WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.720
 Amen. Amen.

00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:04.900
 Well, good morning, everyone.

00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:09.000
 If we have not met, my name is Mike Salvati, lead pastor here. Welcome.

00:00:10.460 --> 00:00:16.699
 And we as a church have been going through a sermon series called 21st Century Disciple,

00:00:17.300 --> 00:00:22.800
 what it means to be a follower of Jesus in April of 2018.

00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:32.780
 When Jesus says the words, follow me, those who respond to that, everything changes.

00:00:33.899 --> 00:00:34.859
 Everything changes.

00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:39.519
 When you respond to the call to follow me by the living Christ,

00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:44.799
 you go from being dead in your sin to being alive in Christ Jesus.

00:00:45.540 --> 00:00:46.460
 Everything changes.

00:00:48.420 --> 00:00:51.920
 I just recently began a book, This Changes Everything.

00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:58.460
 It's written by an 18-year-old, Jekyll Crowe, and this is how she talks about it.

00:01:00.260 --> 00:01:07.180
 The biggest, most crucial, most significant thing I want you to know is that my life's task is to follow Jesus.

00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:10.540
 To obey Jesus.

00:01:11.540 --> 00:01:14.939
 To look for joy and satisfaction and peace in Jesus.

00:01:16.340 --> 00:01:18.579
 Jesus is the one who changed my life.

00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:20.439
 And then she says, that's what this book is about.

00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:22.640
 That's what her life is about.

00:01:23.219 --> 00:01:24.719
 That's what our lives are about.

00:01:25.819 --> 00:01:27.840
 Our lives are about following Jesus.

00:01:28.039 --> 00:01:36.920
 A 21st Century Disciple of Jesus lives every area of their life intentionally for Christ.

00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:43.939
 And this morning, we're going to be talking about what it means to walk by the Holy Spirit in light of that.

00:01:43.939 --> 00:01:47.560
 So if you'd open up your Bibles to Galatians chapter 5.

00:01:50.500 --> 00:01:52.340
 Galatians is right after Corinthians.

00:01:55.959 --> 00:02:01.519
 If you want to start in the back of your Bible in Revelation, just start going left and you'll eventually bump into Galatians.

00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:06.060
 And we're going to jump into Galatians in chapter 5.

00:02:06.199 --> 00:02:07.699
 And I'm just going to read for you right now.

00:02:07.899 --> 00:02:09.659
 Verses 13 through 26.

00:02:10.419 --> 00:02:13.579
 But I'm going to start in verse 1.

00:02:14.979 --> 00:02:16.120
 And then I'm going to skip ahead.

00:02:16.519 --> 00:02:17.759
 Chapter 5, verse 1.

00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:21.239
 Verse 13.

00:02:24.459 --> 00:02:25.759
 Verse 13.

00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:27.879
 for you were called to freedom brothers

00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:29.979
 only do not use your freedom

00:02:29.979 --> 00:02:31.719
 as an opportunity for the flesh

00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:34.079
 but through love serve one another

00:02:34.079 --> 00:02:36.159
 for the whole law is fulfilled

00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:37.019
 in one word

00:02:37.019 --> 00:02:39.500
 you shall love your neighbor as yourself

00:02:39.500 --> 00:02:42.299
 but if you bite and devour one another

00:02:42.299 --> 00:02:44.180
 watch out that you are not consumed

00:02:44.180 --> 00:02:45.739
 by one another but I say

00:02:45.739 --> 00:02:48.039
 walk by the spirit

00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:50.439
 and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh

00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:52.419
 for the desires of the flesh

00:02:52.419 --> 00:02:54.419
 are against the spirit and the desires of the spirit

00:02:54.419 --> 00:02:55.539
 are against the flesh

00:02:55.539 --> 00:02:57.840
 for these are opposed to each other

00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:00.159
 to keep you from doing the things you want to do

00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:02.239
 but if you are led by the spirit

00:03:02.239 --> 00:03:03.560
 you are not under the law

00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:04.340
 you are free

00:03:04.340 --> 00:03:06.099
 that's what he is saying right there

00:03:06.099 --> 00:03:08.399
 19

00:03:08.399 --> 00:03:10.359
 now the works of the flesh are evident

00:03:10.359 --> 00:03:13.099
 sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality

00:03:13.099 --> 00:03:16.019
 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife

00:03:16.019 --> 00:03:18.120
 jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries

00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:19.979
 dissensions, divisions

00:03:19.979 --> 00:03:21.560
 envy, drunkenness, orgies

00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:22.739
 and things like these

00:03:22.740 --> 00:03:26.260
 I warn you as I warned you before

00:03:26.260 --> 00:03:27.879
 that those who do such things

00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:29.520
 will not inherit the kingdom of God

00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:31.240
 but the fruit of the spirit

00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:34.040
 is love, joy, peace, patience

00:03:34.040 --> 00:03:35.580
 kindness, goodness, faithfulness

00:03:35.580 --> 00:03:37.780
 gentleness, self-control

00:03:37.780 --> 00:03:38.820
 against such things

00:03:38.820 --> 00:03:40.080
 there is no law

00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:40.580
 freedom

00:03:40.580 --> 00:03:43.180
 and those who belong to Christ Jesus

00:03:43.180 --> 00:03:44.540
 have crucified the flesh

00:03:44.540 --> 00:03:45.920
 with its passions and desires

00:03:45.920 --> 00:03:47.879
 if we live by the spirit

00:03:47.879 --> 00:03:49.480
 let us keep in step with the spirit

00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:51.659
 let us not become conceited

00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:52.659
 provoking one another

00:03:52.659 --> 00:03:54.039
 envying one another

00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:57.359
 this morning I want to help you to see

00:03:57.359 --> 00:04:00.060
 that what we must keep in step

00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:01.079
 with the spirit

00:04:01.079 --> 00:04:04.179
 in order to live out the freedom

00:04:04.179 --> 00:04:06.120
 Christ has accomplished for us

00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:10.000
 we're going to look at two sections

00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:12.839
 Christ freed us

00:04:12.839 --> 00:04:16.599
 and the spirit leads us

00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:19.720
 but before we get there

00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:21.240
 let me ask you this

00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:24.879
 did you come into the building discouraged?

00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.780
 are you discouraged by the presence of sin

00:04:29.780 --> 00:04:30.700
 in your life

00:04:30.700 --> 00:04:34.120
 and the effect it has on others?

00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:35.320
 for example

00:04:35.320 --> 00:04:38.080
 maybe you struggle with sexual lust

00:04:38.080 --> 00:04:39.800
 whether you're single or you're married

00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:43.160
 you can often struggle with sexual lust

00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:44.720
 in a variety of different ways

00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.200
 but it can wreak havoc

00:04:47.200 --> 00:04:49.000
 internally on you

00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:50.580
 and it can wreak havoc

00:04:50.580 --> 00:04:52.460
 on your relationships

00:04:52.460 --> 00:04:55.540
 spouses can feel betrayed

00:04:55.540 --> 00:04:56.920
 and then what can happen

00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:58.740
 if you're trying to cover over

00:04:58.740 --> 00:05:00.200
 your sexual sin

00:05:00.200 --> 00:05:01.880
 what ends up happening

00:05:01.880 --> 00:05:03.040
 is in your hiding

00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:05.040
 when you get found out

00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:06.880
 you lose trust

00:05:06.880 --> 00:05:09.980
 how do you go from struggling

00:05:09.980 --> 00:05:11.400
 with sexual lust

00:05:11.400 --> 00:05:13.580
 to living in purity?

00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:17.240
 or maybe you

00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:19.680
 struggle with fits of anger

00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:22.120
 people walk on eggshells around you

00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:23.240
 because you have a pattern

00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:24.460
 of blowing up

00:05:24.460 --> 00:05:25.740
 exploding in anger

00:05:25.740 --> 00:05:28.140
 how do you go from being

00:05:28.140 --> 00:05:29.540
 controlled

00:05:29.540 --> 00:05:31.500
 to some degree by anger

00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:33.640
 to growing more and more

00:05:33.640 --> 00:05:35.640
 and exercising patience

00:05:35.640 --> 00:05:36.540
 with others

00:05:36.540 --> 00:05:40.360
 maybe you are just

00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:41.400
 very greedy

00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:43.959
 you just want to bring in

00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:45.000
 as much money

00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:45.759
 as stuff

00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:46.599
 as you can

00:05:46.599 --> 00:05:47.359
 maybe because you think

00:05:47.359 --> 00:05:48.359
 you're entitled to it

00:05:48.359 --> 00:05:49.879
 you work hard for it

00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:50.859
 maybe you think that there's

00:05:50.859 --> 00:05:52.539
 security and safety in it

00:05:52.539 --> 00:05:54.779
 but what ends up happening

00:05:54.779 --> 00:05:55.919
 is your greed

00:05:55.919 --> 00:05:56.879
 can blind you

00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:57.939
 to the physical

00:05:57.939 --> 00:05:58.859
 and spiritual needs

00:05:58.859 --> 00:05:59.759
 of people immediately

00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:00.299
 around you

00:06:00.299 --> 00:06:01.000
 and around the world

00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:02.560
 how do you go from being greedy

00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:04.259
 to being generous?

