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 James 4, 1-2 teaches us about the root of all conflict.

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 It says,

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 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?

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 Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

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 You desire and do not have, so you murder.

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 You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.

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 So we like to blame our circumstances and situations

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 when we get into conflict or when we're offended by someone.

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 However, Scripture teaches that the root of all conflict is our own desires, passions.

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 The circumstances, situations present an occasion for those desires to surface

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 and to manifest in disappointment and anger.

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 But those are just occasions, context for that desire to be expressed.

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 And that desire, whether it's for love, respect, or profit,

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 when it's unfulfilled, it leads to disappointment and disagreement.

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 So desire leads to disappointment.

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 And when our sinful pride, at this point,

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 it leads us to believe that we deserve whatever we didn't get.

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 So it's that desire to disappointment to a sense of deserving.

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 And then after that, this sinful downward spiral diverges into two paths.

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 Either we go to denial, where we, at this point, say,

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 act as if nothing happened, nothing's wrong, there's no conflict, it doesn't exist,

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 or you simply flee the situation by either ending a relationship,

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 quitting a job, or changing churches.

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 The other path is to demand it, whatever you did not get, to demand it of others.

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 And you do it by fighting to get it.

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 You lead to at least verbal abuse.

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 It leads to intimidation, threat of violence, or even litigation.

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 So that's really the trajectory of all conflict, really.

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 It starts from desire, goes to disappointment, and then you demand it or you deny it.

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 Now, in the Corinthian church, there was a believer who desired fair treatment

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 and an equitable transaction that he wanted some kind of profit with the fellow believer.

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 But this desire was disappointed when he was defrauded by the other believer.

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 And believing that he deserved better, he proceeded to demand restitution

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 by suing the other believer within the Roman legal system.

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 And so the biblical, Paul addresses this messy situation here in 1 Corinthians 6, 1-11.

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 But instead of taking us toward the downward spiral of sin,

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 he points us to a better biblical approach to resolving such a situation.

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 And his main point in this passage is this,

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 is that justified saints ought to live justly and judge disputes among themselves.

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 So justified saints ought to live justly and judge disputes among themselves.

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 The first point will be about the saints' judgment in verses 1-6.

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 Second, about the saints' justice in verses 7-10.

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 And lastly, about the saints' justification in verse 11.

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 So look with me at verse 1-6 first about the saints' judgment.

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 So Paul concluded the previous chapter in chapter 5 about,

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 he was commanding the Corinthian church to expel the incestuous man from their fellowship

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 because he was teaching that they are supposed to not judge those who are outside,

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 but judge those who are inside.

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 But in the same way Christians are not to judge those who are outside,

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 they are also not to be judged by outsiders regarding its internal affairs.

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 And so he says in this passage that judging the internal matters of the church

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 is a saint's prerogative.

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 And that's the first point, the saint's judgment.

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 And right from verse 1, Paul voices indignation at the situation that was reported to him.

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 He says,

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 When one of you has a grievance against another,

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 does he dare to go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?

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 So in the Greek, the verb dare is the very first word of that sentence for emphasis.

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 It goes, dare do you have grievance against another

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 to go to the law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?

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 So Paul's kind of horrified by what he's heard of happening.

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 And the unrighteous are contrasted with the word saints in verse 1, right?

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 So the word saint means holy one, someone who is set apart or consecrated.

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 It's the designation of Christians who have been consecrated to belong to God.

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 So by referring to the Roman courts as unrighteous,

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 Paul's not necessarily commenting on their corruption,

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 that they're corrupt legal authorities,

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 but rather he's designating their status as people who do not follow God and don't belong to God.

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 So this is confirmed by verse 6,

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 where the unrighteous people are referred to as unbelievers.

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 That's really what Paul is essentially saying.

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 But by choosing the word unrighteous,

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 he is kind of highlighting the irony of what the Corinthians are doing here,

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 because he's basically asking,

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 do you, because the word unrighteous also means unjust,

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 he's basically asking them,

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 do you seek justice from the unjust, right?

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 Do you seek righteousness from those who do not know true righteousness?

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 That's what Paul is asking here.

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 And Paul gives two parallel reasons why taking a case between two believers

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 to an unbeliever for judgment is so unthinkable in verses 2 to 3.

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 Or do you not know that the saints, follow with me, verses 2 to 3.

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 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?

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 And if the world is to be judged by you,

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 are you incompetent to try trivial cases?

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 Do you not know that we are to judge angels?

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 How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life?

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 So first reason that is given in verse 2,

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 the saints will judge the world, right?

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 So now, at this point, if you have been with us for the whole series,

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 you're wondering, wait, didn't you just tell us in the last chapter

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 that we're not supposed to judge the world?

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 And so the key to answering that contradiction is looking at the tense,

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 because he says the saints will judge the world.

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 The saints do not judge the world here and now.

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 That's not our prerogative.

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 But it is God's prerogative at the end time,

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 at the day of judgment, to judge the world.

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 But at that time of God's judgment,

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 the saints will partake in God's judgment over the world.

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 And we don't know to what extent or detail,

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 but we do know that saints will partake in that judgment.

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 And then, this is kind of the Old Testament background for this,

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 is in Daniel 7.22,

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 where it teaches that when God comes for judgment,

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 it says the judgment will be given for the saints of the Most High.

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 And so Paul is kind of referring to the reality

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 that he taught about in chapter 2,

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 where he said this natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God,

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 for they are folly to him,

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 and he is not able to understand them

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 because they are spiritually discerned.

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 The spiritual person judges all things,

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 but he is himself to be judged by no one.

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 So Christians are indwelled by the Spirit of God

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 and endowed with the privilege of rendering God's judgment

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 on the final day of judgment.

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 So if that's the case,

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 then how backwards is it for these believers

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 to seek judgment from unbelievers

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 who do not have the Spirit of God

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 and therefore are unable to discern spiritual things?

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 And how senseless for a church

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 that will be entrusted with judging the whole world

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 to be deemed incompetent to try such a trivial case?

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 That's what Paul is saying.

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 And he gives a second parallel reason in verse 2.

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 He says,

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 Do you not know that we are to judge angels?

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 How much more than matters pertaining to this life?

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 Paul's reasoning is identical to the first one, right?

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 The church will even judge the angels,

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 the heavenly beings.

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 How much more than are we qualified to judge earthly matters, right?

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 And then he continues in verse 4.

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 So if you have such cases,

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 why do you lay them before those

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 who have no standing in the church?

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 So there are two problems

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 with what the Corinthians are doing

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 in this current situation.

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 First, they are making such a fuss

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 about what Paul deems a trivial matter.

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 To him, this is not a big deal.

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 So this is a small problem,

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 but you're making such a big deal

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 that you're even taking it to this court.

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 So they're making much ado about nothing.

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 And then secondly,

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 they are seeking the judgment of outsiders,

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 people who have no standing in the church, right?

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 So even though they're foreign to the church

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 and they don't have a share in God's judgment,

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 they are going instead to God,

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 instead of God's community,

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 going to the outsiders.

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 So you can kind of think about it this way, right?

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 When a criminal in the U.S. flees to another country, right?

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 The laws of the partnership that they have

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 with other governments and legal systems,

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 the U.S. will request the extradition

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 of the foreign government, right?

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 So the foreign government will send the criminal back to the U.S.

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 so they can be tried within this legal system

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 to which they are legally bound, right?

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 So judgment has to be rendered

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 by the proper authorities who have jurisdiction,

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 but the Corinthians are doing exactly the opposite, right?

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 They have proper jurisdiction.

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 They should be rendering judgment on this trivial case,

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 but they are trying to send it over

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 to someone else for judgment.

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 They're extraditing this case,

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 but even though it's their prerogative to judge.

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 And so earlier, right,

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 in chapter 4, verse 14,

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 Paul reminded them that he was writing

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 some of the things he was writing,

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 not to shame them,

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 but to admonish them.

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 But now their situation is so bad,

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 Paul resorts directly to shaming them, right?

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 So he says in verse 5 here,

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 I say this to your shame.

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 Can it be that there is no one among you

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 wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers?

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 Right, this is about as sharp and sarcastic

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 as Apostle Paul gets, you know, in his writings.

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 Because, right, remember the word wisdom

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 is a key word that recurs

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 throughout the book of 1 Corinthians.

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 And the whole, one of the main problems,

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 the root problem of the Corinthians

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 was their pride in thinking

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 that they were so wise

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 to have advanced beyond

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 Paul's teaching about the gospel.

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 So they claimed to be characterized

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 by this great wisdom.

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 But they were really turning

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 to the wisdom of the world.

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 So when Paul says to them,

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 is there, there's no one among you

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 wise enough to settle a dispute

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 between the brothers?

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 He's being really sarcastic

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 and kind of rubbing it in.

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 You claim to be so wise,

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 but there's not even anyone,

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 among you wise enough

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 to judge this trivial case.

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 And he continues his rebuke

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 in verse 6.

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 Brother goes to law against brother,

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 and that before unbelievers.

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 Paul's bringing yet another reason

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 why this is so inappropriate,

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 and that's that this is a matter

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 between two brothers.

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 Paul's accusing the Corinthians,

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 basically, of airing out

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 their dirty household laundry

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 in front of outsiders.

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 People who are not part of their family,

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 and thereby inviting their scorn

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 and damaging the witness of the church.

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 In the Roman Empire,

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 the civil magistrates took judgment seats

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 at the public marketplace,

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 at the very heart

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 of the public marketplace.

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 So the judgments were quite public.

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 So really these guys,

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 these two believers

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 from the Corinthian church

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 are making a public spectacle

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 of a household problem,

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 of their internal family problem.

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 And this is in stark contrast

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 to what Paul's vision

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 for the church is.

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 The church is the temple of God,

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 as Paul was writing before.

