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 think of a thing, a problem in life,

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 in a subject at school that you've been stuck on

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 and you find it hard to understand

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 and no matter how hard you try, you can't get it.

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 So for example, it's maybe a concept in math or science.

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 And so it's so hard, eventually you just drop the subject

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 and you vow that in life you'll never have anything to do with that subject.

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 So throughout the last few weeks,

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 we've been looking at some of the bigger issues

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 that Luther and others were facing in the Reformation.

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 So today we'll look at Martin Luther, the man,

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 and we'll look at one of the issues

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 that he's been wrestling with in the Bible

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 and how today's passage, Romans chapter 3, verses 21 to 26,

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 help him to understand this problem.

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 So we'll try something a little bit different today.

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 So I'll ask the AV team to keep putting the Romans passage on the screen.

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 So while I preach, we'll work through the passage together.

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 So one of the other things I've been reminded of

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 in the last couple of weeks is

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 I went to Heartbeat a couple of weeks ago

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 and one thing that Steve reminded me

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 is to look at the Bible slowly.

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 So Romans 3 is a passage that a lot of us will know very well.

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 So one thing that we need to do is actually slow down,

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 look carefully and to make sure God is speaking to us.

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 So I'm going to ask God to help us to do that.

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 Let's pray.

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 Dear God, we thank you for your word.

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 We thank you that it is so precious.

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 We are sorry at times.

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 We assume that we know it

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 and we assume that what we have learned before will feed us.

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 So pray that even for myself as I'm preaching right now,

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 that we will look slowly at your word,

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 that we will understand it and look intensely

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 so that you will speak to us,

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 so that you will change us for your sake.

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 I pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So today the topic we have is faith alone.

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 So faith alone is actually like a shortened cash cry

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 for a bigger concept that we need to explore.

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 So the idea that we are trying to explore is

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 how we can be justified by faith alone.

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 So to understand these ideas well,

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 we need to go back to the story of Luther.

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 Because one of the concepts that Luther wrestled with

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 is the righteousness of God,

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 which is a word that's repeated many times

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 in the book of Romans and in this passage.

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 So in particular, he struggled with chapter 1,

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 verses 17 to 18.

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 So I'll read those verses to you.

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 Verse 17 in Romans 1 says,

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 The righteous shall live by faith.

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 And verse 18 says,

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 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven

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 against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men,

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 who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.

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 Luther said he hated Romans 1, verse 17

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 before he figured out what God's righteousness meant.

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 So that's what he wrote about this passage.

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 I had been captivated with an extraordinarily ardour

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 for the understanding of Paul in the epistle to the Romans.

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 But a single word in chapter 1, verse 17,

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 in which the righteousness of God is revealed,

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 stood in my way.

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 For I hated that word righteousness of God,

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 which I had been taught to understand

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 is the righteousness with which God

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 punishes the unrighteous sinner.

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 So that's what the church has taught him

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 about 500 years ago,

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 that God is the righteous judge

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 and we are the unrighteous sinner.

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 So he hated that word

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 because he knows how unrighteous he is.

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 In fact, this word weighed on him so heavily.

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 So before he depended fully on Jesus' salvation,

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 it affected many aspects of his life.

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 So there's another quote about what he tried to do

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 in light of his unrighteousness.

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 So that's how he saw Jesus,

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 a terrible judge, sitting up high.

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 So this problem that Luther had

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 isn't just his problem.

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 It's actually everyone's problem.

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 So one of the big questions we need to ask is,

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 how can a righteous God

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 pardon an unrighteous person?

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 So before we tackle this passage,

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 I'd actually like to fast forward

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 to the time that Luther understood

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 the concept of God's righteousness

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 and read his reaction to what he read.

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 So another quote,

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 A night and day I pondered

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 until I saw the connection

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 between the justice of God

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 and the statement that

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 the just shall live by his faith.

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 Then I grabbed that the justice of God

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 is that righteousness by which

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 through grace and sheer mercy,

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 God justifies us through faith.

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 Thereupon I felt myself to be reborn

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 and have gone through open doors

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 into paradise.

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 So we can actually see

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 Luther's excitement

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 when he finally understood

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 what it means

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 for the righteous God

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 to justify him.

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 And I hope by the end of this message

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 that you will feel

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 the same excitement that Luther felt

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 when he first understood the passage.

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 So to figure out

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 what this passage means,

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 I'll get the AB team

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 to pop verse 21 on the screen

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 of Romans chapter 3.

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 So if you have a Bible,

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 please turn to that as well.

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 So in verses 21 to 22,

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 we notice a few different aspects

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 of righteousness.

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 So righteousness is manifested

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 apart from the law,

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 but the law and the prophets

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 bear witness to it.

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 Righteousness is given by God,

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 is obtained through faith

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 in Christ Jesus

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 for all who believe.

