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 If you want to have a lot of policemen follow you around in Central,

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 in IFC you carry a big green bag with me written on it.

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 And you have somebody follow you with a video camera.

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 I guarantee you, you'll have a lot of people follow you.

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 You know, we all kind of carry stuff on our journey.

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 We're all carrying stuff.

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 We talk about it often when we're on journeys.

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 And we have this baggage that we carry with us.

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 Sometimes we carry stuff that is harmful.

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 We think it's good.

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 We think it brings life.

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 But we grab onto it like it's going to give us all that we need.

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 But it actually ends up killing us.

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 And so we're packing for these journeys.

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 And I think some of us right here are packing right now, right?

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 Some of us are about to go on these journeys.

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 And some of us are leaving Hong Kong for good.

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 And some of us are going on vacations.

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 And we're packing all our stuff, everything we think we need, everything we think that's vital.

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 And I got to confess to you guys, man, I just, I hate packing.

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 And I've been trying to figure out why I hate packing and unpacking.

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 And I think I realize it's because I'm just terrible at it.

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 I mean, I'm just terrible at packing stuff.

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 I always pack more than I need.

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 And I don't ever use what I bring.

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 And so we started this thing about four years in our family that before we go on a trip, all of us packed the night before.

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 And then we all bring our luggage out.

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 And Christina checks our luggage to make sure that everything is in there that we need.

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 And, you know, I'm always like, well, I'm going to read 20 books.

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 And I put 20 books in there.

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 And she goes, you're only going to read like half a book.

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 And so she takes 19 books out.

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 And she's taking stuff out of the kids' stuff.

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 And, you know, we do this because four years ago we didn't do it.

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 And four years ago we were going on home leave.

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 And we figured out that we'd send Christina back with the kiddos two weeks earlier.

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 And so we packed them up and we took them to the airport.

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 And, you know, it's always humiliating as a dad, right?

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 You walk in there and you have, you know, five passports.

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 And the lady looks at you and she goes, okay, so one adult and four children.

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 And she looks at you and you're like, yeah, I'm a terrible dad.

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 You know, I'm sending my wife home with the kids all by herself.

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 And the lady kind of scorns.

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 And we kiss and they go off.

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 And I come home and I'm just, I'm kind of tired.

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 And we did a lot of packing and traveling and getting there.

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 So I sit down on the couch and I want to, I want to watch TV, right?

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 And so we had cleaned the house up because we were leaving and keep the house clean.

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 And I'm looking all around and I cannot find the remotes at all.

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 And I'm walking in their house.

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 I'm looking around.

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 I'm like, okay, so this is like, you know, we cleaned up.

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 Where would the kids put the remote?

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 Where would they put that?

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 And then I start looking around and the telephones are missing.

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 I mean, the handheld, and they were like those big ones back then.

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 They're not this big, right?

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 They're missing.

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 So I can't, I can't find anything.

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 And so I'm walking around for two hours trying to figure out where, where would they put this?

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 If I was a kid, where would I put this?

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 I have no idea.

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 And so finally I just give up and I go to bed.

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 The morning I wake up and I call Christina because they're in San Francisco.

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 And I say, hey, how's it going?

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 And she goes, you never guessed what happened.

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 And I go, what?

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 And she goes, well, we're going through customs.

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 We had, we were pushing the baby stroller and, and you know, and it keeps beeping.

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 And the guy goes, well, you have anything in there?

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 No, I promise we took it all out.

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 There's nothing in there.

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 Beep, beep, beep.

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 And so he reaches his hand in, I mean, that little basket thing right behind that holds everything.

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 He reaches his hand in there and he pulls out the telephone.

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 But he reaches his hand in there and he pulls out the remote controls.

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 And so my kids, you know, they figured, well, these are important things.

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 We use them every day.

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 So we need to carry them with us wherever we go because we never know where we're not going to need them

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 or where we're going to use them.

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 And, you know, so I'm sitting there listening to that and I'm doing the calculations.

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 I'm going, okay, so this is two weeks in a house with TVs and electronics without any remote controls.

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 That, ladies, that's like, that's like the worst thing you can do to a guy.

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 I mean, that is like, the only thing you can do worse than that is you can put on a dress and you go to your boyfriend or your husband

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 and say, does this dress make me look fat?

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 That's the only other thing that you can do worse than that.

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 But I was walking around there going, okay, so for two weeks I have no control over my life.

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 But the kids packed everything that they thought was necessary.

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 They packed everything that they thought was important, everything that they thought they would need.

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 But they forgot what their dad would need.

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 And I don't know.

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 But, you know, it seems like this passage is talking about some of those things to us.

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 It says that we go on these journeys and we carry stuff with us.

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 We carry things with us that become burdens.

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 We carry guilt.

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 We carry shame.

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 We carry regret.

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 We carry condemnation.

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 We carry hurt.

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 We carry bodies to sin.

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 And all of these things that we're carrying in this backpack or a suitcase or however you want to think about it,

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 they just, they hinder our journey.

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 And so we're in the book of Romans and we're going to look at the first 11 verses in Romans.

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 Chapter 8 because we've been going through Romans.

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 And what I want to look at in this passage here is I want to look at,

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 Paul's going to talk about two types of journeys we're on.

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 Two types of people.

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 There's only two types of journeys we take.

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 Only two types of people, two types of mindsets.

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 So I want to look at those two people.

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 I want to look at the things that we bring with us in the journey.

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 And then I want to look at the things that we shouldn't bring.

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 And so two people, two journeys, the things we bring and the things we shouldn't bring.

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 Does that make sense?

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 So hopefully we'll kind of tie this all up in the end in a bow.

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 Remember last week, if you were here, we finished up Romans chapter 7.

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 And in it, Paul, after going through his life and trying to figure out what does it mean for him to live?

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 How should he live a life that's pleasing to God?

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 How can he do it?

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 And you read in the passage that he used I, I, I, me, me, me.

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 He used it over 30 times.

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 And at the end of chapter 7, he cries out, who will set me free from the body of this death?

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 I mean, he realized that his whole life, he's been trying to live the life on his own power.

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 He's trying to focus on himself.

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 And all of a sudden, this thought comes into his head.

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 And he goes, why am I focusing on myself on this journey?

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 I should be focusing on Jesus.

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 We're like that, aren't we?

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 And sometimes we go on these journeys and we become so tied up in ourselves and in our stuff

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 and we just focus on our stuff and the next place we need to get.

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 And we forget about the God who put us there and the God who's leading us and the God who's taking us.

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 We forget Christ.

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 We leave him behind.

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 We carry everything else with us.

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 When I was growing up, I was trying to understand this idea of the Christian life.

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 And I know analogies are not perfect.

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 But this is the way the guy explained it to me.

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 He was discipling me.

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 And I know we made fun of, what did we make fun of?

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 Soccer the other day.

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 But this is a pure sport.

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 It's baseball.

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 And the guy told me this.

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 He said that when you're up there batting and baseball, so there's a ball and there's a bat and there's a pitcher

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 and there's bases that you run around.

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 And if you are focusing on just that first base, you want to get to that first base,

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 and you're focusing on that first base, you're never going to get there.

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 The way that you get to first base is you focus on the ball.

