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 So we're going to be reading Romans 3 verse 21.

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 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law.

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 Although the law and the prophets bear witness to it,

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 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.

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 For there's no distinction.

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 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

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 and are justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ,

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 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood to be received by faith.

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 This was to show God's righteousness.

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 Because in his divine forbearance, he has passed over former sins.

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 It was to show his righteousness at the present time so that he might be just

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 and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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 Then what becomes of our boasting?

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 It is excluded.

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 By what kind of law?

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 By a law of works?

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 No.

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 But by the law of faith.

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 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

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 Or is God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the un...

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 Sorry.

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 For is God the God of the Jews only?

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 Is he not the God of the Gentiles also?

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 Of the Gentiles also.

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 Since God is one, who will justify the...

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 Sorry.

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 Since God is one, who will justify the circumcised by faith

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 and the uncircumcised through faith?

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 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith?

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 By no means.

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 On the contrary, we uphold the law.

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 Okay.

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 So today, my topic, our title is Overcome by Glory

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 and also for Glory from Romans 3, 21 to 31.

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 Before I start, I just like to...

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 I mean, for some people here may not know what the term righteousness means

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 because this passage talks about righteousness a lot.

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 So in the simple form, righteousness is being straight, not crooked in God's eyes.

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 And so we can only be either righteous or non-righteous.

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 There's no more scales in terms of either we are black or white in that.

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 Either we are crooked or we are straight in God's eyes.

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 While holiness or godliness are different, we can be more holy or more godly

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 as we grow in the knowledge of God.

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 Okay.

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 Let's pray first before we start.

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 Father God, we are so thankful that in Christ alone,

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 that we have our hope based on the meaning of our life.

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 May you help us to appreciate this as we come to your word this morning.

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 We pray and give thanks in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So in my father's old house, there was a large old mirror hanging on one of the walls.

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 So in this, I only have this picture that's taken 46 years ago.

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 The mirror is at the back of all the people.

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 They are all my siblings.

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 Okay.

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 I'm from the right, the second front.

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 That was me.

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 But the point is that in that mirror, there were a few lines of text written in,

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 inscribed in the mirror in a very beautiful ancient Chinese choreography.

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 No one in the house seemed to pay any attention to the writing of the mirror.

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 It's actually just part of the furniture.

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 But it somehow attracted me.

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 What was the writing about?

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 Because it was an ancient character, it's not easy to interpret and see what that was.

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 And I asked my older siblings, and nobody seemed to understand what it was either.

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 It took me many years.

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 And gradually, I found out that it was written by Mancius.

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 Mancius is a follower of Confucius.

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 He's a philosopher, he's written many things.

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 And this is part of his writing.

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 So what it meant was something like this in English.

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 He said, first free yourself of wrongdoings and evil thoughts.

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 Then bring order to your family, after which govern your people well, and the land is yours.

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 So obviously it is written to rulers, people want to be leaders, to say that you need to be free yourself from evil first, before you can rule other people.

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 So this is written about 2300 years ago.

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 Mancius could see that for a person to rule others, he must first refine his characters.

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 He understood that no one could rule others simply by using force.

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 We can, like Russia can occupy Ukraine by using force, but it won't be, not a real rule is that people will be forced into submission.

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 So he just said that, he knew that for that to be meaningful, for one, like a parent to be able to help the children to grow,

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 you just can't use, simply by using force.

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 And the person himself needs to have good characters to start with.

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 So he urged people to try hard to do that.

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 But then, like the inscription on the old mirror, this advice has mostly been ignored by people.

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 Even, I mean, even some people may try to refine their characters, but they would find that impossible to free themselves from wrongdoings and evil thoughts.

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 In the Old Testament, in the book of Jeremiah, in chapter 13, verse 23, it says,

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 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?

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 Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.

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 So, this word does not say that dark skin or spotty skins are evil.

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 It's saying that evil is just part of our nature.

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 We are born with it.

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 We can't change it.

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 That is what the Old Testament conclusion would be.

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 And what is evil?

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 So, we have to go back to chapter 1 of Romans.

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 We read about the manifestation of evil.

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 We can summarize it.

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 First, we replace the worship of our creator with worship of creatures.

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 So, there are many idols, any other things that we worship rather than the real creator.

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 And then we replace godly passions with ungodly passions.

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 So, having passion is God-given capability, but we use it for things that are not pleasing to God.

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 And replacing godly attitudes with ungodly attitudes.

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 And so, there's all the hatreds and angers and wars and fights in the world.

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 So, these manifestations are the result of us doing what we think is right to do in our own eyes.

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 Evil is suppressing the truth that is revealed by God and replacing it with our own ideas.

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 And evil is seeking our own glory.

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 And in Romans 3.10, it says,

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 None is righteous.

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 No, not one.

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 Because, well, we can say that we are more righteous to other people in some way.

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 But in God's eyes, we are either righteous or unrighteous.