00:06:07.039 --> 00:06:08.599
 maybe you drink too much

00:06:08.599 --> 00:06:09.419
 you get drunk

00:06:09.420 --> 00:06:10.620
 more often than you think

00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:12.220
 than you want to admit

00:06:12.220 --> 00:06:14.319
 and when you get drunk

00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:14.920
 you get mean

00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:15.780
 or you get flirty

00:06:15.780 --> 00:06:16.759
 or you get arrested

00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:19.199
 how do you go from being

00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:20.199
 drunk

00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:22.259
 to being self-controlled?

00:06:25.819 --> 00:06:27.060
 you feeling powerless?

00:06:29.700 --> 00:06:30.980
 you feeling hopeless?

00:06:30.980 --> 00:06:34.340
 are you discouraged

00:06:34.340 --> 00:06:35.300
 at the influence

00:06:35.300 --> 00:06:36.560
 of sin in your life?

00:06:36.660 --> 00:06:38.100
 you feeling hollowed out

00:06:38.100 --> 00:06:39.460
 and you see the effect

00:06:39.460 --> 00:06:40.360
 on others?

00:06:40.580 --> 00:06:42.040
 I've got good news for you

00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:43.379
 Christ

00:06:43.379 --> 00:06:44.560
 has set

00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:45.720
 you free

00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:49.000
 and the Holy Spirit

00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:50.759
 is seeking to lead you

00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:51.660
 brother and sister

00:06:51.660 --> 00:06:53.980
 into that freedom

00:06:53.980 --> 00:06:57.560
 so let's talk about

00:06:57.560 --> 00:06:58.319
 what it means

00:06:58.319 --> 00:06:59.280
 that Christ

00:06:59.280 --> 00:07:00.700
 has freed us

00:07:00.699 --> 00:07:03.599
 in Galatians chapter 5

00:07:03.599 --> 00:07:04.079
 verse 1

00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:04.479
 we read

00:07:04.479 --> 00:07:05.259
 for freedom

00:07:05.259 --> 00:07:07.180
 Christ has set us free

00:07:07.180 --> 00:07:08.519
 and then Paul

00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:09.240
 in 5.13

00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:10.159
 comes back to it

00:07:10.159 --> 00:07:10.459
 and says

00:07:10.459 --> 00:07:11.620
 for you were called

00:07:11.620 --> 00:07:12.219
 to freedom

00:07:12.219 --> 00:07:12.819
 brothers

00:07:12.819 --> 00:07:15.300
 Christ

00:07:15.300 --> 00:07:16.599
 freed us

00:07:16.599 --> 00:07:18.539
 if you're

00:07:18.539 --> 00:07:19.579
 a believer

00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:20.060
 in the room

00:07:20.060 --> 00:07:20.939
 if you put your faith

00:07:20.939 --> 00:07:21.919
 in Jesus alone

00:07:21.919 --> 00:07:23.879
 Christ has freed you

00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:25.519
 and if you're not

00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:25.980
 a Christian

00:07:25.980 --> 00:07:26.599
 if you've yet

00:07:26.599 --> 00:07:27.300
 to put your faith

00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:27.759
 in Jesus

00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:28.899
 you've not

00:07:28.899 --> 00:07:30.039
 yet been freed

00:07:30.039 --> 00:07:34.199
 what has Christ

00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:35.180
 freed us from?

00:07:37.579 --> 00:07:38.560
 he's freed us

00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:39.139
 from slavery

00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:39.659
 to sin

00:07:39.659 --> 00:07:42.439
 from trying

00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:43.980
 to strive

00:07:43.980 --> 00:07:45.019
 to meet

00:07:45.019 --> 00:07:45.839
 all the

00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:46.719
 righteous

00:07:46.719 --> 00:07:48.000
 requirements

00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:49.259
 of the law

00:07:49.259 --> 00:07:50.099
 of Moses

00:07:50.100 --> 00:07:53.860
 that slavery

00:07:53.860 --> 00:07:54.740
 of trying

00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:55.560
 to live

00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:56.580
 up to

00:07:56.580 --> 00:07:57.439
 what is

00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:58.140
 impossible

00:07:58.140 --> 00:07:59.379
 you know

00:07:59.379 --> 00:07:59.860
 what that feels

00:07:59.860 --> 00:08:00.200
 like?

00:08:03.300 --> 00:08:04.260
 I used to live

00:08:04.260 --> 00:08:04.500
 there

00:08:04.500 --> 00:08:05.520
 man my high school

00:08:05.520 --> 00:08:06.360
 years were just

00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:06.879
 miserable

00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:07.700
 here's why

00:08:07.700 --> 00:08:10.640
 I was

00:08:10.640 --> 00:08:11.300
 basically

00:08:11.300 --> 00:08:12.420
 living to

00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:13.240
 stay

00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:14.320
 saved

00:08:14.320 --> 00:08:15.000
 that's what I was

00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:15.180
 doing

00:08:15.180 --> 00:08:15.500
 I was just

00:08:15.500 --> 00:08:16.120
 trying to stay

00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:16.580
 saved

00:08:16.580 --> 00:08:17.180
 keep Jesus

00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:17.780
 in my heart

00:08:17.780 --> 00:08:20.180
 and I just

00:08:20.180 --> 00:08:20.720
 thought that

00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:21.560
 the whole thing

00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:22.280
 depended upon

00:08:22.280 --> 00:08:23.300
 my obedience

00:08:23.300 --> 00:08:26.560
 if I disobeyed

00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:27.060
 Jesus couldn't

00:08:27.060 --> 00:08:27.560
 be in me

00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:28.060
 he left

00:08:28.060 --> 00:08:28.639
 I gotta ask

00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:29.139
 him back in

00:08:29.139 --> 00:08:31.439
 and around

00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:31.840
 and around

00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:32.320
 we went

00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:33.019
 for years

00:08:33.019 --> 00:08:36.320
 I thought

00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:38.019
 my salvation

00:08:38.019 --> 00:08:39.159
 depended upon

00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:40.399
 my obedience

00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:44.500
 and I knew

00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:45.419
 deep down

00:08:45.419 --> 00:08:45.840
 inside

00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:46.200
 there was

00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:47.019
 no way

00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:48.199
 on any

00:08:48.199 --> 00:08:48.799
 given day

00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:49.439
 I could

00:08:49.439 --> 00:08:49.860
 bat a

00:08:49.860 --> 00:08:50.379
 thousand

00:08:50.379 --> 00:08:50.960
 in all

00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:51.299
 that God

00:08:51.299 --> 00:08:51.960
 is requiring

00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:52.500
 of me

00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:54.100
 have you ever

00:08:54.100 --> 00:08:54.460
 felt that

00:08:54.460 --> 00:08:54.759
 before?

