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 Finally, um, figured out what we were going to do and, uh, confirmed through a lot of things.

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 First John mentioned about possibly doing a series on sin and temptation.

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 And we began to kind of pray about it and, uh, asked around and like, I asked three people last week and like three out of four is like something on temptation would be really good.

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 So it was just cool to see how the Lord kind of narrowed that down.

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 Um, so we're going to kind of begin a long series on that.

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 And tonight is going to be kind of like an introduction or overview of what we're going to be kind of going after.

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 So I invite you to turn to Ephesians chapter two.

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 Thank you for praying for my voice.

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 Those of you who were, I know a lot of you were, um, grateful to kind of return to me a few days ago.

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 So, um, thanks man.

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 Water, not coffee.

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 Um, Ephesians chapter two.

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 We're going to start reading in verse one.

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 I'm going to read one through five.

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 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you once walked following the course of this world,

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 following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is not work in the sons of disobedience,

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 among whom we all once lived in the passage of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind,

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 and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind.

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 But God being rich in mercy because of his great love, which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.

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 By grace, you have been saved.

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 Just pray with me for a moment.

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 Father, we want to approach your word with reverence and awe tonight.

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 And I pray that you would work it into our hearts.

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 Holy Spirit, those who don't know you, um, would be convicted of sin.

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 Lord, that you would show them your grace and your salvation.

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 I pray that those who do know you, Father, would be strengthened through what goes on in the next few weeks

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 through your word and what we share from your word about sin and temptation.

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 I pray we would see a lot of victory as a result.

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 Lord, I pray we would be doers of the word and not just hearers.

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 I pray that people would just sit and come here to be cool and just learn something and go home,

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 but to be obedient and to allow your word to saturate into our hearts.

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 Lord, we offer ourselves up to you.

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 Be glorified.

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 In Christ's name, amen.

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 First of all, in this passage, we see some things mentioned.

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 This is Paul writing to the Christians in Ephesus,

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 and he's looking back, trying to remind them of their past life,

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 their past life that was in sin and in bondage.

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 And he's saying, you were dead.

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 It's all kind of written in like the past tense, something that you were in.

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 And this idea of what sin is, we'll just briefly talk about what sin is.

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 We talk about it a lot here.

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 Hopefully we talk about grace just as much or even more as sin.

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 But briefly, sin in essence is the word itself.

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 A lot of times it means missing the mark.

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 And we were created to walk with God, to glorify God, and reflect who he was.

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 And we failed to do that.

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 All of us sinned against God.

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 All of us.

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 We've rebelled against God.

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 And so we've forfeited the reason for our existence because of that, because of our sin.

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 Because we were designed and created to know God, to fellowship with him, and to glorify him.

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 And so sin destroyed that.

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 So we missed the mark for which we were created originally to do.

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 So all of us, if you want like another picture of what sin is, it is giving our love and our affection, our worship, our adoration, whatever,

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 and giving it to things that are infinitely lesser than God, unworthier than God.

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 And we've all done that.

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 We've all loved many, many other things.

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 And it hasn't been God.

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 We've put people, relationships, hobbies, sports, looks, whatever, ahead of God.

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 And you follow like that trail of your time and your money and your energy.

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 It's going to like show you where your God is.

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 And usually the living God is not the one that you find there.

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 And for this word here that's used in verse 1, it says we were dead in our trespasses of sin.

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 Also used in verse 6, dead in our trespasses.

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 That word dead, it means corpse.

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 It means that you were spiritually dead at one point in your life.

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 And before you came to know Christ, this is what he's talking about.

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 This was your condition.

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 It wasn't just you were sick, you were dead.

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 And a desperate condition to be in.

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 So, Tim Keller wrote this about sin.

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 He said, sin isn't only doing bad things.

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 It is more fundamentally making good things into ultimate things.

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 Sin is building your life and meaning on anything, even a very good thing, more than God.

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 Whatever we have built our life on will drive us and enslave us.

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 Sin is primarily idolatry.

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 So, things that might not necessarily be evil or bad, we have turned into that by making them ultimate things,

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 by loving them and pursuing them more than God.

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 That's what we've done.

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 All of us have done that.

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 From the greatest to the least.

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 And we're all guilty.

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 So, the next part, we read in verse 4,

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 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love for which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.

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 By grace, you have been saved.

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 So, God did not, like, leave man in that dreadful state, in the state of rebellion where he was going to have to judge and destroy man.

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 But, according to his love and according to his grace, he provided a way for man to be reconciled, brought back into fellowship with himself,

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 so we can know him again, but ultimately so that we can actually live a life that can glorify him again, like we originally were created to do.

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 So, Christ came, died on the cross, lived a life, died on the cross, resurrected.

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 And now, all those who put their complete trust and faith in Christ alone to have, like, a right standing with God and to be restored back into fellowship with God can have that through Christ alone.

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 And it's something that we can't earn, that idea right there of how it's by grace you have been saved.

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 And it kind of elaborates even after that, after our passage.

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 We are saved by grace and not by works.

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 This was something outside of our power to do.

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 We couldn't save ourselves.

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 We couldn't improve the condition that we were in.

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 So, God came to save us.

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 So, the question is, for some of you, I need to ask, where do you stand?

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 There's not, like, a neutral time.

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 You either have Christ in your life as your Savior, and you're trusting in him for salvation, and you're following him daily,

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 or you're an enemy of God.

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 There's not one in between.

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 And if you've been coming around Christ's family, you've been around Christian friends,

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 or you've been involved in a campus ministry, BCM, Campus Outreach, Wesley, whatever,

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 and you're hearing gospel truth over and over.

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 You're hearing things about grace.

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 You're hearing things about who Christ was, the gospel.

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 You're like, okay, well, that's cool.

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 And then you go home, and you forget about it, and you wait until the next time to hear about it.

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 You need to know, like, you're in a serious state without Christ.

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 This isn't something you can just put off.

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 God's not waiting for you to RSVP.

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 He's not looking upon you as neutral.

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 Well, he hasn't responded yet, or she hasn't responded yet.

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 So, cool.

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 It's like you need to understand that you're an enemy until you come to Christ.

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 Turn to Romans 5 really quickly.

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 So there's some urgency in this response.

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 You need to come to Christ.

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 You need to think about what you're doing and weigh the cost,

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 but this is an urgent matter.

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 Romans 5, verse 8, sorry.

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 Now, some people have an idea that God is all loving,

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 that he would never punish anybody for their sin.

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 There's just such thing as his wrath or his judgment.

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 The other camp says that God is only wrath and God is only judgment,

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 and both camps are wrong.

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 The truth is that God is both loving, but he also is just,

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 and that he will destroy sin, but he's willing to save sinners.

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 Verse 8,

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 But God shows his love for us,

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 that while we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood,

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 much more shall I be saved by him from the wrath of God.

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 You see that?

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 We got, like, there's the love of God.

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 Verse 8, the love of God on the table,

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 the most purest, most awesome kind of love,

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 unconditional love on the table.

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 But then the next verse, it says,

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 So that we might be saved from his wrath.

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 Both things on the table there.

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 And Christ came to save us.

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 He said, well, I'm saved.

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 You hear that a lot in the South.

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 And you've got to ask the question,

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 what are you saved from?

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 And the answer is the wrath of God,

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 the justice of God.

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 And so if you don't know Christ,

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 I beg you to come talk with me,

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 talk with John, talk with Dan, talk with Alex,

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 someone who brought you tonight.

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 Like, don't rest.

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 It's been like, oh, I'll wait till next Thursday.

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 Don't do that.

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 You're in a serious state.

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 And God is loving and he's willing to come and save you by Christ.

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 Read this next verse.

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 Verse 10, it says,

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 So you want restoration to God and have this forgiveness of your sin

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 and relationship with God

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 and a life that you can, again, walk with him and honor him.

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 And Christ is the only way.

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 He's the only way to be saved.

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 So either in that condition,

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 and you need to talk to somebody tonight,

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 or you have met Christ,

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 you have come to him broken

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 and without any goodness of your own

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 and said, I need you.

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 Please save me.

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 I have no hope.

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 I will follow you

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 and I will do whatever you ask me to do.

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 I will live for you

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 and I will die for you.

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 Whatever it takes,

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 I will follow you.

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 So,

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 if that's your case tonight,

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 then you need to be aware.

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 This is like a long introduction.

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 Sorry.

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 If you're a believer and you know Christ,

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 there's two existing realities.

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 You can just kind of write this down if you're taking notes.

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 Two existing realities.

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 And for all you

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 campus outreach,

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 beach projectors,

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 SLPers,

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 you probably have heard some of those before.

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 It's not a new idea.

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 But,

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 they have this idea in Scripture about the kingdom of God.

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 It means like,

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 God's dominion,

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 God's reign,

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 God's rule being manifest throughout,

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 you know,

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 the earth,

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 the universe.

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 And,

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 it's in a progress now,

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 though.

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 Like,

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 it started when Christ came

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 and it's ultimately moving towards,

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 like,

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 the second coming.

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 Um,

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 toward the fullness of the kingdom

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 that manifests.

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 But,

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 there's two existing realities.

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 That,

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 the kingdom of God

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 is here,

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 but it's not fully here.

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 And,

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 I'll give you one,

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 two examples of this real fast.

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 Mark 1,

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 don't have to turn there.