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 It's supposed to be

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 an alternate community in Corinth,

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 a contrast community

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 that showcases God's values

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 and priorities,

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 but instead,

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 they are narrow-mindedly

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 seeking their personal gain,

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 and in doing so,

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 making a public spectacle

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 of church's own sin and problem.

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 Now, if you're thinking about this

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 and thinking about

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 how this applies to us,

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 it's important to note

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 that Paul's not advocating

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 some sort of extreme separation

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 of church and state, right?

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 Where we claim exclusive jurisdiction

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 over everything that happens

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 in the church, you know?

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 I mean, you guys have probably

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 heard of churches like that.

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 It's more cult-like to do that, right?

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 It's like, oh,

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 if there's anything wrong

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 happening in the church,

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 no, don't hide it, hide it.

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 You know, kind of just put it

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 under the rug

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 and try not to let the word

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 get out about it.

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 That's not what Paul's talking about

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 because Paul is here

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 speaking of a civil lawsuit, right?

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 Obviously, the distinction

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 is modern,

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 but the same concept applies.

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 He's talking about

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 a civil lawsuit

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 which deals with

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 a private dispute

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 between persons

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 and organizations, right?

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 He's not speaking

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 of a criminal case

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 where the offense

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 is considered harmful

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 to all of society

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 so that the charge

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 is brought not

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 by a private individual

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 but by a government prosecutor

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 or a district attorney.

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 You guys know the difference

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 between those two cases?

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 So this is a civil case.

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 So, for example,

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 if one of our members

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 is charged of conspiracy

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 and fraud,

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 that kind of goes beyond

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 just the two private individuals

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 but poses a general threat

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 to the public, right?

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 Or if one of our members

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 is perpetrating abuse,

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 sexual abuse or assault

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 or possession and distribution

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 of drugs, for example.

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 So if our members

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 are doing things

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 that are of a public threat

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 to general society,

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 that's a criminal case

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 and yes,

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 the government has

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 jurisdiction over that

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 and they do prosecute that

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 and we will partner

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 with them on that regard

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 because those are actually wrong

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 and Romans 13 teaches clearly

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 that we are to be subject

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 to the governing authorities.

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 So because of that authority,

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 they've been instituted by God

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 to reward good conduct

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 and punish bad conduct,

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 that's what Romans 13 says,

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 as long as the laws of our land

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 do not violate

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 the higher law of God,

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 we will be subject to them.

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 That's not what Paul

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 is talking about.

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 This principle of not going

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 to law against other believers

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 does not apply

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 to criminal cases.

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 It applies to civil cases

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 between two believers

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 where one person

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 can theoretically

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 just incur the loss himself

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 and cover it up

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 instead of having to go

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 to get public gain.

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 With that said though, right,

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 so when it comes to judging

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 matters of private offense

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 between brothers and sisters,

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 the judgment rightfully

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 belongs to the church

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 and that's Paul's first point,

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 the saints' judgment.

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 The saints ought to judge

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 disputes among themselves.

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 And then in verses 7 to 10,

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 Paul talks about

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 the saints' justice.

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 By justice,

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 I mean righteousness,

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 both of which are translations

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 of the same Greek word.

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 And not only is it

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 the saints' prerogative

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 to judge fellow believers,

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 the saints' lives

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 should be characterized

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 by justice or righteousness.

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 And so if these two brothers

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 were pursuing righteousness,

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 they would have responded

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 very differently

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 to this situation.

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 And so in verse 7,

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 Paul first addresses

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 the plaintiff, right,

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 the brother who is suing

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 the other brother.

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 And in verse 8,

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 Paul turns to address

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 the defendant,

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 the brother who defrauded

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 the other person

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 and is now being sued, right?

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 So keep that in mind,

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 verse 7 and verse 8.

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 So he says in verse 7,

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 to have lawsuits at all

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 with one another

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 is already a defeat for you.

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 Why not rather suffer wrong?

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 Why not rather be defrauded?

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 Defrauded.

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 I mean, this mindset

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 is so foreign

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 to our culture, right?

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 It's, our culture,

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 we're all about

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 getting our share, right?

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 We're all about

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 using our rights.

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 And in the mindset

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 of the world,

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 there are a thousand

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 good reasons

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 for why not rather

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 suffer wrong?

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 Why not rather be defrauded?

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 Because, well,

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 that's not fair, right?

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 That seems like

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 a good reason, right?

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 But why not?

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 Because I didn't

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 do anything wrong.

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 Like, why not?

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 Because it's all his fault.

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 Why is it not fair

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 for me to get my right

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 and get my share, right?

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 So they,

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 but these are not

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 good enough reasons

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 for the believer

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 because we follow

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 Jesus Christ,

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 our Savior,

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 who himself suffered

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 unjustly

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 that we might be saved.

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 And if we claim

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 to follow him,

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 then our lives

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 should follow the pattern

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 of the suffering

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 servanthood of Christ.

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 So the Christian life

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 is about humility, right?

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 It's about counting others

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 better than ourselves,

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 not equal to ourselves

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 than we try to get our rights.

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 No, we're supposed

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 to count others

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 better than ourselves.

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 It's about putting

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 others' interests

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 before our own.

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 So our enthusiastic answer

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 to Paul's rhetorical question

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 should be,

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 why not indeed?

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 We would much rather

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 be personally defrauded

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 than defame Christ's name

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 and damage

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 the church's witness.

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 That should be our answer

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 to Paul's rhetorical question.

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 That's the proper

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 Christian attitude.

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 Note that the Christian brother

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 here was really defrauded, right?

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 I mean, he really was wronged.

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 He really was defrauded.

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 But nevertheless, right,

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 but Paul tells him

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 that he should have

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 rather suffered wrong

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 than to sue.

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 It's not a question

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 of whether we can get our right.

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 It's not a question

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 of whether you are in the right.

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 Even if you're 100% in the right,

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 suffering wrong for Christ's sake

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 is the distinctively Christian thing to do.

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 So what if you were cheated

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 out of a lot of money?

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 It's all money

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 you can't take with you to heaven.

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 Why not rather suffer wrong

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 for the love of Christ

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 than out of your forbearing love

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 for a brother?

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 As Paul says in Romans 12, 17 to 21,

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 repay no one evil for evil,

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 but give thought to do

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 what is honorable

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 in the sight of all.

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 He says,

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 we are not to be overcome by evil,

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 but to overcome evil with good.

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 Of course,

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 Paul's dealing specifically

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 with matters between two Christians,

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 but there is biblical precedent

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 for assuming a similar posture

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 even in dealing with unbelievers.

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 So let me digress for a little bit.

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 This is digressing a little bit

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 from our passage,

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 but to go to 1 Peter 2, 19, 12,

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 where Paul's,

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 well, Peter's speaking about suffering

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 at the hands of unbelievers,

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 and he writes this,

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 for this is a gracious thing

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 when mindful of God,

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 one endures sorrows

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 while suffering unjustly.

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 For what credit is it

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 if when you sin

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 and are beaten for it,

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 you endure?

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 But if when you do good

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 and suffer for it,

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 you endure,

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 this is a gracious thing

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 in the sight of God.

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 For to this,

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 you have been called

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 because Christ also suffered for you,

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 leaving you an example

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 so that you might follow

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 in his steps.

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 He committed no sin,

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 neither was deceit

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 found in his mouth.

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 When he was reviled,

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 he did not revile in return.

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 When he suffered,

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 he did not threaten,

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 but continued entrusting himself

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 to him who judges justly.

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 Christians are to suffer unjustly

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 in the present,

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 holding up for their hope

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 in the future judgment of God,

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 which will be perfect

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 and which will be just.

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 Now, this doesn't mean

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 that we never stand up

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 for our legal rights

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 or that we always should get pushed around

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 by everybody

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 because Paul himself

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 used his Roman citizenship

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 to escape imprisonment

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 and he even demanded,

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 used the legal system

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 to demand an audience with Caesar.

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 But the underlying principle

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 in what Paul did there

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 is exactly the same

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 because Paul was appealing

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 to his legal rights

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 at those times

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 for the sake of his witness.

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 Do you see what the difference is?

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 He wasn't asking the question

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 to himself,

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 do I have a case?

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 Can I win this?

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 That's not the question

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 he was asking.

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 The question he was asking was,

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 how can I be a best witness to Christ?

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 How can I make a greater,

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 make the best of this opportunity

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 of unjust suffering

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 to bring glory to Christ?

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 And for him,

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 in those occasions,

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 it was to appeal

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 to his legal rights

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 and other times

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 he suffered unjustly

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 all for the same reason

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 of bringing glory to Christ

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 and following the pattern

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 of Christ's suffering servanthood.

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 And if we are to behave

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 in that way,

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 even when wronged

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 by unbelievers,

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 how much more then

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 should we be willing

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 to suffer wrong

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 at the hands

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 of brothers and sisters

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 in Christ?

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 Paul says,

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 to have lawsuits at all

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 with one another

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 is already a defeat

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 for you.

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 It doesn't matter

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 what the outcome

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 of the lawsuit is.

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 It's already a defeat

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 for you

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 because you are repaying

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 evil for evil

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 against your own

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 Christian brother

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 and thereby perpetuating

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 the cycle of sin

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 instead of putting

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 an end to it

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 by incurring the loss

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 yourself

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 and forbearing

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 with one another

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 and loving that brother

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 who has sinned

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 against you.

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 It's already a defeat

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 for you

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 because you are destroying

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 the church's witness

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 by exposing

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 the internal affairs

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 of the church

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 to the public scrutiny

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 and judgment.

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 He would have won

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 if instead

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 he had suffered wrong

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 and been defrauded.

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 So when a Christian

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 brother or sister

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 offends you

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 let me ask you

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 this question

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 by judging you

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 if they judge you

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 they look down on you

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 or if they unfairly

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 treat you

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 criticize you

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 is your impulse

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 to retaliate

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 by judging them

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 looking down on them

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 criticizing them.