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 And if you focus on the ball, everything's going to work out okay in our life.

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 And that's the way many of us are.

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 We focus on other things, and we're looking at the next step, and we're looking at how we're going to get there.

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 But what Paul says is we need to focus on the person who's taking us there.

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 Does that make sense?

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 I mean, it's really simple, but, you know, I forget it all the time.

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 I find myself going off and focusing on the next thing, but I'm not focusing on the person who's taking me there.

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 I'm not focusing on Christ.

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 And so I end up becoming frustrated because things aren't working the way that I want them to do.

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 And Paul says in this passage here, he says from verses 4 on down, he says there are two types of people.

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 There are two types of walks that we can take.

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 There are two types of journeys.

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 And so everybody here in Watermark today, you are only on one of two journeys.

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 Paul's been making it really simple through Romans.

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 He doesn't give like ten choices.

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 He says there's two choices, this or that, this or that, this or that.

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 And he says in this passage, we're all here.

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 We're either on one of two types of journeys.

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 We're either one of two types of people.

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 And the first group of people he talks about are those people in verse 5, those in the flesh.

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 He says they're walking, and the word walk in Greek means to order your life.

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 And so it means that you're in the center and you've just kind of ordered your,

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 it's like you go to a new desk and you order your desk around and you make sure that everything works.

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 You go to a new home and you order your home around so you know where everything is.

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 He says those people who walk in the flesh, they order their lives around themselves.

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 Their mindset is of the flesh.

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 The mindset, the word there means to focus.

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 They focus on themselves.

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 Now I don't know what you think of when you hear the word flesh

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 because often what I think of is the body or I think of sex or I think of skin.

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 But that's not what Paul is talking about here.

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 When Paul uses the word flesh, it's even, it's huge.

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 It means it's very difficult to interpret and translate in English.

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 Sometimes people say, what's the best translation?

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 And you know, there's certain words that are just incredibly difficult to translate from Greek to English.

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 Sometimes it takes like three sentences to get the idea.

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 And this word flesh is one of these.

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 But basically what it means is that it's our nature.

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 It's who we are.

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 It's our desires.

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 It's our passions.

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 It's our self-centeredness.

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 It's who we are apart from God.

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 It's who we are apart from spiritual things.

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 It's us in the center of our world.

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 And Paul says there are people on this journey and they put their self in the center of their world

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 that their mind is focused on themselves.

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 The question he asks and we ask sometimes is what is our mind focused on?

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 What do we intently think about?

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 The passage says that whatever those things are, they're going to flash into your head.

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 And if you're on the journey of the flesh, you're going to think about, ultimately, you're going to think about yourself.

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 You're going to put yourself in the middle.

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 You're going to think about what's going on there.

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 And Paul in verse 7, he says that this will always lead to hostility with God.

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 The word there actually means like fighting and anger and war.

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 And so the people who are on the journey, they of the flesh, they put themselves in the center of their journey,

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 the center of their world.

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 And he says in verse 6, if you do that, verse 7, you're always going to be at hostility with God.

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 The word there is condemnation.

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 We're going to talk about that a little later.

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 And in verse 6, he says, if you walk in the flesh, you're ultimately going to lead to death.

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 If you walk in the flesh, you're ultimately going to lead to death.

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 It's a spiritual death and it's a physical death.

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 Fleshy people live independently of God.

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 They depend upon themselves.

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 They want control of their lives.

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 Romans says that they're the people who want to save themselves.

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 They know what they need.

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 They know how to get it.

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 And the religion is Tobin.

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 Or themselves.

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 Those are the people on the journey of the flesh.

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 One author said it this way that I thought was really interesting.

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 He said, your religion is what you do with your free time.

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 Your religion is what you do with your free time.

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 Whatever your mind goes to naturally, whatever your mind goes to freely,

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 this is what you really live for.

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 Whatever your mind goes to naturally, whatever your mind goes to freely,

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 when you're not inundated by a billion things, whatever your mind goes to,

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 this is what you really live for.

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 This is what shapes your journey.

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 This is what causes you to put the bag and the stuff into your bag.

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 You can carry it with you.

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 This is what your mind is set upon.

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 What is your mind?

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 So one of the questions we have to ask ourselves is,

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 what is our mind set upon?

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 What preoccupies you?

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 When you have free time, what pops into your head?

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 What are the things that keep going over and over and over and you're worried about?

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 What are those things that preoccupy your mind?

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 And Paul says, whatever those things are, you are a flesh person.

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 Your mind is set on the flesh and you're journeying with you in the center of your world.

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 And ultimately, you're always going to come in conflict with God

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 and you're going to end up getting in trouble.

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 So what is it that we focused on?

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 Paul says there's a second person, a second journey, a second people going on this journey,

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 a second mindset, and it begins in verse 9.

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 You can look at it.

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 He's talking to Christians.

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 Remember, he's been talking to Christians in Romans.

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 He says, however, you're not in the flesh, but you're in the spirit.

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 If, and the word there means since, since indeed the spirit of God dwells in you.

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 But if anyone doesn't have the spirit of Christ, he does not belong to God.

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 These people he calls, these are the people who are on the spiritual journey.

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 Their mindset is on the spirit.

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 The word there again is, the spirit actually just means God.

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 Their mindset is on God.

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 God is at the center of their world and they've ordered their life around God and his word.

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 And those are the people on the spiritual journey.

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 Remember, there's only two types, fleshy, spiritual, self, God.

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 Now, the spiritual person, and I've struggled with this for a long time trying to figure out

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 what does a spiritual person look like?

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 Because I grew up in a church where you had super spiritual people.

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 I mean, they were just the people who quoted Bible every time they talked

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 and their head was in the sky and they tripped over things

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 and they were just too worried about thinking God thoughts instead of thinking people thoughts.

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 And they were too busy reading their Bible and praying to be engaged with people.

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 And that's not what Paul is talking about at all.

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 That's not a spiritual person.

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 I mean, if that's true, then the Pharisees were the most spiritual people in the New Testament.

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 And the Pharisees were the people that Jesus went after over and over and over

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 because they were whitewashed tombs.

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 Outwardly they looked perfect, but inwardly they were dead.

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 And what Paul says here is to have your mind focused on God,

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 to be spiritual means just to think of Him.

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 To think of grace.

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 To think of the cross.

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 To think of community.

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 To think of His creation.

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 To think of people made in His image.

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 I mean, to have your mind set on the Spirit,

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 it just means to live in a way that you want to honor God.

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 Live in a way that you want to honor God.

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 Live in a way that you want to make God's name great.

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 Whose name do you make great?

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 I mean, my experience in my life, and I'm just talking for Tobin,

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 is that either I'm making God great,

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 or I'm trying to make myself great.

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 Who are you trying to make great today?

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 What does it mean for you to walk with the Lord?

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 Now, what does this look like at work?

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 Well, it might look like different things for different people,

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 but I think what it really means is just this.

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 You're walking into your work,

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 and you just have this thought come into your mind.

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 Okay, God, you put me here.

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 You've given me gifts.

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 You've given me talents.

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 How can I make your name great today?

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 How can I honor you?

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 It might mean you just say,

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 God, I want to honor you today.

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 Show me how to do that.

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 Show me how I can obey you.

