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 All right. Well, I was going to suggest the same, but I didn't know how to, so I'm glad Wes decided to do that.

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 I'm thankful for talented musicians. I think it's rather amazing that Wes broke a string or two, maybe, I heard.

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 And that was his harmonica guitar playing debut, and he carried on just the same.

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 So we appreciate that, Wes. A very good morning to you.

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 If you'll take out your copy of God's Word and turn with me to Romans chapter 8.

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 But it's very, very good to be back with you today.

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 You may or may not know this, but I wasn't here last week because I had a stomach bug,

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 and I appreciate the concern and the prayers of everyone who knew that and was worried about me.

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 Please keep praying for our family. You may notice that the rest of my family is not here this morning.

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 Our house over the past couple of weeks has kind of felt like a health clinic and not a home.

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 We have another little guy sick now.

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 Cademan yesterday, we took him to the park, and rather than his normal joyful self to be at the park,

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 he walked around with his arms hanging like this and just walked around,

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 at which point we thought, something's wrong with Cade.

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 And got him home, and he had 103 temperature.

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 We laid him down at 12.15, and he took a five-hour nap.

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 And we went back in and checked on him at 5.15.

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 And, I mean, I don't know how much he actually slept during all that time.

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 We went in there, and he was laying on his back in his crib, just staring at the ceiling.

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 And so we've given him medication.

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 He's doing much, much better this morning.

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 But that's where the family is, and we're ready for a little relief from illness around our house.

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 So please keep them in your prayers.

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 Let's read this text together.

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 This morning, I'm going to be focusing our attention on verses 14 through 17,

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 but I want to include in our reading verse 13.

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 I really want these five verses, and although I'm going to be focusing on four of them,

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 I want you to include verse 13 in your minds.

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 I really want you to take these home and meditate on them, carry them with you in the coming weeks.

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 I believe it'll have a profound effect on your life if you do.

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 So let's read together, beginning chapter 8, verse 13.

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 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die.

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 But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,

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 but you have received the spirit of adoption as a son by whom we cry, Abba, Father.

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 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

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 And if children, then heirs.

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 Heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him,

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 in order that we may also be glorified with him.

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 Please join me in prayer.

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 Father God, we thank you for the blessing of your word.

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 We thank you that you sent us Christ, your word embodied.

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 And we also thank you for the written word that we can study this morning.

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 And I pray, Father, that today the truths of these four verses will not be lost on us.

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 That they will affect us in a deep way.

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 And an understanding of who we are in Christ will cause us to live as Christ lived.

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 In spite of all my preparation, I am incapable of changing hearts.

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 No amazing thing I can say or say anything in an amazing way

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 will cause anyone to think any differently unless your spirit intercedes.

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 So I pray, Father, that you will do so this morning.

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 That you will be at work in our lives.

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 That we will all believe the truth of your word this morning.

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 And I pray this in the precious name of Christ.

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 Amen.

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 So, Paul in chapter 8 has been talking to us about life in the Spirit.

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 What that looks like.

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 We have been justified by faith and we now have the Spirit of God.

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 And how is it that our life should look in light of the great truth of the Gospel?

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 And how is it that we live by the Spirit?

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 And he turns to kind of conclude that section to speak of our sonship.

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 This great doctrine of our adoption as sons in Christ.

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 And it is a precious, precious truth.

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 And so, I want to show you from these four verses, verses 14 through 17 this morning, three things.

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 Number one, if you have placed your faith in Christ, then you are a son of God.

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 If you have placed your faith, saving faith, in the personal work of Jesus Christ,

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 then you are counted as a son of God.

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 And you have His Spirit dwelling within you.

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 The Spirit of God then dwells within you and you are a son of God.

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 So, how is it that we live righteously before God?

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 It is by His Spirit.

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 Because we will be led by Him if we are sons of God.

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 The parallel text to this text is found in Galatians 4, verses 4 through 6.

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 And it reads,

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 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of woman, born under the law,

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 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

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 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

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 So you are no longer a slave, but a son.

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 And if a son, then an heir through God.

