WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:19.519 Some of you saw me carrying this in this morning and you were thinking, what in the world is he doing? 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:21.400 ! What you're gonna see? 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:42.519 I hope what you noticed, this was not a sobriety test, okay? 00:00:45.579 --> 00:00:54.219 I hope what you noticed is that as I walked along that board, I didn't pick a very high one either, you notice. 00:00:54.219 --> 00:00:59.920 As I walked along that board, I had to keep a balance. 00:01:01.659 --> 00:01:08.640 If I lost that balance, I fell off on one side or the other. 00:01:10.500 --> 00:01:14.900 The Christian life is like that. 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:18.579 I have to walk the balance. 00:01:18.579 --> 00:01:26.959 Not only the Christian life, but theology itself is a balance. 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:30.120 Let me give you a couple examples of that. 00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:36.879 First one, is God loving or is God just? 00:01:38.039 --> 00:01:39.640 And you answer, yes. 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:44.120 Because God is both loving and just. 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:47.520 He loved us so much that he gave his only begotten son. 00:01:47.859 --> 00:01:52.700 And yet, those who reject the son will suffer eternal consequences. 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:56.460 Another one. 00:01:57.300 --> 00:02:00.659 Is God one or is God three? 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:03.140 Ah, yes. 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:12.360 Because if you don't hold to God being one, you have no place in your theology for the deity of Jesus Christ. 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:19.080 And yet, if you go to the other side and say, well, God is three, then you are in pantheism. 00:02:24.940 --> 00:02:27.500 How does this connect to the passage today? 00:02:29.500 --> 00:02:38.680 The question, are works important in the life of the believer or are works inconsequential? 00:02:39.040 --> 00:02:40.100 They don't matter. 00:02:40.099 --> 00:02:43.599 And that's what our passage is about today. 00:02:44.139 --> 00:02:49.079 Before I start, however, I need to make something absolutely clear. 00:02:49.939 --> 00:02:52.759 And that is, we are saved by grace alone. 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:59.060 Romans 6.23, the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life. 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:03.859 Romans 5.8, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 00:03:03.860 --> 00:03:11.880 Titus 3.5, he saved us not because of works done in righteousness, but according to his own mercy. 00:03:12.040 --> 00:03:21.880 So we should never walk out of here and think or say, oh, I guess we have to work for our salvation. 00:03:23.140 --> 00:03:24.240 May it never be. 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:33.480 But having said that, Pastor Andrew titled this series of messages, Life in the Spirit. 00:03:34.420 --> 00:03:38.180 And today fits well in that title. 00:03:38.180 --> 00:03:46.680 But it's the balance of the obligation that we have to live in the Spirit. 00:03:47.580 --> 00:03:56.640 Martin Luther said it this way, we are saved by grace alone, but we are not saved by a faith that is alone. 00:03:56.639 --> 00:04:00.119 So let's look at our passage today. 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:04.139 It's Romans chapter 8, verses 12 to 14. 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:10.759 In your pew Bible, in the rack in front of you, it's on page 944. 00:04:13.579 --> 00:04:15.459 If you'll follow along as I read. 00:04:16.139 --> 00:04:20.459 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 00:04:20.979 --> 00:04:23.459 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. 00:04:23.459 --> 00:04:28.000 But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:33.079 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 00:04:34.659 --> 00:04:35.740 First point today. 00:04:36.259 --> 00:04:40.819 Our response to the Spirit is not optional, but it is necessary. 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:44.079 The verse begins with, so then. 00:04:44.359 --> 00:04:47.919 In other words, it's referring back to last week's message. 00:04:48.659 --> 00:04:51.839 And Paul says, we're debtors, not to the flesh. 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:53.539 But what does that mean? 00:04:54.479 --> 00:04:56.219 Well, it means, I think, at least two things. 00:04:57.019 --> 00:05:02.959 First one is, this says that we are not obligated, we have no obligation to the sin. 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:05.620 And so we don't have to sin. 00:05:06.719 --> 00:05:08.159 Look back at verse 9. 00:05:09.259 --> 00:05:12.479 You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, 00:05:13.179 --> 00:05:15.639 if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:19.899 Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him. 00:05:19.899 --> 00:05:26.939 If the Spirit dwells in you, and you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. 00:05:28.459 --> 00:05:29.099 Why? 00:05:29.979 --> 00:05:34.759 Because anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him. 00:05:36.239 --> 00:05:38.239 What's the point of that? 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:48.960 Well, it goes all the way back to this point that there's not two separate things of being in Christ and having the Spirit. 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:51.460 They are one and the same. 00:05:51.540 --> 00:05:54.060 If you have Christ, you have the Spirit. 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:56.720 If you do not have Christ, you do not have the Spirit. 00:05:57.259 --> 00:06:00.860 And Paul started the argument back in verse 1. 00:06:00.860 --> 00:06:06.139 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. 00:06:06.379 --> 00:06:09.840 From there, he goes to verse 9 that says, 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:13.259 If Christ is in you, you have the Spirit of Christ in you. 00:06:13.340 --> 00:06:17.900 And that leads us to verse 12 that says, 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:20.500 You're not a debtor to the flesh. 00:06:21.780 --> 00:06:23.400 John Piper put it this way. 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:27.639 To put it another way, when you put your trust in Christ, 00:06:27.939 --> 00:06:33.399 your bondage to the world and its overpowering lure is broken. 00:06:34.500 --> 00:06:39.319 You are a corpse to the world, and the world is a corpse to you. 00:06:40.359 --> 00:06:42.939 Now, we know the flesh is not totally gone. 00:06:43.479 --> 00:06:46.839 The battle is real, and the battle is persistent. 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:52.219 On the other side, against us, we have Satan, our enemy, 00:06:52.939 --> 00:06:55.739 who tells me just one more time, 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:58.259 After all, you deserve it. 00:06:59.019 --> 00:07:00.399 And it's just a little thing. 00:07:01.459 --> 00:07:04.519 I also have the world that's telling me, 00:07:04.819 --> 00:07:06.319 Well, everybody else does this. 00:07:06.739 --> 00:07:09.159 And if you don't do this, you're just weird. 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:15.939 And I also have my own flesh that keeps telling me, 00:07:16.340 --> 00:07:18.439 Well, at least you're not as bad as those other people. 00:07:20.460 --> 00:07:24.760 It's a dramatic change, dramatic battle. 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:28.580 But that battle is the same one that brought Paul to this place. 00:07:28.940 --> 00:07:33.060 Look right in front, just up a little bit from the passage that we're looking at. 00:07:33.340 --> 00:07:37.140 Chapter 7, verse 21 to 25. 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:41.899 So I find it to be the law that when I want to do right, 00:07:42.539 --> 00:07:44.279 Evil lies close at hand. 00:07:45.379 --> 00:07:48.180 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being, 00:07:48.479 --> 00:07:50.699 But I see in my members another law, 00:07:50.819 --> 00:07:53.779 Waging war against the law of my mind, 00:07:53.860 --> 00:07:57.839 And making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 00:07:58.979 --> 00:08:00.219 Wretched man that I am, 00:08:00.300 --> 00:08:02.599 Who will deliver me from this body of death? 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:06.000 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:11.480 So then I myself serve the law of God with my mind, 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:14.019 But with my flesh I serve the law of sin. 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:16.699 Yes, I'm a wretched man. 00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:19.500 Yes, with my flesh I've served the law. 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:22.300 But then it comes to chapter 8, verse 1. 00:08:22.699 --> 00:08:25.879 But there is therefore now no condemnation 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:28.759 To those who are in Christ Jesus. 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:33.460 I've received the full redemption for my sin. 00:08:33.819 --> 00:08:37.159 Christ has fully atoned for my iniquity. 00:08:37.740 --> 00:08:40.879 And I have the indwelling Holy Spirit. 00:08:43.179 --> 00:08:45.480 Then verse 8 follows that. 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:48.039 You, however, are not... 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:49.100 I'm sorry, verse 9. 00:08:49.460 --> 00:08:51.500 You, however, are not in the flesh, 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:52.819 But in the Spirit. 00:08:52.820 --> 00:09:00.500 That means I have all the resources of heaven to avoid sin. 00:09:02.040 --> 00:09:05.180 Do you ever get discouraged by sin? 00:09:05.179 --> 00:09:11.859 When you commit the same exact sin for the 1,000th time? 00:09:13.219 --> 00:09:17.279 When the same exact problem that you had before 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:19.699 Raises its ugly head again? 00:09:21.299 --> 00:09:22.079 Do you ever say, 00:09:22.379 --> 00:09:24.519 Well, it's just the way I am. 00:09:24.739 --> 00:09:26.479 It's the same way my parents were. 