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 That's Romans chapter 7, verses 7 through 25 on page 1133 of your church Bibles.

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 What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not. Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.

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 For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, you shall not covet.

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 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting.

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 For apart from the law, sin was dead. Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

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 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

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 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.

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 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

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 Did that which is good then become death to me? By no means.

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 Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, he used what is good to bring about my death,

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 so that through the commandment, sin might become utterly sinful.

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 We know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

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 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. For what I hate, I do.

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 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

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 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

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 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.

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 For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

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 For I do not know, I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do.

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 This I keep on doing.

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 Now, if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

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 So I find this law at work. Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

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 For in my inner being I delight in God's law, but I see another law at work in me,

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 waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.

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 What a wretched man I am.

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 Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?

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 Thanks be to God who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thank you, Dan, for reading for us.

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 Before we make a sort of proper start, I kind of want to begin with an apology.

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 I know that's probably not a great way to start a sermon, but I want to apologize.

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 I'm not actually really going to cover verses 7 to 13 in the passage that Dan just read for us.

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 You might look down at it now and you'll notice that it is kind of bookended by the repetition of the word nevertheless, right?

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 Nevertheless is said in verse 7 and in verse 13.

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 And in that sort of nevertheless section, Paul is asking a specific question that kind of addresses some of the things we were looking at last week.

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 So he's basically saying, listen, if the law, as in the rules, won't make us holy, are the rules bad?

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 Now, if I'd been a really smart pastor, I would have covered all of that material last week.

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 But here's the news for you that I start with is I'm not really that smart.

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 And so we're not actually going to cover those verses really in very much detail.

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 My hope is that as Dan read them, you mostly understood them, that while the law is not able to make us holy, the law itself is good.

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 The problem is not with the law.

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 The problem is with us.

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 And in the interest of time, I am going to not say anything else about verses 7 to 13.

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 And you can ask me later if you want to.

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 And we're going to zoom in on verses 14 to 25.

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 And I'm going to pray as we look at those.

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 Let's pray and ask for the Lord's help.

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 Gracious God and loving Heavenly Father, thank you that despite our weakness, my weakness, still your word is powerful and effective.

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 Amen.

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 Sharper than a double-edged sword.

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 Able to cut right into us and right through us and what we're thinking and feeling and perceiving.

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 To teach us the truth of who you are and what you've done for us in the Lord Jesus.

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 Lord, how we pray this morning that you might help us to be good listeners to your word.

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 As we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Now, the big idea in our passage this morning is that the hardest part of being a Christian is not the struggle that we have with the things outside in the world.

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 You know, the biggest struggle for the Christian is not that people might tease you for being a Christian, that people might disrespect you or give you a hard time.

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 That is difficult, but it's not the most difficult thing about being a Christian.

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 Nor is the most difficult thing about being a Christian the struggles that might be in this room with one another that we might have.

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 Again, it's hard, isn't it, when church is not running well or people in church don't behave as they should.

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 But the point of the passage is that that itself is not the hardest thing about the Christian life.

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 The battle for the Christian life is not an external one, but an internal one.

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 The battle that the Christian faces is the battle with indwelling sin.

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 That despite the best of our intentions, despite the privilege of having the Bible in our hands readily available to us,

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 despite being in a vibrant church community and church family,

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 despite having that great wealth of Christian resources at our fingertips on the internet,

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 despite having friends who will challenge us and encourage us and pray for us,

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 despite all those good Christian books that you have on your shelves at home,

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 still we get angry.

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 Still we're bitter.

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 Still we lust after things that we should not have.

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 Still we think more of ourselves than we should.

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 Still we find ourselves gossiping and talking about others in ways that we shouldn't.

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 Still we covet the success of others.

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 We worship material success.

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 We crave the next purchase.

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 We imagine that comfort will bring us contentment or that material success will deliver us happiness.

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 We even lie in our beds at night,

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 imagining winning arguments that we feel like we lost during the day.

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 In our idle moments, our thoughts don't wander to God and his goodness,

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 but to trivial nonsense.

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 We seek escape in the sort of endless, mindless banality of our phones.

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 And there's no let up, right?

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 If you speak to an honest Christian, honest Christians are hard to find, aren't they?

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 But if you find one and you ask them,

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 it doesn't matter whether you've been a Christian 10, 20, 30, 60, 70 years,

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 the battle still rages.

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 Augustine, the great African bishop writing in the fourth century,

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 describes his Christian life as a struggle every day.

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 Augustine was probably one of the greatest minds that ever lived.

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 And that's how he described his Christian life.

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 He talks about his inability to delete images of the past,

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 or even to mourn for them properly.

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 He says this,

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 But for the present, I am a burden to myself.

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 There is a struggle between joys over which I should be weeping

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 and regrets at matters over which I ought to be rejoicing.

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 And which side has the victory, I do not know.

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 Alas, Lord, have mercy upon me, wretch that I am.

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 Paul describes it.

