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 Please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to the book of Colossians.

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 We've been working our way through the book of Colossians.

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 It's our normal practice here as a church, really usually just to take a book and walk straight through it.

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 So we've come this morning to Colossians chapter 2, verses 11 through 15.

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 So if you would open up your Bibles there, Colossians 2, verses 11 through 15.

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 If you don't have your own Bible with you, that's okay.

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 We provide them in the seat back in front of you, but I would encourage you please have a Bible open as we look to God's Word together this morning.

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 And when you've found that, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word.

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 Again, our passage is chapter 2, verses 11 through 15, but I'm going to start reading in verse 8 for the sake of context as we hear what Paul is saying to us this morning.

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 He says,

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 Father, would you bless now the preaching of your Word, and would you make it fruitful in the hearts of all who hear this morning?

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 We pray in Christ's name. Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 One thing that becomes abundantly clear as you read through Paul's letter to the Colossians is that Paul is deeply impressed with this man, Jesus.

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 He believes that Jesus Christ is worthy of our full and our total devotion, and he believes that the gospel of Jesus Christ, this message of what he has done, is sufficient.

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 In other words, we don't need to add to it any man-made tradition, or man-made law, or man-made ideas.

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 A healthy church insists on the gospel.

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 It's not just in Colossians, though.

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 If you flip through his other letters in the New Testament, you'll notice this is a common theme with Paul, isn't it, in 1 Corinthians?

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 He says,

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 1 Corinthians 2.

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 Paul says he decided to know nothing except for Christ Jesus and him crucified.

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 Galatians 1.

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 He pronounces a curse upon any who would preach a different doctrine, any different gospel, even if it was himself or an angel from heaven.

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 May they be accursed.

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 Romans 1.16.

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 He says,

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 I'm not ashamed of the gospel.

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 It's the power of God for salvation to any who believe it.

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 2 Timothy 2.

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 We've been reading through 2 Timothy in our Grow Class Hour.

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 His last recorded words.

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 The dying words of a man who's nearing death.

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 What does he say to Timothy?

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 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead.

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 The offspring of David, as preached in my gospel.

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 Paul believes that there is no greater man than the man Jesus Christ.

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 And there is no greater work than the accomplishment of the cross.

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 There is no greater message than the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And this morning, as we look to Colossians chapter 2, I want to ask Paul, why?

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 What actually happened there on the cross some 2,000 years ago?

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 What actually was done that has so captivated Paul's heart that this is all he wants to talk about?

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 And what was accomplished that has so captivated so many hearts of so many men and women ever since?

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 Why is this gospel such good news?

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 We can see externally what happened there on the cross with the naked eye.

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 We can see that Jesus bled and he suffered.

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 We see that he prayed and he spoke.

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 We see that he bowed his head and we see that he died on the cross.

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 This is visible to anybody who was there.

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 But this morning, I want to ask what was actually accomplished in this moment of suffering and death?

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 Paul gives us five answers to that question here in Colossians chapter 2.

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 Five answers to that question.

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 This is going to be our outline this morning.

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 If you're taking notes, try to make it easy for you to follow along this morning.

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 He wants us to understand what was accomplished at the cross so that our minds being so fixed on Christ and his accomplishment at the cross,

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 we would not be taken captive by any dark teaching that is not according to Christ.

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 So five accomplishments of the cross this morning.

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 First, he brought his people from the physical to the spiritual.

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 He brought his people from the physical to the spiritual.

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 Look there to verse 11.

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 Paul says,

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 In him, that is in Christ, in him also, you were circumcised.

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 Now why in the world are we talking about circumcision?

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 If you are not really familiar with your Bible, you may wonder,

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 Why does this keep coming up time and time again?

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 This is kind of strange.

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 We were just talking about Christ and the glory of Jesus and who he is.

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 And now Paul is back on circumcision.

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 Well, we recently walked through the book of Genesis together as a church.

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 And we saw there that God made a covenant with Abraham.

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 He made promises to Abraham and his descendants.

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 And as he often does when God enters into a covenant, he gave a covenant sign.

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 A representation of the promises made in the covenant.

