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 During a conference quite a number of years ago now on comparative religions,

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 experts from around the world debated what belief, if any belief, was unique to the Christian faith.

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 And they began by eliminating a bunch of possibilities.

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 The incarnation.

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 They thought, no, actually other religions have different versions of their gods appearing in the world in human form to people.

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 So what about resurrection?

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 Again, other religions had accounts of people returning back from death.

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 And the debate went on for some time until the Oxford Don C.S. Lewis walked into the room

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 and in his classic C.S. Lewis style said, so what's all this rumpus about?

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 And when he heard that they were debating the unique contribution of Christianity and had for some time,

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 Lewis just responded, just jumped on it.

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 He said, well, that's easy.

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 It's grace.

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 Grace.

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 And after some discussion, the conference agreed.

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 The notion of God's love coming to humanity free of charge, no strings attached,

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 goes against every world religion and every instinct of humanity.

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 There's the Buddhist eightfold path.

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 There's the Hindu doctrine of karma, the Jewish covenant, the Muslim code of law.

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 Each of these offers a way to earn approval or to stay in approval.

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 Only Christianity dares to declare God's love as unconditional.

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 You can't earn it.

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 It's not yours by right.

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 You don't deserve it.

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 You don't ever deserve it.

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 Now, grace is a word that's familiar to our ears.

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 Grace.

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 It can be a person's name.

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 It can be an attitude, a gracious attitude.

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 It can be a prayer that you say before dinner if you're not terribly hungry.

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 It's even a name of a hotel in Sydney.

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 Ironically, however, there are no free rooms.

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 The word grace in the Greek New Testament is the word charis.

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 And it's a holy Christian word.

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 It was a word.

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 The word charis was unknown in Greek or Roman ethics and theology before Christianity.

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 This doctrine of grace gave rise to a new word for grace.

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 Grace in Christianity is a personal activity of God.

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 God operates in unconditional love towards people.

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 Grace is generosity.

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 It's when something is given purely out of the goodness and the kindness of the giver,

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 despite the unworthiness of the recipient.

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 And salvation in Christianity is a work of God, not people.

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 It's a work of God from beginning to end,

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 and is given freely and undeservedly through Jesus Christ,

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 as we just sang in three songs to kick our service off.

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 And this was the rediscovery or one of the rediscoveries of the Protestant Reformation,

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 the 16th century, that has come down to us over these 500 years.

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 As we started this series off,

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 salvation is according to Scripture alone,

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 in Christ alone, by grace alone,

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 through faith alone, for the glory of God alone.

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 That is our heritage.

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 It's St. Paul's, and it's where we take our stand as a church today.

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 And in the past two weeks,

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 we've been reminded of two key foundations so far

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 to biblical Christianity that were rediscovered in the Reformation 500 years ago.

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 Scripture alone, that is,

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 it's not the Bible plus the traditions

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 and the authority of the church and reason and experience.

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 And it's Christ alone,

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 not Jesus plus human priests and the sacrifice of the mass.

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 And next week, we're going to explore faith alone.

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 It's not faith in Jesus plus good works for the basis of my salvation.

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 And to these, the reformers added grace alone.

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 And in a sense, grace alone summarizes and explains

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 the two that we've already done,

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 the one we're going to do next week.

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 The Bible, the Word of God,

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 comes to us from outside of us.

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 It stands as a gracious gift of God to humanity.

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 It's God communicating to us

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 because without it, we would not see or know God.

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 And Jesus Christ alone is the way to God.

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 And Jesus again comes from outside of us,

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 purely and only because of the kindness and love of God.

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 We don't earn him.

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 We don't contribute to his work

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 or help him finish off what he lacked.

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 Jesus does everything through the generosity of God.

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 Even the ability, this is what we're going to see next week,

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 even the ability to see and to trust in God,

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 as we just read in Ephesians 2,

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 is a gift of God itself.

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 Our response is nothing more than an open hand,

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 held out in trust,

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 that says thank you

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 to the wonderful promises of God.

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 The grace of God is love freely shown

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 towards guilty sinners,

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 contrary to their merit,

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 and in fact in defiance of their demerit.

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 You see, the context of the Reformers

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 rediscovering grace alone in the Bible

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 was a church that believed in grace.

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 That's the context.

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 It was a church that actually believed in grace.

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 You see, Roman Catholic teaching states

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 that God's grace is God's free favour

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 and generosity towards sinners.

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 grace is God's free.

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 But,

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 and in this case,

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 the word but says everything.

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 It is also,

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 grace is also a kind of power or assistance

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 in which God gives us

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 to help people to respond to him

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 and help people live through life.

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 And that's,

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 the word but,

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 is where it goes wrong.

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 In the Catechism of the Catholic Church,

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 it reads,

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 we can merit for ourselves

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 and for others

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 the graces needed

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 for sanctification,

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 for the increase of grace

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 and for charity

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 and for the attainment

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 of eternal life.

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 What that means

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 is that salvation

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 in all its different forms

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 becomes a cooperation

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 between us and God.

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 This view of grace

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 is built on a particular view of humanity.

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 A view that says

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 that people are sinful.

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 Yeah, yeah,

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 we're all broken,

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 we're all sinful,

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 but we are still capable

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 as human beings

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 of reaching out to God

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 and communicating with God

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 and with his assistance

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 turning our life around.

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 But,

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 so,

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 for us to understand,

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 therefore,

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 what grace is,

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 we need to go back to the Bible

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 and embrace

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 and see

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 the need

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 of grace alone.

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 For us to be able to do that,

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 we need an accurate diagnosis

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 of the actual human condition.

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 And if we hold to

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 what I preached on two weeks ago

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 about Scripture alone

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 being authority

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 and not my experience of the world

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 or not my feelings about myself

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 or anything else,

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 that if that is our authority,

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 then we need to hear what it says.

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 And the right diagnosis

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 was just read out to us.

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 This is the human condition,

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 Ephesians 2 verse 1.

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 As for you,

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 you were dead

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 in your transgressions

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 and sins

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 in which you used to live

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 when you followed

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 the ways of this world

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 and of the ruler

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 of the kingdom of the air,

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 the spirit who is now at work

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 in those who are disobedient.

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 All of us also lived among them

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 at one time,

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 gratifying and cravings

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 of our sinful nature

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 and following us desires

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 and thoughts

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 and like the rest,

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 we were by nature

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 objects of wrath.

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 Or we also see the diagnosis

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 in Romans 3 verses 10 to 12.

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 There is no one righteous,

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 not even one.

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 There is no one who understands.

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 There is no one who seeks God.

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 All have turned away.

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 They have altogether

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 become worthless.

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 There is no one

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 who does good,

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 not even one.

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 That's the authority

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 of Scripture's perspective

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 on the human condition.

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 No one righteous,

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 no one who seeks God,

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 worthless,

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 dead,

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 left to our own devices.

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 We are dead

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 in our sins.

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 And the core nature

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 of humanity

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 is not that we are

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 basically good,

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 it's that we're actually

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 fundamentally bad.

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 We are spiritually bankrupt.

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 We are spiritually dead.

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 dead.

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 And dead people

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 don't respond

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 to anything.

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 I've,

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 in my job,

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 I've done a lot of funerals

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 over the years

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 and a number of those funerals

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 have been open coffin funerals.

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 And it's an awkward thing

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 if you've ever had that experience

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 where the funeral director

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 tells you,

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 which I'm assuming you haven't,

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 the funeral director

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 tells you,

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 we're going to have

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 an open coffin

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 and your job

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 is to stand beside the coffin

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 and sort of be there

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 for people as they come.

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 And more often than not,

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 no one really wants

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 to get there early

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 for that occasion.

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 Most people come,

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 you know,

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 at the last minute.

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 So I'm standing there

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 beside Bill

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 or whoever it is,

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 coffin open

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 and it's me

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 and this person

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 and no one else,

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 no one else

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 for some time,

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 often three quarters of an hour.