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 Mark 1,

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 14,

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 it says that Jesus came

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 and he was proclaiming the gospel

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 and he said this,

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 the time is fulfilled

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 and the kingdom of God

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 is at hand

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 or it's present

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 right now.

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 Repent and believe the gospel.

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 So,

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 the kingdom of God is here.

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 Like,

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 right now.

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 Like,

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 me,

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 Jesus,

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 I'm ushering in

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 the kingdom.

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 Here I am.

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 And then in Matthew 6,

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 verse 9,

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 we read this.

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 It's the,

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 it's known as the Lord's Prayer,

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 but it's really not the Lord's Prayer,

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 it's the disciples' prayer.

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 Because he's actually teaching

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 the disciples how to pray.

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 He says,

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 pray like this,

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 hallowed be your name.

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 Your kingdom come.

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 Your will be done

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 on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 So,

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 Jesus is like saying,

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 pray that his kingdom

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 would come,

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 that it would,

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 that his will would be done,

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 that everything he desired

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 would manifest itself

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 here on the earth.

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 Pretty cool.

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 So,

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 the kingdom is here,

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 but it's also coming.

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 And the best analogy

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 I can think of is like,

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 it was really,

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 really dark,

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 pitch dark,

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 can't see a thing,

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 and the sun begins

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 to come up.

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 You know,

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 you see the sun,

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 the sun is rising,

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 it's there,

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 but,

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 as it's coming up,

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 it kind of pierces

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 through the darkness,

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 but it's not fully up

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 in the air yet,

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 so,

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 there's still some darkness

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 that remains,

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 some,

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 you know,

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 shady places.

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 That's the way

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 like the kingdom

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 is right now.

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 A long time ago,

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 the 5th century,

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 there was a guy

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 named St. Augustine,

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 or St. Augustine,

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 if you're thinking

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 about Florida,

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 the same guy.

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 He wrote a book

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 that actually changed

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 history,

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 and how we think

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 about history.

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 You learn about him,

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 some of you history

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 may have probably

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 heard about this before,

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 but it was called

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 The City of God.

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 Pretty heavy read.

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 I thought,

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 I'll read that.

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 I read that the first chapter,

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 but I can't read it anymore.

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 It was just very,

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 I did read Confessions,

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 slowly,

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 but The City of God's

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 intense,

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 but it was the first time

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 that somebody

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 had said,

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 history had a beginning,

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 and it will have an end.

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 Like,

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 it started with creation,

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 and now we're in

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 the redemptive mode,

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 and then it's moving

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 toward the second coming.

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 When the second coming

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 comes,

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 history,

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 as we know it,

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 is over.

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 So,

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 it began to,

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 like,

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 people began to think

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 that way.

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 History had an end

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 in the beginning.

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 So,

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 this is helpful.

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 Again,

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 this was mentioned

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 at Beach Project,

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 some of you who went,

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 but there's,

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 you ever thought,

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 like,

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 what is the Bible?

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 What's,

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 like,

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 some of the main,

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 a main theme

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 or storyline

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 that I can follow

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 as I read the Bible?

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 Here's,

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 here's four things

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 really fast.

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 This is,

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 like,

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 a process we see.

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 Starts with,

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 number one,

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 creation.

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 Creation.

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 And that is that

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 God created man

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 and all things

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 in the universe

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 perfectly.

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 Everything was good.

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 It was without sin,

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 and he created it

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 for his glory,

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 all of it.

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 Secondly,

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 after creation,

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 there was fall.

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 Man's sin

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 rebelled against God

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 and destroyed

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 his relationship

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 with God,

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 put him at hostility

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 towards God.

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 It destroyed

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 his relationships

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 with other men.

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 Our relationships

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 with each other

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 were broken

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 and suffering

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 and sin

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 and death

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 entered the world.

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 So,

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 that's fall.

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 So,

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 creation,

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 fall.

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 Then you have,

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 thirdly,

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 redemption.

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 And this is

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 God's

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 at work

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 in history

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 to restore man

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 back to himself

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 so that man

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 could again

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 glorify him.

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 And this really

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 started when Christ

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 came,

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 lived,

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 died,

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 resurrected.

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 That was kind of

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 like the climax

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 of that.

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 And so,

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 made it possible

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 for man to be,

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 like we just said,

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 reconciled back

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 to God.

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 And then,

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 so that's kind of

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 like in the place

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 we kind of live

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 right now,

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 like in the

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 redemptive mode.

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 Don't all of us

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 are redeemed.

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 That's kind of

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 where we live.

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 But fourthly,

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 is a big word,

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 consummation.

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 C-O-M-S-U-M-M-A-T-I-O-M.

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 Consummation.

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 This is basically

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 when Christ returns

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 and restores

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 all things

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 and everything

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 is made new

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 and the new

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 heaven,

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 the new earth

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 and everything

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 is brought

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 and restored

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 back to its

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 original form

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 or even greater

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 actually.

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 So,

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 the kingdom of God

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 is here

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 but it's coming.

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 And,

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 for the Christian

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 life,

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 like right now,

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 we're kind of

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 like in a really

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 unique period

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 of time,

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 period of history.

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 And,

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:39.120
 Christ has

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 said,

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 I will come back.

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 And,

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 he actually calls

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 these the last days.

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 We live in

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 the last days.

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 That doesn't mean

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 like,

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 you know,

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 we'll get into all that.

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 Don't take it too far.

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 It just means like,

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 this is called

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 the last days.

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 Jesus said that.

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 After I leave,

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 it will be like

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 the last days.

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 So,

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 we can experience

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 as Christians,

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 we can see

00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.240
 the

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 fruit of

00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:06.140
 what Christ

00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:06.700
 has done.

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 But,

00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:08.080
 we can't fully

00:18:08.080 --> 00:18:09.680
 see his power

00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:10.700
 manifested yet.

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 We still have,

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 we live in the world,

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 we see many,

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 many things in the world.

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 The Bible uses

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 phrases like,

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 you are saved.

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 Then,

00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:19.299
 like in,

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:21.539
 1 Corinthians 1,

00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.340
 18,

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 it says,

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.940
 you are being saved.

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 So,

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.640
 this idea that we are

00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.480
 saved and we're being

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:26.740
 saved.

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 The kingdom is here,

00:18:28.340 --> 00:18:29.080
 yet it's coming.

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 So,

00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:32.200
 a Christian

00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:34.039
 has to deal

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 with a lot of things

00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:35.920
 in this life

00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:36.940
 that are not

00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:38.440
 fully redeemed.

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:39.779
 And,

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 this is going to

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.099
 kind of bring us

00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.640
 to our topic

00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:43.339
 a little bit.

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 I like our intro

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.059
 to understand

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 this is where we live

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.279
 right now.

00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:46.720
 We're not

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:48.039
 fully redeemed

00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.579
 yet.

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.359
 So,

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 if most of us

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 are honest,

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 and you get like

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 a,

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 guys,

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 you sit down

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 one day with me

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 and get lunch

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 or breakfast

00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:01.380
 or girls,

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.859
 you go sit

00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:02.720
 with somebody else.

00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.059
 I don't think

00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.600
 I'll meet you

00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:04.360
 but somebody else

00:19:04.360 --> 00:19:05.640
 that knows Christ

00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:07.180
 and another believer.

00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.579
 You begin to share

00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:12.460
 about your Christian life.

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.460
 I think most of us

00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:15.539
 because it's just

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:15.960
 the truth.

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 Most of us

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.500
 don't live

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:20.200
 like in the victory

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.980
 that Christ

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:22.000
 has to cure for us.

00:19:22.100 --> 00:19:22.420
 We live

00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:23.539
 depressed,

00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:24.279
 defeated.

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.539
 We don't,

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 we don't,

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 we live between

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:30.140
 fears and hopes

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 back and forth.

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 We hope our state

00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.100
 is good

00:19:33.100 --> 00:19:33.820
 and we kind of,

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:34.500
 we hope that we're

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:35.160
 doing okay

00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:36.840
 but we're normally not.

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.700
 It's just like this

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.340
 idea that we just

00:19:38.340 --> 00:19:40.080
 live in a constant

00:19:40.080 --> 00:19:41.580
 defeat all the time.

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.540
 So,

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.040
 though Christ

00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:43.720
 has saved us,

00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:44.480
 we barely,

00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.300
 we feel like we're

00:19:45.300 --> 00:19:46.920
 just barely hanging

00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.860
 on spiritually.

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.400
 Like,

00:19:48.760 --> 00:19:49.820
 it's not really good

00:19:49.820 --> 00:19:51.640
 and we come to

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 places like this,

00:19:53.340 --> 00:19:55.240
 come to a worship

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.960
 service somewhere

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.600
 or a campus

00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.240
 Bible study,

00:19:57.320 --> 00:19:57.600
 whatever.

00:19:58.340 --> 00:19:59.440
 It's all smiles

00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.340
 and you know how to like,

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:01.480
 we're really good

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.819
 at hiding our sin

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.240
 from people.

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 Really good.

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.220
 I'm pretty good.

00:20:06.179 --> 00:20:07.000
 Unless you know me

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.639
 really well like

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:09.139
 my roommates do

00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:09.980
 and I know

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.799
 something's going on.

00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:12.279
 But,

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.839
 we're really good.

00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:14.639
 Most of us don't

00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:16.099
 live in victory.

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:16.879
 We don't have

00:20:16.879 --> 00:20:18.159
 the inner peace,

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:18.740
 the joy,

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.039
 the confidence

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.899
 we should have

00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:22.079
 before God.