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 It's not this huge thing where you say,

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 great job, and you go, praise the Lord.

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 God made me do it, and God is all great.

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 It might mean you just say,

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 I had a great team around me.

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 And you're taking the focus off of yourself,

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 which fleshy people do.

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 And you're putting your focus on other things.

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 So what does it look like for us on this journey?

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 What?

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 And everybody's really quiet here.

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 Because I have to ask myself this all the time, guys.

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 What journey are we on?

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 are we living for ourselves let's be honest

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 are we living for christ and paul says in this passage that there's only two journeys there's

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 not a third journey there's not a journey for super spiritual person and then for non-spiritual

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 people he basically just says you're either walking in the flesh or you're walking in the

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 spirit and there's just no dividing those things that's the journeys the next thing that paul says

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 in this passage is this he says no matter which journey you're on no matter whether you're walking

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 in the flesh or whether you're walking in the spirit everyone everyone is going to struggle

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 with two things in our lives we're going to struggle with the idea of being condemned and unworthy before

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 a holy god and we're going to struggle with the reality of sin which indwells in us and we struggle

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 with that thing and paul talked about that we're going to struggle with the idea of coming before

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 the lord that's a holy god and realizing we're not holy and that we're condemned and we're going to

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 struggle with the idea that we walk around and we do the things that we don't want to do

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 paul says everyone's going to struggle with that the spiritual people the people on a spiritual

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 journey they're going to struggle with that right now here and now the people who are of the flesh

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 we're told that they're going to struggle with that later when they come before the lord

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 but if you're spiritual and you're on that journey you know what i'm talking about

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 i mean you know that the minute you fail it the minute you um i i think of sin is when we love

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 something more than we love god and the minute you love something or someone more than you love god

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 the bible says that we sin and all of a sudden this little voice comes in the back of my head

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 and it says things like wow when you call yourself a christian

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 wow you're a pastor and you did that you must not be a very good pastor

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 or you must not be a very good christian sometimes there's a big voice

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 and i make a mistake or we make a mistake in front of people

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 instead of that voice in our head talking sometimes there's people around us and they say

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 man shame on you

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 how could you do that i can't believe you did that

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 you know in this chapter here paul has the best news for us

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 he has the best news for those of us on a spiritual journey look at verse 4 1 look at what he says and

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 we're going to walk our way through it and then i'm going to give you some application points

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 number one verse 1 therefore therefore remember all the things we've talked about before remember all

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 the things we've talked about in romans remember jesus remember the cross remember making being made

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 right remember justification remember grace therefore remember everything that's come before

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 remember that there is now it hasn't always been this way it's just this way now since we gave our

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 life to christ there is now we've changed our journeys we're living differently we're going on a different

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 journey there is now no in greek it would be sound no i mean it was the strongest word you could use

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 and we again we can't translate that in english it was actually at the beginning of the sentence so it had

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 this incredible amount of strength that meant it's not possible there's no way not at all not one not a

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 chance there's no way therefore there is now no condemnation it's a legal term it basically means in law

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 terms it means to be pronounced guilty and then have your sentence taken out i think i scared her when i yelled no

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 condemnation condemnation there's actually two greek words together the greek words mean down and judge

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 so literally in greek the condemnation word means to judge down and so the idea was this caesar's sitting

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 on his throne and all the prisoners came in before him or all the people with the different cases and

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 problems came in before him and he heard their cases and caesar after hearing their cases above them

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 he either judged up

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 or he judged down

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 he either said judged up great or he either condemned them so this is the word there is therefore now

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 no condemnation for those of us

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 who are in christ jesus

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 remember we've been talking and romans says

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 that you and i deserve

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 to be condemned

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 there's nothing good within us

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 we've done nothing to deserve

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 god's gift

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 none of us are righteous not one all of us are broken romans 3

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 and what he says here is that yes you deserve to be judged down

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 but god sent his son

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 god sent his son in the likeness of our flesh verse 3

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 it means that he was just like us

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 but without sin

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 god sent his son

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 verse 4 so that he could fulfill all the requirements of the law

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 what's the requirement of the law

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 obedience

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 perfection

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 and the passage says that you and i cannot do it

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 because we have this sinful nature in us

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 we have this indwelling sin

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 and this thing that was meant to be good

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 this law that was meant to save us

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 we were meant to give it and say okay now i know what god's like

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 now i know how to walk with god

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 when we got this law

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 the sin in us

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 came out

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 and it made us even worse

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 you ever had that experience

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 you're driving on the highway

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 you see the sign that says 40 miles an hour

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 and you know wow this is the longest stretch in hong kong

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 you should at least be able to go 60 miles an hour on this

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 only 40 miles an hour

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 that's terrible

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 and this law that was good

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 comes into you in our sinfulness

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 makes us disobeyed

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 now if you ever repeat this

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 i'm going to deny it

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 totally

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 but the way i first saw this in my life was

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 or in somebody's life

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 we used to go to the beach

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 on the summers

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 we used to go to

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 to grand bay

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 and fort morgan

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 and there was this brand new

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 and at that time there was nothing

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 just beach houses

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 just so people lived on the beaches

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 or we slept on the beach

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 and all of a sudden this really nice hotel

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 got built in it

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 and it was right on the waterfront

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 it was incredible

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 and so we went down there for a year

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 and we vacationed with my friends

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 it was really really good

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 and stayed there

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 we'd go out and play

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 the next summer we came back

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 you know what

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 we walked into the same room

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 and there was a sign

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 it said do not fish

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 off of this balcony

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 you know i never thought about fishing that way before

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 i never thought wow what a great thing

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 we could turn the air conditioning on

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 we could just throw our poles out there

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 when it was right in the water

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 we can go fishing

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 i never thought about that

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 how dumb am i

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 but this sign

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 this sign

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 just kind of

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 made me do it

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 all of a sudden we get this knocking at the door

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 they said

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 excuse me

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 but people are eating down on the second floor

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 and they see these fish

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 being pulled up

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 up the windows

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 can you please stop that

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 it's not my fault

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 the sign

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 i've been here before

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 i would have never done that

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 but the sign made me do it

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 that's what paul's saying here

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 you know what happened

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 the next year we came back

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 we came back next year

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 guess what happened

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 there was no sign

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 they took him out of the rooms

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 because i knew if they put the sign there

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 people are going to fish

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 but they don't

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 put the sign there

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 people aren't going to even think about that

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 and what paul is saying here

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 is that on this journey

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 we're going to struggle

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 with this thing called the law

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 because we are sinful

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 but god brings his son

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 and his son fulfills everything

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 so that when god sees us

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 he judges up

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 in the passage says

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 he judges up

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 because he judged jesus

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 down

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 he judges up

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 we're not condemned

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 but he judges down

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 you know the problem

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 with being on a spiritual journey

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 we forget that

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 we struggle with that

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 we want to please the lord

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 we want to do the right thing

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 but we forget it

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 and verse 11 says

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 and so that you don't forget it

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 i've given you my spirit

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 and this spirit is going to be inside of you

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 it's going to dwell in you

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 and so the spirit is going to talk to you

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 and know that you're my child

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 don't forget that you're not condemned

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 don't forget that you're judged up

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 don't ever think of yourself judged down

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 but the passage says

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 on this journey

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 we forget that

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 and we struggle with that

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 and like the video

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 we carry these big bags

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 full of shame

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 and guilt

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 and hurt

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 and Paul is yelling at us

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 no

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 no

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 no

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 followers of Christ

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 because all those things

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 have been taken away

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 some of us are going to leave here today

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 and the minute we walk out that door

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 we're going to have all these thoughts

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 enter into our head

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 and they're going to be thoughts like this

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 because these thoughts are going to come from an enemy

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 and this enemy doesn't want you to walk

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 the way that God wants you to walk

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 he doesn't want you to walk in the spirit

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 and freedom

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 he wants you to be in bondage

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 he wants you to be in condemnation

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 and the thoughts are going to be something like this

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 we're going to find ourselves

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 not living the way we expect ourselves to live

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 we're going to look at other people around us

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 and this voice is going to say to us

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 man look at them

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 they got their life together

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 man look at them

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 they got their family together

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 man how come you're not a Christian like them

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 and all of a sudden you're going to feel guilt

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 and shame

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 and frustration

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 and what does Paul say?