00:08:59.159 --> 00:08:59.860
 but there's

00:08:59.860 --> 00:09:00.199
 more

00:09:00.199 --> 00:09:01.480
 when we

00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:01.939
 come up

00:09:01.939 --> 00:09:02.279
 short

00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:02.659
 of what

00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:02.980
 God

00:09:02.980 --> 00:09:03.600
 requires

00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:04.340
 it's not

00:09:04.340 --> 00:09:04.720
 like there's

00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:05.559
 no consequences

00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:06.579
 when we

00:09:06.579 --> 00:09:07.299
 fall short

00:09:07.299 --> 00:09:07.980
 of God's

00:09:07.980 --> 00:09:08.759
 glory

00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:10.519
 there's

00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:10.879
 hell to

00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:11.120
 pay

00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:12.759
 for the

00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:13.039
 wages

00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:13.419
 of sin

00:09:13.419 --> 00:09:13.860
 is death

00:09:13.860 --> 00:09:17.100
 what

00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:17.399
 has

00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:17.919
 Christ

00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:18.419
 freed

00:09:18.419 --> 00:09:18.639
 us

00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:19.019
 from

00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:22.240
 he's

00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:22.519
 freed

00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:22.759
 us

00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:23.120
 from

00:09:23.120 --> 00:09:24.460
 slavery

00:09:24.460 --> 00:09:25.320
 to the

00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:25.779
 law

00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:26.720
 and all

00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:27.300
 of the

00:09:27.300 --> 00:09:28.100
 fallout

00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:28.580
 of not

00:09:28.580 --> 00:09:29.000
 being able

00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:29.379
 to live

00:09:29.379 --> 00:09:29.980
 up to

00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:30.379
 it

00:09:30.379 --> 00:09:32.860
 John

00:09:32.860 --> 00:09:33.200
 Bunyan

00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:33.580
 wrote a

00:09:33.580 --> 00:09:33.879
 poem

00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:34.180
 and he

00:09:34.180 --> 00:09:34.639
 goes like

00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:35.019
 this

00:09:35.019 --> 00:09:36.220
 the first

00:09:36.220 --> 00:09:36.539
 half

00:09:36.539 --> 00:09:37.460
 run

00:09:37.460 --> 00:09:37.920
 John

00:09:37.920 --> 00:09:38.360
 run

00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:38.920
 the law

00:09:38.920 --> 00:09:39.539
 demands

00:09:39.539 --> 00:09:39.840
 but

00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:40.600
 gives us

00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:41.060
 neither

00:09:41.060 --> 00:09:41.659
 feet

00:09:41.659 --> 00:09:42.060
 nor

00:09:42.060 --> 00:09:42.820
 hands

00:09:42.820 --> 00:09:46.500
 I

00:09:46.500 --> 00:09:46.899
 try

00:09:46.899 --> 00:09:47.360
 and try

00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:47.840
 and try

00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:48.639
 to live

00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:48.980
 up to

00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:49.460
 what God

00:09:49.460 --> 00:09:49.860
 has called

00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:50.159
 me to

00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:50.480
 but I

00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:50.920
 fall

00:09:50.920 --> 00:09:51.740
 short

00:09:51.740 --> 00:09:52.399
 again

00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:53.120
 and again

00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:53.960
 and again

00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:56.180
 I can't

00:09:56.180 --> 00:09:56.800
 do it

00:09:56.800 --> 00:09:59.240
 so some

00:09:59.240 --> 00:09:59.680
 people just

00:09:59.680 --> 00:10:00.080
 keep on

00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:00.420
 trying

00:10:00.420 --> 00:10:01.000
 other people

00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:01.440
 say I'm

00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:01.779
 done

00:10:01.779 --> 00:10:02.519
 done with

00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:02.759
 that

00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:03.320
 moving

00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:03.600
 on

00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:07.420
 God

00:10:07.420 --> 00:10:07.740
 gave

00:10:07.740 --> 00:10:08.440
 the law

00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:09.519
 not that

00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:09.840
 we would

00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:10.379
 obey it

00:10:10.379 --> 00:10:10.700
 in order

00:10:10.700 --> 00:10:10.939
 to be

00:10:10.939 --> 00:10:11.419
 saved

00:10:11.419 --> 00:10:12.059
 but God

00:10:12.059 --> 00:10:12.559
 gave the

00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:12.919
 law

00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:14.059
 to expose

00:10:14.059 --> 00:10:14.700
 the utter

00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:15.419
 sinfulness

00:10:15.419 --> 00:10:15.980
 of our

00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:16.460
 sin

00:10:16.460 --> 00:10:17.220
 to show

00:10:17.220 --> 00:10:17.799
 how great

00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:18.159
 of a

00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:18.379
 sinner

00:10:18.379 --> 00:10:18.919
 we are

00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:19.539
 so that

00:10:19.539 --> 00:10:19.899
 we would

00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:20.720
 cry out

00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:21.439
 for the

00:10:21.439 --> 00:10:21.860
 great

00:10:21.860 --> 00:10:22.460
 grace

00:10:22.460 --> 00:10:23.220
 and mercy

00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:23.980
 that God

00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:24.980
 freely

00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:25.460
 gives

00:10:25.460 --> 00:10:29.559
 so what

00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:30.320
 did Jesus

00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:31.139
 free us

00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:31.500
 from

00:10:31.500 --> 00:10:34.399
 slavery

00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:35.179
 to sin

00:10:35.179 --> 00:10:35.559
 and the

00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:35.860
 just

00:10:35.860 --> 00:10:36.639
 consequences

00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:37.279
 of failing

00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:37.820
 to measure

00:10:37.820 --> 00:10:38.120
 up

00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:39.980
 so how

00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:40.159
 did he

00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:40.580
 do it

00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:42.159
 how

00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:42.700
 does

00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:43.340
 Christ

00:10:43.340 --> 00:10:44.019
 free

00:10:44.019 --> 00:10:44.500
 us

00:10:44.500 --> 00:10:44.840
 from

00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:45.179
 that

00:10:45.179 --> 00:10:46.980
 he did

00:10:46.980 --> 00:10:47.440
 what none

00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:47.740
 of us

00:10:47.740 --> 00:10:48.200
 could do

00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:52.120
 Christ

00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:53.080
 perfectly

00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:53.799
 fulfilled

00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:54.720
 all the

00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:55.299
 requirements

00:10:55.299 --> 00:10:55.940
 of the

00:10:55.940 --> 00:10:56.279
 law

00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:56.560
 of

00:10:56.560 --> 00:10:56.960
 Moses

00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:57.879
 every

00:10:57.879 --> 00:10:58.299
 minute

00:10:58.299 --> 00:10:58.659
 of

00:10:58.659 --> 00:10:59.080
 every

00:10:59.080 --> 00:10:59.480
 hour

00:10:59.480 --> 00:10:59.779
 of

00:10:59.779 --> 00:11:00.039
 every

00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:00.320
 day

00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:00.539
 he

00:11:00.539 --> 00:11:00.860
 walked

00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:01.120
 this

00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:01.500
 planet

00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:03.500
 Christ

00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:04.659
 perfectly

00:11:04.659 --> 00:11:06.000
 lived

00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:06.519
 the

00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:06.960
 law

00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:07.480
 he

00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:08.320
 fulfilled

00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:08.639
 it

00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:08.960
 in

00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:09.179
 his

00:11:09.179 --> 00:11:09.659
 life

00:11:09.659 --> 00:11:11.279
 he

00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:11.860
 alone

00:11:11.860 --> 00:11:12.159
 did

00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:12.399
 that

00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:12.879
 there's

00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:13.080
 no

00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:13.279
 other

00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:13.580
 human

00:11:13.580 --> 00:11:13.960
 being

00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:14.259
 that

00:11:14.259 --> 00:11:14.399
 has

00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:14.679
 walked

00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:14.879
 the

00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:15.120
 face

00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:15.240
 of

00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:15.360
 the

00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:15.600
 earth

00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:15.840
 or

00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:16.100
 will

00:11:16.100 --> 00:11:16.580
 walk

00:11:16.580 --> 00:11:16.740
 the

00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:16.960
 face

00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:17.080
 of

00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:17.179
 the

00:11:17.179 --> 00:11:17.379
 earth

00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:17.840
 that

00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:17.960
 is

00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:18.179
 able

00:11:18.179 --> 00:11:18.379
 to

00:11:18.379 --> 00:11:18.659
 say

00:11:18.659 --> 00:11:19.100
 yeah

00:11:19.100 --> 00:11:19.240
 I

00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:19.440
 bat

00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:19.580
 a

00:11:19.580 --> 00:11:19.919
 thousand

00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:21.539
 I

00:11:21.539 --> 00:11:21.940
 lived

00:11:21.940 --> 00:11:22.120
 up

00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:22.259
 to

00:11:22.259 --> 00:11:22.539
 God's

00:11:22.539 --> 00:11:22.679
 law

00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:23.120
 perfectly

00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:23.720
 today

00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:23.899
 and

00:11:23.899 --> 00:11:24.200
 yesterday

00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:24.419
 and

00:11:24.419 --> 00:11:24.740
 tomorrow

00:11:24.740 --> 00:11:26.259
 no

00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:26.580
 one

00:11:26.580 --> 00:11:27.720
 just

00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:28.299
 Jesus

00:11:28.299 --> 00:11:28.960
 he

00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:29.340
 fulfilled

00:11:29.340 --> 00:11:29.779
 all

00:11:29.779 --> 00:11:29.960
 the

00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:30.539
 requirements

00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:30.919
 of

00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:31.080
 the

00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:31.360
 law

00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:32.879
 he

00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:33.320
 lived

00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:33.500
 the

00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:33.840
 life

00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:34.440
 none

00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:34.620
 of

00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:34.879
 us

00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:35.060
 could

00:11:35.060 --> 00:11:35.480
 live

00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:38.720
 but

00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:38.899
 that's

00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:39.019
 just

00:11:39.019 --> 00:11:39.300
 part

00:11:39.300 --> 00:11:39.419
 of

00:11:39.419 --> 00:11:40.080
 it

00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:41.720
 is

00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:42.480
 perfect

00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:43.379
 righteousness