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 So let's look at each part

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 of this sentence.

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 The first part is that righteousness

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 is manifested apart from the law.

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 What this means is that

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 we cannot become righteous

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 by doing good things.

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 The law means the moral standard,

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 revealed by God

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 in the Ten Commandments,

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 summarized by the Ten Commandments.

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 So we can actually see

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 why our works can't make us righteous

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 in Romans chapter 3, verse 20.

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 So just before verse 21,

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 therefore no one will be declared

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 righteous in God's sight

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 by the works of the law.

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 Rather through the law,

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 we become conscious of sin.

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 So just to understand

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 why the law will make us

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 conscious of sin,

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 I'll give you an example

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 that will be close

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 to some people's heart,

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 which is at this time of year,

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 we can think about the tax season

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 for those that are working.

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 For those that are studying,

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 it's still,

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 we've got a few years ahead of you.

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 So if you think about

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 the tax season,

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 and you think about

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 what we try to do with tax,

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 is that a lot of people

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 try to minimize

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 the amount of tax we will pay.

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 So you see ads

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 from an accounting firm,

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 you probably see

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 the accountant

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 that was very excited

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 when they got

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 a maximum deduction.

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 So that's what we feel sometimes.

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 So we try to push

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 against the law

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 and try to get

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 everything that we can.

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 But if we realize

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 that God actually

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 has appointed governments

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 to rule this land,

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 even if they don't do it

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 perfectly,

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 they still give us

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 roads to drive on

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 and social security

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 and HECS

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 and uni

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 and all those things.

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 So we should actually

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 be glad to pay tax

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 so that the government

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 can do their job.

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 But our hearts

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 try to go against

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 what the government

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 has said in the law

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 and try to get

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 as much as we can.

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 So that's sort of

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 similar to what we do

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 when we look at God's law.

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 So the law

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 sets up the boundary

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 in terms of

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 what we can do,

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 but our sinful hearts

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 tend to try to push

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 against the boundary.

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 So if the law says

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 you have to drive at 60,

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 you'll drive at 59 and a half

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 or something like that.

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 So that's how we look

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 at God's law.

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 We try to disobey

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 as much as we can

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 within the limits.

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 So the law

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 sometimes actually reveals

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 how sinful our hearts are.

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 The second part

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 of the sentence

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 is that the law

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 and prophet

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 bear witness

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 to this righteousness.

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 I'll explain this concept

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 by a conversation

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 that I had at church

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 and I was very happy

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 to have that conversation.

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 There was a lady

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 that is seeking

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 to understand Jesus

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 and she is still

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 so we can pray for her.

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 She has been doing

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 some Bible studies

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 and she's so interested

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 in the Bible

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 she has started to read it

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 from the beginning.

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 And she asked me,

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 like,

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 I've read from Genesis

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 to Leviticus so far

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 and she thought that

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 the God that is revealed

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 in the Old Testament

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 is very different

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 from what she has heard

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 in the Bible study.

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 So she asked me,

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 what does it mean?

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 How does it work?

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 And I actually thought

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 that was an awesome opportunity

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 to bring up this passage

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 because it says

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 the law and prophet

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 testify about God's righteousness.

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 And in fact,

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 today we will look at

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 the different aspects

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 in the Old Testament

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 that Jesus has fulfilled.

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 And the Old Testament

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 actually points to Jesus

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 and we'll actually see

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 how that happens

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 in the next few verses.

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 And the last bit

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 of the phrase says

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 that the righteousness

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 is obtained

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 through faith

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 in Jesus Christ

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 for all who believes.

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 So if you look at

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 that phrase,

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 through faith

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 in Jesus Christ

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 for all who believes,

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 one of the first questions

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 you might ask is,

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 isn't Paul being a bit

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 redundant and repetitive?

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 He tells us to believe

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 in Jesus Christ

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 and then for all

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 who believes.

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 So why does he say that?

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 Actually,

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 that phrase,

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 faith in Jesus Christ

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 can be translated

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 as faith of Jesus Christ.

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 And that might actually

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 make better sense

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 of this passage.

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 Because the thing

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 that we need to believe

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 is the faithfulness

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 How he is completely

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 obedient to God

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 and how he is

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 completely obedient to death.

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 So we will actually work out

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 how Christ's faithfulness

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 affect us.

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 So that's the second question

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 we need to ask.

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 How does Jesus'

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 faithful obedience

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 to death

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 make us right with God?

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 So Paul,

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 in the book of Romans,

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 to help us understand

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 this concept,

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 he paints sort of

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 three mental pictures

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 for us.

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 So we will look

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 at verse 24.

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 The first word

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 that God,

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 that Paul uses

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 is justified.

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 We can see this word

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 in verse 24.

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 So when we think

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 of the word justified,

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 Paul is trying to get us

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 to think of

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 a law court

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 with God

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 as a presiding judge

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 giving the verdict.