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.519
 We have a lot of

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.159
 junk that we're

00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:25.079
 trying to hide.

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 So,

00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:28.679
 we kind of feel like,

00:20:29.399 --> 00:20:29.799
 we're kind of like

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.240
 this ship

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.299
 getting thrown

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:32.480
 everywhere by a storm

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 and just like

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.960
 crossing our fingers

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.500
 when we get

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.319
 to the other.

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:35.899
 We feel like

00:20:35.899 --> 00:20:36.359
 we're barely

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:37.099
 hanging on.

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 And that's the

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.099
 truth with me too

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 at times.

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 So,

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.839
 I have a

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:46.500
 letter here

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 that

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:48.659
 a guy

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 who actually

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:49.980
 attends

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:51.759
 John MacArthur's

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.019
 church

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.679
 in California

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.920
 and

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:55.560
 he's really

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 depressed.

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 You can tell.

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 And this is kind of

00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:58.940
 like what he writes

00:20:58.940 --> 00:21:00.060
 MacArthur.

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 He says,

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 Dear Pastor John,

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.680
 I've been attending

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.140
 Grace,

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 that's the name of

00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.100
 the church,

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.860
 attending Grace

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:07.779
 for several years

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:09.220
 and as a result

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.820
 of a growing

00:21:09.820 --> 00:21:10.740
 conviction in my

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.019
 heart

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:14.220
 and seemingly

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:16.420
 temptations

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:16.820
 have come

00:21:16.820 --> 00:21:17.180
 and I am

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:18.299
 powerless to stop

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.700
 and constantly

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.680
 succumbing to them

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 in the talks

00:21:21.860 --> 00:21:22.279
 with other

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.839
 golly men

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 around me.

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.160
 I have

00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:24.899
 growing doubts

00:21:24.899 --> 00:21:25.359
 that have led

00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:25.920
 me to believe

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.500
 that I'm not

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 saved.

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.500
 How sad

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:29.799
 it is,

00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:30.139
 John,

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 for me not

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.960
 to be able

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.740
 to enter in

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 because of the

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.740
 sin that clings

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.160
 to me

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:36.160
 and from

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:37.279
 which I long

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.019
 to be free.

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.460
 How bizarre

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.119
 for one who

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.819
 teaches in a

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 Sunday school

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:42.720
 with heartfelt

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.359
 conviction,

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 a trainer in

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.539
 discipleship,

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.460
 evangelism,

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.920
 a seminarian,

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 a discipler.

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 So many times

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.359
 I have determined

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 in my heart

00:21:51.979 --> 00:21:53.019
 to repent,

00:21:53.179 --> 00:21:53.500
 to shake

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 loose on the

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.419
 sin that I

00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:55.799
 have,

00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:57.219
 to forsake

00:21:57.219 --> 00:21:58.059
 all for Jesus

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.799
 only to find

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 myself doing

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.879
 the sin I

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:01.559
 don't want to

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.859
 do and not

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.500
 doing the good

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.179
 that I want to

00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:04.419
 do.

00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:06.039
 After my

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:07.319
 fiance and I

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.979
 broke up,

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.419
 I memorized

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:10.319
 Ephesians as an

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 all-out effort

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:12.479
 to make war

00:22:12.479 --> 00:22:13.099
 against sin

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:14.419
 only to find

00:22:14.419 --> 00:22:15.299
 myself weaker

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.759
 and more painfully

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.419
 aware of my

00:22:17.419 --> 00:22:17.939
 sinfulness,

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:19.279
 more prone

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.779
 to sin

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.200
 than ever

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.660
 before,

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.340
 grabbing cheap

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:23.480
 thrills to

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:23.960
 push back

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.820
 pain of lost

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 love,

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.759
 mostly in the

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.080
 heart,

00:22:27.820 --> 00:22:28.140
 John,

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 the best word

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.940
 that counts

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.559
 the most in

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:30.920
 the heart

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.380
 is where you

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:31.700
 live.

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.500
 I sin because

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.080
 I'm a sinner.

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.200
 I'm like a

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.900
 soldier without my

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.480
 armor running

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.000
 across the

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.700
 battlefield getting

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.500
 shot up by the

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.180
 fiery darts of

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.519
 the enemy.

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.700
 I couldn't

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.120
 leave the

00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:41.600
 church if I

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.160
 wanted to.

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.360
 I love the

00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:43.660
 people.

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.920
 I'm enthralled

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.680
 by the gospel

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.400
 of the beautiful

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:46.920
 Messiah.

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 I'm a pile

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:49.000
 of manure

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.140
 on the white

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.920
 marble floor

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.600
 of Christ,

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.220
 a mongrel dog

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.340
 that snuck in

00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:54.920
 the back door

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.460
 at the king's

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.759
 banquet to

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.340
 lick the crumbs

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:58.000
 up the floor

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 and by being

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.100
 close to other

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:01.580
 Christians who

00:23:01.580 --> 00:23:02.680
 I hope to get

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:02.960
 some of the

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.560
 rich blessings

00:23:03.560 --> 00:23:04.140
 of Christ,

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.759
 I come of an

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.180
 overflow,

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:06.980
 excuse me,

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.580
 I get some of

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.840
 the overflow and

00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:09.400
 I ask that you

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.940
 would pray for

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.560
 me as you think

00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:10.940
 best.

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.560
 When I read

00:23:12.560 --> 00:23:12.940
 that I thought

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.420
 like man I

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.000
 haven't felt like

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.500
 that before.

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.539
 Like I'm so

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.800
 lost.

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.400
 I feel like I

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.519
 just, I

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.980
 can't defeat

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.519
 the sin that's

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.140
 in my life,

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.080
 but I love

00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:22.720
 Christ, I love

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.360
 the people of

00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:24.620
 God, I feel

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.560
 like a pile of

00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:26.080
 manure on the

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:26.539
 white marble

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.039
 floor of

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.360
 Christ.

00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.480
 I love to be

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.840
 around people

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.279
 who love

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.860
 Christ and

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.420
 almost feel like

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:31.860
 I can't get

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.400
 around them

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:32.880
 because they

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.800
 have such a

00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:34.160
 good walk

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.600
 with God

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:34.880
 and I

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.240
 don't.

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:38.120
 This is how

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:38.620
 a lot of us

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:40.039
 have felt at

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.820
 some point and

00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:41.519
 maybe even

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:41.940
 some of us

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.259
 now.

00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:50.640
 So, if

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.059
 you're feeling

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.600
 this way,

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.500
 know that

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:52.980
 it's not

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:54.759
 unusual,

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.400
 okay?

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.539
 People that

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.799
 have experienced

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.460
 Christ and

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.440
 have been

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.980
 saved by his

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.519
 grace and

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.920
 have the

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.460
 Holy Spirit,

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.160
 this is typical

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.620
 of what you

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.140
 actually might

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.380
 think.

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.240
 This guy

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.680
 actually doesn't

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.160
 sound like an

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.600
 unbeliever,

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:06.900
 he actually

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.440
 sounds like a

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.960
 Christian in

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.519
 Romans 7,

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.160
 he sounds like

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.500
 Paul,

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.380
 saying I

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.060
 can't do

00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:11.500
 the good

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.700
 that I

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.040
 want to do.

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.380
 Nathan,

00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.600
 our pastor,

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:13.900
 is actually

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:15.100
 preaching on

00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:15.800
 that passage.

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:16.779
 He started

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.400
 that two

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.000
 weeks ago and

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.420
 is still in

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.000
 Romans 7.

00:24:20.060 --> 00:24:21.240
 But we're

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.580
 going to kind

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.019
 of talk about

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.840
 temptation now.

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:23.720
 And I

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.360
 have, I

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:24.720
 think,

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.840
 I think three

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:28.019
 things to

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.440
 look at,

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:28.820
 okay?

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.440
 First of all,

00:24:30.540 --> 00:24:31.420
 what is

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.460
 temptation?

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.740
 What is

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.200
 temptation?

00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:36.740
 It's an

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.460
 enticement

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.720
 to sin.

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.860
 Whether

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.880
 arising from

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:42.620
 within yourself

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.259
 or an

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.540
 outside

00:24:43.540 --> 00:24:44.360
 circumstance.

00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:45.660
 It's an

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.220
 enticement

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.400
 to take our

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.960
 God-given

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.740
 desires that

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.220
 God gives

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.180
 us and

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.720
 taking those

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.660
 desires beyond

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.940
 the God-given

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.400
 limits.

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:53.920
 That's a good

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:55.180
 way of phrasing

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.460
 that.

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:55.840
 It's an

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:56.340
 enticement

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.759
 to sin.

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.720
 Sin is a

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.220
 product.

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:02.840
 And temptation

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:03.500
 is like the

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.080
 selling of it

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.440
 to you.

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:04.720
 You know,

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.040
 you want to

00:25:05.040 --> 00:25:05.460
 buy this?

00:25:05.540 --> 00:25:05.880
 Come on.

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.900
 You want

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.160
 that.

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.279
 It's an

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.900
 allurement.

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:11.440
 we may be

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.180
 seeking something

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:13.220
 else harder

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.480
 than the

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.840
 Lord that

00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:14.160
 He doesn't

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.620
 want for

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.060
 us or

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.840
 not being

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:16.519
 patient for

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.100
 something that

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.720
 He does

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.779
 want and

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.420
 pursuing it

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:19.900
 like in an

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.540
 immodest,

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.240
 improper way.

