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 It's certainly a blessing to be here this morning. I was telling Chris earlier that I usually feel pretty good about my sermons until everybody starts showing up and I suddenly start to feel the inadequacy of them.

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 But it's also very nice to see you guys. It also makes a little bit of joy spring up in my heart to see God's people gather together to sing praises to his name and to study his word.

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 We're going to finish the third chapter of Romans. If you'll turn there with me, Romans chapter 3.

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 We're going to read together verses 27 through 31.

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 I started a couple of weeks preaching from this snazzy iPad, kind of out of necessity the first week, but with this light solo, I'm very thankful that I've been doing that because I can actually see what I'm reading.

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 I can't quite see my Bible, so I'm glad I copied the text here. Let's read together.

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 Verses 27 through 31.

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 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded.

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 By what kind of law? By a law of works? No.

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 By what kind of law?

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 It's a law of works.

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 A bit of a work in progress.

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 You'll see there an introductory statement to what we believe as a church.

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 It links you to a complete statement of faith, but that introductory statement, primarily written by Wes, speaks of the five tenets that came out of the Protestant Reformation.

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 Many of us know them as the five solas, which is Latin, meaning only.

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 The five solos.

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 And this is the phrase.

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 I want to read it to you quickly.

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 We believe, Christ's family church believes,

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 that the Bible alone, sola scriptura,

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 tells the truth about God's plan for the redemption of his people

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 and that he eternally saves us by his grace alone, sola gratia,

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 through faith alone, sola fide,

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 in Christ alone, solo Christo or solus Christus,

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 to the glory of God alone, soli Deo gloria.

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 It's a beautiful, beautiful phrase.

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 I'd encourage you to memorize it, memorize those solos in that fashion.

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 And so the thing I kind of want you to draw your attention to

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 is that sola fide, by faith alone,

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 which we discussed last week in the previous verses,

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 verses 21 through 26.

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 We saw Paul, who's still addressing a primarily Jewish audience,

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 say that we've all sinned.

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 None of us are escaping the wrath of God

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 because we have all sinned, Jew, Gentile.

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 And if we are Christians,

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 we are in fact Christians,

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 that we're justified not by works,

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 but by our faith in Jesus Christ.

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 And so we come to this place

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 where he begins to work out some of the objections.

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 He goes ahead and addresses them

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 so that people can't excuse his argument,

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 but so that he can move on beyond this.

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 So it's kind of a works versus faith argument,

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 addressing of these objections.

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 So I'm going to say this morning that genuine faith is what makes us Christian.

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 It's what brings salvation to our souls.

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 Genuine faith placed in Christ.

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 So let me give you a very probably silly and simplistic analogy for this.

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 I have a favorite Saturday shirt.

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 I'm sure many of you have that shirt.

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 My Saturday shirt's my favorite color.

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 It's navy blue.

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 It's a size too big for me.

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 I've had it for over a decade,

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 so it's been washed a lot.

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 You know, it's that nice,

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 but it's getting kind of thin.

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 And it kind of has a silly saying on it,

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 which I just find to be fun.

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 It has a really simplistic picture of a quilt on it,

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 and it says,

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 quilters make better comforters.

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 I get a kick out of that.

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 Quilters make better comforters.

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 Well, yesterday,

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 I was running errands,

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 and I have a bit of an idea for a project

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 I'd like to do here for our building,

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 a bit of an art project that I've got going on in my brain,

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 and I need fabrics for that.

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 And so now in Gainesville,

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 there's a new Joanne Fabrics.

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 And so I decided to go to Joanne Fabrics

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 and look at some of the things they had there

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 to see if I could make this project work.

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 And I walked in the store,

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 and walking in,

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 I saw the quilting section

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 and realized what shirt I had on.

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 I thought,

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 wow,

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 people are really going to think I'm into quilting,

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 being in a store,

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 looking at fabrics.

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 And it made me think of this.

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 If I actually were a man into quilting,

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 and wanted to feel accepted in Joanne Fabrics,

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 I think I was the only male there,

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 I might have actually put a shirt like that on.

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 I might have wanted to say,

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 if I actually was a quilter,

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 I might have wanted to say to that world,

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 that subculture,

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 I like quilting.

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 Look at my shirt.

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 Of course,

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 it was entirely an accident.

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 But we do that,

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 both as non-Christians and Christians,

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 in order to fit into the place,

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 be known for what we want to be known for.

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 We tend to put on certain airs.

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 Sociologists call it front stage and back stage.

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 Everybody has a front stage.

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 We come out and we perform for the world,

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 and in the back stage,

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 we're totally different.