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 So,

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 unfortunately,

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 for Luther at the time,

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 this concept

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 of justification

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 is sort of a bit

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 clouded

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 by the Latin Bible

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 that he is reading

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 and what he has been taught.

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 So, you see,

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 the word justified

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 comes from the Latin word

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 justificare,

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 which is like

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 justificare.

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 Justy is the righteous

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 bit,

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 like justice

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 or righteousness.

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 And ficare

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 is the word

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 to make.

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 So if you combine

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 the two words together,

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 justification means

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 to make righteous.

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 So that's what

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 the Roman Catholic Church

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 taught 500 years ago.

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 And unfortunately,

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 they still believe

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 that right now.

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 So basically,

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 for someone

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 to be righteous,

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 you have to be made

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 righteous

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 by the religious works

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 that you do.

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 You have to trust in Jesus

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 and you keep

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 taking sacraments

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 and doing all these

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 religious good works

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 to become righteous.

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 But when Luther

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 looked at the Bible

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 in Greek,

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 he realised that

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 justification

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 isn't to make righteous,

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 but rather for God

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 to declare us righteous

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 or to count us

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 as righteous.

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 So the difference is

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 if you are made

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 righteous,

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 God is trying to,

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 you have to be changed

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 to a certain moral standard

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 before you can be

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 accepted to God

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 by God.

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 But what it means here

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 is God

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 as a judge

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 is declaring

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 that you are righteous

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 from the outside.

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 It's not about

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 what we have been

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 doing inside

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 that matters.

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 It's about

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 God's verdict.

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 That's the thing

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 that makes us righteous.

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 So

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 we have to work out

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 how can

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 the question

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 still stands

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 so how can

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 like a righteous God

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 declare a sinful person

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 to be justified?

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 So we have to actually

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 look at

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 the second picture

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 that Paul is

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 painting here.

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 The second picture

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 is actually

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 a redemption.

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 But before we do that,

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 let's think about

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 an illustration.

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 justification.

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 So when you think

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 of justification,

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 you can think of

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 maybe perhaps

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 someone has committed

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 a crime.

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 So what Jesus has done

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 in justifying us

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 is that

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 he steps

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 into your place

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 as an innocent man

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 and actually

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 goes to jail

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 for you,

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 basically.

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 He pays for the penalty

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 that we deserve.

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 The amazing thing

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 about God

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 is that

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 God has not only

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 taken away

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 our sins,

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 God has chose

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 to put the obedience

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 of Jesus

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 onto us.

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 So the earlier reading

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 in Psalm,

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 it talks about

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 because of our sin,

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 we actually need

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 to cry out to God

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 to forgive.

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 So God actually

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 does forgive

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 and take away

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 our sins.

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 But more than that,

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 God chooses

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 to put

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 Jesus' righteousness

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 onto us.

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 So we can see

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 this concept

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 in Romans chapter 4.

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 When Abraham

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 believed in God,

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 it was credited

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 to him

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 as righteousness.

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 So it's more

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 than just

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 forgiving our sins.

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 God actually

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 gives us

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 Jesus' work,

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 Jesus' good works

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 onto us.

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 So I want to

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 use this

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 analogy of the courthouse

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 a bit further

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 and think about

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 what it means.

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 So imagine

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 I was getting

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 sentenced

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 and somehow

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 I received a letter

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 in the mail.

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 It says that

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 my sentencing date

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 is on Australia Day.

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 That would be

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 pretty weird

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 to get a sentence

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 on a public holiday

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 but that's how

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 it goes.

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 And

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 on that day

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 Jesus says

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 I want to

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 actually take

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 your penalty.

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 I will stand

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 in your place

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 and appear

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 in front of the judge

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 and I will

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 take your punishment.

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 And Jesus said

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 actually I've

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 double booked myself.

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 On that day

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 I was actually

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 due to be

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 awarded the

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 Australian of the Year

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 Award for

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 Outstanding Community Service.

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 How about

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 you go and

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 take the award

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 in my place.

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 So that's

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 sort of

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 what God

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 does for us

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 in Jesus.

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 He has taken

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 the guilt.

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 He stood

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 before the judge

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 taking away

00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:37.059
 our guilt.

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 More than that

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 God is putting

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 all of Jesus'

00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.399
 righteous works

00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:42.379
 onto us.

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 So when we

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 appear

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 before God

00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:46.199
 God sees

00:15:46.199 --> 00:15:47.000
 all of Jesus'

00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:47.620
 good works

00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:48.000
 instead of

00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:49.319
 our sinful life.

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 So that's

00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:50.939
 the amazing

00:15:50.939 --> 00:15:51.379
 thing about

00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:51.779
 justification.