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.680
 That's what

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.779
 temptation is.

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.300
 It's the

00:25:23.300 --> 00:25:24.860
 sale that's

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.380
 going down.

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:26.840
 So,

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.140
 I have,

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.720
 under this

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.100
 question,

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.140
 I have a

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.820
 few things

00:25:31.820 --> 00:25:34.540
 that a

00:25:34.540 --> 00:25:34.940
 good way to

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.660
 define something

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.279
 is by defining

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.800
 what it doesn't

00:25:36.800 --> 00:25:37.040
 mean.

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.539
 temptation.

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:37.740
 So,

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.039
 we're going

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.279
 to start

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.680
 with that.

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.240
 Some myths

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.940
 about temptation.

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.159
 I just

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.339
 don't know

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.720
 that first

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.319
 question about

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.619
 what is

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.000
 temptation.

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.480
 Temptation

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:48.940
 itself is

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.700
 not sin.

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.339
 A lot of

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:51.599
 people,

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.059
 I'm just

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:54.960
 so sinful,

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.899
 God's angry

00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.319
 with me.

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.059
 I'm like,

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.980
 what happened

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.220
 man?

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:01.319
 I was doing

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.819
 this one

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.319
 day and

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:04.599
 I was

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.039
 attracted to

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.500
 this girl

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.779
 and immediately

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.240
 I caught

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.839
 myself and

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.000
 I just

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.539
 turned away

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.700
 and I

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:08.980
 began to

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.399
 pray.

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.599
 I sinned

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.119
 against God.

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.399
 I'm like,

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.740
 no you

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:11.960
 didn't,

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.179
 man.

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:14.359
 You didn't

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.099
 like carry

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.399
 it that

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:15.799
 far.

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:17.859
 Like,

00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:19.599
 temptation

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:21.139
 itself is

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:21.779
 not sin.

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.019
 Here's

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.259
 what it

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.779
 does become

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.059
 sin.

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:26.599
 Temptation

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.460
 becomes sin

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.299
 when you

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.539
 act or

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.119
 you dwell

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.639
 on that

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.000
 particular

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.379
 thing.

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:31.700
 You take

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.240
 action on

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.440
 it or

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.760
 you just

00:26:32.760 --> 00:26:33.380
 muse over

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.160
 it so

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.520
 that it

00:26:34.520 --> 00:26:35.080
 controls

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:35.600
 your mind.

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:36.840
 So,

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:39.400
 I kind

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.620
 of got

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.880
 into a

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.080
 little

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:41.940
 disagreement

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.520
 about that

00:26:42.520 --> 00:26:42.740
 with a

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.120
 guy who

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.480
 started to

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.980
 say that

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.640
 temptation

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.340
 was sin

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:47.920
 and I

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.440
 just had to

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.920
 remind him

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.480
 about Hebrews

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.060
 4,

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.240
 15,

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.680
 where it

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.280
 says that

00:26:52.280 --> 00:26:54.180
 Christ was

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.900
 tempted in

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.440
 every way

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.020
 we were,

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.120
 yet without

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.460
 sin.

00:26:58.040 --> 00:26:58.340
 So,

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.000
 if temptation

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.740
 itself was

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.020
 sin,

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.620
 then Christ

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:02.019
 cannot be

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:03.039
 the perfect

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.479
 Messiah.

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.519
 So,

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.299
 that was

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.959
 the end

00:27:05.959 --> 00:27:06.119
 of that

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.419
 debate.

00:27:07.219 --> 00:27:07.419
 Number

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:07.799
 two,

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:10.659
 number

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.079
 two,

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.879
 giving into

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.439
 temptation,

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:13.979
 and we're

00:27:13.979 --> 00:27:14.359
 talking about

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:14.599
 from the

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.159
 perspective of

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:15.599
 a believer,

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:15.939
 okay,

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.639
 from a

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:16.919
 Christian,

00:27:17.699 --> 00:27:18.299
 giving into

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.819
 temptation

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:20.379
 disappoints

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:21.559
 God or

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.000
 angers

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.359
 God.

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.479
 God.

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.719
 What I

00:27:24.719 --> 00:27:25.079
 mean by

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:26.299
 that is

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:27.599
 that you

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.099
 think that

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.579
 it destroys

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.299
 your relationship

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.740
 with God,

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.579
 that things

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.059
 are over

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.559
 because you

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.859
 sinned.

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.519
 Are you

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.839
 tempted?

00:27:33.979 --> 00:27:34.319
 Excuse me.

00:27:35.179 --> 00:27:35.579
 While the

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.139
 Lord might

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:37.319
 be displeased

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.579
 that you

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.099
 did sin,

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:39.219
 it doesn't

00:27:39.219 --> 00:27:40.059
 destroy your

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.559
 relationship

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.139
 with God.

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:42.979
 You are

00:27:42.979 --> 00:27:44.659
 accepted and

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.539
 loved on the

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.139
 basis of what

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.639
 Christ has

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:47.079
 done, and

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.799
 that's eternal,

00:27:47.979 --> 00:27:49.019
 and that's

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.579
 unchanging,

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.639
 but just

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.480
 like, you

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.960
 know, last

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.240
 year, I

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.500
 remember I

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.819
 got into a

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.319
 really intense

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.839
 argument with

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.879
 my dad, who

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.460
 really had it

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:56.960
 out about

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.359
 something.

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.399
 It was over

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:58.839
 something that

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.939
 was kind of

00:27:59.939 --> 00:28:00.480
 a big deal,

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:00.879
 we just

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.519
 disagreed,

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:02.579
 and I was

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.839
 like not

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.359
 respectful,

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.419
 and I was

00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:05.919
 a jerk,

00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:09.139
 and there

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.419
 was some

00:28:09.419 --> 00:28:09.740
 tension,

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.720
 hostility in

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.980
 my relationship

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.619
 with my dad,

00:28:12.699 --> 00:28:13.879
 right, but

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:15.159
 a few weeks

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.619
 later, I

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.119
 just thought,

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.480
 like, man,

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.119
 I was wrong,

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.699
 and I went

00:28:17.699 --> 00:28:18.939
 and told my

00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:19.319
 dad to

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.559
 forgive me,

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:19.939
 and we

00:28:19.939 --> 00:28:20.539
 were brought

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.079
 back together,

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.319
 and our

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.759
 relationship

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.259
 was not,

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:23.720
 you know,

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:25.039
 rocky anymore.

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.819
 Secondly, or

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.119
 excuse me,

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.720
 thirdly, under

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:30.399
 this, believers,

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:32.199
 this is a myth,

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.379
 okay, believers

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:35.039
 can fall into

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.519
 temptation.

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.939
 I've been

00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:40.379
 guilty of this

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.960
 before, but I've

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.779
 been trying to

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.319
 change my

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.879
 thinking for a

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:44.599
 while, okay,

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.919
 as a believer,

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.500
 you have the

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.019
 Holy Spirit,

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.819
 and you

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.299
 actually have

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.619
 been given

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.199
 the power,

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.340
 to resist

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:50.819
 temptation,

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:53.039
 and we

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.400
 use the

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:53.940
 word like,

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:55.580
 I fell

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:57.000
 into temptation,

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:59.059
 or, you

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.420
 know, like

00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.000
 that kind of

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.400
 language,

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.240
 it's almost

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.360
 like, it

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:02.840
 got me,

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.319
 and you're

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.759
 almost like

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.340
 not taking

00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:06.880
 responsibility,

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.480
 sin doesn't

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.980
 just happen,

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:09.340
 you deliberately

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.940
 sit against

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.480
 God, there's a

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.559
 moment in your

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.080
 mind where you

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:13.059
 literally cross the

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:14.360
 line, it's not

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:14.779
 like you're just

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.779
 like walking

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.279
 around this

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.759
 fallen guy,

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:16.920
 and you

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.220
 just fell

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.680
 in a trap,

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.039
 it's like,

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.480
 no, what

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.799
 happened?

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.700
 So, believers

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.099
 don't just

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.539
 fall into

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.000
 temptation,

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.000
 and most

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.519
 deliberately

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.759
 step into

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.859
 it, and

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.359
 like, cross

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.920
 that line.

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:31.480
 So, number

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:33.000
 four, it is

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:34.480
 always best to

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.119
 run away from

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:36.539
 temptation, that's

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.539
 kind of a myth.

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:39.039
 It's certainly

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.559
 true that

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:41.000
 sometimes the

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.500
 best thing to

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.859
 do is avoid

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:44.259
 things, okay?

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.959
 But there's a

00:29:44.959 --> 00:29:46.419
 reality that

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:47.439
 in some

00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:48.319
 circumstances, you

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:48.919
 can't escape.

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.619
 Things are going

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.859
 to happen, like

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:52.079
 temptation is

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.839
 going to come,

00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:54.159
 so if your

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:56.059
 battle tactic is

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.799
 just to avoid

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.719
 every situation,

00:29:58.479 --> 00:29:59.219
 you won't be

00:29:59.219 --> 00:29:59.639
 able to always

00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.099
 do that.

00:30:00.439 --> 00:30:02.839
 So, Martin

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.419
 Luther once

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:03.719
 said,

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:05.459
 temptations, of

00:30:05.459 --> 00:30:06.659
 course, cannot

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.319
 be avoided,

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.099
 but because we

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.659
 cannot prevent

00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.399
 the birds from

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.119
 flying over our

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.319
 heads, there's

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.019
 no need that

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.559
 we should let

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.039
 them make a

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.579
 mess on our

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:14.819
 hair.