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 and in my,

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 maybe it's me dealing

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 with the issue at the moment

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 and my black humour,

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 I often talk to the person

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 and they never,

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 ever speak back to me.

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 Ever.

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 Not that I'm expecting it,

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 but they never speak back to me.

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 I can practice my sermon,

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 I can sing songs,

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 they never join in,

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 they never participate

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 in any way

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 because dead people

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 don't respond.

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 They don't have life

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 to respond.

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 And that's the biblical picture.

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 It's not that we

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 are all as bad

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 as we could possibly be,

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 but that because of sin

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 we are totally marred

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 in every aspect

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 of our being

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 and we are spiritually dead.

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 We are corpses,

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 we're not drowning,

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 we're drowned,

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 we're dead.

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 Unfortunately,

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 as Sam mentioned last week,

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 some people understand

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 grace as God

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 making up the difference

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 between our good

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 and the amount of good

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 that God requires.

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 So,

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 I mean,

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 it's like,

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 depending on how you've lived your life,

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 you've got different amounts of good.

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 Nice middle class people

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 don't need as much

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 good as

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 topping up as,

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 for instance,

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 a criminal

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 sitting in Long Bay Jail.

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 But whatever it is,

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 God makes the requirements.

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 So you can imagine,

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 I want to buy a car

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 that costs $100,000,

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 which I

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 don't want to,

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 but I've only got

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 $50,000,

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 which I also

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 don't have.

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 And this view of grace

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 means that,

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 well,

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 I've got $50,000,

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 it's $100,000,

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 well,

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 God will just,

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 you know,

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 kindly top up

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 what I need.

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 It sounds nice,

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 but it's a grave

00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:39.120
 misunderstanding

00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:41.259
 both of grace

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 and of our lack

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 of righteousness.

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 We've got nothing to offer,

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 we've got nothing to contribute.

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 Not only do we

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 not have

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 any righteousness

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 into our account,

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 we've actually got debt

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 in our account.

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 And so we need

00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:54.600
 God's grace

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 not just to make up

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 for our deficiencies,

00:12:56.940 --> 00:12:57.800
 we need His grace

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 to provide a remedy

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 for our rebellion,

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 for our guilt,

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 for our pollution,

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 our sin,

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 our debt

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 against God,

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 which is incalculable.

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 We need His grace

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 to provide a satisfaction

00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:11.060
 for His justice

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 and to cancel

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 a debt

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 that we cannot pay.

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 And so it's absolutely

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 crucial that we

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 understand our plights

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 before God

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 if we're going

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 to understand

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 and be amazed

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 by grace

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 because those

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 who have been

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 forgiven little

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 in their minds

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 don't love much.

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 Don't appreciate

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 grace

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 much.

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 This is how

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 one person

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 has put it.

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 The first

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 and possibly

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 the most fundamental

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 characteristic

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 of divine grace

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 is that it presupposes

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 sin and guilt.

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 Grace has meaning

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 only.

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 It only has meaning

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 when people

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 are seen

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 as fallen,

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 unworthy

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 of salvation

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 and liable

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 to eternal

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 wrath.

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 Grace does not

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 contemplate sin

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 as merely

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 as undeserving

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 but as

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 ill-deserving.

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 It's not simply

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 that we do not

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 deserve grace

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 but that we do

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 deserve hell.

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 that's

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 that's the

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 bleak

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 pronouncement

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 of our

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 natural state

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 before God.

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 But in the very

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 next verses

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 in Ephesians

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 we have the hope

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 of grace.

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 Ephesians 2

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 verse 4

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 but

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 the word

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 but there

00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.200
 is a very

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 different word

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 but at this

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 point

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 you've got to

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 love the word

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 but in this

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 occasion

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 but

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 because of

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 his great

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 love for us

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 God who is

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 rich in mercy

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 made us alive

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 with Christ

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 even when we

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 were dead

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 in transgressions

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 it's by grace

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 that you've been

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 saved.

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 We're dead

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 in our

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 transgressions

00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.259
 and sins

00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:53.159
 but God

00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:53.939
 intervenes.

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 We're in

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 bondage to

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 sin

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 but God

00:14:56.459 --> 00:14:57.459
 intervenes.

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 We were

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 objects of

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 wrath

00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.120
 but God

00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:02.799
 intervened.

00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:03.399
 God who is

00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:04.399
 rich in mercy

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 intervened.

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 Our condition

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 was hopeless.

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 We are

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 corpses

00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:09.600
 floating in

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 a sea

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 of ocean.

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 We cannot

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 respond.

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 We're not

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 asking for

00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:12.919
 rescue

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 and God

00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:15.500
 gets the

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 fish hook

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 and pulls

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 us up

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 onto the

00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.000
 boat

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 and gives

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 us life.

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 The grace

00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:23.340
 of God

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 is love

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 is his

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 love

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 freely

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 shown

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 towards

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 guilty

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 sinners

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 contrary

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 to their

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 merit

00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:29.799
 and in

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 fact

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 in

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 defiance

00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:31.419
 of their

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 demerit.

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 And we

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 get a

00:15:32.939 --> 00:15:33.240
 glimpse

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.580
 of the

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 way God

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 treats

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 us

00:15:34.620 --> 00:15:35.019
 in that

00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:36.019
 parable

00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:36.460
 in Matthew

00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:36.980
 20

00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:38.180
 that Sam

00:15:38.180 --> 00:15:38.519
 read out

00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:38.740
 to us.

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 So go to

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 Matthew

00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:39.639
 20

00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.320
 in your

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 Bibles.

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 There's some

00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.420
 stuff I want to

00:15:42.420 --> 00:15:43.220
 see, show

00:15:43.220 --> 00:15:43.840
 you around

00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.180
 it.

00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:46.340
 Matthew

00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:47.360
 20, parable

00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:47.560
 of the

00:15:47.560 --> 00:15:48.000
 workers in

00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.480
 the vineyard,

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 starting at

00:15:49.180 --> 00:15:49.779
 verse 1.

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 Let me say

00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.320
 straight up,

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:53.139
 this is not a

00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:53.920
 story about

00:15:53.920 --> 00:15:55.279
 Jewish agribusiness.

00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:57.379
 Before I

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:57.720
 became a

00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:58.320
 Christian, I

00:15:58.320 --> 00:15:59.220
 had grown up

00:15:59.220 --> 00:16:01.960
 in a

00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:02.779
 house that

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:03.200
 was on a

00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:04.279
 farm and

00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:04.580
 had a

00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:04.920
 Bible.

00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:05.439
 And I

00:16:05.439 --> 00:16:05.699
 remember

00:16:05.699 --> 00:16:06.479
 reading this

00:16:06.479 --> 00:16:07.039
 parable a

00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.399
 number of

00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:08.719
 times as

00:16:08.719 --> 00:16:09.699
 a teenager

00:16:09.699 --> 00:16:10.240
 and stuff

00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.399
 going, it

00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:12.199
 makes no

00:16:12.199 --> 00:16:13.219
 sense, this

00:16:13.219 --> 00:16:13.659
 parable.

00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.259
 I don't

00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:15.639
 know a

00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.399
 single farmer

00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:16.799
 who would

00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:17.399
 operate like

00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:18.979
 this anywhere.

00:16:20.839 --> 00:16:21.139
 And that's

00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:21.500
 because I was

00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.099
 totally missing

00:16:22.099 --> 00:16:22.599
 the point,

00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:23.699
 because I was

00:16:23.699 --> 00:16:24.279
 dead in my

00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:24.860
 transgressions and

00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.159
 sins I

00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:25.759
 couldn't see.

00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.500
 The background

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.219
 to Matthew

00:16:28.219 --> 00:16:29.339
 20 is

00:16:29.339 --> 00:16:30.219
 Matthew 19.

00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:30.879
 There we go.

00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:32.120
 19 becomes

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.740
 before 20.

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.740
 That's a big

00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:34.419
 moment there.

