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 I was out early on a cold Sunday morning three weeks ago, running down at the National Park.

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 I was only thinking about one thing.

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 Why?

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 Why am I up on such a cold morning going for a run?

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 Instead of being in bed with my fingers freezing off, that warm shower was beckoning to me.

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 But something was disciplining me to endure.

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 Discipline is what trains or corrects our behavior.

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 And the only thing that was disciplining me to go faster and to run was to run faster than my father.

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 My dad, who is 28 years older than me, has always been faster than me.

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 And it's driven me to train at the gym, down at the track in the National Park.

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 And two weeks ago, I finally beat my father's PB.

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 I'm faster than him by seven seconds at the moment.

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 Now I've got my sights set on something higher, something a little bit more improbable, beating Steve Jeffrey himself.

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 We'll see if we can get there.

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 I'm going to need a lot of discipline to get there.

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 But we're all disciplined by a variety of things.

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 It could be the desire for coffee to get out of bed in the morning.

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 It could be the desire for money and success to work hard.

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 But just like my desire to run, it can swing in and out of season.

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 One day we might be very motivated to work hard.

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 The next day we are motivated by a desire for leisure.

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 What is it that disciplines us to obey God?

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 What teaches and corrects our behavior following God?

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 We want to be good people who are honest and patient and generous, not thieves, not someone who bullies others,

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 not someone who destroys other people's character or hurts people.

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 But what disciplines and corrects us to behave like God?

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 If you're anything like me, your discipline following God swings, just like my pursuit of running.

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 Would it be true that some days it can seem great?

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 You know, you might get up early, you read your Bible, you spend some time meditating and praying with God,

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 and then you feel all day like everything just clicks.

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 And pursuing holiness, it just happens.

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 You get to share Jesus with someone.

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 But then some days it feels like a nightmare.

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 You don't sleep well, you wake up late.

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 You don't have time for God.

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 You don't have time to read the Bible and pray and meditate.

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 You snap at the kids, you kick the dog, you get angry with people at work,

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 and you feel far from God all day.

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 We can feel the gap between those two days,

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 and we can just feel that we need to work harder, motivated by different things.

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 But the truth of the gospel is that we are saved by God's grace,

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 and it is God's grace that continues to train us.

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 There's a quote from a book called Disciplines of Grace by Jerry Bridges.

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 He has this quote,

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 Our worst days are never so bad that we are beyond the reach of God's grace,

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 and our best days are never so good that we are beyond the need of God's grace.

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 We are never beyond the reach of God's grace.

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 Our bad days are never that bad that we're too far from God,

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 and our good days are never so good that we don't need God's grace.

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 And this is the place that we find ourselves in as we start a new series,

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 Disciplined by Grace.

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 And we're going to see that it is within God's grace,

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 God's unearned, undeserved love for us,

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 that we are trained and corrected.

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 But we're also going to look at the things that we substitute in

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 to try and motivate ourselves to obey God.

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 So let me pray for us as we come to God's word.

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 Heavenly Father, thank you so much that we can be gathered today,

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 treasuring you together,

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 and that we get to sit around your word.

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 God, give us ears to hear,

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 so we can understand what motivates us to follow you.

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 Amen.

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 Let me read from Ephesians chapter 2.

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 It says,

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 For it is by grace you have been saved,

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 through faith.

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 And this is not from yourselves,

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 it is the gift of God.

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 Not by works,

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 so that no one can boast.

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 We are saved by God's grace,

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 his unearned, undeserved love.

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 And we don't do anything to be saved.

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 As Nick mentioned before,

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 he just put his hand up,

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 realizing his need.

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 But then,

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 we start to learn what a Christian is supposed to be.

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 We read parts of the Bible,

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 like Galatians 5,

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 where we see the fruit of the Spirit is love,

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 joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness.

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 And we're supposed to show these things.

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 And we go,

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 we have these lists that make us forget

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 that we're saved by God's undeserved,

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 unearned grace.

