WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.060 Our passage this morning comes from the book of Romans. 00:00:04.020 --> 00:00:07.700 If you have your Bible with you, feel free to open it up to Romans chapter 7. 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:12.759 As we initially read it, it won't be on the screen, 00:00:12.939 --> 00:00:17.839 so you can use the Bibles in the seats in front of you, or you can use your own. 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:23.000 Romans was a letter written to the church at Rome by the Apostle Paul, 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:27.679 and this letter was written about 20 to 30 years after Jesus died 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:30.239 and rose and ascended into heaven. 00:00:31.219 --> 00:00:34.340 And this letter is one of the heavier letters in the Bible. 00:00:34.939 --> 00:00:39.560 And what I mean by that is Paul writes this letter to teach the church 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:42.100 about a number of different themes. 00:00:42.340 --> 00:00:47.019 And kind of throughout the whole letter, he's developing several arguments, 00:00:47.500 --> 00:00:50.700 and each section builds on the one that came before. 00:00:50.859 --> 00:00:55.399 Almost every paragraph and sentence of Romans is packed full of truth 00:00:55.399 --> 00:01:02.399 about God and Jesus and sin and how we're saved and God's great plan 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.939 and the truth about how we should live as followers of Jesus. 00:01:06.379 --> 00:01:11.700 So we're just going to jump right into one passage here in Romans chapter 7 this morning. 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:17.140 And we won't have the chance to talk about everything Paul says here in these two paragraphs, 00:01:17.140 --> 00:01:22.079 but what we will see, I hope and pray, will be a blessing to you this morning. 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:26.960 So we pick it up in Romans chapter 7, verse 14. 00:01:31.460 --> 00:01:34.099 We know that the law is spiritual. 00:01:36.099 --> 00:01:38.159 Paul is talking about the law of God, 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:43.960 as in the law that God gave through Moses at Mount Sinai to the Israelites all those years ago. 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:47.739 So probably a helpful thing to think of when you hear that is the Ten Commandments, 00:01:48.099 --> 00:01:50.780 something from the law that most of us are familiar with. 00:01:52.099 --> 00:01:52.939 Paul says, 00:01:52.939 --> 00:01:55.299 We know that the law is spiritual, 00:01:55.659 --> 00:01:57.579 but I am unspiritual, 00:01:58.579 --> 00:02:00.159 sold as a slave to sin. 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:03.099 I do not understand what I do. 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:06.259 For what I want to do, I do not do. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:09.719 But what I hate, I do. 00:02:11.060 --> 00:02:13.280 And if I do what I do not want to do, 00:02:13.860 --> 00:02:16.340 I agree that the law is good. 00:02:17.419 --> 00:02:20.120 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:22.400 but it is sin living in me. 00:02:23.300 --> 00:02:27.259 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, 00:02:28.099 --> 00:02:30.079 that is, in my sinful nature. 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:33.599 For I have the desire to do what is good, 00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:36.300 but I cannot carry it out. 00:02:37.780 --> 00:02:40.419 For I do not do the good I want to do, 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:42.560 but the evil I do not want to do. 00:02:43.780 --> 00:02:45.039 This I keep on doing. 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:49.120 Now, if I do what I do not want to do, 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:50.579 it is no longer I who do it, 00:02:50.620 --> 00:02:53.539 but it is sin living in me that does it. 00:02:54.899 --> 00:02:56.899 So I find this law at work. 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:59.280 Although I want to do good, 00:03:00.239 --> 00:03:02.759 evil is right there with me. 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:05.239 For in my inner being, 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:07.459 I delight in God's law, 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:10.979 but I see another law at work in me, 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:14.519 waging war against the law of my mind, 00:03:14.959 --> 00:03:17.620 and making me a prisoner of the law of sin 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:18.699 at work within me. 00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:20.959 What a wretched man I am! 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:24.780 Who will rescue me from this body of death? 00:03:27.939 --> 00:03:29.640 I really treasure these words. 00:03:30.920 --> 00:03:32.640 In fact, for as long as I can remember, 00:03:32.760 --> 00:03:33.620 since I was a boy, 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:37.939 these words have resonated deeply with me. 00:03:38.580 --> 00:03:40.560 There's something Paul describes here 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:41.980 from his own experience 00:03:41.979 --> 00:03:46.419 that is true to each of our experiences. 00:03:47.859 --> 00:03:50.879 Paul describes the battle within, 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:56.519 that inner conflict that we all feel and face. 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:01.439 Paul begins this very emotional 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:02.599 and passionate description 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:04.359 by referring to the law. 00:04:05.399 --> 00:04:07.699 He says that the law is spiritual, 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:08.639 but then all of a sudden, 00:04:08.780 --> 00:04:10.179 he reflects on himself. 00:04:11.979 --> 00:04:13.579 The law is spiritual, 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.159 but I am unspiritual, 00:04:17.379 --> 00:04:19.959 sold as a slave to sin. 00:04:21.899 --> 00:04:23.439 What is Paul doing here? 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:26.159 He is lamenting. 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.399 He's thinking about the law of God 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:32.339 and how good it is. 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:34.339 How good are those commands 00:04:34.339 --> 00:04:35.319 that God has given? 00:04:35.459 --> 00:04:37.420 They are the good and the beautiful 00:04:37.420 --> 00:04:38.980 and the right things. 00:04:38.980 --> 00:04:42.439 They are the way of love. 00:04:43.520 --> 00:04:44.939 But I, says Paul, 00:04:45.819 --> 00:04:49.220 I am not full of the spiritual stuff 00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:51.520 that I see in the law, 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:52.840 in those commands. 00:04:53.140 --> 00:04:54.520 I am unspiritual, 00:04:55.220 --> 00:04:57.560 sold as a slave to sin. 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:02.920 When we talk about sin, 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:05.100 we usually think of it 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:06.400 as the bad things that we do. 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:08.139 And it is. 00:05:09.139 --> 00:05:11.779 But notice how Paul describes sin here. 00:05:12.579 --> 00:05:14.359 Not just the bad things he does, 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:14.919 it's more. 00:05:16.099 --> 00:05:16.979 It's worse. 00:05:18.359 --> 00:05:20.219 It's a thing that enslaves him. 00:05:21.679 --> 00:05:24.439 Sold as a slave to sin. 00:05:25.819 --> 00:05:27.560 It's like a slave master 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:29.039 that owns him, 00:05:29.699 --> 00:05:31.560 that has him under its control 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.259 so that he is not free. 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:36.980 And then Paul goes on 00:05:36.980 --> 00:05:38.839 to describe his own experience 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:40.180 as a slave to sin. 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:42.480 He says, 00:05:42.579 --> 00:05:44.240 I do not understand what I do. 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:46.300 For what I want to do, 00:05:46.939 --> 00:05:48.039 I do not do. 00:05:48.819 --> 00:05:50.039 But what I hate, 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:51.639 I do. 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:54.279 It's almost like a tone 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:55.360 of frustration here. 00:05:55.819 --> 00:05:57.579 Almost like Paul is perplexed. 00:05:57.599 --> 00:05:58.959 Like, what's going on with me? 00:05:59.139 --> 00:06:00.500 What's wrong with me? 00:06:00.500 --> 00:06:02.680 There are things that I recognize 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:05.620 as good and beautiful and right. 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:06.240 And there are things 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:08.259 that I recognize as wrong 00:06:08.259 --> 00:06:10.720 and ugly and evil. 00:06:12.300 --> 00:06:14.220 And I hate those evil things. 00:06:14.300 --> 00:06:15.980 I don't like them one bit. 00:06:16.939 --> 00:06:18.860 But I keep finding myself 00:06:18.860 --> 00:06:20.579 not doing the good 00:06:20.579 --> 00:06:22.639 and the right and the beautiful 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:24.319 and instead doing 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:27.379 the ugly, the wrong, 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:29.319 the things I hate. 00:06:30.500 --> 00:06:34.279 I think every single one of us 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:35.240 can relate to that 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:38.759 because every single one of us 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:39.500 has experienced 00:06:39.500 --> 00:06:40.639 that inward conflict, 00:06:40.819 --> 00:06:42.720 that inward battle. 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:45.259 Even our world acknowledges 00:06:45.259 --> 00:06:45.839 this battle. 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:46.639 We've all seen 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:49.379 at least one movie or TV show 00:06:49.379 --> 00:06:50.259 with the little angel 00:06:50.259 --> 00:06:51.060 on one shoulder 00:06:51.060 --> 00:06:51.939 and the little devil 00:06:51.939 --> 00:06:52.879 on the other shoulder. 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:57.620 We all know 00:06:57.620 --> 00:06:58.779 that this battle is real. 00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:00.719 We might experience it 00:07:00.719 --> 00:07:02.259 in some different kinds of ways. 00:07:02.459 --> 00:07:03.139 We might be tempted 00:07:03.139 --> 00:07:04.139 by different things 00:07:04.139 --> 00:07:05.479 or drawn to different things. 00:07:05.659 --> 00:07:07.059 But it's the same battle, 00:07:07.159 --> 00:07:08.019 the same conflict 00:07:08.019 --> 00:07:08.839 in all of us 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:09.679 underneath it all. 00:07:11.339 --> 00:07:12.219 For example, 00:07:12.779 --> 00:07:14.959 you know that it's wrong 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:16.799 and ugly 00:07:16.799 --> 00:07:18.239 and evil 00:07:18.239 --> 00:07:19.679 to say that hurtful thing 00:07:19.679 --> 00:07:20.659 about this person 00:07:20.659 --> 00:07:21.919 standing in front of you 00:07:21.919 --> 00:07:23.599 just to make this friend 00:07:23.599 --> 00:07:24.939 over here laugh. 00:07:24.939 --> 00:07:28.620 but you say it anyway. 00:07:31.219 --> 00:07:31.939 And the laugh 00:07:31.939 --> 00:07:33.079 of your friend over here, 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:33.860 it feels good, 00:07:33.939 --> 00:07:34.759 it feels worth it 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:35.459 for the moment, 00:07:36.459 --> 00:07:37.279 but then you look back 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:38.120 and you see the hurt 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:38.860 on the face 00:07:38.860 --> 00:07:40.800 of the person in front of you 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:41.860 that you just insulted. 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:44.300 And in your heart, 00:07:44.420 --> 00:07:44.920 you know 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:46.620 that it was wrong 00:07:46.620 --> 00:07:48.480 and that you shouldn't 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:48.980 have said it. 00:07:48.980 --> 00:07:52.759 What I want to do, 00:07:52.819 --> 00:07:53.900 I do not do. 00:07:54.860 --> 00:07:56.180 But what I hate, 00:07:56.900 --> 00:07:58.000 I do. 00:08:01.200 --> 00:08:02.220 He goes on. 00:08:03.100 --> 00:08:04.120 And if I do 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:05.439 what I do not want to do, 00:08:05.860 --> 00:08:07.439 I agree 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:08.660 that the law is good. 00:08:09.980 --> 00:08:11.840 At least this inward struggle 00:08:11.840 --> 00:08:13.060 or battle 00:08:13.060 --> 00:08:15.360 shows that I have a conscience. 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:17.780 At least it shows 00:08:17.780 --> 00:08:19.560 that I have an inward sense 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:20.420 of what is good 00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:22.020 and right 00:08:22.020 --> 00:08:23.160 and beautiful. 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:25.500 I know 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:26.699 deep down in here 00:08:26.699 --> 00:08:28.040 what God's law says. 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:30.340 I agree 00:08:30.340 --> 00:08:31.139 that it's good. 00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:32.840 I want to live 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:33.680 like He says 00:08:33.680 --> 00:08:34.200 I should. 