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 It's like a wedding ring on your finger if you're married.

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 This wedding ring symbolizes and it represents the promises that you've made to your spouse.

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 The union, the covenant relationship that you have with your spouse.

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 Well, in the same way, in the Bible, covenant promises are represented by covenant signs.

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 And the sign of the Abrahamic covenant was circumcision.

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 This marked off the people of God.

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 Not to get too graphic, but the male foreskin was cut off and removed.

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 And why it had to be exactly like that, I do not know.

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 Okay, but that's what we're told.

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 It was a physical sign of being in covenant with the Lord.

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 And every Jewish male had to be circumcised.

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 But isn't it interesting?

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 As we come to Colossians, remember again who it is that he's speaking to here.

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 These aren't Jews.

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 There may have been a small Jewish pocket there, Jewish believers there in Colossae.

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 But by and large, for the most part, these are Gentile believers.

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 Which means they are very likely not physically circumcised.

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 They weren't part of this old covenant with Abraham.

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 They're not descendants physically of Abraham.

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 They are outsiders to that old covenant.

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 But Paul tells them, in Christ, you were circumcised.

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 How?

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 Not with a knife and not with a flint.

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 But rather with a circumcision made without hands.

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 By putting off the body of the flesh.

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 By the circumcision of Christ.

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 In other words, he's telling them,

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 you have received a greater, truer, spiritual circumcision.

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 Now there was tremendous pressure in the first century for believers to continue to submit themselves to Jewish laws.

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 And apparently here in Colossae, this was no exception.

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 We saw last week that this false teaching in Colossae, it had several distinct elements.

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 It had elements of humanism, man-made thoughts, human tradition.

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 It had elements of legalism, do not taste, do not touch, do not handle.

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 It had elements of mysticism and asceticism.

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 But I think we can add another this morning.

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 I think it's clear that there are elements of Judaism mixed in with this false teaching here in Colossae.

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 We'll see you next week, Lord willing.

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 That these false teachers are insisting,

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 they pass judgment about questions of food and drink.

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 Questions about observing festivals and new moons and Sabbaths.

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 And here, questions about circumcision.

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 Paul says all of that had its place in its time,

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 but don't you understand, these are shadows of things to come.

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 The substance belongs to Christ.

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 These are temporary, fading, passing pointers of the glory of Christ to come.

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 But now He has come.

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 Now He is here.

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 And you need not submit to any of these rules and regulations anymore

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 in order to belong to God.

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 What you need is to be truly, spiritually circumcised in your heart.

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 This is spiritual regeneration.

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 And it happens simply by hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 and by receiving Him by faith.

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 This is a spiritual work of God's grace by the power of His Spirit

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 through the preaching of the gospel.

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 Physical circumcision is made with hands.

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 That's human effort.

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 Spiritual circumcision is a work of God's grace.

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 Regeneration in your heart.

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 This is how you truly belong to the Lord.

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 Anyone, man, woman, boy, adult, child, grown man,

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 it does not matter, Jew, Gentile,

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 by hearing the gospel and receiving Him by faith.

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 Paul says this has happened to you.

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 The gospel has come to you.

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 And the Spirit of God has cut your heart

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 and cut away the body of the flesh.

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 He has cut away the old self

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 with all of its selfish and fleshly motives.

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 And He has brought you into covenant with the Lord.

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 And if this has happened to you,

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 why in the world would you submit to anyone

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 who would lay an extra burden on your back?

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 At the cross, Jesus brought His people

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 from physical placeholders now to spiritual truth.

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 He has brought us from shadows now to substance,

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 second accomplishment.

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 He has brought His people from death to life.

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 At the cross, second accomplishment,

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 Jesus brought His people from death to life.

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 We see this in verses 12 and 13,

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 if you look there with me.

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 He says,

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 Having been buried with Him in baptism,

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 in which you were also raised with Him

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 through faith in the powerful working of God,

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 who raised Him from the dead.

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 And you, who were dead in your trespasses,

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 in the uncircumcision of your flesh,

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 God made you alive together with Him.

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 This is incredibly good news, church.

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 And it starts with the incredibly bad news,

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 doesn't it?