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 When you incur a loss

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 because of a Christian

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 brother or sister

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 they borrowed money

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 from you

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 and never paid you back.

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 They borrowed your car

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 and got into an accident

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 so they drove up

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 your insurance premium.

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 These are not

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 these are things

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 very possible things

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 that could happen

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 because we

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 use our property

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 for one another here.

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 Is your attitude

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 in those cases

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 of entitlement

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 of exacting

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 your right

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 from that other person

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 or is your attitude

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 that of Christ-like suffering

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 for the Christian

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 we win

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 by losing?

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 Are you willing

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 to incur

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 personal loss

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 for the sake

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 of Christ's glory?

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 Are you willing

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 to incur

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 personal loss

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 for the sake

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 of corporate

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 harmony

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 and unity?

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 That's what Paul

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 is calling us to here

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 and if we don't do that

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 our church

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 will not cohere

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 it will not last

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 we will be divided

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 because this is

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 the only way

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 that kind of humility

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 is the only way

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 Christian community

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 functions as it's

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 supposed to.

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 Then having addressed

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 the plaintiff

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 the brother

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 who was suing

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 the other brother

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 in verse 7

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 Paul

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 and then he turns

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 to addressing

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 the defendant

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 the one who

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 defrauded

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 the other brother

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 and is now

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 being sued

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 in verse 8

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 but you yourselves

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 wrong and defraud

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 even your own brothers

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 right?

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 We should be prepared

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 to suffer wrong

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 for the sake of Christ

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 but instead

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 the man has himself

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 wronged

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 and defrauded

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 another person

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 and not just

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 any other person

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 it says

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 even his own brother

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 by defrauding

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 his brother

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 this man thought

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 he could gain

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 some temporal advantage

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 maybe get a little bit

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 more of the profit

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 from the transaction

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 than he was supposed to

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 he thought he was gaining

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 he thought he was winning

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 but it's already

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 a defeat for him

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 to have defrauded

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 his own brother

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 because he's suffering

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 spiritual loss

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 on account of

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 his temporal gain

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 which is far less significant

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 and the word wrong

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 used twice here

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 in verses 7 to 8

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 is actually

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 a different verbal form

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 of the same word

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 unrighteous

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 that was used

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 in verse 1

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 which was used

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 to describe unbelievers

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 right?

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 So he's here

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 saying that

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 you are by doing this

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 by wronging your brother

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 and defrauding him

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 you are behaving

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 as an unbeliever

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 you're behaving

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 in the same unrighteousness

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 by which they are characterized

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 that's what Paul

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 is accusing them of here

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 I mean we wouldn't do that

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 to our biological sibling

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 right?

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 or brother or sister

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 you use things

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 your property

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 like it belongs to them

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.400
 right?

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:42.039
 how much worse

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.319
 is it in your spiritual family

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.620
 of God

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 to defraud one another

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 it's your brother

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 it's your sister

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 and using the same word

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 the unrighteous

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 the unjust

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 right?

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 that he issues

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:55.059
 a direct threat now

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:56.039
 in verses 9 to 10

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 to these believers

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 who are defrauding

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 one another

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 or do you not know

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 that the unrighteous

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 same word

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:03.279
 will not inherit

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 the kingdom of God

00:23:04.179 --> 00:23:05.599
 do not be deceived

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 neither the sexually immoral

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 nor idolaters

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 nor adulterers

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 nor men who practice

00:23:09.939 --> 00:23:10.859
 homosexuality

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.759
 nor thieves

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 nor the greedy

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 nor drunkards

00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:14.539
 nor revilers

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 nor swindlers

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.319
 will inherit

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.859
 the kingdom of God

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.099
 right?

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:19.579
 again the word unrighteous

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.259
 is the same one

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.119
 that means wrong

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 that he used twice

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 in verses 7 to 8

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 so Paul's warning

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 that lest any of us

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.859
 get false sense

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.379
 of assurance

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:29.000
 of salvation

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 lest any of us

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 get comfortable

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:32.440
 and complacent

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.960
 with sin

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.559
 in our lives

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.819
 Paul warns us

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.839
 issues a direct thread

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.519
 in verse 10

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:38.480
 do not be deceived

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:40.799
 these people

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.859
 will not inherit

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:43.019
 the kingdom of God

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:44.680
 and this is essentially

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:46.019
 the same vice list

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.839
 that Paul produced

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.559
 in chapter 5

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.879
 to teach that

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.599
 those who behave

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.279
 in those ways

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.240
 have to be disciplined

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.180
 and expelled

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.960
 from the church community

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.839
 if they don't repent

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:55.279
 but then now

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.579
 he kind of

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.359
 breaks down

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.279
 the general category

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.220
 of sexual immorality

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.099
 and adds two more

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:01.000
 specific categories

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.880
 he adds

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.720
 adulterers

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.279
 and men

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.859
 who practice

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.740
 homosexuality

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.619
 and I think

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.200
 both of those

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.779
 because they're

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.480
 quite prevalent

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.119
 in our day

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:09.759
 and have become

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.319
 to be generally

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.900
 accepted

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.920
 I think warrant

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.759
 further attention

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.380
 and comment

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.579
 and I remember

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.099
 reading

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:16.420
 to my horror

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.220
 and disbelief

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.619
 last year sometime

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.980
 a New York Times

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.779
 article entitled

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:22.779
 is an open marriage

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:24.119
 a happier marriage

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:25.220
 did you guys see that

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.539
 it was widely shared

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:28.059
 whether the author

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:29.700
 and in the article

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.159
 the author

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:31.940
 tried to persuade readers

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:33.099
 through various profiles

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.679
 of people

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.480
 who have open

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.619
 so-called open marriages

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.980
 that an open marriage

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:39.079
 is a sign of deeper security

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.179
 and that it leads

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:41.480
 to greater relational

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.779
 and sexual fulfillment

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:46.559
 it cannot be further

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.299
 from the truth

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:49.660
 God designed marriage

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:51.019
 to be an exclusive

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.319
 partnership between

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.039
 one man

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.299
 and one woman

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.339
 and the depth

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.980
 of intimacy

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.899
 and trust

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.720
 in that relationship

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:59.440
 is directly proportional

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.720
 to the exclusivity

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.160
 of it

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:02.019
 right

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:03.160
 the fact that people

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.940
 can be happy

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:05.259
 with an open marriage

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:07.079
 reveals not the depth

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:08.619
 of their so-called marriage

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.940
 but the shallowness

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.360
 of it

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:11.820
 that their relationship

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.900
 is so superficial

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.860
 that it can be

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.799
 freely opened up

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.680
 and shared with others

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.580
 without consequence

00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:18.920
 while God intended

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:20.059
 sex and marriage

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.920
 to be the supreme

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.700
 the sex to be

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.620
 a supreme act

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.400
 of self-giving

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.279
 to one's partner

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.360
 adultery

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:25.980
 turned sex

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.059
 into a supreme act

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:28.000
 of self-taking

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.620
 a selfish

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.299
 and immature

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.360
 pursuit of one's

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:32.440
 sexual fantasies

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.900
 as unrepentant

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.740
 and unrepentant

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.259
 adulterers

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.100
 will not inherit

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.980
 the kingdom of God

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:38.980
 similarly

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.140
 homosexual practices

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:41.360
 are widely normalized

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:42.259
 and glamorized

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.000
 in our culture today

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.579
 but it too

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.240
 is contrary

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.079
 to God's design

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:46.920
 God created marriage

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.319
 and sex

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.960
 to be a picture

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:49.380
 of complementarity

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:50.099
 right

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:51.140
 of the diversity

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:52.079
 and unity

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:53.220
 within the triune

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.000
 God himself

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.400
 and of Christ's

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.279
 sacrificial love

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.920
 for the church

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.839
 and for the church

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.759
 is loving submission

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.579
 to Christ

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.599
 that's what marriage

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.140
 is supposed to be

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.740
 a picture of

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.680
 and marriage and sex

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.200
 are supposed to be

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.279
 an intimate mingling

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.860
 of two equal

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:07.120
 but different

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:08.960
 interdependent

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:10.660
 but not interchangeable

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.460
 parties

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.759
 yet our world

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.400
 is marring

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.279
 the image of God

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.000
 that was stamped

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.779
 on the maleness

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.519
 and femaleness

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.360
 of our creation

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:17.980
 of humanity

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:19.079
 and they're rendering

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:20.299
 those gender differences

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.700
 moot

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:23.539
 and I want to be

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.240
 sensitive to people

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.860
 who may have

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.759
 struggled with this

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.660
 perhaps you struggle

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.299
 in your life

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.420
 with homosexual orientation

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:30.420
 or you know

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.220
 someone who does

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.000
 I have some dear

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.740
 friends who do

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:34.340
 but if that's you

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:35.440
 there is hope for you

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.200
 because look at

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.740
 what it says

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.059
 it does not say

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.579
 in this verse

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.259
 that you cannot

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.019
 inherit the kingdom

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.519
 of God

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.519
 because you have

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.619
 homosexual desires

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:44.079
 it says

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.960
 that you cannot

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.639
 inherit the kingdom

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.139
 of God

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:47.379
 if you engage

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.720
 in unrepentant

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:50.059
 homosexual practices

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:52.480
 it says in verse 10

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:54.299
 nor men who practice

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:55.559
 homosexuality

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.440
 in the Greek

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.579
 it's actually two nouns

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.319
 that refer to

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.019
 the passive

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.259
 and the active partners

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:01.299
 in a homosexual

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:02.359
 relationship

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.379
 so it's referring

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:04.559
 to homosexual acts

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:06.119
 not desires

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:08.019
 it might feel like

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.359
 for you

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.019
 that you were born

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.579
 that way

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.619
 it might feel like

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:10.960
 for you

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.440
 that you have

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.240
 been that way

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.799
 for as long

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.559
 as you can remember

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.839
 and that may be true

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:16.440
 but that does not mean

