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 1 Thessalonians 5, 23 and 24.

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 Now may the God of peace himself

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 sanctify you completely.

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 And may your whole spirit and soul and body

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 be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 He who calls you is faithful.

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 He will surely do it.

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 Amen.

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 I want to open this morning with a question.

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 If you're a Christian,

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 do you think when you wake up tomorrow morning,

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 you'll still be a Christian?

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 Think about it.

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 Meditate on that for just a second.

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 If you're a Christian today,

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 do you think that tomorrow you still will be?

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 Now I don't want to make too many assumptions in that question.

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 I recognize that not everyone here may be a Christian.

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 I suspect that most of you at least understand yourselves to be.

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 Why do you believe you will be one tomorrow?

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 Why do you expect that despite significant doubts,

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 that I would imagine at least some of you probably wrestle with,

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 I wonder why you would expect that with significant doubts that you'll still believe tomorrow.

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 Why do you suppose that the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of sin will not choke out your desire to believe and obey Christ?

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 And the truth is maybe you don't have much confidence about that.

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 You're just trying to hang on as tightly as you can.

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 And I have been there certain points in my life and in my faith

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 where I didn't know if the next day I actually would wake up and still believe or still want this.

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 You're just trying to hang on as tightly as I can.

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 And maybe you're at a place now or maybe you at least can relate to something like that.

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 There's been a time in your life where you just thought,

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 I'm just trying to hang on and hope for the best and hope that I can still hang on tomorrow.

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 But I suspect that if you think yourself a Christian now,

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 you'll probably go to sleep tonight expecting to wake up tomorrow still being one.

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 But the question is, why do you think that?

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 Why would that even happen when there seems to be so much that's working against us?

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 So much working against us even maybe that's within us?

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 We even think about Galatians 5 that we just read a moment ago.

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 We're at war all the time?

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 Essentially is what Paul is saying there.

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 There's really only one true answer to the question.

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 There's only one reason why you'll wake up tomorrow and still be a Christian.

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 It's not because you have the willpower to keep going when others fall away.

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 Remember that's what Peter said?

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 Then Jesus, right before he goes to the Garden of Gethsemane,

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 he tells the disciples, he says, you're all going to forsake me.

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 And Peter says, no, Lord.

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 And he acknowledges the other 11.

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 He says, those guys may do it.

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 I'll never do it.

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 He thought he had the willpower.

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 He thought that he had all that it took to persevere in and of himself.

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 And Jesus says, no, actually, you're going to deny me three times before even the alarm clock goes off tomorrow.

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 Three times.

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 And, of course, we read our Bibles.

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 We know that's exactly what happened, isn't it?

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 It won't be because you've got the willpower to just make it through when other people fall away.

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 It won't be because you've personally reached a point of no return.

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 It won't be because you're so spiritually mature that you're so in love with Jesus that you're beyond any temptation to turn back from him.

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 It won't be for any of those reasons.

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 If you're a Christian, there's only one reason you'll still be one tomorrow.

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 And it's because God is faithful to keep you to the very end.

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 Jesus said it plainly in John 6.

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 That's actually his mission.

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 This is the will of him who sent me, Jesus said.

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 That I should lose nothing of all he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.

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 For this is the will of my Father, Jesus said.

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 That everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him, that they should have eternal life.

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 And I will raise him up on the last day.

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 That's Jesus' mission.

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 Sent here by the Father to secure salvation for his people.

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 And he will lose none of them.

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 But like us, the Thessalonians, if we've studied this letter, they had all kinds of struggles that could have resulted in abandoning the faith.

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 In fact, there's even a time in the letter, you'll remember back in chapters 2 and 3,

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 where Paul was concerned that maybe the persecution and the cares of this world they were facing

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 might have caused them to abandon the faith that they had once professed.

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 So he sent Timothy, remember, Timothy sent to check on them and secure the gospel witness in the church.

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 You remember.

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 Some of them had doubts about the return of Christ, which caused incredible grief and confusion.

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 Some of them battled with the attractiveness of serious sins that might have easily consumed them.

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 We read about that in chapter 4.

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 The cares of this life, the persecution of the Jews and their neighbors

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 had the potential of shipwrecking a faith that they had at least professed to have.

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 And yet, despite all of those things, when we get to chapter 5 and we understand the letter as a whole,

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 they continued to endure.

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 They were even growing.

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 They were gaining maturity.

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 They were gaining faithfulness.

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 Yeah, they had some sins, but they were progressing through it.

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 Why?

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 How?

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 Paul was convinced that God would secure and sanctify them until Christ's return.

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 A magnificent, glorious, encouraging truth that he underscores here at the end of the letter.

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 And it's through this amazing benediction here at the end that I want to just present you once again

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 with the faithful God who promises to preserve and to purify his people to the very end.

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 First, I want you to see a prayer of blessing.

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 A prayer of blessing.

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 Look with me at verse 23.

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 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely

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 and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless

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 at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 This is the last of two major benedictions in the letter.

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 The first one was in chapter 3, if you just look at it.

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 Chapter 3, verses 11 to 13.

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 There's similarities between the two.

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 Now may our God and Father himself, our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.

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 May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all as we do for you,

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 so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father

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 at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

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 That sounds very similar to this last one, isn't it?

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 In the first one, Paul prays for God to establish their hearts blameless in holiness at the coming of the Lord.

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 And that blessing, it closed a section that was focused on the Thessalonians' persevering faith.

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 So using similar language here in the second and final benediction in the letter,

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 Paul prays for their progress in sanctification,

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 their progress in holy living.

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 And again, the prayer is for God to purify and to preserve his people until Christ returns.

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 And it's a fitting conclusion to this section.

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 But it's also, I think, the climax of the whole letter.

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 Everything beginning at chapter 1 all the way to this point,

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 everything has been pushing forward to this idea here at the end.

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 It contains the final note of certainty that Jesus will return,

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 which now we can understand to be by far the most prominent theme of the whole letter.

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 Jesus is coming back.

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 He's coming back soon.

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 They were living as if it could be any moment.

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 As should we.

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 Listen, all of creation, it is headed toward the climactic moment of Jesus' coming

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 when he will complete his saving work in his people

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 and he will bring final judgment on everyone else.

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 And the issue of preparedness for that moment comes to the surface again here.

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 And we have to ask, are you ready?

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 He could come today.

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 Are you ready?

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 Are you prepared?

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 Will he find you believing and pursuing holiness as a result of that faith?

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 Or will you be judged with the unbelieving who pursue self and sin instead?

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 Now, Paul's prayer for the Thessalonian Christians was that God would, quote,

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 sanctify them completely.

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 Sanctify them completely.

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 Now, we understand that God will complete this work in us when Christ returns.

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 But Paul is primarily concerned here with their present sanctification,

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 not their future glorification.

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 Now, I'm not going to go into all the differences there.

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 We understand that's the implication of the text, right?

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 It is all indeed moving to the end at which time God will glorify his saints.

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 That is, he will free us entirely from sin and death and disease

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 and all the things that are promised for us in Revelation 21.

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 That's coming.

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 I don't think that's what Paul has primarily in mind here.

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 I think he's praying specifically for the Thessalonians presently in that moment,

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 in this life, their sanctification.

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 We should understand completely here in verse 23 in the sense of thorough, of whole.

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 We might read it,

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 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you thoroughly.

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 May he sanctify you wholly, entirely.

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 And this becomes even more evident when we get to the second part of the prayer

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 when Paul refers to spirit, soul, and body.

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 What's he mean?

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 What's he saying?

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 He's praying that until Jesus returns,

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 their whole being, everything about them,

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 what they do, how they think,

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 the nature of their worship,

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 both in private and in public and in corporate worship,

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 that all of those things,

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 that God would make them and keep them blameless.

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 In other words,

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 he asked God to make these Christians

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 thoroughly faithful,

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 mature,

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 and holy people

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 prepared for the Lord's coming.

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 Listen, holiness of spirit, soul, and body,

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 of our whole being,

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 it must be

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 your earnest desire.

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 And if you're a Christian,

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 it will be

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 your earnest

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 desire.

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 We don't understand Paul here to mean

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 perfect

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 when he says blameless.

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 In other places,

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 in the New Testament,

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 he says that,

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 for example,

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 you're to have elders and pastors

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 in your church

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 that are above reproach

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 and that are

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 blameless.

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 He says in another place

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 to one of the other churches,

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 referring to himself,

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 that in his preaching

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 and in his living before the churches,

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 he himself was

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 blameless.

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 And yet,

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 we go to a place like

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 Philippians chapter 3

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 or Romans chapter 7,

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 and we find that Paul

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 at no point

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 considered himself

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 to have reached a state

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 of perfection

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 or sinlessness.

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 He understands that

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 all of us

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 are awaiting that

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 at the return of Christ.

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 So when he says blameless here,

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 he's not speaking of

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 a kind of perfection

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 or a sinlessness.