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 So we see that the Spirit generates within us two changes in our attitude toward God.

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 We see that we are no longer slaves, but sons.

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 Our text in Romans says,

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 We did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall into fear,

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 but we received the spirit of adoption as sons.

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 And so we see this change that's generated within us.

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 Number one, we now have, as Christians, a humble submission to Jesus' Lordship.

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 A humble submission to Jesus' Lordship.

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 In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul wrote,

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 Therefore, I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says,

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 Jesus is accursed.

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 And no one can say, Jesus is Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.

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 So the Spirit of God generates in us this new attitude toward Christ.

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 We recognize humbly that Jesus is Lord.

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 We can't do so otherwise.

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 And we submit to that Lordship.

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 Number two, the Spirit generates within us a bold and childlike confidence.

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 In Mark 14, 36, Jesus says,

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 Abba, Father, all things are possible for you.

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 Remove this cup from me, yet not what I will, but what you will.

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 And we know this is the prayer he prays in the Garden of Gethsemane,

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 before he's to be delivered to Pilate to be crucified.

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 Abba, Father, all things are possible for you.

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 And here's where Paul is borrowing this language,

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 this terminology of Abba, Father.

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 It's this bold, childlike confidence.

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 The word Abba is actually the Hebrew word,

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 which you've probably commonly heard as Daddy.

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 was that endearing term that Jewish people called their fathers, Daddy.

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 And I recognize fully now as a father,

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 and as a father of a son who says Daddy to me,

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 that he's laying a claim on me when he says Daddy.

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 I am Cade's provider, and I'm his protector.

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 When Cade comes to me and says Daddy,

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 he's coming to me because he knows that I love him,

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 and I want what's best for him.

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 When Cade's doing his own thing,

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 he never includes me in that process.

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 But when Cade needs the love of his father,

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 he comes to me saying Daddy.

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 The English word we have here for father in this phrase,

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 Abba, Father, is the Greek word pater.

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 And it means literally father in the Greek,

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 but that terminology would have been

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 giving the great reverence and respect

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 that a father deserved.

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 So this Abba, Father,

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 is as if what we're claiming when we say this

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 is that He is mine, God is mine, Abba,

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 and I am His Father.

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 What a precious truth.

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 If we could just take hold of that

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 and believe it this day,

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 believe our lives would look radically different.

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 Another way we can say this,

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 as we saw in 1 Corinthians 12, 3,

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 Jesus is Lord and God is my Father.

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 What a great thing to proclaim.

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 And out of this humble confidence,

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 we're empowered to live

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 as the children of God ought to.

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 Now, ladies, it's important for you

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 to see and understand

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 that Paul is not being sexist

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 when he speaks of our adoption.

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 As sons.

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 The Roman Greek understanding of adoption

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 played a major part

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 in his writing here.

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 Adoption was something

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 that was incredibly important

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 in this culture.

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 And someone who was adopted

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 could not be unadopted.

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 Did you know that's the case

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 with our adoption laws?

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 That when a child is adopted,

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 that child can never be unadopted.

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 A child,

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 if I was in a situation

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 where I could no longer care for Cade,

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 I could drop him off someplace

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 and say,

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 I no longer could be this child's father.

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 But if I were to have adopted Cade,

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 I can't do that any longer.

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 The law does not permit me

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 to unfather that child.

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 Substantial for our understanding

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 of who we are in Christ.

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 That there is nothing

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 and no one

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 that can take us out of his hand.

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 We have been adopted.

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 It has been sealed for us

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 forever

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 to be sons of God.

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 Now,

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 in the Greek culture,

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 being a son of a father

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 meant a lot.

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 It meant that you were to be

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 a herald of the father.

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 You were to be

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 a reflection

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 of who the father was.

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 You were meant

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 to show the father's character

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 in the community.

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 In the same way,

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 as Christians,

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 we are called

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 to do just that.

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 to show the world

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 who our father is

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 by properly reflecting

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 his character.

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 And we'll speak about that

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 more in a moment.

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 But it was

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 a substantial thing

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 to understand

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 that when

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 a son

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 was adopted,

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 he was asked

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 to do the very same thing.