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.099
 that that's how

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:18.240
 God created you

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.700
 to be

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:20.319
 there are now

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.539
 over a half dozen

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.299
 studies

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.419
 there are longitudinal

00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:24.059
 studies

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.919
 and national studies

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:26.240
 and international studies

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.039
 with a large

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.879
 body sample

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:28.879
 that show

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:30.359
 that the sexual

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.899
 orientation

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.399
 is

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.659
 the determining factor

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.319
 for sexual orientation

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.500
 is not biological

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.779
 they studied

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:37.179
 hundreds of

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:38.220
 identical twins

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.839
 the same genetic makeup

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.679
 and if

00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:42.079
 one of them

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:43.019
 turns out to be

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.359
 have a homosexual orientation

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.619
 then it should be

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.599
 almost 100%

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.240
 predictive

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.019
 for the other person

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.220
 to have a homosexual orientation

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.399
 but it has turned out

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:51.480
 that it is not predictive

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.480
 so it shows

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.159
 that it's not

00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:53.980
 the determining factor

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.759
 is not genetics

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.720
 it's not biology

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:57.480
 but even more importantly

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.879
 your desire for something

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.960
 that you desire something

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.879
 doesn't prove

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:02.259
 that you should indulge

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.899
 in that desire

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:04.460
 the fact that a man

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.860
 or woman

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.900
 has a desire

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:07.280
 to have multiple spouses

00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:08.560
 does not make

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.560
 polygamy okay

00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:11.120
 the fact that

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:12.900
 God's ideal for monogamy

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.500
 still remains

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.160
 in spite of it

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:15.200
 the fact that a husband

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:16.220
 or wife has a desire

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.420
 to have sexual relationships

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.680
 with another man

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.519
 or another woman

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.560
 does not prove

00:28:20.560 --> 00:28:21.220
 that adultery

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.780
 is okay

00:28:21.780 --> 00:28:23.340
 God's ideal

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:24.480
 for marital fidelity

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.100
 remains

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:26.620
 so mortifying

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.920
 killing the desires

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.460
 of our hearts

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.340
 the sinful desires

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:29.980
 of our hearts

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:31.759
 so that we can conform

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.400
 our desires

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:32.940
 and our lives

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:34.019
 to God's standard

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.640
 and design

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.680
 that's what every

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.440
 Christian is called

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.960
 to do every single day

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:39.460
 that's what it means

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.200
 to be a Christian

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.279
 to die to ourselves

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.500
 to follow Christ

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:44.940
 and people who

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.839
 have experienced

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.640
 same-sist attraction

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.279
 there are examples

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.940
 of this in Christians

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.079
 they can have

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.819
 a fulfilling

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:51.240
 intergendered marriage

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.680
 or they can have

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.339
 a life

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:55.299
 of God honoring life

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.920
 and fulfilling life

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.680
 of celibacy

00:28:57.680 --> 00:29:00.400
 so in addition

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:01.680
 to the additional

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.620
 categories of adultery

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:03.680
 and homosexual practices

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:05.120
 Paul adds a category

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.700
 of thieves

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.620
 to go with the greedy

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.220
 and swindlers

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.039
 and he's obviously

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.960
 thinking of the

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:10.299
 defrauding brother here

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.560
 he's emphasizing

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:12.200
 the fact that

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.220
 those who do this

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.620
 in an unrepentant way

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.660
 and continue to wrong

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.140
 one another

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:17.240
 will prove

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.140
 after all

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.960
 that they are not

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.799
 among the righteous

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.820
 that they are not

00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.560
 among the saints

00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:22.480
 but they are among

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.560
 the unrighteous

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:25.960
 some people

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:27.019
 some Christians

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:28.259
 are complacent

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:30.139
 and completely secure

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.940
 in their salvation

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:32.119
 in spite of

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.179
 unrepentant

00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:34.319
 and persistent sin

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.960
 in their lives

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:37.279
 and just because

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.500
 they have professed

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.419
 faith in Jesus Christ

00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:41.200
 and if you don't feel

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.940
 if that's you

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.859
 and if you don't feel

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:44.539
 the force of Paul's

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.379
 warning here

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:47.220
 because you're complacent

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.240
 and secure in your salvation

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.960
 and you use your theology

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:51.919
 to neutralize the warnings

00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:53.039
 and threats of the Bible

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:54.159
 then there's no

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:55.839
 there's no excuse for that

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:58.319
 let me tell you a story

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.740
 that I read from a book

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:01.240
 written by Pastor John Piper

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.700
 in his book

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.440
 Future Grace

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:04.480
 he said a few years ago

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.500
 you see him writing

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.799
 in quote

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:07.279
 when I confronted a man

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.180
 about the adultery

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.099
 he was living in

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:10.440
 I pled with him

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.759
 to return to his wife

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.799
 then I said

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.359
 you know

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.119
 Jesus says

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.839
 that if you don't

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.759
 fight this sin

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:17.319
 with the kind of seriousness

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.579
 that is willing to gouge

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.440
 out your own eye

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.839
 you will go to hell

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:23.419
 as a professing Christian

00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:25.000
 he looked at me

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:26.000
 in utter disbelief

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.299
 as though he had never

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:28.299
 heard anything like this

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.799
 in his life

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.500
 and he said

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.740
 you mean you think

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.699
 a person can lose

00:30:31.699 --> 00:30:32.339
 his salvation?

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.639
 so I have learned

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.740
 again and again

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:37.319
 from first hand experience

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.419
 that there are many

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:39.539
 professing Christians

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.500
 who have a view

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.179
 of salvation

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:42.359
 that disconnects it

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:43.199
 from real life

00:30:43.199 --> 00:30:44.679
 and that nullifies

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.799
 the threats of the Bible

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:47.339
 and puts the sinning person

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.459
 who claims to be a Christian

00:30:48.459 --> 00:30:49.879
 beyond the reach

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.959
 of biblical warnings

00:30:50.959 --> 00:30:52.000
 I believe

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.720
 this view

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.720
 of the Christian life

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.959
 is comforting thousands

00:30:54.959 --> 00:30:56.579
 who are on the broad way

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:58.079
 that leads to destruction

00:30:58.079 --> 00:31:01.500
 hear Paul's warning

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.259
 one more time

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:04.720
 do not be deceived

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:07.240
 neither the sexually immoral

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.240
 nor idolaters

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.279
 nor adulterers

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.480
 nor men who practice

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.459
 homosexuality

00:31:11.459 --> 00:31:12.379
 nor thieves

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:13.199
 nor the greedy

00:31:13.199 --> 00:31:14.279
 nor drunkards

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.259
 nor revilers

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.319
 nor swindlers

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.200
 will inherit

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:19.059
 the kingdom of God

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:20.379
 yes

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:22.079
 I affirm wholeheartedly

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:23.019
 that we are saved

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.139
 by faith alone

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:25.879
 but we are never saved

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.559
 by a faith

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.639
 that is alone

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:29.779
 true saving faith

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.859
 is always accompanied

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.980
 by good works

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.480
 true faith

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.759
 is always accompanied

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.379
 by good works

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.859
 it's never alone

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:38.899
 so if you

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.879
 are taking

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.779
 false assurance

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.119
 of salvation

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:42.059
 if you are taking

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.899
 comfort in your

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.859
 so called faith

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:45.399
 that is not born out

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:46.380
 by your works

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:47.960
 then take Paul's warning

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.000
 seriously this morning

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:50.920
 the unrighteous

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.600
 will not inherit

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.320
 the kingdom of God

00:31:52.320 --> 00:31:53.180
 the saints instead

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.600
 ought to live justly

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.700
 that's the saints

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.600
 justice

00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:59.860
 but Paul can't

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.360
 get himself

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:01.240
 to conclude

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.780
 this section

00:32:01.780 --> 00:32:03.040
 on such a pessimistic

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:03.320
 note

00:32:03.320 --> 00:32:04.040
 it's unlike

00:32:04.040 --> 00:32:04.700
 apostle Paul

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:06.240
 his intention

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.420
 is not to cast

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.160
 into doubt

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.080
 your salvation

00:32:09.080 --> 00:32:10.300
 if you are truly

00:32:10.300 --> 00:32:10.800
 saved

00:32:10.800 --> 00:32:11.800
 but his intention

00:32:11.800 --> 00:32:13.100
 is to galvanize

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:14.659
 you into justice

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.719
 into right living

00:32:15.719 --> 00:32:16.799
 that befit

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.359
 your identity

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.980
 as saints

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.480
 so in verse 11

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.539
 Paul reiterates

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:22.000
 the spiritual reality

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.299
 that they have been

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.519
 justified by Christ

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.919
 already

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:26.000
 and that's my third

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.659
 and final point

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.240
 the saints

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.980
 justification

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:29.839
 Paul writes

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.559
 in verse 11

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.839
 and such were

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.659
 some of you

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:34.139
 but you were

00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:34.759
 washed

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.619
 you were

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.399
 sanctified

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:37.159
 you were

00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:37.899
 justified

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.879
 in the name

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.419
 of the Lord

00:32:39.419 --> 00:32:40.259
 Jesus Christ

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.779
 and by the spirit

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.900
 of our God

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.720
 that's the true reality