00:11:43.379 --> 00:11:46.480
 he

00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:47.180
 did

00:11:47.180 --> 00:11:47.620
 something

00:11:47.620 --> 00:11:50.980
 he

00:11:50.980 --> 00:11:51.240
 didn't

00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:51.539
 have

00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:51.720
 to

00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:51.980
 die

00:11:51.980 --> 00:11:52.100
 on

00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:52.220
 the

00:11:52.220 --> 00:11:52.480
 cross

00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:52.680
 for

00:11:52.680 --> 00:11:53.279
 himself

00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:54.960
 he

00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:55.100
 was

00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:55.500
 perfectly

00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:55.920
 righteous

00:11:55.920 --> 00:11:56.159
 in

00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:56.500
 God's

00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:56.740
 sight

00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:59.560
 but

00:11:59.560 --> 00:11:59.659
 he

00:11:59.659 --> 00:11:59.899
 died

00:11:59.899 --> 00:12:00.019
 on

00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:00.139
 a

00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:00.440
 cross

00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:00.940
 willingly

00:12:00.940 --> 00:12:02.960
 he

00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:03.760
 willingly

00:12:03.760 --> 00:12:05.120
 sacrificed

00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:05.740
 his

00:12:05.740 --> 00:12:06.240
 life

00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:06.760
 he

00:12:06.760 --> 00:12:07.520
 died

00:12:07.520 --> 00:12:08.040
 the

00:12:08.040 --> 00:12:08.560
 death

00:12:08.560 --> 00:12:09.260
 our

00:12:09.260 --> 00:12:09.980
 sin

00:12:09.980 --> 00:12:10.960
 required

00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:11.760
 on

00:12:11.760 --> 00:12:11.980
 the

00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:12.400
 cross

00:12:12.400 --> 00:12:12.880
 the

00:12:12.880 --> 00:12:13.240
 one

00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:13.480
 of

00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:13.960
 perfect

00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:14.680
 righteousness

00:12:14.680 --> 00:12:15.720
 died

00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:16.280
 on the

00:12:16.280 --> 00:12:16.820
 cross

00:12:16.820 --> 00:12:17.280
 for

00:12:17.280 --> 00:12:17.720
 those

00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:18.080
 who

00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:18.360
 were

00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:19.220
 woefully

00:12:19.220 --> 00:12:20.500
 unrighteous

00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:21.580
 love

00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:22.080
 oh

00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:23.679
 God

00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:23.759
 here's

00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:24.000
 how

00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:24.659
 Paul

00:12:24.659 --> 00:12:25.039
 talks

00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:25.340
 about

00:12:25.340 --> 00:12:26.100
 that

00:12:26.100 --> 00:12:26.539
 in

00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:27.039
 Galatians

00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:27.360
 chapter

00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:27.980
 13

00:12:27.980 --> 00:12:28.940
 Christ

00:12:28.940 --> 00:12:29.840
 redeemed

00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:30.179
 us

00:12:30.179 --> 00:12:30.679
 freed

00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:30.899
 us

00:12:30.899 --> 00:12:31.100
 from

00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:31.299
 the

00:12:31.299 --> 00:12:31.639
 curse

00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:31.799
 of

00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:31.919
 the

00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:32.179
 law

00:12:32.179 --> 00:12:32.740
 by

00:12:32.740 --> 00:12:33.279
 becoming

00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:33.720
 a

00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:34.100
 curse

00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:34.740
 for

00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:35.480
 us

00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:36.899
 if

00:12:36.899 --> 00:12:42.139
 If you want to flip in your Bibles to 2 Corinthians 5.21, we read it this way.

00:12:42.220 --> 00:12:43.559
 This is the Apostle Paul again.

00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:46.840
 We read this.

00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:55.459
 For our sake, God made Jesus, who was not a sinner, to be sin,

00:12:55.799 --> 00:13:00.379
 so that in Christ we might become the righteousness of God.

00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:02.039
 So here's how it works out.

00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:09.879
 Here's how Christ redeems, how he frees us who are under the law and under sin.

00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:15.659
 Jesus lived a perfect life, and they died in the place of sinners,

00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:20.839
 and those who believe in that, they are set free.

00:13:22.740 --> 00:13:24.079
 Think about it this way.

00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:32.220
 The moment Mike Salvati put his faith in Jesus, the moment he did that,

00:13:33.560 --> 00:13:36.580
 God made a legal pronouncement.

00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:44.180
 He made it from his throne, and it's a forever and final declaration that will stand for eternity.

00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:46.040
 Here's what happened.

00:13:46.400 --> 00:13:48.259
 I saw what Jesus did for me.

00:13:48.259 --> 00:13:51.200
 I believed in that.

00:13:52.220 --> 00:13:55.879
 And then God the Father, he reckoned something.

00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:57.419
 He decided something.

00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:03.639
 He reckoned my unrighteousness to be placed on Jesus,

00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:10.299
 and all of his wrath for my unrighteousness was poured out on the head of Christ,

00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:12.319
 so that there was no more wrath.

00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:19.860
 And at that moment, I was forgiven of all my sin, past, present, and future.

00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.800
 It's amazing.

00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:25.080
 But that's just half of it.

00:14:26.140 --> 00:14:31.460
 The moment I believed, not only did God consider my unrighteousness on Christ,

00:14:31.700 --> 00:14:35.060
 and paid for in full through Christ's death,

00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:39.579
 but he reckoned Christ's righteousness,

00:14:41.119 --> 00:14:43.019
 his 33 years of perfect living,

00:14:43.619 --> 00:14:46.839
 and he considered it to my account.

00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:55.399
 And now I am clothed with the very righteousness of Christ before a holy God,

00:14:55.699 --> 00:14:59.339
 so when he looks at me, not only am I forgiven of all my sin,

00:14:59.340 --> 00:15:03.560
 I am completely accepted and welcomed into his presence

00:15:03.560 --> 00:15:05.899
 because of the very righteousness of Christ.

00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:07.440
 It's not my doing.

00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:10.240
 That's how Christ does it.

00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:17.000
 He forgives us of all of our sins based upon his cross work,

00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:22.920
 and he makes us acceptable to God because of his perfectly righteous life.

00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:25.680
 That is good news to you.

00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:31.179
 It's the only way by which you can be freed from the slavery of sin.

00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:34.000
 Christ did what none of us could do,

00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:37.399
 and Christ paid the price all of us deserved.

00:15:39.839 --> 00:15:43.079
 Let me try to illustrate this one more way.

00:15:44.219 --> 00:15:45.879
 Let's say you have a billionaire uncle,

00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:51.459
 and you're $20 million in debt.

00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:56.560
 This billionaire uncle of yours who loves you,

00:15:56.660 --> 00:15:58.379
 doesn't wait for you to ask anything,

00:15:58.540 --> 00:15:59.900
 but he comes to you and he says,

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:01.840
 hey, I'm sending my lawyers over to you,

00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:04.280
 and they're going to make up these contracts,

00:16:04.400 --> 00:16:05.980
 and I've already signed it.

00:16:06.280 --> 00:16:07.580
 You just need to sign it.

00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:10.700
 I am going to take on all your debt and pay it.

00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:13.680
 But that's not it.

00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.500
 There's more.

00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:20.879
 I'm having my lawyers include you on all of my bank accounts

00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:24.019
 so that now you have access to my billions as well.

00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:25.740
 So not only is your sin forgiven,

00:16:25.940 --> 00:16:27.179
 your debt paid for,

00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:33.299
 man, you have now inherited all of my billions.

00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:37.279
 Christ paid our sin debt,

00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:41.700
 and we inherited all of his righteousness.

00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:44.020
 He freed us.

00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:46.860
 Run, John, run, the law demands,

00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:48.480
 but gives us neither feet nor hands.

00:16:48.660 --> 00:16:50.780
 Far better news the gospel brings.

00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:55.020
 It bids us fly and gives us wings.

00:16:57.740 --> 00:17:00.400
 What did Jesus free us from?

00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:01.480
 Slavery to sin.

00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:02.360
 How did he do it?

00:17:02.540 --> 00:17:03.780
 He died in our place.

00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:05.019
 Perfect life.

00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:06.460
 Substitutionary death.

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:09.420
 And what did Jesus free us for?

00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:16.400
 He didn't free us so that we would go back to living under the law.

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:19.460
 Galatians 5.1 says,

00:17:19.600 --> 00:17:21.039
 For freedom Christ has set us free.

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:23.120
 Stand firm therefore,

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:25.799
 and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.539
 Once you've become a Christian,

00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:30.779
 you don't go back to trying to obey God

00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:33.920
 so that you can stay in good right standing with him.

00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:35.960
 It's done in Christ.

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:42.039
 Jesus didn't free us to go back to a life of slavery to the law.

00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:47.620
 Nor did Jesus save us so that we can go lawless.

00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:49.480
 Look at verse 13.

00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:51.160
 For you were called to freedom, brothers,

00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:54.039
 only to not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh.

00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:57.180
 It's called licentiousness.

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.720
 It's this thinking that,

00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:00.759
 okay, Jesus has freed me from everything.

00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:01.380
 He's forgiven me.

00:18:01.600 --> 00:18:02.620
 It's a blank check.

00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:04.220
 I can go sin all I want now.

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:09.460
 We're not freed for that either.

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.940
 What are we freed for?

00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:15.779
 In verse 13, he goes on to tell us,

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:19.620
 Do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh,

00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:21.799
 but through love serve one another.

00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:26.380
 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word.

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:28.180
 You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:31.259
 So when it comes to the law,

00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:34.519
 Jesus has freed us from its slavery,

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:37.379
 and he's freed us from lawlessness,

00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:43.160
 and he's freed us to fulfill the law in love by serving one another.