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 Verse 24 of chapter 7 in our passage this morning.

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 What a wretched man I am.

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 Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?

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 Now, I wonder if I can ask you, before we go any further,

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 if you're willing to be that honest about your own Christian life.

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 Do you know how Paul feels?

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 How Augustine feels?

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 I know I do.

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 The longer I go on as a Christian,

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 the more acutely I am aware that the fight for my Christian life

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 is not with anybody else, but it's with me.

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 It's in me.

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 That whilst knowing the gospel is true,

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 and understanding that God loves me,

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 and he gave his son for me,

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 still, as I think about my battle for holiness,

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 I feel weak and wretched.

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 You know, past sins that I thought I'd be well beyond by now.

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 Unwanted thoughts, hard-heartedness,

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 unkindness, thoughtlessness,

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 the absence of generosity,

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 those aren't imposed upon me from the outside,

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 but they are in me,

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 and come out from me.

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 And if you're honest this morning,

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 that's true of you too.

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 And that's why Romans chapter 7,

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 verses 14 to 25 are in our Bibles.

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 Because they want us to understand why that is the case,

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 and where to find hope in that situation.

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 So let's think about this together.

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 Firstly, let's think about the nature of the battle.

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 The battle that we feel in our Christian lives

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 is described by Paul as a war

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 between what he describes as the inner man,

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 the inner man who, according to verse 22,

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 loves or delights in God's law,

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 loves the expression of God's righteousness,

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 loves to obey,

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 the inner us that considers God's law as spiritual,

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 in verse 14,

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 this inner us that wants to do good,

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 in verse 21,

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 and then what he calls the flesh.

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 Verse 14,

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 our NIVs have weirdly translated it,

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 I am unspiritual.

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 Really it is literally,

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 I'm in the flesh.

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 The war is between the new inner man,

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 the inner us,

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 and this flesh.

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 Sin living in me,

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 he calls it in verse 17.

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 The body of death,

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 he calls it in verse 24.

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 And these two realities

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 inside the life of the Christian

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 are at war with one another.

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 New life by the spirit

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 that agrees with God

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 and wants to live for him

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 and the old flesh

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 that still loves to sin.

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 Paul summarizes it,

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 verse 22,

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 for in my inner being,

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 I delight in God's law,

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 verse 23,

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 but I see another law at work in me,

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 waging war against the law of my mind

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 and making me a prisoner

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 of the law of sin

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 at work within me.

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 Let me say,

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 this is such an important category

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 for you to understand

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 if you're a Christian this morning.

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 That whilst if you're a Christian,

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 you are born again,

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 you've been given new life by the spirit,

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 a life that is turned to God

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 and trusted in him,

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 has turned from its sin

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 and longs to live for him.

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 Though you are fully forgiven,

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 justified,

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 declared not guilty before the perfect God,

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 you have that in lieu of judgment day

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 even now,

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 still,

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 you will not be perfect in this life.

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 You will never be perfect in this life.

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 As long as you're alive in the flesh,

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 you will still carry around

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 an old sinful nature,

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 a defeated sinful nature,

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 yes,

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 a dead sinful nature

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 that's dead at the cross,

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 yes,

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 yes,

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 the penalty and the moral debt

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 that that nature owes

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 has been written off in Christ,

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 but you still carry it

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 for now.

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 So that,

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 as Luther would say,

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 of you,

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 Martin Luther,

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 the great reformer,

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 would say,

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 you are both a saint

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 and a sinner.

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 You are holy in Christ

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 and you still fight temptation

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 and the wickedness of your flesh.

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 If you're not a Christian this morning,

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 it's great you're here,

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 we're really pleased

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 you're with us this morning,

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 welcome.

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 This is not your battle,

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 right?

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 This is the Christian's battle,

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 not the non-Christian's battle.

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 Not because if you're not a Christian

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 this morning,

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 you don't have a moral conscience

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 or feel bad about the things

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 that you've done.

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 No,

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 rather because it is impossible,

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 and Paul has said this

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 over and over again,

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 it is impossible for any of us

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 in our own nature,

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 by ourselves,

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 to say that we delight in his law,

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 right?

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 By ourselves,

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 without this new life

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 by the Spirit

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 that he gives

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 as we turn to him,

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 we will not delight in his law.

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 If you're not a Christian,

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 the law is a burden to you,

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 right?

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 The law is a problem.

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 The law,

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 the list of what God expects

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 of you,

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 is a burden to you.

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 It's a list of your failures.

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 It's like that for all of us.

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 It's like a charge sheet

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 against us.

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 This is what we did not do.

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 And we hate the law

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 because it condemns us.

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 So even if we're earnestly

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 trying to obey God's moral law,

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 even if you think,

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 well,

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 I'm trying to live

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 with a clear conscience,

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 I'm trying to be good,

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 I'm trying to do to others

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 as I'd have them do to me,

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 let me tell you,

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 that's not delighting

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 in God's law

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 as it's written here.