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 verse 1

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 what's he say?

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:17.519
 there is therefore now no condemnation

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:19.819
 for those who are in Christ Jesus

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:23.039
 some of us are going to walk out of here

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:25.119
 and we're going to start thinking

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:28.399
 that God must be really angry with me

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:30.839
 because things aren't going the way

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:32.059
 that I expect him to do

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:33.699
 I haven't gotten married yet

00:28:33.699 --> 00:28:35.000
 or my kids are crazy

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:36.399
 or I haven't had kids yet

00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:39.839
 or my husband or my wife is not understanding me

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.939
 or my job is terrible

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.719
 or my boss is

00:28:41.719 --> 00:28:45.839
 and God must be really, really angry with me

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:47.679
 he's getting at me

00:28:47.679 --> 00:28:49.599
 because of all the past failures I had

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:52.879
 he's punishing me

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:54.239
 because all the mistakes I've made

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:56.120
 and all the times I've blown it

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:58.519
 I don't know if you have those voices come in

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.519
 but I have those voices come in

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:02.079
 what does Paul say?

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.900
 oh come on guys

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:07.240
 this is the second time

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.579
 what does he say?

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.660
 well I didn't hear that

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:12.880
 what?

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.319
 okay

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.120
 that's okay

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:20.419
 some of us are going to walk out of here

00:29:20.419 --> 00:29:23.059
 and we're feeling like we're a failure

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:26.439
 our relationships are falling apart

00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:28.899
 no one really cares about us

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:31.239
 the people that we thought were our friends

00:29:31.239 --> 00:29:32.379
 have stabbed us in the back

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:35.459
 they've destroyed our reputation

00:29:35.459 --> 00:29:38.579
 we feel totally unworthy

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:40.639
 we feel like we deserve it

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:42.619
 maybe we picked the wrong friends

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:44.359
 maybe we weren't good enough

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:46.240
 maybe we just didn't trust God enough

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.519
 and what's Paul say?

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.839
 you gotta get this down

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:55.899
 because you're gonna walk out there

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.659
 and it's gonna happen

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:59.839
 there is therefore now no condemnation

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:01.019
 for those who are in Christ Jesus

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.919
 no, none, not ever

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:04.000
 you're not ever judged down

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.879
 you're always judged up

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:06.119
 why aren't we ever judged down?

00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:07.439
 because Jesus was judged down

00:30:07.439 --> 00:30:09.779
 don't ever forget that

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:12.899
 Jesus was judged down for you

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:15.859
 so that when God looks at us

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.619
 He can judge us

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:24.639
 some of us are gonna walk out of here

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:27.639
 and we are gonna have somebody

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.839
 we care about deeply

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:30.839
 we're gonna have somebody

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.960
 that we love incredibly

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.980
 it might be a good friend

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.779
 it might be a spouse

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.700
 it might be our parents

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:36.119
 and they're gonna look at us

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:37.379
 and say you are a failure

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:40.060
 didn't I tell you

00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:40.740
 this was gonna happen?

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.000
 I can't believe

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.160
 you're such a disobedient kid

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:46.560
 I can't believe

00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:47.540
 you don't care about me

00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:48.260
 more than you should

00:30:48.260 --> 00:30:49.960
 I can't believe

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:51.200
 you missed this birthday

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.340
 or this vacation

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:53.460
 I can't believe

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.320
 you did this

00:30:54.320 --> 00:30:55.560
 you are worthless

00:30:55.560 --> 00:31:01.640
 you're worthless

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:06.080
 what's Paul saying?

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:11.200
 you guys are getting it

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.800
 kind of right?

00:31:12.540 --> 00:31:13.380
 there is therefore now

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.280
 no condemnation

00:31:14.280 --> 00:31:15.860
 for those who are in Christ Jesus

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:18.400
 some of us grew up

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.340
 in religious homes

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:20.480
 or religious schools

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.720
 and growing up

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.620
 in these religious homes

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.880
 and these religious schools

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:25.880
 caused us to carry

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:28.240
 an incredible amount of shame

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:30.080
 guilt

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:31.800
 conviction

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:33.580
 about ourselves

00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:34.580
 about our families

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.800
 about things we've done

00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:36.840
 the things we shouldn't have done

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:38.220
 and we walk around

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.639
 always in guilt

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:40.579
 and we hear messages

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.159
 like today

00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:41.639
 and we go

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.179
 yeah sure

00:31:42.179 --> 00:31:43.459
 not for me

00:31:43.459 --> 00:31:46.839
 God would never say that

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.179
 for me

00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:50.359
 I'm a bad person

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:54.019
 what's Paul saying?

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.179
 there's therefore now

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:58.959
 no condemnation

00:31:58.959 --> 00:32:00.119
 for those who are in Christ Jesus

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:02.199
 finally some of us

00:32:02.199 --> 00:32:03.839
 are scarred beyond recognition

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:05.599
 we've had terrible bosses

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.759
 terrible relationships

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.759
 terrible friends

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:09.259
 and our self image

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.779
 is about this small

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:13.619
 and when we think of things

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.099
 we should do

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.659
 the first thought

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.379
 comes in our mind

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.259
 that will never work

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:18.799
 because you're not worthy

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:21.579
 you failed before

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.519
 why do you think

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.439
 we'll succeed this time?

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.980
 everyone knows

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.679
 what you're really like

00:32:26.679 --> 00:32:29.279
 no one wants to be around you

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:31.559
 that's why people

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.419
 don't call you anymore

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:34.920
 what does Paul say?