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 And no one can say, I am righteous before God in God's eyes.

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 Even without the Bible telling us, like man's shoes,

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 we can see the effect of evil in the world.

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 Throughout history, there were leaders who tried to reduce evil in the world.

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 However, such ways tend to create other evils.

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 Because those leaders themselves were crooked and self-centered.

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 If they are not straight, they cannot help to make other things straight.

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 So, for example, communism was devised to reduce the disproportional distribution of wealth and power in a society.

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 But the application of communism by self-centered leaders caused millions of death and suffering.

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 And it still failed to create an equitable society.

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 And I think even the war now is happening is a remnant of communism in the way how people assess things,

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 value life, or this is part of the result that we're still living through.

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 I think about whether we can simply decide to become a different person.

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 Can we actually change our ways?

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 One smooth thing to think about our habits.

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 We used to think that people can change their habits quite easily.

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 But increasingly, as we read the psychologist's report, or their thinking nowadays,

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 they are suspecting that people have different capacities to change their habits.

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 For example, I used to think that people who consistently turn up late for meetings did not try hard enough.

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 As I read these reports, I realized that I have never tried to be on time.

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 This is just part of me, to be on time.

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 It's not trying.

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 But then I realized that people who are consistently late,

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 maybe are the ones who actually try very hard, but just couldn't do it.

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 And that explains quite a lot of things.

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 And this realization helps me to sympathize with those who are habitually late.

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 It's not that they lack of trying, but it's just very hard to change a habit.

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 And if you can't even change such a simple habit,

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 what hope do we have to change our nature?

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 Now, you might think that if it's so difficult to change our habits,

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 does it then let people off the hook in terms of do people have bad habits?

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 Or should parents let untidy children to remain untidy?

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 Or a short-tempered child to remain short-tempered?

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 I'm not saying that, but what I'm saying is that a tidy child does not need to work hard to be tidy,

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 because tidiness is in the child's makeup.

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 But an untidy child needs a lot of help to be tidy,

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 because tidiness is not part of it's makeup.

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 And the understanding of this helps us to approach our children, other people, and help them.

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 But then why should a person want to change?

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 There's another thing that we need to consider.

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 Because it's so difficult to change our habit, it makes a lot of effort.

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 Then why would we change in any case?

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 So why would a habitually late person want to be on time?

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 And why would an untidy person want to be tidy?

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 So we are usually forced to change our habit because of the fear of punishment,

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 or because of shame.

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 But such change may not last,

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 and we tend to relapse into our default habit or behavior when there's no threat to us.

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 So I hope that you can agree that we cannot simply decide to be a different person if we want to.

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 There's still one more question I need to deal with before we come to our Roman passage.

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 The question would be, if we cannot simply decide to be a different person,

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 why does God still find fault with us?

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 Are we responsible for our unrighteousness or sinfulness?

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 So if I say I'm not responsible for my evil character,

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 then who is responsible?

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 Can I say the devil makes me do it?

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 James 1, 14-15 says,

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 James is one of the books in the New Testament.

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 But each person is tempted when he is low,

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 and entices by his own desire,

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 then desire when he has conceived,

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 gives birth to sin,

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 and sin when it is fully grown,

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 brings forth death.

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 The devil can tempt me only because of

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 because of me having this desire to be my own God,

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 to satisfy my own desire.

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 I choose to disregard and disobey God.

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 So even if I blame the devil,

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 I'm still responsible for responding to the devil's temptation.

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 Now can we blame God for creating us like this?

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 God gives us a consciousness of self.

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 So with this consciousness of self,

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 we can choose to enjoy relationships or other things.

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 At the same time, we can also choose to destroy relationships

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 and abuse other things.

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 Baming God for creating us with a consciousness of self

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 would be like blaming our parents

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 for giving birth to us

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 when we are going through a tough time,

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 or like blaming God for giving us good appetites

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 when we are overweight.

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 In chapter 17 of Exodus,

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 the Israelites did exactly that.

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 They were thirsty.

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 They were in the wilderness.

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 They couldn't find water.

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 God brought them up to Moses from Egypt.

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 So they blamed God and Moses for taking them out of Egypt.

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 And they could not take their anger out on God.

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 So they therefore wanted to stone Moses to death.

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 God told Moses to bring his staff,

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 there's the stake that's on his hand,

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 which represents authority and judgment to Mount Horeb.

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 God said,

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 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb,

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 and you shall strike the rock,

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 and water shall come out of it,

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 and the people will drink.

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 Though it was totally unjust for the people to blame God for taking,

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 rescuing them,

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 rescuing them out of Egypt,

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 God took the blame.

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 God was standing before Moses when he struck the rock.

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 Because God took the blame,

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 there was living water throwing out of the rock for the people to drink.

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 Can a leopard change his sports?

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 Can a person do good who are accustomed to do evil?

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 So the answer to Jeremiah's question comes in our reading this morning,

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 from Romans 3, 21 to 31.