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 That's using God's law

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 for your own ends.

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 And so the battle you face

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 is a real battle,

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 but it's not the one

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 being described here.

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 In fact,

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 it's a worse battle

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 because you're trying

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 to use the law

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 to earn God's favor

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 and that is a battle

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 that everybody loses.

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 Our battle is that

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 we delight in God's law,

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 but still we fight

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 an old nature.

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 Now,

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 there are some Christians

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 and some preachers,

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 especially on the internet,

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 there are especially books

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 that you might read

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 which try to deny this battle.

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 They'll tell you,

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 oh,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 Paul,

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 it's not describing

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 the Christian life here.

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 You're fully redeemed

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 in Christ.

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 Total freedom from sin,

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 they'll tell you.

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 If only you come

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 and receive this particular blessing,

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 you will escape

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 that temptation to sin.

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 If you come to this meeting,

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 if you develop this habit,

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 then you'll be free

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 from the battle.

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 Paul says,

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 that is utter nonsense.

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 The battle

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 is the Christian life.

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 And in a way,

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 in a sort of paradoxical way,

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 it is feeling

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 and knowing

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 and experiencing

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 that battle

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 in your heart

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 which helps you know

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 that you're a Christian

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 because it means

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 that God has made you alive

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 and there is something

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 to fight

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 the sinful nature.

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 So that's the nature

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 of the battle.

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 Next thing with me

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 about the ferocity

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 of the battle.

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 Really,

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 these are the same two points

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 but I've split them up

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 just so that you might remember them.

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 And I don't want us

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 to miss this

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 or deal with it too quickly.

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 Look at verse 15

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 and notice how Paul

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 describes this.

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 I do not understand

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 what I do.

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 for what I want to do,

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 I do not do.

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 But what I hate,

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 I do.

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 Here it is then.

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 The battle means

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 that in an important sense,

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 life for the Christian

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 is mysteriously difficult.

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 We don't understand

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 what we do.

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 We shock ourselves.

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 We find ourselves

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 capable of things

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 we thought we would not

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 be capable of.

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 I thought I was well beyond that.

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 I didn't think

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 I would struggle with that.

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 I've noticed

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 that other people do

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 but I didn't think

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 that would be me.

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 I can't imagine

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 that I would still be bitter

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 towards them

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 so many years on.

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 I can't imagine

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 that I'd be so petty.

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 But I'd be so committed

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 to people pleasing

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 that I'd be so insecure.

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 I would have thought

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 that that gossip

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 wouldn't interest me anymore.

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 I would have thought

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 I would have forgotten

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 those images by now

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 but I haven't.

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 And so there's a sort

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 of insanity to this

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 that our lives

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 are not marked

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 by perfect holiness

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 but by surprising sin.

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 So much so

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 that we find ourselves

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 doing the very things

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 that we hate.

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 Things maybe

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 that others do to us

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 and we hate them

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 doing them to us

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 and now we find ourselves

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 doing the same things.

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 But actually

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 it's worse than that

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 isn't it?

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 It's not just

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 that we do wrong things

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 that we wish we wouldn't.

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 Verse 19

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 For I do not do

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 the good I want to do

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 but the evil I do not

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 want to do

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 this I keep on doing.

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 This is what we were

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 thinking about

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 with the children

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 isn't it?

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 These are the sins

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 of omission.

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 Good things

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 that we wanted to do

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 that we find

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 we don't do.

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 You know

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 I really didn't mean

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 to stop reading

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 my Bible.

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 I really had intended

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 to give more generously

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 to gospel ministry.

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 I really did want

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 to be regular

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 at church.

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 I really did want

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 to share the gospel

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 with my colleagues

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 before I left

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 that place of work.

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 I really did intend

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 to send a word

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 of encouragement

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 to that Christian friend

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 but the good

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 I wanted to do

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 I didn't do it.

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 Now obviously

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 Paul understands

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 that this dynamic

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 is a symptom

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 of the war

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 or the battle

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 that he's in.

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 It's important isn't it?

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 It's not this

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 new nature

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 from the spirit

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 that is sinning

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 it's the old him

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 that is not yet

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 got rid of completely.

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 Right?

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 Look at verse 20

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 he says

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 now if what I do

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 now Dan

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 this is difficult

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 isn't it?

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 Right?

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 It's harder to read

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 this than you think.

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 Now if

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 I do

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 what I do

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 not want to do

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 it's no longer

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 I who do it

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 but sin living in me

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 that does it.

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 Right?

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 Now he's not meaning

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 that as an excuse

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 it's not like

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 haha it wasn't really me

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 it was sin living in me

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 he's not saying it like that

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 rather he's explaining

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 the battle he's in

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 the ferociousness of it

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 where we find ourselves

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 doing what deep down

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 we don't want to do

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 and not doing

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 what we really do

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 want to do

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 as we carry around

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 this sinful nature

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 that's dead

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 but still twitching.

