

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 For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus

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 has set you free

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 from the law of sin and death.

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 Has set you free.

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 What does that imply?

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 That you were once in bondage to something, right?

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 You were freed from something.

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 You were incarcerated in something.

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 Now you're freed from something.

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 So again, the second key word was justification.

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 This is the reason why condemnation

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 is no longer applied to us.

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 Man is justified,

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 which really means to be declared innocent

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 or to be holy or to be blameless,

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 by faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 That's how.

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 Before Christ saved you,

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 you were held in captivity to the law,

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 it says,

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 of sin and of death.

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 And in many ways,

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 this refers to the principle of sin

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 that we see Paul struggling with

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 in chapter 7,

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 verses 23 and 24.

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 Let's read that.

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 It's regarding a principle.

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 He says,

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 but I see a different law

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 in the members of my body,

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 waging war against the law of my mind

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 and making me a prisoner

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 of the law of sin,

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 which is in my members.

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 So something's inside of Paul.

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 Then he says,

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 wretched man that I am,

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 he cries out,

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 who will set me free

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 from the body of this death?

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 So something was inside of Paul.

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 Something was true of Paul

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 that he hated,

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 that he despised.

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 It was a principle

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 that was inside of him.

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 This thing that he couldn't

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 rid himself of in this life.

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 And they that are not in Christ

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 are in the devil.

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 That's a strong comparison.

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 But they that are not in Christ

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 are in the devil.

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 What does that mean?

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 John 8, 44.

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 Jesus himself

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 says to the Pharisees,

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 you are of your father,

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 the devil.

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 In Ephesians 2, 3,

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 Paul says

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 that we are children of wrath.

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 And in 1 John 3, 10,

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 John says,

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 you are children of the devil.

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 That's how he describes

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 the unbelieving,

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 the unregenerate.

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 Children of the devil.

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 And not being in Christ,

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 they have not Christ in them.

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 And therefore,

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 no power to resist sin

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 or combat Satan.

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 They are slaves of sin.

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 They are entirely governed

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 and influenced

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 in every decision

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 by their fallen nature.

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 This is who you once were.

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 This is who some of you

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 may still be.

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 You are totally

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 controlled by sin.

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 There is nothing

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 inside of you

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 that is pleasing to God.

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 You are filled with sin.

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 One cannot escape

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 what one is.

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 Okay?

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 If you are an ant,

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 then you can only

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 work with the faculties

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 of an ant.

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 If you are a lion,

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 then you can only work

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 with the faculties

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 of a lion.

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 If you are not in Christ,

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 then you can only work

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 with your fallen faculties.

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 Meaning what?

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 You can't please God.

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 You can't please God.

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 This is so important

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 to understand.

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 Okay?

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 Romans 8 says that.

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 We are going to get to that

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 in a little while.

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 That those who are

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 not in Christ,

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 who are not in the Spirit,

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 cannot please God.

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 Have no ability to.

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 Now that means something.

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 That puts people

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 that try to work

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 to be good,

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 to get God's approval,

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 in a very,

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 very desperate place.

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 because you can't

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 earn God's favor.

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 There's no outweighing

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 the bad with the good.

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 This is exactly

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 what the truth

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 of Scripture says.

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 Just turn to Romans 8.

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 I just want to see,

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 I just want to read this

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 with you.

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 Romans 8.

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 Those who are in the flesh

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 cannot please God.

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 So I'm not just making this up.

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 This is truth from Scripture.

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 If you are a Christian,

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 however,

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 you can certainly

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 please God.

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 Because there is now

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 a new principle

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 in you.

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 The law of the Spirit

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 of life in Christ Jesus,

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 as our verse says.

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 This is how the Gospel works,

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 okay?

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 By faith,

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 a man believes

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 that he has sinned

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 against God.

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 And is indeed

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 in a state

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 of just

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 condemnation.

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 So I sin

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 against God,

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 I recognize that,

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 and I admit that,

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 and I believe that.

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 That God is not

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 pleased with me,

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 for me.

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 Know this too,

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 God never refuses

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 or despises

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 the man who is broken

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 in spirit,

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 and who is contrite

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 in heart.

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 Psalm 51.

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 And therefore,

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 God saves

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 this poor man,

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 God has saved you,

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 being justified,

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 made holy,

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 right?

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 As a gift

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 by His grace,

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 as a gift,

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 that's a key word there,

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 by His grace,

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 through the redemption

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 which is in Christ Jesus.

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 And that's straight out

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 of chapter 3,

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 verse 24.

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 And this person

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 who's been saved

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 has what's called

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 positional righteousness.

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 Positional righteousness.

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 Meaning that if a man

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 were to die

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 the second after

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 he were saved,

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 and he had lived

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 a life of constant sin,

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 let's say that he was

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 the worst of men,

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 and he died

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 one second after

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 he was saved,

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 he would still

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 be seen by God

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 as if he were as holy

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 and as blameless

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 as Christ.

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 Positional righteousness

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 is awesome.

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 Holy and blameless

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 before God,

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 pure as Christ,

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 and I did

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 one second

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 of good things

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 and 45 years

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 of sin.

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 He would then

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 be loved by God

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 for the rest of eternity

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 as a son

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 because of this position.

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 And he would not

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 be condemned to hell

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 as a sinner.

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 And that is what it means

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 to be justified.

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 Now,

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 you say,

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 where is that

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 in Scripture,

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 right?

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 That's an awesome

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 reality.

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 Where is that

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 in Scripture?

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 I want to read

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 more about this.

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 Luke 23,

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 39-43,

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 is the thief

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 on the cross.

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 That's a great

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 example of that.

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 He was on the cross.

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 He was literally

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 nailed to the cross.

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 And Christ

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 gave him and said,

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 today you will be

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 with me in paradise.

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 But I want to read you

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 from Romans 5.

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 Look at Romans 5.

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 Just turn over

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 one page.

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 Another good example

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 of this.

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 Romans 5,

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 6-10.

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 For while we were

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 still helpless,

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 at the right time,

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 Christ died

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 for the ungodly.

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 God died

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 for the Romans

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 one people.

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 For one will hardly

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 die for a righteous man,

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 though perhaps

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 for a good man

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 someone would dare

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 even to die.

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 But God

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 demonstrates

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 His own love

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 toward us.

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 And that while

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 we were

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 yet still

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 sinners,

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 wicked,

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 evil,

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 hating God,

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 rebellious,

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 Christ died

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 for you.

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 In your sin.

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 Not when you

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 cleaned yourself up

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 and made yourself

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 resentable,

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 but in your sin,

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 in the worst

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 of the worst

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 of the worst

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 circumstances,

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 when you were

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 doing nothing

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 but sin,

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 when you were

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 hating God

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.920
 and betraying Him

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 with all the heart

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 that you possibly could,

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 that's when He

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 died for you.

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 much more

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 than

00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:44.379
 having now

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 been justified

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 by His blood,

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 we shall be

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 saved from the

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 wrath of God,

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 from condemnation

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:51.519
 through Christ.

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 For if

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 while we were

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 enemies,

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:55.660
 we were reconciled

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.119
 to God

00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:57.039
 through the death

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.579
 of His Son,

00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:58.759
 much more than

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.480
 having been

00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.059
 reconciled,

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 we should be

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.039
 saved by His

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.259
 life.

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.500
 He's like,

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.700
 if God saves you

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.160
 while you were

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.200
 in your sin,

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:04.720
 while you were

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.440
 hating God,

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:05.839
 while you were

00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.379
 rebellious,

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.359
 then certainly

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:07.839
 He's going to

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.339
 keep you

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:10.179
 once you've

00:20:10.179 --> 00:20:10.459
 been given

00:20:10.459 --> 00:20:11.079
 the Holy Spirit,

00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:11.480
 once you've

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.019
 been transformed,

00:20:12.179 --> 00:20:12.419
 once you've

00:20:12.419 --> 00:20:12.659
 been given

00:20:12.659 --> 00:20:13.059
 a love for

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.439
 Christ,

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:14.919
 there's nothing

00:20:14.919 --> 00:20:15.179
 you can do

00:20:15.179 --> 00:20:15.519
 to get out

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:15.799
 of that.

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 It's awesome.

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.879
 Thirdly,

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.139
 verse 3,

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.519
 Romans 8,

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:29.799
 3,

00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:30.740
 says,

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 for what the

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:32.500
 law could

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.079
 not do,

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 weak as it

00:20:34.439 --> 00:20:34.859
 was through

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.379
 the flesh,

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.220
 God did,

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.359
 by sending

00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:38.759
 His own

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.339
 Son in the

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:40.000
 likeness of

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.639
 sinful flesh,

00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.039
 and as an

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.699
 offering for

00:20:41.699 --> 00:20:41.939
 sin,

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 He condemned

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:43.459
 sin in

00:20:43.459 --> 00:20:43.959
 the flesh.