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 And the answer is yes.

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 So in verse 21, it says that,

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 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law.

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 When we try hard to follow the law by our own effort,

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 we will find it impossible as our own nature goes against the law.

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 When we think we can obey the law better than other people,

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 our achievement becomes a means of boasting.

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 When we think we are not as good as others,

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 our failure becomes a means of jealousy and resentment.

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 Jeremiah 13, 23 in the Old Testament already hindered that

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 there needs to be another way for people to become acceptable to God.

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 The righteousness of God in this verse means that

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 it means the righteousness that comes from God

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 and the righteousness that is required by God.

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 And God has provided this other way.

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 So in verse 22, it says,

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 The righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus,

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 Christ for all who believe.

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 Jesus gave himself up to take the blame for our sinfulness.

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 We can become acceptable to God through Jesus and in Jesus.

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 When the statement into the Bible study was asking,

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 Why is that phrase,

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 it said,

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 Through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.

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 Can't the sentence be shortened to

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 true faith in Jesus Christ?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 For all who believe.

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 There is redundancy in the sentence.

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 It could be this emphasis in terms of

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 its true belief,

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 true faith in Christ.

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 In this verse,

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 I like the King James Version better.

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 It says,

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 By faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe.

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 I think the King James Version translation is more helpful here.

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 I make righteous,

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 not because of my faith as such,

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 even though I do believe,

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 but it's because of the faith which Jesus Christ has,

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 the faith of Jesus,

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 and which has been given to me.

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 I can't even have that strong faith that the Lord Jesus has

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 in trusting God to do all that God would.

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 But Jesus did,

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 and that was being given to me as I believed in Him.

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 Verse 23,

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 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

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 Everyone needs to come to the cross

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 to be able to be free from themselves and their sinfulness.

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 And how does this happen?

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 And why does the change happen?

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 Just like,

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 why do a person change the habit?

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 So,

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 God initiated the move to change us.

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 So,

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 God took the blame

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 and suffered for the consequence of sin.

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 In Jesus,

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 God also held us to see His glory,

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 and that is important in seeing God's glory

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 that affects our change.

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 In our society,

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 in our life,

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 what do we see as glory?

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 So,

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 some people will think that display of military power,

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 or in a wedding,

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 we have a cavalcade with a hundred expensive cars,

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 a beautiful building

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 plated with gold,

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 or Superman defeating the bad guys.

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 these are only

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 worldly glories.

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 The glory of God is far more than this.

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 We can see the glory of God

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 in the face of Jesus Christ.

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 It is a glory of grace,

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 a glory of truth,

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 a glory of purity,

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 a glory of kindness,

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 a glory of love.

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 So,

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 when we are shown such a glory,

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 we realize that we have not lived up to such a glory

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 that God created us to be.

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 And that's why we have fallen short of that glory

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 as God's people,

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 God's creatures,

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 and God's men and women.

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 When we see the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 we realize how much we have fallen short of that.

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 And when we face such a person as Jesus Christ,

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 what can we do but to bow before Him,

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 to repent of our sin,

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 and to worship Him?

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 In verse 24 and 25,

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 He says,

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 We are justified by His grace as a gift

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 through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

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 whom God put forward as a propitiation by His blood

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 to be received by faith.

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 So, in the bulletin,

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 there is a helpful writing about these terms

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 justification, redemption,

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 and righteousness.

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 I can also think that we are justified.

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 Why is that?

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 Justified as a gift,

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 redemption,

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 justification and redemption.

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 So, I'm thinking,

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 when we are justified by God,

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 we are justified by God as a judge,

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 the judge of all the earth.

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 When we are redeemed by God,

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 we are redeemed by God as the king and the father.

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 So, justified means that I was crooked before,

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 now I'm made straight in God's eyes.

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 Redemption means that I wasn't God's people before,

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 now I'm God's person.

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 I'm not God's child before,

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 I'm now God's child,

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 a son of God.

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 So, this initiative is taken by God,

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 and we see that this change has to come from God.

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 He put forward Christ Jesus as a propitiation.

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 And what is propitiation?

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 There's a word that we hardly use nowadays.

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 So, propitiation is related to wrath and relationship.

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 Propitiation is required to reverse wrath

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 and to restore relationship.

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 Romans 1, 18 tells us that the wrath of God

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 is revealed from heaven

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 against all ungodliness and unrighteousness.

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 The rest of Romans 1 then tells us

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 how the ungodliness and unrighteousness

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 manifest themselves in this world.

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 So, God actually requires this propitiation

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 for his wrath to be resolved

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 and restore the relationship.

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 So, is God being petty-minded

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 in requiring propitiation

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 to mend our relationship with him?

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 So, in our relationship with people,

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 we might be petty-minded

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 if we require propitiation

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 for an offender to reconcile with us.