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 That we are all by nature spiritual corpses.

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 Dead is the word that He uses.

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 And this is why, for one thing,

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 it is so wrong and so empty

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 to treat Christianity as just some sort of

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 self-improvement program.

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 Like, you just need a little bit of Jesus

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 added into your life.

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 Everybody by nature is pretty good.

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 They just need a little pick-me-up,

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 a little spiritual bump.

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 Paul says we're dead.

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 We don't need spiritual remodeling.

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 We need a spiritual resurrection.

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 This is exactly what Christ has accomplished

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 for us at the cross.

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 Paul says it like this in Ephesians 2.

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 He says,

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 You were dead in the trespasses and sins

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 in which you once walked,

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 following the course of this world,

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 following the prince of the power of the air,

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 the spirit that is now at work

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 in the sons of disobedience,

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 among whom we all once lived

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 in the passions of our flesh,

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 all of us carrying out the desires

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 of the body and the mind,

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 all of us by nature children of wrath

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 like the rest of mankind.

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 Who's excluded from that?

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 But God, being rich in mercy

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 because of the great love

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 with which He loved us,

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 even when we were dead in our trespasses,

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 God made us alive together with Christ.

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 By grace you have been saved.

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 The gospel is the good news.

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 That Jesus Christ,

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 the perfect Son of God,

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 the only one who never transgressed,

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 bore the wrath of God

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 and died a sinner's death

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 in our place

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 and was resurrected from the grave

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 so that now any who come to Him

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 in faith will be raised with Him

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 to live this resurrected life.

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 Christ's work on the cross

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 accomplished the resurrection

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 that dead sinners like us need.

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 And as a sign,

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 as a sign that this has happened to us,

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 He has given us a new covenant sign.

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 He has given us the new covenant sign

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 of baptism.

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 You see that there in the text.

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 Now,

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 I have to be very careful here

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 in a passage like this

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 because I can take this

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 and I will,

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 I almost made like three other sermons

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 about this passage

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 and I still may do it,

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 church.

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 Be warned.

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 Because the connection here

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 between baptism

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 and circumcision

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 and the old covenant

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 and the new covenant,

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 this is not minor,

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 easy listening stuff,

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 okay?

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 So if this goes above your head,

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 that's okay.

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 Come find me afterwards.

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 I'll take a couple hours

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 and explain it to you.

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 But I'm going to do my best here

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 to chase a quick rabbit trail

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 and then get us back on track

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 because I would be completely irresponsible

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 to preach this text

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 and not show you

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 how this is one of those places

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 where we take a different interpretation

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 than some of our closest living relatives

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 in the broader church.

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 So bear with me here for one minute.

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 I want to show this to you.

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 And remember Paul's argument here.

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 What is he arguing?

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 He's telling us,

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 you do not need to submit to circumcision.

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 You don't have to do that.

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 And our Presbyterian friends

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 who we love and respect,

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 who we may have some in the room this morning,

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 would argue,

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 well, of course you don't need to be circumcised

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 because baptism replaces circumcision.

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 This is their understanding.

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 This is why they say,

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 well, in the old covenant,

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 circumcision is the sign of the old covenant.

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 And in the old covenant,

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 we circumcise the children.

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 And now in the new covenant,

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 baptism replaces circumcision.

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 And so why would we not continue

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 to apply the sign of baptism

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 to the children of those

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 who are in the covenant community?

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 Baptism directly replaces circumcision.

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 I want you just to notice a couple of truths

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 in this passage very briefly

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 that I don't think work in favor of that argument.

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 For one,

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 it's clear that Paul is connecting circumcision and baptism,

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 but not physical circumcision.

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 Isn't that the point?

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 He is connecting baptism with non-physical circumcision.

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 He is connecting baptism with spiritual circumcision,

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 which we just saw is spiritual regeneration of the heart.

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 And so when our Presbyterian friends,

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 who we love,

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 argue that baptism in the new covenant

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 is the direct parallel to circumcision in the old covenant,

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 we say,

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 no,

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 physical circumcision anticipates spiritual circumcision,

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 regeneration,

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 which is then represented by baptism.