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 So the father

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 had come

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 to this orphan child

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 and adopted the son

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 and given him

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 the full rights

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 to his inheritance

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 and to the bearing

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 of his character

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 as one who wasn't adopted.

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 So ladies,

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 you are,

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 in this cultural context,

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 a son of God.

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 You want to be

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 a son of God.

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 Paul wasn't sexist,

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 but he was speaking

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 to a very masculine-dominated

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 culture.

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 So he was using

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 the language

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 that they would have understood

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 and would have found precious.

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 the ladies

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 who read this letter

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 or had this letter read

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 to them

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 would have said,

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 me,

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 a son

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 of God,

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 would have been

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 substantial

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 and mind-blowing

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 for them.

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 So as

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 the sons of God,

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 number two,

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 if you are

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 a son of God,

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 then

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 you will live

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 as a son of God.

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 That's the implication here.

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 We see,

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 verse 14,

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 that those who are led

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 by the Spirit

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 of God

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 are sons

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 of God.

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 Now,

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 what he's trying to give us

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 is some empirical data,

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 some way that we can observe

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 who the sons of God are.

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 Those who are led

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 by the Spirit

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 into righteousness,

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 verse 13,

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 to put to death

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 the deeds of the body,

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 those who are

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 killing sin

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 and living to God,

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 those are sons of God.

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 That's the exterior measure

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 of that thing.

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 But that is not

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 what makes us sons.

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 Living like sons

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 does not make us sons.

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 Being sons

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 causes us

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 to live

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 like sons.

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 You know,

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 it's one of my great

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 struggles

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 to find the perfect analogy.

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 And I always say to you

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 that analogies

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 always fall short.

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 And they often do.

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 And so,

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 if you're trying to come up

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 with a great analogy

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 for this,

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 and I've had a few

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 that came closer

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 than others,

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 and I think the favorite

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 one that came into my head,

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 as you can see,

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 I'm attempting

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 to grow a beard.

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 I don't know

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 that I'm doing

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 a great job of it,

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 but certainly,

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 growing a beard

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 does not make me a man.

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 But being a man,

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 I can grow a beard.

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 Now,

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 that falls short

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 because not all men

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 can grow beards.

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 Some men

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 I respect deeply.

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 Wes,

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 being one of them,

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 gave it a good shot

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 for seven months,

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 and it was bad.

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 But he's a man

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 I respect.

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 So the analogy

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 falls short.

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 But here's another one

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 for you.

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 This is a rock.

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 And the rock

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 always does its job

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 perfectly.

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 Without fail,

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 this rock,

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 I'm going to try

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 to set it up the edge

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 here so you can see it,

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 this rock

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 is just sitting here.

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 Doing the very thing

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 that this rock

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 was created

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 to do.

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 This is what it was doing

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 when I found it

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 in the parking lot.

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 Doing nothing else.

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 But the fact that

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 this rock

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 is just sitting here

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 does not make it a rock,

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 but it's a rock,

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 therefore it just sits here.

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 Are you with me

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 on that?

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 Now,

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 there are some

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 exterior things

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 we can see

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 about the rock

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 that let us know

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 it's a rock.

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 This rock

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 is just sitting here

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 would be one.

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 It's gray.

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 The fact that it's

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 not jumping around

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 in trees

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 lets me know

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 it's not a squirrel.

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 There are things

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 I can observe about it

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 and say,

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 that's a rock

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 fit for my analogy

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 this morning.

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 I will pick it up

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 and take it inside

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 with me.

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 And I should have

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 washed it off.

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 It's getting my Bible

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 all dirty.

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 But nonetheless,

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 we can observe

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 that it's a rock.

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 But it's because

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 it's a rock

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 that it does

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 its job perfectly.

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 It just does

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 what it was made

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 to do.

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 And that's how

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 we should be

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 like the rock.

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 As sons of God,

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 we should live

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 as the sons of God.

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 Now,

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 of course,

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 we carry around

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 the baggage

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 of our flesh.