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 If somebody offend me

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 and I said,

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 you need to buy me a chocolate

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 so that I would be friends with you again,

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 that's the requirement.

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 But,

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 such requirement

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 would be seen as petty-minded.

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 Why is that so?

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 Because,

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 in a conflict between two persons,

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 usually there's wrong in both sides.

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 I can't just say that you are the party of wrong.

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 I can't say I've got no wrong in that.

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 And that's why,

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 usually,

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 we cannot say that it requires propitiation.

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 But,

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 in our relationship with God,

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 it's different

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 because God has done

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.980
 no wrong towards us.

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 It's not only that,

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 he has done all the good things,

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 given us all the good things for us,

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 and yet,

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 we repay him

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 with contempt.

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 That's more.

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 We do not only repay good with evil to God,

00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:17.559
 but we also rebel against our creator God.

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 We have committed treason of the highest order

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 when we choose to worship idols in terms of God,

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 and ignoring him.

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 And so,

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 it is only right that we should live under the wrath of God

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 until an appropriate propitiation has been put forward.

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 And we do not have any resource

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:42.480
 to put forward this propitiation.

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.859
 God did this for us.

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 The blood of Jesus propitiated

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 for our offense towards him.

00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:55.819
 And this action of God

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 is consistent with God's nature.

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 He's both merciful and just.

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 The consequence of rebellion against God is death.

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 Partly because God is the source of life,

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:12.460
 partly that is because of the consequence

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:16.380
 that God has warned Adam and Eve

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 that the day you disobey me,

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:23.259
 that you will taste death.

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.620
 But then,

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:27.480
 God is the source of life.

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:31.360
 When we distance ourselves from God,

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:33.940
 that's the natural consequence anyway.

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:36.400
 God does not actually need to do anything

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:38.720
 active to show his wrath.

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 If he does nothing at all

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:42.860
 to bring us back to him,

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:45.799
 then our destination is death.

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 And we,

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.319
 I mean,

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.400
 like the world,

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.360
 we will fight.

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 We will be at war

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.660
 with one another

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 and destroy ourselves.

00:25:54.060 --> 00:25:54.120
 So,

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:56.380
 there is a consequence anyway.

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:59.160
 But in God's mercy,

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:02.360
 he forbore our rebellion in the past

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:05.000
 as he waited for the appointed time

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:07.160
 to reveal how he can forgive sinners

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:09.940
 and not compromise his own holiness.

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:13.620
 The proposition by the blood of Jesus

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:16.500
 is the way he can call us back to him

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.640
 without destroying us.

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.539
 So,

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.840
 verse 26 tells us

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:21.559
 why Jesus is the only way

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:23.920
 for God to reconcile with us.

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.700
 There's no other way

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.960
 for God to be just

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.600
 and at the same time

00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:31.380
 forgive our rebellion and treason.

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.180
 So,

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.960
 for people who say that

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.840
 all the ways

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:37.160
 will bring us back to God,

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.820
 that's totally nonsense.

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:40.559
 if you know

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:43.960
 how badly we have offended God

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:45.639
 and rebel against God,

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.519
 there's no other way

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:49.359
 except through the proposition

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.879
 of the blood of Jesus.

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.619
 So,

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.519
 God initiated the proposition.

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.759
 God has held us to see

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:59.639
 that through the sacrificial work

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.679
 of Jesus Christ,

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:02.220
 we can be justified.

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:05.659
 When we are justified by God

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:06.679
 in Jesus Christ,

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.500
 it means that

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:09.240
 God cancels our sins

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.700
 and bestows us

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:12.640
 the righteousness of Jesus.

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.920
 God justifies everyone

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.660
 the same way,

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.980
 whether you are

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.319
 a religious person

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:20.740
 or an irreligious person.

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:24.079
 Religions cannot make us

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:26.400
 acceptable to God

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.799
 because even if we can

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.720
 somehow fulfill

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:30.259
 the demands of religious laws,

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.740
 we will become proud.

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.099
 Proud.

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.460
 Pride is a hallmark

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.420
 of self-centeredness.

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:37.740
 Pride seeks glory for self.

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:42.980
 And we like boasting

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:45.680
 because we want to

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:47.319
 justify our existence.

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.360
 Do you know that

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:51.740
 when you don't need to boast

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:53.420
 to justify your existence,

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.779
 you can feel so free.

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.160
 You don't need to

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:59.579
 let people know

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.539
 how good you are,

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:02.720
 how successful you are.

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:04.699
 This is all that we think about

00:28:04.699 --> 00:28:05.679
 day to day

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:07.079
 when we interact with people.

00:28:07.919 --> 00:28:09.740
 And if you know that

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.720
 you don't need to boast anymore

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:13.439
 because God has accepted you,

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:15.899
 you are wearable in His sight.

00:28:16.699 --> 00:28:17.279
 That's freedom.

00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:20.119
 You don't need to justify yourself.

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.819
 God has justified you.