00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:16.559
 So, this idea

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.000
 of like, things

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.500
 are always going

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.939
 to come, but

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.379
 we don't need to

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:19.359
 let it settle

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.939
 in on us.

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.759
 Fifthly, this is

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.259
 the one I used

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.720
 to believe,

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:27.500
 maturity will

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.799
 eliminate

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.339
 temptation.

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.679
 Man, like this

00:30:29.679 --> 00:30:30.139
 dude, he's been

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.579
 walking with

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:31.259
 Jesus a long

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.839
 time, man, when

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.319
 I get to where

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.220
 he is, I won't

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.740
 have to struggle

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.319
 with this anymore,

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.980
 I'm just going

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.439
 to be okay.

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:40.099
 Not true.

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:43.579
 Actually, a sign

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.339
 of maturity in

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:45.679
 a believer is

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.119
 that God is

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.720
 actually revealing

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.220
 more and more

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.819
 sin to you.

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:49.279
 Like, you can

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.939
 form the outside

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:50.639
 of your behavior,

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:52.119
 look good, God's

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.379
 going to go

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:53.399
 after your motives

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:54.419
 and why you're

00:30:54.419 --> 00:30:54.819
 doing those

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.059
 things.

00:30:55.179 --> 00:30:55.559
 He's never

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:57.099
 going to let

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:58.059
 you go about

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.299
 that.

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:00.480
 So, those are

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.179
 a few myths

00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:02.799
 about temptation.

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:04.439
 But, first of

00:31:04.439 --> 00:31:06.179
 all, also under

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:07.079
 this, know that

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:08.359
 temptation is

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.700
 common and it's

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.240
 universal.

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:11.480
 It's common

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.099
 to everybody.

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:13.559
 Joseph was

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.059
 tempted in

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.680
 Genesis by

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.599
 Potiphar's wife.

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:18.120
 He got David

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:19.019
 tempted by

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.500
 Bathsheba and

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.880
 he followed

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.500
 through with it.

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.960
 Joseph ran.

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.799
 And then Jesus

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:26.120
 himself tempted

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.960
 by Satan in

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.859
 Matthew 4 so

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.220
 that he would

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.039
 sin and not be

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.559
 the perfect

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.259
 Messiah that

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.220
 was needed.

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.839
 So, 1

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:35.180
 Corinthians 10

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:36.319
 13 says this,

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.039
 no temptation

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.819
 has overcome

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.880
 you.

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.779
 It is not

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.400
 common to

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.660
 man.

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:43.099
 So, temptation

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:44.519
 is common

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.200
 and universal.

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.819
 So, it's not

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.480
 unusual.

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.160
 Second

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.620
 question.

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.000
 That was the

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.400
 first one.

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.960
 My voice is

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.220
 better.

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:56.819
 My throat is

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.039
 going to be

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.299
 dry.

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.519
 Sorry.

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.579
 What are the

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:03.120
 sources of

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.559
 temptation?

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.319
 That's the

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.900
 second question.

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:08.180
 Right now, I

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.480
 think you're

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.880
 still in the

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.560
 Ephesians 2 and

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:09.820
 that's what we're

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.360
 going to look at.

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.880
 So, stay there.

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.320
 Back to our

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:13.800
 original text.

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.240
 There's usually

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.700
 three things that

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.480
 are the sources of

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.940
 temptation.

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:19.800
 And let it be

00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:21.640
 said, you can't

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.260
 really section

00:32:22.260 --> 00:32:22.920
 these off.

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.200
 They all kind

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.120
 of work together

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:26.200
 in a lot of

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.540
 ways.

00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:27.880
 So, I'm like,

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:29.280
 well, this day

00:32:29.280 --> 00:32:30.020
 this one got me

00:32:30.020 --> 00:32:30.580
 and that day

00:32:30.580 --> 00:32:31.660
 this one got me.

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.440
 They kind of

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.100
 work together

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:35.140
 simultaneously a lot

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.540
 of times.

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.900
 First of all,

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.259
 if you look at

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:39.240
 verse 1 in

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:41.100
 Ephesians 2,

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.620
 it says,

00:32:43.520 --> 00:32:43.920
 and when she

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.700
 once walked,

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.160
 following the

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.860
 course of this

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.320
 world.

00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:48.720
 The first one

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.320
 is the world.

00:32:50.020 --> 00:32:50.480
 That's the

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.200
 first thing.

00:32:51.280 --> 00:32:51.560
 That's where

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:52.000
 a source of

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.680
 temptation comes

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.860
 from, the

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.200
 world.

00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:58.520
 And flip to

00:32:58.520 --> 00:32:59.660
 hold your hand

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.980
 in Ephesians 2,

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.819
 but I just

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.160
 got a few

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.660
 places for you

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:02.880
 to turn.

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.960
 1 John 2.

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:07.120
 1 John 2.15.

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:12.480
 1 John 2.15.

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.079
 It says,

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:18.140
 Do not love

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.759
 the world

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:20.360
 or the things

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:21.039
 in the world.

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.240
 If anyone

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.039
 loves the world,

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:23.620
 the love of the

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.339
 Father is not

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.779
 in him.

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.900
 For all that is

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.380
 in the world,

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.120
 the desires of

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.620
 the flesh,

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.660
 the desires of

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.140
 the eyes,

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.640
 and the pride

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.180
 of possessions,

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:31.480
 is not from

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.900
 the Father,

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.440
 but is from

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.940
 the world.

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:34.080
 And the world

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.580
 is passing

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:35.299
 away along

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.600
 with its

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.120
 desires.

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.440
 Whatever does

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.880
 the will of

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.279
 God,

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.799
 abides forever.

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:42.100
 So, the

00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:43.200
 word world

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.759
 is used

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.180
 right here

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.700
 in 1 John 2.

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.259
 It's the word

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.700
 cosmos.

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.500
 It means

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.900
 like the

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.779
 order or

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.480
 the system

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.840
 of the world.

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.279
 And it's

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.980
 used in this

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.500
 case like in

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.980
 a negative

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:57.220
 connotation.

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.720
 It's not

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.680
 being spoke

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.060
 of in a

00:33:59.060 --> 00:33:59.740
 positive way.

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.500
 It means

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.940
 like a

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.519
 world that's

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.060
 turned and

00:34:03.060 --> 00:34:03.320
 is now

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:04.279
 alienated from

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.840
 its creator.

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.100
 That's

00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:05.420
 kind of

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.320
 what it's

00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:06.940
 used as.

00:34:07.060 --> 00:34:07.259
 And it

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.799
 encompasses

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:09.099
 a ton of

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.460
 things.

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.240
 False

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:10.720
 religions,

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.159
 false

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.980
 philosophies,

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.440
 ideas of

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.920
 man,

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.599
 just whatever.

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.000
 It could

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.539
 mean like

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.599
 even just

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.200
 the ads

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.800
 or commercials

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.260
 you see

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.860
 that entice

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.780
 you to

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.139
 spend your

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.559
 money on

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.099
 something that

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.840
 God would

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.260
 not have you

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.519
 to spend

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.840
 your money

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.099
 on,

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:24.539
 something that

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:24.940
 simple.

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:27.500
 guys and

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.000
 girls can

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.320
 mean like

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.760
 in modest

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.639
 clothing to

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:31.240
 entice or

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:32.000
 to allure the

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.780
 opposite sex.

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.559
 The world is

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:34.960
 like the

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.380
 things that

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.940
 do allure

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.400
 us and

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:37.380
 pull us

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.500
 in.

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.740
 It's the

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.320
 things in

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.800
 the world.

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.240
 So that's

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:41.639
 what the

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.179
 world is.

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.340
 And also

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:45.000
 it says it

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.720
 there, I'll

00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.099
 read this

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:48.559
 back in

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:49.619
 Ephesians 2

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.960
 verse 3

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:52.940
 you can

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:54.239
 flip back

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.599
 there if

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:54.920
 you like

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.859
 back to

00:34:55.859 --> 00:34:56.279
 Ephesians

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:56.859
 it says

00:34:56.859 --> 00:34:58.099
 in verse 3

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.380
 we're going

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.699
 to see the

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.299
 third thing

00:34:59.299 --> 00:35:01.699
 verse 3

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.440
 among whom

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.380
 we all

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.139
 once lived

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.420
 in the

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.059
 passions of

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.739
 our flesh

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:07.000
 carrying out

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.559
 the desires

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:07.819
 of the

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.359
 body and

00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:08.819
 the mind.

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.099
 So

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:11.599
 the flesh

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:11.960
 you got the

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.460
 world and

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.719
 now the

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.079
 flesh.

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.440
 That's the

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.920
 second source

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.579
 of our sin.

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.119
 And

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:18.900
 it means

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.319
 like

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.420
 if you're

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.059
 being controlled

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.460
 by the

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.820
 flesh

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:23.600
 it's like

00:35:23.600 --> 00:35:24.180
 what does

00:35:24.180 --> 00:35:24.539
 your flesh

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.780
 do?

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:25.559
 It gets

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.920
 hungry

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:27.380
 it desires

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.980
 comfort

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:29.080
 it likes

00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:29.740
 to sleep

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.740
 it likes

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.160
 sex

00:35:31.160 --> 00:35:31.500
 those are

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:31.840
 the things

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.340
 that like

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:33.140
 are of

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:33.680
 the flesh

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:35.240
 and all

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.500
 those things

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.980
 are not bad

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.440
 things right?