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:29.139 And it's the way I am. 00:09:29.179 --> 00:09:30.879 And I guess I'll never change. 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:30.960 Change. 00:09:32.740 --> 00:09:33.960 What God... 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:36.120 What Paul was saying in Romans 8 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:38.720 Is because you have been forgiven, 00:09:39.659 --> 00:09:41.240 You can change. 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:44.419 With the help of the Holy Spirit, 00:09:45.379 --> 00:09:48.259 Which we have, if we have Christ, 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:50.799 With the help of the Holy Spirit, 00:09:51.299 --> 00:09:51.879 I can... 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:54.399 I trust that there will not be 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:56.960 A 1,001th time. 00:09:56.960 --> 00:10:00.200 A couple of weeks ago, 00:10:00.340 --> 00:10:01.920 Pastor Andrew quoted John Piper, 00:10:01.980 --> 00:10:03.700 And I think that quote fits here, too. 00:10:04.060 --> 00:10:06.340 The only sin you can have victory over 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:08.940 Is the sin that is forgiven. 00:10:12.040 --> 00:10:13.280 Paul says here, 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:15.259 I don't know sin anything. 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:18.060 I don't know the flesh anything. 00:10:18.820 --> 00:10:20.920 So I don't have to sin. 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:23.320 I can live different. 00:10:23.660 --> 00:10:24.879 I can be different. 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:26.700 Because of the Spirit. 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:29.519 When I sin, 00:10:29.779 --> 00:10:31.600 It's not because I have no choice. 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.059 The second thing Paul was saying here 00:10:35.059 --> 00:10:38.000 Is we have an obligation to the Spirit, 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:42.240 So I can and must grow in sanctification. 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:48.340 Now Paul leaves the obvious unsaid here. 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:50.200 The obvious is, 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:52.200 We're not debtors of... 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:53.800 We are debtors, 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:54.680 Not of the flesh, 00:10:54.800 --> 00:10:56.980 So we must be debtors of the Spirit. 00:10:58.700 --> 00:11:00.240 He doesn't say, 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:03.259 You have to walk according to the Spirit, 00:11:03.820 --> 00:11:07.340 But you can live any way you want. 00:11:09.540 --> 00:11:11.560 He doesn't say that, 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:13.139 If it's convenient, 00:11:14.139 --> 00:11:16.759 And you don't stand out too much, 00:11:17.199 --> 00:11:19.059 Then you ought to walk by the Spirit. 00:11:21.059 --> 00:11:23.039 If it doesn't get hard, 00:11:24.139 --> 00:11:25.719 Life doesn't get difficult, 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:28.559 Then you have to walk by the Spirit. 00:11:28.939 --> 00:11:29.299 No. 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:30.539 Paul says, 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:32.119 We're debtors to the Spirit, 00:11:32.239 --> 00:11:34.579 To live according to the Spirit. 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:37.920 Paul's going to emphasize that more in the next verse. 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:40.500 But before we get there, 00:11:40.680 --> 00:11:41.620 I want us to notice, 00:11:41.900 --> 00:11:44.300 That it's something Paul's already been saying. 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:46.879 If we look back at chapter 6, 00:11:47.060 --> 00:11:48.820 I'm going to start with 12 to 14, 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:51.360 But then I'll put verse 22 up on the screen. 00:11:51.360 --> 00:12:20.200 Then verse 22, 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:24.700 But now that you have been set free from sin, 00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:27.580 And have become slaves of God, 00:12:27.940 --> 00:12:31.220 The fruit you get leads to sanctification, 00:12:31.560 --> 00:12:32.659 And its end, 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:34.180 Eternal life. 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:37.379 Paul says, 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:39.940 You've become slaves of God. 00:12:41.019 --> 00:12:43.120 There is still an obligation, 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:46.180 But the obligation is no longer to sin, 00:12:46.180 --> 00:12:48.700 The obligation is to the Spirit. 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:54.159 There's really no option. 00:12:56.139 --> 00:12:57.840 Sanctification is not a luxury, 00:12:58.379 --> 00:13:00.800 But a necessity. 00:13:02.060 --> 00:13:04.419 It's not just for the leaders, 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:06.279 The pastors and deacons, 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:08.580 It's for every one of us. 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:13.360 It's not for someday when I get older, 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:15.460 Then I'll worry about sanctification. 00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:15.600 Sanctification, 00:13:15.900 --> 00:13:18.720 It's for young people today. 00:13:20.800 --> 00:13:24.960 Sanctification is something that is supposed to be going on in our life, 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:27.519 From the very moment of salvation, 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:29.940 Until the day that we meet Christ. 00:13:30.800 --> 00:13:34.060 There's no excuse for us not growing, 00:13:34.800 --> 00:13:37.040 In our walk with Christ. 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:44.039 Sanctification is something that is not fitting. 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:44.879 In growing, 00:13:45.199 --> 00:13:46.159 In sanctification, 00:13:47.439 --> 00:13:48.819 Then as someone, 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:50.819 A friend of mine used to say, 00:13:51.439 --> 00:13:53.259 You need to check your birth certificate. 00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:57.539 Because there's something that's not fitting. 00:13:58.779 --> 00:14:00.079 There's no option. 00:14:01.339 --> 00:14:01.899 There's no, 00:14:02.219 --> 00:14:03.579 And if there's a disconnect, 00:14:03.819 --> 00:14:04.959 It needs to be corrected. 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:06.360 Now, 00:14:06.460 --> 00:14:07.560 Having said that, 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:13.580 One of the reasons that you and I consistently fail, 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:15.400 In our walk, 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:17.060 In our avoidance of sin, 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:23.320 Is that we depend upon the same old resources, 00:14:23.660 --> 00:14:25.280 That didn't work the last time. 00:14:26.940 --> 00:14:29.040 And that brings us to the second point, 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:31.100 From verse 13. 00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:34.680 Our response to the spirit must be empowered, 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:35.820 By the spirit. 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.740 If you live according to the flesh, 00:14:38.780 --> 00:14:39.420 You will die. 00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:41.600 But if by the spirit you put the deeds, 00:14:42.040 --> 00:14:44.460 To death the deeds of the body, 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:46.060 You will live. 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:48.180 Last week, 00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:50.280 Pastor David laid out for us, 00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:52.900 That what it looks like to be in the flesh, 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:55.540 And what it looks like to be in the spirit. 00:14:56.940 --> 00:14:58.860 And then he continued from there, 00:14:58.860 --> 00:15:02.500 To talk about the concept of our responsibility, 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:04.779 To live by the spirit. 00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:06.200 Today, 00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:08.300 We're continuing that theme. 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:10.440 We're continuing that idea, 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:13.300 Recognizing that by living by the spirit, 00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:17.000 Is always and only by the spirit. 00:15:18.700 --> 00:15:20.080 The practical question, 00:15:20.180 --> 00:15:20.399 Of course, 00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:20.639 Is, 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:21.779 So how do I do that? 00:15:21.779 --> 00:15:25.079 How is it any different, 00:15:25.079 --> 00:15:27.899 Than the way that you've already been living? 00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:29.279 How would you, 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.360 How would you respond differently? 00:15:31.959 --> 00:15:33.980 How would you change things, 00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:36.379 So that you get a different result? 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.439 Well, 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:41.519 If it's to be by the spirit, 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:44.439 Then we need to recognize, 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:46.720 What the spirit does. 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:49.660 Because if we understand, 00:15:49.660 --> 00:15:51.920 The spirit's job description, 00:15:51.920 --> 00:15:52.879 If you will, 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:55.200 Then we have a better idea, 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:57.220 Of how do we live, 00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:59.160 According to the spirit. 