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:38.640
 very good

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:39.400
 there's therefore now

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:40.300
 no condemnation

00:32:40.300 --> 00:32:41.500
 for those who are in Christ Jesus

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:43.360
 the passage says this guys

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.279
 the passage says

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.039
 that no matter how much

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:46.039
 condemnation we feel

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:47.360
 no matter how much

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:48.779
 struggle we deal with

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.580
 as Christians

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.420
 as people on the

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.240
 spiritual journey

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.840
 as people taking the journey

00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:54.000
 with these backpacks

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.600
 and things are being

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:55.340
 pushing our backs

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:56.880
 no matter how bad we feel

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:58.080
 no matter if the condemnation

00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:58.800
 is inwardly

00:32:58.800 --> 00:32:59.640
 no matter if the condemnation

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.340
 is outwardly

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.599
 no matter how strong we feel

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.639
 no matter how strong we feel

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:04.319
 like sin has a hold on us

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:06.919
 it doesn't have a hold on us

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:08.859
 no matter how shameful we feel

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:10.119
 no matter how much sin

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:11.019
 has paralyzed us

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.419
 fear

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:12.139
 doubt

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:12.759
 guilt

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:14.220
 God knows it all

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:17.740
 God knows it all

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:20.480
 and he put it on Jesus

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.439
 on a cross

00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:24.359
 and he judged him down

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:27.439
 so he can look at us

00:33:27.439 --> 00:33:29.279
 and judge us up

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:32.019
 does that make sense

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:34.539
 as you go on this journey

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:36.000
 you have to remember

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.519
 these things

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.599
 and the question is

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.579
 as we carry these things

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.839
 as we pick up new bricks

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.200
 as we add bricks to us

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.899
 and take bricks off

00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:43.180
 we need to ask ourselves

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.240
 the questions over and over

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.940
 are we going to surrender

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.539
 this to God

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.740
 are we going to give this to God

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.559
 do we know that God

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.200
 has already given this

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.980
 do we know that God

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.660
 has judged us up

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.700
 or do we think that God

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.700
 has kind of judged us this way

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:53.139
 and if we think God

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:53.899
 has kind of judged us this way

00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:54.359
 what we've done is

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:55.619
 we've separated ourselves

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:56.220
 from the gospel

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:58.980
 the gospel is like a train

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.860
 Jesus the Holy Spirit

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.539
 is like this engine

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.620
 and we come alongside

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.600
 and we click up

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:04.380
 but the minute we

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:05.620
 allow condemnation

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.339
 to come into our life

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.380
 that click is broken

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:11.059
 we've de-gospeled ourselves

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.699
 I don't know

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.760
 I make up words all the time

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:14.639
 but we've de-gospeled ourselves

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:16.840
 that's what condemnation does

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.679
 condemnation comes in

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.780
 and it de-gospels us

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:20.159
 and Paul says

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.280
 don't allow it to happen

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:23.559
 it's going to happen

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.519
 you're going to be tempted

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.300
 you're going to walk out here

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:26.300
 and you're going to feel these thoughts

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.260
 it's going to be from your spouse

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.780
 or your friends

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.280
 or yourself

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.300
 and it's going to look at

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.220
 this past track record

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.780
 and you're going to say

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.840
 I'm going to feel these things

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.180
 you're right

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:32.880
 and I'm going to have pity

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:34.100
 and the minute we do that

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:37.660
 we've lost the power of God

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:38.120
 in our life

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:38.880
 we've lost the power

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.440
 of the gospel

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:44.080
 I'm going to end

00:34:44.080 --> 00:34:44.840
 with just two thoughts

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.460
 three thoughts

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.519
 four thoughts

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:49.280
 first thought

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.840
 on this passage

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.500
 as I read this

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.500
 and I've been praying for this

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.100
 in our church

00:34:52.100 --> 00:34:53.160
 over and over

00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:54.680
 I think that some of us

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.659
 in here need to be honest

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:57.859
 some of us need to be honest

00:34:57.859 --> 00:34:59.039
 what kind of journey we're on

00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:01.519
 some of us need to be honest

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:02.719
 are we on the journey of the flesh

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.919
 or are we on the journey of the spirit

00:35:03.919 --> 00:35:06.259
 I mean some of us

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:07.579
 we prayed the prayer

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.559
 we accepted Christ

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.379
 yeah we're going to heaven

00:35:09.379 --> 00:35:10.500
 but our lives

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:12.299
 have no change whatsoever

00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:14.739
 if people were to look at us

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:15.199
 they would say

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:16.559
 well we're the center of our world

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:18.299
 we've put ourself in the middle

00:35:18.299 --> 00:35:19.799
 we've ordered everything around us

00:35:19.799 --> 00:35:21.419
 some of us need to be honest with that

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:21.920
 and we just say

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:23.300
 you know I thought

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.960
 I was doing that

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.460
 but you know

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.400
 I realize it

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.900
 I don't even know

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.220
 what it means

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:28.300
 to have a relationship with God

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:32.820
 maybe this is the time

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.920
 we need to come clean

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:36.740
 and ask people

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:37.480
 what that looks like

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:39.320
 some of us

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.960
 we've been walking

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.760
 in so much shame

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.539
 and so much guilt

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.360
 and we just

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.639
 and we accepted Christ

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.139
 in our life

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:45.559
 but we just feel worthless

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:48.500
 and some of us

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.079
 need to wake up

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.340
 and say

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:50.099
 hey I should say

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.300
 stop playing God

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:52.960
 you're not God

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:55.120
 there's only one God

00:35:55.120 --> 00:35:56.900
 and he's forgiven you

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:58.039
 accept it

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.760
 move on

00:35:58.760 --> 00:36:00.900
 walk the life

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:02.440
 love him

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.780
 be empowered by his spirit

00:36:03.780 --> 00:36:06.940
 all of us in here

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.880
 need to become honest

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.740
 and we need to come clean

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:08.940
 and say

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:10.039
 what journey are we on

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:12.300
 stop playing around

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:13.320
 life is too short

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:16.560
 for those of us in here

00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:17.740
 who are not in Christ

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.700
 for those of us who say

00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.140
 yeah you know

00:36:19.140 --> 00:36:19.880
 I'm in the flesh

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:21.060
 I'm not in Christ

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:22.659
 my prayer is

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.639
 you need to consider this

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:25.920
 you are carrying

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:27.219
 this huge load

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:28.000
 of baggage

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.900
 and you're carrying

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.460
 these things

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.039
 that are ultimately

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:32.199
 going to consume you

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:33.880
 condemn you

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:35.719
 and destroy you

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:39.139
 my question for you

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.679
 who've been on this

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.519
 journey of the flesh

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:42.519
 are you sure

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.239
 you want to do that

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:47.159
 because there's a God

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.879
 who loves you

00:36:47.879 --> 00:36:48.419
 incredibly

00:36:48.419 --> 00:36:50.839
 and he's giving you

00:36:50.839 --> 00:36:51.379
 his son

00:36:51.379 --> 00:36:52.019
 so that you don't

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.959
 have to be condemned

00:36:52.959 --> 00:36:55.319
 he's giving you

00:36:55.319 --> 00:36:55.839
 his son

00:36:55.839 --> 00:36:56.359
 so you don't have

00:36:56.359 --> 00:36:57.179
 to carry the baggage

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:59.419
 he's giving you

00:36:59.419 --> 00:36:59.799
 his son

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:00.299
 so that he can

00:37:00.299 --> 00:37:00.979
 judge you up

00:37:00.979 --> 00:37:02.579
 and not down

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:04.759
 will you do that

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:07.640
 and there's some

00:37:07.640 --> 00:37:08.140
 of us in here

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:08.920
 who are on this

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.480
 spiritual journey

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:09.860
 but you know

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.180
 we just don't

00:37:10.180 --> 00:37:10.720
 check our bags

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.200
 very often

00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:13.640
 and we're carrying