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 The key

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:45.980
 word here

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 is substitution.

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 And this

00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.199
 is again,

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.639
 for the R

00:20:49.639 --> 00:20:49.919
 words,

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 the route

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.519
 that God

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.919
 took to

00:20:52.919 --> 00:20:53.879
 alleviate us

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.959
 from condemnation.

00:20:55.899 --> 00:20:56.659
 The route

00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:57.019
 that God

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.379
 took to

00:20:57.379 --> 00:20:58.259
 justify you.

00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:00.599
 Substitution.

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 Meaning,

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 the righteous

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 demands of

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.059
 the law,

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:06.099
 and the law

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.559
 does have

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.099
 demands,

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.959
 are satisfied

00:21:08.959 --> 00:21:09.619
 in Christ,

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.519
 and thusly,

00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.500
 in those

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.000
 who are in

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.379
 Christ.

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 The law

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:17.519
 here,

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 the word

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:18.119
 law,

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.559
 is the

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.179
 word nomos

00:21:19.179 --> 00:21:19.399
 in the

00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:19.659
 Greek,

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 and it's

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.559
 a generic

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.459
 word meaning

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 basically any

00:21:22.959 --> 00:21:23.619
 law whatsoever.

00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:25.339
 Any law

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:25.679
 whatsoever.

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 So it's

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 therefore anything

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 that accurately

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 reflects the

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 moral character

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.500
 or moral

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.099
 nature of

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.399
 God.

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 It can be

00:21:32.419 --> 00:21:33.059
 as explicit,

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 as obvious,

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.119
 as the

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 Mosaic law,

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 the Ten

00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:37.160
 Commandments

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 that were

00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:38.000
 written in

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.359
 stone,

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 or it can

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.399
 be as

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:40.480
 implicit as

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 the moral

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:41.579
 law,

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 written in

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:43.799
 and on the

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.220
 hearts of

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 people,

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 bearing

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.740
 conscious

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:49.019
 witness of

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.799
 God to

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.160
 even the

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:50.619
 indigenous

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:51.579
 tribesmen

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:53.200
 who's never

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.460
 heard the

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.680
 name of

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.279
 Jesus Christ

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.700
 or read a

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:54.920
 Bible.

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.960
 The law

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.240
 of God

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.639
 is still

00:21:57.639 --> 00:21:57.899
 written on

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:58.339
 their hearts.

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 That's

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.859
 Romans 2.15.

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 Romans 2.1

00:22:05.939 --> 00:22:06.419
 says no

00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:06.679
 man is

00:22:06.679 --> 00:22:07.559
 with excuse.

00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:09.979
 No man's

00:22:09.979 --> 00:22:10.240
 got an

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.799
 excuse before

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.219
 God.

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.679
 There's

00:22:11.679 --> 00:22:12.079
 nothing you

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.379
 can say

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:12.740
 to him

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.659
 because

00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:13.819
 there's

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.559
 moral laws

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:14.819
 written on

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.279
 your heart,

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.799
 which is

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.699
 why somebody

00:22:17.699 --> 00:22:18.039
 in an

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.299
 indigenous

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:18.879
 tribe

00:22:18.879 --> 00:22:19.439
 elsewhere

00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:21.799
 still feels

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.219
 the same

00:22:22.219 --> 00:22:22.759
 conviction

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.479
 for committing

00:22:23.479 --> 00:22:23.899
 adultery

00:22:23.899 --> 00:22:26.359
 or for

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:26.699
 killing

00:22:26.699 --> 00:22:27.179
 somebody.

00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:28.799
 It's the

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.399
 moral law

00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:29.679
 of God

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:29.920
 written in

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.000
 the

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.259
 heart.

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.279
 So it

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.500
 can be

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.900
 explicit

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.259
 or it

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.440
 can be

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.779
 implicit.

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.660
 But all

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:33.980
 of that

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.560
 and everything

00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:35.080
 in between

00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:35.860
 is the

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.160
 law of

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.440
 God.

00:22:40.060 --> 00:22:40.660
 And the

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.420
 law, as we

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:41.799
 see in our

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.120
 text,

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.759
 couldn't do

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.120
 something.

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.279
 It was

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.019
 incapable of

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.180
 doing

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.500
 something.

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:46.900
 What?

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.380
 If we read

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.080
 further on in

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.900
 verse 3,

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.519
 condemning sin

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:57.360
 is what it

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:57.720
 couldn't do.

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:59.500
 that's what

00:22:59.500 --> 00:22:59.860
 God was

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.220
 sent for,

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.400
 right?

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:00.759
 That's why

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.420
 Christ was

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:01.740
 sent, was

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.539
 to condemn

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:02.819
 sin.

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.960
 The law

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.440
 cannot

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:10.059
 condemn or

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:11.539
 destroy or

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.579
 render powerless

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:12.579


00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.279
 Sin.

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.880
 It can only

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:17.059
 expose it.

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.799
 Romans 7,

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.440
 7, look over

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.319
 just one column.

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:25.899
 Paul says,

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:28.279
 what should we

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.599
 say then?

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.000
 Is the law

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.259
 sin?

00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:29.639
 May it

00:23:29.639 --> 00:23:29.939
 never be.

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.319
 On the

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.700
 contrary,

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.139
 I would

00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:31.519
 not have

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:31.939
 come to

00:23:31.939 --> 00:23:33.019
 no sin

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:34.079
 except

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.220
 through the

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.500
 law.

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:38.039
 The law.

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.240
 That's its

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.599
 function.

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.000
 It can only

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.519
 make a person

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.000
 privy to

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.960
 their offense

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.519
 of God's

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.720
 law.

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.079
 It can only

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.599
 make a person

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.700
 realize or

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:47.079
 understand that

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.339
 they have

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:47.700
 committed a

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.200
 transgression

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.879
 against God.

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.519
 That they're

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.079
 rebellious.

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.179
 purpose.

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.639
 That's what

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.139
 its purpose,

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.740
 its function

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.099
 is.

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.179
 It's to

00:23:55.179 --> 00:23:55.839
 tutor you

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.220
 basically.

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.439
 To lead

00:23:57.439 --> 00:23:58.519
 you into

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.039
 the knowledge

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.359
 of your

00:23:59.359 --> 00:23:59.619
 sin.

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.859
 Look at

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.980
 Romans 3.

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.079
 The end

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:10.919
 of, I

00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:11.099
 guess,

00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:11.539
 19 and

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:11.699
 20.

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:11.919
 Look at

00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.099
 this.

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.259
 Romans 3,

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.659
 19 and

00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:14.839
 20.

00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.199
 Now, we

00:24:15.199 --> 00:24:15.559
 know that

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:15.899
 whatever the

00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:16.460
 law says,

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.759
 it speaks

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.139
 to those

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.399
 who are

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:18.819
 under the

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.079
 law,

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.720
 that every

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.100
 mouth may

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:21.539
 be closed.

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:21.740
 So,

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.059
 everybody's

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.339
 mouth is

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.720
 shut up.

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:23.720
 And all

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.039
 the world

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.640
 may become

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.140
 accountable

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.740
 to God.

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.079
 Everybody

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.460
 is.

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.120
 Because by

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.539
 the works

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:28.960
 of the

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.299
 law,

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.079
 that means

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:32.279
 by trying

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.819
 to achieve

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.220
 God's

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.819
 favor

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:35.600
 through

00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:36.000
 working

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:38.200
 or doing

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.680
 good works.

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.559
 So, by

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.839
 the works

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.019
 of the

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.420
 law, no

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:40.839
 flesh will

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.319
 be justified

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.720
 in his

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:41.940
 sight.

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:42.940
 For

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.180
 through

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.620
 the law

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.259
 comes

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.420
 the

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.680
 knowledge

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.039
 of sin.

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.660
 So,

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:47.819
 it's

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.140
 clear as

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.339
 day.

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:49.819
 Now, I

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:49.940
 need to

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.140
 make a

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.460
 point here.

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.079
 The

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.480
 problem is

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:52.860
 not with

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.220
 the law.

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:53.539
 The

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:53.900
 problem is

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.380
 with us.

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.240
 Okay?

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.120
 The

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.640
 verse says,

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.039
 weak as

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.380
 it was

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.740
 through the

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.120
 flesh.

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.420
 What the

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.819
 law could

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.220
 not do,

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.579
 weak as

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:03.860
 it was

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.220
 through the

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.600
 flesh.

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:04.960
 Okay?

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.500
 Our sin

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.000
 nature is

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.500
 the flesh.

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.940
 That's the

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.240
 issue.