00:15:59.800 --> 00:16:00.960 And we don't have time, 00:16:01.040 --> 00:16:02.800 To look at all of the responsibilities, 00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:04.800 And roles of the Holy Spirit. 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:07.879 But I think there are three of them, 00:16:08.180 --> 00:16:10.420 That are pointed to by this passage, 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:12.920 So as we think about these three roles, 00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:14.759 Of the Holy Spirit, 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:17.919 I think it gives us a plan, 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:19.379 For how to change, 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:21.879 And how to actually walk by the spirit. 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:24.299 The first one is, 00:16:24.580 --> 00:16:25.419 To recognize, 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:27.919 The difference between flesh, 00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:29.600 And spirit, 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:30.939 In my life. 00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:35.580 That is conviction. 00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:38.860 And one of the roles, 00:16:38.939 --> 00:16:39.899 Of the Holy Spirit, 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:41.919 Given in John chapter 16, 00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:42.679 Verse 7, 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:44.179 Is to convict, 00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:45.959 The world of sin. 00:16:46.579 --> 00:16:47.459 In other words, 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.559 To show me, 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:50.059 The sin of my life. 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:53.359 Two passages, 00:16:53.359 --> 00:16:55.079 That Pastor Andrew referred to, 00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:56.079 A few weeks ago, 00:16:56.339 --> 00:16:57.939 And they fit here as well. 00:16:58.179 --> 00:16:58.919 The first one is, 00:16:59.019 --> 00:17:00.779 In Ephesians chapter 20, 00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:01.839 Or chapter 4, 00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:03.339 22 to 24, 00:17:03.339 --> 00:17:05.440 To put off your old self, 00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:06.279 Which belongs, 00:17:06.659 --> 00:17:07.819 To your former manner, 00:17:08.379 --> 00:17:09.019 Of life, 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:10.099 And is corrupt, 00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:11.419 Through deceitful desires, 00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:13.039 That is living according, 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:14.779 To the flesh. 00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.660 Verse 24, 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:18.740 To put on the new self, 00:17:19.060 --> 00:17:21.140 Created after the likeness of God, 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:22.539 And true righteousness, 00:17:22.800 --> 00:17:23.400 And holiness, 00:17:23.840 --> 00:17:24.580 That is, 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.920 Walking in the spirit. 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:27.500 Well, 00:17:27.600 --> 00:17:29.060 What is the hinge, 00:17:29.060 --> 00:17:31.740 That ties these two things together? 00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:33.980 It is verse 23, 00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:35.720 To be renewed, 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:37.440 In the spirit of your minds. 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.420 In other words, 00:17:38.820 --> 00:17:40.800 Until my thinking changes, 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:43.320 My actions won't change. 00:17:44.320 --> 00:17:47.060 So how do I change my thinking? 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:49.620 I have to rely upon the Holy Spirit, 00:17:49.620 --> 00:17:50.660 To do that. 00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:52.259 Another passage he uses, 00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:53.600 Romans chapter 12, 00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.700 Verses 1 and 2, 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:56.539 I appeal to you therefore, 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:56.940 Brothers, 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:58.080 By the mercies of God, 00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:59.140 To present your bodies, 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:00.380 A living sacrifice, 00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:01.819 Holy and acceptable to God, 00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:03.600 Which is your spiritual worship. 00:18:03.860 --> 00:18:05.200 And that is talking about, 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.019 Walking, 00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:06.900 Living, 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:07.860 In the spirit. 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:11.660 Do not be conformed, 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:12.460 To this world. 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:14.240 That's talking about, 00:18:14.580 --> 00:18:15.100 Walking, 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:15.840 Living, 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.860 In the flesh. 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.900 Do not be conformed, 00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:19.340 To this world, 00:18:19.340 --> 00:18:20.460 But be transformed, 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:22.519 By the renewal, 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:23.680 Of your mind. 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.840 In other words, 00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:27.640 I have to have my thinking changed. 00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.740 That by testing, 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.539 You may discern, 00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:33.060 What is the will of God, 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.920 What is good, 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.700 And acceptable, 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.480 And perfect. 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:36.960 Remember that last phrase, 00:18:37.060 --> 00:18:38.259 Because that comes up again, 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.320 In the next point. 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:41.320 But the first one is, 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.759 That I have to rely, 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.799 On God, 00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.940 To teach me. 00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:46.519 I have to rely, 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.740 On the Holy Spirit, 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:49.140 To talk to me, 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:50.900 And to tell me what's wrong. 00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:52.400 The battle is in, 00:18:52.560 --> 00:18:53.460 The mind. 00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:56.519 Why is that? 00:18:59.060 --> 00:19:00.460 Because sometimes, 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:02.120 I cannot tell, 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:04.860 Whether I'm walking in the flesh, 00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:06.620 Or walking in the spirit. 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.120 Oh, 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:08.400 Sometimes it's obvious. 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.380 Okay, 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:10.000 Those are easy. 00:19:10.540 --> 00:19:11.500 I'm assuming, 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:12.840 Everybody in here, 00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:14.420 Has already worked on those. 00:19:14.560 --> 00:19:14.800 Okay? 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.700 I'm talking about, 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:18.000 The subtle things. 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.680 The little things. 00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.919 The things that really, 00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:23.099 Need to be changed, 00:19:23.139 --> 00:19:23.779 In my life, 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:24.559 To make me look, 00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:25.720 More like Christ. 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:28.359 You see, 00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:28.960 Those, 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:30.000 Those kind of things, 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:31.379 I need the Holy Spirit, 00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:32.779 To speak to me. 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:34.819 I need him to tell me, 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:36.460 That was the wrong way, 00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.759 To respond to that person. 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:39.200 That was the wrong way, 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:40.740 To think about that situation. 00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:42.339 That was the wrong, 00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:44.460 Activity to be involved in. 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.539 Those things, 00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:47.139 Do not look like Christ. 00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:49.440 But my sin, 00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.680 Seems so right. 00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:54.399 My view of my own righteousness, 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:56.759 Can be the boom box, 00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:58.000 That blocks out, 00:19:58.379 --> 00:20:00.159 The quiet voice, 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.859 Of the spirit. 