00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:36.199
 And there's

00:16:36.199 --> 00:16:37.479
 this story in

00:16:37.479 --> 00:16:38.559
 Matthew 19,

00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.139
 this encounter

00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:40.839
 that happens

00:16:40.839 --> 00:16:41.699
 between Jesus

00:16:41.699 --> 00:16:42.419
 and this guy,

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.000
 the rich young

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.339
 ruler.

00:16:44.479 --> 00:16:44.679
 And you

00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:45.139
 might remember

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.799
 this man,

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.599
 this young guy

00:16:46.599 --> 00:16:47.059
 comes running

00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:47.659
 up to Jesus

00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:48.959
 and asks a

00:16:48.959 --> 00:16:50.419
 really crucial

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:50.979
 question.

00:16:51.099 --> 00:16:51.360
 He says,

00:16:51.459 --> 00:16:52.399
 what must I

00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:53.099
 do to inherit

00:16:53.099 --> 00:16:53.939
 eternal life?

00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.860
 It's a great

00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.779
 question, but

00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.399
 he's totally

00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:57.000
 coming at it

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.419
 from the wrong

00:16:57.419 --> 00:16:57.759
 angle.

00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.199
 The word

00:17:00.199 --> 00:17:01.799
 I is the

00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:02.480
 problem there.

00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:04.220
 what must I

00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:05.559
 do to

00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:05.980
 inherit?

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.660
 It's about

00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:08.000
 me.

00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.339
 It's about

00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:09.120
 my effort

00:17:09.120 --> 00:17:09.579
 to get

00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.420
 eternal life.

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:10.819
 And as you

00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.140
 read the

00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:11.620
 encounter,

00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:14.019
 you get this

00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:14.700
 sense of this

00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.339
 guy's pretty

00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:15.980
 pressed with

00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.460
 himself.

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.079
 I've done a

00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:18.380
 bunch of

00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:18.620
 stuff.

00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.420
 Jesus rattles

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.680
 off a few

00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:20.880
 of the

00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:21.680
 commandments and

00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:22.620
 he's sitting

00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:23.099
 there in his

00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:23.839
 mental thing

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:24.140
 and his

00:17:24.140 --> 00:17:24.700
 heart going

00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.240
 ticking off the

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.440
 box.

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:25.860
 Yeah, done

00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.240
 that one.

00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:26.559
 Yeah, done

00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:26.839
 that one.

00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.319
 Done that one.

00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:27.860
 Done that one.

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.339
 And you go,

00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.559
 yeah, I've

00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:30.980
 done pretty

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.440
 well.

00:17:34.659 --> 00:17:35.319
 Jesus says

00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:35.579
 to him, you

00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:35.960
 need to just

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.440
 do one more

00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:36.759
 thing.

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.159
 Sell up

00:17:40.159 --> 00:17:40.659
 everything you

00:17:40.659 --> 00:17:41.539
 have and

00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:42.240
 follow me.

00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:44.799
 It's a call

00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.639
 at that point

00:17:45.639 --> 00:17:46.759
 to stop

00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:47.859
 trusting in

00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.619
 yourself, but

00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.480
 in fact, and

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.159
 the stuff that

00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:50.819
 you have and

00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:52.019
 trust in me

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.639
 alone.

00:17:53.899 --> 00:17:54.099
 And

00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:54.500
 unfortunately,

00:17:54.679 --> 00:17:54.980
 he's not

00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.519
 willing to do

00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:58.240
 that and he

00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:58.759
 walks away.

00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.039
 And in the

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:02.059
 background over

00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:02.720
 here as this

00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.460
 encounter's going

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.179
 on between

00:18:04.179 --> 00:18:05.359
 this rich guy

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:06.299
 and Jesus is

00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:07.339
 Peter, James

00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:07.700
 and John

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.200
 and the boys,

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.639
 the rest of

00:18:08.639 --> 00:18:09.059
 the disciples

00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.599
 are over here

00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:10.000
 and they're

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.799
 hearing this

00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.579
 encounter go

00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:12.059
 on.

00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:14.240
 They see the

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:14.919
 rich young man

00:18:14.919 --> 00:18:15.759
 walk away

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:17.200
 and Peter,

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.000
 as he has a

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.519
 tendency to do,

00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:19.460
 speaks first

00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:21.879
 and he says,

00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:22.119
 well,

00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.819
 Jesus,

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.220
 then who

00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:25.919
 can be

00:18:25.919 --> 00:18:26.460
 saved?

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:29.680
 And Jesus

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:29.980
 says,

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:31.079
 with man,

00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:31.500
 this is

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.960
 impossible.

00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.460
 With God,

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:33.000
 all things are

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.400
 possible.

00:18:34.059 --> 00:18:34.340
 So you get

00:18:34.340 --> 00:18:34.720
 the point?

00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:35.360
 Salvation is

00:18:35.360 --> 00:18:35.900
 not by what

00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:36.279
 you do.

00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:37.579
 Salvation is

00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.500
 what God

00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:39.019
 does.

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 And notice

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 the very next

00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:40.880
 question that

00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.380
 comes out of

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:41.980
 Peter's mouth.

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.740
 We've left

00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.440
 everything,

00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:48.799
 Jesus,

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.660
 to follow you.

00:18:51.120 --> 00:18:51.759
 What will

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.279
 there be for

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.620
 us?

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.420
 You get

00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:55.600
 it?

00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:57.860
 Jesus,

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.819
 we're not

00:18:58.819 --> 00:18:59.640
 like him.

00:18:59.700 --> 00:18:59.980
 We didn't

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.720
 walk away.

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.019
 We've

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.539
 followed you,

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:01.940
 Jesus.

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:02.680
 Have we

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:03.180
 done enough

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.440
 then?

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.460
 Big,

00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:07.120
 strong

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:08.940
 sniff of

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.720
 merit-based

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.200
 thinking.

00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:17.240
 So Jesus

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.640
 tells his

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:17.940
 story.

00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:19.680
 It's pretty

00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:20.120
 straightforward.

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.319
 Farmer

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:23.559
 hires men

00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.019
 at different

00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.579
 times during

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:24.940
 the day.

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 We're told

00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:25.620
 that he

00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:25.980
 hired them

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.799
 early in

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.140
 the morning,

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:27.620
 the third

00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:27.819
 hour,

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 the sixth

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.599
 hour,

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 the ninth

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 hour,

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 and right

00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:29.779
 to the

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 very end

00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.240
 of the

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.480
 day in

00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:30.779
 the eleventh

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.099
 hour.

00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.019
 And those

00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:33.299
 began the

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.740
 work at

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:34.079
 the beginning

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.360
 of the

00:19:34.360 --> 00:19:34.740
 day,

00:19:35.620 --> 00:19:36.720
 agreed to

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.519
 a day's

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.339
 pay for

00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:38.819
 their work

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.360
 at denarius.

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 And the

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:41.700
 denarius was

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:43.380
 considered to

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:44.019
 be what was

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:45.519
 needed to

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.440
 provide well

00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.140
 for a family.

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 Get a

00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:49.440
 denarius for a

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:49.940
 day's pay,

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 you provided

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.220
 well for your

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.620
 family.

00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:54.639
 notice that

00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:58.179
 it wasn't

00:19:58.179 --> 00:19:58.959
 an expectation

00:19:58.959 --> 00:19:59.500
 the farmer

00:19:59.500 --> 00:19:59.979
 would actually

00:19:59.979 --> 00:20:00.659
 pay for

00:20:00.659 --> 00:20:01.099
 them a

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.519
 denarii,

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:01.799
 but the

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.599
 farmer gives

00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:02.839
 them a

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.479
 denarii to

00:20:03.479 --> 00:20:04.159
 provide well

00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:04.599
 for them.

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:06.739
 All of

00:20:06.739 --> 00:20:07.359
 these who

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:08.219
 got paid on

00:20:08.219 --> 00:20:08.739
 this particular

00:20:08.739 --> 00:20:09.759
 day got

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:11.039
 what they

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.959
 needed,

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.439
 not what

00:20:13.439 --> 00:20:14.359
 they had

00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:15.159
 earned.

