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 You may be seated.

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 Good morning.

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 My name's Matthew Capone, and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church,

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 and it's my joy to bring God's Word to you today.

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 A special welcome if you are new or visiting with us.

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 We're glad that you're here, and we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats,

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 but because we're following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow Jesus together, we become convinced that there's no one so good,

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 they don't need God's grace, and no one so bad that they can't have it,

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 which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in His Word.

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 This morning, we're continuing our series in the book of Romans, and as I mentioned that, I should say,

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 we started Romans at the very beginning in chapter 1.

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 I was good about saying, hey, we're going to break at some point and take a pause,

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 and we're coming up to that.

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 So we're going to finish Romans chapter 3, which is sort of this concise argument that I've been telling you.

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 It goes together.

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 Paul's trying to say one thing in Romans chapters 1 through 3.

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 We're going to break, and then we probably will not come back to Romans chapter 4 until sometime in 2025.

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 So I don't want you to be caught off guard by that.

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 But we are in Romans this morning, and you'll remember that Romans is a letter written by the Apostle Paul in the 50s AD,

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 and it is called Romans for a very simple reason, which is that it is written to the churches in the city of Rome.

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 This letter is about the gospel.

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 It's about the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection.

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 And Paul's hope in writing it, as we saw in chapter 1, is that these people in these churches would be established in the gospel.

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 Paul has many applications.

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 We have already and we will explore many different topics.

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 And yet he always returns back to, he has a special focus on the mission and the unity of the church.

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 And so there are many spokes, many different things we're going to explore.

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 We're going to be constantly, even this morning, coming back to the hub of the gospel.

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 In these verses, verses 19 through 20, Paul is going to put the last nail in the coffin,

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 the summary of the argument that he's been making in these three chapters in Romans.

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 He's going to bring to conclusion, in a sense, preparing us for next week,

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 where he explains again the good news of the gospel,

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 the conclusion that everyone, Jews and Gentiles, deserve God's judgment.

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 Everyone needs God's mercy.

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 And so it's with that that I invite you to turn with me to Romans chapter 3.

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 You can turn in your Bible.

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 You can turn on your phone.

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 You can turn in your worship guide.

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 No matter where you turn, Proverbs chapter 30, verse 5 tells us,

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 every word of God proves true.

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 He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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 And so that's why we read now Romans chapter 3, starting at verse 19.

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 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law,

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 so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

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 For by works of the law, no human being will be justified in his sight,

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 since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

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 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven, we do praise you and thank you as we do every Sunday,

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 that you have given us your words, that you speak to us, that you instruct us,

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 that you haven't abandoned us or left us alone.

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 But instead, you're a good father who cares for his children,

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 who guides them, who comforts them, who directs them.

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 And so we ask that you would do that again this morning,

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 that you would help us to understand and believe what you've written here in Romans chapter 3.

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 And most of all, that you would help us to see Jesus Christ,

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 that we would grow in our love and our affection, our reverence and our all,

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 our obedience to him.

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 And we ask these things in his mighty name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 In 1998 or 1999, my family decided to finally become a dog family.

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 And we adopted a dog from our local humane society.

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 We had had two guinea pigs before that who quickly became very boring

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 and were greatly ignored.

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 And we took the name that the shelter had already given to this dog, which was Tramp.

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 And Tramp had presumably, we think, escaped from his previous owners

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 because he tried many times to escape from us.

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 He liked trying to get out from under the fence and climb over all sorts of things,

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 which I think was just kind of genetic in him.

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 But was one great advantage that we had with Tramp adopting him when he was already a year old,

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 and it was this, his previous owners had already housebroken him.

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 And so we didn't have to worry about training Tramp to go outside to use the bathroom.

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 Although, as you know, if you're a pet owner, whether it's a cat or a dog,

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 you may have that problem.

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 You may have that problem if your pet is young,

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 and you may have that problem if your pet is old.

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 And this is something that carpet cleaning companies have figured out.

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 And so they have a technique that they use to show you your deep need for deep cleaning.

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 There's a pastor in Idaho named Stephen Kingsley,

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 who at one point ran a carpet cleaning business.

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 And he says this,

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 In our family carpet cleaning business,

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 we offered a special service for removing pet urine odors

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 to show potential customers their need for the service.

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 I would darken the room and then turn on a powerful black light.

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 The black light caused urine crystals to glow brightly.

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 To the horror of the homeowner,

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 every drop and dribble could be seen,

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 not only on the carpet,

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 but usually on the walls, drapes, furniture,

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 and even on lampshades.