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:37.720 But there's a problem 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:38.200 with me. 00:08:39.300 --> 00:08:40.759 There's something else 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:42.159 in me 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:43.600 that wants 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:44.120 the opposite. 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:48.440 He says 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:49.120 as it is. 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:50.560 It is no longer 00:08:50.560 --> 00:08:51.379 I myself 00:08:51.379 --> 00:08:51.879 who do it 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:52.399 but it is 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:53.220 sin 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:54.399 living in me. 00:08:56.419 --> 00:08:57.879 Now we have to be careful here. 00:08:57.980 --> 00:08:59.060 I don't think Paul is saying 00:08:59.060 --> 00:08:59.300 well 00:08:59.300 --> 00:09:01.519 I'm not really guilty 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:03.159 of my sins 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:04.899 of doing those wrong things. 00:09:05.560 --> 00:09:06.200 It wasn't me 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:06.759 that did it. 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:07.080 It was 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:08.080 sin 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:08.899 in me. 00:09:09.860 --> 00:09:10.120 No 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:11.200 the thing that 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:12.100 is responsible 00:09:12.100 --> 00:09:12.759 is still 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:13.500 in Him. 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:14.000 It's still 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:14.840 in us. 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:17.899 And he calls 00:09:17.899 --> 00:09:18.600 that thing 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:19.779 sin 00:09:19.779 --> 00:09:21.840 living in us 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:23.639 living in me. 00:09:26.139 --> 00:09:27.320 Do you hear that? 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:29.919 Paul talks about sin 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:30.960 like it's alive. 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:32.840 A thing that 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:33.740 lives 00:09:33.740 --> 00:09:34.899 in us. 00:09:34.899 --> 00:09:37.299 and at this point 00:09:37.299 --> 00:09:37.919 we might like 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:38.539 to just look 00:09:38.539 --> 00:09:39.399 at what Paul says 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:39.980 here and say 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:40.179 well 00:09:40.179 --> 00:09:41.179 this is good 00:09:41.179 --> 00:09:42.279 I'll put the blame 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:43.500 on that thing 00:09:43.500 --> 00:09:44.159 in me 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:45.379 and I'll kind of 00:09:45.379 --> 00:09:45.840 you know 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:46.720 deflect the guilt 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:47.579 away from my 00:09:47.579 --> 00:09:48.860 true self. 00:09:51.100 --> 00:09:52.139 But unfortunately 00:09:52.139 --> 00:09:53.120 sin is not like 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:53.840 some parasite 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:55.159 inside of our bodies 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:57.259 or another organism 00:09:57.259 --> 00:09:58.399 living in our bodies. 00:09:58.559 --> 00:09:59.360 It's worse than that. 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:00.819 It lives in us 00:10:00.820 --> 00:10:03.080 because it is us. 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:05.540 It's part of us. 00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:07.580 It's hijacked 00:10:07.580 --> 00:10:08.580 our very selves 00:10:08.580 --> 00:10:10.600 our very bodies 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:12.740 and even worse 00:10:12.740 --> 00:10:14.200 our hearts 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:15.420 and our minds 00:10:15.420 --> 00:10:16.360 have been infected 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:17.860 and corrupted 00:10:17.860 --> 00:10:18.800 by it. 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:21.240 We wish 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:21.700 that we could 00:10:21.700 --> 00:10:22.060 blame 00:10:22.060 --> 00:10:22.980 it on 00:10:22.980 --> 00:10:23.800 the sin 00:10:23.800 --> 00:10:24.800 living in us 00:10:24.800 --> 00:10:26.100 and kind of 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:26.980 deflect the guilt 00:10:26.980 --> 00:10:27.940 away from ourselves 00:10:27.940 --> 00:10:29.280 but the Bible 00:10:29.280 --> 00:10:29.700 tells us 00:10:29.700 --> 00:10:30.200 that there's no 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:31.340 separating of those. 00:10:32.260 --> 00:10:33.480 We can't separate 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:33.900 ourselves 00:10:33.900 --> 00:10:34.520 from the sin 00:10:34.520 --> 00:10:35.180 inside of us. 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:36.600 We are its slave 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:38.860 and it owns us 00:10:38.860 --> 00:10:40.260 and has control 00:10:40.260 --> 00:10:40.920 over us. 00:10:41.700 --> 00:10:42.540 It's not some 00:10:42.540 --> 00:10:43.240 other person 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:44.420 inside of us 00:10:44.420 --> 00:10:44.900 or some other 00:10:44.900 --> 00:10:46.300 entity inside of us 00:10:46.300 --> 00:10:47.240 it's us. 00:10:49.020 --> 00:10:50.220 We welcomed 00:10:50.220 --> 00:10:51.320 this corruption 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:53.260 this thing 00:10:53.260 --> 00:10:53.960 called sin 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:55.320 into ourselves 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:56.680 long ago 00:10:56.680 --> 00:10:57.360 when we rebelled 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:58.139 against God 00:10:58.139 --> 00:11:00.060 at the beginning. 00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:01.379 Paul talks about 00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:02.480 that in chapter 5. 00:11:02.620 --> 00:11:03.200 We won't go there 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:03.759 this morning. 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:05.159 Let's keep on 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:06.300 here in chapter 7 00:11:06.300 --> 00:11:08.320 verse 18 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:10.320 For I know 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:11.460 that good itself 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:13.220 does not dwell 00:11:13.220 --> 00:11:14.120 in me 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:15.919 that is 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:17.659 in my sinful nature. 00:11:19.539 --> 00:11:20.440 Sinful nature 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:21.340 is how the translation 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:22.159 on the screen 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:23.300 renders it 00:11:23.300 --> 00:11:24.139 the New International 00:11:24.139 --> 00:11:24.659 Version 00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:26.779 literally it's flesh 00:11:26.779 --> 00:11:29.679 I know 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:30.539 that good itself 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:31.319 does not dwell 00:11:31.319 --> 00:11:31.939 in me 00:11:31.939 --> 00:11:32.480 that is 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:33.860 in my flesh 00:11:33.860 --> 00:11:34.419 and this term 00:11:34.419 --> 00:11:35.059 flesh 00:11:35.059 --> 00:11:36.319 Paul uses a lot 00:11:36.319 --> 00:11:37.159 in other places. 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:38.559 He uses it to mean 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:39.459 more than just 00:11:39.459 --> 00:11:40.939 our physical flesh 00:11:40.939 --> 00:11:41.600 our body 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:43.299 and so 00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:44.939 it somehow 00:11:44.939 --> 00:11:46.399 refers to that 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:47.419 that place 00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:48.720 from where that 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:49.860 bent towards evil 00:11:49.860 --> 00:11:50.480 comes from 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:51.240 inside of us. 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:51.799 That's why 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:52.579 the translation 00:11:52.579 --> 00:11:53.559 sinful nature 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:55.000 but let's not 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:55.459 miss the main 00:11:55.459 --> 00:11:56.059 point of what 00:11:56.059 --> 00:11:56.719 Paul is saying 00:11:56.719 --> 00:11:57.039 here. 00:11:57.659 --> 00:11:58.259 He's saying 00:11:58.259 --> 00:11:58.959 I know 00:11:58.959 --> 00:12:00.039 that good itself 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:02.139 does not dwell 00:12:02.139 --> 00:12:03.399 in me. 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:05.839 There's a sense 00:12:05.839 --> 00:12:07.599 in which good 00:12:07.599 --> 00:12:09.299 is unnatural 00:12:09.299 --> 00:12:10.059 to us 00:12:10.059 --> 00:12:12.119 and it's not 00:12:12.119 --> 00:12:12.799 the way that God 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:13.599 made us to be 00:12:13.599 --> 00:12:14.239 in the beginning 00:12:14.239 --> 00:12:16.239 but something 00:12:16.239 --> 00:12:16.719 happened. 00:12:18.179 --> 00:12:19.399 We rebelled 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:20.219 against God 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:21.860 and we lost 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:23.220 our goodness. 00:12:24.160 --> 00:12:25.120 We lost 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:25.779 our innocence. 00:12:27.139 --> 00:12:27.840 We became 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:29.200 so corrupt 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:31.620 that selfishness 00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:32.960 is now 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:33.460 what comes 00:12:33.460 --> 00:12:34.120 naturally 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:36.399 instead of 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:36.820 goodness. 00:12:39.180 --> 00:12:40.160 Goodness now 00:12:40.160 --> 00:12:40.620 is like 00:12:40.620 --> 00:12:41.200 almost like 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:41.600 a thing 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:42.460 that's not 00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:43.019 there anymore 00:12:43.019 --> 00:12:43.440 it's a thing 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:44.279 outside of us 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:44.820 and foreign 00:12:44.820 --> 00:12:45.220 to us 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:45.820 like God 00:12:45.820 --> 00:12:46.379 is good. 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:48.139 He really 00:12:48.139 --> 00:12:48.800 does care 00:12:48.800 --> 00:12:49.240 about other 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:49.639 people. 00:12:50.220 --> 00:12:52.200 about the 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:52.580 things he 00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:53.200 has made 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:55.960 but we 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:56.220 are not 00:12:56.220 --> 00:12:56.800 like him 00:12:56.800 --> 00:12:59.940 anymore. 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:00.620 I know 00:13:00.620 --> 00:13:01.080 that good 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:01.480 itself 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:02.160 does not 00:13:02.160 --> 00:13:03.000 dwell 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:03.920 in me. 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:05.120 How does 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:05.580 Paul know 00:13:05.580 --> 00:13:05.779 this? 00:13:05.860 --> 00:13:06.320 Well he points 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:06.700 us back 00:13:06.700 --> 00:13:07.019 to the 00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:07.279 inward 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:07.860 conflict. 00:13:08.940 --> 00:13:09.320 He says 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:10.019 for I have 00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:10.639 the desire 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:11.080 to do 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:11.379 what is 00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:11.779 good 00:13:11.779 --> 00:13:13.920 but I 00:13:13.920 --> 00:13:14.259 cannot 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:14.899 carry it 00:13:14.899 --> 00:13:15.120 out. 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:17.820 I recognize 00:13:17.820 --> 00:13:18.240 what's 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:18.580 good. 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:19.519 Deep 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:19.939 down I 00:13:19.939 --> 00:13:20.360 know 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:20.879 what's 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:21.120 good. 