00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:18.140
 They were

00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:18.640
 paid according

00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.220
 to grace

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.620
 of the

00:20:19.620 --> 00:20:19.900
 farmer,

00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:21.279
 not according

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.200
 to the

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.560
 work that

00:20:22.560 --> 00:20:23.060
 they did.

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:24.540
 And the

00:20:24.540 --> 00:20:25.040
 twist comes

00:20:25.040 --> 00:20:25.340
 at the end

00:20:25.340 --> 00:20:25.680
 of the day

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.360
 when the

00:20:26.360 --> 00:20:27.980
 owner pays

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.860
 everyone the

00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.140
 same,

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.580
 lines them

00:20:29.580 --> 00:20:29.740
 up,

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.120
 pays them

00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:30.640
 everyone the

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.120
 same.

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 It's like

00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:32.759
 they all

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.660
 received an

00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:34.100
 A grade.

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 It's like

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.240
 we're all

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.880
 in the same

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.460
 university

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.200
 course and

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.580
 I'm your

00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:39.160
 lecturer and

00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:39.480
 there are

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.019
 some of us

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.640
 here who are

00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:41.000
 diligent

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.779
 studiers and

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.779
 we haven't

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.279
 slept for

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:43.800
 days and

00:20:43.800 --> 00:20:45.140
 we've worked

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:45.580
 hard and

00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:45.740
 we're

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.320
 expecting

00:20:46.320 --> 00:20:47.960
 99.9%

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.500
 if not

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.300
 100% but

00:20:49.300 --> 00:20:49.660
 we're just

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.060
 kind of

00:20:50.060 --> 00:20:51.960
 expecting that.

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:52.800
 Those of us

00:20:52.800 --> 00:20:53.300
 down here

00:20:53.300 --> 00:20:53.640
 have been

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.620
 watching movies

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.440
 which is

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.840
 kind of

00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:56.360
 what I

00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:56.680
 do.

00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.920
 And 51%

00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.380
 means I

00:20:59.380 --> 00:20:59.740
 work just

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.000
 a little

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.360
 bit too

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.840
 hard.

00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:02.060
 And so

00:21:02.060 --> 00:21:04.740
 I put

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.860
 all your

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:07.220
 scores and

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.580
 I've given

00:21:07.580 --> 00:21:08.500
 every single

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.020
 one of you

00:21:09.020 --> 00:21:09.340
 an A

00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:09.700
 grade no

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.120
 matter how

00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:10.660
 hard you've

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.080
 worked.

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:12.000
 You've all

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.380
 got it.

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:15.060
 And there

00:21:15.060 --> 00:21:15.420
 are some

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:15.680
 of us

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.240
 down here

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.660
 who have

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:16.860
 been

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.380
 diligent

00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:17.560
 and

00:21:17.560 --> 00:21:17.780
 working

00:21:17.780 --> 00:21:18.120
 really

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:18.720
 hard

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:21.640
 expecting

00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:23.040
 high

00:21:23.040 --> 00:21:23.620
 score

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.480
 and we

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.420
 see the

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:25.660
 Steve

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.200
 Jeffries in

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.600
 this world

00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:27.000
 getting the

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.540
 exact same

00:21:27.540 --> 00:21:28.240
 score.

00:21:29.280 --> 00:21:30.060
 That's not

00:21:30.060 --> 00:21:30.780
 fair.

00:21:36.780 --> 00:21:37.280
 See the

00:21:37.280 --> 00:21:37.880
 natural human

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.620
 tendency is not

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:38.980
 like to

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.580
 everyone to

00:21:39.580 --> 00:21:39.920
 get the

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.540
 perfect score

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.220
 regardless of

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.519
 effort.

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.220
 And that's

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.599
 why we

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:44.359
 struggle with

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:44.960
 grace so

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.399
 much.

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.599
 Our

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:48.339
 natural

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:49.519
 moral

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.680
 default

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.940
 position is

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.559
 to count

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.659
 ourselves

00:21:53.659 --> 00:21:55.799
 up here

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:57.079
 with the

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:58.039
 12 hour

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.639
 workers of

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:59.039
 the day.

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:02.440
 The 99.9%

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.740
 score markers.

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.420
 Our moral

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.119
 position is to

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:05.700
 put ourselves

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.379
 in that area.

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:06.920
 When it

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.279
 comes to

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.960
 morality we

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.579
 can always

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.220
 look down

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.819
 to find

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.700
 someone else

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.299
 who's

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.799
 worse than

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.900
 I am.

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:13.960
 And so we

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.839
 regard ourselves

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:16.279
 more highly.

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:20.900
 I know

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:22.240
 someone who

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.860
 is currently

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.839
 who's been

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.360
 marked to

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:24.759
 never be

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.319
 released from

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.660
 prison.

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.819
 Many, many

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:29.100
 years ago he

00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:29.579
 murdered a

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.019
 mother and

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.579
 her baby.

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.460
 And he

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.319
 was in

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:36.360
 the same

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:37.019
 section of

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.539
 a jail,

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.460
 of a high

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:39.240
 security jail

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.980
 in Sydney

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.920
 with the

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.599
 perpetrators

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.240
 of the

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:44.420
 Milpera

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:44.859
 Bikie

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.339
 Massacre

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:47.379
 from many

00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:48.059
 decades ago

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:49.180
 now where

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:50.299
 two Bikie

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.799
 gangs came

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.079
 together,

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.460
 had a

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.159
 shootout in

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.960
 a car park

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.639
 and they

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.059
 gunned down

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.460
 a seven

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.799
 year old

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.220
 girl in

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.720
 the process

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.019
 of that

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.420
 shootout,

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:56.940
 got caught

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.139
 in the

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:57.659
 crossfire.

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.379
 This man

00:22:59.379 --> 00:23:00.059
 who I know

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.559
 was in the

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.139
 same section

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:01.359
 of the

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:01.759
 jail of

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.519
 those guys.

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.879
 The

00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.799
 guys who

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.240
 perpetrated

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.740
 the Milpera

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.299
 Bikie

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.920
 Massacre

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:08.039
 grabbed him

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.519
 one day,

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.319
 poured boiling

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.980
 water all

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.599
 over him

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.400
 and beat

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.099
 him up,

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.660
 quite savagely,

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.339
 to an inch

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:15.000
 of death.

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.480
 Do you

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.000
 know why?

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.559
 How dare

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.819
 you kill

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.200
 a baby?

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.879
 You can

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.779
 sit in

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.779
 Long Bay

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.420
 Jail,

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.460
 you can

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.859
 even sit

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.420
 in Long Bay

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.920
 Jail,

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.539
 convicted of

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.000
 murder,

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.579
 of a

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:32.940
 seven year

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.339
 old kid

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.480
 and you

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.980
 could still

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.460
 find someone

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.900
 worse than

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.119
 you.

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.000
 Normal,

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.079
 default,

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.460
 human position

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.779
 when it

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.220
 comes to

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.460
 the way

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.779
 we think

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.180
 of ourselves

00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.460
 and our

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.819
 morality.

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.220
 You see,

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.640
 in a sense

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:46.839
 here,

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.200
 the workers

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.559
 are right.

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:47.859
 It's not

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.559
 fair what

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:48.900
 the boss

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.359
 is doing,

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:49.940
 but that

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.480
 is the

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:50.980
 point.

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.380
 Grace

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:52.759
 is not

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.279
 about being

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.799
 fair,

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.380
 it's about

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:54.980
 God giving

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.539
 us what we

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.259
 don't deserve

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.220
 and saving

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.579
 us from

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.099
 what we do

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.500
 deserve.

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:58.779
 And the

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.599
 Bible speaks

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.319
 about the

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.720
 incredible

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.539
 extent of

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.079
 God's grace

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.440
 to us

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:04.579
 in a

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:04.960
 number of

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.319
 ways.

