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 Good morning. I'm glad to be here sharing God's word with you today. My request for you is if

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 you're new, please come back next week. Please come back. As Jared said, I don't want to be

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 the one that says, I don't want to be in this church, but please come back next week.

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 But I'm glad that you're here. I'm glad to share the word with you. And as Jared mentioned,

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 our passage today will be on the book of Romans in chapter 10. So please open your Bibles in Romans

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 in chapter 10, and we'll be covering the verses 5 through 17. Romans chapter 10, verses 5 through 17.

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 And the letter of Romans is considered the most complete declaration of Paul of the gospel.

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 It is also considered the door to understand the whole scripture. By reading Romans, many of the

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 reformers had security of their faith, and they considered Romans as a key given by God to

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 understand the whole scripture. And today we have the privilege to study a small part of this book

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 and to understand that the only possible way to salvation is through Christ. And let's pray. Let's

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 pray again. Lord, we thank you for this morning. Thank you for all of us, and we thank you for your

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 word. We thank you for your salvation, and we ask you, Lord, that today your spirit works in our hearts.

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 Lord, Lord, that today your spirit works in our hearts. And we thank you for your salvation.

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 Lord, that today your spirit works in our hearts. And we thank you for your salvation that we have through your son, Jesus Christ.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen. Have you ever thought how many religions are in the world? I was asking myself this question.

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 So I did some research, and to be honest with you, I was not expecting to see the number that I found.

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 There is at least, at least, 4,000 religious in the world. 4,000. Wikipedia says that it could be between 4,200 to 10,000.

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 Now, I know that Wikipedia is not the most reliable source of information, but still, this is crazy. It's a huge number.

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 Now, many of them are variations of the most well-known religious, but still, it's a huge number.

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 And all of them proclaim to have the right path to salvation.

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 Many of them ignore what the scriptures say about the gospel and about Jesus, and they establish their own way to heaven.

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 But we know that the only path for salvation is found through Christ, which is what the scripture teaches.

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 And today, we'll talk about the righteousness that saves that God has revealed to us in his word.

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 So let's begin with our first point.

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 Learn the righteousness that saves.

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 And let's go to our Bibles, and we're going to read verses 5 through 8.

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 And God's word says,

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 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commitments shall live by them.

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 For the righteousness based on faith says,

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 Do not say in your heart, who will ascend into heaven, that is, to bring Christ down,

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 or who will descend into the abyss, that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.

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 But what does it say?

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 The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart.

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 That is the word of faith that we proclaim.

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 When Paul gets to verse 5, he has been talking about the desire in his heart for all the youths to be saved.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 My heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

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 If we go a little bit back in the context of this passage in chapter 9, we're not going to read it,

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 but Paul has been talking about Israel's rejection of God and how they have failed reaching salvation

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 because they are pursuing it by works and not by faith.

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 So Paul's truly desire for Israel is that everyone believes.

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 But he concludes that not all of them will be saved because they are looking for salvation through the law and their righteousness.

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 Verse 2 says that they have a seal of God in chapter 10.

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 They have a seal of God, but not according to knowledge.

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 In other words, their seal of God was not spiritual discernment that comes from an intimate relationship with God.

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 His knowledge was superficial and religious.

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 This kind of knowledge produces arrogance and pride.

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 But the true knowledge produces a humble heart and holiness.

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 Now, let's remember that the law was not wrong or bad.

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 Paul says in Romans 7 that the law is holy and the commandment is holy, is righteous, and is good.

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 The law was given by God because it is the highest expression of holiness.

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 As the verse 5 says, the person who does the commandments shall live by them.

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 God told Moses before they entered to the promised land that obeying the law,

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 sorry, but that obeying the law, they will live.

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 So why then, if the law was good, it became a curse for Israel instead of blessing the grand salvation?

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 Look at verse 3 and 4 in chapter 10.

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 Because they sought their own righteousness based on the law and didn't submit to the righteousness of God.

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 The Jews decided to create their own rules of righteousness.

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 Now, the law had a purpose in the Old Testament.

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 Paul explains this to the Galatians in chapter 3, verses 21 and 24.

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 And I'm going to read it to you.