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 He's just speaking of holiness,

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 a characterization

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 of thorough righteousness

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 in our whole being.

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 And if you're a Christian,

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 part of the work

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 that God does in you

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 is he sets this

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 as your desire.

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 You want to please him,

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 you want to love him,

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 and you want to live

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 in a way that is worthy

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 of the call

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 that he's put on your life.

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 John makes it plain for us

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 in 1 John chapter 2

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 verses 3 through 5.

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 He writes,

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 and by this we know

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 that we have come to know him.

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 We are made certain of

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 and assured of

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 our salvation

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 if we keep his commandments.

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 Whoever says,

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 I know him,

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 but does not keep his commandments,

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 John says,

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 is a liar.

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 The truth is not in him,

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 but whoever keeps his word

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 in him,

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 truly the love of God

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 is perfected.

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 It is brought to maturity.

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 It is completed.

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 It is made whole.

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 Sounds a lot like

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 what Paul is saying

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 in 1 Thessalonians 5.

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 By this we may know

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 that we are in him.

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 Whoever says he abides in him

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 ought to walk in the same way

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 in which he walked.

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 But back in 1 Thessalonians 5,

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 I want you to notice

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 in verse 23,

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 in Paul's prayer,

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 who is doing the sanctifying

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 and keeping?

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 Those are the verbs.

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 Sanctify,

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 be kept,

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 but who's the subject?

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 It's the God of peace himself

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 that is the subject.

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 Must we willfully pursue holiness?

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 Yes.

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 But our sanctification,

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 like every other facet

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 of our salvation,

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 is ultimately

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 the work of God's grace.

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 Our sanctification

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 flows out of

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 our justification.

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 That is,

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 when God saves us,

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 he sets us

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 on this divine,

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 gracious path

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 of pursuing purity

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 and holiness.

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 It is his work of grace.

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 He is the acting agent here.

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 There's no other way

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 to understand

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 what Paul's saying.

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 He asks God

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 to sanctify them.

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 He asks God

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 to keep them.

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 Why?

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 Not because he wants

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 to let them off the hook.

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 No, because he understands

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 that fundamentally,

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 this is a work of grace.

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 God does this work in us.

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 This is the testimony

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 of the scripture.

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 Ephesians 2 and verse 10,

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 we read it a moment ago.

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 For we are his workmanship.

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 Do you remember the song?

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 Maybe you sung it as a kid.

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 He's still working on me

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 to make me what I ought to be.

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 It took him just a day

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 to make the moon and the stars,

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 the sun and the earth,

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 Jupiter and Mars.

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 How loving and faithful

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 he must be

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 to still be working on me.

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 We sing that as kids, right?

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 Is that not what Paul means?

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 We are his workmanship.

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 We're his project.

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 Created

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 That's a reference

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 to our conversion.

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 You don't create yourself.

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 That's a work of grace.

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 Created in Christ Jesus

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 for

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 good works,

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 holiness,

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 righteousness,

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 blamelessness,

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 which God prepared beforehand

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 that we should walk in them.

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 2 Corinthians 3 and verse 18,

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 and we all

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 with unveiled face

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 beholding the glory

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 of the Lord,

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 we are being transformed

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 into the same image.

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 That is the image of Christ.

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 We are being transformed

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 into the same image

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 from one degree of glory

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 to another.

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 What is he saying?

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 He's saying this is

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 a progressive work

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 of grace

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 that God is doing

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 in our lives.

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 He is transforming us.

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 We might say

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 in relationship

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 to our justification

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 that we have been saved,

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 but when we think

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 about our sanctification,

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 we would change that.

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 We would say

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 we are being saved.

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 Our justification

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 guarantees

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 our sanctification

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 that we are being saved,

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 which will result

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 in our glorification

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 that one day

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 we will say

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 we will be saved

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 at the coming of the Lord.

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 finally,

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 it's complete,

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 it's done.

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 What is he saying

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 in 2 Corinthians 3.18?

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 That right now

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 we're being transformed.

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 We are being saved.

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 We are being transformed

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 to the image of Christ

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 from one degree

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 of glory

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 to another.

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 We're making progress.

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 And then he says

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 this comes

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 from the Lord

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 who is

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 the Spirit,

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 the Spirit of God

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 working in the people

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 of God

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 to conform them

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 to the image

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 of the Son of God

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 all for the glory

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 of God.

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 Now how does God

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 accomplish this work?

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 He sanctifies us

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 not by anything extravagant.

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 last weekend

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 I got to spend

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 an extended weekend

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 four or five days

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 with a group

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 of other pastors

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 at Capitol Hill Baptist Church

00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:15.559
 in Washington, D.C.

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 in the opening session

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 Jonathan Lehman

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 some of you

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 have been reading

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 his books

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 Jonathan Lehman

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 he said

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 I want to just

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 make clear here

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 what you're going to see

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 this weekend

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 and what you're not going to see.

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 He said

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 you will not see

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 this weekend

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 anything extraordinary.

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 He said

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 all you're going to see

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 this weekend

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 is an ordinary church

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 led by ordinary elders

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 according to the ordinary

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 means of grace

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 because that's the way

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 that the Lord does

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 his extraordinary work.

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 You know how

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 he's going to sanctify you?

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 It won't be through

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 anything extraordinary.

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 He may use

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 some unusual circumstances

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 from time to time

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 but his sanctifying work

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 by and large

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 it won't be through

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 anything extraordinary.

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 You know what it's going to be through?

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 An ordinary church

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 with an ordinary pastor

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 with ordinary Christians

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 who love each other

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 are committed to one another

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 who are committed

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 to the ordinary means of grace

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 the scriptures

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 prayer

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 worship

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 the ordinances

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 discipleship

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 that's how he does it.

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 That's how he does it.

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 Now if you're not

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 growing in holiness

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 if you're not

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 progressing in sanctification

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 determination

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 you know what I mean

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 it's not wise

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 to take a small sample

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 of your life

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 and try to make

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 that determination.

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 It's like baseball

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 is about to start

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 we're finishing up

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 spring training.

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 One of the phrases

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:52.059
 you'll hear over and over

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 if you care anything

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 about baseball right now

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 is this is a small sample size

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 we have no idea

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 if this is indicative

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 of what the season

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 is going to be like

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 right?

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 If you try to evaluate

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.559
 your Christian life

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 by taking a small sample size

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 just a couple weeks

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 or a couple months

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 it's probably not going

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 to be very useful to you.

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 we're looking at

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.859
 the trajectory

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.799
 of our lives right?

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.599
 You look at

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.139
 the trajectory

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.940
 of your life

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 an extended amount

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 of time

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 and you say

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 yeah there's not really

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 a lot of progress

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 happening there

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 in a spiritual sense.

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 There's only two

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 explanations for that.

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 The first one

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 is that you're just

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.539
 not a Christian.

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 Our justification

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 guarantees our

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.119
 sanctification

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 in some form.

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.879
 Now God does his work

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 differently in everybody.

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 We're all

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 at different places.

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.380
 We're all

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.720
 working according

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.500
 to God's working

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.200
 in our lives right?

00:22:41.260 --> 00:22:42.040
 We understand that.

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.040
 When you look

00:22:44.040 --> 00:22:44.620
 at the trajectory

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:45.680
 of your Christian life

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.660
 and there's no

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:48.680
 real sanctifying work

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.700
 sanctifying progress

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.380
 happening it could

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.020
 just be you're

00:22:51.020 --> 00:22:51.720
 just not a Christian.

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:55.140
 You've never really

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:56.240
 been born again

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 by the Spirit of God.

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 Maybe you've made

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 some religious

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:00.880
 affirmations.

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 affirmations.

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 Maybe you have

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 identified in some

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:06.520
 way with Christianity

00:23:06.520 --> 00:23:08.220
 but Jesus is neither

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.920
 your Savior

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:10.880
 nor is he your Lord

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 in any genuine

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.460
 sense of that.

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 The other explanation

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 is that you are

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.120
 a Christian

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 who has neglected

00:23:22.820 --> 00:23:24.500
 the ordinary means

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.940
 of grace.

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 If that's the way

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 that God works

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 and you have

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 neglected

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 those means

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:35.960
 why would you

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.799
 ever expect

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:38.720
 to notice

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.480
 any significant

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.900
 work being done

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.500
 in your life?

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.440
 Maybe you've

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.660
 stopped praying

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:47.559
 and meditating

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.519
 on God's word

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 in any real

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 meaningful way.

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 Yeah you bless

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 your food

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 but come on.

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 I mean real

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 prayer.

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 Real communion

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 with God.

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:01.000
 Yeah you bring

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.459
 your Bible

00:24:01.459 --> 00:24:02.359
 to church.

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.059
 Or actually

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.919
 meditating

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.819
 in the scriptures.