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 It's the point

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 that Paul's making

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 in verse 13

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 that we should be

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 putting to death

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 those things in us.

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 That flesh,

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 those deeds.

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 We should be putting

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 that to death

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 and living to God.

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 It's the great

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 truth that someday

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 will be delivered

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 from our body

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 of flesh

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 that should be

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 so profound

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 in your life.

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 If you understand

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 how you ought

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 to live,

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 how your life

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 should look,

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 and how vastly

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 you fail at that,

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 being delivered

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 from that someday

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 should blow

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 your mind.

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 Someday,

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 my body

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 will be glorified

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 and I will be

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 set free

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 from this

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 weight

00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:20.180
 of my flesh.

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 So,

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 how does it look?

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 What should our lives

00:16:24.940 --> 00:16:26.920
 be looking like

00:16:26.920 --> 00:16:27.940
 as the sons

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 of God?

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 Number one,

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 we should be

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 putting to death

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 the deeds of the flesh.

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 Verse 13,

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 as I showed you,

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 and a couple of weeks

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 ago I showed you

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 that if we're going

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 to put off

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 the old self,

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 we must put on

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 the new.

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 We must live

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 to God.

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 And we have a great

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 example of that

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 in Christ.

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 The only man

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.500
 who ever lived

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.319
 a sinless life.

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 Let's take our

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 cues from Him.

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 And let's live

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 in righteousness.

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 And number two,

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 and here in our text,

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 we will suffer

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 as Christ

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 suffered.

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 You see there

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 in verse 17,

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 we'll be heirs

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 with Christ

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 provided we suffer

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 with Him

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 in order that we

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 may also

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 be glorified

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 with Him.

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 We're going to

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 celebrate that

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 this week,

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 aren't we,

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.399
 on Good Friday?

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 The ultimate

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 and final

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 suffering of Christ

00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.539
 on the cross,

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 the bearing of

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:23.219
 God's wrath

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 for our sin.

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 Let's look

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 quickly

00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:28.419
 in the Scriptures.

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 I'll encourage you

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 to jot these down.

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 What was said

00:17:33.219 --> 00:17:34.339
 of suffering,

00:17:34.659 --> 00:17:35.799
 that those

00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:36.359
 who are sons

00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:36.819
 of God,

00:17:36.939 --> 00:17:37.359
 Christians,

00:17:37.659 --> 00:17:38.659
 will suffer,

00:17:38.859 --> 00:17:39.919
 Jesus said it

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 in Luke 9,

00:17:40.879 --> 00:17:41.299
 23,

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.000
 if anyone

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 would come

00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:42.939
 after me,

00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:43.579
 let him deny

00:17:43.579 --> 00:17:44.119
 himself and

00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:44.500
 take up his

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.139
 cross daily

00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:46.359
 and follow me.

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 That verse

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 has nothing

00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:49.339
 to do with

00:17:49.339 --> 00:17:50.259
 dieting

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 or any of

00:17:51.419 --> 00:17:51.740
 the other

00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.579
 various things

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.019
 we want to

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 apply it to

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 in our life.

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 That's not a

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 cross.

00:17:55.419 --> 00:17:55.899
 A cross is

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 where you die.

00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:57.819
 A cross is

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 where you

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 suffer and

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 bleed out.

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 It's not

00:18:00.979 --> 00:18:01.299
 the place

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:02.059
 where we

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 inconvenience

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 ourselves

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 slightly

00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:05.039
 for our

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 Savior.

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 Paul said it,

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 2 Timothy 3,

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 12,

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 Indeed,

00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:10.099
 all who

00:18:10.099 --> 00:18:10.699
 desire to

00:18:10.699 --> 00:18:10.959
 live a

00:18:10.959 --> 00:18:11.599
 godly life

00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.159
 in Christ

00:18:12.159 --> 00:18:12.519
 Jesus

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 will be

00:18:13.959 --> 00:18:14.919
 persecuted.

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 The author

00:18:16.459 --> 00:18:16.919
 of Hebrews

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 said it,

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 Hebrews 12,

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 6 and 7,

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 For the Lord

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 disciplines the

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 one he loves

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 and chastises

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 every son

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 whom he receives.