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 One homeowner begged me to shut off the light.

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 They said,

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 I can't bear to see any more.

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 I don't care what it costs.

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 Please clean it up.

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 Another woman said,

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 I'll never be comfortable in my home again.

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 Now speaking of that,

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 we are picking up where we left off last week.

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 And remember,

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 Paul tells us these passages from the Old Testament,

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 and his point there,

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 which he sums up here,

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 the law does not save you.

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 It exposes you.

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 It reveals you.

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 We might say it another way.

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 The Ten Commandments are the black light,

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 which reveal the urine of your sin.

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 And if you think that it's inappropriate,

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 if it's scandalous to talk about urine in church,

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 I'll tell you what's more scandalous.

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 What's more scandalous is our sin against a holy God.

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 That's what's more scandalous.

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 That's what's more shocking.

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 One pastor puts it this way,

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 The law is not a checklist we keep.

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 It is a benchmark we fail.

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 The law is not a checklist we keep.

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 It's a benchmark we fail.

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 That raises the question, though,

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 what do we mean when we say the law?

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 Paul tells us here, verse 19,

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 Now we know that whatever the law says,

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 it speaks to those who are under the law.

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 Well, thankfully, this is in context.

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 Paul has just given us these quotations from the Old Testament,

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 mostly from the Psalms,

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 in verses 13 through 18.

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 That's what we saw last week.

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 He gave us these quotations.

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 That's why, by the way,

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 if you are using an ESV Bible,

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 if you look at verses 13 through 18,

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 you'll see a bunch of quotation marks.

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 The reason you see those quotation marks

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 is because Paul has simply been giving a list of passages

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 from the Old Testament.

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 Those words in verses 13 and 18 are not really his.

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 They're the words of those who came before him,

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 most of them from the Psalms.

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 And so when he says,

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 we know what the law says,

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 he's meaning by the law the entire Old Testament.

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 Look at these things I've just quoted

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 from the Psalms, from the prophets.

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 Those things that I reminded you of,

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 that is what applies to you.

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 We even saw this at the beginning of chapter 3.

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 Remember, chapter 3, verses 1 through 2,

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 he says,

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 the oracles of God are the great blessing

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 that the Jewish people have been given.

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 And yet those same oracles,

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 again, this is last week,

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 show, they reveal our sin.

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 They show our sin in our mouth or our words for all of us,

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 and they show violence for some of this.

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 Paul then is saying once again

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 and what he has said many times

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 in the last couple chapters,

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 which is this.

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 You think having the Old Testament gives you a pass?

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 You think the blessing of possessing the law is enough?

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 No.

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 It's the very opposite.

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 It doesn't give you a pass.

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 It doesn't cover your sin.

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 It shows your sin.

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 It doesn't excuse your sin.

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 It reveals your sin.

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 Reveals the sins of Jewish people

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 who think they're okay because they're Jews.

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 Reveals the sins of religious people

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 who think they're okay because they're religious.

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 Paul is saying this.

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 You know from the Old Testament

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 what God requires.

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 But have you done it?

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 We might say, Christian,

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 you know from the Old and New Testaments

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 what God requires.

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 But have we done it?

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 All of it.

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 Paul then goes on to say

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 that whatever the law speaks,

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 it speaks to those who are under the law.

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 Under the law here literally means in the law.

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 In other words,

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 those who have access to God's commands.

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 In other words, he's saying

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 whoever's been given what God says,

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 whether it's Jews or religious people,

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 those people are accountable,

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 as we saw in chapter two,

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 for what they've been given.

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 And what happens

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 when we see this clearly?

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 Well, he goes on to tell us

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 that same verse, verse 19,

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 so that every mouth may be stopped.

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 The illustration here is of someone

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 who's in a courtroom.

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 They're being accused.

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 All the evidence has been presented.

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 And the evidence is so clear,

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 so irrefutable,

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 so damning,

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 that when they're asked,

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 how do you plead,

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 they don't say innocent or guilty.

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 They can't say anything.

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 That's how overwhelming it is.

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 That's what the Christian,

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 what the Jew,

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 what the reader of this passage

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 is meant to feel

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 after verses 13 through 18.

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 That's what they're meant to feel

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 as they review everything

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 that God has given in his word,

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 that as we stand

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 against the standard of God's holy law,

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 there is no response.

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 Remember, Paul's been closing every door.

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 He's been cinching every loophole

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 so that there is no way to get out.

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 There is burning clarity

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 about the guilt of every human being.