00:24:07.979 --> 00:24:08.939
 Opening yourselves

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.679
 to them day

00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.219
 by day

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 week by week.

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 Perhaps you've

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.759
 neglected

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 to regularly

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 gather

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.879
 or at least

00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.479
 meaningfully

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 engage

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 in the gatherings

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:20.539
 of the church

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.079
 for worship.

00:24:22.199 --> 00:24:22.939
 Maybe it's that

00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.739
 your relationships

00:24:23.739 --> 00:24:24.679
 with other Christians

00:24:24.679 --> 00:24:25.599
 are either

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.559
 non-existent

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.259
 or there's

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.619
 really no

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.200
 difference

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:28.659
 in their

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.079
 nature

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.500
 between

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.119
 your

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.599
 relationship

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.019
 with other

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.319
 Christians

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.639
 and your

00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:32.039
 relationships

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.980
 with non-Christians.

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:36.000
 How can you

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.659
 expect God

00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:37.379
 to do a

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:37.659
 thorough

00:24:37.659 --> 00:24:38.539
 work

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.379
 in your

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:39.859
 life

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.919
 when you

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.399
 do not

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:42.339
 avail yourself

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.559
 to his

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.200
 means?

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.740
 So Paul's

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.200
 prayer of

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.539
 blessing

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.460
 is that God

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:51.000
 will thoroughly

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:52.619
 sanctify the

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.379
 Thessalonians

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 in preparation

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 in preparation

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 for Christ's

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:56.200
 return.

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 And we

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.620
 should also

00:24:58.620 --> 00:24:59.220
 pray this

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 for one

00:24:59.620 --> 00:24:59.980
 another.

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 And we

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.380
 should pursue

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:05.080
 that work

00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:06.300
 through the

00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:07.260
 ordinary means

00:25:07.260 --> 00:25:08.140
 of grace.

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 So we have

00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:09.420
 a prayer of

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.720
 blessing.

00:25:10.300 --> 00:25:10.580
 Second,

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.580
 we have a

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:12.820
 promise of

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.220
 blessing.

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 A promise

00:25:14.800 --> 00:25:15.340
 of blessing.

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 Look with me

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.240
 again at

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.920
 verse 24.

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:26.840
 Paul's

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.300
 prayer and

00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:27.700
 encouragement

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.180
 is all

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 anchored

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 here.

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.100
 It's all

00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:30.380
 anchored

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:30.700
 here.

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 Many of

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.100
 our prayers

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.980
 do not

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 come with

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:34.960
 any certainty.

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.560
 We can

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 ask of

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:37.660
 God,

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.960
 we trust

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.740
 in God,

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.039
 but we

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.860
 also trust

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 that God

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:42.120
 will do

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 his work

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 his way

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 in our

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 lives.

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 There's

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 some prayers

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.980
 we pray.

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.580
 We don't

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.120
 know how

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.400
 God's

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.620
 going to

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 work.

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 We just

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 entrust

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.680
 those things

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 to him.

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 But there

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.600
 are some

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.740
 prayers we

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.100
 can be

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 absolutely

00:25:55.800 --> 00:25:57.580
 certain God

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 will answer

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.019
 and this

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 is one

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 of them.

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 The basic

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.360
 framework of

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:03.860
 the promise

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.420
 is simple.

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 He is

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.640
 faithful.

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.680
 He will

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.180
 do it.

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.519
 He is

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.960
 faithful.

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.759
 He will

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.259
 do it.

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 Who is

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.000
 he?

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 The God

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 of peace.

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.560
 What is

00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:18.820
 it that

00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.060
 he's

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.420
 doing?

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 Or

00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:20.580
 that he

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:20.980
 promises

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.620
 to do?

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.259
 Sanctify

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.540
 you

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 completely.

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 Keep

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.820
 you

00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.900
 blameless.

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.080
 The promise

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:29.820
 is significant.

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.100
 God

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:32.600
 will

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.360
 complete

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.640
 his

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.160
 saving

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.640
 work.

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:36.740
 Again

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.120
 and again

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.920
 the scriptures

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.800
 testify to

00:26:38.800 --> 00:26:39.100
 this.

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 We know

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.340
 it commonly

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:41.640
 from

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.100
 Philippians

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:42.840
 1.6.

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.679
 I am

00:26:43.679 --> 00:26:44.159
 persuaded

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:44.599
 that he

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:44.859
 who has

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.139
 begun

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:45.399
 a good

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:45.659
 work

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:45.959
 in you

00:26:45.959 --> 00:26:46.519
 will

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.879
 bring

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.019
 it

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.199
 to

00:26:47.199 --> 00:26:47.720
 completion

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.059
 at the

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.220
 day

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.339
 of

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.579
 Jesus

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.059
 Christ.

00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.339
 Even

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.720
 more,

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.679
 the promise

00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:53.559
 is predicated

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.899
 not simply

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:56.000
 on God's

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.659
 power

00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:58.240
 but

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.119
 particularly

00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:01.099
 on God's

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.659
 character.

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.879
 Do you

00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:03.439
 see it?

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.980
 Look at the

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.359
 verse.

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.539
 He is

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.759
 powerful.

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:08.879
 faithful.

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.420
 He will

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.000
 do it.

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.819
 That's not

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.220
 what Paul

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.680
 says.

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.539
 He is

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.180
 faithful.

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.420
 He will

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:18.859
 do it.

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.720
 The fact

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.180
 that God

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.180
 can save

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.599
 us

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.720
 comes with

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.579
 no special

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.039
 guarantee

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.500
 that he

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.759
 will.

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.759
 However,

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.500
 his

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.200
 perfect

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.599
 faithfulness

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.240
 means his

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.000
 people have

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:36.039
 no reason

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.799
 to doubt

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.940
 the promise

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:39.200
 or fear

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.320
 Christ's

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:40.720
 judgment.

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.559
 So Paul

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.960
 adds a

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.460
 modifier

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.820
 to express

00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.620
 the certainty

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.600
 that should

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:47.440
 comfort us.

00:27:47.820 --> 00:27:48.180
 He doesn't

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.600
 just say

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:48.920
 he will

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.360
 do it.

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:50.180
 He says

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.720
 he will

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.779
 surely

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.259
 do it.

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.779
 It's

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.480
 certain.

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.320
 Our

00:27:55.320 --> 00:27:55.860
 final

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.559
 salvation,

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.600
 our

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.500
 progress

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.680
 until that

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.180
 time

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:02.299
 is 100%

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.580
 guaranteed

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:05.779
 by God's

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.900
 perfect

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.900
 record

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.600
 of

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.600
 faithfulness.

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:10.440
 He's

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.900
 never

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.300
 broken

00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:11.840
 a promise.

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.980
 He has

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.580
 fulfilled

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.180
 them all.

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.080
 He will

00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:15.680
 fulfill

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.300
 this one.

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.300
 Paul

00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:17.880
 says,

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.460
 trust him

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.780
 Thessalonians.

00:28:21.320 --> 00:28:22.480
 Trust him

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:24.019
 Cornelius.

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.660
 Trust him

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.280
 Christians.

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.300
 He's

00:28:27.300 --> 00:28:28.019
 faithful.

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.440
 He'll

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.019
 do it.

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.500
 But there's

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.880
 another

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.380
 modifier

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.120
 here we have

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.460
 to take

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.140
 into account.

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:37.440
 God is

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.900
 perfectly

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.780
 faithful to

00:28:38.780 --> 00:28:39.360
 fulfill his

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:39.840
 promise.

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.220
 But who

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.560
 is the

00:28:42.560 --> 00:28:43.500
 promise for?

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:44.640
 Who can

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.200
 claim the

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.759
 promise?

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.580
 It is for

00:28:48.580 --> 00:28:48.960
 those,

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:49.780
 Paul says,

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.120
 whom

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:52.259
 God

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.980
 calls.

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.580
 He

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:57.560
 who calls

00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:57.900
 you

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:59.220
 is faithful.

00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:01.180
 He will

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.759
 surely

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:03.779
 do it

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:05.360
 for you.

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.920
 This language

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.579
 of calling

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:09.960
 has been

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.640
 used two

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.339
 other times

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.620
 in the

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:11.920
 letter.

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.420
 Just set

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.839
 your eyes

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.180
 on it.

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:15.980
 Chapter 2,

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.740
 verse 12.

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:16.839
 12.

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.680
 We exhorted

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.380
 each one

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.799
 of you

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:22.140
 and encouraged

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.640
 you and

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.259
 charged you

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.880
 to walk

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.339
 in a manner

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.980
 worthy of

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:26.500
 God who

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:28.180
 calls you

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.779
 into his

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.480
 own kingdom

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.839
 and glory.

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.579
 Calls you

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:36.099
 to

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:37.779
 salvation.

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.620
 The second

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.359
 time it's

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.960
 used is in

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.559
 chapter 4

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:41.940
 and verse

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.480
 7.