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:21.939 I even 00:13:21.939 --> 00:13:22.699 desire it 00:13:22.699 --> 00:13:22.980 but I 00:13:22.980 --> 00:13:23.879 feel powerless 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:24.399 to do 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:24.699 it. 00:13:26.379 --> 00:13:26.960 It's like 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:27.179 there are 00:13:27.179 --> 00:13:27.860 two choices 00:13:27.860 --> 00:13:29.340 before me. 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:31.159 Vegetables 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:32.379 and candy. 00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:35.399 I can't 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:36.139 bring myself 00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:36.559 to eat 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:36.879 those 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:37.419 vegetables. 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:38.120 I know 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:38.500 that they're 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:38.740 good. 00:13:38.939 --> 00:13:39.220 That's 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:39.759 premium 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.819 fuel for 00:13:40.819 --> 00:13:41.399 this body. 00:13:43.500 --> 00:13:43.939 I just 00:13:43.939 --> 00:13:44.720 every time 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:45.279 I'm confronted 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:45.679 with that 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:46.120 choice. 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:46.759 I love 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:47.379 the candy. 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:48.179 I want 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:49.159 the candy. 00:13:49.299 --> 00:13:49.600 I know 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:49.799 it's 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:50.259 making me 00:13:50.259 --> 00:13:50.620 fat. 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:51.220 I know 00:13:51.220 --> 00:13:51.419 it's 00:13:51.419 --> 00:13:51.759 rotting 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:52.439 my teeth 00:13:52.439 --> 00:13:53.120 but I 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:53.539 just feel 00:13:53.539 --> 00:13:54.019 powerless 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:54.439 in that 00:13:54.439 --> 00:13:54.939 moment of 00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:55.360 decision 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:56.059 to do 00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:56.539 the good 00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:57.759 and not 00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:58.039 the 00:13:58.039 --> 00:13:59.319 junk food. 00:13:59.939 --> 00:14:00.259 It's a 00:14:00.259 --> 00:14:00.879 bad analogy 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:02.039 because of 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:02.840 course candy 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:03.379 is something 00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:03.919 that even 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:04.460 God has 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:04.919 given us 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:05.340 as a good 00:14:05.340 --> 00:14:05.799 gift to 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:06.279 enjoy 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:07.700 in moderation. 00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:09.100 Maybe a 00:14:09.100 --> 00:14:09.740 better analogy 00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:10.240 is roast 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:10.879 beef dinner 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:12.340 and a 00:14:12.340 --> 00:14:12.879 bowl of 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:13.200 raw 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:13.720 sewage. 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:16.840 Maybe 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:17.279 that's more 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:17.720 like the 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:18.220 choice 00:14:18.220 --> 00:14:19.059 before us. 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:19.960 And this 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:20.299 is why 00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:20.700 Paul is 00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:21.200 frustrated 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:21.799 because he 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:22.460 sees in 00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:22.899 himself 00:14:22.899 --> 00:14:23.980 this sick 00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:25.080 and twisted 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:26.039 bent, 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:26.980 this preference 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.500 for the 00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:28.860 raw sewage 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:31.139 over the 00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:31.700 roast beef 00:14:31.700 --> 00:14:32.240 dinner. 00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:36.039 I have 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:36.740 the desire 00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.899 to do 00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:38.259 what is 00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:38.720 good but 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:39.340 I cannot 00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:40.179 carry it 00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:40.519 out. 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:42.080 It's like 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:42.779 it's wired 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.539 deeply into 00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:43.960 my very 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:44.519 soul. 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:45.860 I can't 00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.799 help myself. 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:47.200 I just 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:47.779 keep going 00:14:47.779 --> 00:14:48.299 back for 00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:48.740 more of 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:48.919 it. 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.399 And this 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:52.679 is what 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:53.279 sin is. 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:54.679 It's evil. 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:56.480 It's wrong. 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.720 It's at 00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:58.240 its worst. 00:14:58.360 --> 00:14:58.559 It's 00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:59.240 disgusting. 00:15:01.700 --> 00:15:02.460 At its 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:02.840 best, 00:15:02.939 --> 00:15:03.379 it's just 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:04.299 bland and 00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:04.960 dim and 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:05.460 empty. 00:15:09.379 --> 00:15:10.120 We all 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.500 know it. 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:11.759 we tend 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:12.240 to minimize 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:12.820 it though. 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:14.559 We tend 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:15.059 to minimize 00:15:15.059 --> 00:15:15.899 the sin 00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:16.159 that we 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:16.559 have in 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:16.879 our own 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.340 lives. 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.399 But it's 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:20.679 there. 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.419 And it 00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:22.840 stinks. 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:25.500 It's easy 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:26.000 to look over 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.460 at somebody 00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:27.259 else who's 00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:28.379 maybe arrogant 00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:29.500 and obnoxious 00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:29.899 and just 00:15:29.899 --> 00:15:30.720 loves themselves 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:31.600 and can only 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:32.200 talk about 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:32.980 themselves and 00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:33.379 we think, 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:34.720 whew, I'm 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:35.519 so glad I'm 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:35.980 not like 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:36.279 that. 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:36.339 God. 00:15:38.839 --> 00:15:39.539 But have 00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:39.799 we ever 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:40.279 stopped to 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:40.679 think that 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:41.279 perhaps we 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.620 are just 00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.100 as blind 00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:42.500 to our 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:43.019 own sin 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:44.439 as he 00:15:44.439 --> 00:15:45.259 is to 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:45.600 his? 00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:49.519 Sin is 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:49.860 ugly. 00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:53.579 God and 00:15:53.579 --> 00:15:54.439 his commands 00:15:54.439 --> 00:15:55.259 and laws 00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:56.259 are beautiful 00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:57.659 and good. 00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.480 Let's think 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:00.019 for a moment 00:16:00.019 --> 00:16:01.000 on what God 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.519 has commanded. 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.000 Let's think 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.399 of some of 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:02.939 those things. 00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:03.280 we'll just 00:16:03.280 --> 00:16:03.600 look at 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.000 three of 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:04.300 the Ten 00:16:04.300 --> 00:16:04.920 Commandments. 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:05.780 You shall 00:16:05.780 --> 00:16:06.640 not steal. 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:09.280 It's good. 00:16:09.640 --> 00:16:10.480 It's beautiful 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.180 when you can 00:16:11.180 --> 00:16:12.000 go to work 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:13.760 and earn 00:16:13.760 --> 00:16:15.440 and purchase 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:17.060 and own 00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:17.940 something 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:19.240 and have 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.820 that thing 00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.820 belong to 00:16:20.820 --> 00:16:21.300 you so that 00:16:21.300 --> 00:16:21.940 you can use 00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:22.380 it when you 00:16:22.380 --> 00:16:22.960 need it 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:24.040 and enjoy 00:16:24.040 --> 00:16:24.620 it because 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.140 you like 00:16:25.140 --> 00:16:25.440 it. 00:16:27.780 --> 00:16:28.540 And it's 00:16:28.540 --> 00:16:29.000 wrong. 00:16:29.160 --> 00:16:29.780 It's ugly 00:16:29.780 --> 00:16:30.300 when someone 00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:30.960 simply comes 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.820 along and 00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:32.460 takes that 00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:33.180 thing from 00:16:33.180 --> 00:16:33.440 you. 00:16:35.420 --> 00:16:36.060 They did 00:16:36.060 --> 00:16:36.440 nothing 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:37.800 for it. 00:16:38.400 --> 00:16:38.860 You did 00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.200 the work 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:39.620 for it. 00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.220 You bought 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.340 it. 00:16:40.400 --> 00:16:40.780 It belongs 00:16:40.780 --> 00:16:41.080 to you 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:41.259 and they 00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:41.759 just take 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.180 it for 00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:42.660 themselves. 