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 So,

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 genuine faith

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 is who we actually are.

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 What do we actually believe?

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 Certainly,

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 what we believe affects the front stage

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 and ought to be coming out of who we actually are.

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 But when I say genuine faith,

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 I'm not talking about the things we put on,

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 the trappings,

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 the denomination we're affiliated with,

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 or what labels we put on ourselves,

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 or how we dress,

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 or what buildings we show up to.

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 Even the good works that we do in the world,

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 I'm not talking about those things.

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 I'm talking about a genuine belief

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 that Jesus Christ is the Son of God,

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 and that He is the only way

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 to restore our relationship with Him,

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 and avoid eternal damnation.

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 That's what I mean

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 when I say genuine faith.

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 So,

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 I can put on my

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 quilter shirt,

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 all right?

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 I'm not a quilter.

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 The genuine faith

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 would be me actually being a quilter.

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 Going home and

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 sewing quilts

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 would be my genuine faith,

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 and my

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 rather lacking example there.

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 So,

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 I've got four points for you

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 out of this morning's text.

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 I'll read them to you quickly,

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 and we'll go back and repeat them.

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 And they are,

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 genuine faith

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 excludes boasting.

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 Number one,

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 genuine faith

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 excludes boasting.

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 Number two,

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 genuine faith

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 is liberating.

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 Number three,

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 genuine faith

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 promotes ethnic harmony

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 and missions

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 to the end of the earth.

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 I'll repeat that,

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 so don't worry about

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 copying that down, though.

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 And number four,

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 genuine faith

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 changes our hearts.

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 So,

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 number one,

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 genuine faith

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 excludes boasting.

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 Verse 27

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 says,

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 then what becomes

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 of boasting?

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 If righteousness

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 is by faith alone,

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 which we've seen

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 in the previous text,

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 which is a gift from God,

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 what becomes

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 of our boasting?

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 And Paul says,

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 very emphatically,

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 it is excluded.

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 We have no room

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 to boast

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 in our salvation.

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 By what kind of law?

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 By a law of works?

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 By the things we can do?

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 No.

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 But by the law

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 of faith.

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 By that which we cannot

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 accomplish.

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 So boasting is

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 entirely excluded.

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 Paul wrote in Ephesians 2,

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 8 and 9,

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 for by grace

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 you have been saved

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 through faith.

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 And this is not

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 your own doing.

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 This is not

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 your own doing.

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 It is the gift

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 of God,

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 not as a result of works,

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 so that no one

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 may boast.

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 He says that very plainly

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 for us,

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 doesn't he?

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 Your salvation

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 comes as a result

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 of faith.

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 faith.

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 But that faith

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 is not your own.

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 It was a gift

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 given to you

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 by Almighty God.

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 Why?

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 So that you didn't

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 do it.

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 So that you can't

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 boast in it.

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 Because God

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 is jealous

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 for his glory.

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 God is

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 God-centered.

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 For us to be

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 man-centered,

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 for Nathan to be

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 Nathan-centered,

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 would be sin.

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 It would be selfish

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 of me.

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 But God is

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 God-centered.

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 Because God

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 is completely

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 loving toward

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 the world.

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 If he were to do

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 anything else

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 but have us

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 focus on him,

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 he'd be unloving.

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 Let me say that

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 again for you

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 in different words.

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 God is

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 the best

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 thing

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 that any of us

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 could experience.

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 Any of us

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 could have

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 and hold for our own.

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 God is that thing.

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 He is the creator.

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 Therefore,

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 everything

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 is subservient

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 to him.

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 He is better

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 than all things

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 because all things

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 emanate from him.

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 So if God were to say,

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 no, no,

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 don't look at me.

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 It's cool.

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 Nathan's a good guy.

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 Nathan's a good preacher.

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 Nathan looks good

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 in his plaid shirts

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 on Sunday morning.

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 If he were to say

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 any of those things,

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 he would be

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 unloving toward you

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 because you would be

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 looking at me

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 and not at him.

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 So God is

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 entirely God-centered.

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 He is jealous

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 for his glory.

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 He wants us

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 to praise him

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 for all things.

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 Isaiah 41,

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 Isaiah 41,

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 he says,

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 my glory

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 I will not give

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 to another.

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 He will not

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 give his glory

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 to another.

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 So even in our salvation,

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 it's his work,

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 it's his doing,

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 it's a gift

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 of faith

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 for us.

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 So we cannot boast

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!

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 I think there's far

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 too much boasting.

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 I get this sense

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 that there's an air

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 of arrogance

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 amongst us

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 because we've figured

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 it out.

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 Right?