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:06.960
 Wonderful

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.559
 image of

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.399
 Psalm 103

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:09.259
 verse 2,

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.639
 transgressions

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:11.319
 against God

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:11.539
 have been

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.059
 removed as

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.500
 far as the

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.859
 east is

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.180
 from the

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.480
 west.

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.159
 What an

00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:14.539
 incredible

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:14.960
 picture.

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:15.899
 That's

00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:16.480
 infinite

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.099
 amount.

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.159
 East,

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:19.980
 for as far

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.220
 as the

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.599
 east is

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:20.859
 from the

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.180
 west,

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.500
 is

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.139
 infinity.

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.279
 Isaiah

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.759
 38,

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.259
 17,

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.460
 the

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:26.680
 prophet

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:26.980
 Isaiah

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.400
 says

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.579
 of

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:27.839
 God,

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.019
 you

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.220
 have

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.619
 put

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.039
 all

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.160
 of

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:29.319
 my

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.900
 sins

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.900
 behind

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.279
 your

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.859
 back.

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.099
 They

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:32.279
 are

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.539
 out

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:32.700
 of

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.319
 sight.

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.140
 For a

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.559
 Christian,

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.680
 God no

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.700
 longer sees

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.619
 our deliberate

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.539
 disobedience

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.000
 or our

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.299
 marred

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.039
 performance.

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.240
 An

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.900
 emphasis on

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.019
 the

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.700
 completeness

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.220
 of God's

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.539
 forgiveness

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:43.980
 is in

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.640
 Micah 7

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.500
 verse 19.

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:46.240
 You

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.519
 will tread

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.220
 our sins

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.920
 underfoot

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.460
 and you'll

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.019
 hurl our

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.680
 iniquities

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.200
 into the

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.720
 depths of

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.279
 the sea.

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.259
 They

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.640
 haven't

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.480
 fallen

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.799
 over

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.440
 board.

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:55.860
 Oh my

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.079
 goodness,

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.279
 where'd

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.380
 they

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.559
 go?

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:56.740
 They

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.000
 sort of

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.339
 sunk

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:57.620
 down

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:57.779
 there

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.940
 like a

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.420
 phone

00:24:59.420 --> 00:24:59.940
 over the

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.500
 side

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.759
 of a

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.000
 boat

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.120
 or

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.299
 something

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.519
 like

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.759
 that.

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.920
 God

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.519
 has

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.200
 deliberately

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.880
 removed

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.079
 them

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.360
 and

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.059
 placed

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.299
 them

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.420
 in

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:06.539
 the

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.779
 depths

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:06.920
 of

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.059
 the

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.360
 sea.

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.420
 Isaiah

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:08.940
 43,

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.519
 23

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.000
 emphasizes

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.180
 the

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.680
 completeness

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:10.799
 of

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.039
 God's

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.299
 forgiveness

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.700
 again.

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.279
 I,

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.579
 even

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.059
 I,

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.519
 am

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:13.740
 he

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:13.940
 who

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.259
 blots

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.420
 out

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:14.599
 your

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.279
 transgressions

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.420
 for

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.599
 my

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:15.880
 own

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.180
 sake

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.559
 and

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.000
 remembers

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.279
 your

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.559
 sins

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:17.779
 no

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.099
 more.

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.700
 God

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.860
 it's

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.099
 not

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.279
 that

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.539
 he's

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:25.799
 somehow

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.299
 forgotten

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.480
 them

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.660
 like

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:26.880
 we've

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.059
 lost

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.259
 my

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.559
 keys

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:27.740
 where

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:27.839
 did

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:27.980
 they

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.279
 go?

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.299
 He's

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.019
 deliberately

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:32.200
 chooses

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.720
 not to

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.039
 remember

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.700
 the sins

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.380
 that we've

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.620
 committed

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.039
 against

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.319
 him.

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.700
 He's

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.099
 decided

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.559
 never

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:37.740
 to

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:37.940
 bring

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.079
 them

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.240
 up

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.660
 again.

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:39.839
 You

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.000
 see

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.640
 blotting

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:40.960
 out

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.279
 our

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.779
 sins

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.519
 is a

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.880
 legal

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.420
 act.

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.200
 It's

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.480
 like an

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.880
 official

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.319
 pardon

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.680
 from a

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.019
 suffering

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.460
 governor.

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.180
 However

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.500
 the

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.180
 choosing

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.440
 to

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.880
 remember

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.120
 them

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.339
 no

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.900
 more

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:52.440
 is

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:52.599
 a

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.220
 relational

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.960
 act.

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:56.620
 It is

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:56.819
 where

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.039
 the

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.380
 injured

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.920
 party

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.740
 God

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:58.900
 in

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.099
 this

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.539
 case

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.299
 actively

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.900
 chooses

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.759
 to

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.000
 have

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.559
 no

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.299
 sense

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.640
 of

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:03.940
 being

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.680
 wronged.

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.620
 He

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:07.180
 chooses

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.579
 to do

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:07.860
 that.

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:09.960
 The

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.400
 reformer

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.620
 Martin

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:10.940
 Luther

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.299
 really

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.980
 summarized

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.120
 it

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.660
 well

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:12.900
 when

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.099
 he

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.400
 wrote

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:13.900
 sin

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.819
 is

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.059
 not

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.640
 cancelled

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.039
 by

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.339
 law

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.759
 living

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.860
 for

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.079
 no

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.460
 person

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:18.660
 is

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:18.860
 able

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.000
 to

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.140
 live

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.259
 up

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.400
 to

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:19.539
 the

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.779
 law.

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.259
 The

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.579
 law

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.339
 reveals

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.900
 guilt.

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:22.640
 It

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:22.920
 fills

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.120
 the

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.559
 conscience

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:23.839
 with

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.200
 terror

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.519
 and

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.880
 drives

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.240
 people

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.420
 to

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.960
 despair

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.880
 much

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.220
 less

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.420
 is

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.620
 sin

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:27.980
 taken

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.420
 away

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.680
 by

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.200
 man

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.840
 invented

00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:30.740
 endeavours.

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:31.539
 The

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.059
 fact is

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.200
 the

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.480
 more

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.680
 a

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:32.980
 person

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.279
 seeks

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.640
 credit

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:33.880
 for

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.279
 himself

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.580
 by

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:34.819
 his

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.160
 own

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.720
 efforts

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.319
 the

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.720
 deeper

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:36.980
 he

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.380
 goes

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.680
 into

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.039
 debt.

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.220
 Nothing

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.519
 can

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:39.759
 take

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.000
 away

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.380
 sin

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:40.740
 except

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.000
 the

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.240
 grace

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.400
 of

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:41.680
 God.

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:41.860
 In

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.200
 actual

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.620
 living

00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:43.180
 however

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.500
 it

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.680
 is

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.100
 not

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:44.940
 so

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.340
 easy

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:45.559
 to

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.019
 persuade

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.539
 oneself

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:46.779
 that

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.080
 grace

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:47.580
 alone

00:26:47.580 --> 00:26:47.940
 in

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.279
 opposition

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.559
 to

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.019
 every

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.279
 other

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.860
 means

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.559
 we

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.120
 obtain

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.779
 the

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.179
 forgiveness

00:26:52.179 --> 00:26:52.739
 of

00:26:52.739 --> 00:26:52.959
 our

00:26:52.959 --> 00:26:53.279
 sins

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.500
 and

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 peace

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 with

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 God.

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 You see

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 the

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 outcome

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 of God's

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 gracious

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 actions

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 towards

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 us

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 in

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 according to

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 Colossians

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 1

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 is

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 there's

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 no

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 accusations

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 anymore.

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 No

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.659
 accusation

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:10.879
 can be

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 brought

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.339
 against

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 us

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 because

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 there

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 is

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 no

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.419
 evidence

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:12.799
 against

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 us.