00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:04.299 As I was thinking about that, 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:04.960 I was thinking about, 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:07.759 The cars that drive past my house. 00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.759 But, 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:10.399 If one of them were stopped there, 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.839 The car is shaking. 00:20:12.159 --> 00:20:12.559 Da boom, 00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.079 Da boom, 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.559 Da boom. 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.839 And I thought, 00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:16.759 What if I walked up to the person, 00:20:16.879 --> 00:20:17.419 And said, 00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:18.000 Hey, 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.960 Could you turn that down, 00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:20.279 Just a little bit? 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:22.200 It's shaking my whole house. 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:24.220 The person would go, 00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:24.919 What? 00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.940 Can't hear ya. 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.319 That's the way I am, 00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:31.279 With my sin. 00:20:32.139 --> 00:20:33.119 The Holy Spirit, 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:34.359 Taps me on the shoulder, 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.000 And he says, 00:20:35.419 --> 00:20:35.659 Hey, 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.960 That wasn't very good. 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.899 Where did those words, 00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.519 Come from? 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:43.200 And I'm so busy thinking, 00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.839 Oh yeah, 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.940 I'm doing really good, 00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.240 God. 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.539 You're so proud of me, 00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:48.660 I can't hear him. 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.920 I can't hear him, 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:52.220 Because I've blocked him out, 00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.579 With my own sinfulness. 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.599 So what happens? 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.799 What does that look like, 00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.619 In our lives? 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.900 Husbands justify, 00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:02.779 The way we talk to our wives, 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:04.240 By telling ourselves, 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:07.019 She just needs a little bit more respect. 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.799 Wives, 00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:12.559 Grow bitter with their husbands, 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:14.900 Because they're not loving enough. 00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:18.359 Parents are angry with their children, 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:20.440 Because they interrupted the program. 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:25.559 Children are dismissive, 00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.620 And disrespectful, 00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.220 Because their parents, 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.539 Just don't understand. 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:33.120 What can I do? 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:35.339 How can I fight those things? 00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.879 Let me give it to you in a nutshell, 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.579 And then explain. 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.759 The road to righteousness, 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:43.279 Is paved with repentance. 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:46.239 The road to righteousness, 00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:48.199 Is paved with repentance. 00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.500 What does that mean? 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.979 First, 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:53.919 I have to turn off the noise, 00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:56.979 Of the self-justification, 00:21:57.459 --> 00:22:00.379 And listen for the sound of God. 00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.099 For the words of God. 00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:03.839 Aaron's song was so, 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.579 Aaron, 00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.619 You know, 00:22:05.719 --> 00:22:07.359 Do you know the last time I spoke, 00:22:07.439 --> 00:22:07.799 You sang? 00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:10.899 I just thought of that. 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.659 Thank you. 00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:14.019 But, 00:22:14.219 --> 00:22:15.159 And then, 00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.659 She picks the songs, 00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:18.359 That I think, 00:22:18.419 --> 00:22:18.759 Oh yeah, 00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.619 That looks great. 00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:22.879 What was the line? 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.240 I'm listening. 00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.599 I'm listening. 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:27.719 I'm listening. 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:34.759 We need to turn off the noise, 00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.980 Of our own attitudes, 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.120 Our own ideas, 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.860 And simply listen. 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.200 Secondly, 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:43.980 We have to be regularly in the word, 00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:45.460 So that the voice, 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.720 When it comes, 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.319 I can understand, 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.680 That that is, 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.400 God, 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.440 Speaking. 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:53.400 I have to, 00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.600 To have in my, 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.320 In my, 00:22:55.320 --> 00:22:56.660 In my repertoire, 00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:57.720 What is, 00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:59.320 What does God think? 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.759 Because then, 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:03.580 When I do something, 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:05.820 And I feel that nudge of the spirit, 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.620 Then I can say, 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.000 Yeah, 00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:08.420 That's right, 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.140 That wasn't right, 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.840 That wasn't good. 00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:14.860 Third, 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:16.680 And this one's probably the most important, 00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:20.140 Confess to God, 00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.940 And to others, 00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.380 And ask, 00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.420 For forgiveness, 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:29.080 Nothing helps me change, 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.340 My way, 00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:31.480 Of speaking, 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.840 Thinking, 00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:34.259 And acting, 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.900 More, 00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:38.100 Than the humiliation, 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.019 Of confessing it. 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:44.620 When I find myself, 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:46.140 Getting a little bit, 00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.000 Too authoritative, 00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.920 With my wife, 00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:50.740 When I find myself, 00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.860 Stretching the facts, 00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.680 To make myself, 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.900 Look better than I am, 00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:57.120 I find, 00:23:57.300 --> 00:23:58.720 That going to my wife, 00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.320 And saying, 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.700 That was wrong, 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:03.160 And I should not have spoken to you that way, 00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.360 Would you forgive me? 