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 And it says, or you can look at also in your Bibles, Galatians chapter 3, verse 21 to 24.

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 And it says,

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 It is the law then contrary to the promises of God?

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 Certainly not.

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 For if a law have given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

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 But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin,

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 so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

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 Now, before faith came, we were held captive under the law,

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 imprisoned until the common faith would be revealed.

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 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came,

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 in order that we might be justified by faith.

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 The word guardian in this passage, in other translations, is translated as teacher.

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 The law was their teacher until the common of Christ.

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 But when Christ came, then justification now is by faith.

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 That's why verse 4 finishes with, in Romans 10.

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 For Christ is the end of the law.

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 God's word claims constantly that the law is not enough to grant salvation.

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 Again, it's not because it is bad, but because men can't fully obey it due to their sinful nature.

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 And since they can't fulfill the law, it condemns them.

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 It condemns us.

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 And let's take a look at a few verses, and you're going to have them on the screen.

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 In Deuteronomy 27-26, Moses tells Israel that,

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 Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.

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 Paul repeats the same words to the Galatians in chapter 3, verses 10 and 11,

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 that all who rely on words of the law are under a curse.

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 For it is written, Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law and do them.

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 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law,

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 for the righteous shall live by faith.

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 In James chapter 2, verse 10, James says that

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 Whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

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 Everyone except Jesus has failed in one point, so we are guilty.

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 And Paul addressed it, too, in Romans, in chapter 3, in verse 28.

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 And it says,

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 For we hold that that one is justified by faith apart from the work of the law.

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 Going back to Israel, the major problem of the Jews was that they considered themselves better than anyone else.

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 And they considered themselves pleasing to God because they were chosen by him.

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 They ignored Jesus' teachings and rejected him as a savior.

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 They were not expecting to be saved of their sins.

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 Because in their own eyes, they were acceptable to God.

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 They considered themselves followers of the law.

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 And even if they had failed in something,

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 they thought that they had accumulated enough grace from God that their sins were going to be forgiven.

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 But this is not what the Bible teaches.

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 Because with Christ's sacrifice, the law is powerless to grant salvation.

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 Not that ever the law granted salvation.

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 We have seen that in reality brought combination.

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 But the law brought us to understand our impossibility to obtain salvation through our own merits.

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 Verse 4 says,

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 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

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 This means that the burden of the law is not necessary anymore because with Christ it comes to an end.

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 The end of the sinner's search to accomplish salvation with his imperfect attempts to achieve the law.

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 Because when a sinner accepts Christ, Christ's perfect justice is granted to him.

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 Nowadays, people believe that they are acceptable to God in some way.

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 They like to believe that God will be merciful enough to forgive them when they get to heaven.

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 They love to create their own standards of what is right.

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 And believe that a loving God cannot be as bad to condemn them.

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 And this is just a poor understanding of who God is and his righteousness.

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 Because not even a merely knowledge of the existence of God will save someone.

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 Jim says this about the demons in chapter 2, 19.

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 It's not in the slides, but it says,

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 You believe that God is one.

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 Even the demons believe and shudder.

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 So, what then?

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 If we cannot be saved by this righteousness of the law, what is going to happen?

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 What happens?

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 What do we need then?

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 Well, the opposite of this is the correct understanding of God's righteousness.

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 The righteousness by faith that saves.

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 And let's look at verse 6 and 7 in our passage.

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 And it says,

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 But the righteousness based on faith says,

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 Do not say in your heart,

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 Who will ascend into heaven?

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 That is to bring Christ down.

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 Or who will descend into the abyss?

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 That is to bring Christ up from the dead.

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 The righteousness based on faith refers to the heart of the gospel.

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 Paul already talked about this righteousness in this letter,

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 in chapter 3, verses 21 and 26, and it's going to be on the screen.

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 But now, and it says,

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 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law,

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 although the law and the prophets bear witness to it.

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 The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.

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 For there is no distinction.

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 He's talking about the distinction between Jews and Greek or Jews and Gentiles.

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 For all, again, Jews and Gentiles, all, the whole world, have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

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 This means missed the mark.

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 Everyone has missed the mark of the glory of God.

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 Verse 24,

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 And are justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

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 whom God put forward as a propitiation.