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 He's saying when you compare yourself

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 to God's law,

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 the case is so devastating

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 that it's what we might call

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 an open and shut case.

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 No one should make it

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 through chapter one,

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 chapter two,

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 and chapter three of Romans

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 and get to this point

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 and think,

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 you know, actually I'm good.

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 None of what Paul says

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 applies to me.

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 No, he says even more than that.

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 It's not just that it applies to you.

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 Again, verse 19,

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 the whole world

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 may be held accountable

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 to God.

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 That phrase held accountable

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 actually means guilty here.

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 Remember we talked last week

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 about what Paul says

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 in verse 18.

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 He says there's no fear of God

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 before their eyes.

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 And I told you having the fear of God

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 means having a right view of God.

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 It means understanding

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 that God is in fact

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 the judge of all the earth.

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 And so Paul is saying

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 as all of humanity

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 stands before God

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 and he functions as judge,

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 our mouths are stopped.

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 Because the black light

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 of God's law

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 reveals our sin.

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 It might have looked good

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 before we looked at the law.

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 We might have thought

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 we were great people

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 before we understood

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 the Ten Commandments.

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 Now our mouths

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 are stopped.

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 What Paul teaches

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 Jesus taught first.

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 Remember Jesus'

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 Sermon on the Mount

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 Matthew chapter 5.

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 He takes the Ten Commandments

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 and says,

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 hey, you might think

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 that you're good.

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 You might think

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 you've kept all of these.

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 You actually haven't.

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 Because it's not just

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 about the action

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 but about the heart.

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 And so Jesus gives

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 some specific examples.

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 You think you're good?

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 You've never murdered anyone?

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 Well, guess what?

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 If you've ever cursed

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 your brother

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 then you're guilty of murder.

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 You've never committed adultery?

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 You think you're good?

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 Guess what?

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 If you've ever lusted

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 after someone

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 you've committed adultery.

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 Of course,

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 those are just

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 a couple of examples.

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 The law exposes us

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 in so many places.

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 We are commanded

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 to honor God

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 with our wealth

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 but we honor ourselves

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 instead.

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 The fourth commandment

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 tells us

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 rest is a non-negotiable.

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 And yet somehow

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 we don't trust God enough

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 to take a break.

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 The Psalms tell us

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 over and over again

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 that we run to God

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 first in prayer.

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 But instead

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 we run first

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 to addictions

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 and distractions.

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 Jesus tells us

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 to love our neighbors

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 as ourselves

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 but instead

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 we mock them

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 and discount them.

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 The black light

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 reveals

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 so

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 much.

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 For by the works

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 of the law

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 no human being

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 will be justified

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 in his sight

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 since through the law

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 comes knowledge

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 of sin.

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 I mentioned this phrase

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 earlier in our worship service

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 during our confession

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 of faith.

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 This idea

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 that no human being

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 will be justified

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 in God's sight.

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 And so you already

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 have a sense

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 of what it means

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 to be justified.

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 It means to have

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 this right standing

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 before God

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 that you and God

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 are in relationship

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 with one another.

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 Sort of what I talk about

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 when we take communion

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 that if God

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 has invited us

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 to a table

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 that means we're

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 at peace with him.

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 Our sins

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 have been forgiven.

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 Christ's righteousness

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 has been credited

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 to us.

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 And Paul tells us here

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 that's not going to happen

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 through works

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 of the law.

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 In other words

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 there is nothing

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 we can do

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 to earn anything

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 from God

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 or to prove

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 anything to God.

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 And the works

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 of the law

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 certainly won't help.

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 Our behavior

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 certainly won't help

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 and we find out

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 exactly why.

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 Verse 20 again

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 since through the law

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 comes knowledge

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 of sin.

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 And Paul's highlighting

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 here a critical point.

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 Shows up in other letters

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 that he's written.

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 The law can show sin.

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 It cannot heal sin.

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 The law can expose

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 the heart.

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 It cannot change

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 the heart.

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 The black light

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 shows the urine.

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 The black light

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 will never

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 clean

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 the urine.

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 The problem

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 isn't the black light

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 right?

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 The problem

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 is the stain.

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 The problem

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 is not the law.

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 There's nothing wrong

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 with the law.

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 The problem

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 with sin.

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 The law

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 is never intended

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 to heal

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 or restore.

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 The law

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 will show us

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 our need.

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 It will not

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.019
 meet our need.

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 The law

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 will show us

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 the problem.

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 It will not

00:18:50.140 --> 00:18:50.660
 fix

00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:52.040
 the problem.

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 We see this phrase

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 too in verse 20.