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:07.140 Going to other people, 00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.800 The people who are involved, 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.640 In the conversation, 00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:09.960 Say, 00:24:10.520 --> 00:24:12.340 I think I exaggerated the truth there, 00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.960 That was a lie, 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:18.400 Would you forgive me? 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:22.420 The simple act, 00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:23.340 Of doing that, 00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:26.900 Helps me avoid it the next time, 00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:28.880 Because it hurts, 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:34.460 How do you walk by the spirit? 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.180 First, 00:24:36.300 --> 00:24:37.580 In simple humility, 00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.800 Tell God, 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.800 I'm a sinner, 00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.200 And I know, 00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.480 That does not please you, 00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.820 Notice I did not say, 00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.820 I was a sinner, 00:24:45.260 --> 00:24:45.920 I said, 00:24:46.020 --> 00:24:47.060 I am a sinner, 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:51.960 I would have liked to have spent some time, 00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.159 Looking at Psalm 51, 00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.639 But we wouldn't be done today, 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.740 So, 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.319 So, 00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.519 Psalm 51, 00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:59.099 Read it on your own, 00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.879 It is how, 00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.819 David, 00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:02.819 Was changed, 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:04.759 And used the spirit of God, 00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:06.500 To walk by the spirit of God, 00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.740 But I will give you one verse, 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.740 Psalm 139, 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.059 Verse 23, 00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.799 Search me, 00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.299 Oh God, 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.480 And know my heart, 00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.759 Try me, 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:17.059 And know my thoughts, 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:19.799 The Holy Spirit, 00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.720 Whose role, 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.839 Is conviction, 00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:24.099 Will point it out to you, 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:26.839 Second, 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.839 Another role of the Holy Spirit, 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:31.539 Is to remind us of Christ's words, 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.519 According to John 14, 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.220 26, 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:36.139 So it's by instruction, 00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:39.000 And here's the issue, 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:42.039 Practice a day by day action, 00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:45.519 Those of you who are in Sunday school, 00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:45.940 This morning, 00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.720 I love it when the Sunday school, 00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:50.980 And the morning message, 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.019 Come together, 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:55.980 And they say essentially the same thing, 00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.579 It kind of makes me think, 00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:59.319 We're all using the same book or something, 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.019 I don't know, 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:04.019 The verb here, 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.680 Killing, 00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.140 Killing, 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.900 The deeds of the body, 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:09.100 Is present, 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.759 Present tense, 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:12.160 And what that means, 00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.880 Is that it's talking about, 00:26:14.080 --> 00:26:15.940 A continual activity, 00:26:16.280 --> 00:26:18.140 It's not something that we can do, 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.180 Once and for all, 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.040 And be done with, 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.660 It's a daily duty, 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:25.140 Paul says that the spirit, 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:27.000 Provides us with the energy, 00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:28.860 And the power to continually, 00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.120 And gradually, 00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:31.620 Be killing our sin, 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:34.440 A process that's never completed, 00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:35.240 In this life, 00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:37.579 Means the spirit, 00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:39.500 The means the spirit uses, 00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.660 To accomplish, 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.579 This process, 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:44.859 Is our faithful obedience, 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:47.079 In the simple commands, 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.160 Of scripture, 00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:50.099 I've often said, 00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:52.039 The Christian life, 00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:54.180 Is incredibly simple, 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:57.460 And incredibly hard, 00:26:57.460 --> 00:27:01.500 I know the simple commands, 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.019 Of scripture, 00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:05.579 And yet, 00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:07.440 Often times, 00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.440 I don't live them, 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:11.579 The energy, 00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.140 Of the spirit, 00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:15.579 Not the energy, 00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.240 Of the flesh, 00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:17.120 Is what enables, 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.860 The believer, 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.420 To put the body's, 00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.500 Deeds to death, 00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.460 It's an energy, 00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.079 That's given, 00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.299 One day at a time, 00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.600 Holiness, 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.699 Holiness is not an event, 00:27:27.199 --> 00:27:28.219 It's a process, 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:30.799 So whether you are a child, 00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:33.159 Whether you are a teen, 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:35.079 Whether you're an adult, 00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:36.559 Or whether you're an elder, 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:38.919 You should be able to see, 00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:40.679 Some change, 00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.879 That's taking place, 00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:43.379 Can you look back, 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:45.240 Over the last month, 00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:47.639 Or even the last year, 00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.339 And see anything, 00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.480 At all, 00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.699 That is different, 00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:52.719 In your life, 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:56.380 Can you look back, 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:58.220 And see any sin, 00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.940 That you have, 00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:01.360 Gotten a victory over, 00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:03.620 Any problem, 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.380 Difficulty, 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.779 That you've recognized, 00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:07.160 The help of God, 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.779 In, 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:11.360 So often, 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:11.660 We, 00:28:11.860 --> 00:28:12.799 When we talk about, 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.259 What the work of God is, 00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.059 We talk about, 00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:16.720 Like he stopped working, 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:18.079 20 years ago, 00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.259 For some of you, 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.180 Five years ago, 00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:25.120 Why is that? 