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.740
 Like they're

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:37.320
 natural things

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.700
 that happen

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:38.500
 but what

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.059
 the sinful

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.860
 fallen flesh

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.400
 is that

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.820
 it seems

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:42.160
 to allow

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:42.740
 those things

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:42.980
 to like

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.700
 dominate you

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.220
 or control

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:44.440
 you

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.780
 and run

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.220
 your life

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:45.480
 what you

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.000
 live for

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.840
 is to

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.380
 fulfill those

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.840
 desires

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.160
 that you're

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.420
 having

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.900
 that's

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.300
 ultimate

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:50.579
 and that's

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:50.800
 when you'll

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.360
 do anything

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.480
 to get

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.940
 fulfillment

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.380
 for those

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:53.760
 things

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:55.720
 that's

00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:56.059
 why

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.059
 you know

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:58.860
 people that

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.180
 are just

00:35:59.180 --> 00:35:59.800
 controlled by

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.559
 sexual sin

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:00.940
 it starts

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:02.019
 with this

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.340
 and moves

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.680
 with this

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:03.139
 and eventually

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.700
 leads to them

00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:04.559
 raping somebody

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.639
 and then ultimately

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.059
 prison

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:07.460
 so you begin

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.039
 to let those

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.519
 desires

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.340
 control you

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:10.760
 and the

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.220
 flesh is

00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:11.579
 fallen

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.119
 and it will

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.420
 die

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:12.680
 like

00:36:12.680 --> 00:36:13.900
 your body

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.440
 that you work

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.940
 on and take

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.380
 care of every

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:15.559
 day

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.820
 like it

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.400
 will die

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.079
 this

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.500
 person

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:17.920
 because it

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:19.039
 has sinned

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.820
 against god

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:21.860
 thirdly

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.179
 you've got the

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.539
 world

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:24.099
 the flesh

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:25.639
 and now the

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:25.960
 devil

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:27.320
 you see that

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:28.039
 in verse 2

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:29.019
 back in

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.500
 ephesians

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.860
 following the

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.400
 course of this

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.699
 world

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.259
 following the

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:32.679
 prince

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.679
 of the

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.259
 power of

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.619
 the air

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:34.840
 that's

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.400
 referring to

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.779
 satan

00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:37.039
 the spirit

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.639
 the evil

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.000
 spirit

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:39.000
 of satan

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.519
 that is now

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.039
 at work

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.980
 and the

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.440
 sons of

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.219
 disobedience

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:44.980
 and all

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.500
 three of these

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.800
 things

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.119
 the world

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.460
 of flesh

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.699
 and the

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:46.900
 devil

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.239
 we're going

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:47.599
 to like

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.940
 discuss more

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:50.360
 in coming

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:51.279
 thursday

00:36:51.279 --> 00:36:51.679
 nights

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.219
 it's just

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.840
 an overview

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:54.480
 but satan

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:56.199
 the word

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:57.679
 means like

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.340
 in hebrew

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:59.840
 satan

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.480
 it means like

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.340
 adversary

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:02.019
 or opponent

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.639
 someone that's

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.300
 like out to

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:04.659
 destroy you

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:06.699
 the devil

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.500
 another word

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.019
 is used

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:09.259
 another name

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:09.759
 for him

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.960
 it means

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.520
 like to

00:37:11.520 --> 00:37:11.960
 throw

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.860
 or to

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.260
 hurl

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.680
 that's what

00:37:13.680 --> 00:37:14.000
 the devil

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.480
 means

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.760
 it means

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:17.420
 that he's

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.080
 slandering you

00:37:18.080 --> 00:37:18.420
 he's throwing

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.180
 insults

00:37:19.180 --> 00:37:20.240
 against you

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:20.600
 he takes

00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:21.760
 the truth

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.260
 of god

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.500
 and who

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.900
 god is

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.340
 and twists

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.820
 it and makes

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.200
 you try to

00:37:24.200 --> 00:37:25.540
 believe lies

00:37:25.540 --> 00:37:26.800
 about it

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:28.600
 let me see

00:37:28.600 --> 00:37:29.700
 1 peter

00:37:29.700 --> 00:37:30.680
 5 8

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:31.120
 says this

00:37:31.120 --> 00:37:31.560
 be sober

00:37:31.560 --> 00:37:31.880
 minded

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.720
 be watchful

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:34.280
 your adversary

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:34.960
 the devil

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:36.420
 prowls around

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.140
 like a roaring

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.880
 lion seeking

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.440
 someone to

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:38.880
 devour

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:40.460
 so

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:43.500
 the devil

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.920
 is

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.559
 this is the

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.840
 kind of

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.160
 thing that

00:37:45.160 --> 00:37:45.519
 the devil

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.920
 would try

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.980
 to say

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.340
 to you

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:47.740
 or lie

00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:47.960
 to you

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.200
 remember

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:48.500
 he's a

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.019
 slanderer

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.300
 he wants

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:49.660
 to like

00:37:49.660 --> 00:37:50.740
 hurl up

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:51.599
 insults

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.140
 and slander

00:37:52.140 --> 00:37:53.019
 against you

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:54.079
 he'll say

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.760
 you're the

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:55.099
 one who

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:56.260
 has stolen

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:57.000
 you've lied

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.440
 you've

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.320
 taken the

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:58.840
 lord's name

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.220
 in vain

00:37:59.220 --> 00:38:00.300
 you've

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:00.640
 looked at

00:38:00.640 --> 00:38:01.260
 pornography

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.760
 you've

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:02.180
 seduced

00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:02.640
 girls

00:38:02.640 --> 00:38:03.220
 you have

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:04.240
 allowed

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:04.760
 these things

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.280
 to control

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:05.640
 you

00:38:05.640 --> 00:38:06.840
 you've

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.160
 lied

00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:07.700
 to people

00:38:07.700 --> 00:38:09.180
 you've

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.460
 lied

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.700
 to your

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.180
 parents

00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:10.420
 you

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.680
 cheated

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.000
 this

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.360
 guy

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.940
 that's

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.180
 the kind

00:38:13.180 --> 00:38:13.460
 of stuff

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:13.940
 that the devil

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:15.040
 will do

00:38:15.040 --> 00:38:15.340
 is he'll

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.880
 remind you

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.200
 he'll like

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:16.780
 point out

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.280
 your sin

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.860
 and make you

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.780
 guilty

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.480
 and convicted

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:21.039
 and

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:22.500
 none of us

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:22.840
 are like

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.320
 above

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:25.199
 being attacked

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:25.659
 by him

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.440
 nobody

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:27.940
 he's been

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.440
 doing this

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:29.099
 a long

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:30.199
 time

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:32.059
 he's very

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.340
 good

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:32.740
 this is

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.019
 something

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:34.059
 Spurgeon

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.480
 said

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:36.079
 it's

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.539
 ridiculous

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.940
 to see

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:38.740
 on his

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:39.079
 Christian

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.480
 channels

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:40.000
 on TV

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.340
 all these

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.480
 dudes

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.760
 are like

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.519
 put it on

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.900
 Satan

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:43.240
 we've got

00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:43.559
 you

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.019
 and Satan

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.679
 is really

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:45.219
 laughing

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:45.699
 but you've

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.199
 got to be

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.699
 kidding me

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:49.379
 this is what

00:38:49.379 --> 00:38:49.699
 Spurgeon

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.000
 said

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.379
 he said

00:38:50.379 --> 00:38:51.599
 about

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:51.980
 Satan

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:53.419
 he is

00:38:53.419 --> 00:38:54.079
 more cunning

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.559
 than the

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.099
 wisest

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:56.480
 how soon

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.119
 he entangled

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.619
 Solomon

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:59.159
 Solomon

00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.579
 is known

00:38:59.579 --> 00:38:59.819
 as the

00:38:59.819 --> 00:39:00.319
 wise man

00:39:00.319 --> 00:39:00.799
 he got

00:39:00.799 --> 00:39:02.099
 he made

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.480
 Solomon

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.839
 sin

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:03.899
 or tempted

00:39:03.899 --> 00:39:04.319
 Solomon

00:39:04.319 --> 00:39:04.639
 sin

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.739
 he is

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:06.259
 stronger

00:39:06.259 --> 00:39:07.119
 than the

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.719
 strongest

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:09.439
 how fatally

00:39:09.439 --> 00:39:10.219
 he overthrew

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:10.779
 Samson

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:12.179
 yes

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:13.079
 even the

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.299
 man

00:39:13.299 --> 00:39:13.899
 after God's

00:39:13.899 --> 00:39:14.359
 own heart

00:39:14.359 --> 00:39:15.000
 like David

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:16.139
 he had

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:16.599
 been led

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:17.659
 to fall

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.339
 into grievous

00:39:18.339 --> 00:39:19.199
 sins

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:19.940
 by seduction

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:21.219
 so he

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:22.099
 took down

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.920
 Solomon

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.539
 the wisest

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:23.819
 he took

00:39:23.819 --> 00:39:24.159
 down

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:25.739
 Samson

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:26.360
 the strongest

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:26.799
 he took

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.139
 down

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.920
 David

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:28.279
 the most

00:39:28.279 --> 00:39:28.679
 passionate

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:29.819
 we're not

00:39:29.819 --> 00:39:30.960
 beyond

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:33.139
 his assaults

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:33.679