00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:48.680
 You might be thinking,

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:50.639
 Well, I thought you were going to talk about the Holy Spirit today, Mike.

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.680
 We're going to get there.

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:59.640
 What you need to be convinced of now is you were called to freedom.

00:19:02.060 --> 00:19:08.019
 Freedom to fulfill the law and to love one another.

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:14.400
 We're not to use our freedom as an opportunity for the flesh.

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:17.320
 In verse 15, he links it.

00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:20.900
 The flesh bites and devours one another.

00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:23.700
 Watch out that you're not consumed by one another.

00:19:25.080 --> 00:19:27.480
 That's not what we've been freed for.

00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:31.660
 We've been freed to love one another

00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:33.620
 and fulfill the law of Christ.

00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:35.400
 And so now the question becomes,

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.800
 How are we to do that?

00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:42.359
 How can you do that?

00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:48.000
 How are we as a church going to love one another,

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.919
 not bite and devour one another?

00:19:52.919 --> 00:19:55.759
 And Paul answers that question by saying,

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:57.599
 What I say in verse 16,

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:59.220
 Walk by the Spirit,

00:19:59.379 --> 00:20:01.659
 and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:03.540
 So up to this point,

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:06.040
 I've tried to show you from Galatians

00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:08.560
 that Christ has set us free,

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.980
 free from the slavery of sin

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:14.600
 by giving his perfect life as a ransom for us.

00:20:14.820 --> 00:20:16.800
 And he did that in order for us

00:20:16.800 --> 00:20:19.560
 to live in the freedom of fulfilling God's law,

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:21.060
 something we could never do beforehand.

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:25.180
 And now we turn to the Holy Spirit.

00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:28.300
 The Holy Spirit leads us

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:32.819
 into the freedom Christ accomplished for us.

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:36.619
 In verses 16 through 26,

00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:38.220
 Paul shows us

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:41.759
 how we are to depend upon the Holy Spirit

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:44.019
 moment by moment

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:47.099
 in order to fulfill the whole law.

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:51.740
 Now I realize that not everybody in the room

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:54.299
 comes here this morning

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:56.019
 on the same page

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:57.220
 when it comes to the Holy Spirit.

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:59.620
 So let me just give you a crash course.

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:02.539
 Jesus talks about the Holy Spirit

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.960
 a lot in John 16,

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:06.120
 and he talks about the Holy Spirit

00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:08.279
 as not a what or an it,

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:09.920
 but a who and a him.

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.740
 The Holy Spirit is a person.

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:15.480
 The third person of the Trinity.

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:17.740
 He has eternally existed in the Godhead

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.799
 with the Father and Son.

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.740
 He was never created.

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:20.660
 He's always existed.

00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:23.680
 And you can grieve him.

00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:25.579
 You can lie against him.

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:27.779
 You can hurt him.

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:31.980
 In the sense of grieving.

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.679
 He's a person.

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.539
 He's God.

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.919
 So I want,

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.740
 the first thing you need to know

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:40.439
 is the Holy Spirit's not an it.

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.299
 He's a who.

00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:44.480
 And the second thing that you need to know

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.639
 is that when Jesus,

00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.599
 before he left,

00:21:46.939 --> 00:21:47.960
 told his disciples,

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:50.099
 hey, it's to your advantage

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:51.559
 that I'm leaving

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:53.240
 so I can send to you

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.159
 the Holy Spirit.

00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:56.359
 Because he's going to guide you

00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:57.500
 into all truth.

00:21:58.379 --> 00:22:00.379
 He's going to indwell you.

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.639
 He's going to take up residence

00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:03.159
 in each of you.

00:22:03.459 --> 00:22:04.699
 1 Corinthians 6, 9.

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:08.079
 It's to your advantage

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.740
 that I leave

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:10.039
 so that the Holy Spirit

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.399
 can come and reside

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:12.219
 in each of you

00:22:12.219 --> 00:22:13.679
 and lead you into truth.

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:16.340
 And the last thing

00:22:16.340 --> 00:22:17.580
 I just want to note is

00:22:17.580 --> 00:22:21.519
 Jesus says in John 16, 14,

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:23.259
 the Holy Spirit,

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:23.820
 when he comes,

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.960
 he will glorify me.

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:27.680
 He's going to spotlight Jesus.

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:30.140
 He's going to make much of Jesus.

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:32.640
 It's not the only thing he does,

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:34.279
 but it's the primary thing he does.

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:39.220
 So what I want you to know

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.700
 before we start talking about

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:42.000
 walking by the Spirit

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:44.359
 is that the Holy Spirit

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.819
 is a person,

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.859
 God himself,

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:48.359
 who's come to take up residence

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:49.940
 in each of us

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:51.180
 and he's seeking

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:54.259
 to glorify the risen Christ.

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.899
 The Holy Spirit

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:05.300
 resides in us

00:23:05.300 --> 00:23:07.840
 and is seeking to lead us

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:09.600
 into the freedom

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:11.320
 Christ accomplished for us.

00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:13.440
 In light of that,

00:23:14.040 --> 00:23:15.400
 let me just walk you

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.759
 through three things.

00:23:17.060 --> 00:23:18.040
 The leading of the Spirit

00:23:18.040 --> 00:23:19.120
 is marked by conflict.

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.680
 The leading of the Spirit

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:22.300
 results in contrast.

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:24.080
 In the leading of the Spirit,

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.360
 keeping in step,

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.240
 it's a command.

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.640
 If you look at

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:33.520
 Galatians chapter 5,

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:36.420
 verse 16, 17, and 18,

00:23:37.020 --> 00:23:38.060
 you're going to pick up

00:23:38.060 --> 00:23:39.900
 on some conflict language.

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:42.400
 But I say walk by the Spirit

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:43.520
 and you will not gratify

00:23:43.520 --> 00:23:44.680
 the desires of the flesh.

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.860
 There's some conflict there.

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:48.580
 17, for the desires of the Spirit,

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:51.340
 flesh are against the Spirit.

00:23:51.540 --> 00:23:53.660
 Against is a conflict word.

00:23:54.060 --> 00:23:55.160
 And the desires of the Spirit

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.720
 are against the flesh.

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:57.940
 Conflict.

00:23:58.280 --> 00:23:59.759
 For those are opposed

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.400
 to each other.

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.420
 Conflict.

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.539
 To keep you from doing

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.700
 the things you want to do.

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:04.900
 Conflict.

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.059
 It's a conflict

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.019
 between the Spirit

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.779
 and our flesh.

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.480
 We've already talked

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.220
 about the Spirit.

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.759
 Let me make sure you know

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.539
 what the flesh is.

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.879
 J.R. Stott said,

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.039
 the flesh is

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:18.079
 what we are by nature

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:19.200
 in inheritance

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:20.599
 from Adam and Eve.

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.299
 Who we are

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:24.240
 apart from God's grace.

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:26.980
 Self-centered rebels

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:28.299
 against God.

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.360
 That's the flesh.

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:31.420
 And it's still

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:33.180
 alive in you.

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.740
 There is this aspect

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.480
 of you

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.539
 that is still

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.240
 moved towards

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.240
 self-centeredness.

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.059
 Sin.

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.339
 I want it my way.

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.860
 I don't care about God.

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:45.079
 That is your flesh.

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.900
 And what we see here

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:50.059
 is that this conflict

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:51.240
 is between

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.059
 the desires of the Spirit

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.160
 and the desires

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:55.240
 of the flesh.

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.180
 It's a conflict

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.440
 over what you want.

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:01.060
 What you live for.

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.980
 Ultimately,

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.460
 this is a conflict

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:05.080
 of control.

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:08.000
 What controls you?

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:10.660
 What governs your life?

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.220
 You know,

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.080
 we've got an election

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:14.080
 coming up in November

00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:15.040
 and there's a bunch

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:16.240
 of battleground states.

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.240
 Who are they going

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.860
 to vote for?

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.200
 Are they going to

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.100
 vote for Democrats?

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.779
 Are they going to

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:21.140
 vote for Republicans?

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.200
 What are these

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.940
 swing states?

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.320
 Who are they going

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:24.160
 to get behind?

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.140
 When they make

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:27.080
 their choice,

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.600
 they are saying,

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:30.480
 we want this person

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.779
 to rule us.

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:37.440
 When it comes to

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:39.500
 walking by the Spirit

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:41.240
 or walking by the flesh,

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.840
 we have a choice

00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:44.759
 of who we're going

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:46.080
 to get behind,

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.880
 who we're going

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:48.100
 to follow after,

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.940
 who we're going

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.740
 to live for

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.480
 and obey.

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.759
 Today,

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.860
 Ronald Fong

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.220
 says,

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.319
 to walk by the Spirit

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.019
 means to

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:58.339
 be under the constant,

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.920
 moment by moment,

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.700
 direct control

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:04.539
 and guidance

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.799
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:10.240
 To walk by the Spirit

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.579
 means to be

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:13.079
 controlled by the Spirit.