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 Two

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 elderly

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 Roman

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 Catholic

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 men

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.399
 were

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 having

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 a

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 conversation

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.599
 about

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 the

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 son

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 of

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 one

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 of

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 those

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 one

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:25.980
 of

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 their

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 men

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 who

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.059
 this

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 son

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 had

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 converted

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 to

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 biblical

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 Christianity

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 he'd

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 embraced

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 salvation

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 according

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 to

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 faith

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 scripture

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 alone

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 in

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 Christ

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 alone

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 by

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 grace

00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:36.339
 alone

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:36.519
 through

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 faith

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 alone

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 glory

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 of

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 God

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 alone

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 and

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 one

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 of

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 the

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 men

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 said

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 to

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 the

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 other

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 about

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.619
 his

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 son

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 and

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 what

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 he

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 had

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 made

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 the

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 shift

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 away

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 from

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 Catholicism

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 into

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 Protestant

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 faith

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 and

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 he

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 said

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 do

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 you

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 know

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 why

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 they

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:55.899
 don't

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 believe

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 in

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 purgatory

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 it's

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 because

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 they

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 believe

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 that

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 God

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 is

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 so

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.439
 kind

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:03.259
 that

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 he

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 will

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 take

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 his

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 people

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.399
 straight

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:05.899
 into

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 heaven

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 he

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 was

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 right

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 even

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 though

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 he

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 said

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 it

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 in

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 a

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 mocking

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 way

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 he

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 was

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 right

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 the

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.080
 sheer

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.680
 kindness

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 and

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.519
 grace

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:18.720
 of

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 God

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 expressed

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 in the

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 sufficient

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 work of

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 Christ

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:21.940
 of the

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 cross

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 means

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.140
 that

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.540
 death

00:28:23.540 --> 00:28:24.600
 becomes

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 the doorway

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 into the

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 loving

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.360
 presence

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 of

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 God

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 God

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:29.740
 but

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 here's a

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.339
 sober

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 but

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:34.700
 notice

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.279
 what

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.579
 Luther

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.139
 said

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.559
 at the

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.700
 end

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 of his

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.460
 quote

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 it

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:38.799
 is

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.240
 hard

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.460
 to

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:39.960
 accept

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 and

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 live

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 by

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 grace

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.779
 alone

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:44.139
 if

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:44.460
 grace

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:44.859
 is so

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.379
 amazing

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.480
 why

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.740
 is it

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:46.980
 that we

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.440
 struggle

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.839
 to

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.539
 embrace

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 it

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 as

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 freely

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 as

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 it

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 is

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 given

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 in

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 fact

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 one

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 of

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.599
 the

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 most

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.500
 significant

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:55.339
 Christian

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.799
 voices

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 of the

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 last

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 100

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 years

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 suggest

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 that

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 very

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 few

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 of

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.000
 us

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.720
 in

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:02.960
 the

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.440
 church

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.640
 grasp

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:04.900
 it

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.900
 and

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.200
 live

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.420
 by

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.700
 grace

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.019
 alone

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:09.180
 he's

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.339
 talking

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.559
 about

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:09.759
 those

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:09.880
 in

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.099
 the

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.720
 church

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:13.059
 struggling

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.339
 to

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.759
 grasp

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:13.960
 and

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.119
 live

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.299
 by

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.579
 grace

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:14.920
 alone

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:16.759
 in

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:16.940
 his

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.279
 classic

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.559
 book

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.819
 knowing

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.220
 God

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.460
 Jim

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.900
 Packer

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.460
 writes

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:21.319
 there

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.599
 do

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:21.839
 not

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.119
 seem

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.259
 to

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.400
 be

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:22.720
 many

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:22.960
 in

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.140
 our

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.640
 churches

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.100
 who

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.700
 believe

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.040
 in

00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:25.500
 grace

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:27.280
 now

00:29:27.280 --> 00:29:27.420
 when

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.700
 someone

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:27.880
 of

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.259
 Packer

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.780
 standing

00:29:28.780 --> 00:29:29.680
 writes

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.040
 something

00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:30.360
 like

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:30.620
 that

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:30.980
 you've

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.160
 got

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.300
 to

00:29:31.300 --> 00:29:31.680
 listen

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:33.380
 what

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.600
 he's

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:33.880
 saying

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.100
 there

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.240
 is

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.420
 we

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.740
 are

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:34.940
 in

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.480
 danger

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.759
 of

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.620
 abandoning

00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:36.780
 the

00:29:36.780 --> 00:29:36.960
 very

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.420
 thing

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.580
 that

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:37.740
 we

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:37.940
 say

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.120
 we

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:38.480
 stand

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.800
 on

00:29:38.800 --> 00:29:41.100
 and

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.200
 he

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.380
 gives

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.640
 three

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.200
 reasons

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:43.560
 the

00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:43.880
 first

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.240
 reason

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.440
 he

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.900
 gives

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.740
 is

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:45.920
 that

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.180
 people

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.380
 have

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:46.500
 a

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.759
 high

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:46.980
 view

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.140
 of

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.580
 themselves

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:49.280
 we

00:29:49.280 --> 00:29:49.460
 tend

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:49.620
 to

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:49.820
 treat

00:29:49.820 --> 00:29:50.160
 small

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.640
 virtues

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:51.000
 as

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.580
 compensation

00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:51.860
 for

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.120
 great

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.600
 vices

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:54.000
 we

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.179
 tend

00:29:54.179 --> 00:29:54.319
 to

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.559
 think

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.740
 that

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:54.879
 we

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.119
 are

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.879
 basically

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:56.599
 good

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.359
 we

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.579
 tend

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:57.699
 to

00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:58.319
 downplay

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.539
 the

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.959
 suggestion

00:29:58.959 --> 00:29:59.179
 that

00:29:59.179 --> 00:29:59.299
 we

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.439
 are

00:29:59.439 --> 00:29:59.740
 fallen

00:29:59.740 --> 00:29:59.980
 from

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.299
 God's

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.539
 image

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:00.919
 rebels

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.319
 against

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.679
 God's

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:02.019
 rule

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.740
 guilty

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.359
 and

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.059
 uncleaning

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.439
 God's

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:04.679
 sight

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:05.119
 and fit

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.539
 only

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.839
 for

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.159
 God's

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:06.919
 condemnation

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.980
 high

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.000
 high

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.019
 high

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.039
 high

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.160
 view

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.320
 of

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:09.620
 self

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:13.160
 the

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.460
 second

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.980
 reason

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.220
 he

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.660
 suggests

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:14.840
 is

00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:14.940
 that

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.039
 we

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.259
 don't

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.519
 believe

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:15.900
 grace

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.160
 is

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.259
 that

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.320
 we

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:16.420
 have

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 a

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:16.820
 tendency

00:30:16.820 --> 00:30:17.039