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.320 Because we're all, 00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.720 Way too satisfied, 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.920 With the way we are, 00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:33.580 We can be so discontent, 00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:35.000 With our life, 00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:37.400 With our finances, 00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:39.039 With our stuff, 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.840 With our friendships, 00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.920 With our family, 00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:45.759 But when was the last time, 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:47.320 That you found yourself, 00:28:47.320 --> 00:28:48.420 Discontent, 00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.880 With your level of holiness? 00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:54.640 How do I change that? 00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:57.600 Be specific, 00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:58.200 With God, 00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:59.080 Don't ask God, 00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:00.019 To make you more holy, 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.140 Ask God, 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.200 To help you, 00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.320 To stop, 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:06.400 Doing this one thing, 00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:08.000 That you find yourself, 00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.500 Doing, 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.220 Over, 00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.980 And over, 00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.940 And over again, 00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:15.460 Do not become discouraged, 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:17.940 But also, 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.420 Do not become complacent, 00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:22.200 Take little steps, 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.980 Of holiness, 00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.960 And take them consistently, 00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.660 Third, 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:30.019 The Holy Spirit, 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:31.340 Is called the helper, 00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.120 Over, 00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:33.019 And over, 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.299 And over again, 00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.840 In John 14, 00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.480 Through 16, 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:39.259 In this passage, 00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.839 It says, 00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.620 You, 00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.980 By the Spirit, 00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:45.980 I like the careful balance, 00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:47.099 That Paul achieves, 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:49.039 In this verse 13, 00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.720 By the Spirit, 00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:53.420 You put to death, 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.440 The deeds of the body, 00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:57.180 Paul puts a responsibility, 00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:59.039 On our shoulders, 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:01.920 You need to be putting sin, 00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.480 To death, 00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.259 But you need to rely, 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.140 Upon the Spirit, 00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:06.220 To do that, 00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.940 It says the same thing, 00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.940 That Peter said, 00:30:09.040 --> 00:30:09.920 In chapter 2, 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.540 Verses 11 and 12, 00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:12.620 Beloved, 00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.940 I urge you, 00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:15.100 As sojourners, 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.060 And exiles, 00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.900 To abstain, 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.700 From the passions, 00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.400 Of the flesh, 00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:19.680 Which wage war, 00:30:19.780 --> 00:30:20.620 Against your soul, 00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:22.820 Keep your conduct, 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.940 Among the Gentiles, 00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.580 Honorable, 00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.240 So that when they speak, 00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.740 Against you as evildoers, 00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:29.820 They may see your good deeds, 00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:31.820 And glorify God, 00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:33.420 On the day of visitation, 00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:35.960 In other words, 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.279 Live your life, 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:40.100 As if someone were watching, 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:42.759 Because people are watching, 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:46.800 Live your life, 00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:49.220 As if someone were watching, 00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.720 Because God is watching, 00:30:51.720 --> 00:31:00.140 Paul makes it clear, 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.279 That we can do it, 00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:03.839 Only through the Spirit, 00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:06.700 It goes back to that balance, 00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.620 My walking on that, 00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:10.259 If I say, 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.660 Oh, 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.960 It's all about me, 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:14.420 Then I'm going to fall off, 00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.200 On that side, 00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:17.360 If I say, 00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:17.860 Well, 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.880 I'm not going to work, 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.660 At this at all, 00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:21.500 When God's ready to change me, 00:31:21.560 --> 00:31:22.340 He'll change me, 00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.820 Ever heard anybody say that? 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:27.680 Ever heard anybody think it? 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.360 I've thought it, 00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:35.460 When God wants me, 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.640 To get rid of this sin, 00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.259 In my life, 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.580 He'll take it away, 00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:40.220 And I, 00:31:40.560 --> 00:31:40.980 Guess what? 00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:42.360 I continued to do, 00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:44.160 The same stupid sin, 00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:45.860 Over and over again, 00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.420 Till finally, 00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.300 I said, 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.660 Huh, 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.960 Maybe I should stop, 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:56.640 Most of you know, 00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:58.580 Because I have not been secretive about it, 00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.740 For years, 00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.440 I smoked, 00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:03.160 After I accepted Christ, 00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:07.640 And I continued to do it, 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:07.840 Thinking, 00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:08.240 Yeah, 00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:09.440 God will stop me when he's ready, 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:11.200 Guess what? 00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.460 God was ready, 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.539 Way before I was, 00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:17.460 And when I finally, 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:19.700 Simply obeyed, 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:22.259 