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:09.980
 We are

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.559
 born with a

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.299
 predisposition

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.140
 towards sin

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.539
 and towards

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.039
 lawlessness.

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.460
 We hate,

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.460
 as sinners,

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.600
 the rigidity

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.079
 of the

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.380
 law.

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.440
 law.

00:25:18.760 --> 00:25:19.320
 Because it

00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:19.580
 feels

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.280
 incarcerating,

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:20.700
 doesn't it?

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.200
 All these

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.680
 do's and

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:22.940
 don'ts,

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.200
 all these

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.560
 things to

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:23.700
 do,

00:25:23.760 --> 00:25:23.960
 all these

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.280
 things not

00:25:24.280 --> 00:25:24.480
 to do,

00:25:24.520 --> 00:25:25.020
 it feels

00:25:25.020 --> 00:25:25.880
 incarcerating

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.620
 to us.

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.260
 We want

00:25:28.260 --> 00:25:28.760
 to rebel

00:25:28.760 --> 00:25:29.400
 against it

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:31.700
 and to be

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.120
 freed from

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.260
 its

00:25:32.260 --> 00:25:32.760
 requirements.

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:33.960
 And when

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.440
 the unbelieving

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.940
 feel that

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.260
 way,

00:25:36.300 --> 00:25:37.100
 it's simply

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.580
 the law

00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:39.260
 doing what

00:25:39.260 --> 00:25:39.620
 it's supposed

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.000
 to do.

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:44.140
 simply doing

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.380
 what it's

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.720
 supposed to

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:44.880
 do.

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.519
 This helps

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.839
 us very

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.119
 much in

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.440
 understanding

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.599
 why

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.200
 unbelievers

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.799
 hate the

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.099
 gospel.

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.059
 Why some

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.319
 of you

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.859
 hate the

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.180
 gospel.

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.160
 Why you

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.559
 hate hearing

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:51.900
 this.

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.440
 Why?

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.299
 Because the

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.039
 law exposes

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.099
 your failure

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:56.759
 to meet

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.180
 God's

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.519
 standard.

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.579
 Anybody

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.900
 and nobody

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.859
 likes to

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.539
 dwell on

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.059
 their weaknesses

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.579
 and on

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.299
 their deficiencies.

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.160
 But you

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.740
 are weak.

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:09.720
 if you

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:09.920
 are not

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.299
 in Christ,

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.660
 you are

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.359
 very weak.

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.240
 Very

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.640
 weak.

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.500
 We all

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:15.839
 were once

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.140
 weak.

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.460
 It exposes

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:18.779
 you.

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.440
 It makes

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.000
 a mockery

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.319
 of you.

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.400
 You can't

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:21.819
 live up to

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.000
 it.

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.579
 It's like a

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:24.980
 father that's

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.620
 never pleased

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.099
 with you if

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.279
 you do

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.240
 something good

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.440
 in the

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.799
 house.

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.400
 Never gives

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.680
 you any

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:29.980
 kind of

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.400
 encouragement.

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.559
 The law

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:31.819
 doesn't know

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.180
 how to show

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.620
 encouragement.

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.019
 It only beats

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.460
 you down.

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.359
 That's its

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.059
 function though.

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.899
 It's meant

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.119
 to do

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.419
 that.

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.440
 The law

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.960
 is weak

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.639
 only because

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.240
 our flesh

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.679
 is weak.

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.159
 But our

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.679
 Savior's

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.179
 flesh was

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.539
 not,

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:46.879
 however,

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.579
 weak.

00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:50.019
 Was it?

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.919
 Notice

00:26:54.919 --> 00:26:55.879
 our verse

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.139
 says,

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.539
 what the law

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:56.919
 could not

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.079
 do,

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.299
 weak as

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.519
 it was

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:57.799
 through the

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.179
 flesh,

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.099
 God

00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.359
 did.

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.700
 God

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:01.980
 did.

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.679
 What the

00:27:03.679 --> 00:27:04.000
 law was

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.639
 incapable of

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.139
 doing through

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.440
 us,

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:05.759
 that is,

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.039
 rendering

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.559
 powerless,

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.440
 sin,

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.279
 and Satan,

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.159
 and death,

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.059
 and reflecting

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.759
 God's perfect

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.599
 moral righteousness,

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.940
 it mightily

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.919
 achieved through

00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:15.299
 Christ.

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.220
 What the law

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.579
 couldn't do

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.000
 through us,

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.039
 it achieved

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:20.259
 victoriously,

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.879
 triumphantly

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.559
 through Christ.

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.399
 Notice how

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:24.879
 our verse here

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.299
 is phrased,

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:25.559
 right?

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.480
 God did,

00:27:26.639 --> 00:27:27.099
 sending His

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.639
 own Son.

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.720
 God the

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.279
 Father then

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.119
 chose willingly

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.899
 to send

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.259
 Jesus.

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.139
 And let me

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:32.460
 tell you this,

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.720
 He was

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.279
 compelled by

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.859
 nothing in

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.399
 you or

00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:34.899
 nothing in

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.119
 me.

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:37.959
 we have

00:27:37.959 --> 00:27:38.699
 no value

00:27:38.699 --> 00:27:40.279
 apart from

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.759
 that which

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.099
 is given

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:41.579
 to us

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.379
 by God.

00:27:45.179 --> 00:27:45.819
 We are

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.239
 the same

00:27:46.239 --> 00:27:47.079
 as grass

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.000
 apart from

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.399
 Christ,

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.299
 creation.

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.699
 That's all

00:27:51.699 --> 00:27:51.939
 that you

00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:52.199
 are.

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:52.979
 That's all

00:27:52.979 --> 00:27:53.259
 that I

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.559
 am,

00:27:53.679 --> 00:27:54.419
 is creation.

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.500
 God

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.719
 sent

00:27:58.719 --> 00:27:59.059
 Christ.

00:27:59.159 --> 00:27:59.339
 Why?

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.579
 turn to

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.179
 Isaiah 53.

00:28:14.699 --> 00:28:15.240
 This is

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.539
 awesome.

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.819
 Isaiah 53.

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:19.959
 We are

00:28:19.959 --> 00:28:20.220
 going to read

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.839
 verses 4

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.319
 through 6

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:21.599
 and then

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:21.699
 we are

00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:21.819
 going to

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.799
 read a

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.019
 little bit

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.399
 from verse

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:23.679
 10.

00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.480
 Isaiah 53,

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.220
 4 through 6

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.599
 and a

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:28.799
 little bit

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.159
 from 10.

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:31.899
 Listen to

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.039
 this.

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.419
 This is

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:34.639
 so awesome.

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.619
 It says,

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.319
 Surely our

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.839
 griefs He

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.359
 Himself,

00:28:40.459 --> 00:28:40.599
 that is

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.099
 Christ,

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.579
 bore.

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:42.899
 In our

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.599
 sorrows He

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.059
 carried,

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.099
 yet we

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.639
 ourselves

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.139
 esteemed

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.639
 Him stricken.

00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:46.939
 We didn't

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:47.720
 recognize Him.

00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:49.000
 Smitten of

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.459
 God and

00:28:49.459 --> 00:28:50.139
 afflicted.

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.679
 But He

00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:52.480
 was pierced

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.919
 through for

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:54.779
 our transgressions.

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.500
 He was crushed

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.859
 for our

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.319
 iniquities.

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.939
 And the

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.879
 chastisement

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:59.619
 for our

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.119
 well-being

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.659
 fell upon

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:00.939
 Him.

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.119
 And by

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.359
 His

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:02.939
 scourging

00:29:02.939 --> 00:29:03.740
 we are

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.099
 healed.

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.519
 All of

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:05.839
 us like

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.299
 sheep have

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.939
 gone astray.

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.779
 Each of

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.039
 us has

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.339
 turned to

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.720
 his own

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:08.899
 way.

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.039
 We're

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.200
 all

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.480
 sinners.

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.159
 But the

00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:10.659
 Lord has

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:10.980
 caused

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.139
 the

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:11.559
 iniquity

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:11.879
 of us

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.599
 all to

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.799
 fall on

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.579
 Christ.

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:14.699
 Christ.

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:18.059
 Verse 10.

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.899
 But the

00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:21.119
 Lord was

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:22.859
 pleased to

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.519
 crush Him,

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.919
 putting Him

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.399
 to grief.

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.059
 So why

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.399
 did God

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.159
 send Christ

00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:31.319
 to die

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.099
 this gruesome

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:33.059
 death on

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.500
 the cross

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.980
 to save

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.240
 us from

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.919
 our sins

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:36.019
 simply

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.899
 because it

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:37.379
 pleased Him.

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.279
 He wanted

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.500
 to.