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 And our behavior becomes a priority.

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 We might be measuring ourselves

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 against other Christians

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 to give us a sense of understanding

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 how we're going.

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 Oh, I'm sinning less than him.

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 I'm better off than her.

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 God must be happy with me.

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 He must be happy with what I'm doing

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 because I've pegged myself against someone else.

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 Our view of ourselves goes from God's view

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 and it changes based on our performance.

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 I think it ultimately comes from a good place

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 where we have a desire to do the right thing.

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 People who are Christians want to follow and obey God

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 and to pursue holiness.

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 But we easily make God's things

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 things that we can achieve on our own.

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 Let's see what should be motivating us

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 to pursue God

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 from Titus chapter 2, verse 11.

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 For the grace of God has appeared

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 that offers salvation to everyone.

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 Grace.

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 Grace has appeared.

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 God's unearned, undeserved love has appeared

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 and his name is Jesus.

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 His death and resurrection offers us salvation.

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 We can have forgiveness and friendship with God

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 not because of us

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 but because salvation is a free gift.

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 God doesn't start the work of salvation

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 and then say,

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 off you go.

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 Good luck.

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 Try really hard to follow me, okay?

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 But now you're on your own.

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 He still actively works.

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 Spiritual growth is not our initiative.

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 It is God's.

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 And he keeps working in us

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 through his undeserved and unearned grace.

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 God is the one who has given us his Holy Spirit

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 so that we can read his word, the Bible,

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 and actually listen to it

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 so that we can hear him speak.

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 So from Hebrews chapter 12,

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 which was read for us,

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 it says that the Lord disciplines the one he loves

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 and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.

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 Endure hardships as discipline

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 because God is treating you as his children.

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 For what children are not disciplined by their father?

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 Discipline is whatever God chooses to use

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 to grow us in godliness.

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 Like a parent teaching and correcting,

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 the difference is a child will grow up.

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 A child will grow up and become an adult.

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 But we, as God's children,

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 never arrive fully formed this side of heaven.

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 We continue to be God's children

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 who are in need of teaching and training.

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 He has saved us,

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 but he doesn't want us to stay like we are.

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 He wants to change us to fit heaven

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 and it's a sign that he loves us.

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 God's discipline is a positive thing

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 because he loves us.

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 And now God has a magnitude of options

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 to choose how he's going to train and rebuke us.

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 He uses his word as we read it

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 and it's wonderful to see that our kids

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 love reading God's word.

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 He might be nudging us

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 or pushing us to obey him from his word.

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 It could be preaching like this.

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 It could be the words of someone

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 in your community group.

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 It could be a friend.

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 God knows exactly what we need

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 at any given point.

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 And our response to God's discipline

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 should be obedience and trust.

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 But we don't pursue God.

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 We don't pursue holiness

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 and being like God on our own.

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 We don't do it to remain in God's kingdom

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 once he saves us.

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 But God himself teaches us

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 and trains us to obey him.

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 It's called sanctification.

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 Sanctification is being made holy.

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 It's God doing his work in us

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 making us like him.

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 And it's not that he's changing us

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 because he's angry with us.

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 He's not upset like a parent might be

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 when they see a child behaving the wrong way

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 and they snap at them.

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 His salvation for us

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 and his sanctification

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 are both works of his grace.

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 His unearned and undeserved love.

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 God's discipline in our lives

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 and the desire to pursue God

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 is a gift.

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 We can't pursue him on our own

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 and without his help

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 we can do nothing to please him.

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 Paul continues in Titus 2, verse 12.

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 God's grace teaches us

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 to say no to ungodliness

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 and worldly passions

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 and to live self-controlled,

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 upright and godly lives

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 in this present age.

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 Paul says that not only

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 does God's grace save us

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 and bring us into his family,

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 his grace is our teacher.

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 It teaches us to say no

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 and it teaches us to say yes.