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 It's worth thinking

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 about how this works out

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 for us as Christians

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 I don't know a lot

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 about war

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 I know there are some people

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 in the room who do

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 in God's kindness

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 I've never had to fight

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 in a war

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 but I imagine

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 that those

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 in the most danger

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 in a war

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 are those who don't

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 really realise

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 they're in it

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 right?

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 Those who've lost

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 concentration

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 those who've forgotten

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 that they're in a battle

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 those who've let

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 their guard down

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 those who've turned up

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 ill prepared

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 what's the phrase

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 like bringing a knife

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 to a gunfight

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 it's those people

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 isn't it?

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 And so it is

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 in the Christian life

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 and that's why

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 Paul writes this passage

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 he's not writing this

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 to depress you

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 or me

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 to think that

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 Christian living

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 is a hopeless task

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 he's going to go

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 to great lengths

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 to prove that

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 Christian living

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 is not a hopeless task

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 we'll come to that

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 in a bit

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 and in weeks to come

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 but the point here

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 is to warn you

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 to warn you

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 and me

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 that there is a

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 ferocious battle

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 inside of myself

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 and I cannot

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 just thoughtlessly

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 live my life

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 you know

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 you're

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 if you're a Christian

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 you cannot just

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 thoughtlessly

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 follow your wants

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 and your desires

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 because your wants

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 and your desires

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 are the location

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 of the battle

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 that he describes

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 if you carelessly

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 follow what it is

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 that you want to do

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 you will find yourself

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 in terrible places

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 not every desire

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 that you have

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 will be a prompting

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 of the spirit

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 not every aspiration

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 that you have

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 will be a godly one

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 not every dream

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 that you wish for

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 will be good

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 if it happens

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 because there's a battle

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 going on

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 and it's not out there

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 it's in here

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 and it's ferocious

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!

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 Just think about

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 how this cuts through

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 naivety

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 right?

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 Think about it

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 from two angles

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 notice that Paul

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 is essentially saying

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 that you will

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 surprise yourself

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 I will surprise myself

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 at what I am capable of

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 even as a Christian

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 now if I find myself

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 ever thinking

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 oh I wouldn't do that

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 I'm in grave danger

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 I'm the guy who forgot

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 he was on a battlefield

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 right?

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 Or if I imagine

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 that you know what

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 I don't really need

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 God's moral law

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 I don't really need

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 his moral instruction

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 I don't really need

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 the Bible to teach me

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 what it is that God values

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 because I can just

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 kind of follow my instincts

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 I kind of know

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 what God wants

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 uh uh

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 no

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 because that's where

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 the battle is

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 it will not be okay

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 if we imagine

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 that just because

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 we're Christians

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 all our ambitions

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:20.019
 will no longer be

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:21.339
 tainted by selfishness

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 or that we won't be

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 tempted to be unfaithful

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 in our friendships

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 or our marriages

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 that we won't kind of

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 lose it with our kids

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 we're wrong

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 if we don't understand

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 that we'll be tempted

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 not to do the things

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 that would be

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 spiritually best

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 for us to do

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 you know

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.339
 if you

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 if you live your

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 Christian life

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 without imagining

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 that your desire

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 to attend church

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 will always be

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 equivalent to the amount

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 that you should attend

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 church in order to be

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 spiritually healthy

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 you are gravely mistaken

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 because your desires

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 will not match up

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 it's the same with

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 giving and speaking

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 and praying

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 we'll have good reasons

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 won't we

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 why we don't do

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 those things

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 you know it's true

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 isn't it

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 that our old nature

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 although dead in Christ

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 still twitches

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 and has a really

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 good lawyer

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.819
 right

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 who's really good

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 at persuading us

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 that it's right

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.859
 when it's wrong

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 and if we don't

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 understand that

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 we'll be hopelessly naive

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:17.759
 but the naivety works

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 the other way around

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 as well

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 it means

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 if you think

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 if you're a Christian

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 you think

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 that other Christians

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 will not let you down

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 or that if they do

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 let you down

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 somehow the gospel

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 is not true

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 and really you should

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 give up on the whole thing

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 then you are

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 hopelessly naive

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 because this is

00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:39.559
 every Christian's battle

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 right

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 Christians around you

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:44.259
 will sin against you