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.400
 the spiritual reality

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.039
 that characterizes

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.920
 you were

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:48.379
 sexually immoral

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:49.299
 you were

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.960
 idolaters

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.640
 adulterers

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.259
 and men who practice

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:52.059
 homosexuality

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.480
 and thieves

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.000
 and greedy

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.019
 drunkards

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.400
 and reviled

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:54.839
 and swindlers

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.779
 but now

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.779
 you have been

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.279
 washed

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.640
 sanctified

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:00.299
 and justified

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:02.019
 notice Paul

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.980
 does not say

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.879
 wash

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.900
 sanctify

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.779
 and justify

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.259
 yourself

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.140
 so that you

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:08.559
 can be saved

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:10.119
 it says

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:10.799
 you were

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:12.200
 already

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.799
 happened

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:14.299
 and in the

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.339
 in the Greek

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.940
 the adversity

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.440
 of conjunction

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.859
 but

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.399
 is actually

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:17.960
 repeated

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.599
 three times

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.139
 even the ESV

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.659
 is only written

00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:20.259
 once here

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.379
 for emphasis

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:22.079
 so it says

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.440
 literally

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.220
 and such

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.679
 were some

00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:24.079
 of you

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.960
 but you

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.539
 were washed

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.220
 but you

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.019
 were sanctified

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.720
 but you

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.440
 were justified

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.960
 that's not

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.500
 who you are

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.980
 anymore

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.720
 that's who

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.259
 you once

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.460
 were

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.879
 but now

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.339
 you are

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.899
 saints

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:34.779
 so Christian

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.440
 morality

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.359
 is always

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.799
 rooted

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.399
 and first

00:33:37.399 --> 00:33:37.879
 and foremost

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.520
 in the Christian

00:33:38.520 --> 00:33:39.260
 identity

00:33:39.260 --> 00:33:40.180
 who we are

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.700
 in Christ

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.380
 as saints

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:41.800
 of God

00:33:41.800 --> 00:33:42.740
 and Paul

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.380
 just told us

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.940
 this is the same

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.300
 pattern

00:33:44.300 --> 00:33:45.120
 that over and over

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.620
 again we see

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:46.300
 in the Apostle Paul