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 But

00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:55.460
 we have to

00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:55.819
 actually look

00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:56.340
 at the second

00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:57.540
 picture to

00:15:57.540 --> 00:15:58.040
 work out

00:15:58.040 --> 00:15:59.160
 how God

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 can do that.

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 So the second

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 picture that

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.640
 we can see

00:16:03.640 --> 00:16:04.520
 is from the

00:16:04.520 --> 00:16:04.960
 word in

00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:05.420
 verse 24

00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:05.920
 redemption.

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.360
 So redemption

00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:09.800
 Paul is trying

00:16:09.800 --> 00:16:10.180
 to get us

00:16:10.180 --> 00:16:10.740
 to think about

00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:11.120
 the picture

00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:11.680
 of a slave

00:16:11.680 --> 00:16:12.800
 market in

00:16:12.800 --> 00:16:13.140
 the first

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 century.

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 So we don't

00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:14.800
 have slave

00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:15.740
 markets nowadays

00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:16.140
 which is

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 quite good.

00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:17.760
 But imagine

00:16:17.760 --> 00:16:19.100
 2,000 years

00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:19.860
 ago at the

00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:20.500
 slave markets.

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 If you are

00:16:21.920 --> 00:16:22.600
 a slave back

00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:23.000
 in the first

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.560
 century it

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 means that

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 you probably

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 were born

00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:26.639
 into slavery

00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.460
 or somehow

00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:28.440
 you incur

00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:29.520
 some economic

00:16:29.520 --> 00:16:29.980
 debt and

00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:30.200
 you have

00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:30.720
 to be

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:31.300
 sold into

00:16:31.300 --> 00:16:31.900
 slavery.

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 And you

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 have no

00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:34.480
 means of

00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:35.400
 escaping

00:16:35.400 --> 00:16:35.860
 slavery.

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 Like if you

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 have the

00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:37.080
 money you

00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:37.800
 would obviously

00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:38.720
 buy your

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:38.960
 freedom.

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:40.759
 The way

00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.100
 that God

00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:41.580
 redeems

00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.960
 is like

00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.879
 him paying

00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:44.840
 the price

00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.600
 that is

00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:46.180
 required to

00:16:46.180 --> 00:16:46.600
 free a

00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.420
 slave so

00:16:47.420 --> 00:16:47.639
 that we

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:47.960
 can be

00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:48.200
 free.

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 Another

00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:50.259
 way of

00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:50.860
 thinking of

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.520
 redemption

00:16:51.520 --> 00:16:52.200
 is the

00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:53.520
 idea of

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 pawnbrokers.

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 I'm

00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:56.440
 sure most

00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:56.780
 of you

00:16:56.780 --> 00:16:57.120
 wouldn't

00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.680
 have heard

00:16:57.680 --> 00:16:58.220
 of what a

00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:58.860
 pawnbroker is

00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.379
 because we

00:16:59.379 --> 00:16:59.580
 are way

00:16:59.580 --> 00:16:59.920
 too young.

00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:00.700
 Nowadays

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.540
 we are

00:17:01.540 --> 00:17:01.740
 out of

00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.120
 money we

00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:03.160
 just sell

00:17:03.160 --> 00:17:03.580
 something on

00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:03.960
 eBay or

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 something.

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 But 20

00:17:05.340 --> 00:17:05.880
 years ago

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.900
 or maybe

00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:07.440
 in some

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 country towns

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 sorry that

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 was bad

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:12.380
 but I've

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 actually seen

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 them in

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 country towns

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 so it's

00:17:13.700 --> 00:17:14.319
 nothing against

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 Nick or

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.140
 other people

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 but it's

00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.059
 actually easy.

00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:19.380
 If you run

00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:19.840
 out of money

00:17:19.840 --> 00:17:20.539
 what you do

00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:20.900
 is take

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 something

00:17:21.120 --> 00:17:22.180
 precious like

00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:22.539
 a guitar

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 and you

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:26.960
 take it to

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 the pawn

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:27.519
 shop,

00:17:28.399 --> 00:17:28.839
 pawnbroker

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 and you

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 say I

00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.259
 need some

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.659
 money so

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 you take

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 your guitar

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 to the

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.700
 pawnbroker and

00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:34.920
 you get

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.319
 some money

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 and you

00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:36.720
 want to

00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:37.240
 redeem your

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:38.220
 guitar you

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.599
 have to

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 make a bit

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 more money

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 than what

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 they gave

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 you and

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 give it

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 back to

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 them and

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 take your

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 guitar back.

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 So that's

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 how you

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:45.759
 redeem, you

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 pay a

00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:46.980
 price to

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:47.399
 take something

00:17:47.399 --> 00:17:47.779
 back.

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 This same

00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.799
 idea is

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.359
 actually the

00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:51.899
 idea in

00:17:51.899 --> 00:17:52.240
 Exodus.