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 So that's one reason.

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 Baptism is linked here with spiritual circumcision,

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 not physical circumcision.

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 Another is the clear connection here

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 between baptism,

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 spiritual circumcision,

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 and this word that I can't get over,

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 which is faith.

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 Paul says,

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 you were buried with him in baptism,

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 in which you were also raised with him

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 through faith.

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 The powerful working of God

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 who raised him from the dead.

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 How is one raised up to new life in Christ?

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 It is through faith

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 in the message of the gospel.

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 Who is to receive the sign

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 of being raised up with Christ?

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 It is those who have faith

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 in the risen Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 So that's the end of my rabbit trail on baptism.

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 Paul's point,

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 bringing us back,

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 is that if we have come to Christ in faith,

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 then we are risen with him.

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 That's what our baptism represents.

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 We are resurrected with Jesus.

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 When you put your faith in Christ,

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 you are spiritually united to Christ,

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 so much so

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 that his death to sin

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 is your death to sin.

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 And his burial is your burial.

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 And his new resurrection life

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 is your resurrection life.

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 You can say with Paul,

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 I have been crucified with Christ,

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 Galatians 2.20.

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 Therefore, I no longer live.

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 Jesus Christ now lives in me.

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 The life I live in the flesh,

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 I live by faith in the Son of God

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 who loved me

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 and gave himself for me.

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 If you've heard the gospel

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 and you have not

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 put your faith in Christ,

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 see what Christ is holding out for you here?

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 If you are still spiritually dead,

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 Christ offers you new life

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 if you would simply come to him in faith.

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 So Christ at the cross

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 has brought us from the physical

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 to the spiritual.

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 He has brought us from death to life.

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 Third, we see he brought his people

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 from condemnation to forgiveness.

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 From condemnation to forgiveness.

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 Look there to verses 13 and 14.

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 How did he make us alive?

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 How did he resurrect us?

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 What did he do?

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 It says,

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 having forgiven us all our trespasses

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 by canceling the record of debt

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 that stood against us

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 with its legal demands,

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 this he set aside,

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 nailing it to the cross.

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 This is another look at the bad news

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 outside of Christ, isn't it?

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 Paul says,

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 outside of Christ,

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 not only are we spiritually dead,

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 but we are also spiritually indebted.

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 We are debtors

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 outside of Christ.

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 There is a record of debt

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 that stands against us.

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 And it's a record, he says,

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 that carries legal demands.

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 If you're not in Christ by faith,

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 the fact is,

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 you are deep in the hole

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 in tremendous

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 and terrifying amounts of debt.

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 Some people say,

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 well, that can't be true.

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 I've been pretty good.

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 I mean, do you realize,

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 first of all,

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 that's not true.

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 But even if it were,

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 even the smallest transgression

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 against a holy God

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 is a damnable offense.

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 That's not just our transgression.

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 It's also who we are transgressing against.

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 If you were to come up here

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 and punch me in the face this morning,

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 you might get in a little bit of trouble.

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 I don't know.

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 Maybe someone would take offense to that.

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 But if you were to come

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 and to try to punch

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 the President of the United States

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 in the face,

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 guess what would happen to you?

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 The sentence

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 and the charges against you

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 would be that much greater.

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 Our sin,

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 we need to understand

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 that our sin

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 is against the highest authority

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 in all of the universe.

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 Our rebellion

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 is against the King of Kings

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 and the Lord of Lords.

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 And from the moment

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 we took our first breath,

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 we have plunged ourselves

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 headlong

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 into debt

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 against a holy God

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 and this is a bill

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 that will come due.

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 And it's a bill

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 that we cannot pay.

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 No matter how hard you try

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 if you cleaned up your act

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 from this moment forward,

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 you tried your best

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 and lived your absolute best life

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 from this moment forward

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 to the moment of your death,

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 you would remain a debtor

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 and the courtroom of heaven

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 will demand payment.

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 Several months ago,

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 we received a notice.

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 I can't remember

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 if it was a phone call

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 or if we got something

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 in the mail.

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 I want to tell the story correctly

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 but whatever it was,

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 we had fallen behind on a bill

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 and I have no idea

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 how that happened.