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.799
 It pleased

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.019
 Him.

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:44.680
 to crush

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.059
 Christ.

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.680
 God does

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.099
 what He

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.440
 pleases.

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.240
 And the

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.539
 Son,

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.720
 likewise,

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.920
 does what

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.619
 He pleases.

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.639
 Let me read

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.059
 you this.

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.440
 A little

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.059
 Trinity passage

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.359
 here.

00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.819
 Check this

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.059
 out.

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.119
 Jesus

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.579
 says,

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.240
 for this

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.680
 reason the

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.180
 Father loves

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.400
 me,

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.639
 because I

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.240
 lay down

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.019
 my life

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.559
 that I

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:10.920
 may take

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.119
 it up

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.400
 again.

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:13.440
 no one

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.259
 has taken

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.820
 my life

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.380
 away from

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.780
 me.

00:30:16.560 --> 00:30:16.920
 Nobody.

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.240
 But I

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.500
 lay it

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.700
 down on

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.120
 my own

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.500
 initiative.

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.180
 I have

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.580
 authority to

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:21.800
 lay it

00:30:21.800 --> 00:30:22.040
 down and

00:30:22.040 --> 00:30:22.220
 I have

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.600
 authority to

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:22.840
 take it

00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:23.200
 up again.

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.680
 This

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.019
 commandment

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.400
 I receive

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:24.700
 from my

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:24.980
 Father.

00:30:27.320 --> 00:30:27.600
 That's

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:27.860
 Jesus

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.280
 saying,

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:29.620
 the

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.040
 Father sent

00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:30.259
 me,

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.740
 but I

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:30.900
 sent

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.300
 myself.

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.780
 I do

00:30:32.780 --> 00:30:33.040
 what I

00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:33.380
 want to

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.580
 do.

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.920
 So it

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.259
 pleased

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.900
 Christ to

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.440
 die on

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.900
 the cross.

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:43.200
 God

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.840
 enjoyed the

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.140
 death of

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.460
 Christ.

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.660
 Why?

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.900
 Because

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.420
 through it,

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.660
 Christ killed

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.120
 the power

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.560
 of sin

00:30:49.560 --> 00:30:50.820
 that had

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.540
 for thousands

00:30:51.540 --> 00:30:52.380
 of years

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.420
 held sway

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.240
 over all

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.700
 creation.

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.560
 In His

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:56.980
 triumph,

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.519
 He conquered

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.940
 sin,

00:30:58.300 --> 00:30:58.620
 Satan,

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.320
 death,

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.980
 and hell.

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.420
 He brought

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.980
 many sons

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.420
 to glory.

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.780
 That's you,

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.240
 that's me.

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.740
 He made

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.100
 a fool

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:05.540
 of Satan,

00:31:05.800 --> 00:31:06.120
 which He

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.400
 liked.

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.519
 He

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:07.920
 perfectly

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.500
 accomplished

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.920
 the will

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.140
 of His

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.460
 Father.

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.519
 That is,

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.500
 He fulfilled

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.519
 the law

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.340
 perfectly.

00:31:15.780 --> 00:31:16.320
 He

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:16.700
 condemned

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:18.140
 sin in

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.620
 the flesh.

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:19.560
 That's

00:31:19.560 --> 00:31:19.759
 what the

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:19.900
 law

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.200
 couldn't

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.360
 do

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.580
 through

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:20.860
 us.

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.400
 That's

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.600
 what the

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:21.759
 law

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.240
 mightily

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.500
 did

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.060
 through

00:31:23.060 --> 00:31:23.420
 Christ.

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.220
 Condemn

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.420
 sin,

00:31:24.540 --> 00:31:25.019
 destroy

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.560
 sin,

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.000
 and the

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.280
 power

00:31:26.280 --> 00:31:26.640
 of it

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.620
 through

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:27.940
 Christ.

00:31:30.780 --> 00:31:31.340
 The

00:31:31.340 --> 00:31:31.519
 law

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.720
 cannot

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.060
 make

00:31:32.060 --> 00:31:32.259
 men

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.620
 perfect,

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:32.880
 but

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.180
 Christ

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.480
 can.

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.300
 Turn to

00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:35.540
 Hebrews

00:31:35.540 --> 00:31:35.880
 10.

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.800
 10.

00:31:37.800 --> 00:31:38.080
 The law

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.680
 cannot make

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:38.820
 men

00:31:38.820 --> 00:31:39.180
 perfect,

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:39.400
 but

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:39.700
 Christ

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.000
 can.

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.480
 Hebrews

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.880
 10.

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.200
 Verse

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.759
 10 and

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.220
 14.

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.040
 By this

00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:48.960
 will we

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.360
 have been

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.000
 sanctified

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:51.540
 through the

00:31:51.540 --> 00:31:52.200
 offering of

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.700
 the body

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.360
 of Jesus

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.160
 Christ once

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.420
 for all.

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:54.660
 The word

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.040
 sanctification

00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:55.560
 means to

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:55.860
 be set

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.300
 apart or

00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:56.480
 made

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.840
 holy.

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:57.759
 So by

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.140
 this we

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.360
 have been

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:58.580
 made

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:58.920
 holy,

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.280
 by the

00:31:59.280 --> 00:31:59.580
 offering

00:31:59.580 --> 00:31:59.840
 of the

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.100
 body

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.440
 of Jesus

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.820
 Christ

00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:01.600
 once for

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:01.880
 all.

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.640
 Then

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.120
 14.

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.599
 14.

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:03.799
 For by

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.079
 one

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.500
 offering,

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.819
 that was

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.239
 Christ,

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.179
 he has

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:06.899
 perfected

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.599
 for all

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.319
 time those

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.639
 who are

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.359
 sanctified.

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.519
 The law

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.839
 can't make

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.239
 men perfect,

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.659
 but Christ

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:13.899
 can.

00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.599
 Now listen,

00:32:14.919 --> 00:32:15.139
 okay?

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.199
 In Christ,

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.759
 listen to this,

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.159
 this is awesome,

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.459
 in Christ we

00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:18.759
 have been

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:20.059
 freed from

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.579
 the penalty

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.159
 of sin.

00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:25.339
 From the

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:25.899
 penalty of

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.059
 it.

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.139
 Eternity

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.539
 in hell.

00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:29.379
 Justly.

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.539
 Free from

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:30.719
 it.

00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:31.500
 Absolved

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.819
 from all

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.019
 guilt

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.279
 of it.

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:34.680
 We have

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.259
 been freed,

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.000
 we are

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.619
 being freed,

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.039
 excuse me,

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:38.039
 daily from

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.640
 the power

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:39.059
 of it.

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.539
 So we

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.240
 were freed,

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:42.700
 we have

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.160
 been freed,

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.700
 once and

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.099
 for all,

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.579
 from the

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:44.880
 penalty.

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.519
 We are

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.039
 presently

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.819
 being freed

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.640
 from the

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:47.980
 power,

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.740
 and one

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.519
 day we

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.079
 will fully

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.640
 be freed

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.240
 from even

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.839
 the presence

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.299
 of sin.

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.759
 In heaven,

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.640
 when we

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.339
 see Christ

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:57.759
 face to

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.180
 face.

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:04.279
 glorious

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.700
 truth.

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.420
 Lastly,

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:07.000
 verse 4.

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.000
 It says,

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.299
 in order

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.660
 that,

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.559
 so he

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.980
 condemns

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.559
 sin in

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.940
 the flesh,

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.299
 in order

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.859
 that the

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.359
 requirement

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.680
 of the

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:25.079
 law might

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.619
 be fulfilled

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:26.099
 in us

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:29.599
 who do

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.059
 not walk

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.459
 according to

00:33:30.459 --> 00:33:30.959
 the flesh,

00:33:31.959 --> 00:33:32.519
 but according

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.339
 to the

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.559
 spirit.

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:35.779
 The key

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.099
 word here

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.319
 is

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:37.299
 sanctification,

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.240
 and the

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.740
 R word

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.539
 is the

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:39.959
 result.

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.819
 We

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.019
 started

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.339
 with

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:46.899
 the

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.319
 reality

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.659
 of no

00:33:47.659 --> 00:33:48.219
 condemnation,

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:48.859
 we went

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.980
 to the

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.359
 reason,

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.599
 which was

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.299
 justification,

00:33:52.699 --> 00:33:52.879
 right?

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.000
 From there

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.240
 we went

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.779
 to the

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.139
 route,

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.960
 which was

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.579
 substitution,

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:58.819
 and then

00:33:58.819 --> 00:34:00.599
 on to

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.119
 fourthly,

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.240
 the result,

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.359
 which is

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.180
 sanctification.