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 We've looked at the landscape

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 of philosophy

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 and religion

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 and we've picked

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 the right one.

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 We must be smarter

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 than everybody.

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 Right?

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 We've figured it out.

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 We've figured it out.

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 I'm brilliant.

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 I picked the right one.

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 No room

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 for boasting

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 in the gospel.

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 If you have a proper

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 soteriology

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 to understand

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 our salvation,

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 you will be

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 humble.

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 a lot of people

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 have false humility.

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 A lot of people

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 would say,

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 somebody said to me,

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 Nathan,

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 you preached a great

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 sermon this morning.

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 I go,

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 no, no.

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 It really wasn't

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 that great.

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 That's not humility.

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 But if I say,

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 thank you,

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 praise God,

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 because I'm really

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 bad at this.

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 I'm so feeble.

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 You have no idea

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 how desperate I feel

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 on a Sunday morning

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 for God to use me

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 to proclaim his truth.

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 That's the kind

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 of humility

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 that's birthed

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 out of a proper

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 understanding

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 of the gospel.

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 So,

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 genuine faith

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 excludes boasting

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 entirely.

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 Completely

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 excludes it.

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 Number two.

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 Genuine faith

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 is liberating.

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 The burden

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 of keeping the law

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 has been lifted

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 from our shoulders.

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 Verse 28.

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 For we hold

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 that one is justified

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 by faith

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 apart from the works

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 of the law.

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 This is a restatement

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 of things that he's

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 been saying all along

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 in the book of Romans

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 so far.

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 And he says it again.

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 We hold

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 that this is

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 the truth.

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 That one is justified

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 by faith

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 apart from the works

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 of the law.

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 People can do

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 good things.

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 It's within our

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 capacity

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 as unbelievers

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 to do

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 good things.

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 It's possible

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 to be

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 philanthropic.

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 It's possible

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 to help

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 mend wounds.

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 To dig people

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 out of the mud

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 in land fights.

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 That is possible

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 to do

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 apart from

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 the work

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 of Christ.

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 But none

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 of that

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 is honoring

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 to him

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 if we're not

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 Christians.

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 It's self-serving.

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 You see?

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 So it's faith

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 that sets us

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 before God

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 as right.

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 Justifies us.

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 proclaims us

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 as righteous

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 before him.

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 It's our faith.

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 It's our belief

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 in him.

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 Paul writes

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 in Galatians 5.1

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 For freedom

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 Christ has set us free.

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 Stand firm

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 therefore

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 and do not

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 submit again

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 to a yoke

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 of slavery.

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 And what's he referring

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 to?

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 The great issue

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 that was going on

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 in the church

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 of Galatia

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 was the Judaizers

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 those Christian Jews

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 that were trying

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 to press people

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 to become circumcised.

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 to carry this

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 outward sign

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 of what they must do.

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 Do not

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 submit again

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 to a yoke of slavery.

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 We have been set free

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 by the grace of Christ.

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 I'm going to talk

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 a little bit more

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 about liberty

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 when we get

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 to our fourth point.

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 I want to give you

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 an example.

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 I went to a

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 missions conference

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 in Urbana, Illinois

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 and there

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 was a group

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 of Indians

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 Native Americans

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 from Canada

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 so Native Canadians

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 and they talked

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 about how

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 when the

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 white man came

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 when the Christians

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 came

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 to convert them

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 that they put them

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 in schools

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 and they took away

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 their names

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 and they wouldn't

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 allow them

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 to speak in their

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 native tongue

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 they actually would

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 beat them

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 if they did so

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 and what they

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 attempted to do

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 with these

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 young Indian boys

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 is turn them

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 into them.