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 This means the atonement of sin.

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 The reconciliation with God through Christ.

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 By his blood to be received by faith.

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 This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance, he had passed over former sins.

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 It was to show his righteousness at a present time, so that he might be just,

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 and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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 Did you notice that the word faith is repeated three times in these verses?

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 Well, in fact, Paul repeats this word in the whole letter of Romans many, many times.

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 But in this passage, he repeats this word three times, and we're going to see it again.

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 Verse 22 says,

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 We don't find in these verses that salvation can be granted by works.

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 Not by setting up your own standard of what is right.

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 It's only granted through faith in the sacrifice of Christ in the cross for our sins.

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 And we can conclude this like this.

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 Faith is the salvific acceptance of the work of Christ as it is proclaimed in the gospel.

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 I'm going to say that again.

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 Faith is the salvific acceptance of the work of Christ as it is proclaimed in the gospel.

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 Going back to verse 6 and 7, Paul is quoting here Deuteronomy 30, verses 12 to 14,

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 to show the contrast between the righteousness by the law and the righteousness by faith.

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 The ESV Study Bible says the following regarding this, and I quote,

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 There is no need to travel to heaven to bring Christ to the earth, for God has already sent him into the world.

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 Nor shall anyone think they must bring Christ up from the realm of the dead, for God has raised Christ from the dead.

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 What God requires is not the superhuman works, but faith in the gospel that Paul preaches.

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 And Paul explains this, explains why this can be possible in verse 8.

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 And look at that, verse 8 in our chapter 10.

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 But what does it say?

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 The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart.

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 That is the word of faith that we proclaim.

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 So what Paul is saying, you don't have to do this.

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 You don't need to, there is no need of doing works to gain salvation.

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 And there is no need for us to bring Christ from heaven or from the dead to get it.

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 It says that it is in your mouth and it is in your heart.

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 Which means that we have an easy access to it because of the proclamation of the gospel made by Paul,

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 but also made by faithful believers throughout the history of Christianity.

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 So this is the righteousness that saves.

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 Now, we have seen the difference between the righteousness by the law and the righteousness by faith that is the one that saves.

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 Now let's talk about trust, the righteousness that saves.

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 And we're going to read verses 9 through 13 in our passage of today.

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 And it says, verse 9, because, continuing the idea in the previous verses,

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 if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is the Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the death,

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 you will be saved.

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 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

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 For the scripture says, everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.

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 For there is no distinction between you and Greek.

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 For the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

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 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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 Paul is following the same idea of righteousness by faith.

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 And now he adds what it needs to be done in order to be saved.

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 In verse 9, Paul says that you will be saved if you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart.

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 Now, we know that this is the other way around.

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 But Paul is following the same order that he is from verse,

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 of the verse from Deuteronomy that he quoted in verse 8.

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 The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart.

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 But in verse 10, he inverts the order now in the chronological order of the redemption.

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 And let's see what it says again.

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 For with the heart one believes and is justified,

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 and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

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 So, in first place, with the heart one believes and is justified.

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 The heart is the center of the emotions and the intellect.

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 It doesn't refer to the organ, but to the center of the intellect of the human.

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 It's here what the gospel message starts working in us.

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 And what do we need to believe?

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 The gospel.

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 Look again at verse 9.

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 Believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead.

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 What Paul is saying here is that the only way to salvation is through faith in the sacrifice of Christ,

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 in the cross, and his resurrection.

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 This is the heart of the gospel.

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 God sent his son, Jesus Christ, to die for the sinners.

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 For those whom by the law cannot be justified,

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 because their sinful nature cannot fulfill the demands and standards of holiness of a righteous God.

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 We are saved not because what we could have done,

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 but because what God has done for us.

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 When we understand that we are sinners,

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 and we understand our incapacity to gain salvation through our own merits,

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 and that we deserve God's wrath,

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 we understand that the only one who has power to save us is God himself through Christ's sacrifice.

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 When we believe this, we are justified.

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 And justification is just the act of God making us acceptable to him through the sacrifice of Christ.

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 The act of God making us acceptable to him through the sacrifice of Christ.

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 Paul told this to the Galatians in chapter 2, verse 16, and it says,

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 Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law,

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 but through faith in Jesus Christ.