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:45.220
 God has

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.059
 not called

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:47.579
 us for

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.400
 impurity

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:50.200
 but in

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.519
 holiness.

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.000
 So he

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.559
 calls us

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.160
 to live

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.620
 in

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:58.440
 holiness.

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.799
 So this

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.240
 calling

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.700
 language,

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.279
 it refers

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.700
 to God's

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.160
 sovereign

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.740
 call to

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.319
 salvation

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:06.519
 and the

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.319
 subsequent

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.420
 sanctification

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.460
 that comes

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.980
 along with

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.160
 it.

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.920
 He calls

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.259
 us to

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.740
 believe,

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.579
 calls us

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.000
 into his

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.240
 kingdom

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.819
 and glory

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:16.759
 and those

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.000
 whom he

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.500
 calls into

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.940
 his kingdom

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.420
 and glory

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.079
 he calls

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.599
 to live

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:21.220
 in holiness.

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.180
 So the

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:24.700
 promise is

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.460
 for those

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.200
 whom God

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.920
 calls to

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.539
 salvation

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.819
 and the

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.519
 encouragement

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:31.180
 is that he

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.579
 will be

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:33.140
 faithful to

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.839
 keep

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:36.059
 those he

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.700
 calls

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:38.039
 until the

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.379
 day of

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.839
 Christ.

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.859
 To the

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.539
 very end

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.539
 he will

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.039
 keep them.

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.879
 God

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.640
 will

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:45.279
 be

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.640
 useful.

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.500
 How

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.140
 exactly

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.519
 are we

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.680
 to

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.420
 understand

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:50.299
 this

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.779
 call

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.000
 to

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.599
 salvation?

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.240
 The

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.460
 Bible

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:53.920
 speaks of

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.119
 it in

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.480
 at least

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.779
 two

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.099
 ways.

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.259
 I

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.519
 think

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.180
 really

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.480
 only

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.759
 two

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.160
 ways.

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.259
 First

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.420
 we

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.980
 understand

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.539
 there

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.700
 is

00:30:59.700 --> 00:30:59.900
 the

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.559
 general

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.299
 call

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.579
 of

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.140
 salvation.

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:02.799
 The

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.200
 general

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.700
 call.

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.200
 Sometimes

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.440
 the

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.700
 scriptures

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.319
 speak of

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.599
 God's

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:06.859
 call

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.199
 as a

00:31:07.199 --> 00:31:07.639
 command

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:08.419
 for

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:08.859
 all

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.240
 people

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.939
 to

00:31:09.939 --> 00:31:10.439
 love

00:31:10.439 --> 00:31:11.500
 worship

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.399
 and

00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:12.719
 obey

00:31:12.719 --> 00:31:13.039
 him.

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.379
 He

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:14.759
 calls

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.159
 all

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:15.539
 people

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.279
 everywhere

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:17.199
 to

00:31:17.199 --> 00:31:17.799
 repent.

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.019
 That's

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.819
 Acts 17

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.319
 30 and

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.819
 31.

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:21.939
 He

00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:22.219
 calls

00:31:22.219 --> 00:31:22.539
 all

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.899
 people

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.419
 everywhere

00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:24.099
 to

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.599
 praise

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:24.879
 him.

00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:25.419
 Psalm

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:26.099
 67.

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.439
 Let

00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:27.619
 the

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.019
 peoples

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.439
 praise

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:28.679
 you

00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:28.859
 oh

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.159
 God.

00:31:29.479 --> 00:31:29.659
 Let

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:29.939
 all

00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:30.099
 the

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.419
 peoples

00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:30.839
 praise

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.179
 you.

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:31.559
 The

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.879
 psalmist

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.240
 says.

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.459
 Not

00:31:32.459 --> 00:31:32.879
 just the

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.039
 Jews.

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.240
 All

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.399
 the

00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:33.740
 peoples.

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.200
 They're

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.559
 all

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.900
 called

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.099
 to

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.599
 praise.

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.339
 He

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:38.740
 calls

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.259
 on us

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.420
 to

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.819
 trust

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.200
 Jesus

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.519
 by

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.960
 faith.

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.279
 All

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.640
 people.

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:44.839
 That's

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.120
 Romans

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.400
 10

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.779
 13.

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.819
 Whosoever

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.859
 will

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.319
 call

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.620
 upon

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:50.839
 the

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.000
 name

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.099
 of

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.220
 the

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.559
 Lord

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.559
 shall

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:52.819
 be

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.339
 saved.

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.819
 It's

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:53.980
 the

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.519
 general

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:54.859
 call

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.019
 of

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.480
 salvation.

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.200
 It is

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.759
 implicit

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.599
 in the

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:57.900
 great

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.480
 commission.

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.519
 Christians

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.000
 are to

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.380
 preach

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.620
 the

00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:04.020
 gospel

00:32:04.020 --> 00:32:04.640
 to

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.100
 all

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:05.620
 people

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.720
 regardless

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.660
 of

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:07.940
 whether

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.480
 or not

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.700
 we

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.180
 think

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.740
 or

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.240
 know

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.720
 that

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:10.900
 they

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.100
 will

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.360
 hear

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:11.560
 it

00:32:11.560 --> 00:32:11.800
 and

00:32:11.800 --> 00:32:12.120
 believe

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.460
 it.

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.580
 Implicit

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:14.940
 in the

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.320
 commission

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:16.160
 is the

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.480
 general

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.900
 call.

00:32:17.260 --> 00:32:17.440
 God

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.760
 calls

00:32:17.760 --> 00:32:18.020
 all

00:32:18.020 --> 00:32:18.320
 people

00:32:18.320 --> 00:32:18.700
 everywhere

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:18.980
 to

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.380
 repent

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.980
 and

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.600
 praise

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.340
 and

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:22.240
 trust

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.560
 in

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:22.960
 Christ.

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:23.600
 It's

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:23.740
 the

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.020
 general

00:32:24.020 --> 00:32:24.380
 call.

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.260
 But

00:32:25.260 --> 00:32:25.400
 it's

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.540
 not

00:32:25.540 --> 00:32:25.720
 the

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.020
 only

00:32:26.020 --> 00:32:26.400
 way

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:26.580
 that

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:26.740
 the

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:26.980
 Bible

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.400
 speaks

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:27.580
 of

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:27.940
 God's

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.520
 call.

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.220
 There's

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.460
 also

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.800
 what we

00:32:30.800 --> 00:32:31.160
 call

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.680
 the

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.800
 effectual

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.659
 call.

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:33.919
 The

00:32:33.919 --> 00:32:34.539
 effectual

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:34.799
 call

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.059
 or the

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.599
 effective

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.579
 call.

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.139
 So that

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.359
 the

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.659
 scriptures

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.539
 also

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.779
 speak of

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.099
 God's

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.480
 call to

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.079
 salvation

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:44.940
 as a

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.339
 mighty

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.440
 work

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.379
 of the

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:47.680
 Holy

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.259
 Spirit

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:50.299
 that

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.139
 awakens

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.779
 a dead

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.299
 heart

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.859
 affecting

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.220
 the

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.659
 sinner's

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.379
 response

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.280
 to

00:32:56.280 --> 00:32:57.160
 the

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.740
 general

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.820
 call

00:32:58.820 --> 00:32:59.540
 of

00:32:59.540 --> 00:32:59.660
 the

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.140
 gospel.

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.640
 We

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:02.900
 see it

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.060
 in

00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:03.280
 John

00:33:03.280 --> 00:33:03.680
 3,

00:33:04.280 --> 00:33:04.620
 John

00:33:04.620 --> 00:33:05.240
 6,

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.060
 2

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:06.460
 Corinthians

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.080
 4,

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.940
 Ephesians

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.280
 2,

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.000
 over and

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.140
 over.

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.580
 We see

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:09.920
 there is

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.340
 another

00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:11.020
 way

00:33:11.020 --> 00:33:11.960
 that the

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.500
 apostles

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.400
 were speaking

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.820
 of the

00:33:13.820 --> 00:33:14.260
 call of

00:33:14.260 --> 00:33:14.620
 God

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.460
 and they

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:15.980
 didn't

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.500
 understand

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.040
 that to

00:33:17.040 --> 00:33:17.440
 be the

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.820
 general

00:33:17.820 --> 00:33:18.320
 call

00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:18.980
 that God

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.460
 issues to

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.140
 all people

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.700
 to repent

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.300
 and praise

00:33:21.300 --> 00:33:21.780
 and have

00:33:21.780 --> 00:33:22.120
 faith.

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.800
 They're

00:33:22.800 --> 00:33:23.440
 speaking of

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.120
 a specific

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.740
 call like

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.759
 in 1

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.420
 Thessalonians

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.019
 chapter 2

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.339
 and verse

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:27.880
 13 that

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.160
 we read

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.460
 a moment

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.859
 ago.

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.660
 He has

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.339
 called you

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.819
 into his

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.160
 glory.