00:33:46.300 --> 00:33:47.500
 he said last week

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.320
 right in chapter 5

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:48.760
 verse 7

00:33:48.760 --> 00:33:50.080
 cleanse out the old

00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:50.460
 leaven

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.280
 that you may be

00:33:51.280 --> 00:33:52.100
 a new lump

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:53.600
 as you really

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:55.300
 are unleavened

00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:56.020
 for Christ

00:33:56.020 --> 00:33:56.640
 our Passover

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.620
 lamb has been

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.040
 sacrificed

00:33:58.040 --> 00:33:58.900
 so now he tells

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.660
 them that they

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.180
 should live

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.800
 in purity

00:34:00.800 --> 00:34:02.260
 and sanctity

00:34:02.260 --> 00:34:03.240
 and justice

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.540
 because they

00:34:04.540 --> 00:34:05.400
 have already

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:06.340
 been washed

00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:07.240
 sanctified

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.920
 and justified

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.480
 through Jesus

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.880
 Christ

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.360
 and by the

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.119
 Holy Spirit

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.679
 once again

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.360
 Paul's telling

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.840
 them how

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.280
 they should

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:13.599
 live

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.420
 on the basis

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.900
 of who

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.440
 they are

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.500
 in Jesus

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.019
 Christ

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:18.000
 become

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.940
 what you

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.420
 are

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.860
 act

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.719
 the miracle

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.980
 live

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.940
 as the new

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.440
 creation

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.960
 that you

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.440
 already

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.940
 are

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.260
 because

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.619
 you have

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:26.940
 been born

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.219
 again

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.579
 in Jesus

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.059
 Christ

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:30.179
 and wonderful

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.960
 words of assurance

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.219
 here

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.380
 right

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.780
 the first

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.000
 thing

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.280
 that Paul

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.820
 reminds us

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.280
 of is that

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.619
 we have

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.099
 already been

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.599
 washed

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.679
 right

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.380
 the word

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.799
 washed

00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:37.380
 refers to

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.759
 spiritual

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.339
 cleansing

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:39.039
 right

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.559
 that takes

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:39.960
 place

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.319
 when we

00:34:40.319 --> 00:34:41.199
 are regenerated

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.779
 made new

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.539
 born again

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.980
 by the

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.599
 Holy Spirit

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.639
 Paul puts

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.139
 it this way

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.679
 in Titus

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.579
 3 5 to 7

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.319
 God saved

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:47.639
 us

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.400
 not because

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.839
 of works

00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:49.480
 done by

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:49.920
 us in

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.339
 righteousness

00:34:50.339 --> 00:34:51.159
 but according

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.819
 to his

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.599
 own mercy

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.319
 by the

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:53.739
 washing

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.779
 of regeneration

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.699
 and renewal

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.179
 of the

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.039
 Holy Spirit

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.059
 right

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:59.139
 sometimes

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:00.079
 as Christians

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.039
 we mistakenly

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.819
 think that

00:35:01.819 --> 00:35:02.339
 you know

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:03.260
 we are still

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.960
 our old

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.480
 sinful

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.059
 selves

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:06.280
 and that

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.920
 God loves

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.380
 us in

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.980
 spite of

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.620
 our sins

00:35:08.620 --> 00:35:10.400
 yes God

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.059
 did love

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.539
 us while

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:11.940
 we were

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.519
 still sinners

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.100
 but God

00:35:13.100 --> 00:35:13.880
 didn't leave

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.420
 us as

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.720
 sinners

00:35:14.720 --> 00:35:16.360
 he cleansed

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:16.740
 us

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.600
 he made

00:35:17.600 --> 00:35:17.820
 us

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.180
 he didn't

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:18.860
 just accept

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.019
 us

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.280
 he made

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.420
 us

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.079
 acceptable

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:22.500
 he cleansed

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.780
 us and

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.400
 washed us

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.680
 by the

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.240
 Holy Spirit

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:24.680
 and in

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:25.340
 God's sight

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:25.760
 we are

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.280
 not

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:27.039
 currently

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.840
 wallowing

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.180
 in our

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:28.559
 sin

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.480
 and guilt

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.100
 whether we

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:30.480
 haven't

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.280
 cleansed

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:33.080
 sometimes

00:35:33.080 --> 00:35:33.640
 as Christians

00:35:33.640 --> 00:35:34.100
 we act

00:35:34.100 --> 00:35:34.340
 like

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:35.019
 children

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.440
 who

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.320
 don't

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.100
 understand

00:35:37.100 --> 00:35:37.540
 they don't

00:35:37.540 --> 00:35:37.880
 have a

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.280
 concept

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.980
 of

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.440
 washing

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.320
 this

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:41.060
 drives

00:35:41.060 --> 00:35:41.220
 me

00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:41.600
 crazy

00:35:41.600 --> 00:35:41.980
 with my

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.300
 kids

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.680
 over and

00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:43.080
 over again

00:35:43.080 --> 00:35:43.380
 right

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:46.360
 I just

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:46.640
 brushed

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:47.040
 their teeth

00:35:47.040 --> 00:35:47.240
 and they're

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:47.540
 like oh

00:35:47.540 --> 00:35:47.880
 can I

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.260
 have this

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.519
 cookie

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.540
 hey we

00:35:49.540 --> 00:35:49.880
 just

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.240
 brushed

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.700
 your teeth

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.140
 that's

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:51.480
 not the

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.740
 point

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:52.040
 right

00:35:52.040 --> 00:35:52.420
 of the

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.740
 washing

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.620
 or

00:35:53.620 --> 00:35:54.100
 we

00:35:54.100 --> 00:35:54.360
 just

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:54.560
 took

00:35:54.560 --> 00:35:54.700
 a

00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:54.960
 shower

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.120
 and

00:35:55.120 --> 00:35:55.240
 they'll

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:55.360
 go

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.700
 jump

00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:55.960
 in a

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.100
 mud

00:35:56.100 --> 00:35:56.420
 puddle

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:58.300
 with

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.460
 the

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.660
 fresh

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:58.980
 clothes

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.220
 on

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.500
 right

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:01.320
 we

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.780
 have

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:01.940
 been

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.400
 washed

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:03.239
 we

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:03.420
 have

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:03.579
 been

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.179
 cleansed

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.500
 that's

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:04.639
 who

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:04.800
 we

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.199
 are

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.940
 why

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.460
 return

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.699
 to

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:06.920
 the

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.860
 filth

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.119
 of

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.619
 sin

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:12.000
 second

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.320
 Paul

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.059
 reminds us

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.519
 that we

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:13.659
 were

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.480
 sanctified

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.280
 right

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:15.739
 this is

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:16.199
 a verbal

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:16.599
 form of

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:16.840
 the word

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.320
 saint

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:18.059
 which Paul

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.360
 has already

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.739
 used to

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.199
 describe

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.480
 the

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:19.820
 Corinthian

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.179
 believers

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.940
 and as I

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.420
 said before

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.739
 to be

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.320
 sanctified

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:22.679
 means to

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.179
 be made

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.619
 holy

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.900
 which in

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.280
 turn means

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:25.519
 to be

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:25.800
 set

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.099
 apart

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.380
 to be

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:26.639
 holy

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:26.900
 is to

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.219
 be set

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.500
 apart

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.360
 or consecrated

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.320
 we often

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:29.860
 think the

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.300
 opposite

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.539
 the

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:30.940
 antonym

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.220
 of the

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:31.400
 word

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.760
 holy

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:32.099
 is

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.579
 wicked

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.860
 which is

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.320
 true

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:36.260
 by implication

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.940
 but the

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.640
 bible when it

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:38.480
 contrasts the

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:39.099
 word holy

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.960
 the word that

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.940
 usually contrasts

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.380
 the word holy

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.880
 is not

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.420
 wicked

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.140
 but it's

00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:43.539
 common

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.740
 what's

00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:45.300
 opposite of

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.519
 what is

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.780
 holy

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.180
 is what

00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:46.320
 is

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.780
 common

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.099
 so you

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.340
 see that

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.440
 in

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.760
 Leviticus

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.079
 10

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.340
 10

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:48.620
 1

00:36:48.620 --> 00:36:48.920
 Samuel

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.440
 21

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.920
 4

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.539
 Ezekiel

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:50.840
 22

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.260
 26

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.900
 so to

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.059
 be

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.579
 holy

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.280
 actually

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.620
 is to

00:36:53.620 --> 00:36:53.820
 be

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.480
 uncommon

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.660
 and to

00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:55.880
 be

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.620
 sanctified

00:36:56.620 --> 00:36:56.980
 means to

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.360
 be set

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.780
 apart

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:58.160
 for a

00:36:58.160 --> 00:36:58.620
 special

00:36:58.620 --> 00:36:59.200
 purpose

00:36:59.200 --> 00:37:00.320
 and so

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.580
 do you

00:37:00.580 --> 00:37:00.980
 understand

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.360
 that you

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:01.760
 are a

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.280
 special

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:02.720
 vessel

00:37:02.720 --> 00:37:03.340
 of God

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:04.040
 as believers

00:37:04.040 --> 00:37:04.960
 in Jesus

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.420
 Christ

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:06.120
 that you

00:37:06.120 --> 00:37:06.380
 have been

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:07.140
 set apart

00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:07.740
 by him

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.300
 for a

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.740
 special

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:09.460
 purpose

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:11.100
 do you

00:37:11.100 --> 00:37:11.600
 put on

00:37:11.600 --> 00:37:11.780
 your

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.140
 nicest

00:37:12.140 --> 00:37:12.700
 dress

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:14.080
 or your

00:37:14.080 --> 00:37:14.420
 nicest

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.920
 suit

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.800
 to go

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.160
 to the

00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:16.460
 grocery

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.840
 store

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.580
 or to

00:37:17.580 --> 00:37:17.940
 the fish

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.320
 market

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:20.080
 of course

00:37:20.080 --> 00:37:20.420
 not

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.440
 it's for

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.960
 a special

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.300
 purpose

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.660
 that's what

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:23.000
 you wear

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.340
 to go

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.620
 to a

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:23.940
 wedding

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:27.000
 why

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.420
 should

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:27.760
 we

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:28.039
 who

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.240
 have

00:37:28.240 --> 00:37:28.420
 been

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.480
 sanctified

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.079
 set

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:30.440
 apart

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:30.639
 for

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:30.940
 God's

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.260
 special

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.800
 purposes

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.619
 as the

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.059
 bride

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.260
 of

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.780
 Christ

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.940
 Christ

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.159
 the

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.480
 righteous

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:35.800
 son

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:35.940
 of

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.300
 God

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.820
 why

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.059
 should

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.220
 we

00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:37.559
 live

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:37.760