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:15.059
 To be led

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.779
 by the Spirit.

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:19.899
 In verse 16,

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.799
 Paul talks about

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.779
 this choice.

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.200
 He commands it.

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.839
 But I say,

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.480
 walk.

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.099
 It's a command

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.899
 by the Spirit

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.799
 and you'll not gratify

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.920
 the desires of the flesh.

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.819
 It's a conditional promise.

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.379
 If we walk

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.599
 by the power

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.799
 under the direction,

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:38.160
 surrender to

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:39.180
 the Holy Spirit,

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.879
 we will not

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:42.660
 gratify the desires

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.160
 of the flesh.

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.640
 We're not going

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.360
 to give in to them.

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:46.040
 We're not going

00:26:46.040 --> 00:26:46.400
 to let them

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.580
 complete themselves.

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.779
 The Holy Spirit

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.580
 will lead us

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:53.779
 into the freedom

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.400
 that Christ

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.400
 has accomplished

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.360
 for us.

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:01.279
 In verse 18,

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.080
 we read this,

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.580
 but if you are led

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.300
 by the Spirit,

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:04.800
 you are not

00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:05.620
 under the law.

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.779
 If you're walking

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.700
 by the Spirit,

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.700
 you are walking

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.860
 in the freedom

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:12.059
 that Christ

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:13.259
 accomplished for you.

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.240
 You're not under law.

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.539
 You're not living

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.319
 under legalism.

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.259
 It's not lawlessness.

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:21.119
 You will be fulfilling

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:22.339
 God's will

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.500
 for your life.

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:29.319
 When you choose

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:31.199
 to be led

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:32.679
 by the Holy Spirit,

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.259
 He will lead you

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.859
 into the freedom

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:37.099
 that Christ

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:38.099
 has already

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.839
 accomplished.

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:42.279
 you will be

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.199
 loving people.

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.259
 The leading

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.139
 of the Holy Spirit

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:50.979
 is marked

00:27:50.979 --> 00:27:51.599
 by conflict.

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.339
 So I'm not sure

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.119
 if you realize this.

00:27:53.199 --> 00:27:53.579
 The moment

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.299
 you became

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.819
 a Christian,

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.819
 it was like

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.619
 a declaration

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.740
 of civil war

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.359
 within you.

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.379
 God

00:28:00.379 --> 00:28:01.079
 indwelt you

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.979
 by His Spirit

00:28:01.979 --> 00:28:03.139
 and all of a sudden

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.959
 there was

00:28:03.959 --> 00:28:04.879
 opposition

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.979
 to the desires

00:28:05.979 --> 00:28:06.779
 of your flesh.

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:09.339
 the Holy Spirit

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.420
 wants to lead you

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:12.339
 into Christ's

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.619
 freedom and fullness

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:15.180
 and away from

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.879
 the captivity

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.639
 of the flesh.

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.619
 The leading

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.680
 of the Holy Spirit

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.740
 is marked

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.579
 by contrast.

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.779
 We see this

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.519
 in verses 19

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.099
 through 24.

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.700
 Now the works

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.180
 of the flesh

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.599
 are evident

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.859
 and He talks

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:30.779
 about 15 works

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.420
 of the flesh.

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:35.840
 You can break

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.100
 them into

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:37.140
 four categories.

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.240
 The flesh

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.900
 unleashed

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.840
 sexually,

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.279
 sexual immorality

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.620
 and purity

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.340
 sensuality.

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.840
 The flesh

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.480
 unleashed

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:46.220
 religiously,

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.560
 idolatry

00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:48.320
 and sorcery.

00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:49.180
 That word

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.660
 sorcery

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.160
 by the way

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.360
 is,

00:28:50.800 --> 00:28:51.440
 we get the word

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.160
 pharmacology

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.640
 from it.

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:54.019
 It's the use

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.000
 of drugs

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.300
 in the worship

00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:57.279
 of false gods.

00:28:57.279 --> 00:29:01.359
 At the end

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:01.819
 we read

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.980
 about the flesh

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.680
 unleashed

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.599
 in the drinking

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.299
 sphere,

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.720
 drunkenness,

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.539
 orgies,

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.759
 that orgy

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.160
 is probably

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.559
 more like

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.639
 a drinking party

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.059
 where it just

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.579
 goes out of

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.000
 control,

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.519
 animal house.

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.839
 But right

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.279
 in the middle

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.619
 in verses

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:20.379
 20 and 21

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:23.200
 we see

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.940
 these works

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.720
 of the flesh,

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.599
 these manifestations

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.740
 of the flesh

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.119
 of that

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:28.659
 self-centered

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.459
 rebellion

00:29:29.459 --> 00:29:31.039
 manifested

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.959
 relationally.

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:35.879
 We read

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:37.079
 enmity,

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.519
 strife,

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.000
 jealousy,

00:29:40.939 --> 00:29:41.799
 fits of anger,

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.359
 rivalries,

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.839
 dissensions,

00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:46.299
 divisions,

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.000
 envy.

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.799
 When you are

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:53.419
 walking by the flesh

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:54.439
 this is what

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:55.279
 gets produced.

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:59.399
 it's helpful

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:00.480
 because it

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.899
 helps you

00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:01.420
 to see

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.960
 when you

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.660
 are living

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.379
 by the flesh.

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.500
 And Paul

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.099
 is setting up

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.879
 a contrast

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.399
 here

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:11.899
 of the works

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.720
 of the flesh

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.920
 contrasted to

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.399
 the fruit

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:15.099
 of the spirit

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:16.079
 but before we

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.680
 get to the fruit

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.200
 of the spirit

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:18.279
 there is a warning

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.819
 that you need

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.220
 to see in

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.819
 verse 21.

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:24.519
 I warn you

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.939
 as I warned

00:30:25.939 --> 00:30:26.480
 you before

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:26.980
 that those

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.319
 who do

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.019
 such things

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.980
 will not

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.480
 inherit

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.039
 the kingdom

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.619
 of God.

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.980
 Now if

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.299
 you're in the

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.779
 room and you

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.839
 profess Christ

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.359
 and you're like

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:37.039
 okay man

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.799
 I just

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.659
 I lost it

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.159
 with my kids

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:39.579
 this morning

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:39.919
 on the way

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.359
 over here

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.279
 I raged

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.899
 against them.

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.539
 Does that

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.200
 mean I am

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.659
 not going

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.240
 to inherit

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.879
 the kingdom

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.380
 of God?

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.960
 The key

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.520
 to this

00:30:49.520 --> 00:30:49.900
 verse

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.880
 is understanding

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:51.720
 I warn

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.160
 you as I

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.820
 warned you

00:30:52.820 --> 00:30:53.540
 that those

00:30:53.540 --> 00:30:54.500
 who do

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.460
 such things

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.800
 will not

00:30:55.800 --> 00:30:56.080
 inherit

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.440
 the kingdom

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.760
 of God.

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.340
 That word

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.820
 do in the

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.380
 original language

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:58.760
 means to

00:30:58.760 --> 00:30:59.280
 practice.

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.380
 It's a

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:01.280
 habitual way

00:31:01.280 --> 00:31:01.900
 of life.

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.920
 If this

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.220
 is your

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.160
 habitual way

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.880
 of life

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.540
 Paul is

00:31:06.540 --> 00:31:07.160
 saying be

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.680
 warned

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.320
 you don't

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:08.840
 belong to

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.160
 Jesus.

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:09.960
 What you

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.440
 need right

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.040
 now is to

00:31:11.040 --> 00:31:11.560
 be set

00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:12.300
 free from

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:13.260
 sin.

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:18.380
 So if

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.780
 this is

00:31:18.780 --> 00:31:19.880
 normal course

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.880
 that's one

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.180
 thing.

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.400
 That's a

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.040
 character

00:31:23.040 --> 00:31:23.800
 marked by

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.420
 the flesh

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.180
 but if

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.840
 you're a

00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:26.200
 believer

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.840
 and there's

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.640
 these occasional

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.540
 lapses where

00:31:28.540 --> 00:31:28.940
 you're like

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.440
 oh yeah

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:31.240
 I was once

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.000
 controlled by

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:33.060
 this but now

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:33.780
 it's just less

00:31:33.780 --> 00:31:34.100
 and less.

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.780
 I was hanging

00:31:34.780 --> 00:31:35.180
 out with a

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.600
 brother this

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:36.440
 week and he

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.080
 was talking

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:37.600
 about how

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:37.960
 there was a

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.520
 time of his

00:31:38.520 --> 00:31:38.980
 life where

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.660
 he was just

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:41.240
 governed by a

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.660
 particularly

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.940
 self-centered

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.960
 approach to

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.160
 life.

00:31:44.300 --> 00:31:44.940
 He wanted

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.539
 to gain

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.080
 things.

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.320
 He became

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:48.779
 a Christian

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.440
 and what

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.100
 God by the

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.759
 Spirit did

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.940
 is he slowly

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:53.000
 changed him.