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 Jesus

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 was not

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 a white

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 middle class

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 Republican

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 but yet

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 we press

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 at people

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 to become

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 us

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 take on

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 our culture

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 we could set

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 free

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 from that

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 they proceeded

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 to have a

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 drum circle

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 which I didn't

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 connect to at all

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 but the point was

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 we can use

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 the things

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 that are ours

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 as a Native

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 American people

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 to praise

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 the one true God

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 we've been set

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 free

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 from the burden

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 of the law

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 in John chapter 4

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 Jesus meets

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 with the woman

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 at the well

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 the Samaritan woman

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 and she

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 says to him

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 where is it

00:14:56.539 --> 00:14:56.919
 that we should

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 worship

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 she presents

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 this question

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 to him

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 because

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 my people

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 are saying

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 we should

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 do it

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 on this

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 mountain

00:15:01.719 --> 00:15:02.019
 and your

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 people say

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 it should

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 happen

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 in Jerusalem

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 in the city

00:15:05.819 --> 00:15:06.559
 there

00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:07.139
 where's the

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 proper place

00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:09.319
 for that to

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 happen

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 and Jesus

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 responds to her

00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:12.879
 the hour is

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 coming

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 and is now

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 here

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 when the true

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 worshipers

00:15:16.419 --> 00:15:16.840
 will worship

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 the father

00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:17.899
 in spirit

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 and truth

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 for the father

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 is seeking

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 such people

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 to worship

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 him

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 God is spirit

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 and those

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 who worship

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 him must

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 worship

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 in spirit

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 and truth

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 we've been

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 liberated

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 from the law

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 number three

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 genuine faith

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 promotes

00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:38.659
 ethnic harmony

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 and missions

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 to the ends

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 of the earth

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 verses 29

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 and 30

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 where is God

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 the God

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 of the Jews

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 only

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 is he not

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 the God

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 of the Gentiles

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 also

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 yes

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 of Gentiles

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 also

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 since God

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 is one

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 who would

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 justify

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 the circumcised

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 by faith

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 and the

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 uncircumcised

00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:02.039
 through faith

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 recall that he's

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 writing to a

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 primarily Jewish

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 audience

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 and they

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 would have

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 known

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 who God

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 was

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 who is this

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 God

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 that Paul

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 is talking

00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:13.779
 about

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 they were

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 very familiar

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 with Exodus

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 chapter 3

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 when Moses

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 is being sent

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 to the people

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 to be setting

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 them free

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 from Egypt

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 and he says

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 who should I

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 say has sent

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 me

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 I'm going to

00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:24.700
 sound like a

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 crazy guy

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:26.139
 who should I

00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:27.440
 say has sent

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 me

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 and we see

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 then this

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 name for God

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 that the Hebrew

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 people held

00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:33.440
 very sacred

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 Yahweh

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 I am

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 who I am

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 is what he

00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:37.480
 responded

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 I am

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 who I am

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 that means

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 that God

00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:43.360
 is the source

00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:44.260
 of all things

00:16:44.260 --> 00:16:45.680
 he's the source

00:16:45.680 --> 00:16:47.380
 of all life

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 everything plugs

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 into him

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 he plugs

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 into nothing

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 to get his

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 power

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 all emanates

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 from his

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 being

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 so we

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 were all

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 then

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 created by

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 God

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 I don't

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 think any

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 Jewish people

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 are sitting

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 in this

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 room

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 with us

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 today

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 so we're

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 on the

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 Gentile

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 side

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 of Paul's

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 argument

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 but all

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 the different

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 ethnicities

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 out there

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 we were

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 all

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 created

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 by God

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 and that's

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 Paul's

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 argument

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 isn't God

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 the God

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 of everyone

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 is he just

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 the God

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 of the Jews

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 is there

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 another God

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 that created

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 the other

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 peoples

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 of the earth

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 no

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 because God

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 is I

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 am

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 who I

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 am

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 he is

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 the source

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 of all

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 things

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 that ought

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 to change

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 the way

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 we feel

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 about

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 other

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 ethnicities

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 and notice

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 I'm

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 using my

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 terms

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 carefully

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 I haven't

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 said race

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 once

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 have I

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 using the

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 term

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 ethnicity

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 there's

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 certainly

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 differences

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 amongst us

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 aren't there

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 there are

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 people from

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 different