 like

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:37.920
 we

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.659
 belong

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:38.940
 to

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.139
 some

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.559
 common

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.099
 sinner

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:41.340
 why

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:41.679
 should

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:41.940
 we

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.079
 who

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.179
 have

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:42.360
 been

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:43.039
 sanctified

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:44.079
 for

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.220
 the

00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:44.639
 eternal

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.099
 purposes

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.380
 of

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.659
 God

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.000
 and

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.159
 the

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.559
 joys

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.740
 of

00:37:46.740 --> 00:37:47.119
 heaven

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.639
 live

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:47.780
 for

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:47.960
 the

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.460
 temporal

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:49.099
 purposes

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.700
 of

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.200
 man

00:37:50.200 --> 00:37:50.760
 and

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:50.940
 the

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.380
 pleasures

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.780
 of

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.320
 earth

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:53.320
 we've

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.460
 been

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:54.320
 sanctified

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.580
 we've

00:37:54.580 --> 00:37:54.680
 been

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:54.900
 set

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.380
 apart

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:57.260
 third

00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:57.539
 Paul

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:57.780
 says

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:57.920
 that

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.019
 we

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.140
 have

00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:58.280
 been

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.940
 justified

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.340
 to

00:37:59.340 --> 00:37:59.480
 be

00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.920
 justified

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.240
 means

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:00.340
 to

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.460
 be

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.019
 declared

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.460
 righteous

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.940
 from

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.080
 a

00:38:02.080 --> 00:38:02.440
 judicial

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.100
 standpoint

00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:03.920
 it's

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.059
 a

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.500
 declaration

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.100
 of

00:38:05.100 --> 00:38:05.480
 right

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:06.080
 standing

00:38:06.080 --> 00:38:06.480
 with

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.840
 God

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.260
 who

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.360
 is

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:07.460
 our

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.820
 ultimate

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.240
 judge

00:38:08.240 --> 00:38:09.160
 we

00:38:09.160 --> 00:38:09.539
 were

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:09.980
 not

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.420
 righteous

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.780
 but

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.039
 God

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.519
 nevertheless

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.280
 declared

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:13.100
 us

00:38:13.100 --> 00:38:13.860
 righteous

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.280
 on the

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.559
 basis

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.760
 of

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:14.960
 his

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.519
 son's

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:15.900
 death

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.280
 on

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.440
 the

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.840
 cross

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:17.539
 as

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:17.780
 2nd

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.059
 Corinthians

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.700
 521

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.000
 says

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.180
 for

00:38:19.180 --> 00:38:19.440
 our

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:19.820
 sake

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.300
 God

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.740
 made

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:21.200
 Christ

00:38:21.200 --> 00:38:21.460
 to be

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.480
 no

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.860
 sin

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.400
 so

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:23.519
 that

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:23.660
 in

00:38:23.660 --> 00:38:24.059
 him

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.240
 we

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:24.400
 might

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.820
 become

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.039
 the

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.480
 righteousness

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:25.840
 of

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.200
 God

00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:27.720
 because

00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:28.160
 Jesus

00:38:28.160 --> 00:38:28.680
 paid

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:28.880
 the

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.220
 penalty

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:29.760
 for

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.120
 our

00:38:30.120 --> 00:38:30.440
 sins

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:30.960
 because

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.280
 he

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:32.019
 satisfied

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.740
 fully

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.220
 the

00:38:33.220 --> 00:38:33.660
 demands

00:38:33.660 --> 00:38:33.860
 the

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.200
 righteous

00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:34.640
 demands

00:38:34.640 --> 00:38:34.780
 of

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:35.100
 God's

00:38:35.100 --> 00:38:35.400
 law

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:35.880
 we

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.059
 are

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.580
 declared

00:38:36.580 --> 00:38:37.140
 righteous

00:38:37.140 --> 00:38:37.580
 by

00:38:37.580 --> 00:38:38.039
 God

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.900
 our

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.280
 judge

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:40.340
 and

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.660
 that

00:38:40.660 --> 00:38:41.380
 was

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:41.720
 brothers

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:41.880
 and

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.160
 sisters

00:38:42.160 --> 00:38:42.539
 the

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.000
 correct

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.460
 ruling

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.460
 that

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:44.760
 was

00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:44.940
 the

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.280
 correct

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:45.700
 ruling

00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:46.059
 because

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.420
 Christ

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.000
 satisfied

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.220
 it

00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:47.680
 sometimes

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:48.000
 we

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.160
 as

00:38:48.160 --> 00:38:48.480
 Christians

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:48.700
 can

00:38:48.700 --> 00:38:48.940
 live

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.100
 as

00:38:49.100 --> 00:38:49.240
 if

00:38:49.240 --> 00:38:49.440
 God

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:49.700
 made

00:38:49.700 --> 00:38:49.840
 a

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.340
 mistake

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:51.059
 and

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.180
 he

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.339
 could

00:38:51.339 --> 00:38:51.799
 reverse

00:38:51.799 --> 00:38:52.059
 his

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.460
 decision

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.719
 any

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.059
 minute

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:54.359
 right

00:38:54.359 --> 00:38:54.619
 that's

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:54.759
 what

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.179
 guilty

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:56.059
 criminals

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.419
 who

00:38:56.419 --> 00:38:56.559
 are

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.079
 wrongly

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.679
 exonerated

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:57.960
 do

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.219
 right

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:58.460
 that's

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.599
 how

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.219
 fugitives

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.659
 live

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.159
 in a

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.299
 state

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:00.440
 of

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.839
 perpetual

00:39:00.839 --> 00:39:01.500
 fear

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:01.960
 and

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.539
 insecurity

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:02.739
 that

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:02.919
 they're

00:39:02.919 --> 00:39:03.059
 going to

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:03.199
 be

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.539
 found

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.859
 out

00:39:03.859 --> 00:39:04.039
 in

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.159
 the

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.559
 end

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:05.119
 but

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.379
 that's

00:39:05.379 --> 00:39:05.599
 not

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.139
 us

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.759
 our

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.159
 verdict

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:07.599
 was

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:08.099
 right

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.480
 it

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.619
 was

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.119
 correct

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.599
 we

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:09.739
 have

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:09.899
 been

00:39:09.899 --> 00:39:10.419
 justified

00:39:10.419 --> 00:39:10.779
 by

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:10.940
 the

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.099
 blood

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.239
 of

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:11.419
 Christ

00:39:11.419 --> 00:39:11.559
 we

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:11.659
 are

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:11.980
 declared

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.440
 righteous

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:13.000
 because

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.480
 Christ

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:13.960
 bore

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.519
 our

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.159
 punishment

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:16.759
 there

00:39:16.759 --> 00:39:16.879
 is

00:39:16.879 --> 00:39:17.119
 therefore

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.359
 now

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:17.680
 no

00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:18.440
 condemnation

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:18.900
 for those

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.160
 who are

00:39:19.160 --> 00:39:19.300
 in

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:19.579
 Christ

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:19.960
 Jesus

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.780
 no

00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:21.000
 one

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.180
 can

00:39:21.180 --> 00:39:21.420
 bring

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:21.559
 a

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:21.820
 charge

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.200
 against

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.579
 us

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:22.980
 because

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.180
 it

00:39:23.180 --> 00:39:23.340
 is

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.680
 God

00:39:23.680 --> 00:39:23.840
 who

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.559
 justifies

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:24.960
 and

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.200
 he

00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:25.640
 has

00:39:25.640 --> 00:39:26.380
 justified

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.260
 us

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:29.760
 if

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:29.860
 you

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.000
 are

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.260
 not

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:30.520
 yet

00:39:30.520 --> 00:39:30.680
 a

00:39:30.680 --> 00:39:30.920
 follower

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.100
 of

00:39:31.100 --> 00:39:31.300
 Jesus

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.760
 Christ

00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:32.240
 this

00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:32.540
 morning

00:39:32.540 --> 00:39:32.960
 this

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.520
 righteousness

00:39:33.520 --> 00:39:33.880
 that

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.080
 we

00:39:34.080 --> 00:39:34.520
 speak

00:39:34.520 --> 00:39:34.740
 of

00:39:34.740 --> 00:39:35.160
 today

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:35.880
 can

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.060
 be

00:39:36.060 --> 00:39:36.600
 yours

00:39:36.600 --> 00:39:38.040
 Christians

00:39:38.040 --> 00:39:38.260
 do

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:38.460
 not

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:38.860
 boast

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:39.040
 in

00:39:39.040 --> 00:39:39.180
 our

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:39.400
 own

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.820
 righteousness

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.120
 we

00:39:40.120 --> 00:39:40.260
 do

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:40.440
 not

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.700
 boast

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:40.820
 in

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:40.920
 our

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.060
 own

00:39:41.060 --> 00:39:41.320
 righteousness

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:41.840
 but

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.020
 we

00:39:42.020 --> 00:39:42.340
 boast

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:42.800
 instead

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:42.940
 in

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.060
 the

00:39:43.060 --> 00:39:43.460
 righteousness

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.840
 of

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.280
 another

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 of

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 Jesus

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:45.640
 Christ

00:39:45.640 --> 00:39:46.300
 and

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:46.420
 we

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.560
 do

00:39:46.560 --> 00:39:46.860
 not

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:47.340
 believe

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:47.580
 that

00:39:47.580 --> 00:39:47.720
 we

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 are

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.080
 better

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 than

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 you

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 by

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 virtue

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.180
 of

00:39:49.180 --> 00:39:49.320
 our

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:49.960
 merit

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.620
 rather

00:39:50.620 --> 00:39:50.800
 we

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.120
 believe

00:39:51.120 --> 00:39:51.280
 that

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.380
 we

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:51.500
 have

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.680
 been

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 saved

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:57.560
 merit

00:39:57.560 --> 00:39:57.880
 but

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 of

00:39:58.060 --> 00:39:58.580
 God's

00:39:58.580 --> 00:39:59.040
 grace

00:39:59.040 --> 00:39:59.680
 and

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 mercy

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 that's

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 why

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 verse

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 11

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 says

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 and

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 such

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 were

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 some

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 of

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 you

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 and

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 it's

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 some

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 not

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 all

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 because

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 there

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 are

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 some

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 Jews

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 in

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 the

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 midst

00:40:10.100 --> 00:40:10.280
 who

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 have

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 continued

00:40:11.220 --> 00:40:11.520
 to

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 have

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 faith

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 in

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 the

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 same

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.120
 God

00:40:13.120 --> 00:40:13.560
 and

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 have

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 come

00:40:14.020 --> 00:40:14.600
 seamlessly

00:40:14.600 --> 00:40:14.880
 to

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.100
 faith

00:40:15.100 --> 00:40:15.220
 in

00:40:15.220 --> 00:40:15.400
 Jesus

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:15.760
 Christ

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.180
 but

00:40:16.180 --> 00:40:16.340
 for

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:16.500
 us

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:16.620
 we

00:40:16.620 --> 00:40:16.740
 can

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 read

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.040
 that

00:40:17.040 --> 00:40:17.320
 but

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:17.920
 such

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.200
 were

00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:18.580
 all

00:40:18.580 --> 00:40:18.780
 of

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 you

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 such

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:20.500
 were

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:20.700
 all

00:40:20.700 --> 00:40:20.840
 of

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.100
 you

00:40:21.100 --> 00:40:21.700
 but

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:21.920
 you

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.100
 were

00:40:22.100 --> 00:40:22.620
 washed

00:40:22.620 --> 00:40:23.220
 you

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:30.160
 who

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 is

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 the

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 subject

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 of

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 those

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 verbs

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 it's

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 not

00:40:33.100 --> 00:40:33.560
 we

00:40:33.560 --> 00:40:34.520
 we

00:40:34.520 --> 00:40:34.720
 did