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 So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ,

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 and not by works of the law,

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 because by works of the law no one will be justified.

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 We are justified in Christ because the pavement for our sins was his sacrifice,

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 and there is no other way but him.

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 And finally, his resurrection also gives us hope,

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 because Christ defeated death and defeated sin,

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 so sin can have dominion over those who have believed in him.

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 And according to Romans 6, 5,

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 will be resurrected in him too.

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 And I'm going to read it.

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 For if we have been united with him in death like this,

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 we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like this.

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 So what is next?

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 Look again at verse 9.

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 See, many people recognize that Jesus is the Son of God and the Lord of the universe.

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 But here, Paul is talking not about a superficial knowledge about God,

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 because we won't be saved only by having a general knowledge of God,

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 as I mentioned before,

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 or even if we had extensive knowledge of him.

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 And as I mentioned before,

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 James says that even the demons know about Christ,

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 but there is no salvation for them.

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 And think for a second about Satan and the demons.

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 They know God better than any human.

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 John MacArthur says in the following,

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 the following in his commentary of Romans,

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 and I quote,

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 in other words,

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 the demons are monotheistic.

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 That's a huge word.

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 And this basically means that they believe in one God.

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:12.660
 Satan and his fallen angels are confirmed creationists.

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:15.720
 That means that they believe in a creation of six days.

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 After they saw God forming the skies and the earth

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 with only pronouncing their existence,

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:25.600
 the demons had observed more of God's word

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 and know more about his nature and power

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 more than all Christians together,

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 besides Christ incarnate.

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 Also,

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 as they were original inhabitants of heaven,

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 they know perfectly how it is.

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 They certainly know

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 that they are distant to eternal judgment.

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 And knowing what this judgment means to them,

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 they tremble.

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 So,

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 it is clear

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 that it is not a superficial

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:56.600
 or extensive knowledge

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 of God and Christ,

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 but the profound conviction

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:02.799
 that moves you to confess

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:04.779
 that Jesus is the Lord

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 that governs your life

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 and to whom you fully submit.

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 I'm going to say that again.

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 It's the conviction that moves you

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:14.259
 to confess

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:16.039
 that Jesus is the Lord

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 that governs your life

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 and to whom you fully submit.

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 If you are here today

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 and you are not a Christian,

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:27.839
 this is what you need to be saved.

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 If we look again at verse six and seven,

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 you don't need to bring Jesus down

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 God did it already for you.

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 You don't need to raise him from the dead.

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 God did it already for you,

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 for us.

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 You don't need a mystical

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 or powerful experience.

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 The only thing that you need

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 is to believe.

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 Verse 11 says

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 that everyone who believes in him

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 will not be put to shame.

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 This basically means

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 that whoever believes in him,

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 the salvation will be granted,

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 as it was said in the morning.

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 The mercy is going to be granted to him.

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 But you need to look at your sinful heart

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 and to recognize that

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:11.879
 you have fallen short

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:14.299
 to satisfy God's holy demands.

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:16.439
 You deserve wrath from God,

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.719
 but Jesus did what was,

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:19.799
 it was impossible for you.

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:22.039
 He has reconciled you

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:23.079
 with God

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:24.559
 through his sacrifice,

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 and you need to believe

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 and submit to him

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 as your Lord.

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 If you do so,

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 then you will obtain salvation.

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 Verse 12 and 13 confirms this.

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:39.799
 Verses 12 and 13 confirms this.

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 For there is nothing

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 distinction between you and Greek,

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 for the same Lord

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 is Lord of all,

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 bestowing his riches

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 on all who call on him.

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 for everyone

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:53.039
 who calls on the name of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 Salvation is offered

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 to everyone.

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 John 3, 16 says,

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 For God so loved the world

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 that he gave his only son,

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 that whoever believes in him

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:09.019
 should not perish,

00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:10.560
 but have eternal life.

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:12.580
 For God did not send

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:15.320
 his son into the world

00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:16.580
 to condemn the world,

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:18.379
 but in order that the world

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:20.240
 might be saved through him,

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:22.399
 whoever believes in him

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.519
 is not condemned,

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:26.099
 but whoever does not believe

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:28.000
 is condemned already,

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.960
 because he has not believed

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.960
 in the name

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:34.460
 of the only son of God.