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 Someone went to the doctor

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 and this was the first notice for us

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 but this was the last notice for them.

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 It was about $50 copay

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 that we owed to these people

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 but they said,

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 if we do not pay this debt,

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 we are getting sent to collections

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 and they're coming for us quick.

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 So we did what we should do

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 and we promptly called the office

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 and we were reconciled.

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 Church,

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 if a medical provider

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 is going to send you

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 to collections over $50,

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 why should we be surprised

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 that God Almighty

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.600
 would demand

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 that all of our debts

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 be paid?

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 The gospel

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 is the good news

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.380
 that for all

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.579
 who simply trust

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.660
 in Christ

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.860
 by faith,

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:56.279
 that bill

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.500
 is paid

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 in full.

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 God forgave

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.639
 all our trespasses,

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.399
 Paul says.

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.539
 Everyone.

00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:08.720
 Past,

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 present,

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.319
 future.

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.980
 Every sinful thought,

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.639
 every sinful deed,

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.319
 every sinful motive,

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.220
 forgiven,

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 wiped clean.

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 Not swept under the rug,

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 that wouldn't be just,

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.559
 would it?

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:22.639
 Paid in full

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:23.159
 by who?

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 Paid in full

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 by the death

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.900
 of Christ

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 in our place.

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 Says God

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.140
 Himself

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:30.900
 has canceled

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.740
 the record of debt

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.779
 that stood against us

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 with His legal demands.

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.579
 How?

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:36.500
 This He set aside,

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.819
 nailing it

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:39.240
 to the cross.

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 We often sing,

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:45.059
 Jesus paid it all.

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:47.420
 All to Him I owe.

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.620
 Sin had left

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.640
 a crimson stain.

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.759
 He washed it

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.360
 white

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:52.740
 as snow.

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.960
 The gospel

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.779
 is the good news

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:56.420
 that the greatest

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.660
 sinner in all

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.299
 the world

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.240
 can receive

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.940
 full forgiveness

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:02.079
 of all

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.039
 our sins

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.220
 simply by

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.299
 faith in

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.980
 Jesus.

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.319
 Fourth

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.940
 accomplishment.

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.680
 At the cross,

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.759
 Jesus brought

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.319
 Satan

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.880
 from armed

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.579
 and dangerous

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:18.380
 to disarmed

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.840
 and humiliated.

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.340
 He brought

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:23.039
 Satan from

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.379
 armed and dangerous

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:26.279
 to disarmed

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.940
 and humiliated.

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.240
 Look there

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.920
 to verse 15.

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 He says,

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:32.000
 He disarmed

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.879
 the rulers

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.759
 and authorities

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.559
 and put them

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:36.019
 to open shame

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:37.460
 by triumphing

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.359
 over them

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.859
 in Him.

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 These rulers

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.920
 and authorities

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:44.099
 are all

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:45.319
 of the demonic

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:47.480
 spiritual forces

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.079
 of evil

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:49.759
 that rebel

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.700
 against Christ

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.080
 and that

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:52.100
 wage war

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.660
 against His

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.039
 people.

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.640
 This is

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.019
 Satan

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:55.220
 and all

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.539
 of His

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.900
 horde

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.400
 of demons

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:56.819
 that would

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.440
 seek to

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.240
 deceive

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:59.600
 and destroy

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.720
 and attack

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.600
 and accuse

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:02.680
 all of God's

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:02.980
 people.

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.720
 And we've seen

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.140
 this language

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.680
 before in

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.180
 Colossians,

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.620
 by the way.

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.140
 He told us

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.900
 in chapter 1

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:08.259
 that through

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.940
 Christ

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.059
 all things

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.900
 were created

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.759
 whether thrones

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.640
 or dominions

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.440
 or rulers

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.779
 or authorities.

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.259
 In other words,

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.740
 these are not

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.740
 equal forces

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.539
 with the Lord.

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.000
 They are

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.920
 creatures.

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.279
 They are

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.519
 under His

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.579
 sovereign rule

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.740
 and now

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.319
 because of

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.960
 the cross

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:27.559
 Paul says

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.500
 Jesus has

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.700
 disarmed

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.539
 these demonic

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.000
 rulers.