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 No to disregarding God.

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 No for ignoring him

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 and taking him for granted.

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 And God's grace teaches us

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 to say yes to self-control,

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 to uprightness,

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 to godliness.

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 Godliness.

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 And these three terms,

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 godliness,

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 uprightness and self-control,

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 they reflect how we

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 take care of ourselves,

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 how we respond to others

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 and how we respond to God.

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 God takes us,

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 a people who are stuck

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 in darkness,

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 the place where we are

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 unable to obey God,

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 stumbling around,

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 hurting one another,

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 and he offers us salvation.

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 He brings us into his

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 marvelous light,

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 into his kingdom,

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 where we can see who Jesus

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 really is and see who we are.

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 But when we change teams,

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 when we go from the dominion

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 of darkness to the dominion

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 of light,

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 we come over with

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 a lot of old habits.

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 We come over with

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 a lot of bad habits,

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 a lot of old ways

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 of doing things.

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 There's a really old movie

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 called Pretty Woman.

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 Has anybody seen the movie

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 Pretty Woman?

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 The movie came out in 1990,

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 so that's going to date you

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 a little bit.

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 In this movie,

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 Pretty Woman,

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 there's a high-flying businessman

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 played by Richard Gere,

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 and he pulls a woman

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 off the street

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 to pretend to be his girlfriend.

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 It's not a very wholesome movie,

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 but it's useful

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 for this illustration.

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 They're totally mismatched socially.

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 One is from the top end

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 of society,

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 one is from the very bottom,

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 but he invites her in,

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 he gives her his credit cards,

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 and she goes off shopping,

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 and very soon,

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 she looks like the top end

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 of society.

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 She's looking like

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 the best of 80s fashion.

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 This was only 1990,

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 so the outfits are terrible.

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 She looks the part.

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 She looks like she should fit in,

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 but she doesn't know

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 how to act the part.

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 She still has the bad habits

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 of where she's come from,

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 the bottom end of society.

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 She doesn't speak the same way.

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 She doesn't know how to use

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 the right cutlery

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 at the fancy dinner table.

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 She's gone from the bottom

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 to the top,

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 but she still has the bad habits

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 of where she's come from.

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 And there's a process,

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 and this is the joy of the movie

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 as we see her transformed.

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 This kind of thing,

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 it's not that different for us.

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 God has plucked us

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 from being his enemies,

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 and he has taken us

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 to the very top of society,

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 God's children.

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 But we bring a whole lot

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 of bad habits with us.

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 Sinful practices,

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 ways of speech,

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 unhelpful,

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 ungodly attitudes.

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 But God trains us himself.

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 And it's not to keep us

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 It is because God

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 has brought us into his family

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 that he is fitting us

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 to obey

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 and to be part of his family.

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 He's showing us

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 what it is like

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 to be in his family.

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 And this is a wonderful joy,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 that God disciplines us

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 and doesn't leave us

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 with our bad habits

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 that hurt ourselves

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 and hurt other people.

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 The desire to pursue God

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 and be like him

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 is all his gift.

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 And when we remember this,

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 it protects us.

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 Knowing the place

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 of God's discipline

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 protects us

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 from setting

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 our own discipline

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 and attempting

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 to follow God

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 motivated by the wrong thing.

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 We're going to see

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 three things

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 that might be

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 motivators for you

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 to obey God.

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 Three things

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 that might motivate us

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 and discipline us

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 in the wrong way

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 to obey God.

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 The first one is that

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 we can be disciplined

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 by debt.

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 1 Corinthians 6.20

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 says that

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 you were bought

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 for a price.

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 Jesus

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 has paid a price

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 for us

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 to be brought into heaven.

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 He paid for our sins

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 dying on the cross

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 and this is

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 wonderfully true

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 and we are saved.

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 And because of this

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 we are in debt

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 to God

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 but God's gift

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 of salvation

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 is our free gift.

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 We can't pay back

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 this gift.