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.839
 As I

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.240
 already said,

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.799
 sanctification

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:09.179
 meaning to

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.519
 be set

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.059
 apart unto

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.400
 God,

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:11.739
 to be

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:11.980
 made

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.119
 holy unto

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.460
 God.

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.099
 Christ

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.639
 saved us

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:15.960
 to make

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.400
 us holy,

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:16.980
 it's

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.320
 important,

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.460
 and as,

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.300
 excuse me,

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.279
 to make us

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:21.880
 holy as he

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.360
 was and

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.460
 is holy.

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:25.199
 the law

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.639
 is not

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:25.960
 made

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.360
 void

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:27.880
 when you

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.159
 become a

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.420
 Christian.

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.800
 Many

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.119
 people are

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.639
 confused about

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:32.980
 this.

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.599
 A lot of

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:34.780
 you may

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:34.960
 say,

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.159
 well,

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.440
 I thought

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.619
 that I

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.980
 was released

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.220
 from the

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.340
 law.

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.500
 I mean,

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.760
 what about

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.400
 Romans 6,

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.220
 or Romans 7,

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.480
 6,

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.619
 I mean,

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:39.039
 just go back

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.420
 one column,

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:39.880
 look at

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.059
 this,

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.740
 what does

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:40.900
 it say?

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.320
 But now

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.579
 we have

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.260
 been released

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.940
 from the

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.159
 law,

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.500
 John,

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.260
 and I

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.500
 would say

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.960
 keep reading,

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.000
 having died

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.360
 to that by

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.619
 which we

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.099
 were bound,

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:50.980
 so that

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.339
 we serve

00:34:51.339 --> 00:34:51.579
 in the

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.059
 newness.

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.039
 Serve,

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.559
 serve,

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.179
 serve in

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.779
 the newness

00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:56.500
 of the

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.719
 spirit,

00:34:56.819 --> 00:34:57.000
 not in

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.239
 oldness

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:57.420
 of the

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.619
 letter.

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.360
 It's

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.679
 true you've

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.119
 been released

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.440
 from the

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:02.659
 law,

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.400
 but released

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:04.579
 from the

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.179
 condemning

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.059
 grasp of

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.460
 the law,

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:07.940
 that is the

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.440
 penalty that

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.839
 comes from

00:35:08.839 --> 00:35:09.559
 transgressing

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:09.739
 it,

00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:10.039
 you've been

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.500
 released from

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.900
 that,

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.039
 but not

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.299
 from the

00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:12.920
 obligation

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.519
 to it.

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:15.839
 That's still

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.259
 very much

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.579
 alive.

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.559
 Christ

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:18.980
 didn't come

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.599
 to abolish

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:19.820
 the law,

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.119
 didn't he?

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.340
 He came

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:22.000
 to fulfill

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.240
 it.

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.500
 And we're

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.820
 to be like

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.179
 Christ,

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.300
 fulfilling

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:26.619
 it.

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.599
 In light

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:31.860
 of that,

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:34.500
 we were

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.179
 saved in

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.639
 him from

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.000
 the penalty

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.320
 of the

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:39.019
 law to

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.740
 the practice

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.119
 of it.

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.559
 Saved from

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.900
 the penalty

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.880
 of it to

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.300
 the practice

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.699
 of it.

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.380
 Be encouraged,

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.619
 okay?

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.260
 Be encouraged

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.679
 by this.

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:48.159
 This is cool.

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.079
 There's

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.559
 nothing more

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.380
 satisfying for

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:51.800
 the Christian

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.940
 than keeping

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.619
 God's law.

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.960
 There's

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.480
 nothing more

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.380
 satisfying for

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.900
 the Christian

00:35:57.900 --> 00:36:00.280
 than keeping

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.860
 God's law.

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.380
 Why?

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.679
 Because a

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.099
 cheetah likes

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.519
 to run,

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:08.440
 a fish

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.900
 likes to

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.199
 swim,

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.900
 a cow

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.380
 likes to

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.960
 graze,

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.539
 and a

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:13.960
 Christian

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.659
 likes to

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.380
 obey God's

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:15.659
 law.

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:17.460
 it is

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.359
 now

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:18.759
 natural

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.259
 to us.

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.359
 It is

00:36:21.359 --> 00:36:21.719
 why you

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.219
 were created

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:22.699
 initially

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.279
 anyway.

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.119
 Those

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.579
 animals do

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.279
 instinctually,

00:36:29.379 --> 00:36:29.559
 right?

00:36:30.899 --> 00:36:31.539
 What they've

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.899
 been given

00:36:31.899 --> 00:36:32.799
 to do.

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.279
 Their

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:34.099
 faculties enable

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:34.259
 them.

00:36:34.399 --> 00:36:34.599
 Cheetah

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.019
 to run,

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:37.659
 cow to

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.179
 graze,

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:41.879
 Christians have

00:36:41.879 --> 00:36:42.079
 been given

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.399
 the Holy

00:36:42.399 --> 00:36:44.619
 Spirit to

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:44.899
 obey.

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:46.940
 It's

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.319
 simply how

00:36:47.319 --> 00:36:47.879
 God created

00:36:47.879 --> 00:36:48.179
 us.

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:50.519
 Now notice

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.659
 the key

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.179
 phrase here

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.559
 in the

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.879
 beginning of

00:36:52.879 --> 00:36:53.259
 verse 4.

00:36:53.379 --> 00:36:53.599
 It says,

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.000
 in order

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.319
 that.

00:36:56.379 --> 00:36:57.059
 In order

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.460
 that.

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.480
 God saves

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.980
 us for a

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.359
 purpose,

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.379
 as I said.

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.399
 That's for

00:37:01.399 --> 00:37:01.779
 holiness.

00:37:02.839 --> 00:37:03.079
 I want you

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.480
 to turn to

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.079
 Titus 2.

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.239
 I want you

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.759
 to see this.

00:37:08.919 --> 00:37:09.419
 Titus 2,

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:09.859
 he saved

00:37:09.859 --> 00:37:10.319
 you for a

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:10.559
 reason.

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.199
 Your

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:15.619
 justification

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.739
 wasn't the

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:17.299
 end game.

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:19.259
 but your

00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:19.839
 sanctification

00:37:19.839 --> 00:37:20.599
 and glorification

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:20.940
 were.

00:37:23.859 --> 00:37:24.619
 Titus 2,

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.279
 verses 11

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.799
 through 14.

00:37:25.899 --> 00:37:26.379
 Listen to

00:37:26.379 --> 00:37:26.539
 this.

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:26.879
 Here we go.

00:37:27.379 --> 00:37:27.619
 For the

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.019
 grace of

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.419
 God,

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:30.059
 that's

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.359
 Christ,

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.779
 basically.

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.460
 For the

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:31.819
 grace of

00:37:31.819 --> 00:37:32.119
 God has

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.519
 appeared,

00:37:32.859 --> 00:37:33.099
 bringing

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:34.019
 salvation to

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.579
 all men.

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:36.779
 For what

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.039
 reason?

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.960
 Instructing

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.299
 us to

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:39.419
 deny ungodliness

00:37:39.419 --> 00:37:40.719
 and worldly

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:42.440
 desires,

00:37:42.859 --> 00:37:43.219
 and to

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:44.000
 live sensibly,

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:44.799
 righteously,

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:46.119
 and godly in

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.480
 the present

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:46.899
 age,

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.159
 looking for

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.339
 the

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:48.579
 blessed

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:48.940
 hope and

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.039
 the

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.259
 appearing

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.539
 of the

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:49.859
 glory of

00:37:49.859 --> 00:37:49.960
 our

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.159
 great

00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:50.319
 God

00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:50.440
 and

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.579
 Savior

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.859
 Christ

00:37:50.859 --> 00:37:51.159
 Jesus,

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.460
 who gave

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.739
 himself

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.379
 for us,

00:37:53.379 --> 00:37:53.679
 that's the

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.059
 cross,

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.500
 that he

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:56.379
 might redeem

00:37:56.379 --> 00:37:57.319
 us from

00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:58.619
 every lawless

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.460
 deed and

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.879
 purify for

00:38:00.879 --> 00:38:01.440
 himself.

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:01.859
 There's that

00:38:01.859 --> 00:38:02.339
 pleasure thing

00:38:02.339 --> 00:38:02.659
 again.

00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:04.460
 A people

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.579
 for his own

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.179
 possession,

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.279
 who are

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:07.559
 what?

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.139
 Zealous

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:09.019
 for good

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.699
 deeds.

00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:13.440
 That's

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.899
 clear as

00:38:13.899 --> 00:38:14.239
 day.

00:38:14.839 --> 00:38:15.319
 He saved

00:38:15.319 --> 00:38:15.500
 you to

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:15.739
 make you

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:16.019
 holy.