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.580
 He made

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.180
 him less

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.799
 and less

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.580
 governed by

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:57.680
 this particularly

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:59.059
 fleshly desire.

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.580
 It became

00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:02.259
 more and more

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.559
 laps than

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.460
 way of life.

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.400
 That's what the

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:07.180
 Spirit does in

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:08.840
 us but the

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.860
 warning stands.

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:12.259
 If this is

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:13.200
 what characterizes

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.900
 your life

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:15.900
 life, be

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.519
 warned, you

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:18.060
 need to be

00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:19.880
 set free by

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.340
 Jesus.

00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.519
 So on the

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.160
 one side we

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.400
 have the

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.960
 works of the

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.600
 flesh and on

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:27.220
 the other the

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.759
 fruit of the

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.019
 Spirit.

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.700
 This is what

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.940
 the Spirit does

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.940
 in us.

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.400
 If you would

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.740
 look at verse

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.519
 22, but the

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.960
 fruit of the

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.940
 Spirit is love,

00:32:39.040 --> 00:32:39.540
 joy, peace,

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.300
 patience, kindness,

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.300
 goodness, faithfulness,

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.540
 gentleness, self-control,

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:44.220
 works of the

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.519
 flesh, 15 things

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.599
 with a, and

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.319
 there's more at

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.680
 the end.

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.859
 Through the

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.519
 Spirit he lays

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.399
 out nine

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:52.619
 different

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:54.159
 manifestations of

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:55.079
 the Spirit's

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:56.159
 working in the

00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:56.700
 life of a

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.420
 Christian, all

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.899
 having to do

00:32:57.899 --> 00:32:58.220
 with our

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.779
 character.

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:00.940
 I'm not going

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.200
 to go into

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.839
 detail, I just

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.639
 want to show you

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:03.339
 three things.

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.519
 They're highly,

00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:05.200
 first is they're

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.119
 highly relational.

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.720
 Love for one

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:10.140
 another, joy

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.860
 together, peace

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.779
 between us,

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:14.400
 patience, long

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.160
 suffering with

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.600
 one another,

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.740
 showing kindness

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.500
 in goodness,

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.720
 faithfulness,

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.920
 bearing up with

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.460
 each other,

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.819
 gentleness, a

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:23.220
 tenderness towards

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.720
 one another.

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.740
 We're told to be

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.579
 gentle in Galatians

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.900
 6 too, when we

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.720
 find a brother or

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.600
 sister caught in

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:30.339
 sin, we're to be

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:31.279
 gentle with them.

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.420
 And then he says

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.400
 self-control,

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.400
 reigning in your

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.660
 passions and desires,

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.740
 so they don't

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.960
 adversely affect

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.980
 those around you.

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:44.540
 All of this is

00:33:44.540 --> 00:33:45.460
 the fulfillment of

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.900
 the law.

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:49.160
 All of this is

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.860
 what the Spirit

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:51.860
 does in us so

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.540
 that we can love

00:33:52.540 --> 00:33:53.140
 our neighbor as

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:53.600
 ourself.

00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:57.000
 The aim of it

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:59.259
 is to exalt

00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:00.400
 Christ and to

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.240
 bless others.

00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:03.340
 God delivers us

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:04.080
 from living for

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:05.540
 ourselves and he

00:34:05.540 --> 00:34:06.660
 delivers us to

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:08.079
 being a blessing

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:09.400
 to others.

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.800
 Against such

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:12.300
 things there is

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.740
 no law, Paul

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.760
 says in verse

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.840
 23, because it's

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.659
 the fulfillment of

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:16.940
 the law.

00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:18.320
 This is the

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:19.300
 freedom that

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:20.320
 Christ purchased

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.300
 for us to live

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.500
 in.

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.619
 And the Holy

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:24.680
 Spirit leads us

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.400
 into it.

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:28.559
 one more thing I

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.220
 want to point out

00:34:29.220 --> 00:34:32.539
 is if you were

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:34.860
 to say that

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.240
 love, joy,

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.840
 peace, patience,

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.460
 kindness, goodness,

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.200
 faithfulness, gentleness,

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:38.280
 and self-control was

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:39.660
 a profile of

00:34:39.660 --> 00:34:40.119
 someone,

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:43.619
 if that described

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.660
 someone that you

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:44.980
 know,

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:47.340
 who would be a

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.039
 description of?

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.880
 Jesus.

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:51.940
 So the Holy

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:53.740
 Spirit leads us

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:56.200
 forming Christ's

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:57.619
 character in us

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.860
 to bless one

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.880
 another and the

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.780
 Holy Spirit is

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:02.180
 spotlighting Jesus

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:03.019
 through our very

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.599
 characters.

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.780
 This stands in

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.920
 stark contrast to

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.680
 the works of the

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:13.099
 flesh.

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.300
 And then in

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:16.240
 verse 24, there's

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:17.240
 another contrast.

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:18.919
 And those who

00:35:18.919 --> 00:35:19.599
 belong to Christ

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.079
 Jesus have

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.779
 crucified the

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.359
 flesh with its

00:35:21.359 --> 00:35:21.899
 passions and

00:35:21.899 --> 00:35:22.259
 desires.

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.059
 If you're

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.699
 bearing this

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:25.119
 fruit, do you

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.679
 know what it

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.239
 evidences?

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.919
 It evidences that

00:35:27.919 --> 00:35:28.239
 you've been

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:30.059
 converted, that

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.639
 you've become a

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.099
 Christian.

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.059
 J.I.

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:34.119
 Packer says that

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:36.079
 our past

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:37.159
 conversion is

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.000
 evidenced by

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.559
 present

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.759
 convertedness.

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.279
 And if you

00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:42.159
 are bearing the

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.739
 fruit of the

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.399
 Spirit and

00:35:43.399 --> 00:35:44.299
 growing measure,

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.579
 it demonstrates

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.259
 that you've

00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:46.839
 been converted.

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:48.219
 That you went

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:49.639
 from life to

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.059
 death.

00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:51.319
 That you

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:53.359
 crucified the

00:35:53.359 --> 00:35:54.099
 flesh with its

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.819
 passions and

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.339
 desires.

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.519
 When we are

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.139
 led by the

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:01.739
 Spirit, the

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.939
 result is a

00:36:02.939 --> 00:36:05.579
 contrast with

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.159
 the works of

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:06.659
 this flesh.

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:08.739
 We stand

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.599
 out.

00:36:10.819 --> 00:36:11.619
 We bear, it

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.959
 bears witness to

00:36:12.959 --> 00:36:13.579
 the freedom

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.799
 Christ accomplished

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:15.519
 for us.

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.880
 the Spirit

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:18.000
 really wants to

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.900
 change us.

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:20.320
 And he wants

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.380
 to change us

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.940
 in a way that

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:24.280
 makes us more

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.320
 loving to one

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:26.360
 another and

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.619
 unites a

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.880
 church for the

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.719
 glory of

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.679
 Christ's name.

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.659
 Conflict,

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.980
 contrast, and

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.820
 finally, a

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.199
 command.

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:40.059
 If we live by

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.619
 the Spirit,

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.440
 verse 25,

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:43.900
 we must keep

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:45.200
 in step with

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:45.679
 the Spirit.

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:47.700
 It's a

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:48.019
 command.

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:53.740
 In 518, we're

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.300
 to be led by

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.780
 the Spirit.

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.760
 It's a different

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.880
 Greek verb than

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.860
 keep in step with

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.240
 the Spirit.

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:00.200
 In 516, we're

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:01.000
 commanded to walk

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.619
 by the Spirit.

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.599
 It's a different

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.579
 verb here.

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:05.139
 The verb here,

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.880
 to keep in step

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.420
 with the Spirit,

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.440
 literally means to

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:09.319
 line up behind

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:10.840
 your leader and

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:12.679
 follow Him.

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.739
 Every one of us

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:25.039
 has been freed

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.940
 by Christ,

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:26.840
 who has been

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.279
 freed by us.

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.539
 We must keep in

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.480
 step with the

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.860
 Spirit to live

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.940
 out that

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.599
 freedom.

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.860
 We must follow

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.639
 Him as He

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.599
 leads us

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:38.500
 into becoming

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.619
 more like Jesus

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.440
 and loving of

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.960
 one another,

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:41.900
 fulfilling the

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.599
 whole law.

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.900
 If we keep in

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.599
 step with the

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:48.920
 Spirit,

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:51.340
 verse 26,

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.880
 we're not going

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.219
 to become

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.779
 conceited.

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:55.900
 We're not going

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.219
 to be thinking

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.840
 too highly of

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.219
 ourselves,

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:57.960
 provoking one

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.159
 another,

00:37:58.299 --> 00:37:58.799
 envying another,

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.420
 biting and

00:37:59.420 --> 00:37:59.980
 devouring one

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.179
 another.

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:02.000
 The Spirit will

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.579
 not let that

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.960
 happen.