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 It says no human

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 being will be

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 justified

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 in his sight.

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 Literally there

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 it says no flesh

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 will be justified.

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 And so Paul's

00:19:06.840 --> 00:19:07.820
 highlighting again

00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:08.680
 the weakness

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 of humanity.

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 We could think

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 of Elrond

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 the elf

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 and the lord

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 of the rings

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 when he says

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 that short sentence

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 men

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 are weak.

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 That's what

00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:21.879
 Paul's saying

00:19:21.879 --> 00:19:22.139
 here.

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 Men are weak.

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 Men are weak.

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 They need

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 something

00:19:26.899 --> 00:19:27.440
 greater

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 than the law.

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 Now I've been

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 telling you

00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:33.779
 for many weeks

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 now that in

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 chapters 1

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 through 3

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 Paul is

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 saying one

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.399
 thing.

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 And the one

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.879
 thing he's saying

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 will come next

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 week in verse 23.

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 All have sinned

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 and fall short

00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:45.519
 of the glory

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.039
 of God.

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 That raises

00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:48.000
 a question

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.339
 though.

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 Why does it

00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:52.440
 take three

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 chapters?

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:56.180
 Why couldn't

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.839
 Paul have told

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.759
 us verse 23

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.519
 right up front?

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:58.859
 Right?

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.539
 Why could we

00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.019
 not have heard

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.400
 you know the

00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:01.019
 righteousness of

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.279
 God?

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:01.740
 It's from

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.299
 faith for

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:03.200
 faith to

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:03.579
 all who

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.139
 believe.

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.160
 And then we

00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:05.740
 just jump.

00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.039
 We could

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:07.639
 skip basically

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.460
 two chapters

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:08.940
 and go to

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.619
 verse 23.

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.519
 The reason

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:12.039
 is this.

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:14.180
 Paul wants

00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:15.259
 us to

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.379
 understand

00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:17.240
 with

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.519
 burning

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.319
 clarity

00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:20.920
 the bad

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:21.359
 news of

00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:21.819
 the gospel.

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 And Paul

00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:24.879
 wants us

00:20:24.879 --> 00:20:26.019
 to understand

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.759
 the bad

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.299
 news of

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.859
 the gospel

00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.460
 with that

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.079
 sort of

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.619
 clarity

00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:30.659
 so that

00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:31.220
 we can

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.859
 finally

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:32.799
 and fully

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.420
 see

00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:34.319
 the good

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:34.680
 news of

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.139
 the gospel.

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:38.139
 It makes

00:20:38.139 --> 00:20:39.200
 no sense

00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:40.580
 what verse

00:20:40.580 --> 00:20:41.360
 24 will

00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:41.980
 tell us

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.600
 if we

00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.039
 don't

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.840
 understand

00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:44.640
 and embrace

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.180
 and admit

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.960
 verse 23.

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.519
 There is

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.240
 no point

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.860
 in telling

00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.380
 us

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:50.100
 Jesus

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.860
 offers

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.440
 you his

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.220
 righteousness

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.539
 if we

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:53.799
 don't

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.240
 understand

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.920
 our need.

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.640
 And so

00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:58.720
 Paul goes

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.660
 verse by

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.180
 verse,

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.340
 argument by

00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:02.440
 argument for

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.779
 three chapters

00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:05.059
 so that we

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.840
 would not

00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.940
 miss this.

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:08.360
 that our

00:21:08.360 --> 00:21:09.340
 only hope

00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:10.360
 in life

00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:11.059
 and in

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.420
 death

00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.019
 is that

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.380
 we are

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:13.100
 saved by

00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:13.700
 our Lord

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.160
 Jesus

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.799
 Christ.

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.779
 He wants

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.059
 us to

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.320
 know

00:21:19.320 --> 00:21:20.779
 Jesus

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.460
 is the

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:21.880
 only

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.400
 option,

00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:23.480
 he's the

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.720
 only way

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.680
 of escape.

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.779
 That's why

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.559
 he answers

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:30.320
 every excuse

00:21:30.320 --> 00:21:31.279
 refutes

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.460
 every argument.

00:21:32.820 --> 00:21:33.299
 That's why

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.940
 he spends

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.860
 chapter one

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.900
 speaking about

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.519
 the lack

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.200
 of excuses

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.780
 for the

00:21:37.780 --> 00:21:38.600
 non-religious.