00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.320 Or we 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:45.600 could look 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:45.840 at the 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.440 command to 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:47.220 honor your 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:47.720 father and 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:47.980 mother. 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.060 It's 00:16:51.060 --> 00:16:51.460 good. 00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:53.000 It's 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.440 beautiful 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:53.960 when after 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:54.600 years of 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:55.220 caring for 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:55.900 every little 00:16:55.900 --> 00:16:56.460 need of 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.060 your children 00:16:57.060 --> 00:16:58.960 who start 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.060 life 00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:00.800 completely 00:17:00.800 --> 00:17:01.480 helpless, 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:03.259 it's 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:03.620 good and 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:03.960 beautiful 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:04.400 when your 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:04.720 children 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.440 honor you 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.819 and treat 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.140 you with 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.900 respect and 00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:08.440 kindness 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:10.000 and recognize 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.680 all the 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.120 love, 00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:12.259 every 00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:12.920 sacrifice 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.400 that you 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:13.860 made for 00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:14.099 them. 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:16.099 And it's 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:17.000 wrong and 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.579 it's ugly 00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.039 when they 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.779 curse you 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.579 and say, 00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.599 you, 00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.160 dad, 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:23.960 I don't 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:24.200 have to 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.599 listen to 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:24.799 you. 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:26.120 I'm not 00:17:26.120 --> 00:17:26.339 going to 00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:26.740 do what 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.680 you want 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:27.880 me to 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:28.000 do. 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:28.420 I'm going 00:17:28.420 --> 00:17:28.500 to do 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:28.980 whatever I 00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:29.299 want to 00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:29.500 do. 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:33.700 Or we 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:33.920 could look 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:34.160 at the 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:34.440 seventh 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:35.079 commandment. 00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:35.779 You 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.240 shall not 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:36.519 commit 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.099 adultery. 00:17:38.859 --> 00:17:39.539 God has 00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:39.880 commanded 00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:40.339 this. 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.440 It's 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:43.220 good and 00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:43.619 beautiful 00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:44.299 when wedding 00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:45.119 vows are 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:46.519 made and 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:46.920 kept. 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.019 It's 00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.460 good and 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:50.079 beautiful when 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:50.859 husbands and 00:17:50.859 --> 00:17:51.500 wives are 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.619 loyal to 00:17:52.619 --> 00:17:53.119 each other 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.759 and love 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.240 each other 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:54.799 and cherish 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:55.400 each other 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:56.000 and protect 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.539 and honor 00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.879 and are 00:17:57.879 --> 00:17:58.599 faithful to 00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:59.159 each other 00:17:59.159 --> 00:17:59.960 helping each 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.460 other through 00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.440 life, both 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:01.779 the good 00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.519 times and 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:02.940 the hard 00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:03.460 times. 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:05.899 And it's 00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:07.159 wrong and 00:18:07.159 --> 00:18:07.779 it's ugly 00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:09.119 when wedding 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:10.379 vows and 00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:11.099 promises are 00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.480 broken, 00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:14.319 when husbands 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:15.039 betray their 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:16.839 wives and 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.440 give themselves 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.859 to other 00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:19.700 women just 00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:20.359 to satisfy 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:21.139 their lust 00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:22.599 or craving. 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:24.920 It's wrong 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:25.279 and it's 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:25.819 ugly when 00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:26.819 women leave 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.359 their husbands 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:27.779 and give 00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:28.279 themselves to 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:28.879 another man 00:18:28.879 --> 00:18:29.500 because, 00:18:29.679 --> 00:18:29.779 well, 00:18:29.919 --> 00:18:30.559 things aren't 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:31.000 going as 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.319 well as 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:31.839 they did 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:32.240 before. 00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:32.659 And this 00:18:32.659 --> 00:18:33.159 man over 00:18:33.159 --> 00:18:33.399 here, 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:33.919 he treats 00:18:33.919 --> 00:18:34.439 me better. 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:38.639 Oftentimes 00:18:38.639 --> 00:18:39.299 in these 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:39.700 cases, 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:41.359 we see some 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:41.939 of the damage 00:18:41.939 --> 00:18:42.579 that comes 00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:43.159 from that. 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.899 Families are 00:18:44.899 --> 00:18:45.460 torn apart. 00:18:47.159 --> 00:18:47.659 Children are 00:18:47.659 --> 00:18:48.059 forced to 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.519 grow up, 00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:49.419 going back 00:18:49.419 --> 00:18:49.839 and forth 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:50.519 between two 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.819 homes or 00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.659 without a 00:18:52.659 --> 00:18:54.000 dad or 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.379 a mom. 00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.819 this is 00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.439 oftentimes what 00:18:57.439 --> 00:18:57.960 happens when 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.700 someone commits 00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.399 adultery. 00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.379 Broken 00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:03.059 vows lead 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.460 to broken 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:03.960 hearts, 00:19:04.919 --> 00:19:05.480 lead to 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:05.759 broken 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.240 homes. 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.240 These are 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.740 just a few 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.819 examples of 00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.240 the goodness 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:11.960 of God's 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:14.299 law and 00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:14.939 the ugliness 00:19:14.939 --> 00:19:15.500 of sin. 00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.500 I got 00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.079 thinking about 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.319 this. 00:19:18.379 --> 00:19:18.599 Wouldn't it 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.240 be a wonderful 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:20.639 world if 00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.299 everyone in 00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:21.599 the world 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:22.339 just lived 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:23.259 the way 00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.799 God told 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.179 us to? 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.079 I mean, 00:19:26.139 --> 00:19:26.519 think about 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:26.779 that. 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.339 If everyone 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:27.699 in the 00:19:27.699 --> 00:19:28.319 world just 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:29.799 treated each 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.179 other with 00:19:30.179 --> 00:19:30.659 kindness, 00:19:31.179 --> 00:19:31.500 honor, 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.299 respect, 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.139 spoke the 00:19:34.139 --> 00:19:34.579 truth, 00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.319 kept our 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.779 word, 00:19:37.159 --> 00:19:37.899 our promises, 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:40.240 never stole, 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.899 never killed, 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:44.339 and the 00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:44.720 list goes 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.079 on. 00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:48.419 It'd be a 00:19:48.419 --> 00:19:49.099 wonderful place 00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:49.539 to live. 00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:49.599 life. 00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.359 But the 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:51.980 problem is 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:53.159 we can't 00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:53.599 live like 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:55.659 that because 00:19:55.659 --> 00:19:56.200 as Paul 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.559 says, 00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.039 we are no 00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.839 longer free 00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:59.359 like we 00:19:59.359 --> 00:19:59.740 were made 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.180 to be in 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:00.619 the beginning. 