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 It is for

00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.699
 discipline that

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 you have to

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:27.599
 endure.

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 God is

00:18:28.459 --> 00:18:29.299
 treating you

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 as sons.

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 For what

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 son is there

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.339
 whom his

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 father does

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 not

00:18:34.679 --> 00:18:35.819
 discipline?

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 Peter said

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 it,

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 1 Peter 4,

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 13,

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 But rejoice

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 insofar as

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 you share

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:44.000
 Christ's

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.559
 sufferings,

00:18:44.679 --> 00:18:45.139
 that you

00:18:45.139 --> 00:18:45.720
 may also

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.419
 rejoice and

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 be glad

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 when his

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 glory is

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 revealed.

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 Take joy

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 in the fact

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 that you

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 suffer in

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.279
 this world

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 because it

00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:55.220
 is evidence,

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 that's what

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 he's saying,

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 it is evidence

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 that you are

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 a son of

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 God.

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 Because if

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 you suffer

00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.399
 now,

00:19:02.159 --> 00:19:02.659
 you will

00:19:02.659 --> 00:19:03.259
 one day

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:04.220
 rejoice and

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 be glad

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 at the

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 revelation

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 of his

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 glory.

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 Because

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 you're

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:08.660
 a son

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.160
 of God.

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 And what

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 kind of

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 suffering is

00:19:12.040 --> 00:19:12.880
 he speaking

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 of here?

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 I believe

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 all kinds.

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 The

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 persecution,

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 calamity,

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 disease,

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 death,

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 those things

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:22.060
 that sin

00:19:22.060 --> 00:19:22.760
 bought the

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 world.

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 We ought

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 to suffer

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 all the

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 time in

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 this world.

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 Look at

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 the following

00:19:29.820 --> 00:19:30.940
 verses in

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 Romans later.

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 As the

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 creation

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 groans,

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 for the

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:35.760
 return of

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 Christ,

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 so should

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.000
 we.

00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:38.220
 This world

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 ought to

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 feel so

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 foreign and

00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:40.780
 strange to

00:19:40.780 --> 00:19:41.540
 us that

00:19:41.540 --> 00:19:42.460
 we long

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.260
 for Christ

00:19:43.260 --> 00:19:44.360
 to return

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:45.060
 and set

00:19:45.060 --> 00:19:45.820
 all things

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 right.

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 Suffering

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.500
 ought to be

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.420
 a part of

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 our daily

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 activity.

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 Living in

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 a place that

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 we don't

00:19:54.040 --> 00:19:54.780
 belong.

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 On top

00:19:57.260 --> 00:19:57.740
 of that,

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 we're going

00:19:59.300 --> 00:19:59.640
 to deal

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 with

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:01.420
 sicknesses.

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 My family

00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:02.440
 is going

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.800
 through that

00:20:02.800 --> 00:20:03.140
 now.

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:04.680
 consequence

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:06.000
 of the

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.280
 fall.

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.440
 We're going

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:07.860
 to deal

00:20:07.860 --> 00:20:08.220
 with

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 persecution.

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.240
 If you

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:11.220
 live godly

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 in this

00:20:11.620 --> 00:20:11.960
 world,

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.820
 people will

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 not like

00:20:13.340 --> 00:20:13.680
 you for

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 it.

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 You will

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 be either

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 the fragrance

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.160
 of life

00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:19.840
 or you'll

00:20:19.840 --> 00:20:20.020
 be the

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 fragrance

00:20:20.280 --> 00:20:20.800
 of death.

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 And those

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 who are

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:23.200
 dying do

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 not like

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 that.

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 You will

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 be

00:20:27.620 --> 00:20:29.060
 persecuted.

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:31.460
 how do

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.539
 we

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:31.919
 bear up

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 under

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 that

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 kind

00:20:33.159 --> 00:20:33.259
 of

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.539
 thing?

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.359
 How do

00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:34.539
 we

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.099
 live in

00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:35.279
 this

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.539
 world

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.139
 so

00:20:36.139 --> 00:20:37.480
 uncomfortable?