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.419
 So,

00:28:23.419 --> 00:28:26.639
 is there any use

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:28.039
 for the Old Testament laws then?

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.439
 Yes,

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:30.079
 they are there

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:31.980
 to keep our mouth sharp

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:34.019
 as in verse 19,

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.679
 the same chapter.

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.379
 It said,

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:38.200
 now we know that

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:39.460
 whatever the law says,

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.259
 it speaks to those

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.099
 who are under the law

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.960
 so that every mouth

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.619
 will be stopped.

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.000
 Actually,

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.619
 it stops us from

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.519
 boasting

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.220
 because we know

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.139
 that we can't attend

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:49.500
 anything that the law requires.

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:52.539
 and so,

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.660
 at least it would do that.

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.099
 But also,

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.980
 the Old Testament law

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.660
 tells us

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:59.319
 what pleases God

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.039
 and how we should

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:01.279
 live a life

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.599
 that is pleasing to Him.

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.559
 So,

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.539
 we don't throw away

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.539
 the law

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.500
 now that we

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.819
 have been accepted by God.

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.279
 Instead,

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.200
 we uphold it

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.079
 because we know

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.559
 that there's

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.920
 what pleases Him.

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.059
 Not only that,

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.579
 we also know

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.160
 that through

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.359
 this law,

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:21.519
 through following

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.960
 the law,

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.480
 we are given

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:25.079
 the life to live,

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.059
 a life that is

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.740
 glorious,

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.259
 honorable,

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.140
 and eternal.

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:29.900
 Okay.

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.500
 So,

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.720
 this is why

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.559
 we are justified

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.160
 for.

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:35.000
 We are not just

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.839
 being accepted

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.859
 and then became

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:38.539
 justified and righteous

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.940
 and then our life

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:41.559
 seems to just end there.

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.480
 But no,

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:42.660
 no,

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.480
 that is

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.720
 only the beginning

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:46.059
 and there's a lot more

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:47.299
 to come

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.539
 once we are

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.400
 right with God.

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.220
 and we

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.920
 have to understand

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.480
 that there's

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:54.240
 not the end of it,

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.259
 there's only the beginning.

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.400
 So,

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:59.200
 in Romans 2,

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.680
 7,

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.660
 it tells us,

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.640
 to those

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.799
 who by patience

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.799
 in well-doing

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:05.819
 seek for glory

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.460
 and honor

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.960
 and mortality,

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.059
 he will give

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.900
 eternal life.

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.580
 in a way,

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:36.180
 it implies that

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.840
 none of us

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.820
 seek this thing

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:40.600
 and then we need

00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:41.200
 to understand

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.680
 what they mean,

00:30:43.560 --> 00:30:44.460
 how we should

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:46.140
 live our life.

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:50.259
 have a look again

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.920
 in my

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:52.320
 old family

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:53.280
 photograph

00:30:53.280 --> 00:30:54.100
 with my siblings.

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.380
 So,

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.860
 there was,

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.920
 I was 14 years

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.780
 old then.

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.120
 None of us

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:02.420
 in the picture

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:02.780
 knew

00:31:02.780 --> 00:31:04.560
 Jesus.

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:05.780
 We,

00:31:05.780 --> 00:31:06.200
 we did,

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.640
 we worship

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.080
 idols,

00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:09.120
 we did

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:11.259
 hope to have

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.559
 a good life

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.259
 in some way.

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.900
 Have some

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:17.420
 job when we

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.240
 get older

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.900
 or have family

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:21.059
 and

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:22.940
 that's about it

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.559
 and we all knew

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.480
 that we would die

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.180
 one day

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.680
 because

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.579
 as we worship

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.099
 idols,

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.799
 we worship

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.680
 all sorts of God,

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.640
 we also

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:32.460
 burn incense

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.599
 and supplies

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.440
 to our ancestors

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.460
 so that they

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.119
 don't suffer

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.920
 in hell.

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.140
 So,

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.859
 that is the hope

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.379
 that we have

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:40.879
 basically

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.440
 you just

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.100
 live their life

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.880
 and die

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.820
 and hope that

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.360
 somebody

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.900
 from your

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.300
 descendants

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:47.640
 would keep

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.120
 supplying

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:49.680
 things for you

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.000
 while you're

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.400
 in hell

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.860
 so that you

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.320
 don't suffer

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:52.460
 so much.

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.880
 I'm not sure.

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.280
 So,

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.660
 that's what

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.740
 made me

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:59.280
 quite unsatisfied

00:31:59.280 --> 00:31:59.800
 with life.

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.780
 What sort of

00:32:00.780 --> 00:32:01.400
 life that is?

00:32:01.780 --> 00:32:02.740
 Why should we

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.760
 live for?

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.440
 In particular

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.980
 because we were

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.780
 quite poor.