00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.299
 God

00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:53.899
 redeems

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 the people

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 for himself

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 by paying

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.399
 a price.

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 So these

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.920
 illustrations help

00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:02.339
 us to

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:02.920
 understand the

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.500
 idea of

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 redemption but

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 we actually

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 need to

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 understand we

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 are incapable

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 of paying the

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:08.940
 redemption price.

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 So that's

00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:11.000
 why Paul

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:12.319
 brings in a

00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:12.859
 third mental

00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:13.240
 picture.

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 In verse

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 25 it

00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:16.920
 talks about

00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.700
 the sacrifice

00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.399
 of atonement

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 at the start

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 of verse 25.

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 So in

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:22.880
 other

00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:23.859
 translations it

00:18:23.859 --> 00:18:24.119
 can be

00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:24.680
 translated as

00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:25.920
 propitiation.

00:18:27.660 --> 00:18:28.519
 So these

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.160
 concepts mean

00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:30.119
 God is

00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:31.619
 turning away

00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:31.880
 his

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:33.960
 propitiation

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.619
 means turning

00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.380
 away of

00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:35.720
 anger.

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 So the

00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:38.220
 picture Paul

00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:38.599
 is trying to

00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:39.839
 paint here is

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.240
 a picture of

00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.619
 a temple.

00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.200
 So Jesus'

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:43.420
 sacrifice turns

00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:44.779
 away God's

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.099
 anger.

00:18:45.099 --> 00:18:46.059
 So we

00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:46.519
 have heard

00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.399
 Sam preach

00:18:47.399 --> 00:18:48.639
 a couple

00:18:48.639 --> 00:18:48.919
 of weeks

00:18:48.919 --> 00:18:49.379
 ago about

00:18:49.379 --> 00:18:50.219
 Christ alone

00:18:50.219 --> 00:18:51.359
 and he

00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:51.779
 went through

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 the passage

00:18:52.399 --> 00:18:52.899
 in Hebrews

00:18:52.899 --> 00:18:53.439
 chapter 10.

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 So Hebrews

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:55.980
 chapter 10

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.439
 is about

00:18:56.439 --> 00:18:57.179
 Jesus'

00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:57.799
 sacrifice,

00:18:58.399 --> 00:18:58.699
 about the

00:18:58.699 --> 00:18:59.039
 sacrificial

00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.899
 system that's

00:18:59.899 --> 00:19:00.240
 mentioned in

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:01.919
 Leviticus and

00:19:01.919 --> 00:19:02.859
 how Jesus as

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.240
 a perfect

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:04.679
 sacrifice he

00:19:04.679 --> 00:19:05.399
 paid for

00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:06.500
 our sins

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.079
 once for

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.279
 all.

00:19:08.919 --> 00:19:09.439
 So we

00:19:09.439 --> 00:19:10.159
 put all

00:19:10.159 --> 00:19:10.759
 these mental

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.579
 pictures together.

00:19:12.639 --> 00:19:13.339
 We'll have

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:15.000
 enough answers

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.619
 to work out

00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:16.339
 the questions

00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:16.839
 I've been

00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.959
 asking through

00:19:17.959 --> 00:19:18.399
 the sermon

00:19:18.399 --> 00:19:19.059
 which is

00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:20.119
 how can a

00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.899
 righteous God

00:19:20.899 --> 00:19:23.679
 forgive and

00:19:23.679 --> 00:19:24.220
 pardon an

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.599
 unrighteous

00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:25.039
 person?

00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.179
 And how

00:19:26.179 --> 00:19:26.619
 does Jesus'

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.439
 death make

00:19:27.439 --> 00:19:27.939
 us right

00:19:27.939 --> 00:19:29.099
 before God?

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:31.659
 So the

00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:32.019
 way that we

00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:32.740
 can work it

00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.199
 out is to

00:19:33.199 --> 00:19:33.619
 think about

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:33.959
 the three

00:19:33.959 --> 00:19:34.679
 mental pictures

00:19:34.679 --> 00:19:34.939
 again.

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.139
 So think

00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.359
 of the

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:37.659
 temple.

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.539
 Because Jesus

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.359
 is obedient

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:41.679
 to death

00:19:41.679 --> 00:19:42.220
 and he's

00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:42.980
 completely

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:44.279
 sinless.

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.680
 He's paid

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.240
 the price

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.480
 that is

00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.539
 demanded for

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:47.860
 a sinner.

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.720
 The perfect

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.079
 righteous

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.440
 death.

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:52.380
 Think of

00:19:52.380 --> 00:19:52.799
 a slave

00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.240
 market.

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:54.500
 Jesus'

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.180
 death is

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:55.819
 actually the

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.579
 ransom price

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:56.799
 that is

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.940
 required to

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.680
 free us

00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.839
 from the

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.319
 bondage of

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:01.360
 sin and

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:01.700
 the penalty

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.099
 of sin.