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.539
 What he's

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 trying to

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:40.440
 tell us,

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 right?

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.460
 Because we're

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 sons of

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 God.

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:42.960
 And if

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 we're

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.440
 sons of

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.759
 God,

00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:45.359
 then we're

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.940
 co-heirs

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.579
 with Christ.

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.319
 We are,

00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:50.259
 as he is

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.799
 an inheritor

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.299
 of God,

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:51.779
 we are

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.639
 also

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:54.039
 inheritors.

00:20:55.419 --> 00:20:56.460
 Verse 16,

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:58.860
 the Spirit

00:20:58.860 --> 00:20:59.380
 bears witness

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 that we're

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 children of

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.279
 God,

00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:00.720
 and if

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.140
 children,

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:01.960
 then heirs.

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.539
 Heirs of

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.460
 God and

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:03.980
 fellow

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:05.319
 heirs with

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.700
 Christ.

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.079
 What are

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:06.940
 we heirs

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.440
 of?

00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:07.880
 We're

00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:08.799
 heirs of

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.700
 a limitless

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.840
 inheritance.

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:11.860
 And I'm

00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:12.100
 going to

00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:12.860
 answer that

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.460
 more completely,

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.340
 at least in

00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:14.620
 part.

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 I don't

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.640
 even know

00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:16.240
 if this

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.460
 is a

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.980
 complete

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.519
 answer to

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.079
 what we're

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.620
 heirs of,

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.000
 but at

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.360
 least in

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 part.

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 This is

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:21.920
 point number

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.079
 three,

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.440
 by the way.

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.680
 If you're

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.079
 a son of

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.400
 God,

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:23.680
 then you

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:23.960
 have a

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.299
 limitless

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.700
 inheritance.

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.220
 And there's

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.819
 three things

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.339
 we inherit

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.299
 at least.

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.400
 Number one,

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.079
 the world.

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.779
 Romans 4,

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.200
 13,

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.680
 Paul wrote,

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.220
 for the promise

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.680
 to Abraham

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.120
 and his

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:37.079
 offspring that

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.519
 he would be

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.620
 heir of

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:39.200
 the world

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:39.600
 did not

00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:40.140
 come through

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.559
 the law,

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.100
 but through

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.680
 the righteousness

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:43.440
 of faith.

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:44.460
 And so if

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.240
 you have placed

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.779
 your faith in

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.079
 Christ,

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:46.620
 you're a

00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:48.039
 co-heir with

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.700
 Abraham,

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.660
 and Abraham

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.299
 was promised

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.860
 what?

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:51.980
 The world.

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.660
 Psalm 24,

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.660
 1 says,

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.279
 the earth

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.800
 is the

00:21:55.800 --> 00:21:56.360
 Lord's

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:56.759
 and the

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.300
 fullness

00:21:57.300 --> 00:21:58.320
 thereof,

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.279
 the world

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.680
 and those

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.160
 who dwell

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:01.160
 therein.

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.500
 So the

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.160
 whole world

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:03.560
 belongs to

00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:04.279
 Jesus Christ

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.180
 and we

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.820
 are a

00:22:05.820 --> 00:22:06.300
 co-heir

00:22:06.300 --> 00:22:07.440
 with him.

00:22:08.340 --> 00:22:08.800
 Psalm 2,

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.160
 8,

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.240
 ask of me

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.880
 and I

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.180
 will make

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.779
 the nations

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.880
 your heritage

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.980
 and the ends

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.600
 of the earth

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.860
 your possession.

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.220
 And this

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.960
 is the

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:18.019
 father asking

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.720
 the son

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.519
 in Psalm

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:19.779
 2,

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.080
 8,

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:21.200
 ask of me

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.460
 and I

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:21.700
 will make

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.360
 the nations

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:23.940
 your heritage.

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.860
 So the

00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.620
 world will

00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:26.799
 someday be

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.720
 ours

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:29.680
 because we

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.539
 belong to

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:30.900
 the one

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.860
 to whom

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:32.140
 the world

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.680
 belongs.