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:08.020
 It just

00:32:08.020 --> 00:32:08.920
 didn't

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.780
 make sense

00:32:09.780 --> 00:32:10.860
 and I didn't

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.899
 think that

00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:12.679
 that should

00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:13.079
 be the

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.699
 way

00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:15.079
 and that's

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.319
 what

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.119
 made me

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.719
 started to

00:32:16.719 --> 00:32:17.099
 look

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:18.619
 for the

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:18.879
 truth.

00:32:20.459 --> 00:32:21.139
 At that

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.399
 time,

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.679
 I mean,

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.299
 I wasn't

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.579
 seeking

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.079
 anything

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:24.979
 in no-go.

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.219
 So,

00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:25.919
 I wasn't

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:26.699
 even having

00:32:26.699 --> 00:32:27.419
 any concern

00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:27.819
 with my

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.319
 family

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.759
 even though

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.299
 my parents,

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:31.219
 they worked

00:32:31.219 --> 00:32:31.759
 very hard

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.199
 for the

00:32:32.199 --> 00:32:32.539
 family.

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.479
 My older

00:32:33.479 --> 00:32:33.899
 siblings

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.459
 also worked

00:32:34.459 --> 00:32:34.919
 very hard.

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.560
 I was

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:35.740
 only

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:35.940
 thinking

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.160
 about

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.600
 myself.

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:38.960
 Though

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.560
 the

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:39.860
 saying

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.039
 of

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.640
 Mancius

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.019
 did

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:42.680
 sort of

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.380
 point

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.880
 to the

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.060
 fact

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.340
 that I

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:44.500
 might

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.779
 have

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.300
 this

00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:46.259
 wrongdoing,

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:46.700
 the evil

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.160
 thoughts,

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.039
 but I

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.440
 didn't

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.800
 actually

00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:49.279
 understand.

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.180
 I didn't

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.480
 think that

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.920
 I was a

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.200
 bad

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.580
 person

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:52.720
 and

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:54.860
 I

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.039
 didn't

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.259
 think,

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:55.880
 even

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.420
 I was,

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.800
 I didn't

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.080
 even know

00:32:57.080 --> 00:32:57.380
 how to

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:57.840
 change

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.400
 in terms

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:58.800
 of what

00:32:58.800 --> 00:32:59.039
 do I

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.200
 do.

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:01.259
 all

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.460
 this

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.799
 changed

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.420
 when I

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.340
 see the

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.640
 glory

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.299
 of

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.640
 honor

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.420
 of

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:05.539
 the

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.720
 Lord

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:05.940
 Jesus

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.400
 Christ.

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.819
 So at

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.259
 first I

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.580
 thought

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:10.019
 glory

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.480
 was just

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.700
 being

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.140
 majestic

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.600
 and

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.259
 shining

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.880
 something

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.279
 like the

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.580
 sun

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:14.400
 until I

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.960
 saw

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.279
 Jesus.

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.340
 So in

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:16.559
 the

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.860
 Gospel

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.140
 of

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.480
 John

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.120
 we are

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.340
 told

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.640
 that

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.400
 and

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.559
 the

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.759
 word

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.160
 became

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.819
 flesh

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.180
 and

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.620
 dwelt

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.039
 among

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.420
 us

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.779
 and

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:23.920
 we

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.039
 have

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.220
 seen

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.420
 his

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.860
 glory

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.620
 as

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:25.740
 the

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:25.980
 only

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.340
 son

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:26.680
 from

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:26.920
 the

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.360
 father

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:28.460
 full

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.640
 of

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:28.960
 grace

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.140
 and

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.440
 truth.

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.700
 So what

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.920
 as the

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.319
 word

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.579
 said

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:33.900
 we should

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.180
 seek

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.460
 for

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.840
 glory

00:33:34.840 --> 00:33:35.039
 and

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.340
 honor

00:33:35.340 --> 00:33:35.600
 and

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.460
 immortality

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.880
 what do

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.019
 they

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.319
 mean?

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.799
 And

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.500
 when we

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:39.700
 see

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:39.980
 Jesus

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.319
 then we

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.600
 know

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:40.960
 what

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.480
 they

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.799
 mean.

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.900
 Jesus

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.259
 is

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.779
 full

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:45.960
 of

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.279
 glory

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.700
 we've

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:46.860
 seen

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.059
 his

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.340
 glory

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:48.000
 as

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.420
 of

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:48.559
 the

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:48.799
 only

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.180
 son

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.420
 from

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.579
 the

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:49.900
 father

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.400
 full

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:50.579
 of

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:50.799
 grace

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:50.980
 and

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.240
 truth.

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:52.920
 Well

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.220
 Jesus

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.539
 did not

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:53.720
 have

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:53.840
 a

00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:54.100
 shining

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.539
 appearance

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:54.900
 he

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.079
 did

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.279
 not

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.620
 have

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.120
 earthly

00:33:56.120 --> 00:33:56.539
 power

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:56.819
 or

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.120
 wealth

00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:57.680
 he

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:57.819
 didn't

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.079
 even

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.480
 have

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.620
 attractive

00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:01.559
 faith

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.319
 as the

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.500
 Bible

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.640
 told us.