 so

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.659
 those are

00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.039
 three things

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.339
 the world

00:39:35.339 --> 00:39:35.699
 the flesh

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:36.079
 and the devil

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.380
 we're going to

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:36.960
 unpack

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:38.239
 those things

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:38.639
 more

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.079
 and figure

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.400
 out

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:40.900
 discuss

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:41.460
 what the

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:41.980
 word says

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.759
 about overcoming

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:43.960
 those particular

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.480
 things

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:46.199
 number three

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:47.659
 number three

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:47.960
 the third

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.439
 question

00:39:48.439 --> 00:39:50.179
 what is

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.639
 temptation

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:52.619
 or the

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:53.039
 source of

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.500
 temptation

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.859
 and secondly

00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:56.599
 question

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:58.619
 can we have

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:59.480
 victory over

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.000
 sin and

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.379
 temptation

00:40:00.379 --> 00:40:02.099
 and

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:03.819
 so we have

00:40:03.819 --> 00:40:04.299
 victory over

00:40:04.299 --> 00:40:04.599
 sin and

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:04.960
 temptation

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:06.159
 the answer

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:06.659
 is a

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.939
 resounding

00:40:07.939 --> 00:40:08.739
 yes

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.859
 you can

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:11.920
 without

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:12.400
 Christ

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:13.480
 all you

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:13.800
 can do

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.280
 is sin

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:15.240
 period

00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:16.120
 not one

00:40:16.120 --> 00:40:16.620
 good thing

00:40:16.620 --> 00:40:17.820
 those of us

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.240
 who are in

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:18.640
 Christ

00:40:18.640 --> 00:40:19.320
 you can

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:20.099
 have victory over

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.420
 sin and

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:20.760
 temptation

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.680
 like right

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:22.019
 now

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.700
 like in this

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:23.940
 present life

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:25.420
 flip to

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:26.680
 I think you

00:40:26.680 --> 00:40:27.000
 only have

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.340
 like three

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:28.000
 places to turn

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:28.500
 real fast

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.120
 flip to 1

00:40:29.120 --> 00:40:29.500
 John

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.680
 chapter 2

00:40:30.680 --> 00:40:31.019
 again

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.740
 excuse me

00:40:31.740 --> 00:40:32.599
 yeah

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:34.820
 back to just

00:40:34.820 --> 00:40:35.800
 a second ago

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:37.059
 1 John

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:37.380
 2

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:38.960
 1 through

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.279
 2

00:40:39.279 --> 00:40:40.380
 and John

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:40.820
 is writing

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:41.579
 to Christians

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.420
 and like

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:42.920
 listening to the

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.380
 language he

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:43.799
 uses he

00:40:43.799 --> 00:40:44.079
 says

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:45.739
 my little

00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:46.159
 children

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:47.239
 excuse me

00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:47.759
 chapter 2

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:48.340
 verse 1

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:49.699
 my little

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:50.139
 children

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:51.559
 I'm writing

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:52.219
 these things

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.619
 to you

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:52.980
 so that you

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.659
 may not

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:54.119
 sin

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:56.079
 okay

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:57.500
 so in other

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:57.860
 words he's

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.460
 saying like

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:59.779
 you don't have

00:40:59.779 --> 00:41:00.500
 to do this

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.579
 anymore

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.599
 pretty cool

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.799
 before like

00:41:03.799 --> 00:41:04.299
 all you could

00:41:04.299 --> 00:41:04.860
 do is sin

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.239
 period

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:06.340
 but now

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:06.680
 that if you

00:41:06.680 --> 00:41:06.940
 are in

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.360
 Christ

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:07.660
 this is

00:41:07.660 --> 00:41:07.860
 what he

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:08.200
 says

00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:09.460
 I'm writing

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:09.960
 these things

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.180
 to you

00:41:10.180 --> 00:41:10.519
 so that you

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.500
 may not

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.400
 sin

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:13.820
 like you

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:14.160
 don't have

00:41:14.160 --> 00:41:14.660
 to do this

00:41:14.660 --> 00:41:15.160
 anymore

00:41:15.160 --> 00:41:15.900
 type language

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:17.100
 okay

00:41:17.100 --> 00:41:17.500
 but then he

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:18.039
 says but

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:19.220
 if anyone

00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:20.019
 does sin

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:21.360
 we have an

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:22.000
 advocate with

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.440
 the father

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.220
 Jesus Christ

00:41:23.220 --> 00:41:23.680
 the righteous

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:25.079
 he is the

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.800
 propitiation

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:26.680
 for our sins

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:27.900
 not only for

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 ours but also

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 for the sins

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 of the whole

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 world

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 so he's

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 saying as a

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 believer you

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 have the Holy

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 Spirit you've

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 been given a

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 new nature

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 you're born

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 again

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 you've been

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 given power

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 from God

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 God's enabling

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 to not sin

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 then he says

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 but if you do

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 like don't

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 despair

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 don't be like

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 I quit

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 I'm a miserable

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 failure

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 I'm not going

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 to follow Christ

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 anymore

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 he's like don't

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 do that

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 but if you do

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 sin

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 you have an

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 advocate of the

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 father Jesus

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 Christ the

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 righteous

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 so he's

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 trying to

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 remind you

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 of like

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 your ultimate

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 eternal standing

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 is on Christ

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 not on your

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 performance

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 pretty cool

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 so that's

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 one thing

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 there's a hundred

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 texts to look at

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 I'm going to

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 talk about this

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 more in the

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.239
 future

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 but ultimately

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 I thought it

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 would be really

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 cool to bring

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 up this

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 turn over to

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 Hebrews 4

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 we're going to

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 kind of finish

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 in Hebrews

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 tonight

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 Hebrews 4

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 we can have

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 victory over

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 sin and

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 dictation

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 because

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 Christ has

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 made it

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 possible

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 he has

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 been there

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 he has shown

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 us the way

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 chapter 4

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 verse 14

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 going down

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 a little bit

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 the theme of

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 Hebrews is

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 Christ is

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 better

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 he's better

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 than the

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 old covenant

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 he's better

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 than all the

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 things that

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 have proceeded

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 before

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 pointed to

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 Christ

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 as the

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 ultimate

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 fulfillment

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 and here

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 he's talking

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 about

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 the high

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 priest

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 who is

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 one who

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 is like a

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 go-between

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 a mediator

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 between

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 God and

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 man

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 and

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 how

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 saying

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 Christ

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 is the

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 ultimate

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 high

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 priest

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 chapter 4

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 verse 14

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 since

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 let us

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00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:46.159
 So that's a powerful passage.

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:49.960
 I'd encourage you to go and study on that one some more.

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:56.760
 We can draw near to God's throne in the grace of Christ based on what he has done.

00:43:57.199 --> 00:44:01.059
 Before you had been consumed, his holiness would have destroyed you.

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:03.320
 He can't have sin in his presence.

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:08.880
 He's too pure, too righteous, too good, too loving to even look upon evil.

00:44:09.659 --> 00:44:14.260
 But based on what Christ has done, we can approach the throne of grace with confidence.

00:44:14.260 --> 00:44:21.260
 So, some of us might think, man, God is so distant.

00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:23.160
 He can't relate to me at all.

00:44:23.240 --> 00:44:23.840
 I don't understand.

00:44:24.020 --> 00:44:25.220
 He's perfect.

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:25.820
 He's sinless.

00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:27.280
 He hasn't suffered like I've suffered.

00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:29.240
 He doesn't know what sin's like.

00:44:30.200 --> 00:44:30.640
 Wrong.

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:31.420
 He does.

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:37.940
 And Jesus came here and experienced everything far greater than you have, actually.

00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:39.240
 And here's why.

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:40.740
 I'll show you a few things first.

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:42.800
 He suffered emotionally.

00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:46.900
 He was emotionally, like, beaten down.

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:48.500
 Like, I can't imagine what he worked through.

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:50.099
 He was persecuted.

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:53.079
 He was betrayed by his best friends.

00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:57.440
 He was rejected and he was sorrowful.

00:44:57.639 --> 00:45:03.980
 He's called the man of sorrows in Isaiah, prophesying about him 700 years before he came.

00:45:04.819 --> 00:45:06.279
 So, he emotionally was afflicted.

00:45:06.699 --> 00:45:07.699
 He suffered physically.

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:09.039
 He grew hungry.

00:45:09.799 --> 00:45:10.699
 He was fatigued.

00:45:10.779 --> 00:45:11.460
 He was thirsty.

00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:12.759
 He was beaten.

00:45:12.940 --> 00:45:13.400
 He was whipped.

00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:14.519
 He ultimately was killed.

00:45:14.519 --> 00:45:18.920
 He went through the physical suffering like some of us wouldn't have imagined.

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:23.820
 He was tempted by all the forces of evil.

00:45:24.099 --> 00:45:24.960
 They turned it down.

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:33.980
 You know, Satan, in Matthew 4, I'll bet either John or I will probably use this as a main text at some point about the temptation of Christ.

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:37.800
 He was tempted with prestige, with power, you know.

00:45:37.900 --> 00:45:38.880
 He had everything.

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:40.680
 He could have had it, but he didn't.

00:45:40.740 --> 00:45:46.280
 He denied it and stayed true to his mission, which was to come here and save us.

00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:48.460
 So, he was human.

00:45:48.460 --> 00:45:49.539
 We talked about this.

00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:56.380
 John 1, you know, talked about this, that the Word became flesh, Christ, and dwelt among us.

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:58.099
 So, he was human.