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 and you will need

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.139
 to forgive them

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 church leaders

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 will let you down

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 church pastors

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 will be imperfect

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 perhaps imperfect

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 in ways that you

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.759
 would be better

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.579
 than they are

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:56.759
 Christian friends

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 will gossip about you

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.460
 Christian friends

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.039
 will hurt you

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.859
 be unkind to you

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 upset you

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.639
 behave in ways

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 towards you

00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:02.540
 that you will

00:22:02.540 --> 00:22:03.000
 not believe

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:05.300
 because they too

00:22:05.300 --> 00:22:06.280
 are in this battle

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 and sometimes

00:22:07.780 --> 00:22:09.180
 they find themselves

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.180
 not doing the good

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.780
 things that they

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 want to do

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 but doing the evil

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 things that they

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 wish they weren't

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 doing

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 because they're

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 in the battle

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 now this doesn't

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 mean of course

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.060
 that we shouldn't

00:22:19.060 --> 00:22:20.060
 have high expectations

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:20.700
 of one another

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 or that we should

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 live as if it

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 doesn't matter

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 of course it does

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:23.900
 matter

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 there's great grief

00:22:25.040 --> 00:22:25.680
 in these words

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.160
 isn't there

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 rather the point

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:27.759
 is that you

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 shouldn't pretend

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 that this is not

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.660
 the world that we

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 live in

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.680
 we shouldn't

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.740
 imagine that the

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.340
 Lord's prayer

00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:34.400
 instructs us to

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:35.039
 seek forgiveness

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:36.420
 as we forgive

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.259
 those who sin

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.880
 against us

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.740
 for no reason

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:41.820
 because if we do

00:22:41.820 --> 00:22:42.460
 we'll spend much

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.019
 of our life

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:44.220
 sorely disappointed

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.160
 and in grave

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:46.160
 danger

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.539
 you know if we

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.539
 organize church

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:50.240
 life as if our

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.640
 members and our

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.320
 leaders are not

00:22:52.320 --> 00:22:53.340
 tempted to sin

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:55.440
 we're hopelessly

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.759
 naive

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:59.240
 over the years

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 I've had a number

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.980
 of friends

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.339
 who are

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.019
 alcoholics

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.619
 most of them

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.119
 Christians

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:04.180
 church members

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:05.240
 one of them

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.740
 a pastor

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 and what's

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.180
 obvious is that

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.359
 the most destructive

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.500
 alcoholics are

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.319
 those who will

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:12.019
 not admit

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.420
 that they've got

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.039
 a problem with

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.559
 alcohol

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.859
 you know they

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.339
 pretend they've

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.660
 got it under

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:16.920
 control

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.339
 no no no

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.759
 it's not really

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.259
 an issue for

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.519
 me

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.740
 when really

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.420
 they don't

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 but for those

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.599
 who will admit

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.019
 it

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:24.639
 for them it

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:25.660
 requires a level

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.559
 of seriousness

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.440
 having admitted

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:27.920
 that this is

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.420
 their struggle

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.440
 it requires a

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.279
 level of seriousness

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.240
 to deal with it

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.759
 doesn't it

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.940
 we're not going

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.220
 to have any

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.799
 alcohol in the

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.180
 house

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.200
 I'm not going

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.559
 to have the

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.400
 first drink

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.160
 I'm going to

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:38.039
 be really honest

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:39.299
 with my close

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.940
 friends and my

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.339
 family

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:42.680
 well listen if

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.119
 you're a Christian

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:43.599
 this morning

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.180
 you might not

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.960
 be an alcoholic

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:46.299
 but let me tell

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.859
 you that you and

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.740
 I in the flesh

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:49.139
 are sinaholics

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:51.460
 we are addicted

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.460
 in the flesh

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.620
 to selfish

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.100
 rebellion

00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:55.880
 that the

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.779
 inner us

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.840
 the new life

00:23:57.840 --> 00:23:58.460
 by the spirit

00:23:58.460 --> 00:24:00.000
 absolutely hates

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:01.519
 but it's still

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.400
 there

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:04.100
 and the most

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:05.460
 dangerous Christian