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.500
 John says here

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.679
 that if you believe,

00:27:38.199 --> 00:27:39.699
 you will not perish,

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.899
 but have eternal life.

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.599
 And if you confess

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:44.519
 that Christ is your Lord,

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:45.980
 then you will be saved.

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.380
 There is no doubt of that.

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.220
 John says

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.579
 that the only barrier

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:52.559
 to obtain salvation

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:54.779
 is the personal rejection

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:56.380
 to God.

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:58.120
 That is what had happened

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.720
 to the Jews.

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:01.240
 They rejected God

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.380
 and his salvation

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.880
 and followed

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:05.660
 the incorrect righteousness

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:07.960
 based in their works.

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.579
 What about you?

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.099
 Would you trust

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:14.539
 the righteousness

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.640
 that saves?

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:18.680
 And let's go to our final point

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.200
 for today.

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:22.140
 Proclaim the righteousness

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:23.759
 that saves.

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.779
 Verses 14 through 17,

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.880
 and let's read them.

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:29.160
 Verse 14 says,

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:31.779
 how then will they call on him

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:33.460
 in whom they have not believed?

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:35.620
 And how are they

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.880
 to believe in him

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:39.380
 of whom they have never heard?

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.560
 And how are they to hear

00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:43.019
 without someone preaching?

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:45.640
 And how are they to preach

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.920
 unless they are sent?

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.420
 As it is written,

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:50.400
 how beautiful are the feet

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.680
 of those who preach

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.400
 the good news.

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:54.360
 But they have not all

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:55.240
 obeyed the gospel.

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.880
 For Isaiah says,

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:57.980
 Lord,

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.099
 who has believed

00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:00.620
 what he has heard from us?

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.500
 So faith comes

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.539
 from hearing,

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.759
 and hearing

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.839
 through the word

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:07.339
 of Christ.

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:10.000
 After Paul explains

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:11.019
 the correct righteousness,

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.319
 he proceeds

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:13.660
 with a chain

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.859
 of rhetoric questions.

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.839
 That's usually

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:17.059
 what Paul does

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.839
 in the whole book

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.319
 of Romans.

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.359
 And the idea

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.920
 is simple.

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:21.720
 In order to people

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.340
 to believe,

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:23.460
 there is a need

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.380
 of people

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.519
 who proclaim

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.259
 the good news.

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.580
 And let's use

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:29.620
 these verses

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.240
 like this.

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:32.340
 If there is no one

00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:33.100
 that is sent,

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:34.700
 then no one

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.080
 is preaching.

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.640
 If there is no one

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.000
 preaching,

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.759
 then there is no one

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.820
 that hears about Jesus.

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.380
 And if no one

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.360
 hears about Jesus,

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.900
 then no one

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.640
 will believe.

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.940
 And at the end,

00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:47.019
 no one will call

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.640
 on him.

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.040
 Now,

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:50.160
 this doesn't mean

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.259
 that no one

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.200
 will be saved then.

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:54.320
 God will make sure

00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:55.160
 that the gospel

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:56.100
 gets to those

00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:57.300
 that need to hear it.

00:29:58.040 --> 00:29:59.620
 But this doesn't mean

00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:01.560
 that we will take

00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:02.560
 this as an excuse

00:30:02.560 --> 00:30:03.820
 for not proclaiming it.

00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:06.320
 Jesus and Matthew

00:30:06.320 --> 00:30:08.220
 gave us the great commission

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.140
 to go and preach

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.640
 this gospel.

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:11.300
 What I see

00:30:11.300 --> 00:30:12.560
 is that many Christians

00:30:12.560 --> 00:30:13.660
 are too comfortable

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.880
 with no sharing

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.380
 the gospel.

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:17.700
 This doesn't mean

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.080
 that there are

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:18.840
 bad Christians,

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.920
 but they are missing

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.640
 the privilege

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:22.300
 of sharing the righteousness

00:30:22.300 --> 00:30:23.260
 that saves,

00:30:23.800 --> 00:30:24.820
 the same righteousness

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:26.160
 that saved us

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.320
 and that saved them.