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 It is a real problem

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 for a Christian

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 or for a person

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 to try and pay back

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 this debt

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 to God

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 and to be disciplined

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 by debt.

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 Motivated to perform

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 so well

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 to pay back God

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 thinking

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 God has done

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 so much for me

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 I have sinned

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 so much

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 and yet he has

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 forgiven me

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 so much

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 by Jesus' blood

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 I owe him so much

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 so do you know what

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 I'm going to obey

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 really hard

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 I'm going to pay

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 him back

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 because I am in

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 so much debt

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 and I am going to be

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 good enough

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 for Jesus' sacrifice.

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 In Filipino culture

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 there is a concept

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 if I can get my

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 Tagalog right

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 correct me

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 utang na la ob

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 how is this

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 for my Tagalogs

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 because that's okay

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 yes

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 utang na la ob

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 in Filipino culture

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 it's this concept

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 called the debt

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 of volition

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 it's this idea

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 that you are in

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 someone's debt

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 as long as you live

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 and if someone

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 gives you something

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 and places you

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 in their debt

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 you don't know

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 how to measure

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 this amount of debt

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 that you are in

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 and you might

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 never know

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 if you have paid

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 this debt back

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 can you imagine

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 being in debt

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 to someone

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 and you have no idea

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 where you stand

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 with them

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 and it creates

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 a relationship

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 that is dependent

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 and you just

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 are always

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 unsure

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 do I need to

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 keep doing

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 what they ask me

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 do I keep

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 paying them back

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 and this idea

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 of being in debt

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 to others

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 it's a danger

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 for us

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 if that's how

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 we respond to God

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 we can easily

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 think of God

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 with a relationship

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 in terms of debt

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 we can focus

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 on what he's done

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 in the past

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 and now what I

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 have to do

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 obeying him

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 as a form

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 of repayment

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 being motivated

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 to be holy

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 to pay back

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 God

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 is impossible

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 because we're never

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 going to pay

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 that debt back

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 if you're anything

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 like me

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 with the amount

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 I sin throughout

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 the day

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 this is not a

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 close and

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 intimate relationship

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 it's not a

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 healthy relationship

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 with God

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 and it only

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 takes part

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 of the gospel

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 into account

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 it focuses

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 on the

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 slave and

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 master relationship

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 and not the

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 parent child

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 relationship

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 with God

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 when we're

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 disciplined

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 by God's grace

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 and not

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 by debt

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 we're reminded

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 that we can't

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 pay back

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 God

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 we can't

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 pay back

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 God

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 for the

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 sin we've

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 committed

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 and the sins

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 we will

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 commit

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 but he has

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 forgiven them

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 as an act

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 of grace

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 for some

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 it might be

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 easier to think

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 about our

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 relationship with

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 God like

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 duty

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 so we can be

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 disciplined

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 by a sense

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 of duty

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 to follow

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 God

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 maybe we've

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 come from

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 a family

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 system

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 that's all

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 about

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 obligations

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 and expectations

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 and this is

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 how you must

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 obey

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 as a child

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 of this

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 family

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 this is what

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 you are to

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 do

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 and these

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 are the

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 expectations

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 you're a

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 barnet

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 and this is

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 what a

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 barnet does

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 this is the

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 university you

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 have to go

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 to

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 this is the

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 job you

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 have to

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 have

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 and if

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 you fail

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 you shame

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 this family

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 and you let

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 us all down

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 everyone does

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 their duty