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:07.299
 is the Christian

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.380
 who doesn't

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:09.420
 recognize it

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:11.500
 and the safest

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.140
 Christian

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:13.620
 is the one

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.299
 who takes it

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.860
 seriously

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:16.579
 who is honest

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.279
 about it

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.860
 who deliberately

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.620
 steers away

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.340
 from the desires

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:21.180
 of their hearts

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:22.299
 who doubts

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.860
 their gut

00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.720
 instincts

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.940
 who is quick

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.500
 to repent

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.200
 when challenged

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.700
 who doesn't

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.480
 fake it

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.000
 brush it under

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.440
 the carpet

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.100
 or keep people

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.880
 at arm's length

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:31.039
 church is at

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.759
 their best

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.480
 when people are

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.299
 honest with one

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.620
 another

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:35.460
 forgiving each

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:35.759
 other

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:37.340
 where corporate

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:37.820
 repentance

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.660
 in the life

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.220
 of the church

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.519
 it's not

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.019
 it's just that

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.380
 thing that we

00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:40.920
 do right

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:42.380
 that's kind

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.019
 of you know

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.360
 traditional

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:44.940
 maybe

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:47.360
 no repentance

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:48.620
 is a moment

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.519
 of honesty

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:51.019
 in a world

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.700
 of fakers

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.160
 right

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:55.279
 where people

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.980
 around you

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.880
 encourage you

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.920
 to feed this

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.980
 new inner man

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:00.220
 and starve

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.940
 the old sinful

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.860
 nature of worldly

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.580
 indulgence

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:05.620
 let's finish

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:05.860
 though

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.519
 if it feels

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.039
 a bit hopeless

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.700
 let's finish

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.340
 by looking at

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:08.940
 the victory

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:10.120
 in the battle

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.620
 the victory

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.080
 of the battle

00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:11.940
 look with me

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.720
 at verses 24

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.180
 and 25

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.720
 let me read

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.100
 them to you

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:15.220
 as we finish

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.660
 what a wretched

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:18.200
 man I am

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.600
 who will rescue

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.279
 me from this

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.880
 body that is

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.720
 subject to death

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.220
 thanks be to

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.259
 God who delivers

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.059
 me through

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:26.120
 Jesus Christ

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:27.559
 our Lord

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:29.460
 notice then

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.320
 that hope

00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:32.019
 hope for victory

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:33.059
 is not in our

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.779
 own strength

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:35.039
 it's not that we

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.720
 are different

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.200
 from those who

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.519
 have gone about

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:36.980
 I know

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.519
 I know that

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.000
 other Christians

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.620
 have this struggle

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.820
 but I don't

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.380
 really and I'm

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:40.600
 going to be

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:40.980
 victorious

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.500
 it's not that

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.920
 is it

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.259
 no

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.440
 the hope

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.800
 is that

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.180
 Jesus

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:46.320
 delivers us

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:47.080
 Jesus

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.720
 will deliver

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.080
 us in the

00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:48.200
 end

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.680
 that is the

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.000
 hope

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.039
 that in

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:51.320
 the present

00:25:51.320 --> 00:25:52.220
 strength

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.019
 and future

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.500
 victory

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.940
 will be ours

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.560
 in the Lord

00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:56.400
 Jesus Christ

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.360
 so that we

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.060
 fight the battle

00:25:58.060 --> 00:25:58.519
 not with our

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.180
 own resources

00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.200
 not even

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.480
 with the

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.840
 resources

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.220
 of the

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.440
 law

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.700
 for it

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.060
 has none

00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:02.519
 to offer

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.140
 but with

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.620
 the resources

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:03.980
 of the

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.320
 grace

00:26:04.320 --> 00:26:04.660
 that is

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:04.960
 ours

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.220
 in the

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.400
 Lord

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:05.620
 Jesus

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.300
 Christ

00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:09.580
 I

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:10.080
 think about

00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:10.420
 this this

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.600
 week

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:10.900
 thinking

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.300
 why

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.519
 why do

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.740
 some

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.119
 Christians

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.839
 resist

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:15.460
 Romans 7

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:18.000
 why do

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.319
 we

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.419
 why are we

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:20.279
 tempted to

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.859
 think this is

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.399
 not really

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:21.659
 what the

00:26:21.659 --> 00:26:22.139
 Christian life

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.839
 is like

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.139
 or should

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.639
 be like

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:25.139
 and I

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:26.639
 think it's

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.059
 because we

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.759
 think that

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.500
 really it

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.079
 should be

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.559
 easier

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:31.000
 we imagine

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.379
 don't we

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.960
 well

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.399
 the Lord

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:34.119
 the Lord

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.720
 could make

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.440
 me perfect

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.279
 couldn't he

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.680
 surely the Lord

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.879
 could liberate me

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.280
 from this

00:26:39.280 --> 00:26:40.100
 particular struggle

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:41.060
 surely the

00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:42.040
 Lord could

00:26:42.040 --> 00:26:43.220
 defeat all

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.920
 my impulses

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.740
 to selfishness

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.920
 my temptations

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.360
 to pride

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.240
 surely my

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.020
 addictions are

00:26:48.020 --> 00:26:48.600
 nothing to

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.120
 God are they

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:50.160
 why would he

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.520
 make his

00:26:50.520 --> 00:26:51.000
 fight

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.140
 can't be right

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.500
 can he

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.780
 if God

00:26:52.780 --> 00:26:53.360
 loved me

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.340
 why would he

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:54.680
 make me

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.100
 fight like

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:55.420
 that

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:57.680
 interestingly

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.500
 Augustine who

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.200
 he started with

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.620
 that fourth

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.400
 century African

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.800
 bishop

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:02.640
 wrestled with

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.060
 this question

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.620
 in a book

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.180
 called the

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.780
 confessions

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:06.720
 when Augustine

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.460
 was a young

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.160