00:37:13.640 --> 00:37:14.200
 all this

00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:15.680
 can I say it

00:37:15.680 --> 00:37:16.040
 in church

00:37:16.040 --> 00:37:16.600
 crap

00:37:16.600 --> 00:37:19.660
 and some of the

00:37:19.660 --> 00:37:20.200
 things are going

00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:20.920
 to kill us

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:22.900
 you know

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.480
 when we did

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.640
 this exercise

00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:25.140
 of opening up

00:37:25.140 --> 00:37:25.460
 the bags

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.000
 last year

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.580
 Christina opened

00:37:26.580 --> 00:37:27.380
 up KK's bag

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.100
 our seven year old

00:37:28.100 --> 00:37:28.820
 and she had

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.180
 actually had

00:37:29.180 --> 00:37:30.060
 broken glass

00:37:30.060 --> 00:37:31.020
 that she was

00:37:31.020 --> 00:37:31.980
 carrying in the bag

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.740
 broken glass

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:35.419
 some of it

00:37:35.419 --> 00:37:36.019
 fell out on the

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.219
 floor

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.779
 Christina didn't

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.119
 see it

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.839
 and she stepped

00:37:37.839 --> 00:37:38.059
 on it

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.619
 and she sliced

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.159
 her foot open

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:39.819
 that wide

00:37:39.819 --> 00:37:40.679
 and she had

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.019
 to go to the

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.239
 hospital

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.719
 get stitches

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:44.019
 some of us

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.419
 are carrying

00:37:44.419 --> 00:37:45.319
 broken glass

00:37:45.319 --> 00:37:45.779
 and things are

00:37:45.779 --> 00:37:46.159
 going to hurt

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.739
 us in our bag

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.559
 as followers of

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:47.839
 Christ

00:37:47.839 --> 00:37:48.439
 because we

00:37:48.439 --> 00:37:48.859
 don't check

00:37:48.859 --> 00:37:49.239
 our bag

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:49.500
 and we don't

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:49.959
 realize what's

00:37:49.959 --> 00:37:50.359
 in there

00:37:50.359 --> 00:37:52.239
 and for some

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:52.459
 of us

00:37:52.459 --> 00:37:52.839
 we need to

00:37:52.839 --> 00:37:53.500
 check our bags

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.019
 and have people

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.439
 around us

00:37:54.439 --> 00:37:55.019
 check our bags

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.879
 and ask us

00:37:55.879 --> 00:37:56.379
 do we understand

00:37:56.379 --> 00:37:56.819
 the gospel

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.579
 are we gospeled

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.359
 up or are we

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:59.119
 de-gospeled

00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:01.139
 because we're on

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:01.519
 this journey

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.000
 and we're carrying

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.679
 things in us

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.019
 that we don't

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.319
 need to be

00:38:03.319 --> 00:38:03.659
 carrying

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.579
 and they're

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:04.719
 going to

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.739
 destroy us

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:08.179
 but condemnation

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:10.980
 embodies the

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.259
 sin

00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:17.619
 one last

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:17.879
 thought

00:38:17.879 --> 00:38:22.719
 as we've been

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:23.519
 teaching Romans

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.039
 one of the

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.419
 things we've

00:38:24.419 --> 00:38:24.699
 been trying

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.099
 to get to

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.619
 you over

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.359
 and over

00:38:26.359 --> 00:38:26.919
 and over

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:30.180
 Christianity

00:38:30.180 --> 00:38:31.019
 is so much

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.800
 different than

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:32.139
 every other

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.500
 religion

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:35.039
 I mean some

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.460
 of the values

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:35.980
 are the same

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:38.079
 some of the

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.539
 morals are the

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.680
 same

00:38:38.680 --> 00:38:39.079
 you find in

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.380
 philosophy

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.800
 classes

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:40.139
 you go to

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.480
 philosophy

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:42.180
 but the

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:42.519
 difference in

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.840
 Christianity

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:43.539
 is this

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:45.260
 in Christianity

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:46.019
 it's God

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.480
 who always

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.960
 acts

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:48.900
 and you and

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.579
 I respond

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:51.920
 God acts

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.639
 we respond

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.760
 Paul's sermons

00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:54.300
 and talks

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:54.860
 are always that

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:54.980
 way

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.320
 this is what

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.780
 God has done

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.139
 for you

00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:56.820
 this is what

00:38:56.820 --> 00:38:57.159
 you need to

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:57.400
 do

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:58.340
 God acts

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:58.920
 you respond

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.539
 God acts

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.039
 you respond

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.699
 God acts

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.260
 you respond

00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:02.740
 every other

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.059
 religion

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:03.420
 every other

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.760
 philosophy

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.400
 says this

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:06.280
 you do this

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:08.119
 then God

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.639
 will do this

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:11.079
 you be this

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.440
 way

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:13.139
 and God

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.539
 will be this

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:13.740
 way

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:15.539
 you do these

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:15.780
 things

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.000
 and God

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.179
 will do

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.500
 these things

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:16.740
 to you

00:39:16.740 --> 00:39:17.460
 and Christianity

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:18.039
 says that's

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.559
 not true

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.260
 Christianity

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:19.599
 is about

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:19.980
 God

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.719
 pursuing

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:21.480
 you

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:24.480
 do you

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.780
 know how

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:24.960
 much

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.199
 God

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.460
 loves

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:25.679
 you

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:32.039
 do you

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.500
 know

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.079
 how

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:33.599
 crazy

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:34.900
 God

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.059
 is

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:35.480
 for you

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:44.500
 in the

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.880
 90s

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.079
 I was

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.340
 teaching

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:46.840
 English

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.420
 in China

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:49.000
 it was

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.480
 very interesting

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.820
 I'll never

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:50.400
 forget it

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:52.099
 we were in

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.400
 class

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.700
 and we had

00:39:52.700 --> 00:39:53.420
 this discussion

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:55.400
 and the

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:55.780
 discussion

00:39:55.780 --> 00:39:56.119
 was about

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.559
 the value

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.160
 of humans

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:59.800
 and I was

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:00.380
 very careful

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:00.740
 about what

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.039
 I was going

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.420
 to say

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:01.780
 and I was

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.139
 listening

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.579
 and listening

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:02.860
 to my

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.139