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.519
 That is

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.620
 an effective

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.079
 call.

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.460
 It is a

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.779
 call that

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.220
 has actually

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.319
 accomplished

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:36.660
 something.

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.440
 So that

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.039
 while God

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:41.759
 calls everyone

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:43.380
 everywhere to

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.940
 repent and

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.400
 believe,

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.559
 his call

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.120
 comes to

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:49.819
 some with

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.620
 divine

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.779
 effectiveness

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:54.380
 leading to

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.040
 their genuine

00:33:55.040 --> 00:33:55.920
 conversion

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:57.300
 to Christ.

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.160
 Now I

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.400
 just want

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:58.660
 to show

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.080
 you one

00:33:59.080 --> 00:33:59.720
 passage and

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.920
 then you

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.400
 can study

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.900
 this out

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.240
 on your

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.580
 own.

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.140
 1 Corinthians

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:05.020
 chapter 1

00:34:05.020 --> 00:34:06.480
 verses 22

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.260
 to 24.

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.240
 It's on the

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:09.680
 screen or you

00:34:09.680 --> 00:34:10.160
 can turn there.

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.559
 It's up to

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.820
 you.

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.599
 1 Corinthians

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.980
 1, 22

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.619
 to 24.

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.340
 Paul says,

00:34:17.160 --> 00:34:17.820
 for Jews

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.740
 demand

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.860
 signs,

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.820
 Greeks

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:23.720
 seek wisdom

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:25.840
 but we

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.300
 preach

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.039
 Christ

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:28.100
 crucified

00:34:28.100 --> 00:34:29.840
 which is

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.660
 a stumbling

00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:31.160
 block

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:31.900
 to the

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.360
 Jews

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.220
 and

00:34:33.220 --> 00:34:34.039
 folly

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:35.300
 to the

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.980
 Gentiles.

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.200
 He's speaking

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:38.180
 categorically

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:39.740
 that the

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.320
 gospel is

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.160
 being preached,

00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:42.160
 the call

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:42.559
 of God

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.880
 is being

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.300
 issued

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:44.019
 generally

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.900
 to all

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.380
 people,

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.320
 Jew

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:47.460
 and Gentile,

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.080
 Jew

00:34:48.080 --> 00:34:48.860
 and Greek.

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.300
 That's just a

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.680
 way of saying

00:34:49.680 --> 00:34:50.280
 everybody.

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.620
 And Paul

00:34:52.620 --> 00:34:53.220
 says as

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:54.019
 that general

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.960
 call goes

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.460
 out,

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:57.200
 the Jews

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:57.660
 think of it

00:34:57.660 --> 00:34:57.960
 as a

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.280
 stumbling

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.760
 block,

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.340
 the Gentiles

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.920
 think of it

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.380
 as foolishness

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.140
 but then

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:03.559
 there's this

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.400
 other category.

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.280
 He says

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.760
 but to

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.400
 those

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.539
 who are

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.180
 called.

00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:08.980
 Well I

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.660
 thought everybody

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:10.180
 was called

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:10.640
 in the first

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:11.000
 part of the

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.260
 verse.

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.740
 Yes they

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.360
 are in the

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:13.080
 general sense.

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.080
 The general

00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:14.900
 call is going

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.580
 out to all

00:35:15.580 --> 00:35:16.240
 of them but

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.860
 then he uses

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.960
 calling here

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.800
 in a different

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.240
 way.

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:20.019
 This is a

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.940
 different category

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.980
 but to

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.700
 those who

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:23.840
 are called

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:25.760
 whether they're

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.579
 Jew or Greek

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.280
 doesn't matter.

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.119
 Those who

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.800
 are called

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:30.079
 Christ and

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.960
 Christ crucified

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.760
 then to

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:33.260
 them is

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.780
 seen as

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.400
 the power

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.019
 of God

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:36.139
 and the

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.760
 wisdom of

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.119
 God.

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.000
 What is

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.300
 that?

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.179
 It's the

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.599
 call of

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:39.860
 God.

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.800
 Both the

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.400
 general call

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.639
 and the

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.340
 effectual call

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.099
 represented in

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.659
 one passage.

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.539
 The general

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.220
 call goes out

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:46.740
 to all people

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.300
 but there is

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.740
 this thing

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.200
 that God

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:49.460
 does,

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.980
 this work

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.380
 of grace

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:50.800
 that God

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.019
 does when

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.599
 his gospel

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:53.180
 goes out

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.640
 that he

00:35:53.640 --> 00:35:54.160
 transforms

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:54.880
 people.

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:57.119
 His call

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.760
 is effective.

00:35:59.640 --> 00:36:00.360
 The Old

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.700
 Testament

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:01.119
 is said

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.640
 this way,

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.019
 the word

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.340
 of God

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.880
 goes out

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.220
 and it

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:06.099
 never returns

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.440
 to him

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.740
 void.

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.619
 It always

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.380
 accomplishes

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.920
 the purposes

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.480
 that he

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.200
 intends for

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:11.420
 it.

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.099
 To be

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.480
 clear,

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.980
 God does

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.960
 not force

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.740
 anyone

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:19.599
 to receive

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:19.980
 him,

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.840
 God does

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.780
 not force

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.320
 anyone

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:23.320
 to reject

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:23.599
 him.

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.079
 One's

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.579
 rebellion

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.480
 against God

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.539
 and rejection

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:27.900
 of the

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.740
 gospel is

00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:29.920
 truly their

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.900
 willful,

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.740
 volitional

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.820
 rebellion

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.500
 and rejection.

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.380
 God does

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:35.079
 not make

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.300
 them

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:35.920
 disbelieve.

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.960
 The same

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.519
 is true

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.260
 for those

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.860
 who believe.

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.619
 Their faith

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.360
 and repentance

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.280
 are truly

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.840
 their own.

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:44.820
 God doesn't

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.180
 do the

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:45.519
 believing

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.280
 for you.

00:36:46.660 --> 00:36:47.000
 He does

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.780
 not force

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.680
 you to

00:36:48.680 --> 00:36:49.019
 believe.

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.800
 So whether

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:50.280
 you believe

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:50.820
 or not,

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.880
 it is truly

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.300
 an act

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.580
 of your

00:36:52.580 --> 00:36:52.920
 will.

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.960
 But that

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.780
 being said,

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:56.080
 our natural

00:36:56.080 --> 00:36:56.800
 condition

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.920
 is so

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.300
 utterly

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:59.100
 sinful

00:36:59.100 --> 00:36:59.760
 according to

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.280
 the Bible

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:01.780
 that no

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.280
 one will

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:02.880
 ever

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.900
 turn to

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.400
 God

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.059
 apart

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.640
 from

00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:05.980
 his

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.420
 divine

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:07.000
 intervention.

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:08.900
 Romans

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.320
 3

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:09.840
 quoting

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.620
 a string

00:37:10.620 --> 00:37:11.100
 of verses

00:37:11.100 --> 00:37:11.460
 in the

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.620
 Old

00:37:11.620 --> 00:37:11.960
 Testament

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.420
 says

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.600
 no one

00:37:13.600 --> 00:37:14.000
 seeks

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.660
 for God

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:14.739
 God.

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.619
 No one

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.980
 on their

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.359
 own

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:16.819
 apart

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:17.059
 from

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.359
 God's

00:37:17.359 --> 00:37:17.879
 intervention

00:37:17.879 --> 00:37:18.719
 actually

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.279
 wants

00:37:19.279 --> 00:37:19.559
 him.

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.099
 They

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.399
 all

00:37:20.399 --> 00:37:20.859
 hate

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.299
 him.

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.219
 They

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.420
 want

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.599
 what

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:23.839
 they

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:24.420
 want.

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.739
 We

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.119
 want

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.299
 what

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:26.500
 we

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.019
 want.

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.259
 It's

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:28.480
 our

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.000
 rebellion.

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.319
 And nobody's

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:31.679
 just going to

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.279
 wake up one

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:32.599
 day of their

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:33.119
 own volition

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.559
 and decide,

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:33.759
 you know

00:37:33.759 --> 00:37:33.899
 what,

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.239
 I think

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:34.759
 I'm tired

00:37:34.759 --> 00:37:35.179
 of serving

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.559
 myself.

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:35.920
 I think

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.319
 I'll serve

00:37:36.319 --> 00:37:36.599
 someone

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:36.879
 else.

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.480
 Jesus

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.799
 sounds

00:37:37.799 --> 00:37:38.019
 pretty

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.259
 good.

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.759
 Maybe

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:38.960
 I'll

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.179
 try

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.559
 that.

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.239
 It

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.480
 doesn't

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:40.799
 work

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:41.039
 like

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.420
 that.

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:42.779
 We're

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.000
 too

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.480
 sinful

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:43.780
 for

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.099
 that.