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:19.219
 you say

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:19.460
 that's the

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.840
 only place

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:19.980
 in the

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.099
 Bible

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.380
 that says

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.539
 that.

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:20.719
 No,

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:21.000
 it's not.

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.320
 Turn to

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:21.679
 1 Peter.

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:25.280
 1 Peter 2.

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:29.259
 1 Peter 2.

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:32.880
 21-24.

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.280
 Listen to

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:33.460
 this.

00:38:33.740 --> 00:38:34.000
 Another

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:35.260
 in-your-face

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.640
 passage.

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.100
 For you

00:38:36.100 --> 00:38:36.380
 have been

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.480
 called for

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.180
 this purpose

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:39.580
 since Christ

00:38:39.580 --> 00:38:40.560
 also suffered

00:38:40.560 --> 00:38:41.000
 for you,

00:38:41.100 --> 00:38:41.440
 leaving you

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:41.960
 an example

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.880
 for you to

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.220
 follow in

00:38:43.220 --> 00:38:43.620
 his steps.

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.340
 Who committed

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:44.880
 no sin

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.260
 or any

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:45.740
 deceit found

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:45.960
 in his

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.180
 mouth.

00:38:46.580 --> 00:38:46.820
 And while

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.520
 being reviled,

00:38:47.600 --> 00:38:47.980
 he did not

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.440
 revile in

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:48.700
 return.

00:38:48.780 --> 00:38:48.900
 While

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.320
 suffering,

00:38:49.640 --> 00:38:50.000
 he uttered

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.620
 no threats,

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.220
 but kept

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.660
 entrusting

00:38:51.660 --> 00:38:52.340
 himself to

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:53.040
 him who

00:38:53.040 --> 00:38:53.340
 judges

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:54.260
 righteously.

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:54.660
 24.

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.240
 Big kicker.

00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:55.940
 But he

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:58.200
 himself bore

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:59.099
 our sins in

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.760
 his body on

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.260
 the cross.

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:00.579
 There's a

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.800
 cross that

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:03.119
 we might

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:04.000
 die to

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.880
 sin and

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.700
 live to

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.179
 righteousness.

00:39:08.220 --> 00:39:08.920
 So he

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.320
 died.

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.019
 He saved

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.260
 you.

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.659
 Why?

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.539
 So that you

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:12.079
 could die to

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.840
 sin and live

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.260
 to righteousness.

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.659
 That is

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.360
 literally the

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:14.980
 whole chapter

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:16.320
 6 of

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:16.679
 Romans.

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.119
 That's

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.320
 another

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.740
 massive

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:19.400
 proof text.

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.820
 But he

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:26.200
 hasn't left

00:39:26.200 --> 00:39:26.440
 you to

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:26.800
 accomplish

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.400
 this task

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.720
 alone.

00:39:28.080 --> 00:39:28.320
 That's a

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:28.780
 very daunting

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.180
 task,

00:39:29.220 --> 00:39:29.360
 right,

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.880
 by itself.

00:39:30.640 --> 00:39:30.840
 He's

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.080
 given you

00:39:31.080 --> 00:39:31.340
 the Holy

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:31.600
 Spirit.

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:33.480
 He's

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:33.720
 given you

00:39:33.720 --> 00:39:33.980
 the Holy

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.180
 Spirit.

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:34.840
 Turn to

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.420
 John 14.

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:37.700
 I've got to

00:39:37.700 --> 00:39:37.960
 show you

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.260
 this.

00:39:39.640 --> 00:39:40.580
 John 14.

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:42.640
 Jesus

00:39:42.640 --> 00:39:43.640
 introduces to

00:39:43.640 --> 00:39:44.120
 the disciples

00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:44.600
 the Holy

00:39:44.600 --> 00:39:45.400
 Spirit in

00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:45.920
 many ways.

00:39:47.680 --> 00:39:48.240
 He hasn't

00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:48.680
 left you by

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:49.019
 himself.

00:39:49.140 --> 00:39:49.340
 That's what

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:49.660
 he's done.

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:49.880
 Look at

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.120
 this.

00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:51.460
 Verses 16

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:51.940
 and 17.

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.480
 Start there.

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.280
 And I

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:54.519
 will ask the

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:54.800
 Father,

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:55.720
 and he

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:56.119
 will give

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.500
 you another

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.839
 helper,

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:57.959
 that he

00:39:57.959 --> 00:39:58.299
 may be

00:39:58.299 --> 00:39:58.839
 with you

00:39:58.839 --> 00:39:59.719
 temporarily?

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.419
 No.

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:01.119
 Forever.

00:40:03.339 --> 00:40:03.819
 Forever.

00:40:04.839 --> 00:40:05.219
 That is

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:05.599
 the Spirit

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.079
 of truth

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.419
 whom the

00:40:06.419 --> 00:40:06.939
 world can't

00:40:06.939 --> 00:40:07.480
 receive because

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.939
 it does not

00:40:07.939 --> 00:40:08.839
 behold him

00:40:08.839 --> 00:40:09.559
 or know him,

00:40:09.759 --> 00:40:10.239
 but you

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.819
 know him

00:40:10.819 --> 00:40:12.039
 because he

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.719
 abides with

00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:13.019
 you and

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.439
 will be

00:40:13.439 --> 00:40:13.980
 in you.

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:14.919
 What a

00:40:14.919 --> 00:40:15.379
 promise.

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.599
 Listen,

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:20.439
 this is how

00:40:20.439 --> 00:40:20.879
 you get

00:40:20.879 --> 00:40:21.719
 power over

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:22.139
 sin.

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:24.799
 you have

00:40:24.799 --> 00:40:25.079
 to know

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.460
 this.

00:40:27.379 --> 00:40:27.599
 Okay?

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:27.960
 And so

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.219
 you may

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:28.539
 ask,

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:28.759
 right?

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.519
 How does

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:29.859
 the Spirit

00:40:29.859 --> 00:40:30.400
 aid us?

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.339
 In what

00:40:31.339 --> 00:40:31.759
 way does

00:40:31.759 --> 00:40:32.079
 it aid

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.359
 us?

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.440
 How does

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:33.699
 the Spirit

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:34.119
 do this

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.500
 in us?

00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:35.359
 How do

00:40:35.359 --> 00:40:36.579
 I become

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:36.900
 holy?

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.139
 How do

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:37.400
 I walk

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.779
 in holiness?

00:40:38.299 --> 00:40:38.579
 How does

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:38.879
 the Spirit

00:40:38.879 --> 00:40:39.259
 aid us?

00:40:39.319 --> 00:40:39.460
 Look at

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.639
 this.

00:40:40.359 --> 00:40:40.779
 Firstly,

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.759
 by empowering

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:42.319
 our faith.

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:43.960
 This is in

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.400
 verse 19

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.759
 and 20.

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.159
 Look down.

00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:47.199
 After a little

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:47.539
 while,

00:40:47.879 --> 00:40:48.239
 the world

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:49.119
 will behold

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.639
 me no more,

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:50.119
 but you

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.859
 will behold

00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:51.099
 me.

00:40:51.140 --> 00:40:51.320
 How?

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.840
 By faith.

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:52.820
 Because I

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.120
 live,

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:53.519
 you shall

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.019
 live also.

00:40:54.620 --> 00:40:54.920
 In that

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.300
 day you

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:56.220
 shall know

00:40:56.220 --> 00:40:56.860
 by faith,

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.420
 I might add,

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.340
 that I am

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.539
 in the

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:58.800
 Father,

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.120
 and that

00:40:59.120 --> 00:40:59.460
 you are

00:40:59.460 --> 00:40:59.820
 in me,

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.160
 and that

00:41:00.160 --> 00:41:00.400
 I am

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:00.760
 in you.

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:03.260
 He empowers

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:03.740
 our faith,

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.220
 number one.

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:04.980
 Number two,

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.559
 He empowers

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.280
 our love.

00:41:08.140 --> 00:41:08.480
 This is

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.180
 verse 21.

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.480
 He that

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.800
 has my

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.260
 commandments

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:13.940
 and keeps

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.200
 them,

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:15.640
 He it

00:41:15.640 --> 00:41:16.099
 is who

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:17.099
 loves me.

00:41:18.660 --> 00:41:19.019
 And he

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.400
 who loves

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.700
 me shall

00:41:19.700 --> 00:41:19.980
 be loved

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.240
 by my

00:41:20.240 --> 00:41:20.680
 Father,

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.139
 and I

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:21.579
 will love

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:22.199
 him and

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:22.659
 will disclose

00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:23.480
 myself to

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:23.659
 him.

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:26.539
 He empowers

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:27.199
 our love.