 students

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:03.460
 and listening

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:03.660
 to what

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:03.800
 they're

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.139
 saying

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:06.380
 and also

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:06.660
 one of the

00:40:06.660 --> 00:40:06.840
 students

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.200
 raised his

00:40:07.200 --> 00:40:07.380
 hand

00:40:07.380 --> 00:40:07.539
 he said

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.059
 I think

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.720
 that we

00:40:08.720 --> 00:40:09.220
 in China

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:10.980
 value people

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.539
 so much

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:11.960
 less than

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.160
 you in

00:40:12.160 --> 00:40:12.559
 the West

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:15.039
 I'm like

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.240
 well

00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:16.380
 explain

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.980
 he goes

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.260
 well this

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:18.579
 airplane

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.200
 just crashed

00:40:19.200 --> 00:40:19.820
 and CAA

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:20.519
 C

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:20.960
 used to

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.680
 we were

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:21.960
 living in

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.120
 China

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:22.820
 with CAA

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.160
 C

00:40:23.160 --> 00:40:23.960
 China Airways

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.280
 always

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.800
 cancels

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.240
 or China

00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:25.559
 Airways

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:25.860
 always

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.640
 crashes

00:40:26.640 --> 00:40:29.740
 so they

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:30.000
 changed

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.280
 their name

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:30.500
 I don't

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:30.620
 know what

00:40:30.620 --> 00:40:30.860
 they call

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.120
 them now

00:40:31.120 --> 00:40:31.340
 but they

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:31.460
 didn't

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:31.640
 want to

00:40:31.640 --> 00:40:31.760
 have

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:32.140
 CAA

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:32.460
 C

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:34.780
 and the

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:35.100
 CAA

00:40:35.100 --> 00:40:35.760
 airplane

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:36.059
 had just

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.519
 crashed

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.320
 and 100

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:37.580
 and something

00:40:37.580 --> 00:40:38.120
 people lost

00:40:38.120 --> 00:40:38.720
 their lives

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:40.860
 and the

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:41.200
 student said

00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:41.500
 to me

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:41.860
 you know

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.340
 when people

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:42.740
 die in

00:40:42.740 --> 00:40:42.960
 China

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.260
 like an

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:43.539
 airplane

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:43.980
 crash

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.380
 we give

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.539
 them

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:45.260
 a thousand

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:45.880
 US dollars

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:48.059
 that's how

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.500
 much a person

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.900
 is worth

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:51.420
 1,000 US dollars

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:51.860
 in China

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:54.139
 but when an

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.780
 airplane crashes

00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:55.440
 in America

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.200
 you guys

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.519
 or in the

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:56.780
 west

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.139
 you give

00:40:57.139 --> 00:40:57.300
 them

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:58.119
 like half

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:58.420
 a million

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.920
 dollars

00:40:58.920 --> 00:41:01.720
 it's clear

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:02.119
 to me

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.619
 that you

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.119
 value

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:04.039
 life

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.579
 and people

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.780
 so much

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.119
 more than

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.519
 we do

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:11.659
 how much

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:11.980
 does God

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:12.480
 value you

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:22.320
 what did

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:22.480
 God

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:22.820
 pay for

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.039
 you

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:29.019
 you know

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.179
 I don't

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:29.440
 think we

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:29.960
 realize that

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:30.340
 sometimes

00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:33.039
 I think

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.199
 if we

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.619
 thought about

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.099
 that more

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:35.839
 we allowed

00:41:35.839 --> 00:41:36.199
 that to

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.559
 permeate

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:36.920
 into our

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.219
 hearts

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:37.519
 and our

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:38.000
 souls

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:40.519
 it would

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.139
 change

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.799
 everything

00:41:41.799 --> 00:41:42.139
 that we

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:42.339
 do

00:41:42.339 --> 00:41:45.739
 it would

00:41:45.739 --> 00:41:45.980
 change

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:46.360
 everything

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:49.659
 because God

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:49.980
 loved us

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.500
 so much

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:52.960
 he gave

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.119
 us

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:56.339
 so we

00:41:56.339 --> 00:41:56.599
 might be

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:57.099
 judged up

00:41:57.099 --> 00:42:00.000
 because he

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.360
 was judged

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:00.619
 down

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:03.699
 we're on

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:04.079
 a journey

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:06.219
 we have

00:42:06.219 --> 00:42:06.719
 choices to

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:06.960
 make

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:09.619
 what journey

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:09.799
 are you

00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:09.920
 going to

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.279
 be on

00:42:10.279 --> 00:42:12.619
 what kind

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:12.839
 of love

00:42:12.839 --> 00:42:13.019
 you are

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.199
 you going

00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:13.599
 to carry

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:16.400
 all that

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.799
 determines

00:42:16.799 --> 00:42:17.279
 your outcome

00:42:17.279 --> 00:42:17.519
 and where

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:17.799
 you end

00:42:17.799 --> 00:42:18.359
 up

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:22.279
 God

00:42:22.279 --> 00:42:22.639
 loves you

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:23.259
 so much

00:42:23.259 --> 00:42:27.339
 dedicated

00:42:27.339 --> 00:42:27.779
 son

00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:30.900
 our prayer

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.260
 is that we

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:31.680
 are a

00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:32.019
 church

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.420
 that thinks

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:32.760
 about that

00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:33.120
 often

00:42:33.120 --> 00:42:35.500
 and that

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.260
 changes us

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:38.540
 in everything

00:42:38.540 --> 00:42:38.920
 we do

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:41.700
 father we

00:42:41.700 --> 00:42:42.000
 thank you for

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.300
 this day

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:42.720
 we thank you

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:42.960
 for your

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:43.220
 mercy

00:42:43.220 --> 00:42:43.720
 we thank you

00:42:43.720 --> 00:42:43.980
 for your

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:44.380
 grace

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:45.840
 we thank you

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:46.160
 for your

00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:46.620
 word

00:42:46.620 --> 00:42:49.820
 we thank you

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:50.180
 for your

00:42:50.180 --> 00:42:50.560
 son

00:42:50.560 --> 00:42:52.519
 who came

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:53.000
 like we

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.360
 were

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:56.260
 but without

00:42:56.260 --> 00:42:56.720
 sin

00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:59.619
 you paid

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:00.059
 the penalty

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:00.339
 that we

00:43:00.339 --> 00:43:00.679
 could never

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:01.099
 pay

00:43:01.099 --> 00:43:04.039
 because you

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:04.379
 love us

00:43:04.379 --> 00:43:04.879