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 countries

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 and cultural

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 backgrounds

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 race

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 is

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 socially

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 constructed

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 we invent

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 race

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 in order

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 to draw

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 lines

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 create

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 divisions

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 the big

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 genocide

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 in Rwanda

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 was a

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 was a

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 fabricated

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 genocide

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 Denmark

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 was ruling

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 correct me if I get this

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 wrong

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 Denmark was ruling

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 and created by

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 measurements of

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 people's faces

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 by measurements

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 of their faces

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 divided them into

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 two groups

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 the Tutsis

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 and the Hujus

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 divided them into

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 two groups

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 of people

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 because they knew

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 that if they could

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 divide the people

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 they'd be less

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 likely to rise up

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 against them

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 they created

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 they invented

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 races

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 of people

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 and they

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 fabricated

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 they pushed

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 warring

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 between them

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 once a million

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 people

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 were hacked

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 with machetes

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 because of

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 the invention

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 of race

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 it's tragic

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 the gospel

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 speaks through

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 that

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 doesn't it

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 we gotta love

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 all kinds

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 of people

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 even the ones

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 we don't understand

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 there's no doubt

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:05.399
 that there are

00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:06.240
 varying cultures

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 I don't get

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 all the peoples

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.079
 of the world

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 what motivates them

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 why they like

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 certain foods

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 it's beyond my

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 understanding

00:19:14.580 --> 00:19:15.220
 but yet

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 I don't love

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 them the same

00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:18.519
 because their

00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:19.440
 God is the same

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 as my God

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 and he created

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 them

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 just like

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 he created

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 me

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 Matthew 28

00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:27.120
 18

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 we're commanded

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 to make

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 disciples of

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 all nations

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 not

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 just our own

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 or those who

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 we feel

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 most comfortable

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 with

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 but of all

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 nations

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 Revelation

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 chapter 7

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 verse 9

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 and 10

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 we see a

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 picture

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:44.100
 of the throne

00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:44.360
 room

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:45.960
 and if this

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 doesn't motivate

00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.539
 us to share

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.220
 our faith

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.720
 to the ends

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 of the earth

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 I don't know

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 I don't know

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.320
 what to do

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 for you

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 if this doesn't

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:52.140
 get you excited

00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:53.500
 about world

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:53.900
 missions

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 John writes

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 after this

00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:56.300
 I looked

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 and behold

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:58.180
 a great multitude

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 that no one

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 could number

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 from every nation

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 from all the tribes

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 and peoples

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.200
 and languages

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:03.960
 standing before

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.460
 the throne

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.300
 and before the

00:20:05.300 --> 00:20:05.580
 Lamb

00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:06.620
 clothed in white

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.039
 robes

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:08.160
 with palm branches

00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:08.920
 in their hands

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.840
 and crying out

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.620
 with a loud

00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:10.940
 voice

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.920
 salvation belongs

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.480
 to our God

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.180
 who sits on

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:13.660
 the throne

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:15.200
 and to the Lamb

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:17.880
 genuine

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:19.060
 faith

00:20:19.060 --> 00:20:20.759
 promotes

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.620
 ethnic harmony

00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:23.060
 and missions

00:20:23.060 --> 00:20:23.360
 to the end

00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:23.759
 of the earth

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:26.460
 number four

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 genuine faith

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 changes our

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 hearts

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:33.340
 verse 31

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:36.039
 do we then

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:37.779
 overthrow the law

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:39.500
 by this faith

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.139
 so here he has

00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:40.539
 the people

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:40.939
 who have

00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:42.299
 done their best

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.039
 to live

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:44.279
 by this law

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.159
 do we then

00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:46.679
 overthrow the law

00:20:46.679 --> 00:20:47.879
 by our faith

00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:50.279
 by no means

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.639
 if you were here

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.359
 a couple of weeks ago

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:52.899
 you'll remember

00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:53.939
 that that phrase

00:20:53.939 --> 00:20:54.319
 in Greek

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:55.379
 is the strongest

00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:56.439
 negative term

00:20:56.439 --> 00:20:57.899
 he could have placed

00:20:57.899 --> 00:20:58.599
 in that place

00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:01.199
 absolutely no way

00:21:01.199 --> 00:21:02.419
 is what he's saying

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:03.740
 by no means

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:05.200
 on the contrary

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:07.120
 we uphold

00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:08.500
 the law

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:11.960
 the Jews thought

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.680
 that their salvation

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.500
 came to them

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.180
 because they

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:15.539
 did good things

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.140
 because they

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:18.560
 threw in the effort

00:21:18.560 --> 00:21:20.640
 they didn't understand

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:22.480
 the sacrificial system

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.320
 if that's what they believed

00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:24.240
 they didn't understand

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:25.420
 that there was nothing

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.680
 all their effort

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.160
 there was nothing

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.720
 they could do

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.539
 they couldn't

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.100
 uphold

00:21:29.100 --> 00:21:29.920
 the law

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:31.480
 but here comes

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.000
 Christ

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:35.099
 he doesn't come

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:36.640
 to abolish the law

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.960
 but to what

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:39.460
 fulfill it

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:42.500
 what's he talking about

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.259
 when he says that

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.819
 I did not come

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:45.059
 to abolish the law

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:46.380
 but to fill it

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.240
 that's in Matthew chapter 5

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:48.599
 if you care

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:50.000
 he didn't come

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.960
 to abolish the law

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:53.059
 but to fulfill it

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:55.420
 when we place

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.380
 our faith in Christ

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:58.599
 we receive the spirit

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.240
 of God

00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:01.779
 which moves in us

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.900
 which creates in us

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.720
 the ability

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:06.160
 to have right motivation

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:07.039
 and to live for him

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:10.039
 changes our hearts

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:13.099
 God says in Ezekiel