 Christian he

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.639
 read Romans

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.099
 7 and

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.740
 assumed that

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.319
 this was

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.819
 written about

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.139
 someone who

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.480
 wasn't a

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.759
 Christian

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:13.079
 later in his

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.559
 Christian life

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:13.960
 he came to

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.279
 realise no

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.779
 actually this

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.059
 is written

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.639
 about me

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.680
 this is the

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.420
 Christian life

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:19.759
 and then he

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.039
 was thinking

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.299
 well why is

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.559
 this the

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:21.920
 Christian life

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.379
 why would

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:23.099
 God make

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.539
 the Christian

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.960
 life a

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.319
 battle

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:26.720
 well this

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.220
 is the answer

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.779
 that he came

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.420
 up with

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:29.059
 his answer

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.279
 to the

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.039
 question why

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.899
 why make

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.160
 it so

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.480
 difficult

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.579
 was joy

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.720
 joy

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:35.120
 might be

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.700
 surprising to

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:35.960
 you his

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.420
 illustration

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.779
 which I

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.079
 don't think

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.660
 scans very

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:37.920
 well but

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.120
 you might

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.680
 imagine it

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.440
 was that

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.779
 the emperor

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:42.220
 does not

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.100
 have great

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:44.620
 joy over

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.319
 land that

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.440
 already belongs

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.059
 to him

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.299
 but has

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.180
 great joy

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.880
 over land

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.640
 he's conquered

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.339
 right

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:53.220
 his other

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.700
 illustration

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.059
 which is

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.620
 perhaps easier

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.039
 to connect

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.779
 with is that

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:57.140
 to enjoy a

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.980
 great meal

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:59.500
 and a fine

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.980
 glass of

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:01.420
 wine you

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.160
 must first

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.900
 be hungry

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:04.140
 and thirsty

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:06.200
 and so

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.680
 he says

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.120
 here

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:08.380
 in order

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.200
 to enjoy

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.940
 the victory

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.540
 of Jesus

00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:12.080
 we need

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.500
 to be in

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.040
 the battle

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:15.120
 our ongoing

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.860
 battle with

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:17.240
 sin is

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.780
 not meant

00:28:17.780 --> 00:28:18.420
 to ruin

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.240
 us and

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.000
 defeat us

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.700
 and depress

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.720
 us but

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.120
 is meant

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.720
 to be a

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.220
 perpetual

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.120
 reminder to

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.440
 you and

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.200
 me that

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.560
 we need

00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:25.980
 Jesus

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:27.680
 and Jesus

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.440
 is brilliant

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.540
 and he's

00:28:29.540 --> 00:28:30.240
 all sufficient

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.840
 for me

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:32.859
 and I

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.259
 need to

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.480
 keep

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.199
 repenting

00:28:34.199 --> 00:28:34.519
 of my

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:34.959
 sin and

00:28:34.959 --> 00:28:35.619
 turning to

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.039
 him

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:37.419
 because joy

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:37.659
 and we

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:38.379
 experience it

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:39.000
 in part

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:40.179
 now but

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:40.399
 we'll

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:41.000
 experience it

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.539
 fully in

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:41.980
 eternity

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.539
 is that

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.199
 Jesus is

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:43.759
 victorious

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.579
 that in

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.199
 the ferocity

00:28:45.199 --> 00:28:45.480
 of the

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.899
 battle there

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.399
 is one

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:46.919
 man who

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:47.659
 stands tall

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.579
 and that

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.240
 man fights

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.679
 for me

00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:50.539
 and his

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.199
 name is

00:28:51.199 --> 00:28:51.819
 Jesus

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:54.699
 so I

00:28:54.699 --> 00:28:55.139
 understand

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.740
 when I

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.579
 didn't lose

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.379
 my temper

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:58.079
 even when my

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.639
 plans were

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.199
 thwarted

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.559
 and my

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.580
 day came

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:00.920
 crashing

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.460
 down

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.340
 that

00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:03.019
 patience

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.380
 wasn't

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:03.860
 my

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.380
 patience

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.980
 that was

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.340
 the Lord

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:06.660
 Jesus

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.420
 at work

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.759
 that was

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.539
 his victory

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.480
 you know

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.019
 sound the

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.480
 trumpets

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.960
 wave the

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.319
 flags

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.000
 Jesus

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.400
 won a

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.720
 victory

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.039
 in my

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.539
 life

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.480
 you know

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:14.740
 when I

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.200
 repented

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.519
 to that

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.819
 friend

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.100
 against

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.299
 whom

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.440
 I

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.840
 sinned

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.340
 even

00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:17.500
 though

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.700
 my

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.120
 internal

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.480
 lawyer

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.720
 had

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.200
 given

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.340
 me

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:19.500
 a

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:19.840
 thousand

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.240
 reasons

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.380
 why

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.480
 it

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.660
 wasn't

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:20.860
 really

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.100
 my

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:21.420
 fault

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.140
 still

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.559
 I

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:22.920
 saw

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.160
 my

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.420
 sin

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.600
 I

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:23.940
 owned

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.059
 it

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.220
 I

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.420
 said

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.720
 sorry

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:24.960
 for

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.220
 it

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.140
 that

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.279
 was

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.700
 Jesus

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:26.840
 is

00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:27.279
 victory

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.360
 sound

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:28.519
 the

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:28.980
 trumpets

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.319
 wave

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.519
 the

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:29.940
 flags

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.420
 victory

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:30.680
 for

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.059
 Jesus

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:32.120
 you know

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.460
 see I

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:32.920
 came to

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.200
 church