00:41:27.299 --> 00:41:27.799
 He enables

00:41:27.799 --> 00:41:28.319
 you to keep

00:41:28.319 --> 00:41:28.699
 the commandments

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:29.139
 of God,

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:30.059
 not because

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.799
 of obligation,

00:41:30.919 --> 00:41:31.199
 but because

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:31.899
 of love.

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:33.899
 As you

00:41:33.899 --> 00:41:34.279
 begin to

00:41:34.279 --> 00:41:35.500
 taste what

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.179
 obedience is

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:36.519
 like,

00:41:36.819 --> 00:41:37.579
 really genuine

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:38.059
 obedience,

00:41:38.319 --> 00:41:38.779
 you will begin

00:41:38.779 --> 00:41:39.399
 to like it.

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:41.319
 It's what you

00:41:41.319 --> 00:41:41.799
 were made

00:41:41.799 --> 00:41:42.119
 for.

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:44.299
 It isn't

00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:45.059
 burdensome to me

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.879
 to love God.

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.659
 It isn't

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.279
 burdensome to you

00:41:48.279 --> 00:41:48.779
 if you were a

00:41:48.779 --> 00:41:49.440
 Christian to love

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:49.839
 God.

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:51.039
 It is the

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.660
 joy of your

00:41:51.660 --> 00:41:53.300
 life to

00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:53.840
 serve him.

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:56.220
 He empowers

00:41:56.220 --> 00:41:56.559
 your love.

00:41:56.720 --> 00:41:57.059
 Thirdly,

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.760
 he empowers

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:59.400
 your thought

00:41:59.400 --> 00:41:59.780
 life.

00:42:00.200 --> 00:42:00.740
 He teaches

00:42:00.740 --> 00:42:01.059
 you.

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:02.960
 26,

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:04.420
 but the

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:04.700
 helper,

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.740
 the Holy

00:42:05.740 --> 00:42:06.079
 Spirit,

00:42:06.120 --> 00:42:06.360
 whom the

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.720
 Father will

00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:07.039
 send in

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.380
 my name,

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:07.640
 he will

00:42:07.640 --> 00:42:08.300
 teach you

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:09.059
 all things

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.740
 and bring

00:42:09.740 --> 00:42:09.960
 to your

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.280
 remembrance

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:10.820
 all that I

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:11.059
 said to

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.140
 you.

00:42:11.220 --> 00:42:11.260
 Now,

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:11.720
 in reference,

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.280
 in this

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:12.760
 context,

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.000
 he was

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.360
 talking about

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:13.940
 inspiring the

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.160
 word of

00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:14.440
 God.

00:42:15.100 --> 00:42:15.400
 He was

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:15.660
 talking about

00:42:15.660 --> 00:42:16.019
 writing the

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.260
 scriptures

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:17.039
 through the

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.440
 apostles,

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:17.559
 apostles,

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.300
 but for

00:42:18.300 --> 00:42:18.559
 us,

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.000
 it still

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.360
 applies,

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:19.579
 right?

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.539
 I mean,

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:21.720
 we're

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:22.460
 benefactors,

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:24.340
 or beneficiaries,

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:24.920
 I should say,

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.260
 of the

00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:25.539
 word.

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.340
 So,

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:28.780
 thirdly,

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:29.320
 he empowers

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:29.980
 your thought.

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:31.820
 And then,

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.420
 fourthly,

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:36.340
 what's the

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.659
 result?

00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:39.159
 What's the

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.780
 result of that?

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:41.619
 Peace and joy

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:42.339
 and strength

00:42:42.339 --> 00:42:43.119
 in life.

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.039
 27.

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.960
 Peace I

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:46.420
 leave with you.

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.239
 My peace I

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:48.920
 give to you.

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:50.119
 Not as the

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:50.579
 world gives,

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:51.259
 do I give

00:42:51.259 --> 00:42:51.859
 to you.

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:52.440
 Let not

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:52.759
 your heart

00:42:52.759 --> 00:42:53.219
 be troubled,

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:53.920
 nor let it

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.339
 be fearful.

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:57.839
 Peace,

00:42:58.759 --> 00:42:59.339
 joy,

00:42:59.759 --> 00:43:00.380
 and strength

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:00.859
 in peace.

00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:01.920
 The world

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:02.859
 has no idea.

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:04.960
 They don't

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.759
 have access to

00:43:05.759 --> 00:43:06.039
 this.

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:06.900
 No amount

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:07.239
 of money,

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:07.900
 no amount

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:08.319
 of sex,

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:08.819
 no amount

00:43:08.819 --> 00:43:09.219
 of pleasure,

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:09.779
 no amount

00:43:09.779 --> 00:43:10.139
 of nothing

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:11.000
 can get

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.199
 them.

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:12.119
 this kind

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:12.539
 of peace

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:12.960
 and joy.

00:43:13.779 --> 00:43:14.699
 They try

00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:15.400
 hard.

00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:18.739
 They have

00:43:18.739 --> 00:43:19.219
 nothing.

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:25.619
 Lastly,

00:43:25.779 --> 00:43:26.199
 last thing

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:26.420
 that I'm

00:43:26.420 --> 00:43:26.500
 going to

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.759
 say.

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:29.000
 The word

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:30.659
 here in

00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:31.259
 Romans 8

00:43:31.259 --> 00:43:31.579
 again,

00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:33.500
 walk.

00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:35.739
 In the

00:43:35.739 --> 00:43:36.579
 Greek it's

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:37.420
 peripatio.

00:43:38.659 --> 00:43:39.059
 It's one

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:39.199
 of the

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.679
 oldest and

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:40.460
 most common

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:41.480
 verbs in

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:41.599
 the

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:41.840
 scripture.

00:43:42.740 --> 00:43:43.000
 It's

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.380
 used,

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:43.980
 this word

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:44.380
 walk,

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:45.059
 I'll read

00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:45.320
 it again

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:45.500
 in the

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:45.860
 context

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:46.079
 here.

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:46.460
 It says,

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:48.539
 who do

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:49.079
 not walk

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:49.460
 according to

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:49.760
 the flesh

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:50.139
 but according

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:50.400
 to the

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:50.599
 spirit.

00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:52.099
 This is

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.179
 going to

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.260
 be

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:52.599
 encouraging.

00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:53.059
 This word

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:54.719
 walk is

00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:55.179
 used to

00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:55.619
 describe a

00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:56.099
 person's

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:56.579
 bent in

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:56.960
 life,

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:58.900
 or a

00:43:58.900 --> 00:43:59.360
 normal way

00:43:59.360 --> 00:43:59.639
 in which

00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:00.219
 he lives,

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:02.199
 or progress

00:44:02.199 --> 00:44:02.719
 of one's

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:03.059
 life.

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:05.260
 Which means

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:05.539
 what?

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:06.820
 God does

00:44:06.820 --> 00:44:07.340
 not expect

00:44:07.340 --> 00:44:07.480
 you to

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:08.059
 be perfect,

00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:09.159
 but he

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:09.519
 expects

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:10.119
 perfection.

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:12.340
 A

00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:12.880
 growing

00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:13.659
 perfection

00:44:13.659 --> 00:44:13.900
 in

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.639
 progress.

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:19.719
 It's

00:44:19.719 --> 00:44:20.380
 the

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:21.500
 direction

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:21.779
 of your

00:44:21.779 --> 00:44:21.960
 life,

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.219
 not the

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:22.539
 perfection,

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:22.800
 right?

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:23.800
 One

00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:24.119
 office said

00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:24.300
 it like

00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:24.460
 this,

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:24.659
 the

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:25.019
 Christian

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:26.219
 life is

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:27.079
 the process

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:28.079
 of becoming

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:28.900
 what you

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:29.300
 are.

00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:31.639
 It's

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:32.039
 already in

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.219
 you.

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.199
 It's just

00:44:33.199 --> 00:44:33.559
 a matter of

00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:33.980
 working that

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:34.239
 out.

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:36.880
 In

00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:37.239
 Christ,

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:37.519
 we are

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:38.000
 already

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:38.719
 positionally

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:39.059
 righteous,

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:39.579
 right?

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:39.860
 We talked

00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:40.259
 about that.

00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:40.719
 We are

00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:41.139
 now

00:44:41.139 --> 00:44:42.059
 becoming

00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:43.299
 behaviorally

00:44:43.299 --> 00:44:43.659
 righteous.

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:46.400
 And this

00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:46.619
 is the

00:44:46.619 --> 00:44:46.820
 will of

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.019
 God.

00:44:47.340 --> 00:44:47.559
 Note,

00:44:47.799 --> 00:44:48.119
 this is

00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:48.559
 not a

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:49.119
 suggestion

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.779
 by Paul.