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.319 We are 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:04.000 slaves to 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.879 this thing 00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:05.659 living in 00:20:05.659 --> 00:20:06.000 us, 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.139 sin. 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.500 Paul goes 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:12.899 on, he 00:20:12.899 --> 00:20:13.220 says, 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.079 for I do 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.559 not do 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:14.980 the good 00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.740 I want 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.359 to do, 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:18.000 but the 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:19.259 evil I do 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:19.920 not want 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.299 to do. 00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.480 This I 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:22.980 keep on 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.259 doing. 00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.819 So I 00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.319 find this 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:27.480 law at 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:27.879 work. 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.960 Although I 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.440 want to 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:30.879 do good, 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.740 evil is 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.579 right there 00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:33.359 with me. 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.759 For in 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.160 my inner 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.640 being I 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.259 delight in 00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:37.640 God's 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:37.879 law, 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.400 but I 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.000 see another 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:41.059 law at 00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:41.700 work in 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.039 me, 00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:44.420 waging war 00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.200 against the 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.799 law of my 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.200 mind and 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.839 making me a 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:48.140 prisoner of 00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:48.580 the law 00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:49.500 of sin 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.320 at work 00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:51.220 within me. 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.360 Here it 00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:53.560 is. 00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:54.040 This is the 00:20:54.040 --> 00:20:54.580 problem with 00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:54.860 the whole 00:20:54.860 --> 00:20:55.380 world right 00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:55.660 here. 00:20:57.560 --> 00:20:58.300 We often 00:20:58.300 --> 00:20:58.680 read the 00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.100 news and 00:20:59.100 --> 00:20:59.420 we hear 00:20:59.420 --> 00:20:59.740 about all 00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.140 the messed 00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:00.560 up and 00:21:00.560 --> 00:21:01.440 twisted and 00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:02.120 evil stuff 00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.660 going on. 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.100 Some of you 00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:03.700 got texts 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.020 on your 00:21:04.020 --> 00:21:05.060 phone this 00:21:05.060 --> 00:21:05.820 morning saying 00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:07.080 that somebody 00:21:07.080 --> 00:21:07.720 has been going 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.920 around stabbing 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.320 people. 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:09.359 people. 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.379 And then 00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:15.339 we hear 00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:15.799 people in 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.220 the world 00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:17.339 proposing 00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:18.740 solutions to 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.379 this problem. 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.799 We need 00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.379 changes in 00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:21.720 government. 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.879 We need 00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:24.039 better policies 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.559 and laws. 00:21:24.659 --> 00:21:24.980 We need a 00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.700 better justice 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.220 system. 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.379 We need to 00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:28.639 fix systemic 00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.139 problems. 00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.779 We need to 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.599 do better at 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:31.500 promoting peace 00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.439 and stopping 00:21:32.439 --> 00:21:32.899 war. 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.779 And if you 00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.439 over here and 00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:37.059 you over here 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.519 and you over 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:37.879 there would 00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.460 just stop 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.160 behaving the 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.620 way that you 00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:39.940 are and 00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.700 start behaving 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.180 the way that 00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.740 you should, 00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.100 this world 00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:43.480 would be a 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.200 better place. 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.180 But all of 00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.640 this is not 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:48.140 the reason. 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.860 It's not the 00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.539 root issue 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.140 of the 00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.579 problem. 00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.440 It's not 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:54.120 the root 00:21:54.120 --> 00:21:54.620 issue of 00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.039 the evil 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.600 we see in 00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:55.860 the world 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.259 today. 00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:56.920 There is a 00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.340 systemic 00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:57.880 problem. 00:21:58.840 --> 00:21:59.460 But it's 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.039 much, much 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.660 deeper than 00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.180 matters of 00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.600 race, 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.000 privilege, 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.380 legislation. 00:22:06.340 --> 00:22:06.779 The 00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.140 systemic 00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.779 problem is 00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.259 something we 00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.839 all have. 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.319 And it's 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.660 this. 00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.400 There is 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.500 another law 00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.599 at work 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.839 within me, 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.660 within all 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.140 of us, 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.900 waging war 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.759 inside of 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:23.039 me and 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.680 making me a 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:25.299 prisoner and 00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:25.960 a slave of 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.240 sin. 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.480 It is that 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.259 principle, that 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.539 power of sin 00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.839 within us. 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.099 That's the 00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:34.460 systemic problem 00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.500 with the 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.779 world. 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:35.920 God. 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.579 And that's 00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:37.980 what Paul's 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.460 lamenting 00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.720 here. 00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.259 Even the 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.859 good Jew 00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.220 that he 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.680 has been 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.399 growing up 00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:43.180 all these 00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.960 years taught 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.359 from the 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.660 time he 00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:44.920 was a 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.379 little boy 00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.039 to obey 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.639 the commands 00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.099 of God 00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.460 and what 00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.000 the good 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.779 commands of 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.440 God are. 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.639 And yet, 00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:50.940 what does 00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.379 he say? 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.579 He says, 00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.059 all this 00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.720 time I've 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.279 been seeing 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.460 another law 00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.420 at work 00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.299 inside of 00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.519 me. 00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.440 There's been 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.180 this battle, 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.879 this war that's 00:23:01.879 --> 00:23:03.099 raging inside of 00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.339 me. 00:23:03.719 --> 00:23:04.219 Although I 00:23:04.219 --> 00:23:04.959 want to do 00:23:04.959 --> 00:23:05.659 good, evil 00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:06.599 is right there 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.240 with me. 00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:08.399 And all I 00:23:08.399 --> 00:23:09.279 feel is pull. 