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.759
 He will

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.279
 unite us

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:05.980
 together in

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.500
 loving one

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:06.799
 another,

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.779
 bearing this

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.599
 fruit that

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.679
 glorifies Jesus.

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:12.219
 If we get

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:13.380
 behind the

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:14.119
 Holy Spirit,

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:15.139
 we don't need

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:16.219
 to fear that

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:16.860
 He's going to

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:18.619
 lead us outside

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.519
 of what the

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.099
 Scriptures have

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.940
 laid down.

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.480
 The Spirit who

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.639
 inspired the

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.500
 Scriptures will

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.599
 lead us into

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.559
 the ways of

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.679
 God, walk

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:29.079
 along the path

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.860
 of life.

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:29.960
 life.

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:32.940
 You know what

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.280
 the bottom

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:33.840
 line is?

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.900
 We must keep

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:37.019
 in step with

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:38.260
 the Spirit to

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:39.200
 live in the

00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:40.480
 freedom Christ

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.380
 accomplished.

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.980
 What Christ

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.840
 accomplished in

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:45.880
 33 AD, the

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:47.200
 Spirit brings to

00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:48.340
 fruition in our

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:49.960
 lives in 2018.

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.220
 13.

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.720
 So I'm

00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:54.199
 guessing you're

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.679
 wondering how

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.300
 do I walk by

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.740
 the Spirit?

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:58.619
 How do I do

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:58.860
 that?

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:01.059
 How do I keep in

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.740
 step with the

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:02.000
 Spirit?

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.960
 Let me give you

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.720
 three suggestions.

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:08.139
 Three prayers to

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:09.800
 the Spirit in

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.380
 order to be led

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.000
 by the Spirit.

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:13.139
 Three ways to

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.539
 depend.

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:17.279
 first is this.

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.779
 Ask God by

00:39:20.779 --> 00:39:22.139
 His Spirit to

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:23.559
 preach Christ

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.360
 to you.

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:27.440
 To bring to

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.420
 your mind that

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:30.019
 Christ has set

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.599
 me free.

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.659
 Could you

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.239
 imagine waking

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:34.019
 up every morning

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:35.519
 and you move to

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.199
 this point where

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:36.719
 you're like, oh

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:37.440
 Spirit of God,

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:39.099
 would you again

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:40.559
 remind me that

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:41.699
 Christ has set

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.300
 me free?

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:43.060
 would you

00:39:43.060 --> 00:39:44.300
 spotlight that

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:45.300
 in my soul

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:45.720
 today?

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.039
 That's where it

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.440
 starts.

00:39:48.740 --> 00:39:49.519
 Remind me of

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:50.080
 what God has

00:39:50.080 --> 00:39:50.800
 done for me in

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.200
 Christ.

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:53.780
 Second,

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.560
 Spirit,

00:39:56.600 --> 00:39:57.420
 slay my

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:57.980
 flesh.

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.820
 Kill my

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.280
 sin.

00:40:03.200 --> 00:40:03.519
 If you

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:04.240
 struggle with

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:05.300
 sexual lust,

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:06.340
 oh Spirit of

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:07.280
 God, would you

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:08.560
 kill that today?

00:40:09.060 --> 00:40:09.560
 Help me to

00:40:09.560 --> 00:40:10.500
 nail it to the

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:11.019
 cross.

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.700
 It was

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:13.119
 crucified the

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.939
 moment I

00:40:13.939 --> 00:40:14.839
 believed it

00:40:14.839 --> 00:40:15.779
 was done.

00:40:15.879 --> 00:40:16.259
 Help me to

00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:17.359
 live that way.

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.399
 Kill it in

00:40:19.399 --> 00:40:19.759
 me.

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:21.799
 Romans 8,

00:40:21.839 --> 00:40:22.739
 13, we are

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:24.239
 to mortify

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:25.219
 sin by the

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:25.859
 power of the

00:40:25.859 --> 00:40:26.379
 Holy Spirit.

00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:29.399
 Finally,

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.619
 Spirit,

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.699
 lead me.

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.419
 Empower me

00:40:34.419 --> 00:40:35.059
 to love

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.719
 others.

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.919
 You can start

00:40:37.919 --> 00:40:38.639
 praying prayers

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.299
 like this.

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:40.460
 Lord Jesus,

00:40:40.819 --> 00:40:41.379
 because you

00:40:41.379 --> 00:40:41.920
 called me to

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.539
 be free,

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:45.859
 I confess my

00:40:45.859 --> 00:40:46.759
 hatred towards

00:40:46.759 --> 00:40:47.500
 my brother,

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:49.119
 and I nail it

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.940
 to the cross.

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:50.940
 It's done,

00:40:51.339 --> 00:40:51.920
 and Spirit,

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.900
 would you empower

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:54.059
 me now to love

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:54.359
 him?

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.920
 Jesus, because you

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.619
 called me to be

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:58.960
 free, I confess

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:00.259
 my fits of

00:41:00.259 --> 00:41:02.079
 fleshly anger.

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:03.460
 I nail it to the

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:03.859
 cross.

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:05.140
 I will not live

00:41:05.140 --> 00:41:05.860
 for that now.

00:41:06.140 --> 00:41:07.180
 Would you lead me

00:41:07.180 --> 00:41:08.160
 into long

00:41:08.160 --> 00:41:09.140
 suffering with

00:41:09.140 --> 00:41:10.019
 those around me?

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:13.039
 Spirit of God,

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.680
 would you, you've

00:41:14.680 --> 00:41:15.579
 set me free.

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.760
 Jesus, you've set

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.260
 me free.

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:19.099
 I confess my

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.820
 insecurities.

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:21.559
 I confess my

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.700
 envy of the way

00:41:22.700 --> 00:41:23.700
 my sister looks,

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.360
 and of my

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:25.280
 brother's family,

00:41:25.660 --> 00:41:26.860
 of my friend's

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:28.500
 house, and of

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:29.460
 this guy's car.

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.760
 I confess it.

00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:34.160
 would you, Spirit,

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:35.300
 now empower me to

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:36.960
 stop wanting what

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:38.160
 others have, and

00:41:38.160 --> 00:41:39.120
 help me to start

00:41:39.120 --> 00:41:40.440
 wanting your good

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.300
 for others.

00:41:44.780 --> 00:41:45.780
 Jesus, because you

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:46.480
 called me to free,

00:41:46.600 --> 00:41:48.280
 I confess my

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:49.220
 harshness to my

00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:49.580
 children.

00:41:50.060 --> 00:41:51.520
 I nail that desire

00:41:51.520 --> 00:41:52.400
 of the flesh to the

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:53.260
 cross, and Spirit,

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:54.040
 would you now empower

00:41:54.040 --> 00:41:56.300
 me to be gentle

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:57.140
 and tender,

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:59.800
 selflessly loving

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.460
 my children?

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:03.540
 these are ways in

00:42:03.540 --> 00:42:04.220
 which we walk by

00:42:04.220 --> 00:42:04.620
 the Spirit.

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.720
 I just thought to

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:09.500
 show you two things

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:09.980
 this morning.

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:11.360
 Christ has freed us

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:13.220
 from sin, and the

00:42:13.220 --> 00:42:15.580
 Spirit empowers us

00:42:15.580 --> 00:42:17.040
 moment by moment

00:42:17.040 --> 00:42:18.320
 to live out that

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:19.260
 freedom that Christ

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:19.800
 accomplished.

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:23.080
 Christ has set you

00:42:23.080 --> 00:42:24.720
 free, and the

00:42:24.720 --> 00:42:26.280
 Spirit indwells us

00:42:26.280 --> 00:42:28.700
 to experience that

00:42:28.700 --> 00:42:29.120
 freedom.

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.179
 freedom.

00:42:30.359 --> 00:42:30.980
 And so, brothers

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:33.980
 and sisters, keep

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.659
 in step with the

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:35.000
 Spirit.

00:42:36.779 --> 00:42:38.519
 Go forth today in

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:38.880
 power.

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:40.119
 Let's pray.

00:42:41.259 --> 00:42:42.119
 God in heaven,

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:44.159
 would you use these

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:45.400
 words, these words of

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:46.679
 you from Galatians,

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:48.299
 and would you set us

00:42:48.299 --> 00:42:49.139
 free, and would you

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:50.019
 help us to live in

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.539
 that freedom?

00:42:50.859 --> 00:42:51.819
 In the name of Jesus,

00:42:52.259 --> 00:42:53.539
 for the glory of God,

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:54.279
 amen.

00:42:54.279 --> 00:42:54.400
 Amen.

00:42:56.779 --> 00:42:57.400
 Amen.

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:58.400
 Amen.

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:02.360
 Amen.

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:02.779
 Amen.

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:03.159
 Amen.

00:43:03.279 --> 00:43:03.500
 Amen.

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:03.579
 Amen.

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:03.659
 Amen.

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:04.219
 Amen.

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:07.019
 Amen.

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:10.279
 Amen.

00:43:10.279 --> 00:43:11.239
 Amen.

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:18.340
 Amen.

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:22.599
 Amen.