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:14.180
 chapter 11

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:16.279
 verse 19 and 20

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.700
 and I will give them

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.400
 one heart

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.200
 he's talking about

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.759
 the church

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.339
 what he'll do

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.160
 for his people

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.839
 I will give them

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.819
 one heart

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:24.000
 and a new spirit

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:25.120
 I will put within them

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:26.259
 I will remove

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.119
 the heart of stone

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.799
 from their flesh

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.539
 and give them

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.679
 a heart of flesh

00:22:29.679 --> 00:22:31.079
 that they may walk

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.899
 in my statutes

00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:32.819
 and keep my rules

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.739
 and obey them

00:22:33.739 --> 00:22:34.659
 and they shall be

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:35.159
 my people

00:22:35.159 --> 00:22:36.179
 and I will be

00:22:36.179 --> 00:22:36.719
 their God

00:22:36.719 --> 00:22:38.199
 and then later

00:22:38.199 --> 00:22:39.079
 chapter 36

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.839
 verse 27

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.799
 Ezekiel

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:42.220
 God says

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.720
 and I will put

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.319
 my spirit

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.099
 within you

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:45.059
 and cause you

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.579
 to walk

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:46.339
 in my statutes

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:47.559
 and be careful

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:49.439
 to obey my rules

00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:51.679
 so we're given

00:22:51.679 --> 00:22:52.699
 then the ability

00:22:52.699 --> 00:22:54.079
 to live

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:55.099
 righteously

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:56.119
 we're declared

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:56.659
 righteous

00:22:56.659 --> 00:22:57.459
 and given

00:22:57.459 --> 00:22:58.539
 the ability

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.539
 to live

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:01.099
 righteously

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:02.919
 that means

00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:03.480
 something for our

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.699
 life

00:23:03.699 --> 00:23:04.759
 doesn't it

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 I mean

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 in our

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 in our

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 liberty

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 we have the ability

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 now

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 we don't

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 have to be

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 burdened

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 by this law

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 if I don't

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 keep this law

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 perfectly

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 then I'm cursed

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 there's no way

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 around that

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 and none of us

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 have been able

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 to do that

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 and that is a burden

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 on our shoulders

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.519
 that burden

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.039
 has been lifted

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.639
 because of the grace

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.179
 of Christ

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 but now

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.839
 because we have

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.419
 God's spirit

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 working within us

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 we love God

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 and the things

00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:30.720
 of God

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 we will want

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 to do

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 what he wants

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 us to do

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 that's why

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.139
 the gospel

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:39.039
 is so

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.879
 vital

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.259
 to our

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 daily

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.519
 Christian

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.439
 living

00:23:42.439 --> 00:23:44.599
 some people

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.119
 feel like

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:45.539
 we've moved

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 beyond that

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 I'm a Christian

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:46.960
 now

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.439
 I've heard

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 that story

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 heard it over

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 and over again

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.980
 I get it

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.639
 I was sinful

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.379
 Jesus died for me

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:53.779
 I placed my

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.399
 faith in him

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:58.119
 in that

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.839
 is the motivation

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.240
 for my

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.839
 Christian living

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.500
 the spirit

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.799
 of God

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:02.039
 stirs in me

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.919
 when I hear

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:03.339
 the gospel

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.779
 presented

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.740
 when I am

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.319
 reminded of

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.240
 who I was

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.420
 and who I am

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.740
 now

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.220
 and what

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.759
 happened

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.460
 to get me

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:09.799
 there

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:11.559
 I am

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.399
 moved

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.460
 to praise

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.720
 him

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.500
 by living

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.000
 a righteous

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 life

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:17.119
 I wish

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 I could

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.240
 pay somebody

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.299
 to follow

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.839
 me around

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.259
 and just

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.599
 preach the

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:20.899
 gospel

00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:23.420
 we can put

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.680
 it on the

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:23.980
 radio

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.460
 we can listen

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.720
 to it

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.000
 on our

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.920
 headphones

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.859
 great

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 I wish

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.460
 I had

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:27.779
 a person

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.379
 just constantly

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:29.259
 reminding me

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.019
 consistently

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.879
 what God

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.180
 has done

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.579
 for me

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.619
 in Christ

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:35.019
 so we

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.939
 uphold

00:24:35.939 --> 00:24:36.319
 the law

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.179
 we live

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:38.899
 righteous

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.319
 living

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.959
 because

00:24:39.959 --> 00:24:40.939
 what he

00:24:40.939 --> 00:24:41.379
 has done

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.799
 for us

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:44.439
 it's a struggle

00:24:44.439 --> 00:24:45.579
 though isn't it

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:47.779
 Paul speaks to that