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.719 And 00:23:12.719 --> 00:23:13.119 oftentimes, 00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:13.839 says Paul, 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.459 I do the 00:23:15.459 --> 00:23:16.019 thing I don't 00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.599 want to do. 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.099 I do the 00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:18.439 thing I 00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:18.980 hate. 00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.799 So much 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.459 so that it's 00:23:25.459 --> 00:23:25.980 as though Paul 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.579 just weeps 00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.059 about it. 00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:27.419 He says, 00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.159 what a wretched 00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:29.000 man I am. 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.740 Who will 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.579 rescue me from 00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.279 this body of 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.799 death? 00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.160 There's things 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.720 I've done. 00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:39.059 There's things 00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.759 that we've all 00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.819 done and 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.500 things that we 00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.119 know we've 00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:43.680 done and we 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.259 know we're 00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.899 not proud of 00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.059 them. 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.700 I hate the 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:51.559 me that chose 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.200 to do those 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.599 things. 00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.539 What a wretched 00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.319 man I am. 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.319 Who will 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.319 rescue me 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:03.059 from this 00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.559 body of 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:03.980 death? 00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:06.339 Do you 00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.740 hear the 00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.619 frustration 00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:09.259 and the 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.980 angst in 00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.299 Paul's tone 00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.679 here? 00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.819 The inner 00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.639 regret and 00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.200 turmoil? 00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.480 And it 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.159 almost seems 00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.519 like a 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.299 question that 00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.000 expects the 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.559 answer to be 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.139 no one. 00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.700 Like, 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.200 nobody can. 00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.379 Who can fix 00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:26.279 this brokenness 00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.919 inside of me? 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.299 I've tried and 00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.019 I've tried and 00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:30.819 I've tried but 00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.559 I can't do 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:31.859 it. 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.700 But then 00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.420 Paul tells us 00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.139 the good news 00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:37.680 that we've all 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.160 been hoping 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.519 for. 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.819 He says, 00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.980 thanks be to 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.940 God who 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:45.420 delivers me 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:48.240 through Jesus 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.720 Christ our 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.079 Lord. 00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.160 Lord. 00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.220 God. 00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:55.600 There is 00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.080 someone who 00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:56.720 can fix the 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.300 brokenness 00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:57.880 inside of 00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.080 me. 00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.980 There is 00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.480 someone who 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.920 can make 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.779 right all 00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.440 the wrongs 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:02.740 that I've 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.000 done. 00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.480 There is 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.940 someone who 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.300 can give 00:25:05.300 --> 00:25:05.940 me victory 00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:07.220 in that 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.640 inward 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.100 battle. 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.960 There is 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:11.220 someone who 00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.759 someday will 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.200 put an end 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.860 to that war 00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.660 going on 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.220 inside of 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.259 me for 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.580 good. 00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.920 And that 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.480 someone is 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.820 God. 00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:18.859 God. 00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:21.319 And he 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.799 has done 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.379 all this 00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.700 and he 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.439 will do 00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:23.819 all that 00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.519 remains of 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.899 this through 00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:27.500 Jesus Christ 00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:29.319 our Lord. 00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.099 Think back 00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.460 over the 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.899 story of 00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.339 Jesus. 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.099 Jesus 00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:37.220 atoned for 00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.919 our sins, 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:40.299 making right 00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.000 what has been 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.599 made wrong. 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.259 He suffered 00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.839 the punishment 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.259 that we 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.919 deserve for 00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.519 all of those 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.000 things that 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.480 we've done 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.460 when he died 00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.139 on the cross. 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:49.360 and he 00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.660 was able 00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.000 to do 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.980 it because 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.340 he had 00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:51.820 no sins 00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:52.100 of his 00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.420 own. 00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.140 Perfect 00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.820 son of 00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:55.160 God 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:56.240 that he 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.600 was. 00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.920 Not only 00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.340 that, but 00:25:59.340 --> 00:26:00.040 Jesus teaches 00:26:00.040 --> 00:26:00.759 us how to 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.440 fight that 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.220 inward battle. 00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:04.080 We see 00:26:04.080 --> 00:26:06.060 Jesus go 00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:06.480 head to 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.820 head with 00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:07.180 the devil 00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.880 himself in 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.340 the wilderness. 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.420 He was 00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.820 tempted and 00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:12.340 he won. 00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:14.339 God 00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.039 and we 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.419 hear him 00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:15.939 urge his 00:26:15.939 --> 00:26:16.459 disciples 00:26:16.459 --> 00:26:17.319 and us 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:19.980 pray so 00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.299 that you 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.740 will not 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.339 fall into 00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.939 temptation. 00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.319 We hear 00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.879 him urge us 00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.179 if you 00:26:25.179 --> 00:26:25.779 love me 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:27.339 you will 00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.799 keep my 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.319 commands. 00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.779 And then 00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.319 we see how 00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.980 his disciples 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.679 they sometimes 00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.299 failed and 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.720 gave in 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.220 anyway. 00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.539 They did 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.899 the wrong 00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:36.279 thing. 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.959 And then 00:26:37.959 --> 00:26:38.539 again we 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.879 see the 00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.299 depth of 00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.740 his love 00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.059 for them 00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.620 still. 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:42.940 Forgiving 00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.259 them. 00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:43.740 Wiping 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.180 the slate 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.599 clean. 