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.880
 He has

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.559
 disarmed

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.500
 these authorities.

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.160
 He has

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.559
 put them

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.380
 to open

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.120
 shame.

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:39.380
 He's triumphed

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.200
 over them

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.019
 at the cross.

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:43.200
 At the cross

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.660
 of Christ

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.819
 a decisive

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:46.440
 fatal blow

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.259
 was delivered

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.940
 to Satan

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.840
 and to

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.220
 hold his

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.559
 kingdom.

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.019
 Yes,

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.480
 our enemy

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.559
 still exists.

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.799
 Yes,

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.400
 he still

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.519
 prowls around

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.240
 like a roaring

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.700
 lion.

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.180
 He still

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.640
 is out there

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.400
 seeking someone

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.120
 to devour

00:26:59.120 --> 00:26:59.940
 but this

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.759
 is a lion

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.660
 on a leash.

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.620
 He has

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:05.000
 been declawed.

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.019
 He's a

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.440
 toothless

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.940
 tiger

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:11.440
 where once

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:11.799
 he had

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.380
 the ability

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.900
 and the

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.400
 power to

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.900
 deceive

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:15.680
 and to

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.280
 accuse

00:27:16.280 --> 00:27:16.980
 now

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.100
 because of

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.680
 the full

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.400
 and finished

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:20.080
 work of

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:20.420
 Christ.

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.100
 He no

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:21.900
 longer has

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.500
 this weapon

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.980
 in his

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.519
 arsenal.

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:24.940
 If you

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.620
 are in

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:26.259
 Christ by

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.740
 faith,

00:27:27.040 --> 00:27:27.560
 you are

00:27:27.560 --> 00:27:28.200
 forgiven.

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.080
 Point blank.

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.280
 Your debt

00:27:30.280 --> 00:27:30.740
 is paid

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.360
 in full.

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.780
 You are

00:27:32.780 --> 00:27:33.480
 resurrected.

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.019
 You are

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.960
 united to

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.540
 Christ by

00:27:35.540 --> 00:27:35.920
 faith.

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.620
 You are

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.280
 spiritually

00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:38.180
 circumcised

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.980
 and regenerated

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.259
 in your

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.540
 heart.

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.580
 The schemes

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.140
 of Satan

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.620
 can take

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.080
 none of

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.460
 that away

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.960
 from you.

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.720
 This

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.320
 canceling

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:45.600
 of our

00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:45.980
 debt

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.940
 and full

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.440
 forgiveness

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:47.800
 of our

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.480
 trespasses,

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.160
 past,

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:49.660
 present,

00:27:49.820 --> 00:27:50.160
 future,

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.300
 it empties

00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:51.940
 the clip

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.759
 from Satan's

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.060
 gun.

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.440
 So when

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.100
 Satan stands

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.700
 to accuse

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.240
 you before

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.820
 the throne

00:27:58.820 --> 00:28:00.140
 of God,

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.440
 Christ Jesus

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.019
 and his

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.940
 perfect

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.740
 righteousness,

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.860
 it clothes

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.480
 you and

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.540
 it shields

00:28:06.540 --> 00:28:07.160
 you so

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.580
 that he

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:08.220
 has no

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.920
 case to

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.200
 make,

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.000
 the judgment

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.920
 has already

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.780
 been rendered.

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.440
 He's arguing

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.880
 a case

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.220
 that he's

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.539
 already

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.180
 lost.

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:16.799
 And when

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.299
 he whispers

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.920
 in your

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.580
 ear that

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:18.820
 you're

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.340
 guilty,

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.920
 guilty,

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.480
 guilty,

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.160
 you say,

00:28:21.320 --> 00:28:21.559
 you know

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:21.720
 what,

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:21.920
 you're

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.160
 right,

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.600
 I am

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.000
 a sinner,

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:23.840
 but the

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.460
 gospel of

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.160
 Christ tells

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.620
 me there

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.320
 is therefore

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:27.320
 now no

00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:28.340
 condemnation

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:29.120
 for any

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.440
 who are

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.120
 in Christ.