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.920
 Number 2,

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.600
 we will

00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:38.600
 inherit God

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:39.259
 himself,

00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:41.019
 which we

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.340
 get to

00:22:41.340 --> 00:22:42.080
 experience in

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:43.100
 part now.

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.720
 The great

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.380
 work of God

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:45.799
 going on

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.340
 around us,

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.559
 our invitation

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.519
 to be involved

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.400
 in that work,

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:51.180
 the invitation

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.080
 to pray,

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.640
 to share

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.360
 our faith,

00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:54.519
 spread the

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.000
 gospel around

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.320
 the world,

00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:56.120
 is God's

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:57.040
 great love

00:22:57.040 --> 00:22:57.680
 of us

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.400
 to involve

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.820
 us in

00:22:58.820 --> 00:22:59.160
 what he's

00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.420
 doing,

00:22:59.580 --> 00:23:00.140
 to give

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:01.560
 us some

00:23:01.560 --> 00:23:02.180
 of himself.

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:03.960
 But one

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.320
 day,

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:05.820
 we will

00:23:05.820 --> 00:23:06.280
 behold him

00:23:06.280 --> 00:23:06.660
 fully.

00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:07.500
 Now,

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.000
 dimly as

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.360
 in a mirror,

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.900
 but one

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.300
 day we

00:23:11.300 --> 00:23:11.759
 will see

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.200
 him in

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:13.400
 all of

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:13.860
 his glory.

00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.740
 Romans 5,

00:23:15.820 --> 00:23:16.080
 2,

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.640
 B,

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.080
 the second

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.560
 half of

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.000
 5,

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.299
 2,

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.519
 says,

00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:20.240
 we rejoice

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.240
 in the

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.319
 hope of

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.679
 the glory

00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:23.079
 of God.

00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:23.799
 We find

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.559
 our great

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:26.119
 joy in

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:26.720
 the knowledge

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.799
 that someday

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:29.039
 we'll behold

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:30.299
 the glory

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.740
 of God.

00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:32.460
 Revelation

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:32.919
 21,

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.319
 3,

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:34.059
 is a picture

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.359
 of that

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.659
 glory.

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:35.940
 And I

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.200
 heard a

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.779
 loud voice

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.159
 from the

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:37.720
 throne saying,

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.279
 behold,

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.519
 the dwelling

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.059
 place of

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.659
 God is

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.240
 with man.

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.000
 He will

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.579
 dwell with

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:42.980
 them,

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.099
 and they

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.440
 will be

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.000
 his people,

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.779
 and God

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.639
 himself will

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.119
 be with

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:47.419
 them,

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.639
 as their

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.019
 God.

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.599
 Psalm 73,

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.359
 25,

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.099
 and 26,

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:55.159
 one of my

00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:55.480
 favorites,

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:55.879
 the Psalm

00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:56.579
 of Asaph.

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.899
 He wrote,

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.460
 Whom have

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.859
 I in

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:00.779
 heaven but

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.079
 you?

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.359
 And there

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:02.039
 is nothing

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.819
 on earth

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.559
 that I

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.200
 desire beside

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.539
 you.

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.519
 My flesh

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:05.819
 and my

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.179
 heart may

00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:06.539
 fail,

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.379
 but God

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:07.799
 is the

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.399
 strength of

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.980
 my heart

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.940
 and my

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.359
 portion

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.379
 forever.

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:13.159
 My full

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:14.379
 satisfaction

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.960
 forever.

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.019
 forever.

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.299
 So,

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.059
 we get to

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.539
 inherit the

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.900
 world,

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.900
 we get to

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.440
 inherit God

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:21.940
 himself,

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.579
 and we

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:23.819
 get to

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.100
 inherit

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.880
 redeemed

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:26.440
 and glorified

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.000
 bodies.

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.880
 Romans 8,

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:30.220
 23 speaks

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.819
 of the

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.259
 redemption

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.799
 of our

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.180
 bodies,

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 and I

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 believe that

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 this is

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 what Paul

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 is trying

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 to say

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 in verse

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 17,

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 that we

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 will be

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 glorified

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 with

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 him.