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:45.819 Giving 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.000 them 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.240 another 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.779 chance. 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.440 Next 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.980 Sunday we're 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.160 going to 00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.700 see how 00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.500 it's the 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.079 spirit of 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.400 Jesus. 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.059 The Holy 00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.740 Spirit of 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.700 God who 00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.319 Jesus gives 00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.920 to every 00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.420 believer. 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.339 And that 00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.319 spirit enables 00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.859 and gives 00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.779 us power to 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.740 overcome and 00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.960 win this 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.640 inward battle 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.000 like we 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.480 never could 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.740 do it 00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.140 before. 00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.900 And then 00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.579 finally there's 00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.059 the promise 00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.559 of Jesus. 00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.159 that when he 00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:10.899 returns he's 00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.200 going to 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.940 raise all 00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.419 who believe 00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:13.419 in him to 00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:14.220 new life. 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.799 Eternal life. 00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.339 And Paul 00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:16.940 tells us in 00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.460 another letter 00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.279 that we're 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.460 going to 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.899 receive a 00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.619 new body 00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:21.879 and it 00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.159 will be 00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.960 incorruptible. 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.679 From that 00:27:26.679 --> 00:27:27.259 day forward 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.779 we will be 00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.259 free of the 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.299 corruption and 00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:30.200 taint of 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.819 sin forever. 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.799 That will be 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.319 the day that 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.679 the inward 00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.500 battle ends 00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.399 for good. 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.119 All of 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:38.000 this, all 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.639 of these good 00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.539 things come 00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.279 from God 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.000 as a gift 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.519 of love 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.420 and mercy 00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:44.059 through Jesus 00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.980 Christ 00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:46.399 our Lord. 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.819 Which brings 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.200 us this 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.799 morning to 00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.740 the table. 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.079 Let me 00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.480 read you 00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.980 Paul's own 00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.519 way of 00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.639 telling us 00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.039 how this 00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.599 works just 00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.119 in the next 00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:58.039 few verses. 00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.519 We'll just 00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.920 go through 00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.579 this quickly. 00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.659 Paul says, 00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.160 therefore, 00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.560 there is 00:28:03.560 --> 00:28:04.240 now no 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.200 condemnation 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.820 for those 00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:06.160 who are 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:07.120 in Christ 00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.740 Jesus. 00:28:09.540 --> 00:28:10.180 Why? 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.820 Because, 00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.380 he says, 00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.700 through Christ 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.100 Jesus, 00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.860 the law of 00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.480 the Spirit 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.440 who gives 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.840 life has 00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.640 set you free 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.220 from the law 00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.759 of sin 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:21.220 and death. 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.300 How does 00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:23.740 it work? 00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.400 He goes 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.840 on. 00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:29.319 for what 00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.639 the law 00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.419 was powerless 00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:30.980 to do 00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.480 because it 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.980 was weakened 00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.500 by the 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.939 flesh, 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.579 God did 00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.339 by sending 00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.879 his own 00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:37.299 son in 00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.000 the likeness 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.259 of sinful 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.899 flesh to 00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.359 be a sin 00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:41.759 offering. 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:43.799 And so, 00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.940 God condemned 00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.579 sin, 00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.500 that's our 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.940 sins, 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.099 in the 00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.559 flesh, 00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.240 that's 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.559 Jesus' 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.099 flesh, 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.740 in order 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.099 that the 00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.420 righteous 00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.019 requirement 00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.460 of the 00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.720 law 00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:57.079 might be 00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.700 fully met 00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:59.180 in us. 00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.379 That's the 00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:02.819 good news 00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.359 according to 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.579 Paul. 00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:03.900 And he'll 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.420 go on and 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.839 he'll talk 00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.240 about how 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.779 the Spirit 00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.559 is then 00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.099 given and 00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.519 we have 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.599 new power 00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.960 to fight 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.460 the battle 00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.940 within 00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:12.360 but the 00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:12.840 decisive 00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:14.080 turning point 00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:14.440 in this 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.820 battle 00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.880 is one 00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.380 here 00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:17.720 at the 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.120 cross. 00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.759 That's what 00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.059 Paul's 00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.779 talking about. 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.860 God 00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.440 condemned 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.500 sin. 00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:27.420 That's our 00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.920 sins. 00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.340 In the 00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:30.759 flesh, 00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.320 that's 00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.660 Jesus' 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.220 body, 00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:35.480 so that 00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.900 the righteous 00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.500 requirements 00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.860 of the 00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.259 law might 00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.759 be fully 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.420 met in 00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:38.620 us, 00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.059 so that 00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.799 there is 00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.759 now no 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.680 condemnation 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.920 from God 00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.539 for those 00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.879 of us 00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.160 who are 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.519 in 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.339 Christ 00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:46.839 Jesus. 