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:34.960
 not

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:35.240
 wash

00:40:35.240 --> 00:40:35.640
 ourselves

00:40:35.640 --> 00:40:35.840
 or

00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:36.300
 justify

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:36.700
 ourselves

00:40:36.700 --> 00:40:36.860
 or

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.260
 sanctify

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:37.660
 ourselves

00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:38.060
 so

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 the

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 verbs

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:38.800
 are

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 passive

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:39.600
 to

00:40:39.600 --> 00:40:39.960
 show

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 the

00:40:40.140 --> 00:40:40.360
 fact

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:40.560
 that

00:40:40.560 --> 00:40:40.720
 the

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:41.080
 implied

00:40:41.080 --> 00:40:41.520
 agent

00:40:41.520 --> 00:40:41.740
 of

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:41.940
 all

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.060
 of

00:40:42.060 --> 00:40:42.220
 these

00:40:42.220 --> 00:40:42.540
 verbs

00:40:42.540 --> 00:40:43.040
 is

00:40:43.040 --> 00:40:43.480
 God

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:44.400
 God

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.940
 washed

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.200
 us

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:45.540
 God

00:40:45.540 --> 00:40:46.180
 sanctified

00:40:46.180 --> 00:40:46.380
 us

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.700
 God

00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:47.220
 justified

00:40:47.220 --> 00:40:47.540
 us

00:40:47.540 --> 00:40:47.860
 and

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.020
 by

00:40:48.020 --> 00:40:48.240
 what

00:40:48.240 --> 00:40:48.780
 means

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:48.960
 did

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.140
 God

00:40:49.140 --> 00:40:49.300
 do

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:49.440
 this

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:49.600
 in

00:40:49.600 --> 00:40:49.740
 the

00:40:49.740 --> 00:40:50.040
 name

00:40:50.040 --> 00:40:50.180
 of

00:40:50.180 --> 00:40:50.320
 the

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.600
 Lord

00:40:50.600 --> 00:40:50.880
 Jesus

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:51.320
 Christ

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:51.740
 and

00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:52.180
 by

00:40:52.180 --> 00:40:52.440
 the

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:52.900
 spirit

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.580
 of

00:40:53.580 --> 00:40:53.920
 our

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.340
 God

00:40:57.260 --> 00:40:57.500
 God

00:40:57.500 --> 00:41:05.200
 does

00:41:05.200 --> 00:41:05.380
 not

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:06.740
 mean

00:41:06.740 --> 00:41:07.020
 the

00:41:07.020 --> 00:41:07.360
 name

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:08.320
 of

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:09.440
 the

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:09.740
 whole

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:10.420
 personality

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:10.660
 and

00:41:10.660 --> 00:41:11.040
 character

00:41:11.040 --> 00:41:11.200
 of

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:11.300
 the

00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:11.600
 person

00:41:11.600 --> 00:41:11.800
 what

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:11.940
 that

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.260
 person

00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:12.540
 stood

00:41:12.540 --> 00:41:12.760
 for

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:12.940
 who

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.100
 he

00:41:13.100 --> 00:41:13.520
 is

00:41:13.520 --> 00:41:14.540
 so

00:41:14.540 --> 00:41:14.680
 it

00:41:14.680 --> 00:41:15.360
 represents

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:15.780
 the

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:16.080
 person

00:41:16.080 --> 00:41:16.240
 the

00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:16.520
 name

00:41:16.520 --> 00:41:16.700
 the

00:41:16.700 --> 00:41:17.160
 stands

00:41:17.160 --> 00:41:17.380
 for

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:17.540
 the

00:41:17.540 --> 00:41:17.920
 person

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:18.340
 so

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:18.500
 the

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:18.780
 statement

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:18.980
 that

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.100
 we

00:41:19.100 --> 00:41:19.240
 were

00:41:19.240 --> 00:41:19.640
 washed

00:41:19.640 --> 00:41:20.200
 sanctified

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.380
 and

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:20.720
 justified

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:20.960
 in

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.100
 the

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.540
 name

00:41:21.540 --> 00:41:21.700
 of

00:41:21.700 --> 00:41:21.820
 the

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:21.960
 Lord

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.200
 Jesus

00:41:22.200 --> 00:41:22.720
 Christ

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:23.260
 means

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:23.420
 that

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.660
 those

00:41:23.660 --> 00:41:24.020
 things

00:41:24.020 --> 00:41:24.480
 happened

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:24.900
 when

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:25.100
 we

00:41:25.100 --> 00:41:25.740
 entrusted

00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:26.240
 our

00:41:26.240 --> 00:41:26.840
 lives

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.160
 to

00:41:27.160 --> 00:41:27.300
 the

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:27.700
 Christ

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:27.900
 who

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:28.400
 lived

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:29.039
 died

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.280
 and

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:29.559
 rose

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:29.920
 again

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.140
 on

00:41:30.140 --> 00:41:30.320
 our

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:30.780
 behalf

00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:32.640
 and

00:41:32.640 --> 00:41:32.840
 when

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.000
 we

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.400
 entrusted

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:33.579
 our

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:33.860
 lives

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:34.019
 to

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.280
 him

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:34.600
 and

00:41:34.600 --> 00:41:35.120
 aligned

00:41:35.120 --> 00:41:35.600
 ourselves

00:41:35.600 --> 00:41:35.840
 with

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:36.079
 his

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:36.460
 life

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:36.660
 and

00:41:36.660 --> 00:41:37.120
 teaching

00:41:37.120 --> 00:41:37.820
 that's

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:38.019
 when

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.220
 we

00:41:38.220 --> 00:41:38.519
 did

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:38.720
 that

00:41:38.720 --> 00:41:38.920
 by

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.260
 faith

00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:39.660
 that's

00:41:39.660 --> 00:41:39.780
 when

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:39.920
 we

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.039
 were

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.400
 washed

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:40.740
 by

00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:41.180
 and

00:41:41.180 --> 00:41:41.680
 filled

00:41:41.680 --> 00:41:42.059
 with

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.440
 the

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:42.660
 Holy

00:41:42.660 --> 00:41:43.100
 Spirit

00:41:43.100 --> 00:41:44.100
 it's

00:41:44.100 --> 00:41:44.360
 basically

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:44.559
 what

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:45.100
 Apostle

00:41:45.100 --> 00:41:45.720
 Peter

00:41:45.720 --> 00:41:46.019
 says

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.220
 in

00:41:46.220 --> 00:41:46.780
 Acts

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:47.000
 2

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.480
 38

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.079
 repent

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:48.780
 and

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:48.960
 be

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.340
 baptized

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:49.860
 every

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:50.120
 one

00:41:50.120 --> 00:41:50.260
 of

00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:50.460
 you

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:50.860
 in

00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:51.019
 the

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:51.360
 name

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:51.680
 of

00:41:51.680 --> 00:41:51.980
 Jesus

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.500
 Christ

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:52.860
 for

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.000
 the

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.340
 forgiveness

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:53.660
 of

00:41:53.660 --> 00:41:53.800
 your

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.240
 sins

00:41:54.240 --> 00:41:54.640
 and

00:41:54.640 --> 00:41:54.940
 you

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.320
 will

00:41:55.320 --> 00:41:55.840
 receive

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:56.099
 the

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:56.460
 gift

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:56.700
 of

00:41:56.700 --> 00:41:56.840
 the

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:57.099
 Holy

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:57.559
 Spirit

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:59.559
 if

00:41:59.559 --> 00:41:59.700
 you

00:41:59.700 --> 00:42:00.099
 have

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.480
 not

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:00.780
 committed

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:00.980
 your

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.200
 life

00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:01.380
 to

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:01.740
 Jesus

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:02.400
 once

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.579
 and

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:02.780
 for

00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:03.099
 all

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:03.880
 and

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.019
 you

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.620
 do

00:42:04.620 --> 00:42:04.820
 not

00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:05.019
 know

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.180
 what

00:42:05.180 --> 00:42:05.320
 it

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.660
 means

00:42:05.660 --> 00:42:05.860
 to

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.059
 have

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.200
 the

00:42:06.200 --> 00:42:06.460
 life

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:06.579
 of

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:06.660
 the

00:42:06.660 --> 00:42:06.840
 Holy

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:07.280
 Spirit

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:07.640
 within

00:42:07.640 --> 00:42:07.940
 you

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.480
 then

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:08.620
 we

00:42:08.620 --> 00:42:08.900
 plead

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.120
 with

00:42:09.120 --> 00:42:09.220
 you

00:42:09.220 --> 00:42:09.340
 to

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:09.480
 do

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:09.800
 something

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:10.019
 about

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.140
 it

00:42:10.140 --> 00:42:10.300
 this

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:10.599
 morning

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:12.460
 repent

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:13.180
 believe

00:42:13.180 --> 00:42:13.500
 be

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:14.000
 baptized

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:15.380
 please

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.740
 talk to

00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:15.840
 me

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.180
 afterward

00:42:16.180 --> 00:42:16.539
 talk to

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:16.980
 anyone

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.539
 of the

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:17.820
 members

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:18.099
 of this

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:18.320
 church

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:18.519
 they'll

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:18.620
 be

00:42:18.620 --> 00:42:18.840
 happy

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.019
 to

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.220
 talk

00:42:19.220 --> 00:42:19.360
 to

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:19.500
 you

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:19.660
 and

00:42:19.660 --> 00:42:19.920
 walk

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.360
 through

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:20.519
 that

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:21.080
 process

00:42:21.080 --> 00:42:22.059
 and

00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.180
 if

00:42:22.180 --> 00:42:22.280
 you

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:22.380
 are

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:22.640
 already

00:42:22.640 --> 00:42:22.800
 a

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:22.980
 father

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.140
 of

00:42:23.140 --> 00:42:23.320
 Jesus

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:23.660
 Christ

00:42:23.660 --> 00:42:23.900
 then

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.120
 let

00:42:24.120 --> 00:42:24.600
 us

00:42:24.600 --> 00:42:25.300
 live

00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:25.600
 in

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 keeping

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:26.700
 with

00:42:26.700 --> 00:42:26.900
 our

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.440
 identity

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:28.180
 in

00:42:28.180 --> 00:42:28.660
 Jesus

00:42:28.660 --> 00:42:29.080
 Christ

00:42:29.080 --> 00:42:29.680
 we

00:42:29.680 --> 00:42:29.840
 are

00:42:29.840 --> 00:42:30.440
 saints

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:31.200
 we

00:42:31.200 --> 00:42:31.420
 have

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:31.680
 been

00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:32.140
 washed

00:42:32.140 --> 00:42:32.559
 we

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:32.740
 have

00:42:32.740 --> 00:42:33.000
 been

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.640
 sanctified

00:42:33.640 --> 00:42:33.940
 and

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.440
 justified

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:35.360
 and

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:35.780
 as

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:36.019
 such

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.200
 we

00:42:36.200 --> 00:42:36.360
 ought

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:36.500
 to

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:36.900
 live

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.580
 justly

00:42:37.580 --> 00:42:38.019
 and

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:38.300
 judge

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:38.760
 disputes

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:39.019
 among

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.480
 ourselves

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:39.760
 as

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.100
 saints

00:42:40.100 --> 00:42:41.059
 let

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.180
 us

00:42:41.180 --> 00:42:41.400
 live

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:41.620
 in a

00:42:41.620 --> 00:42:41.840
 manner

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:42.000
 that

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.120
 is

00:42:42.120 --> 00:42:42.680
 consistent

00:42:42.680 --> 00:42:43.080
 with

00:42:43.080 --> 00:42:43.360
 the

00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:43.740
 verdict

00:42:43.740 --> 00:42:44.059
 we

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:44.240
 have

00:42:44.240 --> 00:42:44.780
 received

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:45.860
 and

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.039
 the

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:46.500
 status

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:46.760
 we

00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:46.880
 have

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.019
 been

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.340
 given

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:48.340
 as

00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:48.620
 saints

00:42:48.620 --> 00:42:48.780
 of

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:48.980
 God

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.380
 let's

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:49.539
 pray

00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:49.980
 together

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:57.640
 God

00:42:57.640 --> 00:42:58.420
 it's

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.440
 an

00:42:59.440 --> 00:42:59.860
 amazing

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:00.400
 testament

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:00.700
 to

00:43:00.700 --> 00:43:01.240
 human

00:43:01.240 --> 00:43:03.059
 forgetfulness

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:06.460
 and

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:07.120
 cynicism

00:43:07.120 --> 00:43:09.960
 that

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:11.260
 such

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:11.840
 amazing

00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:12.400
 realities

00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:12.680
 that

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:12.940
 we

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.279
 have

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:13.440
 been

00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:13.899
 washed

00:43:13.899 --> 00:43:15.039
 sanctified

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.279
 and

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:15.739
 justified

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:16.639
 can

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:16.799
 be

00:43:16.799 --> 00:43:17.079
 taken

00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:17.339
 for

00:43:17.339 --> 00:43:17.699
 granted

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:19.119
 that

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.199
 it

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:19.319
 can

00:43:19.319 --> 00:43:19.480
 be

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:19.940
 forgotten

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:22.759
 that

00:43:22.759 --> 00:43:22.879
 we

00:43:22.879 --> 00:43:23.019
 can

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.399
 return

00:43:23.399 --> 00:43:23.639
 from

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:23.859
 that

00:43:23.859 --> 00:43:24.000
 to

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.139
 our

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:24.460
 old

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:24.980
 squalor

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:25.179
 and

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:25.639
 filth

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:27.579
 to

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:27.739
 our

00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:27.940
 old

00:43:27.940 --> 00:43:28.199
 manner

00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:28.379
 of

00:43:28.379 --> 00:43:28.699
 living

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:29.319
 Lord

00:43:29.319 --> 00:43:29.639
 forgive

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:30.239
 us

00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:31.239
 Lord

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:31.699
 change

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:32.139
 us

00:43:32.139 --> 00:43:32.859
 help

00:43:32.859 --> 00:43:33.000
 us

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.099
 to

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:33.259
 be

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:33.440
 a

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:33.739
 church

00:43:33.739 --> 00:43:34.019
 full

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.219
 of

00:43:34.219 --> 00:43:34.599
 saints

00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:35.339
 that

00:43:35.339 --> 00:43:35.500
 live

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:35.799
 according

00:43:35.799 --> 00:43:36.000
 to

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:36.279
 your

00:43:36.279 --> 00:43:36.599
 will

00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:37.980
 who

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.119
 are

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:38.399
 willing

00:43:38.399 --> 00:43:38.859
 to

00:43:38.859 --> 00:43:39.659
 incur

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.339
 loss

00:43:40.339 --> 00:43:42.099
 to

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:42.359
 die

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:42.579
 to

00:43:42.579 --> 00:43:43.140
 ourselves

00:43:43.140 --> 00:43:44.420
 for

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:44.539
 the

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:44.700
 sake

00:43:44.700 --> 00:43:44.840
 of

00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:45.099
 your

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:45.599
 glory

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:46.980
 for

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.140
 the

00:43:47.140 --> 00:43:47.320
 love

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:47.420
 of

00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:47.539
 the

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:47.920
 church

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:48.920
 in

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.160
 Jesus

00:43:49.160 --> 00:43:49.420
 name

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:49.539
 we

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:49.760
 pray

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:50.500
 amen