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:29.180
 When I think about

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.880
 the story of the

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:31.200
 famous missionaries

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.300
 that were killed

00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:33.280
 for sharing the gospel,

00:30:33.540 --> 00:30:34.720
 and even by reading

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:36.220
 Paul's sufferings

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.020
 for preaching

00:30:37.020 --> 00:30:37.900
 God's salvation,

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.240
 makes me think

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.380
 not only on how

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.580
 lazy I am

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:42.380
 to obey

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:43.260
 the great commission,

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:45.220
 but also makes me think,

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:49.000
 if I truly love

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:51.460
 enough God's gospel,

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:53.019
 then I should have

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:54.599
 a huge desire

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:56.220
 to share it to others.

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:59.099
 So if they accept Jesus,

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.259
 they will enjoy

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.579
 the richness of God

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:03.059
 that I'm currently enjoying.

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:06.920
 Verse 15 concludes with,

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.879
 how beautiful are the feet

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:10.379
 to those who preach

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:11.220
 the good news.

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.860
 This is a reference

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.960
 to Isaiah 52,

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.380
 verse 7,

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.759
 when Israel was going

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.660
 to be set free

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.319
 from captivity,

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:19.579
 so the people

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.779
 were proclaiming

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.680
 the good news

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:23.860
 to the nation.

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.180
 Now,

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.740
 this is not a literal

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.319
 expression.

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.279
 This doesn't mean

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.880
 that proclaiming

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.259
 the gospel

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.120
 is the pedicure

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.559
 that you need

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.100
 for your feet

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:32.180
 to be beautiful,

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:34.259
 but what Paul

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.960
 is saying here

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.799
 is that

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:37.180
 what is beautiful

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.579
 is the peace

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:40.059
 and the good news

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:41.379
 that those feet

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:42.439
 bring to the nations.

00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:43.179
 And that's what

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.179
 Isaiah says

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:47.079
 in chapter 52,

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.659
 verse 7.

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.379
 I'm going to read it.

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.419
 How beautiful

00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:50.500
 upon the mountains

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.199
 are the feet

00:31:51.199 --> 00:31:51.599
 of him

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.639
 who brings good news,

00:31:53.199 --> 00:31:54.699
 who publishes peace,

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.319
 who brings good news

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.939
 of happiness,

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.699
 who publishes salvation,

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.199
 who says to Zion,

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.779
 your God reigns.

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:03.259
 So this is what

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:04.759
 Paul is explaining here.

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.559
 What is beautiful

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.399
 is the peace

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.619
 and the good news

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:11.259
 that we can bring

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.460
 to the nations.

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.899
 And even if they

00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:15.920
 don't obey the gospel,

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:17.920
 verse 16 says,

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.200
 this gospel

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.319
 has been proclaimed

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:21.059
 to them.

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.539
 We have accomplished

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.420
 our mission

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:25.279
 if we do it.

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:27.119
 And this is just

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:28.799
 a reminder here

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:30.500
 that what is beautiful,

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.039
 I'm sorry,

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:32.059
 this is just a reminder

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:33.180
 that you are not sent

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.220
 to change the heart

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.859
 of the people.

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:37.099
 You can't make

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:38.920
 someone to believe.

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:41.059
 God didn't give us

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.659
 that power.

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:43.200
 We are only commissioned

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.180
 to proclaim

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 and the Lord

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.759
 will do his work

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.159
 in them.

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 The power of the gospel

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.599
 is in God's hands,

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 not in our hands.

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 And verse 17

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.420
 concludes with

00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:56.819
 what Paul has said already.

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 Because faith comes

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.240
 from hearing

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 and hearing through

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:02.259
 the word of Christ.

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.960
 Proclaiming

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.079
 the salvific word

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:06.059
 of God

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.859
 is the center

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:08.220
 of the evangelism.

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.519
 We proclaim

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.259
 the righteousness

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.519
 that saves.

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.179
 Christian,

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:12.919
 Christian,

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.980
 if you are doing,

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.319
 sorry,

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:16.960
 I'm sorry,

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.480
 Christian,

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 why are you doing this?

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.019
 Why are we doing this?