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.199
 in Romans

00:24:48.199 --> 00:24:49.339
 chapter 7

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 verse 15

00:24:49.919 --> 00:24:50.259
 he says

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.259
 for I do not

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.219
 do what I want

00:24:52.219 --> 00:24:53.399
 but I do the

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.199
 very thing

00:24:54.199 --> 00:24:55.259
 I hate

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 and then in

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 verse 24

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 he says

00:24:58.239 --> 00:24:58.939
 wretched man

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 that I am

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.239
 who will deliver

00:25:00.239 --> 00:25:00.799
 me from this

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.979
 body of death

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:03.460
 thanks be to

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.799
 God

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.620
 through Jesus

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.200
 Christ

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:06.240
 our Lord

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.000
 and what

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.460
 he's actually

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.500
 talking about

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.559
 in this case

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:11.200
 was a Roman

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.759
 punishment

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.759
 when

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:14.259
 somebody committed

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.620
 murder

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.599
 one of the ways

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:15.960
 they could be

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.259
 punished

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.660
 was that the

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.079
 person they

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.360
 murdered

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:17.920
 would actually

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.599
 be tied

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.160
 onto them

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.339
 fastened

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.480
 onto their

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.860
 back

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:23.680
 this is

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.259
 fascinating

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.240
 because that

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.819
 person is going

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.240
 to begin

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.960
 to decay

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.660
 no one's going

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.000
 to want to be

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.519
 around them

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.319
 and what's going

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:30.579
 to begin

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.220
 happening to

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.920
 their flesh

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.819
 is going to

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.240
 rot right

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.720
 along with

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:33.960
 it

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.500
 that's what

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.180
 Paul's talking

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:36.559
 about

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.200
 here

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.740
 a little

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.640
 culture for

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:38.900
 you that

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.600
 helps you

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:39.900
 understand

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.339
 what is it

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.640
 that he's

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:40.900
 saying

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.420
 he looks

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:41.880
 at his

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.279
 own

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.019
 flesh

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.579
 the desires

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.140
 of his

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.880
 flesh

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.720
 that way

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.920
 as a

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.720
 wretched

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.539
 decaying

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.019
 thing

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.900
 rotting

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.299
 away

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.640
 on his

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:51.980
 back

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.279
 incredible

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.180
 who will

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.680
 deliver me

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.059
 from this

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.839
 body of

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.220
 death

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:58.440
 Jesus

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:59.000
 Christ

00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:00.000
 our

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.339
 Lord

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:01.700
 so do

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.099
 you find

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.319
 in your

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.740
 life

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.779
 that you

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:05.619
 are advancing

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.599
 in your

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.099
 love for

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.400
 God

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.019
 and his

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:09.059
 statutes

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.779
 and the

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.420
 things he's

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.119
 concerned about

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:13.500
 or your

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.900
 love for the

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.220
 world

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:16.200
 the lens

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.519
 you ought to

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.079
 hold up

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.960
 constantly

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:19.759
 how am I

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.779
 doing today

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.539
 versus

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.000
 yesterday

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.880
 have I

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.500
 advanced in

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.440
 holiness this

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.900
 year

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:27.259
 versus last

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.620
 year

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:30.040
 which way

00:26:30.040 --> 00:26:30.440
 am I

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.220
 waning

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:33.680
 do you

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.200
 love God's

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.519
 people

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.620
 do you

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.019
 love the

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.460
 lost

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.200
 do you

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.780
 love sharing

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:38.340
 the gospel

00:26:38.340 --> 00:26:39.340
 or do you

00:26:39.340 --> 00:26:39.600
 love the

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:39.860
 things of

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:40.240
 this world

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.500
 do you

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.960
 care more

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.320
 for your

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:41.720
 clothing

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.040
 and your

00:26:42.040 --> 00:26:42.440
 car

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.259
 and your

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.759
 TV

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:45.759
 shows

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.420
 entertainment

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.160
 comfort

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.300
 do you

00:26:48.300 --> 00:26:49.540
 care more

00:26:49.540 --> 00:26:50.460
 about

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.360
 test your

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:51.900
 faith

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.240
 by that

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:56.720
 simple

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.140
 example

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.079
 of this

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.299
 we come

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.700
 together

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:01.099
 on Sunday

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.519
 mornings

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:03.140
 to meet

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.980
 with the

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.380
 church

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.160
 which is

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.839
 precious

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:07.059
 to Christ

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:08.480
 understand

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.880
 that this

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.240
 is his

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.839
 bride

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:12.240
 and all

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.640
 over the

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.079
 place this

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.440
 morning

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.259
 people are

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.720
 meeting

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.259
 together

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.359
 to learn

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.920
 about God

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.140
 to be

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.720
 motivated

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.200
 to Christian

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.519
 living

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.299
 to encourage

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.759
 one another

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.339
 support one

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.620
 another

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:22.259
 this is

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.140
 special

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:24.120
 time

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:27.080
 many of

00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:27.420
 us

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.020
 don't

00:27:28.020 --> 00:27:28.560
 prepare for

00:27:28.560 --> 00:27:28.880
 it at

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.140
 all

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.259
 it's

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.480
 another

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.960
 thing

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.420
 we

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.800
 do

00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:34.500
 what

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:34.600
 do

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:34.720
 you

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:34.980
 do

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.220
 on

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.800
 Saturday

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.259
 evening

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.480
 what

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.620
 are you

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.060
 up to

00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:40.040
 preparing

00:27:40.040 --> 00:27:40.400
 yourself

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.800