 so much

00:43:04.879 --> 00:43:07.559
 I pray

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:08.039
 for us

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:08.459
 I pray

00:43:08.459 --> 00:43:08.859
 today

00:43:08.859 --> 00:43:09.359
 before we

00:43:09.359 --> 00:43:09.559
 leave

00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:09.839
 we would

00:43:09.839 --> 00:43:10.119
 make a

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.459
 decision

00:43:10.459 --> 00:43:10.719
 and be

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:10.980
 honest

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.299
 and come

00:43:11.299 --> 00:43:11.559
 clean

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:12.000
 what journey

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.459
 are we on

00:43:12.459 --> 00:43:12.759
 are we on

00:43:12.759 --> 00:43:13.039
 the journey

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:13.519
 of the flesh

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:13.859
 are we on

00:43:13.859 --> 00:43:14.199
 the journey

00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:14.919
 of the spirit

00:43:14.919 --> 00:43:15.219
 are we on

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:15.519
 a journey

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:16.500
 where you're

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:16.759
 at the

00:43:16.759 --> 00:43:17.039
 center of

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:17.379
 our lives

00:43:17.379 --> 00:43:17.679
 are we on

00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:17.919
 a journey

00:43:17.919 --> 00:43:18.259
 where we're

00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:18.459
 at the

00:43:18.459 --> 00:43:18.699
 center of

00:43:18.699 --> 00:43:19.099
 our lives

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:20.000
 and realizing

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.459
 it's never

00:43:20.459 --> 00:43:20.859
 too late

00:43:20.859 --> 00:43:21.399
 to change

00:43:21.399 --> 00:43:22.039
 and to turn

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:23.639
 because you

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:24.099
 love us

00:43:24.099 --> 00:43:24.839
 so much

00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:26.340
 and you're

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:26.600
 the god

00:43:26.600 --> 00:43:26.920
 of second

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:27.500
 chances

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:29.880
 father I pray

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.300
 for those of

00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:30.559
 us who are

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:30.840
 walking

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:32.059
 in the spirit

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:33.100
 on this

00:43:33.100 --> 00:43:33.400
 journey

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:34.039
 who have

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.400
 guilt

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:35.519
 and shame

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:36.740
 and pain

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:37.720
 and hurt

00:43:37.720 --> 00:43:38.900
 all these

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.380
 things that

00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:40.100
 cloud our

00:43:40.100 --> 00:43:40.680
 lives and

00:43:40.680 --> 00:43:41.400
 make us

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:41.860
 forget who

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:42.240
 we are

00:43:42.240 --> 00:43:42.559
 and whose

00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:42.840
 we are

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.260
 what journey

00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:43.820
 we're on

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:45.680
 I pray for

00:43:45.680 --> 00:43:46.079
 us lord

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:46.480
 I pray that

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:46.920
 we would have

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.460
 people around

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:47.920
 us who love

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:48.340
 us enough

00:43:48.340 --> 00:43:48.920
 to wake

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.360
 us up

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:51.460
 I pray that

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:51.920
 we'd always be

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:52.440
 a church that

00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:52.720
 would speak

00:43:52.720 --> 00:43:53.120
 the truth

00:43:53.120 --> 00:43:53.880
 of your word

00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:55.280
 and not

00:43:55.280 --> 00:43:55.880
 flower coat

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.440
 things that

00:43:56.440 --> 00:43:56.760
 make people

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.119
 feel good

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:57.640
 about themselves

00:43:57.640 --> 00:43:58.180
 but realize

00:43:58.180 --> 00:43:58.559
 that we're

00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:59.400
 we're

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:00.240
 we're condemned

00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:03.400
 but for some

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:03.960
 reason you

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:05.059
 judge us up

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:07.320
 because you

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:07.780
 condemned your

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:08.119
 son

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:11.140
 father I pray

00:44:11.140 --> 00:44:11.599
 we'd be a

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:11.920
 church that

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:12.200
 would help

00:44:12.200 --> 00:44:12.640
 each other

00:44:12.640 --> 00:44:13.640
 understand the

00:44:13.640 --> 00:44:14.320
 gospel and

00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:15.559
 stop carrying

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:16.140
 this luggage

00:44:16.140 --> 00:44:16.800
 and baggage

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:17.500
 in our lives

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:18.180
 it's killing

00:44:18.180 --> 00:44:18.640
 us

00:44:18.640 --> 00:44:20.320
 destroying

00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:20.820
 us

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:22.780
 it's not

00:44:22.780 --> 00:44:23.119
 allowing us

00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:23.380
 to be the

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:23.680
 people that

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:24.000
 you've called

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.440
 us to be

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:26.779
 help us

00:44:26.779 --> 00:44:27.239
 to understand

00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:27.859
 your mercy

00:44:27.859 --> 00:44:28.219
 and help

00:44:28.219 --> 00:44:28.440
 us to

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:28.739
 understand

00:44:28.739 --> 00:44:29.419
 your grace

00:44:29.419 --> 00:44:33.019
 lord most

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:33.319
 of all I

00:44:33.319 --> 00:44:33.699
 pray that we

00:44:33.699 --> 00:44:34.059
 would be a

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.480
 church

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:37.039
 I pray that

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.419
 we would be a

00:44:37.419 --> 00:44:37.759
 church that

00:44:37.759 --> 00:44:38.460
 never forgot

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:38.919
 what it was

00:44:38.919 --> 00:44:40.299
 like before

00:44:40.299 --> 00:44:40.639
 we knew

00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:40.980
 you

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:43.299
 I pray that

00:44:43.299 --> 00:44:43.559
 we would be

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:44.059
 a people who

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:44.899
 never forgot

00:44:44.899 --> 00:44:45.299
 what it was

00:44:45.299 --> 00:44:46.619
 like to

00:44:46.619 --> 00:44:47.299
 walk in the

00:44:47.299 --> 00:44:47.899
 flesh and to

00:44:47.899 --> 00:44:48.519
 surround their

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:49.000
 world with

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.879
 just themselves

00:44:49.879 --> 00:44:50.699
 and things that

00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:51.299
 mattered for

00:44:51.299 --> 00:44:52.339
 them and how

00:44:52.339 --> 00:44:53.299
 empty that felt

00:44:53.300 --> 00:44:53.980
 and how lonely

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.539
 that felt

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:55.380
 and how guilty

00:44:55.380 --> 00:44:55.960
 that felt

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:56.660
 and how we

00:44:56.660 --> 00:44:57.180
 had to try to

00:44:57.180 --> 00:44:57.980
 reinvent things

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:58.539
 just to hide

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:59.200
 those shame

00:44:59.200 --> 00:44:59.960
 and all those

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:00.640
 other things

00:45:00.640 --> 00:45:01.940
 help us never to

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.500
 forget what it

00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:03.780
 was like before

00:45:03.780 --> 00:45:04.620
 you brought your

00:45:04.620 --> 00:45:05.640
 son Jesus into

00:45:05.640 --> 00:45:06.280
 our life

00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:09.039
 and as we leave

00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:09.600
 here today

00:45:09.600 --> 00:45:11.720
 realize that 95%

00:45:11.720 --> 00:45:12.180
 of the people that

00:45:12.180 --> 00:45:12.620
 we're going to run

00:45:12.620 --> 00:45:13.560
 into in Hong Kong

00:45:13.560 --> 00:45:15.120
 are walking that

00:45:15.120 --> 00:45:15.640
 journey of the

00:45:15.640 --> 00:45:16.120
 flesh

00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:18.079
 and they're

00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:18.440
 hurting

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:20.779
 they're

00:45:20.779 --> 00:45:21.179
 desperate

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:23.380
 they're

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:24.059
 looking for

00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:24.519
 something to

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:24.980
 numb their

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.779
 lives and

00:45:25.779 --> 00:45:26.299
 their purpose

00:45:26.299 --> 00:45:26.599
 and their

00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:26.980
 meaning

00:45:26.980 --> 00:45:30.079
 help us to

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:30.980
 realize and

00:45:30.980 --> 00:45:31.619
 keep our eye

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:32.579
 focused on you

00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:33.039
 and what you're

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:34.559
 doing and be a

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:34.900
 part of what

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:35.339
 you're doing

00:45:35.339 --> 00:45:35.739
 instead of our

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:36.400
 own agenda

00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:38.500
 may we be a

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:39.259
 people who share

00:45:39.259 --> 00:45:40.859
 your son with

00:45:40.859 --> 00:45:41.299
 everybody

00:45:41.299 --> 00:45:44.039
 because we want

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.380
 them on the

00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:45.119
 journey with us

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:47.799
 father we love

00:45:47.799 --> 00:45:48.099
 you

00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:51.980
 we need you

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:54.259
 we pray

00:45:54.259 --> 00:45:54.759
 in your son

00:45:54.759 --> 00:45:55.380
 Jesus name

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:56.079
 amen