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.639
 I just

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:46.820
 don't

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:47.159
 think we

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.760
 understand

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:49.219
 the depth

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:49.500
 of our

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:49.679
 own

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.340
 depravity.

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:51.519
 It's

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.880
 not that

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.440
 we all

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.820
 do the

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.099
 worst

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.639
 possible

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.099
 sins.

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.579
 It's

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:54.960
 that we're

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.320
 all

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.960
 thoroughly

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.380
 corrupt.

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.159
 And what

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.699
 Paul is

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.300
 praying for

00:37:58.300 --> 00:37:58.699
 in 1

00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:59.300
 Thessalonians

00:37:59.300 --> 00:38:00.119
 5 is

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:00.639
 that God

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:00.840
 would

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.340
 reverse

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.699
 that.

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.199
 That he

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.360
 would

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.840
 take the

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.320
 thorough

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:04.079
 corruption

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.960
 that is

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.139
 our

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.639
 nature

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.019
 and our

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.500
 flesh

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.000
 and that

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.300
 he will

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.740
 make it

00:38:07.740 --> 00:38:08.480
 thoroughly

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.619
 holy

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:10.840
 and righteous

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.659
 in the

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:12.039
 spirit

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.579
 of God

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.079
 according

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.460
 to the

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:13.740
 nature

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:13.960
 of

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.460
 Christ.

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.260
 That's

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:15.440
 the

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.820
 prayer.

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:19.219
 We are

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:20.139
 not dying

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.740
 in sin.

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:22.420
 We're

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:23.000
 dead.

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.800
 We're

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.039
 not

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.599
 drowning

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.320
 in sin.

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.599
 We're

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.159
 drowned.

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.880
 We're

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.740
 not awaiting

00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:30.719
!

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:30.800
 We're

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:30.740
 not awaiting

00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.260
 a coming

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:32.079
 condemnation.

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:32.920
 Jesus

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.440
 said in

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:34.059
 John 3,

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.179
 if you

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:35.539
 do not

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:35.920
 believe,

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.179
 you're

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.639
 condemned

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.740
 already.

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.419
 It's

00:38:38.419 --> 00:38:38.579
 your

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.199
 present

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:39.939
 circumstance.

00:38:43.399 --> 00:38:44.259
 Moving

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:45.279
 from

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:45.899
 death

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:46.519
 to

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.099
 life

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:48.619
 requires

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.899
 a

00:38:49.899 --> 00:38:50.279
 miracle

00:38:50.279 --> 00:38:50.679
 from

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:51.159
 God

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:52.099
 and that

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.279
 is

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:52.919
 precisely

00:38:52.919 --> 00:38:53.379
 what

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:53.939
 conversion

00:38:53.939 --> 00:38:54.419
 is.

00:38:55.439 --> 00:38:55.619
 God

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.819
 does

00:38:55.819 --> 00:38:56.019
 not

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.559
 force

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:56.899
 anyone

00:38:56.899 --> 00:38:57.159
 to

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:57.539
 believe

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.059
 but

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.579
 through

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:58.859
 the

00:38:58.859 --> 00:38:59.279
 preaching

00:38:59.279 --> 00:38:59.459
 of

00:38:59.459 --> 00:38:59.599
 the

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.019
 gospel,

00:39:00.439 --> 00:39:00.579
 the

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:00.959
 general

00:39:00.959 --> 00:39:01.439
 call,

00:39:01.899 --> 00:39:02.059
 the

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.379
 Holy

00:39:02.379 --> 00:39:02.859
 Spirit

00:39:02.859 --> 00:39:03.779
 sovereignly

00:39:03.779 --> 00:39:04.339
 and

00:39:04.339 --> 00:39:05.139
 admittedly

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:06.159
 mysteriously

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:07.619
 works

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.079
 a

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.460
 miracle

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:09.079
 in the

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.400
 hardened

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:09.880
 hearts

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.039
 of

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.359
 some

00:39:10.359 --> 00:39:10.559
 who

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:10.880
 hear.

00:39:11.299 --> 00:39:11.659
 That

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:11.880
 is

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.219
 the

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:13.279
 effectual

00:39:13.279 --> 00:39:13.679
 call

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.179
 and

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.500
 when

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:14.779
 he

00:39:14.779 --> 00:39:15.099
 does

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.400
 this

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:15.799
 work

00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:16.279
 of

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:17.099
 regeneration

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.799
 is the

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:17.980
 word

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.519
 we use.

00:39:18.859 --> 00:39:19.000
 This

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.380
 work

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.539
 of

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.139
 bringing

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:20.400
 a

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.819
 dead

00:39:20.819 --> 00:39:21.299
 soul

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:21.579
 to

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.000
 life,

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:22.859
 this

00:39:22.859 --> 00:39:23.400
 work

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.599
 of

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.219
 salvation,

00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:25.339
 calling

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:25.719
 that

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:25.980
 sinner

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.259
 to

00:39:26.259 --> 00:39:26.759
 believe,

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.179
 it

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.319
 is

00:39:27.319 --> 00:39:27.819
 effective.

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.679
 He

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:29.079
 never

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.500
 loses.

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.079
 He

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.319
 doesn't

00:39:32.319 --> 00:39:32.839
 force us

00:39:32.839 --> 00:39:32.980
 to

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.239
 believe

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:33.539
 but when

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:33.619
 he

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.099
 awakens

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:34.279
 your

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:34.480
 heart

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:34.659
 you

00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:34.960
 will.