 for Sunday

00:27:40.800 --> 00:27:41.140
 morning

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:43.540
 not many

00:27:43.540 --> 00:27:43.980
 of us

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.160
 are about

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.380
 that

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.860
 business

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.960
 do we

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.280
 look

00:27:47.280 --> 00:27:47.780
 forward

00:27:47.780 --> 00:27:48.580
 to the

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:49.060
 things

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.759
 of God

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.660
 to what

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.040
 he's going

00:27:51.040 --> 00:27:51.500
 to do

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.880
 with his

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.240
 people

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.759
 on Sunday

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.100
 morning

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.559
 enough

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.079
 that we

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.399
 prep

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:54.740
 ourselves

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.240
 for it

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.339
 young

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.719
 people

00:27:56.719 --> 00:27:57.659
 how late

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:57.980
 do you

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.480
 stay up

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.019
 on Saturday

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.459
 night

00:27:59.459 --> 00:28:01.919
 Saturday

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.219
 night

00:28:02.219 --> 00:28:02.459
 another

00:28:02.459 --> 00:28:02.740
 party

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:02.939
 night

00:28:02.939 --> 00:28:03.299
 for you

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.439
 playing

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 video

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 games

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 got your

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 halo

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 going

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 until

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 3 o'clock

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 in the

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 morning

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 some

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 of you

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 walk in

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 here

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 looking

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 miserable

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 we

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 ought to

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 prep

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 ourselves

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 for this

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 we

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 love

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 the

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 things

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 of

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 God

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 we

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 ought

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 to

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 be

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 excited

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 about

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 Sunday

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 morning

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 we

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 ought

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 to

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 come

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 expecting

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 that

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 God

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 is

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 going

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 to

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 speak

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 to

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 us

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 because

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 he

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 that

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 the

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 proclamation

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 of his

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 word

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 is the

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 primary

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 way

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 in which

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 God

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 speaks

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 to

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 his

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 people

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 did

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 you

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 know

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 that

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 we

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 get

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 awfully

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 wrapped

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 up

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 in this

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 personal

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 relationship

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 with

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 bit

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 which

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 we

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 all

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 have

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 right

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 go to

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 many

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 churches

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 this

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 morning

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 and

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 there

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 light

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 in

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 the

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 room

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 right

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 they

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 want

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 you

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 have

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 your

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 personal

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 relationship

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 with

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 if

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 you

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 can

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 or

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 hear

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 the

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 person

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 next

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 to

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 you

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 you

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 you're

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 not

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 worshiping

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 God

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 saved

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 a

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 people

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 on

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 the

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 cross

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 which

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 includes

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 persons

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 but

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 a

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 people

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 we

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 ought

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 to

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 come

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 prepared

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 for

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 this

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 morning

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 that's

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 just

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 one

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 example

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 one

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 that's

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 been

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 burning

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 in me

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 for

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 a

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 while

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 so

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 we

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 see

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 then

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 in

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 this

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 text

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 some

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 tests

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 of

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 genuine

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 faith

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 excludes

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 boasting

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 liberates

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 us

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 from the

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 burden

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 of

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 the

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 law

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 promotes

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 ethnic

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 harmony

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 and

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 missions

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 to the

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 ends

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 of

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 the

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 earth

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 and

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 it

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 changes

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 our

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 hearts

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 and

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 I

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 say

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 thanks be to

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 God

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 through

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 our

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 Lord

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 as we

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 fail in

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 these

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 things

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 and strive

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 to do

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 better

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 all praise

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 belongs to

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 him

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 when we

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 pull it

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 off

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 let's

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 pray

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 God

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