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.360
 I

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.799
 read my

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.080
 bible

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.240
 I

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.620
 prayed

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.039
 honesty

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.240
 I

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.539
 love

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.059
 sincerely

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.299
 I

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.640
 gave

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.319
 sacrificially

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.940
 that

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.420
 wasn't

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:38.740
 me

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:38.940
 that

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.100
 was

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.559
 victory

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:39.799
 for

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.140
 Jesus

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.840
 wave

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.019
 the

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.259
 flag

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.720
 sound

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:41.880
 the

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.319
 trumpets

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.880
 he

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.100
 is

00:29:43.100 --> 00:29:43.620
 great

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.840
 he

00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:45.000
 is

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.160
 my

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.700
 victor

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.220
 one

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.740
 day

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.779
 I

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:48.960
 will

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.140
 be

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.539
 free

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.799
 from

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.160
 sin

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.400
 free

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:51.640
 from

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:51.819
 the

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.120
 love

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.319
 of

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.680
 sin

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.319
 free

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.519
 from

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.660
 the

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.120
 desire

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.380
 to

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:54.720
 sin

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.319
 I

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.480
 will

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.700
 live

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:56.920
 in the

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.319
 presence

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.539
 of

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.720
 my

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.120
 Lord

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.819
 and

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.319
 really

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.700
 it

00:29:59.700 --> 00:29:59.880
 will

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.059
 be

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.299
 the

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.880
 sweetness

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.160
 of

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.319
 the

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.880
 victory

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.279
 over

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.840
 sin

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 that

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 I

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 will

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 rejoice

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 in

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 I

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 have

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 been

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 forgiven

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 I

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 have

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 conquered

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 in

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 Christ

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.180
 I

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 came

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 through

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 the

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 battle

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 victorious

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 because

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 of

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 Jesus

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 and

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 the

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 scars

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.799
 will

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 be

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 the

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 stories

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 of

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 victory

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 and

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 not

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 the

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:20.980
 stories

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 of

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 defeat

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 let

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 me

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 pray

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.519
 for

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 us

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 oh

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 heavenly

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 father

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 please

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.200
 help us

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 in these

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 moments

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.480
 now

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 not

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 to do

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 that

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 silly

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 thing

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 that

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 Christians

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 are so

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 good

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.420
 at

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:42.640
 doing

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 which

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 is

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 pretending

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:43.640
 that

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:43.799
 we're

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 better

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 than

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 we

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.440
 really

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.880
 are

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 but

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.400
 help

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.539
 us

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.779
 now

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:46.920
 in

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.099
 these

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.440
 moments

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.640
 in

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:47.799
 our

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.079
 hearts

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.420
 before

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:48.640
 you

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:48.819
 to

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:48.980
 be

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 really

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.920
 honest

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:51.400
 we

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.620
 are

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:51.759
 in

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:51.860
 the

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.060
 midst

00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:52.200
 of

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.300
 the

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.640
 battle

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.820
 and

00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:53.960
 the

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.240
 battle

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.460
 is

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.000
 littered

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.220
 with

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.700
 stories

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:55.880
 of

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.019
 our

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.220
 own

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.700
 personal

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.240
 failure

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:59.240
 but

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.700
 also

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.340
 with

00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:01.039
 victories

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.340
 for

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:01.460
 the

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.640
 Lord

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:01.940
 Jesus

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:03.539
 and

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.660
 we

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:03.960
 thank

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.100
 you

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.259
 that

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.440
 though

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.759
 now

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:04.940
 we

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.220
 find

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.580
 ourselves

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:05.920
 in

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.180
 a

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.660
 ferocious

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.120
 battle

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.820
 we

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.160
 know

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.560
 one

00:31:08.560 --> 00:31:08.779
 day

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.019
 the

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.519
 ultimate

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.039
 victory

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.259
 will

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.420
 be

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.800
 ours

00:31:10.800 --> 00:31:11.060
 in

00:31:11.060 --> 00:31:11.420
 him

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.320
 so

00:31:12.320 --> 00:31:12.600
 keep

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:12.800
 our

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.220
 hearts

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.640
 turned

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:13.860
 to

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:14.380
 Christ

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:15.100
 keep

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.300
 us

00:31:15.300 --> 00:31:15.740
 looking

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.220
 to

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.539
 him

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.580
 trusting

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:17.580


00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.100
 repenting

00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:21.700
 to

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.039
 you

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.300
 and

00:31:22.300 --> 00:31:22.480
 to

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.640
 one

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:22.960
 another

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.560
 and

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.060
 enjoying

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:24.340
 this

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:24.680
 great

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.019
 joy

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.720
 in

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:25.860
 the

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.160
 gospel

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.340
 of

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:26.440
 the

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.600
 Lord

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:26.820
 Jesus

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.400
 Christ

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.400
 Amen