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.360
 And think

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:03.660
 about the

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.180
 law court.

00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.500
 We can go

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:07.059
 free because

00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:08.140
 Jesus, the

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:08.860
 innocent man,

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.000
 has stood in

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.339
 front of the

00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:11.420
 judge so that

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:11.940
 we can be

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.440
 pardoned.

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.440
 And what's

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:15.259
 more, if

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.559
 you look at

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:15.940
 the end,

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.660
 chapter 3,

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.279
 verse 26,

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.259
 it's actually

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.099
 fair for

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.980
 God to

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.539
 pardon us

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.039
 when Jesus

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.559
 dies for

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:21.799
 us.

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.880
 Because God

00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:24.360
 has already

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:25.140
 sent Jesus

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:26.079
 to die for

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.339
 us.

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.039
 So what that

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.599
 means is that

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.380
 he's not

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:29.220
 being unjust

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.759
 in forgiving

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.099
 us.

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.599
 So a lot of

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.279
 people will

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:32.900
 ask, why

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:34.240
 doesn't God

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.819
 just forgive

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.400
 us, just

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.140
 say, if you

00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:36.460
 have sinned,

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:36.860
 just forget

00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.279
 about it.

00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:39.099
 It's much

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.680
 better just to

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.099
 forget about

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:40.680
 sin than to

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:42.039
 actually have to

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.720
 punish someone.

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.200
 The reason is

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.700
 that God

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.519
 actually has

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.359
 to punish

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:46.680
 someone.

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.500
 He has

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:47.819
 set the

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.240
 price for

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.440
 sin.

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.259
 Those that

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:50.019
 sin deserve

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.440
 to die.

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:51.579
 Therefore,

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.200
 Jesus needs

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.659
 to actually

00:20:52.659 --> 00:20:53.079
 pay the

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.480
 price for

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:53.659
 sin.

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:55.059
 So when

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.379
 God

00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:56.019
 pardons as a

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.399
 judge right

00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:57.480
 now, he's

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.480
 being completely

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:58.899
 fair.

00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.420
 Someone has

00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:00.920
 actually died

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.519
 for our sins.

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.519
 That person is

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:02.799
 Jesus.

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:05.119
 We have

00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:05.839
 to ask the

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:06.539
 question, why

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:07.000
 would God

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.480
 do something

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.059
 like this?

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.259
 It's too

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.839
 wonderful and

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.859
 unimaginable.

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:12.980
 We see the

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.419
 answer in

00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:14.119
 verse 24.

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:14.899
 So we go

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.220
 back to

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.759
 verse 24.

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.919
 Verse 24 is

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.659
 we are justified

00:21:18.659 --> 00:21:19.659
 freely by

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.440
 his grace.

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:22.339
 So we

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:22.639
 looked at

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.180
 grace alone

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.899
 last week.

00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.619
 Grace is

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.460
 God's own

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:26.779
 initiative.

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:27.599
 It's a gift.

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.879
 We don't

00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:29.740
 deserve grace.

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:31.579
 Grace is

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.220
 something that

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:33.059
 God does

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:34.059
 because he

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.500
 just wants

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:34.720
 to.

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:35.940
 So if you

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.339
 think about

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:37.039
 the concept

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.500
 of grace,

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.440
 even when we

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.099
 give gifts,

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:39.880
 it's actually

00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:41.460
 usually due

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.039
 to a reason.

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.099
 Yesterday I

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:43.559
 went to a

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.220
 birthday party

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.779
 for my

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.120
 daughter's

00:21:46.120 --> 00:21:46.359
 friend.

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.099
 And they

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.640
 give gifts

00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:48.480
 because it's

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.799
 someone's

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.200
 birthday.

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.039
 The week

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.539
 after, if you

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.079
 see them at

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.660
 school, I'm

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.059
 sure my

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.500
 daughter won't

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.099
 give that

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.500
 person another

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.279
 present.

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.539
 The reason

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.019
 why we give

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.539
 is because

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.420
 something of

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:58.779
 that person

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.400
 is a

00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:00.680
 birthday or

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.720
 because they're

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.340
 your children.

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.980
 We usually

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.440
 give gifts

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:04.980
 because of

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.380
 a reason.

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:06.700
 But God,

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.320
 the way he

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:07.680
 gives gifts,

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.240
 he gives it

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.259
 to us,

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:09.980
 we're totally

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.560
 undeserving.

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.040
 So if we

00:22:13.040 --> 00:22:13.380
 put,

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:15.900
 have you

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.360
 understood this

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:16.759
 passage,

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.960
 let's return to

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 the topic

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 sentence,

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 which is

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 justification

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 by faith

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 alone.