00:45:58.300 --> 00:46:01.139
 He went through everything that we went through.

00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:02.420
 Okay?

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:07.059
 And like we just read here, he was tempted in every way.

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:07.519
 Okay?

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:10.079
 That's like a big emphasis there.

00:46:10.179 --> 00:46:13.039
 In every way we were, yet without sin.

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:14.300
 Okay?

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:19.720
 It's been made, and this wasn't something I thought about when I read it.

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:21.539
 And that's a really good point.

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:26.500
 Because Christ never gave in to temptation, he never did.

00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:31.500
 That meant that his temptations were much, much stronger than ours.

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:41.679
 And the reason why is we usually like break in and capitulate before like sin has like brought its full onslaught.

00:46:41.840 --> 00:46:45.880
 You know, like it kind of starts with this, you know, like a little small enticement.

00:46:46.619 --> 00:46:47.700
 And usually we're like, ah.

00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:50.599
 And then maybe one more little thing, and then we break.

00:46:50.720 --> 00:46:51.160
 And we're like, okay.

00:46:51.720 --> 00:46:54.059
 So, we never really feel like the full run of it.

00:46:54.059 --> 00:47:04.059
 And an illustration of this is like, if I sat down and wrestled this really, really, you know, built, enormous, ripped dude.

00:47:04.780 --> 00:47:04.980
 You know?

00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:06.820
 And like I'm arm wrestling this guy.

00:47:07.240 --> 00:47:08.380
 We're just like shaking.

00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:12.039
 And I'm just like in my mind, I'm thinking like, I can't beat this guy.

00:47:12.240 --> 00:47:13.220
 He's got to break my arm.

00:47:13.280 --> 00:47:14.500
 I just kind of like break and give in.

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:19.840
 And I haven't fully taken everything that guy had to offer.

00:47:19.960 --> 00:47:21.440
 I just broke, right?

00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:25.860
 But if I like beat him, like I absorbed all his strength.

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:27.760
 Like he brought me to everything we had.

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 Like and I took him.

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 So, like that's what Christ's temptations were like.

00:47:32.380 --> 00:47:33.179
 He never gave him.

00:47:33.179 --> 00:47:37.800
 I mean, his temptations were far stronger than anything we experienced.

00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:40.719
 He felt the full assault of it.

00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:46.339
 So, flip over to chapter 12 now in Hebrews.

00:47:46.439 --> 00:47:49.079
 Chapter 12 is where we're going to kind of wrap it up.

00:47:52.819 --> 00:47:54.899
 Chapter 12 and verse 1.

00:47:54.900 --> 00:48:03.579
 Because Christ was sinless, he was able to be that perfect sacrifice on our behalf.

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 This is an exhortation to Christians here.

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 Verse 1.

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 Therefore, as we have been surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses.

00:48:16.579 --> 00:48:21.179
 That's probably all the believers that have gone before us that are now in heaven.

00:48:21.179 --> 00:48:29.199
 Let us also lay aside every weight and sin which clings to us so closely.

00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:33.099
 Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

00:48:34.199 --> 00:48:38.460
 Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith.

00:48:39.279 --> 00:48:42.519
 Before the joy before him endured the cross.

00:48:43.399 --> 00:48:47.359
 Despising the shame and the cedar at the right hand of the throne of God.

00:48:47.360 --> 00:48:52.400
 We're only going to visit Tom there, but look at one part of that.

00:48:53.300 --> 00:48:57.940
 This idea of the author or the founder of ESV.

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:00.840
 Cool word there.

00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:09.260
 It means a leader who goes ahead of a group in order to show the way to others.

00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:10.460
 To prepare the way for others.

00:49:10.460 --> 00:49:17.300
 Speaking of military, you're out with a special forces group or whatever.

00:49:17.559 --> 00:49:18.559
 You arrange out a few years.

00:49:18.720 --> 00:49:21.179
 Figure out maybe SEALs or whoever you like the best.

00:49:21.820 --> 00:49:23.199
 There's a small team of guys.

00:49:23.820 --> 00:49:24.639
 They're going on a mission.

00:49:25.039 --> 00:49:28.059
 They come across this crazy ravine.

00:49:28.159 --> 00:49:30.440
 They can't figure out what to do.

00:49:30.579 --> 00:49:32.000
 They don't have time to go around it.

00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:33.639
 They have to make a decision.

00:49:33.639 --> 00:49:39.859
 So the leader, the commander of that group, takes a rope and he somehow, like as they were,

00:49:39.980 --> 00:49:44.900
 like get it across the other side and get it wrapped around a tree or something.

00:49:45.679 --> 00:49:48.579
 And like at great risk to himself, like he goes out first.

00:49:48.739 --> 00:49:53.379
 Kind of like goes and goes across the rope on the other side.

00:49:53.980 --> 00:49:58.219
 He secures the rope and he makes it safe for the guys behind him to follow him.

00:49:58.219 --> 00:50:01.399
 And that's what this word kind of implies.

00:50:03.399 --> 00:50:04.899
 This is what Christ has done.

00:50:05.159 --> 00:50:06.859
 Like he came here.

00:50:06.959 --> 00:50:08.519
 He went through everything we went through.

00:50:09.279 --> 00:50:10.379
 Had the perfect life.

00:50:11.299 --> 00:50:12.399
 You know, went to the cross.

00:50:12.559 --> 00:50:14.239
 Died on our behalf.

00:50:14.419 --> 00:50:19.619
 And now he stands like the high priest sitting at the right hand of the Lord of God.

00:50:19.739 --> 00:50:22.339
 And he's like, I've shown you how to do this.

00:50:22.859 --> 00:50:25.259
 And I will enable you to do this.

00:50:25.260 --> 00:50:27.280
 I've come this way.

00:50:28.100 --> 00:50:29.380
 He's gone before us.

00:50:30.160 --> 00:50:34.180
 And by his grace, like we can follow exactly where he leads.

00:50:35.040 --> 00:50:39.360
 Because of what he has done, we don't have to be slaves to sin any longer.

00:50:39.580 --> 00:50:42.920
 We have a new master in the world to Christ and not sin.

00:50:43.660 --> 00:50:45.280
 So know that Christ has been there.

00:50:45.740 --> 00:50:47.960
 He can sympathize with whatever you're going through.

00:50:48.380 --> 00:50:49.240
 He's not indifferent.

00:50:49.239 --> 00:50:56.279
 But he can show you how to overcome the sin that is constantly entangling you in your Christian life.

00:50:57.199 --> 00:50:59.019
 So that's where we're going.

00:50:59.199 --> 00:51:02.179
 We're going to be talking about a lot of different things.

00:51:02.239 --> 00:51:03.259
 About overcoming sin.

00:51:03.359 --> 00:51:05.500
 The enemies that we have to face.

00:51:05.979 --> 00:51:10.579
 As well as like the weapons that we have at our disposal as believers to overcome sin.

00:51:10.579 --> 00:51:15.599
 So I pray that that will not work in our hearts.

00:51:15.699 --> 00:51:19.960
 I can't wait to get into it even for myself just to study more on it.

00:51:20.920 --> 00:51:26.259
 So let's just pray and kind of respond just from the time of singing together.

00:51:26.260 --> 00:51:46.000
 Father, if you had given us what we deserved, we would have perished and spent eternity in a dreadful state.

00:51:46.420 --> 00:51:47.640
 Separated from you.

00:51:48.600 --> 00:51:50.680
 Facing your wrath and your judgment with you.

00:51:51.320 --> 00:51:52.960
 You sent Christ on our behalf.

00:51:53.660 --> 00:51:55.600
 You died on our behalf.

00:51:55.599 --> 00:51:56.480
 He was our substitute.

00:51:57.519 --> 00:51:59.019
 And he bore your full wrath.

00:52:00.279 --> 00:52:02.759
 All of us who come to him and trust in him.

00:52:03.639 --> 00:52:06.059
 To save us from your judgment.

00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:08.299
 We can come freely.

00:52:08.500 --> 00:52:10.079
 Come by your grace.

00:52:10.339 --> 00:52:12.159
 You did this not because we deserved it.

00:52:13.059 --> 00:52:14.219
 You loved us.

00:52:14.339 --> 00:52:15.819
 And you sent Christ on our behalf.

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 Lord, I pray that we would, if they don't know you, unite.

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 You would work in the hearts of those people here.

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 And show them their sin.

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 Show them the cross.

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 And let them not rest.

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 That's a question unsettled.

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 Father, if we do, I pray that we would just realize that we don't need to win victory.

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 We just need to embrace the victory we already have in you.

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 The victory is secured.

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 We don't have to just, the work is done.

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 We don't have to do it again.

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 So help us to walk in the freedom, the joy, the peace, the liberty that you intended for us.

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 And we don't have to sin anymore.

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 And Lord, though we do, and though we can mess up, and we can commit things that grieve you greatly,

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 we have an advocate with you, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

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 And we are secure so we can press forward with confidence and approach your throne.

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 He's been there before us.

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 He suffered, and you've suffered even to a greater extremity.

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 He overcame it, Lord.

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 Now he shows us the way.

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 He's called, in your word, our elder brother.

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 He shows us what to do.

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 He's our example.

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 Help us just to fix our eyes on him and give us the grace to follow him.

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 I pray you would just use this series we're about to get into.

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 Use your word to give us the victory in our life over sin.

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 All to your glory, Lord.

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 In Christ's name.

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 Amen.