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.440 Our 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.879 forgiveness, 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.819 our life, 00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.400 our victory 00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.039 over this 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.619 power of 00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.379 sin and 00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:54.819 death, 00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.519 it came 00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:56.920 through the 00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.519 suffering and 00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.960 death of 00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.400 Jesus 00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:00.220 on our 00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.700 behalf, 00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.140 on the 00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.519 cross. 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.839 It was 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.799 there that 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.680 God condemned, 00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.839 he punished 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:09.799 Jesus for 00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.759 our sins. 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.259 This was 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.859 the plan 00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.720 and gift 00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.259 of God 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.119 to save 00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:16.419 us. 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.179 And this 00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:18.459 was the 00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:18.699 loving 00:30:18.699 --> 00:30:19.399 decision of 00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.740 Jesus 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:22.619 made to 00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.379 rescue us. 00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.379 And so 00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.759 once a 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.119 month we 00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:26.559 mark this 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:26.939 love, 00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.299 this 00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.859 sacrifice 00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:31.279 with bread 00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.000 and cup, 00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.379 just like 00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:33.980 Jesus taught 00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.480 us to on 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.720 the night 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.000 of his 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.400 betrayal. 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.759 The bread 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.400 that's broken 00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.900 and shared 00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.839 out represents 00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.779 the body 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.299 of Jesus, 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.460 which was 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.099 broken, 00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.900 died for 00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.240 us. 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.900 And the 00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.680 cup represents 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.160 the blood 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.640 of Jesus, 00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.480 also another 00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.160 symbol of 00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:52.299 his death, 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:54.319 which atones 00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.900 for us. 00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.079 And we 00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.539 eat and 00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.640 drink this 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.799 bread and 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.319 cup to 00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.079 signify that 00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.620 yes, 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.779 we have 00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.240 come to 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.700 share in 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.359 all that 00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.720 Jesus' 00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.799 sacrifice 00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:10.660 secures for 00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.000 us. 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.539 And so 00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.019 this morning 00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:14.279 if you 00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.839 believe in 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.160 Jesus, 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:17.119 if you've 00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.720 made that 00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.420 decision, 00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.740 if you've 00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.099 made that 00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.819 declaration, 00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:22.039 yes, 00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:24.059 Jesus is 00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.039 the Lord. 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.359 He is my 00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.700 Lord. 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.139 Then I 00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.980 invite you to 00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.799 partake with 00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.180 us this 00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.619 morning of 00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.000 the bread 00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.180 and of the 00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.680 cup as we 00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.099 pass them 00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.419 around. 00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.059 It's a 00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.579 solemn thing 00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:35.879 that we 00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.159 do, 00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.459 but it's 00:31:37.459 --> 00:31:37.819 a deeply 00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.719 sweet thing 00:31:38.719 --> 00:31:39.039 that we 00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.319 do, 00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.539 because it's 00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.899 all about 00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.219 the love 00:31:41.219 --> 00:31:41.799 of Christ, 00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:43.179 which saved 00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.480 us and 00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.879 which set 00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.339 us free 00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:46.899 from sin 00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:48.259 and 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.939 condemnation. 00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:50.899 So I 00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.099 want to 00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.459 invite you 00:31:51.459 --> 00:31:53.039 to pray 00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.419 now quietly 00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:54.779 in your 00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.259 hearts in 00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.639 these next 00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.019 minutes. 00:31:56.939 --> 00:31:57.559 I want to 00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.000 invite you to 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.939 examine yourselves. 00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:01.820 confess your 00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.400 sins to 00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.759 God and 00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.160 to give 00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:05.140 thanks to 00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.480 him for 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.980 the body 00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.900 and the 00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.259 blood of 00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.600 Jesus, 00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.900 which was 00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:10.220 broken and 00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.640 shed for 00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:10.920 you. 00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.279 After a few 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.740 minutes of 00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:15.220 this, I'll 00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.779 invite Charles 00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.380 to come up 00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.779 and pass out 00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.320 the elements. 00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.380 If you do 00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:20.860 not wish to 00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.279 participate, 00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.039 just raise 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.440 your hand 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.259 quietly and 00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.180 signal that. 00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.380 Otherwise, 00:32:25.580 --> 00:32:25.840 we'll wait 00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.460 until everybody 00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.180 who wishes to 00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.880 partake has 00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.519 been served. 00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.000 And then we'll 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:31.160 eat and we'll 00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.880 drink together 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.840 in unison. 00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:32.940 Amen. 00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.840 morning. 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:09.019 How many 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:13.180 do you 00:33:22.560 --> 00:33:26.299 know 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:28.299 Amen. 00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:58.299 Amen. 00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:28.300 Amen. 00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:58.300 Amen. 00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:28.300 Amen. 00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:58.300 Amen. 00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:08.280 I wrestled for a moment whether to put that image up on the screen, 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:16.080 but it brings home to our hearts the reality of the love that Jesus had for us, 00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:18.380 that he did that for us. 00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:23.019 So let's eat and drink in celebration of that love. 00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:27.300 Amen. 00:36:51.580 --> 00:36:54.080 Father in heaven, we thank you for sending Jesus. 00:36:56.300 --> 00:37:02.760 Lord Jesus, we thank you for being willing to do this for us. 00:37:03.720 --> 00:37:08.380 Thank you that we can have complete forgiveness, 00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:12.640 complete peace between us and you, 00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:15.680 life forever, 00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:21.339 and that one day this war which rages inside of us will be gone, 00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:24.500 never to be remembered. 00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:29.899 We give you praise and we give you thanks for your great sacrifice 00:37:29.899 --> 00:37:31.500 and the love that you have for us. 00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.859 To your name be the glory. 00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.219 Amen. 00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.359 Amen. 00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:41.360 Amen. 00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:43.019 Amen. 00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.200 Amen. 00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:44.380 Amen. 00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:44.500 Amen. 00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.980 Amen. 00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.039 Amen.