 to

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 turn

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 a

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.240
 blind

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.800
 eye

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.620
 to

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 all

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.580
 wrongdoing

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:22.100
 that

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.240
 we

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.500
 can

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.340
 he

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:23.500
 said

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.700
 there's

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:23.860
 a

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.160
 willingness

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.519
 to

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.100
 tolerate

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:25.480
 and

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.140
 indulge

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.580
 evil

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:26.900
 up

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.080
 to

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.279
 a

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.580
 point

00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:29.500
 he

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.759
 said

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.200
 the

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.660
 ability

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.160
 to

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.720
 indulge

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.080
 evil

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.380
 up

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.500
 to

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.640
 a

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:32.860
 point

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.120
 is

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 seen

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.000
 as

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 a

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.700
 virtue

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:34.960
 it's

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.140
 seen

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.440
 as a

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.660
 virtue

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:35.860
 of

00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.420
 tolerance

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:38.700
 we

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:38.940
 make

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.620
 excuse

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:39.980
 after

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.539
 excuse

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.800
 for

00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:41.039
 our

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.480
 sin

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.400
 we

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.600
 even

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.039
 justify

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.220
 it

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.340
 I

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:45.940
 justify

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.480
 myself

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.740
 and

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.100
 I've

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.300
 heard

00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:47.460
 it

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.880
 many

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.420
 times

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.060
 I

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:49.259
 was

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.860
 provoked

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:51.800
 I've

00:30:51.800 --> 00:30:52.039
 had a

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.259
 bad

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.560
 life

00:30:52.560 --> 00:30:52.800
 I was

00:30:52.800 --> 00:30:53.019
 dropped

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.279
 on my

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.420
 head

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.640
 as a

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.000
 baby

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.539
 it's

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.019
 just

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.320
 or

00:30:55.320 --> 00:30:55.779
 it's

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.120
 just

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.320
 the

00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:56.480
 way

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.680
 that

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:56.980
 person

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.180
 is

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.380
 we're

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.539
 just

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:57.840
 used

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.000
 to

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.100
 the

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.240
 way

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.420
 they

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.640
 are

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:58.920
 now

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.380
 they

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.759
 gossip

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.000
 we're

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.140
 just

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.380
 used

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.539
 to

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:00.700
 that

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:00.900
 that's

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.000
 just

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.140
 who

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.300
 they

00:31:01.300 --> 00:31:01.700
 are

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.180
 they're

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.500
 angry

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.759
 we're

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:02.900
 just

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.180
 used

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.320
 to

00:31:03.320 --> 00:31:03.460
 that

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.660
 just

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:03.860
 who

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.040
 they

00:31:04.040 --> 00:31:04.519
 are

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:07.500
 we

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.700
 even

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.100
 conclude

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.320
 that

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:08.720
 God

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.480
 is

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.620
 the

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:09.800
 same

00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:10.200
 towards

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.620
 us

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.280
 grace

00:31:11.280 --> 00:31:13.580
 is

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:13.900
 turning

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.120
 to

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.680
 leniency

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:17.440
 and

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.920
 leniency

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.380
 is

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.600
 where

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:18.940
 God

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.259
 makes

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.440
 up

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:19.620
 the

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.220
 difference

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.420
 for

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:21.759
 me

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:24.940
 divine

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.540
 retribution

00:31:25.540 --> 00:31:25.900
 against

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.200
 all

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.420
 level

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.580
 of

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:26.840
 sin

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.019
 is

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.160
 not

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.400
 taken

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:27.780
 seriously

00:31:27.780 --> 00:31:27.960
 we

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.120
 tend

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:28.180
 to

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.300
 have

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:28.560
 a

00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.340
 hierarchy

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:29.740
 of

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:29.860
 the

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.000
 real

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.540
 serious

00:31:30.540 --> 00:31:31.100
 ones

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.680
 and

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:31.820
 the

00:31:31.820 --> 00:31:32.019
 rest

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.180
 we

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.420
 just

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.019
 tolerate

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.300
 us

00:31:33.300 --> 00:31:33.640
 just

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:33.960
 the

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.180
 way

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.320
 they

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.620
 are

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:38.000
 third

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.460
 reason

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.740
 why

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:38.900
 we

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.279
 struggle

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.620
 to

00:31:39.620 --> 00:31:40.120
 believe

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.380
 in

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.880
 grace

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.900
 is

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.019
 the

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.300
 belief

00:31:42.300 --> 00:31:42.480
 that

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.600
 we're

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:42.680
 in

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:42.779
 a

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.080
 position

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:43.240
 to

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.340
 be

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:43.480
 able

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.600
 to

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:43.920
 repair

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.120
 our

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.560
 relationship

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:44.800
 with

00:31:44.800 --> 00:31:45.180
 God

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:46.080
 while

00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:46.259
 we

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.600
 might

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.900
 concede

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.180
 that

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.360
 we

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:48.539
 are

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.759
 not

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.360
 perfect

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:49.840
 we

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.160
 still

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.380
 have

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.720
 doubt

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.720
 that

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.640
 respectability

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.160
 we

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.480
 still

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.640
 have

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:53.820
 no

00:31:53.820 --> 00:31:54.019
 doubt

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.160
 that

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.759
 respectability

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:54.980
 will

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.340
 account

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.580
 for

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:55.960
 something

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.259
 in

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.400
 the

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.720
 end

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:58.940
 to

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.080
 the

00:31:59.080 --> 00:31:59.560
 degree

00:31:59.560 --> 00:31:59.779
 that

00:31:59.779 --> 00:31:59.920
 we

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.640
 view

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:00.960
 ourselves

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.519
 as

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.220
 worthy

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:03.960
 is

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.140
 the

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.440
 degree

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.660
 to

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:04.839
 which

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.000
 we

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.440
 nullify

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.819
 God's

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.180
 grace

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:08.240
 so

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.579
 earlier

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.799
 I

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.279
 mentioned

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.640
 an

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.059
 inadequate

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.460
 even

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.839
 fatal

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.079
 view

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.259
 of

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.680
 grace

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:12.940
 where

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.299
 God

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.559
 makes

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:13.700
 up

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:13.819
 the

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.180
 deficiency

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.440
 of

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:14.600
 our

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:15.100
 efforts

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:45.099


00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:46.659
 salvation

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.099
 of

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.759
 salvation

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.639
 I

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:48.819
 just

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.059
 drift

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.639
 away

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:49.839
 from

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.339
 grace

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:51.859
 into

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:53.079
 my

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.259
 own

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.599
 merit

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:55.480
 my

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.719
 own

00:32:55.719 --> 00:32:56.019
 self

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.539
 reliance

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.859
 and

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:58.059
 independence

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.500
 from

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.919
 God

00:32:58.919 --> 00:32:59.679
 it is

00:32:59.679 --> 00:33:00.019
 so

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.459
 easy

00:33:00.459 --> 00:33:00.699
 to

00:33:00.699 --> 00:33:01.099
 drift

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:06.439
 into

00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:07.039
 God's

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.539
 blessings

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.119
 at

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.539
 least

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.319
 partially

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:10.659
 to

00:33:10.659 --> 00:33:10.939
 think

00:33:10.939 --> 00:33:11.119
 that

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:11.899
 God's

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.379
 blessings

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:13.099
 even

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.759
 partially

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.219
 are

00:33:14.219 --> 00:33:14.639
 earned

00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:14.939
 by

00:33:14.939 --> 00:33:15.359
 our

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:16.039
 obedience

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.459
 and

00:33:16.459 --> 00:33:16.759
 by

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.099
 our

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.639
 spiritual

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.740
 disciplines

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:21.059
 it

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.279
 might

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.480
 not

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:21.680
 be

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:21.940
 via

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.099
 the

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.339
 seven

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.880
 sacraments

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:22.980
 of

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.079
 the

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.259
 Roman

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.599
 Catholic

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.160
 Church

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:25.039
 but

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.220
 it

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.519
 might

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.039
 be

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.920
 even

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.259
 our

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.579
 ability

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:27.880
 to

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.460
 articulate

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.299
 grace

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.839
 alone

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.259
 or

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.819
 a

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.279
 theological

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.039
 clarity

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:33.120
 as

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.480
 being

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.759
 a

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.099
 reason

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.380
 why

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.700
 God

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:34.880
 would

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:35.140
 bless

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.480
 me

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:39.440
 we

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.700
 know

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:39.940
 we're

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.140
 saved

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.359
 by

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.740
 grace

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:40.920
 but

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.079
 we