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.779
 Christ

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.860
 is my

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.340
 righteousness.

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.799
 Christ

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.200
 is my

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.720
 confidence

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.279
 before the

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.600
 Lord.

00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:37.640
 Christ

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.019
 is my

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.440
 assurance

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.720
 that I'm

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:38.880
 going to

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.200
 make it

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.720
 to glory.

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.819
 Christ

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.220
 is my

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.019
 salvation.

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.120
 I love

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:45.480
 the song

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.980
 before the

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.400
 throne of

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.039
 God above.

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.339
 I have a

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.920
 strong and

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.920
 perfect plea,

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.559
 a great

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.559
 high priest

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.319
 whose name

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.660
 is love,

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.039
 whoever

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:55.539
 lives and

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.400
 pleads for

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:56.720
 me.

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.380
 My name

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.019
 is graven

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.480
 on his

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.039
 hands.

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.620
 My name

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.059
 is written

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.480
 on his

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.880
 heart.

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.460
 I know

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.100
 that while

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:05.620
 in heaven

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.400
 he stands,

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.240
 no tongue

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.960
 can bid me

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.240
 dense

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.720
 depart.

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.319
 When

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.620
 Satan

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.240
 tempts me

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.960
 to despair

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.539
 and tells

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.319
 me of

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.720
 the guilt

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.180
 within,

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.299
 upward I

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.799
 look and

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.519
 see him

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.079
 there who

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.500
 made an

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.100
 end to

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.779
 all my

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.259
 sin.

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.519
 Because

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.539
 the sinless

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.680
 Savior died,

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.840
 my sinful

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.579
 soul is

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.400
 counted free

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.380
 for God

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:26.940
 the just

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.819
 is satisfied

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.579
 to look

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.299
 on him

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:31.039
 and pardon

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.579
 me.

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.799
 Just think

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.180
 about that

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.620
 scene of

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.039
 the cross

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.480
 again,

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.079
 church.

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.900
 On the

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.319
 surface

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:40.240
 Jesus is

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.799
 stripped

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.380
 of his

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.039
 clothes,

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.579
 but under

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.200
 the surface

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:45.100
 Satan is

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.579
 stripped

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.100
 of his

00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:46.480
 power.

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.180
 On the

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.539
 surface

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.420
 Jesus is

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.360
 humiliated

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.259
 and mocked,

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.960
 but under

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.660
 the surface

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.600
 Satan is

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:54.980
 put to

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.840
 open shame.

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.220
 On the

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.579
 surface

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.220
 Jesus has

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.860
 lost,

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.460
 but under

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.180
 the surface

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.079
 the truth

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.720
 is that

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.420
 Satan was

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.299
 defeated at

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.740
 the cross

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.380
 of Christ.

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:08.980
 St.

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.520
 Augustine

00:30:09.520 --> 00:30:10.780
 says,

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.160
 the blood

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.600
 of Christ

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.240
 was shed

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.200
 and the

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.600
 devil's

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.140
 bond was

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:14.580
 canceled.

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.060
 The debtor

00:30:16.060 --> 00:30:16.560
 was set

00:30:16.560 --> 00:30:17.140
 free and

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.740
 the captor

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.380
 was bound.

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.860
 The cross

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.480
 became a

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.160
 tribunal,

00:30:21.540 --> 00:30:22.600
 the executioner

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.380
 was executed

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:24.020
 and the

00:30:24.020 --> 00:30:24.480
 victim

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.840
 triumphed.

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.880
 The great

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.180
 Puritan

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.000
 Thomas Watson

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.800
 says it like

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.080
 this,

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:30.420
 he says,

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.000
 Christ has

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.580
 given him

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:32.300
 his death's

00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:32.820
 wound upon

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.400
 the cross.

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.539
 The devil

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.240
 may roar

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.740
 against a

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.240
 child of

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.539
 God,

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:37.120
 but shall

00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:37.900
 not hurt

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.279
 him.

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.320
 He could

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:39.740
 not touch

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.240
 Job's

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.600
 life,

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.060
 much less

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.640
 his soul.