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 So you

00:22:23.780 --> 00:22:24.180
 might ask

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.740
 me, I've

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.280
 been talking

00:22:25.280 --> 00:22:25.840
 about the

00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.440
 whole passage,

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 but I've

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:27.940
 never mentioned

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.280
 the word

00:22:28.280 --> 00:22:28.820
 faith.

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 So why

00:22:29.679 --> 00:22:29.859
 are you

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.639
 getting me

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 to think

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 about slave

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 markets and

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 pawnbrokers and

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 the law

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 court, and

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 how come

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 we have not

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 talked about

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.019
 faith?

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.819
 The reason

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.319
 why we need

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.679
 to think

00:22:40.679 --> 00:22:41.720
 is that

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.500
 faith needs

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 an object.

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.559
 When we

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.099
 talk about

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:46.099
 justification by

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.700
 faith alone,

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 it means,

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.579
 another word for

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.339
 faith is to

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 believe, to

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 rely, to

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 trust, or to

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 depend on

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 something or

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 someone.

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 depend.

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 You can't

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 say that I

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 trust, I'm

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 safe by

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 depend.

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 Who are you

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 depending on?

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 It means that

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 we need to be

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 absolutely clear

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.759
 on who we

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 are depending

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 on.

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 The reason

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.019
 why we are

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.160
 justified is

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 not based on

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.140
 how much

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.920
 faith we

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 have, but

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.740
 rather we

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.120
 need to

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.580
 realize

00:23:14.580 --> 00:23:15.580
 completely that

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:15.980
 we need to

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.500
 depend on

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:16.819
 Jesus.

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.039
 So what I

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.420
 want to do

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 is to play

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 a theoretical

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.720
 exercise,

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.500
 which the

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:23.819
 theoretical

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.559
 exercise is.

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 What if we

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.660
 try to add

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.299
 to what

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.660
 Jesus has

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:27.900
 done?

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.579
 What would

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:28.880
 happen?

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.339
 If we add

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.880
 our religious

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.480
 good works

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.100
 to what

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.440
 Jesus has

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.839
 done, what

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.220
 would happen?

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.519
 So let's

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.240
 think of the

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.519
 three mental

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.180
 pictures that

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:39.000
 Paul has

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.079
 presented in

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.480
 the book of

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 Romans.

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.539
 If we

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.319
 actually try

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.480
 to add the

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:45.980
 works that

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.500
 we have done

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.100
 onto Jesus,

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.620
 it actually

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.700
 takes away

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.299
 from what

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.600
 God has

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:49.819
 done.

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.440
 Think of

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:51.839
 the temple.

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:54.119
 what God

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.799
 requires is

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.259
 a perfect

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.819
 sacrifice.

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:56.720
 If we

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.139
 try to

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.579
 add our

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:57.939
 works on

00:23:57.939 --> 00:23:58.459
 top, we

00:23:58.459 --> 00:23:59.619
 actually spoil

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:00.439
 it because

00:24:00.439 --> 00:24:00.759
 we are

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.059
 sinful.

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.799
 Not that

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.379
 we can do

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:03.699
 it, but

00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:04.119
 if we try

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.559
 to do it,

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.539
 we actually

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.679
 make the

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:07.139
 sacrifice

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:07.699
 defiled.

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.059
 Think of

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.399
 the slave

00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:09.759
 market.

00:24:10.939 --> 00:24:11.799
 God wants

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.220
 a perfect

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.740
 ransom to

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.099
 be paid.

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.579
 If we

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.039
 try to

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.399
 pay the

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.240
 ransom on

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.119
 top, we

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:16.599
 actually make

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:16.859
 it an

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.199
 imperfect

00:24:17.199 --> 00:24:17.659
 ransom.

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.779
 Think of

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.039
 the law

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.299
 court.

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:21.359
 If God

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.199
 requires an

00:24:22.199 --> 00:24:22.539
 innocent

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.039
 person to

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.639
 stand before

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.539
 him, if we

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:24.799
 try to

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.199
 stand along

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:25.639
 with Jesus,

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.099
 I'm a

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.539
 guilty person.

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.099
 We can't

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.599
 add to it.

00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:30.079
 All these

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.799
 examples are

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.259
 theoretical.

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:31.979
 We can

00:24:31.979 --> 00:24:33.039
 never put

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.659
 ourselves in

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:33.919
 Jesus'

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.099
 place because

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.619
 he's the

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.359
 only innocent

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:36.679
 one.

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.139
 He's the

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:38.439
 only guiltless

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:38.699
 one.

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.319
 He's the

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.919
 only perfect

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.919
 sacrifice that

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.199
 God will

00:24:41.199 --> 00:24:41.519
 accept.

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.979
 This is the

00:24:43.979 --> 00:24:44.619
 reason why we

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.439
 need to depend

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:45.879
 on Jesus

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.399
 completely.