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.400
 That's why

00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:39.880
 he spends

00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:40.580
 chapter two

00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:41.240
 speaking about

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.720
 the lack

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.340
 of excuses

00:21:42.340 --> 00:21:42.880
 for the

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.280
 religious

00:21:43.280 --> 00:21:43.980
 so that

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.519
 in chapter

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.180
 three he

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.820
 can show

00:21:45.820 --> 00:21:46.640
 us the

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:47.700
 great beauty

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.720
 and clarity

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.120
 of the

00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.519
 gospel

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:51.519
 so that

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.300
 we cannot

00:21:52.300 --> 00:21:53.140
 escape

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:54.300
 our great

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:55.160
 need.

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.460
 Stephen

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.060
 Kingsley,

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.340
 the pastor

00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:01.060
 from Idaho

00:22:01.060 --> 00:22:01.780
 who cleaned

00:22:01.780 --> 00:22:02.340
 carpets,

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.519
 goes on

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.940
 to say

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.360
 this,

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.879
 the

00:22:05.879 --> 00:22:06.619
 offense

00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:08.039
 was there

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.599
 all the

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.139
 time

00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:10.719
 but it

00:22:10.719 --> 00:22:11.359
 was invisible

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:12.319
 until the

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.219
 right light

00:22:13.219 --> 00:22:14.299
 exposed it.

00:22:15.679 --> 00:22:16.379
 It would

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.679
 have been

00:22:16.679 --> 00:22:17.859
 cruel to

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.819
 show customers

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.599
 the extent

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:19.939
 of their

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 problem

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 and then

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 say too

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 bad for

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 you

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 and then

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 walk away.

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 I brought

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 the light

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 so they

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 might desperately

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 want my

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 cleaning

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 services.

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 brothers and

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 sisters,

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 Paul has

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 spent three

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 chapters

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 explaining

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 the extent

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 of human

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 sin so

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 that we

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 would want

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 the gospel.

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 Paul has

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 spent verse

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 after verse

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 unfolding how

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 bad it is

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 so that we

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 would see

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 our need

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 for Jesus

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 Christ.

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 carpets

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 can't

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 clean

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 themselves.

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 They

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 need the

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 power and

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 mercy

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 of someone

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 else.

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 Christian,

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 or if you're

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 not a

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 Christian,

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 you cannot

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 clean

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 yourself.

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 You need

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 the power

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 and mercy

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 of someone

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 else.

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 to

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 there is

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 one who

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 offers to

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 cleanse

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 us.

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 There is

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 one who

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 offers to

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 make us

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 right with

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 God,

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 and it

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 is our

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 Lord and

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 Savior,

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 He's the

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 one who

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 lived the

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 life that

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 we should

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 have lived

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 and credits

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 that to

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 our account.

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 He's the

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 one who

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 dies the

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 death that

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 we should

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 have died

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 and removes

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 the punishment

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 that we

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 deserve.

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 In his

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 sermon on

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 these verses,

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 Dr.

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 Martin Lloyd

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 Jones ends

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 by quoting

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 the hymn,

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 The Solid

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 Rock,

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 because that's

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 what Paul is

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.840
 driving us

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.220
 towards.

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.680
 On Christ

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 the solid

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.800
 rock I

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.360
 stand,

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 all other

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.340
 ground is

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.840
 sinking

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 sand.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:19.759
 Father in

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:19.980
 heaven,

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.680
 we do

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.900
 praise you.

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 and thank

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:22.600
 you that

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 you do

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 not gloss

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:25.340
 over the

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:25.740
 truth,

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.820
 you don't

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.539
 quickly pass

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:27.920
 it by,

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.240
 you don't

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.740
 mutter it

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 under your

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:29.620
 breath,

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 but instead

00:24:31.080 --> 00:24:31.640
 you make

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.300
 it clear

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 and plain

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.580
 to us.

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 We ask

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.640
 that you

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:34.980
 would do

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.519
 that again,

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.820
 that we

00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.320
 would see

00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:37.779
 with great

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.279
 clarity

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.360
 our desperate

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.080
 need for

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.440
 you,

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.660
 and that

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.080
 would move

00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:42.860
 us to

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 embrace you

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 and follow

00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:44.920
 you like

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.420
 we have

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.400
 never before.

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 and we

00:24:47.300 --> 00:24:47.800
 ask these

00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:48.280
 things in

00:24:48.280 --> 00:24:48.519
 Jesus'

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:48.960
 name,

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.580
 amen.

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.640
 I invite you

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.060
 to stand

00:24:52.060 --> 00:24:52.420
 for our

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.080
 closing hymn.

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:54.599
 Pete

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 bin mission

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 rise

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:09.779
 into

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:13.559
 prix