00:30:42.060 --> 00:30:42.279
 Therefore,

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.980
 fear not,

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.360
 resist the

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:45.660
 devil,

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.640
 and he

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.200
 will flee

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.820
 from you.

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:48.980
 Satan

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.539
 is a

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.019
 conquered

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.779
 enemy.

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.620
 He knows

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.420
 no march

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.960
 but running

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.380
 away.

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.259
 The cross

00:30:58.259 --> 00:31:00.480
 is the

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.099
 accomplishment

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.119
 of the

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.720
 defeat

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.220
 of all

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.539
 of our

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:04.900
 greatest

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.440
 enemies.

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.039
 Satan

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:07.039
 powerless

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.680
 to destroy

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.019
 you.

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.359
 Death

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.879
 has lost

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.599
 its sting.

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.039
 Sin

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.599
 has lost

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.460
 its enslaving

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.079
 authority

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.839
 over you.

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.940
 Your debt

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.359
 has been

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.900
 paid.

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.279
 Your dead

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.799
 heart has

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.960
 been revived.

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.379
 This is

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.019
 what Christ

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.680
 has done

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.259
 at the

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.839
 cross for

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.140
 you,

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.619
 Christian.

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.299
 Therefore,

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.200
 fifth and

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.580
 finally,

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:28.920
 this is

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.180
 where we

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.539
 close.

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.259
 The reason

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.860
 Paul is

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.640
 telling us

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.059
 this.

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:34.940
 At the

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.299
 cross,

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.100
 Jesus has

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.740
 brought us

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:38.220
 from slaves

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.840
 to human

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.319
 opinion

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:41.700
 to free

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.279
 servants

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.319
 of Jesus

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.840
 Christ.

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.500
 He has

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.980
 brought us

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.500
 from being

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.480
 slaves to

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 human opinion

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 to free

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 servants

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 of Christ.

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 Do you

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 remember the

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 charge?

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 See to

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 it that

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 no one

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 takes you

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 captive.

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 Verse 16,

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 Lord willing,

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 we'll see this

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 next week.

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 Therefore,

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 in light of

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 all that

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 Christ has

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 done at

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 the cross,

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 therefore,

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 he says,

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 let no one

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 pass judgment

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 on you.

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 Therefore,

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 verse 18,

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 let no one

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 disqualify you.

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 Why?

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 Because at the

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 cross,

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 God's judgment

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 has already

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 been rendered

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 in Christ.

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 And at the

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 cross,

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 your qualification

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 has already

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 been determined.

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 It's not in

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 your submission

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 to any human

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 expectation.

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 You are

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 qualified already

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 in Christ.

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 So,

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 church,

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 do not

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 submit to

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 any

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 additions.

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 Do not

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 accept any

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 distractions.

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 Be free

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 of slavery

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 to human

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 opinions.

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 Be free

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 of the

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 rules and

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 regulations of

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 man and the

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 expectations of

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 others if those

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 opinions are not

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 according to

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 Christ.

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 And when others

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 would seek to

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 enslave you

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 to human

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 opinion,

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 you look at

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 what Christ

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 accomplished at

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 the cross and

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 say,

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 I'm free.

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 I belong to

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 him.

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 Church,

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 let's insist

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 on the

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 gospel of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And like

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 Paul,

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 let's let our

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 hearts be so

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 deeply captivated

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 by Jesus that

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 like Paul,

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 we decide to

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 know nothing

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 else but Christ

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 and him

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 crucified.

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 Amen.

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 Father,

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 we praise

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 you for the

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 cross of

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 Christ.

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 We praise

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 you for the

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 finished work

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 of Jesus.

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 We praise

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 you that our

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 very best

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 efforts can't

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 add a thing

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 to the

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 finished work

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 of Christ.

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 We praise

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 you that

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 because

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 Jesus has

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 disarmed the

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 rulers and

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 authorities,

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 Father Satan

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 and all of

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 his attempts

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 against us

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 will fail

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 for all who

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 belong to

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 you.

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 We praise

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 you,

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 God,

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 for the

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 victory of

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 Christ at

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 the cross.

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 We praise

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 you for

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 this in

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 Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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