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.279
 can

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.700
 drift

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:41.900
 into

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.380
 thinking

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:42.680
 that

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:42.839
 I

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.099
 must

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.500
 live

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.680
 by

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:43.900
 my

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.420
 spiritual

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.200
 sweat

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.519
 we

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.960
 all

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.880
 need

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.440
 grace

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.299
 from

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.640
 beginning

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:49.920
 to

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.240
 end

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.460
 the

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.740
 saint

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:50.960
 as

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.120
 well

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.259
 as

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.440
 the

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.700
 sinner

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:51.900
 the

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.120
 most

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.960
 conscientious

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.539
 dutiful

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.259
 long-term

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.940
 hard-working

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.420
 Christian

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.380
 needs

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:56.840
 God's

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.220
 grace

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:58.299
 as much

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.940
 every

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.480
 day

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.019
 as

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.539
 the

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.759
 hardest

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.140
 living

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.519
 sinner

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:04.960
 the

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.200
 sinner

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.660
 doesn't

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:05.920
 need

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.140
 more

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:06.480
 grace

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.600
 than

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:06.779
 the

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.120
 saint

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.360
 nor

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:07.500
 does

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.660
 the

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.139
 immature

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.599
 and

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.760
 undisciplined

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.179
 believer

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.559
 need

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.000
 more

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.500
 than

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.679
 the

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.059
 godly

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.519
 zealous

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.340
 missionary

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.820
 we

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.260
 all

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.920
 need

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.200
 the

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.559
 same

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:15.920
 amount

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.139
 of

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.599
 grace

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.000
 because

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.320
 the

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.760
 currency

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:18.080
 of

00:34:18.080 --> 00:34:18.280
 good

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.880
 works

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:21.160
 is

00:34:21.160 --> 00:34:21.820
 worthless

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:23.900
 it

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.100
 is

00:34:24.100 --> 00:34:24.960
 worthless

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:29.560
 neither

00:34:29.560 --> 00:34:29.940
 our

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.320
 merits

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.680
 nor

00:34:30.680 --> 00:34:31.060
 our

00:34:31.060 --> 00:34:31.680
 demerits

00:34:31.680 --> 00:34:32.340
 determine

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.160
 how much

00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.460
 grace

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:33.940
 we need

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.280
 because

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.780
 grace

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.720
 does not

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.500
 supplement

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.160
 merits

00:34:37.160 --> 00:34:37.600
 and it

00:34:37.600 --> 00:34:38.260
 does not

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.880
 make up

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.100
 for

00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:39.820
 demerits

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:42.020
 grace

00:34:42.020 --> 00:34:42.620
 doesn't take

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:43.160
 into account

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:43.600
 merits

00:34:43.600 --> 00:34:43.900
 it doesn't

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.240
 take into

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.520
 account

00:34:44.520 --> 00:34:45.080
 demerits

00:34:45.080 --> 00:34:45.540
 at all

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:47.179
 grace

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.659
 considers

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.079
 all

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.619
 people

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.579
 totally

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.239
 undeserving

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:51.039
 and able

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.900
 to undo

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.579
 anything

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.340
 to earn

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.759
 the blessing

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.159
 of god

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.639
 as one

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.500
 author has

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.759
 written

00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.239
 grace

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:57.019
 ceases

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.480
 to be

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.960
 grace

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.539
 if god

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.119
 is compelled

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.779
 to bestow

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.199
 it in the

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.659
 presence

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.579
 of human

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.000
 merit

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.820
 grace

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.500
 ceases

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.840
 to be

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.259
 grace

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:05.059
 if

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:06.679
 compelled

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:08.179
 sorry

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:09.380
 grace

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.820
 ceases

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.139
 to be

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.519
 grace

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.139
 if god

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:12.099
 is compelled

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:13.320
 to withdraw

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:14.340
 it in the

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:14.740
 presence

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.500
 of human

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.200
 demerit

00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:17.280
 grace

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:18.059
 is treating

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.559
 the person

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.059
 without the

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.500
 slightest

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.079
 reference

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:21.039
 to desert

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.940
 whatsoever

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:23.240
 but wholly

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:24.120
 according to

00:35:24.120 --> 00:35:24.820
 the infinite

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.320
 goodness

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:26.240
 and sovereign

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.780
 purposes

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.360
 of god

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:29.720
 that is

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:30.059
 grace

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.519
 alone

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:33.920
 and so

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.240
 if you

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.680
 sometimes

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.180
 feel that

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:35.720
 you deserve

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.240
 an answer

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.600
 to a

00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:36.860
 prayer

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.180
 or a

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:37.500
 blessing

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.140
 from god

00:35:38.140 --> 00:35:38.860
 because of

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.019
 your

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.440
 diligence

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.840
 and your

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.460
 hard work

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.760
 and your

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.280
 longevity

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:41.579
 as a

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.079
 christian

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:44.500
 it's no

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.719
 longer

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.159
 living by

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.400
 grace

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:45.840
 alone

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:49.440
 but if

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.960
 it's just

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.599
 as true

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.559
 that if

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:51.699
 we

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:51.980
 sometimes

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:53.000
 despair

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:54.259
 of experiencing

00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:54.699
 god's

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.019
 blessing

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.519
 because of

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.699
 our

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.559
 demerits

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:59.299
 you're no

00:35:59.299 --> 00:35:59.719
 longer living

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.159
 by grace

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.659
 alone

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:03.819
 to the

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.500
 extent we

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.059
 are clinging

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.739
 to any

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.099
 self

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.659
 righteousness

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:08.179
 or putting

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:09.000
 our confidence

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.960
 into any

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.460
 of our

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.839
 own

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:11.460
 spiritual

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.420
 attainments

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:14.239
 to that

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.719
 degree

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.539
 we are not

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.440
 living by

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:16.940
 grace

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:20.159
 and so

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:21.519
 what's the

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.139
 evidence

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:23.500
 of grace

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.980
 in an

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.420
 individual

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.920
 and a

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.299
 church

00:36:26.299 --> 00:36:29.420
 let me

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.719
 try to

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.039
 capture

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:32.179
 by quoting

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.699
 one of our

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.719
 core values

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:35.079
 humble

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.920
 authenticity

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:38.619
 humility

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:41.340
 humility

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.940
 is a

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.280
 genuine

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.000
 outworking

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.559
 you do

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.039
 not elevate

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.619
 yourself over

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.099
 people

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:46.200
 you do not

00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:46.599
 say I'm

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.039
 more worthy

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.400
 of those

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:47.900
 people

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:49.920
 I deserve

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.559
 more things

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.860
 than those

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.320
 people

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:53.039
 that cultural

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.639
 group or those

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.500
 individuals are

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.980
 less worthy

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.360
 they need to

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:56.159
 understand the

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.700
 world from my

00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:57.180
 perspective

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:58.300
 humility

00:36:58.300 --> 00:37:02.680
 grace

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:03.579
 humility

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:03.779
 humility

00:37:03.779 --> 00:37:05.139
 they're the

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.960
 foundations of

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.179
 a

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:07.639
 transcultural

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.199
 church

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:09.319
 that bears

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:09.779
 and loves

00:37:09.779 --> 00:37:10.299
 one another

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:12.699
 the need

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.199
 for us

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.799
 to see

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:14.059
 our

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.420
 spiritual

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:15.039
 bankruptcy

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:16.159
 the daily

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.619
 need for us

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.039
 to do that

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.900
 this is where

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.759
 we must begin

00:37:18.759 --> 00:37:19.380
 and end

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:19.819
 if we are to

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.619
 experience the

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.480
 daily joy

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.460
 of living by

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.819
 God's

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:23.239
 transforming

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.539
 grace

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.000
 so I

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.619
 urge you

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.219
 today

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:26.480
 to lay

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.299
 aside

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:28.079
 any

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.899
 remnant

00:37:28.899 --> 00:37:29.399
 of self

00:37:29.399 --> 00:37:29.759
 goodness

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:31.079
 that you

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.579
 might still

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.119
 have

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:33.639
 admit your

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.119
 total

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:35.039
 spiritual

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.739
 bankruptcy

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:37.799
 and drink

00:37:37.799 --> 00:37:38.219
 deeply

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:38.679
 from the

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.019
 infinite

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.579
 grace of

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:39.939
 God

00:37:39.939 --> 00:37:42.219
 we deserve

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:42.739
 nothing

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:44.559
 we were

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.819
 owed

00:37:44.819 --> 00:37:45.359
 nothing

00:37:45.359 --> 00:37:47.000
 and yet

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:48.219
 we have

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:49.519
 everything

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.779
 through the

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:51.459
 grace of

00:37:51.459 --> 00:37:51.759
 the Lord

00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:52.619
 Jesus Christ

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:54.019
 my friends

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.519
 nothing

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.559
 in our

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.019
 hands we

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.380
 bring

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:57.279
 only to

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.659
 the cross

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.119
 we cling