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.239
 Paul

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:37.639
 says

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:37.819
 the

00:39:37.819 --> 00:39:38.199
 natural

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.500
 man

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:38.659
 is

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:39.119
 blind,

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.360
 he's

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:40.059
 blinded

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:40.719
 by the

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:40.920
 God

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.039
 of

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.219
 this

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:41.599
 world

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.159
 but when

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.579
 God

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.059
 shines

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:43.299
 the

00:39:43.299 --> 00:39:43.579
 light

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:43.699
 of

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:43.819
 the

00:39:43.819 --> 00:39:44.079
 glory

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.259
 of

00:39:44.259 --> 00:39:44.619
 Christ

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:44.779
 in

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:44.920
 their

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.259
 hearts

00:39:45.259 --> 00:39:45.460
 it's

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:45.940
 as if

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.599
 God

00:39:46.599 --> 00:39:46.799
 is

00:39:46.799 --> 00:39:47.179
 taking

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.380
 the

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:47.799
 blindfold

00:39:47.799 --> 00:39:48.299
 and

00:39:48.299 --> 00:39:48.480
 he's

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:48.819
 ripped

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:48.960
 it

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.099
 off

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.199
 of

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:49.319
 our

00:39:49.319 --> 00:39:49.699
 faces

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:49.980
 so

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.279
 then

00:39:50.279 --> 00:39:50.559
 what

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:50.799
 was

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:51.079
 in

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.599
 rebellion

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:51.839
 to

00:39:51.839 --> 00:39:52.059
 God

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.619
 truly

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:53.319
 our

00:39:53.319 --> 00:39:53.639
 own

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.079
 rebellion

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.420
 now

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:54.819
 suddenly

00:39:54.819 --> 00:39:55.039
 is

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.420
 truly

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:56.299
 our

00:39:56.299 --> 00:39:57.000
 own

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:58.259
 faith

00:39:58.259 --> 00:39:59.239
 and

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.900
 love

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:01.259
 where

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.639
 once

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.000
 was a

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.280
 human

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.579
 will

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:02.780
 and

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:03.179
 rebellion

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:03.500
 to

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.800
 God

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.380
 it

00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:04.539
 is

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:04.820
 now

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.019
 a

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.280
 human

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:05.659
 will

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.340
 that

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:06.800
 desires

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:07.079
 to

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:07.320
 love

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:07.440
 and

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:07.719
 obey

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.099
 God

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:08.940
 this

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.119
 is

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.320
 the

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:09.800
 work

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.099
 of

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:10.659
 salvation

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.440
 and

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:11.579
 it

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:11.739
 is

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:12.159
 all

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.320
 of

00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:12.820
 grace

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:13.719
 it's

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:13.980
 all

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.159
 of

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.659
 grace

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:17.980
 this

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.659
 promise

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:20.280
 in

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.599
 chapter

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:21.039
 5

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.179
 in

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:21.340
 verse

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.820
 24

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:23.039
 this

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.719
 promise

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:24.340
 is

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:24.519
 for

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.000
 those

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.239
 whom

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.619
 God

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:25.880
 made

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.039
 his

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.300
 own

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:26.539
 by

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:27.039
 grace

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.380
 before

00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:27.599
 the

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.099
 foundations

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.360
 of

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:28.500
 the

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:28.800
 world

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.619
 it

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:29.739
 is

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:29.960
 for

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.300
 all

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:30.460
 who

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.599
 are

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:30.860
 born

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.199
 again

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.400
 by

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.599
 the

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:31.940
 spirit

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:33.940
 but

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.139
 how

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:34.380
 can

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:34.500
 you

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:34.679
 know

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:34.860
 if

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.159
 that's

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.360
 you

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:37.260
 it

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:37.519
 sounds

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:37.700
 like

00:40:37.700 --> 00:40:37.840
 we

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.200
 can't

00:40:38.200 --> 00:40:38.500
 know

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:39.099
 oh

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.300
 but

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:39.460
 you

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.940
 can

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:42.300
 if

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:42.539
 you

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:42.720
 have

00:40:42.720 --> 00:40:42.980
 turned

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.179
 to

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:43.619
 Christ

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:45.420
 it

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.599
 is

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:45.960
 because

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.300
 God

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:46.519
 has

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:47.119
 graciously

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:47.500
 called

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:47.639
 you

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:47.800
 to

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:47.960
 do

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.220
 so

00:40:48.220 --> 00:40:51.099
 if

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:51.280
 you

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:51.720
 trust

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:51.940
 in

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.400
 Christ

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.320
 death

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:53.740
 and

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:54.260
 resurrection

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:54.659
 for

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:55.200
 salvation

00:40:55.200 --> 00:40:55.820
 and

00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:55.980
 you

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.440
 turn

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:56.720
 from

00:40:56.720 --> 00:40:56.880
 your

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.440
 sin

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:57.940
 and

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.159
 from

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.340
 your

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.619
 own

00:40:58.619 --> 00:40:59.099
 selfish

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.700
 desires

00:40:59.700 --> 00:40:59.980
 to

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:00.400
 follow

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:00.800
 him

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:01.139
 as

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:01.480
 Lord

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.940
 and

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.139
 to

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:02.599
 submit

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:02.840
 to

00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:03.059
 him

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.260
 as

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:03.500
 your

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:03.920
 God

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.619
 this

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:05.260
 promise

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:05.780
 is

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.039
 for

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.480
 you

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.820
 he

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.059
 is

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.559
 faithful

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:09.659
 he

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:09.900
 will

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.460
 surely

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:11.039
 bring

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.420
 your

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:12.199
 salvation

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:12.800
 to

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.360
 completion

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:13.880
 and

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.059
 he

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.280
 will

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:14.940
 surely

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:16.139
 sanctify

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.780
 and

00:41:16.780 --> 00:41:17.260
 keep

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.440
 you

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.400
 blameless

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:19.860
 at

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.039
 the

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.380
 return

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:20.579
 of

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:21.059
 Christ

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:22.420
 you

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:22.559
 don't

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:22.740
 have

00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:22.880
 to

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.199
 wonder

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:23.519
 about

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:23.719
 your

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.139
 future

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.980
 you're

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.219
 not

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:25.719
 destined

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:26.079
 for

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.500
 wrath

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:26.960
 but

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.159
 to

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:27.639
 obtain

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.420
 salvation

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:29.460
 God

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.780
 will

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.039
 be

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.480
 faithful

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:30.720
 to

00:41:30.720 --> 00:41:30.900
 his

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.380
 promise

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:32.619
 rejoice

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:34.099
 he

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.320
 will

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:34.559
 do

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:34.940
 it

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:35.880
 if

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.119
 you're

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:36.320
 in

00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:36.840
 Christ

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:37.460
 you

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:37.720
 will

00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:37.960
 be

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.539
 tomorrow

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.840
 why

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.740
 because

00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:41.119
 he's

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.659
 faithful

00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:44.960
 it

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.200
 won't

00:41:45.200 --> 00:41:45.340
 be

00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:45.720
 because

00:41:45.720 --> 00:41:45.960
 you're

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.200
 better

00:41:46.200 --> 00:41:46.440
 than

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:46.740
 those

00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:46.880
 who

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.159
 don't

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:47.579
 believe

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:48.559
 it

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:48.940
 won't

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.119
 be

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.720
 because

00:41:49.720 --> 00:41:50.920
 you've

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.099
 done

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.380
 enough

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:51.900
 good

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.700
 to

00:41:52.700 --> 00:41:53.000
 cover

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.240
 all

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:53.400
 the

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:53.940
 bad

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:55.059
 if

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.280
 that

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:55.480
 were

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:55.720
 even

00:41:55.720 --> 00:41:56.360
 possible

00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:57.539
 then

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:57.920
 Jesus'

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.500
 death

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:58.840
 means

00:41:58.840 --> 00:41:59.579
 absolutely

00:41:59.579 --> 00:41:59.980
 nothing

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:00.300
 at all

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:00.500
 and we

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:00.659
 need

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:00.780
 to

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:00.980
 stop

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.300
 talking

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:01.559
 about

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:01.800
 it

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:05.940
 if

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.079
 you

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:06.380
 wake

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:06.700
 up a

00:42:06.700 --> 00:42:07.000
 Christian

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.519
 tomorrow

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:09.119
 there's

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.559
 only one

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:09.840
 reason

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:10.220
 why

00:42:10.220 --> 00:42:11.700
 because

00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:12.039
 God's

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.480
 faithful

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:14.780
 and

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:14.980
 he

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.200
 will

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:15.700
 continue

00:42:15.700 --> 00:42:16.039
 to

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:16.460
 fulfill

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:16.720
 his

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:17.320
 promise

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:18.480
 to

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:18.860
 all

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:19.039
 he

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.340
 calls

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:19.539
 to

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:20.099
 salvation

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:22.059
 it

00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.380
 won't

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:22.559
 be

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:22.980
 because

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.300
 you're

00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:23.900
 holding on

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.100
 as

00:42:24.100 --> 00:42:24.440
 tightly

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:24.680
 as

00:42:24.680 --> 00:42:24.800
 you

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:25.039
 can

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.200
 to

00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:25.539
 Jesus

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:25.780
 though

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:25.960
 you

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:26.200
 need

00:42:26.200 --> 00:42:26.340
 to

00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:26.519
 do

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:26.820
 that

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:27.500
 but

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:27.680
 that

00:42:27.680 --> 00:42:27.880
 won't

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.019
 be

00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:28.160
 the

00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:28.460
 thing

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:30.220
 it's

00:42:30.220 --> 00:42:30.580
 because

00:42:30.580 --> 00:42:31.080
 he's

00:42:31.080 --> 00:42:31.340
 holding

00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:31.620
 on

00:42:31.620 --> 00:42:32.000
 tightly

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.300
 to

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:32.680
 you

00:42:32.680 --> 00:42:34.200
 literally

00:42:34.200 --> 00:42:34.500
 he

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:34.740
 said

00:42:34.740 --> 00:42:34.980
 it

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:36.500
 I

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:36.840
 hold

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.000
 them

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:37.140
 in

00:42:37.140 --> 00:42:37.300
 the

00:42:37.300 --> 00:42:37.560
 palm

00:42:37.560 --> 00:42:37.700
 of

00:42:37.700 --> 00:42:37.880
 my

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.240
 hand

00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:39.860
 and

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.320
 no

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:40.660
 one

00:42:40.660 --> 00:42:41.519
 can

00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:41.780
 take

00:42:41.780 --> 00:42:41.960
 them

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.260
 out

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:43.380
 we

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:43.720
 sing

00:42:43.720 --> 00:42:43.840
 it

00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:43.960
 all

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.100
 the

00:42:44.100 --> 00:42:44.480
 time

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:45.580
 no

00:42:45.580 --> 00:42:45.980
 power

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.220
 of

00:42:46.220 --> 00:42:46.460
 hell

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:47.120
 no

00:42:47.120 --> 00:42:47.519
 sin

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:47.660
 of

00:42:47.660 --> 00:42:48.039
 man

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.800
 can

00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:49.019
 ever

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:49.420
 pluck

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.600
 me

00:42:49.600 --> 00:42:49.840
 from

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:50.019
 his

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.320
 hand

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:51.140
 till

00:42:51.140 --> 00:42:51.380
 he

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:51.920
 returns

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.360
 or calls

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:52.539
 me

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:52.900
 home

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.860
 here

00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:55.500
 in the

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:55.740
 love

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:55.920
 of

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.420
 Christ

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:57.099
 I

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:57.860
 stand

00:42:57.860 --> 00:43:01.440
 I

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:01.680
 like

00:43:01.680 --> 00:43:01.960
 the way

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.340
 Andrew

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:02.740
 Peterson

00:43:02.740 --> 00:43:03.460
 sings it

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:04.119
 his song

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:04.460
 rest

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:04.820
 easy

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:06.720
 you

00:43:06.720 --> 00:43:06.940
 don't

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 have

00:43:07.200 --> 00:43:07.340
 to

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:07.619
 work

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:07.840
 so

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:08.200
 hard

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 you

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 can

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 rest

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:11.820
 easy

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:13.800
 you

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:14.019
 don't

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 have

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:14.400
 to

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:14.760
 prove

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:15.300
 yourself

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 you're

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.200
 already

00:43:17.200 --> 00:43:17.599
 mine

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 you

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 don't

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 have

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.059
 to

00:43:20.059 --> 00:43:20.340
 hide

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 your

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:20.820
 heart

00:43:20.820 --> 00:43:22.380
 I

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:22.740
 already

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:23.039
 love

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.220
 you

00:43:23.220 --> 00:43:24.740
 I

00:43:24.740 --> 00:43:25.019
 hold

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.140
 it

00:43:25.140 --> 00:43:25.300
 in

00:43:25.300 --> 00:43:25.620
 mine

00:43:25.620 --> 00:43:27.160
 so

00:43:27.160 --> 00:43:27.340
 you

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:27.500
 can

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:27.800
 rest

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.160
 easy

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:29.840
 if

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.059
 you're

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:30.240
 in

00:43:30.240 --> 00:43:30.700
 Christ

00:43:30.700 --> 00:43:31.039
 loved

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.340
 one

00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:33.100
 rest

00:43:33.100 --> 00:43:33.120
!