And did it, 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:25.180 Then I started growing, 00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:28.460 In ways that I had never imagined before, 00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.639 In ways that, 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.000 Not only was God, 00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.480 Okay with, 00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.639 But so was my wife, 00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.200 By the way, 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:39.860 It has to be, 00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:41.740 By me depending upon God, 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.759 But I also, 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:44.380 Have to be involved, 00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.340 In doing it, 00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:48.980 I've used this illustration before, 00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:51.039 I'll have someone, 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:52.059 That I'm counseling, 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.700 And they'll be telling me, 00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.420 About this sin, 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.360 They were involved with, 00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.279 And I'm thinking, 00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:58.779 That's terrible, 00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.420 And I'll ask them, 00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:02.460 Would you do that sin, 00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.880 If I were there, 00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:05.700 And they'll say, 00:33:05.820 --> 00:33:06.800 Well of course not, 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:09.620 That was weird, 00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:13.140 And I say, 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.680 But you did that sin, 00:33:14.760 --> 00:33:16.500 While the Holy Spirit was there, 00:33:17.820 --> 00:33:19.500 Doesn't that trouble you more? 00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:25.160 Doing it by the Spirit, 00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:28.140 So how do you do it? 00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:30.660 One of the fruits of the Spirit, 00:33:30.780 --> 00:33:31.460 Is self-control, 00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:32.880 Galatians chapter 5, 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.740 Verses 22, 00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.760 And 23, 00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:36.060 But the fruit of the Spirit, 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.940 Is love, 00:33:37.060 --> 00:33:37.260 Joy, 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:37.640 Peace, 00:33:37.760 --> 00:33:38.100 Patience, 00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.540 Kindness, 00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:38.860 Goodness, 00:33:39.040 --> 00:33:39.340 Faithfulness, 00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:39.760 Gentleness, 00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.800 Self-control, 00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:42.760 I could have focused, 00:33:42.760 --> 00:33:43.720 On any of them, 00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.860 But let me just take, 00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:46.700 The final one, 00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.720 Self-control, 00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:49.660 How do I develop, 00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.780 Self-control? 00:33:53.780 --> 00:33:54.260 Ask, 00:33:55.260 --> 00:33:55.860 Act, 00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:57.060 Rely, 00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:58.160 I wish it would have been an A, 00:33:58.280 --> 00:33:59.540 But I couldn't think of an A, 00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:01.920 Ask, 00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:01.920 00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.740 Act, 00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:04.180 And rely, 00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:05.960 So let me give you an example, 00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:10.159 When I find myself so caught up, 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.960 With, 00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:14.420 With my emails, 00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.719 And my texts, 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.759 And my, 00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:21.039 The weather report, 00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:23.460 And the news headlines, 00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:25.800 And which new product, 00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:26.679 Whatever, 00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:30.059 Whatever my preference is, 00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:31.260 In terms of Apple, 00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.599 Or, 00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.860 You notice, 00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.920 I have a watch on, 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.099 I have a phone in my pocket, 00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:36.039 I have used my iPad, 00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:37.420 My Mac is at home, 00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:39.440 Whatever it is, 00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:39.840 Okay, 00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:41.639 When I find myself, 00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:43.680 So caught up with those things, 00:34:44.680 --> 00:34:46.559 That they take precedence, 00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:48.099 I need to ask God, 00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.159 Help me Lord, 00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.220 To stop that, 00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:51.800 So the first thing I do, 00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:53.119 Is the night before, 00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.980 I pray, 00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:54.500 Lord, 00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.380 Tomorrow morning, 00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.280 When I wake up, 00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:58.200 Please help me to focus first, 00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:58.920 On your word, 00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:01.200 Then I can look at all that other stuff, 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:04.460 That's my ask, 00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:06.800 My act, 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:09.220 I go to my devices, 00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:11.179 And I turn off notifications, 00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.679 On the home screen, 00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.840 Some of you have no idea, 00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.659 What I'm talking about, 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.019 It's okay, 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:16.059 Okay, 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:17.440 I do something, 00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:20.940 I turn off those notifications, 00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.480 So the first thing I look at, 00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:24.320 When my phone comes on, 00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.559 For the alarm, 00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.639 Is not, 00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:29.099 What is the news headline, 00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.260 What's the weather, 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.059 What's, 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:33.559 What are my three emails, 00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.440 That I got overnight, 00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.320 From somebody, 00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.460 Trying to sell me something, 00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.820 Right, 00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:40.639 I turn off those notifications, 00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:42.480 Because I don't want to see those first, 00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:44.139 Because if I do, 00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.539 I will fall, 00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:48.659 So I take some action, 00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.659 To keep me from falling, 00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.740 And third, 00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.760 I rely, 00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:57.599 I rely on the Holy Spirit, 00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:00.099 To when I start my phone, 00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:02.380 Which is what I do my devotions on, 00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:05.039 The first thing I go to, 00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:06.099 Is God's word app, 00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:08.280 I read that first, 00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:11.880 Maybe it's not news for you, 00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.800 Maybe it's not emails, 00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:14.280 Maybe it's social media, 00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:18.240 If we focused