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.799
 So where

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.180
 is

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:06.120
 Jesus'

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.579
 glory?

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.960
 He was

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.380
 full of

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.659
 grace

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:08.900
 and

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.260
 truth.

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.900
 Grace in

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.320
 that when

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.760
 you talk

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.179
 to him

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.980
 you will

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.460
 know that

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.719
 he is

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.159
 not there

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.740
 to belittle

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.159
 you

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.959
 but to

00:34:16.959 --> 00:34:17.339
 show you

00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:17.979
 compassion

00:34:17.979 --> 00:34:19.079
 but to

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:20.279
 show you

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:20.919
 compassion.

00:34:20.919 --> 00:34:20.979
 Truth in

00:34:20.979 --> 00:34:21.539
 that when

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.239
 you talk

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.679
 to him

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.879
 you will

00:34:23.879 --> 00:34:24.199
 know that

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.439
 he is

00:34:24.439 --> 00:34:24.819
 not there

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.500
 to endow

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.819
 you

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.799
 but to

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.159
 set you

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.500
 free.

00:34:28.959 --> 00:34:29.279
 There's

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:29.719
 only two

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.019
 things

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.699
 but there

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.159
 are a lot

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.819
 more in

00:34:31.819 --> 00:34:32.099
 terms of

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.339
 when we

00:34:32.339 --> 00:34:32.599
 see

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.399
 Jesus

00:34:33.399 --> 00:34:33.839
 Christ

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.639
 we will

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:34.799
 see

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.159
 glory.

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.219
 glory.

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:38.420
 And I

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:38.639
 thought

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.339
 honor was

00:34:39.339 --> 00:34:39.599
 being

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.039
 respected

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.719
 by others

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:42.719
 and that's

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.239
 why I was

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:44.839
 as a

00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:45.239
 teenager

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.879
 I was

00:34:45.879 --> 00:34:47.039
 trying to

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.339
 get more

00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:47.899
 respect from

00:34:47.899 --> 00:34:48.480
 my friends

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.079
 and that's

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.319
 honor.

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:51.260
 but when

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.600
 I saw

00:34:51.600 --> 00:34:51.920
 Jesus

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.400
 then I

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.840
 knew that

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.740
 that wasn't

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:55.720
 the true

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:56.019
 honor.

00:34:57.140 --> 00:34:57.400
 Jesus

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.880
 lived out

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.340
 the honor

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.720
 of being

00:34:58.720 --> 00:34:59.220
 a man.

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:01.800
 Though he

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.180
 was not

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:02.680
 respected

00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:03.340
 by man

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:04.320
 but he

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.700
 completed

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.380
 his mission

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.280
 of restoring

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.920
 our honor.

00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:10.180
 Psalm 8

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:12.160
 chapter 5

00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:12.539
 says

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.280
 yet you

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:13.840
 have made

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.559
 man a

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.080
 little lower

00:35:15.080 --> 00:35:15.519
 than the

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.740
 heavenly

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.220
 beings

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.740
 and crown

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.160
 him with

00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:18.019
 glory and

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.420
 honor.

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.300
 You know

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.800
 when God

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.519
 created us

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.920
 he

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:24.500
 crowned us

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.960
 with glory

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.420
 and honor.

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.080
 We have

00:35:26.080 --> 00:35:26.620
 lost that.

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.760
 What is

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.960
 honor?

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.180
 Do you

00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:32.760
 feel honor

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.700
 to be

00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:34.360
 a woman

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.480
 or a man?

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.260
 Is that

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:38.120
 something special?

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:38.539
 Is it

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:38.840
 something

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.800
 that

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.920
 is

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:42.900
 exciting?

00:35:44.580 --> 00:35:45.140
 Do you

00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:45.519
 feel honor

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.019
 to be a

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.340
 husband

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.880
 or a

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.200
 wife?

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:48.460
 A

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.760
 father

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.000
 or

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.300
 mother?

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:50.480
 feel

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:50.840
 honor to

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.059
 be a

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.400
 teacher

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.960
 or a

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.340
 musician?

00:35:53.080 --> 00:35:53.360
 Feel

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.740
 honor to

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.039
 be part

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.240
 of the

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.519
 church?

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.080
 We lost

00:35:56.080 --> 00:35:56.920
 that sense

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.420
 of honor

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.019
 in terms

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.900
 of God

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.340
 has created

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.680
 me,

00:36:00.080 --> 00:36:00.360
 God has

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.760
 given me

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:01.059
 this.

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.820
 It's

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.280
 an honor

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:04.120
 to be

00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:06.480
 God's

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.740
 creature

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:08.100
 in that

00:36:08.100 --> 00:36:08.440
 way.

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.680
 We

00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:11.460
 lost

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.760
 that.