00:43:33.120 --> 00:43:34.539
 easy!

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:38.100
 Stop

00:43:38.100 --> 00:43:38.539
 trying to

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:38.960
 prove to

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.260
 everybody

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:39.920
 that you're

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:40.260
 a great

00:43:40.260 --> 00:43:40.680
 Christian

00:43:40.680 --> 00:43:41.920
 just be

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:42.420
 a Christian

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:42.780
 and be

00:43:42.780 --> 00:43:43.220
 happy to

00:43:43.220 --> 00:43:43.720
 be one

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:49.160
 stop

00:43:49.160 --> 00:43:49.580
 trying

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:50.519
 after

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:50.940
 saying

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:51.279
 that you're

00:43:51.279 --> 00:43:51.599
 trusting

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:51.819
 in

00:43:51.819 --> 00:43:52.079
 Christ

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:52.440
 alone

00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:52.639
 to

00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:52.920
 save

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.059
 you

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.360
 stop

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:53.759
 trying

00:43:53.759 --> 00:43:53.980
 your

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.299
 hardest

00:43:54.299 --> 00:43:54.579
 and

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:54.759
 doing

00:43:54.759 --> 00:43:54.980
 your

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.319
 best

00:43:55.319 --> 00:43:55.500
 to

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:55.699
 make

00:43:55.699 --> 00:43:55.900
 sure

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:56.119
 that

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.239
 you

00:43:56.239 --> 00:43:56.500
 stay

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:56.960
 safe

00:43:56.960 --> 00:44:00.179
 rest

00:44:00.179 --> 00:44:00.539
 easy

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:00.860
 in the

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:01.159
 gospel

00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:01.340
 of

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:01.699
 grace

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:03.579
 pursue

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.219
 holiness

00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:06.639
 yes

00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:09.460
 you

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:09.639
 don't

00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:09.759
 have

00:44:09.759 --> 00:44:09.879
 to

00:44:09.879 --> 00:44:10.119
 prove

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:10.400
 yourself

00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:10.539
 to

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:10.940
 anybody

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:12.159
 you

00:44:12.159 --> 00:44:12.319
 don't

00:44:12.319 --> 00:44:12.480
 have

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.579
 to

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:12.799
 prove

00:44:12.799 --> 00:44:13.159
 yourself

00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:13.339
 to

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:13.639
 God

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:14.559
 he

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:14.980
 already

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:15.319
 loves

00:44:15.319 --> 00:44:15.559
 you

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:17.279
 he's

00:44:17.279 --> 00:44:17.719
 called

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:18.000
 you

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:19.440
 so

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:19.960
 rest

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:23.519
 now

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:23.659
 if

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:23.780
 you

00:44:23.780 --> 00:44:23.980
 wake

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.159
 up

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:24.599
 tomorrow

00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:27.039
 and

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.199
 you're

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:27.460
 not

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:27.619
 a

00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:27.960
 Christian

00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:31.199
 you

00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:31.460
 don't

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:31.860
 believe

00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:33.340
 and

00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:33.480
 you're

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:33.659
 not

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:34.019
 interested

00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:34.420
 in

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:35.920
 following

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.199
 him

00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:36.380
 with

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:36.500
 all

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:36.659
 the

00:44:36.659 --> 00:44:37.039
 external

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.360
 things

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:37.519
 that

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:37.740
 maybe

00:44:37.740 --> 00:44:37.960
 you're

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.260
 trying

00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:38.420
 to

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:38.539
 do

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:38.940
 today

00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:39.440
 and

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:39.519
 you

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:39.699
 just

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:39.960
 decide

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:40.099
 I

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:40.240
 don't

00:44:40.240 --> 00:44:40.440
 want

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:40.559
 it

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:40.780
 anymore

00:44:40.780 --> 00:44:40.940
 I'm

00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:41.059
 not

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.260
 trying

00:44:41.260 --> 00:44:41.360
 to

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:41.440
 do

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:41.579
 that

00:44:41.579 --> 00:44:41.820
 anymore

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:41.840
!

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:44.639
 It

00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:45.139
 won't

00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:45.539
 be

00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:46.300
 because

00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:46.639
 God

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:46.880
 has

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.260
 forced

00:44:47.260 --> 00:44:47.440
 you

00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:47.579
 to

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:47.960
 reject

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.280
 him

00:44:48.280 --> 00:44:50.019
 it

00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:50.400
 won't

00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:50.640
 be

00:44:50.640 --> 00:44:51.100
 because

00:44:51.100 --> 00:44:51.580
 God

00:44:51.580 --> 00:44:52.840
 has

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:53.280
 prevented

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:53.580
 you

00:44:53.580 --> 00:44:53.800
 from

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.080
 coming

00:44:54.080 --> 00:44:54.260
 to

00:44:54.260 --> 00:44:54.500
 him

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:58.840
 it

00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.000
 will

00:44:59.000 --> 00:44:59.240
 be

00:44:59.240 --> 00:44:59.880
 because

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:01.120
 you

00:45:01.120 --> 00:45:01.340
 have

00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:01.980
 willfully

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:03.740
 volitionally

00:45:03.740 --> 00:45:05.360
 denied

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:05.780
 him

00:45:05.780 --> 00:45:06.760
 and

00:45:06.760 --> 00:45:06.980
 his

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:07.320
 truth

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:10.460
 but

00:45:10.460 --> 00:45:13.700
 God

00:45:13.700 --> 00:45:13.860
 is

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.260
 calling

00:45:14.260 --> 00:45:17.960
 and

00:45:17.960 --> 00:45:18.119
 he's

00:45:18.119 --> 00:45:18.400
 calling

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:18.780
 you

00:45:18.780 --> 00:45:19.860
 now

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:20.940
 in

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.199
 this

00:45:21.199 --> 00:45:21.519
 sermon

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:22.559
 with

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:22.820
 this

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.260
 text

00:45:23.260 --> 00:45:27.679
 now

00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:28.199
 repent

00:45:28.199 --> 00:45:30.099
 and

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:30.639
 believe

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:32.340
 turn

00:45:32.340 --> 00:45:34.659
 trust

00:45:34.659 --> 00:45:35.099
 him

00:45:35.099 --> 00:45:36.199
 his

00:45:36.199 --> 00:45:36.539
 work

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:36.720
 is

00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:37.199
 sufficient

00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:38.360
 he

00:45:38.360 --> 00:45:38.699
 really

00:45:38.699 --> 00:45:38.980
 is

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:39.159
 the

00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:39.480
 treasure

00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:39.639
 in

00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:39.780
 the

00:45:39.780 --> 00:45:40.039
 field

00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:40.840
 he

00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:41.240
 really

00:45:41.240 --> 00:45:41.720
 is

00:45:41.720 --> 00:45:42.260
 the

00:45:42.260 --> 00:45:42.519
 pearl

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:42.679
 of

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:42.880
 great

00:45:42.880 --> 00:45:43.300
 price

00:45:43.300 --> 00:45:44.679
 it

00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:44.980
 really

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:45.280
 is

00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:45.659
 true

00:45:45.659 --> 00:45:48.799
 believe

00:45:48.799 --> 00:45:49.719
 turn

00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:50.819
 and if

00:45:50.819 --> 00:45:51.000
 you

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:51.199
 will

00:45:51.199 --> 00:45:51.519
 turn

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:51.739
 to

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:52.119
 Jesus

00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:54.239
 this

00:45:54.239 --> 00:45:54.779
 promise

00:45:54.779 --> 00:45:56.059
 it's

00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:56.539
 for you

00:45:56.539 --> 00:45:57.659
 it's

00:45:57.659 --> 00:45:58.139
 for you

00:45:58.139 --> 00:45:59.920
 he's

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:00.440
 faithful

00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:02.879
 he will

00:46:02.879 --> 00:46:03.259
 do it

00:46:03.260 --> 00:46:17.320
 to

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