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 and the family

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 works

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 God has

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 done his

00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:36.339
 duty providing

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 for us

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 and we

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 are bound

00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:39.980
 to respond

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 with obedience

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 so we can be

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.960
 disciplined by a

00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:45.319
 sense of duty

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 to follow God

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 God again is a

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 master in this

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 situation and we

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 have to obey

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 it makes our

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 pursuit of

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 holiness

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 a legal

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 obligation that

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 we have to

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 carry out

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 devoid of

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 love and

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 mercy and

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 intimacy

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 again we

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 are responsible

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 we do have

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 a duty to

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 obey God

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:09.259
 he is our

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.759
 master

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 but if that's

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 where it

00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.579
 stops

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 if it's

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 devoid of

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 grace

00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:16.519
 his

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 unearned and

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:18.259
 undeserved

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 love

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 then being

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 disciplined by a

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.940
 sense of duty

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 or obligation

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.700
 is just going to

00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.620
 lay a burden on

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 our shoulders

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.100
 that we can

00:19:26.100 --> 00:19:26.680
 never lift

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 if we're

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 disciplined by

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 duty

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 it will

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.900
 eventually turn

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 into a

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:32.860
 worship of

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 God that is

00:19:33.360 --> 00:19:34.279
 based on

00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:35.100
 our works

00:19:35.100 --> 00:19:36.960
 God's

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.720
 teaching and

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.620
 instruction is

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.340
 done within a

00:19:39.340 --> 00:19:39.779
 relationship

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:41.060
 one where Jesus

00:19:41.060 --> 00:19:41.920
 has fulfilled

00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:43.820
 every legal

00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:44.860
 responsibility and

00:19:44.860 --> 00:19:45.400
 obligation

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:47.860
 and we reap

00:19:47.860 --> 00:19:48.960
 the rewards of

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.700
 what Jesus has

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.000
 done

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:52.540
 so we can be

00:19:52.540 --> 00:19:53.640
 disciplined by

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:55.420
 a sense of

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:56.440
 duty we can be

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:56.960
 disciplined

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.940
 by a debt

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.380
 to him

00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:00.079
 and lastly

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:01.440
 we can be

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.140
 disciplined by

00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:02.559
 doubt

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:05.340
 unsure of

00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:06.259
 whether Jesus'

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 death was

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 really sufficient

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:09.180
 doubting that

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 really God

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:11.579
 does God

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.160
 really love

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 me

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 I'm not

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 sure

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.940
 and so I'm

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 going to cover

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 my bases with

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 obedience

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 I'm going to

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 make sure that

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 I'm in God's

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 good books by

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 doing everything

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 I can

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 I'm going to

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 try and tip

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 the balance

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 you know

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.039
 there's my

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 sins

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.620
 there's

00:20:26.620 --> 00:20:27.140
 Jesus'

00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:27.700
 work

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 and just to

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 make sure

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 this side is

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 heavier

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 I'm going to

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 put my works

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 on top of

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 Jesus'

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 as if that

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 were possible

00:20:34.580 --> 00:20:35.920
 trying to

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 give God

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 every reason

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.779
 on top of

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 what Jesus

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 has done

00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.860
 to let me

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 into his

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 family

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 I can imagine

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 doing something

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:45.080
 like this in

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 my work before

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.400
 ministry

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:48.160
 where you know

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 around this

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.900
 time of year

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 was when we

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 had the pay

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 increases

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 and so you

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 know it was

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.900
 always trying

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 to be on

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 best behaviour

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 you know

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 get to

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 work early

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 leave late

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 after the

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 boss has

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 left

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 I try and

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 look as

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 good as

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 possible

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 I'm always

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 working really

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 hard when

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 he was around

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 just to make

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 sure that the

00:21:05.719 --> 00:21:06.439
 boss had no

00:21:06.439 --> 00:21:07.199
 doubt in his

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 mind that I

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 was one of

00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:08.819
 the hard

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.219
 workers

00:21:09.219 --> 00:21:11.819
 but if we're

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 disciplined by

00:21:12.479 --> 00:21:13.259
 doubt we

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:14.699
 run the risk

00:21:14.699 --> 00:21:15.240
 of forgetting

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 the gospel

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:17.859
 our anxiety

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.979
 and our worry

00:21:18.979 --> 00:21:19.859
 becomes bigger

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:20.679
 than God's

00:21:20.679 --> 00:21:21.079
 grace

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:22.740
 his undeserved

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 and unearned

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 love

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:25.420
 that there

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:25.840
 is nothing

00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:26.799
 we can do

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:28.120
 at all to

00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:28.519
 earn his

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.000
 forgiveness

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.960
 and yet he

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.480
 gives it

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:30.960
 anyway

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:32.420
 there is

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:32.779
 nothing we

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.180
 can do to

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.480
 get his

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 approval

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.860
 yet Jesus'