a little more, 00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:19.240 On God's media, 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:21.780 Our social media, 00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:23.400 Would be a lot more pleasing to him, 00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:24.820 That's a different subject, 00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:28.000 This brings us to the last point, 00:36:28.100 --> 00:36:29.580 And if you looked at your clock, 00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:30.260 You're worried, 00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.800 Okay, 00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:33.180 Because the third point is, 00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:34.700 Our response to the Spirit, 00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:36.360 Is an evidence of salvation, 00:36:36.560 --> 00:36:37.300 Don't worry, 00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:37.880 We're okay, 00:36:38.120 --> 00:36:38.340 Alright, 00:36:38.680 --> 00:36:41.320 We're okay, 00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:43.320 Because this one is the message, 00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:44.300 Of next week, 00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.900 And I don't want to take it, 00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:47.280 From Pastor Andrew anyway, 00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:51.039 For all who are led, 00:36:51.120 --> 00:36:52.400 By the Spirit of God, 00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:54.240 Are sons of God, 00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:58.120 Put simple terms, 00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:01.119 The presence of the Spirit, 00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.960 Is the proof, 00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:06.799 I do not depend, 00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:09.139 Upon how I feel, 00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:11.380 Well I just feel like I'm saved, 00:37:11.859 --> 00:37:12.900 You know what, 00:37:13.359 --> 00:37:14.019 Some days, 00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:16.440 I don't feel much like I'm saved, 00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:18.619 Worse than that, 00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.819 Some days I don't look like it, 00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:24.359 But I know I'm saved, 00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:26.319 Because I know, 00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:28.079 That the Spirit of God, 00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:29.279 Has worked in me, 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.719 He's changed things, 00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:32.019 That I never imagined, 00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.799 He would change, 00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:36.739 He's changed things, 00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.859 That at first, 00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:39.079 I wasn't all that crazy, 00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.679 About changing, 00:37:40.339 --> 00:37:43.500 But he's changed them, 00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:45.199 And because of the work, 00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:46.380 Of the Spirit of my life, 00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.539 Because I recognize, 00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:49.299 That I'm being led by the Spirit, 00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:50.659 I know, 00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:53.219 That I am the Son of God, 00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:56.779 1 John chapter 3, 00:37:56.839 --> 00:37:57.619 Verses 2 and 3, 00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.319 Beloved, 00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:59.859 We are children of God now, 00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:02.380 And what we will be, 00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:03.799 Has not yet appeared, 00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.599 But we know, 00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.519 That when he appears, 00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.679 We shall be like him, 00:38:08.279 --> 00:38:10.519 Because we shall see him, 00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.519 As he is, 00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:13.119 And everyone, 00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:14.699 Who thus hopes in him, 00:38:14.839 --> 00:38:15.960 Purifies himself, 00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.279 As he, 00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.679 Is pure, 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:22.119 How do I do that? 00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:24.900 I make sure, 00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:26.059 That my response, 00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:27.420 To the Spirit, 00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:30.259 Is not an option, 00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:31.000 In my life, 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:33.659 I am, 00:38:33.819 --> 00:38:34.779 I make sure, 00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:36.239 That my response, 00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:37.000 To the Spirit, 00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.739 Is empowered, 00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:39.059 By the Spirit, 00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:41.980 And those bring me, 00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.940 The evidence, 00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:44.340 Of my salvation, 00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:47.139 Maybe here, 00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:48.119 You're here today, 00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.920 And you, 00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:49.759 Say, 00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.039 Well, 00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.440 Nothing's really changed, 00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:53.240 I'm pretty much, 00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:53.860 The same person, 00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.500 I was before, 00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.240 I accepted Christ, 00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:59.599 Maybe you've been, 00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:01.179 Trying to live righteously, 00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:02.500 But you find, 00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.360 That you fail, 00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.039 Over, 00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:04.860 And over, 00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.780 And over, 00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.920 And over again, 00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.780 And maybe this morning, 00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.420 You realize, 00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.539 That the reason, 00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.240 You keep failing, 00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:14.079 Is because, 00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:14.880 You don't belong to Christ, 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:18.780 No matter how many times, 00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.660 You've gone forward, 00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:21.460 No matter how many times, 00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.480 You've raised your hand, 00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:23.680 No matter how many times, 00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:24.579 You've said a prayer, 00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:26.340 If the indwelling spirit, 00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:28.160 Is not bringing about change, 00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:30.000 I said it before, 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.099 You need to check, 00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:31.840 Your birth certificate, 00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:36.700 Maybe you're here this morning, 00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:37.920 And you haven't made, 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.920 The progress you want, 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:40.400 You can see some change, 00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:41.780 You can see some evidence, 00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:43.380 But it's not, 00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:44.559 What it needs to be, 00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:47.340 Maybe things of, 00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.460 Sin is just, 00:39:48.640 --> 00:39:49.559 Keeps overcoming, 00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:50.180 And you need, 00:39:50.240 --> 00:39:51.119 Counsel and prayer, 00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:55.840 This morning, 00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.660 Would be the morning, 00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.640 To ask for that, 00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:59.280 Let's pray, 00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:00.100 Let's pray, 00:40:00.100 --> 00:40:00.100 00:40:00.100 --> 00:40:00.440 Let's pray, 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00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.440 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.440 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.440 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:30.420 Thank you.