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.079
 The more

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.399
 that we

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:49.759
 realise how

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.500
 wonderful Jesus'

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:52.579
 death is, and

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.299
 the more that

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.220
 we realise how

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.019
 undeserving we

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:56.859
 are, the

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.259
 more that we

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.839
 realise that we

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.460
 need to depend

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:58.859
 on Jesus

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.380
 completely.

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.519
 So what

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.119
 does it mean

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.619
 for all of

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:02.819
 us?

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.539
 So if

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:05.799
 you've

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.619
 understood this

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.359
 passage for

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.720
 the first

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.880
 time, just

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.299
 like Luther

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.960
 did 500

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.579
 years ago,

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:13.000
 you can

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.579
 actually see

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.259
 the excitement

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.680
 that Luther

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.019
 had.

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:15.900
 And I

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.339
 will be

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.039
 excited if

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.579
 you understood

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.220
 this passage for

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.920
 the first time

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.259
 as well.

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.100
 So you

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.400
 can chat

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:20.660
 to one

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.039
 of us

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:22.039
 after the

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.340
 service,

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.160
 or if

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.440
 you want

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.240
 to, you

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.500
 can fill

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:24.680
 in the

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.100
 communication

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:25.620
 card to

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:26.100
 tell us

00:25:26.100 --> 00:25:27.420
 how you've

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.800
 understood

00:25:27.800 --> 00:25:28.160
 Jesus'

00:25:28.300 --> 00:25:28.539
 righteousness

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.279
 for you,

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.140
 and we

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.460
 would love

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:30.759
 to hear

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.220
 about it.

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.539
 So also

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:33.800
 the other

00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:34.140
 thing that

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.500
 Sam's

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.660
 already

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.000
 mentioned

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.500
 is the

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.860
 piece of

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.340
 paper on

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:37.519
 your seat,

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.519
 which is

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.340
 the Investigating

00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:39.759
 Christianity

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.160
 course.

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.720
 I would

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.120
 love for

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.460
 you to

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.500
 invite your

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.980
 friends and

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.680
 indeed your

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.420
 enemies to

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.279
 it, because

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.800
 everyone needs

00:25:46.800 --> 00:25:47.360
 to hear the

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.639
 gospel.

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.679
 And in

00:25:49.679 --> 00:25:50.639
 fact, if

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:51.039
 you look at

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:52.219
 the outline,

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.059
 the fourth

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.519
 study is

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.019
 how to be

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.419
 right with

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:54.759
 God.

00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:57.379
 And it

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.699
 will actually

00:25:57.699 --> 00:25:58.159
 study this

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:58.559
 passage.

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.019
 The reason

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.479
 why we need

00:26:01.479 --> 00:26:02.119
 to invite our

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.379
 friends is

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.059
 that we are

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.919
 desperate for

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:05.240
 the world to

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.959
 know Jesus

00:26:05.959 --> 00:26:06.699
 and encounter

00:26:06.699 --> 00:26:07.099
 Jesus.

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:08.599
 So I

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.179
 really hope

00:26:09.179 --> 00:26:09.539
 that you can

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.259
 pray through

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.039
 this week

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.159
 who we can

00:26:12.159 --> 00:26:12.539
 invite to

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.000
 this course.

00:26:13.719 --> 00:26:13.979
 And the

00:26:13.979 --> 00:26:14.240
 other thing

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.659
 is if you

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.059
 missed out on

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.419
 the training

00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:16.139
 course I ran

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:17.480
 last week on

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:17.860
 how to

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.340
 lead this,

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.140
 and if you

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.800
 are keen to

00:26:19.800 --> 00:26:20.380
 learn how to

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:21.820
 use these

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.220
 set of Bible

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.140
 studies to

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.420
 help your

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.420
 friends understand

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.640
 Jesus, I'd

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.960
 love to work

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.220
 alongside you and

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.660
 train you in

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.460
 this, so you

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:29.940
 can come along

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.800
 as well, and

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:31.500
 hopefully we can

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.540
 do this on the

00:26:32.540 --> 00:26:32.759
 job.

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:34.220
 We'll learn to

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.759
 do this together,

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.060
 and we'll do

00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:36.380
 this over the

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.020
 next five weeks.

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.220
 And lastly,

00:26:40.280 --> 00:26:40.880
 even if you've

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.240
 heard this

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.540
 passage many,

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.180
 many times,

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.900
 I hope that

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.620
 the truth about

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:47.220
 Jesus here will

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.360
 help you grow

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:49.799
 in wonder,

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.720
 awe, and

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.460
 trust in Jesus

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:51.980
 and worship

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:53.519
 Jesus, so that

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.320
 we can know and

00:26:54.320 --> 00:26:55.740
 treasure Jesus by

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.940
 completely relying on

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.720
 what Jesus has

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.400
 done on the cross

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.840
 for us.