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 I have

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 a body

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 that I

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 am so

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 happy is

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 going to

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 get replaced.

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 I am in

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 lots of

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 pain all

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 the time,

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 and I

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 won't take

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 the time

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 to tell

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 you why,

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 but I'm

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 in rather

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 excruciating

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 pain most

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 of my

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 days.

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 I am so

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 happy to

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 experience that

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 because this

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 is such a

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 precious truth

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 to me.

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 Someday,

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 my pain

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 will stop,

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 and I

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 will have a

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 new,

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 redeemed,

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 set right

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 body.

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 What a

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 glorious

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 truth

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 that is.

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 So,

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 we've

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 received,

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 as

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 Christians,

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 an

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 inheritance.

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 Shouldn't

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 this impact

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 the way

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 we live?

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 Shouldn't

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 this spur

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 us on

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 to live

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 as those

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 who are

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 called

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 sons of

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 God,

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 to cry

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 to God,

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 Abba,

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 Father,

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 Daddy,

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 whom I

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 love and

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 respect,

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 Jesus,

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 my Lord,

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 God,

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 my Father,

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 empower me

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 to live

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 by these

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 great truths

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 carried along

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 by your

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 Spirit,

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 the great

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 glory of

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 your name.

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 I hope

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 that today,

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 in large

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 part,

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 is an

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 encouragement

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 to you.

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 We've

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 experienced

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 some

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 chastisement

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 throughout

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 Romans so

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 far.

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 I hope

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 that today

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 you walk

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 out of

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 here filled

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 with joy

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 as a

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 Son of

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 God.

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 If you

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 have never

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 placed your

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 faith in

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 Christ,

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 saving faith,

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 a recognition

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 that you

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 are utterly

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 sinful,

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 there is no

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 part of you

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 that is not

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 sin apart

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 from Him,

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 that you

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 have been

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 separated

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 from God

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 forever.

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 forever,

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 unless

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 you place

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 your faith

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 in the

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 one who

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 bore the

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 wrath for

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 your sins.

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 You believe

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 that Jesus

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 is the

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 Son of

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 God,

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 and that

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 He died

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 on your

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 behalf.

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 If you

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 haven't done

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 that,

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 do that

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 this day.

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 Be filled

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 with the

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 joy of

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 being called

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 a Son of

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 God.

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 I think

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 that we

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 as American

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 Christians

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 have

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 issues with

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 our identity.

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 I think

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 that we

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 tack

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 Christianity

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 on to the

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 end of a

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 list of

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 many other

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 things that

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 we are.

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 And if

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 you do

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 that,

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 any of

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 those other

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 things you

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 think you

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 are have

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 become an

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 idol.

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 to you.

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 If you

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 say,

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 I am a

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 husband who

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 works hard

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 to provide

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 for my

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 family,

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 and I'm

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 a Christian.

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 Check your

00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.259
 heart in

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.559
 that.

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 Because what

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:37.699
 you ought to

00:27:37.699 --> 00:27:37.980
 say is,

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.279
 I'm a

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.759
 Christian and

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.500
 a husband who

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.199
 works hard

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:42.240
 to provide

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.539
 for my

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:42.859
 family.

00:27:43.719 --> 00:27:44.419
 All of

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:44.879
 our life

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.259
 should be

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.579
 encompassed in

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.159
 our identity

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:48.240
 in Christ.

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.819
 We are

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:51.379
 sons because

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.699
 we've been

00:27:51.699 --> 00:27:52.339
 adopted.

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.279
 We weren't

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.639
 part of

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:54.059
 his family

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.500
 to begin

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.799
 with,

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 but because

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:55.819
 of what

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.200
 Christ has

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.339
 done,

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:56.720
 we've been

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:58.059
 adopted into

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.519
 his family.

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 And it is

00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:00.220
 a glorious,

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.859
 profound truth

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.539
 that we should

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.379
 treasure in

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:03.799
 our hearts.

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 Please pray

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.119
 with me.

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 a lot of

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