00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:13.580
 C.S.

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:14.120
 Lewis in

00:36:14.120 --> 00:36:14.640
 his nine

00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:15.240
 years story

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:16.000
 helped me

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.680
 in some

00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:16.920
 way.

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:18.159
 in the

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.940
 Prince

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.460
 Caspian

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.539
 story.

00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:21.940
 After the

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.680
 battle,

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.420
 this little

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.840
 mouse,

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:25.840
 Rupichi,

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.139
 he was

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.500
 injured

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.440
 and his

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.900
 tail was

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.340
 cut off

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.740
 as well.

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.180
 Aslan

00:36:32.180 --> 00:36:32.880
 healed him

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.720
 but the

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.159
 tail was

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:36.760
 still

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.940
 missing.

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:40.559
 when Rupichi

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.200
 appeared

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:41.480
 before

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.860
 Aslan,

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:45.320
 he bowed

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:45.679
 before him

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:45.900
 and then

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.300
 he realized

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.539
 that he

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:46.920
 didn't have

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.300
 the tail.

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.679
 Then he

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.019
 felt

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.519
 ashamed.

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.099
 He said,

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:51.480
 I can't

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.300
 come before

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:53.220
 you without

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.940
 my tail.

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.860
 Aslan

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.059
 said,

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.420
 why?

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.099
 What's

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.559
 important

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:58.880
 of the

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.119
 tail?

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.220
 Rupichi

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:00.440
 said,

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:00.760
 I'm

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.119
 created

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.500
 as a

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.820
 small

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.760
 mice.

00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:06.580
 the tail

00:37:06.580 --> 00:37:07.020
 means that

00:37:07.020 --> 00:37:07.320
 this is

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:07.720
 part of

00:37:07.720 --> 00:37:08.460
 me as

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.880
 being

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.200
 created

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.700
 by him,

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.400
 by Aslan.

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.840
 That's

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.080
 why he

00:37:13.080 --> 00:37:13.740
 felt ashamed

00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:15.040
 not being

00:37:15.040 --> 00:37:15.600
 complete

00:37:15.600 --> 00:37:16.600
 before him.

00:37:18.040 --> 00:37:18.860
 It just

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.260
 helped

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:21.060
 me to

00:37:21.060 --> 00:37:21.560
 see that

00:37:21.560 --> 00:37:22.040
 I'm

00:37:22.040 --> 00:37:22.280
 created

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.880
 by God

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.680
 and I

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:24.200
 have a

00:37:24.200 --> 00:37:24.520
 mission

00:37:24.520 --> 00:37:25.540
 and I

00:37:25.540 --> 00:37:25.880
 have

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:28.600
 I'm

00:37:28.600 --> 00:37:29.080
 reflecting

00:37:29.080 --> 00:37:30.260
 God's

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:30.740
 glory

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:31.660
 in the

00:37:31.660 --> 00:37:32.280
 way I

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:32.560
 live.

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.720
 And so

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.360
 that affects

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.960
 how I

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.760
 take my

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.880
 role in

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.320
 different

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:38.780
 aspects of

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:39.420
 life.

00:37:40.560 --> 00:37:41.400
 When we

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.740
 have this

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.220
 sense of

00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:42.600
 God,

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.160
 then our

00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:44.480
 life will

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.300
 be different.

00:37:45.540 --> 00:37:45.900
 How we

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.380
 react,

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:46.960
 act with

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.360
 people,

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.880
 how we

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:50.580
 face the

00:37:50.580 --> 00:37:51.140
 stress that

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:51.860
 we face,

00:37:52.100 --> 00:37:53.100
 we experience

00:37:53.100 --> 00:37:53.560
 day to

00:37:53.560 --> 00:37:53.860
 day,

00:37:54.600 --> 00:37:54.960
 if we

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.580
 have this

00:37:55.580 --> 00:37:56.500
 sense of

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.020
 honour.

00:38:00.120 --> 00:38:00.800
 About

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.700
 immortality,

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.180
 so I

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.919
 thought immortality

00:38:02.919 --> 00:38:03.519
 was being

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.279
 alive forever,

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.379
 but I

00:38:05.379 --> 00:38:05.779
 didn't even

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.399
 know what

00:38:06.399 --> 00:38:06.980
 life is

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.559
 until I

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.199
 heard Jesus

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.579
 saying,

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.839
 I am the

00:38:09.839 --> 00:38:10.259
 resurrection

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:11.019
 and the

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.319
 life,

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:11.799
 whoever

00:38:11.799 --> 00:38:12.539
 believes in

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:12.779
 me,

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.419
 though he

00:38:13.419 --> 00:38:13.819
 dies,

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.319
 yet he

00:38:14.319 --> 00:38:14.559
 shall

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.919
 live.

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.079
 death,

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:28.440
 you

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.800
 word death,

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.440
 so I

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:29.840
 live

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.440
 Gas