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:35.880
 blood wipes

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.600
 away our

00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:38.140
 sin and

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.539
 makes us

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:38.880
 approved

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.559
 before God

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:41.620
 if we are

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 pursuing holiness

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:44.180
 and obedience

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:45.340
 to God

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:46.240
 with a sense

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.840
 of doubt

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:47.480
 let me

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.100
 encourage you

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.620
 to come back

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:49.039
 to the heart

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.500
 of the gospel

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:51.380
 that you

00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:51.960
 are loved

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.519
 even though

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:52.859
 you are

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.460
 unlovely

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.500
 you are

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 forgiven

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 even though

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.460
 you do

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.099
 not deserve

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 it

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:59.779
 imagine

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:02.259
 you hop on

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.900
 the metro

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:04.099
 later today

00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.579
 the metro is

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:04.880
 full

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.519
 it's pumping

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:07.200
 and unfortunately

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.000
 it crashes

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.920
 and everyone

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:10.980
 on that train

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.519
 goes to heaven

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:13.220
 and everyone

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:15.599
 rushes off

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.400
 that train

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.940
 to head

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.500
 to God

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:18.980
 and to get

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.460
 into heaven

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:19.879
 and start

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.400
 the feast

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:21.940
 it's a terrible

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.359
 accident

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:23.180
 but we are

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.559
 in heaven

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.139
 it's good

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:25.980
 and you are

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.359
 there

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:26.980
 thinking

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.599
 great

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.180
 I am

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.920
 nearly there

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.740
 but you are

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.839
 just dragging

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.599
 these three

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.819
 big bags

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.559
 behind you

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.599
 one has got

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.299
 debt written

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.579
 on it

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.180
 one has got

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.859
 duty written

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.119
 on it

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.539
 and one has

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.139
 got doubt

00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:39.539
 written on it

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.019
 and you are

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.799
 dragging these

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.460
 three bags

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.799
 with you

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.559
 I just

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.519
 need to

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:43.980
 carry

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:45.279
 my works

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.640
 to work

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.340
 off my debt

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:48.440
 the works

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.140
 of my duty

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:50.460
 and just in case

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.039
 Jesus hasn't

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.500
 done enough

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.960
 I have got

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.759
 an extra bag

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.160
 filled with

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.460
 some other

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.059
 good things

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:55.660
 just in case

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.259
 and I am going

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.779
 to take these

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.319
 to God

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.980
 and I am going

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.600
 to get into

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:58.900
 heaven

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.980
 and you are

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.840
 dragging these

00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:01.600
 and huffing

00:23:01.600 --> 00:23:02.319
 and puffing

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.299
 you finally

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:03.920
 get there

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.360
 everybody

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:04.799
 that was on

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.100
 the train

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.779
 is already in

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.420
 they are enjoying

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:07.000
 the feast

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.680
 it's wonderful

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.799
 and you drop

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.220
 it all at

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.720
 God's feet

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.259
 and say

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.859
 God

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:13.379
 look at

00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:13.680
 what I have

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:13.980
 done

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:15.180
 I worked

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.720
 hard

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.299
 all my

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.660
 life

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.500
 to pay

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.240
 you back

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.019
 for Jesus

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.420
 dying

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:19.879
 for me

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:21.279
 I have

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.539
 done

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:21.980
 all of

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.259
 these

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.980
 things

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:24.420
 out of

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.660
 debt

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:24.960
 out of

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.339
 obligation

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.059
 to you

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.640
 and I have

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:26.960
 got an

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.799
 extra bag

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.940
 just in case

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.339
 you want a

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:29.660
 little bit

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:29.960
 extra

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.879
 that is

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.279
 just for