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:50.139
 This is

00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:51.019
 a statement

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:51.880
 of fact

00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:53.539
 saying,

00:44:53.759 --> 00:44:53.900
 if you

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.159
 are a

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:54.480
 Christian,

00:44:54.779 --> 00:44:55.159
 this will

00:44:55.159 --> 00:44:55.619
 be happening.

00:44:55.980 --> 00:44:56.279
 If you

00:44:56.279 --> 00:44:56.480
 are not

00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:56.619
 a

00:44:56.619 --> 00:44:56.920
 Christian,

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.699
 then you

00:44:58.699 --> 00:44:58.960
 won't be

00:44:58.960 --> 00:44:59.219
 able to do

00:44:59.219 --> 00:44:59.400
 this.

00:44:59.460 --> 00:44:59.719
 Or if

00:44:59.719 --> 00:44:59.920
 you are

00:44:59.920 --> 00:45:00.299
 a fake

00:45:00.299 --> 00:45:00.679
 Christian,

00:45:00.779 --> 00:45:01.059
 or a

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:01.299
 false

00:45:01.299 --> 00:45:01.659
 Christian,

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.559
 then you

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:02.739
 will be

00:45:02.739 --> 00:45:03.400
 exposed as

00:45:03.400 --> 00:45:03.740
 not being

00:45:03.740 --> 00:45:03.980
 able to

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.340
 progress.

00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:07.200
 Every

00:45:07.200 --> 00:45:07.519
 Christian

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:07.940
 progresses.

00:45:08.460 --> 00:45:08.800
 It's a

00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:09.119
 fact.

00:45:11.200 --> 00:45:11.660
 There's a

00:45:11.660 --> 00:45:11.840
 lot of

00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:12.180
 texts about

00:45:12.180 --> 00:45:12.360
 that,

00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:12.579
 too.

00:45:14.220 --> 00:45:14.740
 But we're

00:45:14.740 --> 00:45:15.519
 not perfect

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:15.920
 people.

00:45:16.139 --> 00:45:16.539
 We're

00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:17.059
 struggling.

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:17.380
 We're

00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:17.700
 growing.

00:45:17.880 --> 00:45:18.000
 We're

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.460
 becoming

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:18.960
 what we

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.639
 are in

00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:19.900
 Christ.

00:45:22.240 --> 00:45:22.720
 If you

00:45:22.720 --> 00:45:23.079
 are truly

00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:23.440
 a Christian,

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.639
 you will

00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:24.119
 be progressing

00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:24.519
 in holiness

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:25.000
 and spiritual

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.400
 maturity.

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:25.660
 God

00:45:25.660 --> 00:45:26.180
 doesn't intend

00:45:26.180 --> 00:45:26.519
 to raise

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:26.900
 babies

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:27.220
 forever.

00:45:27.619 --> 00:45:27.900
 That would

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.079
 be a

00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:28.400
 horrible

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:29.039
 idea.

00:45:30.160 --> 00:45:30.300
 Right?

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:31.280
 He

00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:31.720
 intends for

00:45:31.720 --> 00:45:31.900
 you to

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:32.180
 grow.

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:33.559
 mature.

00:45:35.899 --> 00:45:36.359
 So what

00:45:36.359 --> 00:45:36.679
 does walking

00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:36.919
 like the

00:45:36.919 --> 00:45:37.279
 Spirit look

00:45:37.279 --> 00:45:37.559
 like?

00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:38.839
 Clay is

00:45:38.839 --> 00:45:38.980
 going to

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:39.259
 teach us

00:45:39.259 --> 00:45:39.599
 that next

00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:39.879
 week.

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:41.960
 But in

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:42.679
 closing, I

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:42.940
 just want to

00:45:42.940 --> 00:45:43.119
 give you

00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:43.339
 guys a

00:45:43.339 --> 00:45:43.500
 quick

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:43.960
 illustration

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:45.559
 just to

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:45.960
 further

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.759
 emphasize and

00:45:46.759 --> 00:45:49.159
 make a

00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:49.639
 picture for

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.139
 you of

00:45:50.139 --> 00:45:50.679
 what we

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:50.980
 are in

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.239
 Christ.

00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:52.859
 My dad

00:45:52.859 --> 00:45:53.099
 wrote this

00:45:53.099 --> 00:45:53.500
 illustration.

00:45:55.259 --> 00:45:55.699
 Before

00:45:55.699 --> 00:45:56.119
 Christ,

00:45:57.379 --> 00:45:57.699
 picture

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:58.239
 yourself as

00:45:58.239 --> 00:45:58.659
 a fish.

00:45:58.659 --> 00:45:58.719
 fish.

00:46:00.899 --> 00:46:01.899
 You live

00:46:01.899 --> 00:46:02.500
 in water.

00:46:03.399 --> 00:46:03.859
 Your natural

00:46:03.859 --> 00:46:04.899
 habitat is

00:46:04.899 --> 00:46:05.339
 the water.

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:06.539
 You swim,

00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:06.839
 you have

00:46:06.839 --> 00:46:07.319
 gills,

00:46:07.779 --> 00:46:08.339
 you breathe

00:46:08.339 --> 00:46:08.619
 in the

00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:08.859
 water.

00:46:09.879 --> 00:46:10.399
 That's where

00:46:10.399 --> 00:46:11.019
 you exist.

00:46:11.179 --> 00:46:11.420
 That's where

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:11.759
 you have

00:46:11.759 --> 00:46:12.259
 your being.

00:46:13.379 --> 00:46:13.759
 Let's say

00:46:13.759 --> 00:46:14.679
 that fish

00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:15.199
 or you

00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:15.960
 gets saved.

00:46:17.399 --> 00:46:18.159
 Now it's

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.619
 transformed

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:19.079
 into a

00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:19.379
 man.

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:22.039
 Its natural

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:22.659
 habitat now

00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:23.039
 is where?

00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:23.359
 It's on

00:46:23.359 --> 00:46:23.679
 land.

00:46:23.839 --> 00:46:24.359
 It breathes

00:46:24.359 --> 00:46:24.759
 air, not

00:46:24.759 --> 00:46:25.059
 water.

00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:26.480
 It eats the

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:26.819
 fruit of the

00:46:26.819 --> 00:46:27.019
 land.

00:46:27.179 --> 00:46:27.599
 It walks

00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:27.860
 around.

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:28.739
 There's a

00:46:28.739 --> 00:46:29.059
 huge

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:29.460
 difference.

00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:34.460
 Now, that

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:35.299
 human being

00:46:35.299 --> 00:46:36.139
 can go back

00:46:36.139 --> 00:46:36.400
 in the

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:37.980
 water for

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:38.440
 a time.

00:46:39.779 --> 00:46:40.259
 I can get

00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:40.739
 wet again

00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:41.219
 with sin,

00:46:41.719 --> 00:46:42.159
 can't I?

00:46:44.139 --> 00:46:45.239
 I can swim

00:46:45.239 --> 00:46:45.799
 around for a

00:46:45.799 --> 00:46:46.480
 while sometimes,

00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:47.099
 but I can't

00:46:47.099 --> 00:46:48.199
 exist there and

00:46:48.199 --> 00:46:48.659
 I can't have

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:49.239
 my being there.

00:46:49.299 --> 00:46:49.739
 Even if I go

00:46:49.739 --> 00:46:50.000
 down to all

00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:50.400
 my breath,

00:46:50.619 --> 00:46:51.000
 I've got to

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:51.360
 come up for

00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:51.980
 air sometime.

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:56.179
 That's in

00:46:56.179 --> 00:46:56.719
 essence what

00:46:56.719 --> 00:46:57.079
 you are.

00:46:57.079 --> 00:46:57.739
 You are an

00:46:57.739 --> 00:46:58.420
 entirely new

00:46:58.420 --> 00:46:58.719
 creature.

00:46:59.119 --> 00:46:59.460
 If any man

00:46:59.460 --> 00:46:59.900
 is in Christ,

00:46:59.960 --> 00:47:00.259
 he is a

00:47:00.259 --> 00:47:00.840
 new creature.

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:02.000
 That word

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:02.139
 there,

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 new,

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 is kinos,

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 which is

00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:04.579
 new of a

00:47:04.579 --> 00:47:05.460
 totally

00:47:05.460 --> 00:47:06.219
 different kind.

00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:06.840
 It's never

00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:07.380
 been before.

00:47:09.940 --> 00:47:10.299
 Totally

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 different.

00:47:14.219 --> 00:47:14.679
 You are

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:15.159
 very different

00:47:15.159 --> 00:47:15.559
 than what you

00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:15.739
 want.

00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:16.599
 Praise God,

00:47:16.639 --> 00:47:16.779
 right?

00:47:16.779 --> 00:47:18.880
 That's great.