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.279
 Why are we proclaiming

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:24.440
 the gospel?

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.179
 What are we doing

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:25.919
 with this command?

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:28.220
 Go back to verse 1

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 quickly.

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 I mentioned at the beginning

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 that the desire of Paul

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.279
 was the salvation

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.000
 of Israel.

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 He prayed for them

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.400
 and his desire

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.180
 was for them

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:38.000
 to be saved.

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.980
 His life

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.740
 was dedicated

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:42.319
 to accomplishing this

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:43.180
 and overall

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.339
 to please God,

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.480
 sharing of his righteousness.

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.220
 Paul lived

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.140
 for the gospel

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.940
 and left us

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.960
 a great example

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:52.740
 of what Christians

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.559
 have to do

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.640
 with the good news.

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:57.420
 think about

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.940
 the members

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.740
 in your family

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.900
 that you claim

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.380
 to love.

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.100
 Have they heard

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:03.540
 the gospel

00:34:03.540 --> 00:34:04.180
 through you?

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.180
 And to be honest

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:07.400
 with you,

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.440
 I ask this

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.320
 to myself first.

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.780
 When I was preparing

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.220
 for this,

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:12.099
 I started thinking

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.860
 of my grandparents

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.920
 that are not believers,

00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:15.660
 thinking about friends

00:34:15.660 --> 00:34:16.640
 that I care for,

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.920
 but I have never

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.680
 taken the time

00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:19.920
 to share to them

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.099
 what Christ has done

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.820
 for me

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.860
 and for them.

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:26.299
 If I don't share

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:27.359
 the gospel to them,

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.480
 someone else

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.179
 will do it.

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.960
 And this,

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:33.199
 instead of putting me

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.900
 in a position

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.920
 of comfortness,

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.480
 it should bring me

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.159
 to a position

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:38.099
 of action

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:40.039
 they need to hear

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:42.579
 because I could be

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.159
 the one

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:44.619
 that God could use

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.299
 to present

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.339
 the gospel to them

00:34:46.339 --> 00:34:48.099
 and God can use you

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:49.199
 to present the gospel

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:50.119
 to your friends

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:52.420
 or to your family.

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:55.300
 think about this.

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:56.760
 We are collaborators

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.559
 with God

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.260
 when we share

00:34:58.260 --> 00:34:59.400
 the gospel to others.

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.680
 This is a privilege

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:04.599
 call to the Christians.

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:07.039
 Share what God

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:08.500
 has done for us.

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.720
 Do not be afraid

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.519
 of sharing the gospel.

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.599
 No, either be ashamed

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.019
 of it.

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:16.019
 Proclaim the righteousness

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.619
 that saves.

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:21.159
 And wrapping up

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.699
 for today,

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:23.259
 if you are here today,

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.839
 if you are not Christian,

00:35:25.319 --> 00:35:26.539
 this message is for you.

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:28.000
 The righteousness

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:29.000
 that saves

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.779
 is through the faith

00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:31.599
 in Jesus,

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:32.779
 sacrifice,

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:34.119
 and resurrection.

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.500
 Your good works,

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.339
 even if they are

00:35:36.339 --> 00:35:37.480
 the most honest,

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:38.579
 are not enough

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:40.339
 to grant you salvation.

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:42.359
 Only through Christ

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:43.199
 you can obtain

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:43.719
 the righteousness,

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.940
 the forgiveness,

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.259
 sorry,

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.960
 of your sin

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.200
 by believing

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.980
 in your heart

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:49.640
 and professing it

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:50.500
 with your mouth.

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:52.540
 If you are a Christian,

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.820
 this is also for you.

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.840
 You have been

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.780
 and we have been

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.240
 commended

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:58.760
 to proclaim the gospel.

00:35:59.200 --> 00:36:00.060
 You are here today

00:36:00.060 --> 00:36:00.760
 because someone

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:02.460
 obeyed God's commission

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.540
 and shared the gospel

00:36:03.540 --> 00:36:04.140
 with you.

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:06.460
 Now is your turn

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.700
 to go and proclaim

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:08.380
 the gospel

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.400
 to others.

00:36:10.100 --> 00:36:10.780
 Let's pray.

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