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.519
 you

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.319
 surely

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:33.180
 that is

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.700
 all you have

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.140
 required

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.599
 of me

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:36.599
 what do

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:36.959
 you think

00:23:36.959 --> 00:23:37.379
 God's

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:37.839
 response

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.319
 would be

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:41.159
 I can't

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.980
 help but

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.399
 imagine

00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:43.039
 God would

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.740
 respond like

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.500
 a patient

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.000
 parent

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.779
 to an

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.099
 anxious

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.719
 child

00:23:46.719 --> 00:23:48.219
 little

00:23:48.219 --> 00:23:48.919
 child

00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:50.619
 you didn't

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.179
 have to

00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:51.799
 drag

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.699
 all of

00:23:52.699 --> 00:23:53.199
 this here

00:23:53.199 --> 00:23:54.919
 your entry

00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:55.779
 in here

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.759
 has already

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.599
 been paid

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:59.299
 your ticket

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.039
 was purchased

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.740
 by Jesus

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.500
 many years

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.879
 ago

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:03.200
 that all

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.700
 looks

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:05.100
 exhausting

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:07.060
 all you

00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.460
 had to

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.680
 do

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:07.880
 was

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.300
 obey

00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:09.120
 and I

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.500
 know

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.860
 that was

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.220
 hard

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.520
 for you

00:24:10.520 --> 00:24:10.800
 because

00:24:10.800 --> 00:24:10.960
 you

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.100
 were

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:11.560
 sinful

00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:12.360
 but I

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:12.820
 was next

00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:13.140
 to you

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.900
 every step

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.160
 of the

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.480
 way

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.860
 but you

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.240
 always

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.680
 forgot

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.480
 that I

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.180
 love you

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.740
 and you

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.340
 motivated

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:19.780
 yourself

00:24:19.780 --> 00:24:20.160
 with the

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.440
 wrong

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.860
 thing

00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:22.500
 brothers

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.100
 and sisters

00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:23.880
 let's

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.720
 not forget

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:26.140
 that God

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.920
 disciplines us

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.220
 from a

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.900
 place of

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.540
 love

00:24:28.540 --> 00:24:29.300
 and

00:24:29.300 --> 00:24:29.920
 forgiveness

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:31.920
 run

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.480
 to him

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.160
 asking

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.740
 him

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.680
 to help

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:34.940
 you

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.680
 to obey

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:37.340
 ask him

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:37.880
 where you

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.480
 were sinning

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.519
 it's a

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.880
 dangerous

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.300
 thing to

00:24:40.300 --> 00:24:40.640
 do to

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.240
 ask God

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.560
 where you

00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:41.960
 were sinning

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.400
 to point

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.779
 it out

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:44.880
 if you

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.660
 don't know

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.440
 he will

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.880
 point it

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.160
 out

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:48.600
 and listen

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.539
 really well

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.820
 because God

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.480
 will reveal

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.960
 how you

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.240
 need to

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.759
 change

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.440
 it could

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.100
 come through

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.720
 a friend

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.160
 it could

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.600
 come through

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 reading God's

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 word

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 when I

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 do this

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 very quickly

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 many of

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 my faults

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 come to

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 mind

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 run to

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 God

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 and ask

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 for him

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 to help

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 you

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 to obey

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 him

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 beg him

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 on your

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 knees

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 for the

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 power of

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 his

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 holy

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 spirit

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 to give

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 you

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 self

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 control

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 upright

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 and

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 godliness

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 and don't

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 be motivated

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 by a

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 sense of

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 debt

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 or duty

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 or doubt

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 let me

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 pray for

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 us

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 heavenly

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 father

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 I