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 Well, I most always say, take out your copy of God's Word and turn to.

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 Just hang on to your copy of God's Word for a moment, and I promise I will tell you where to turn and get there.

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 I have felt in the past when I've given some longer introductions that you're staring at the text going,

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 when in the world is he going to get to the text?

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 There is a text, and we will get to it this morning, I promise, but I want you just to settle in for a moment

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 as I give you some bit of an introduction to what we intend to do this Sunday and then the next four Sundays.

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 As mentioned previously in our service, we are going to work through the five solas of the Reformation.

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 And if you're already a bit confused, a sola is Latin for only.

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 And so the five solas are sola scriptura, or scripture alone,

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 and that is that the Bible is God's final authority to man.

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 Sola gratia, which is to say grace alone, we are saved by God's grace alone.

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 Sola fide, through faith alone.

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 Solas Christus, in Jesus Christ alone.

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 And soli Deo Gloria, to the glory of God alone.

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 And the Christian life is to be lived to the glory of God.

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 And so these are the five solas.

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 The Reformers loved the word sola.

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 Because remember that they were speaking to Christian contexts, right?

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 People who, even more than in our day, believed that they were of the Christian faith

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 simply because they were citizens of the country in which they lived.

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 They assumed that they were Christians.

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 And so they're speaking to a people who would have said,

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 yeah, yes, scripture.

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 And sure, grace and faith.

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 And yes, Christ.

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 And of course, the glory of God.

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 The Reformers said time and time again,

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 no, the scripture alone.

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 Grace alone.

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 Faith alone.

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 In Christ alone.

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 To the glory of God.

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 Alone.

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 And these, the structure that we're going to be talking about,

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 sola scriptura, sola gratia, sola fide, sola Christus, sola Deo Gloria,

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 was not systematized by the Reformers.

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 And that's the thing that you ought to know.

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 So as we talk about the Reformers kind of holding these things up as banners

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 over the Reformation,

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 it wasn't systematic until much, much later.

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 But you pick up these themes in so much of their writing,

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 these various alones that they stood for and supported.

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 This morning, I want to spend a little bit of time,

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 as I mentioned, on an introduction.

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 And then we're going to briefly consider the doctrine of sola scriptura.

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 But before we begin,

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 I just want to be clear about a few things for this morning

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 and in the coming month.

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 The Protestant Reformation was not the beginning of Christianity.

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 God has had a people that he has sovereignly preserved from the fall

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 by a promise.

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 And that promise was fulfilled in Christ.

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 He has had a people from the very beginning.

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 It didn't begin with the Protestant Reformation,

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 as sometimes we can mistakenly be misunderstood.

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 The truth of God had not been lost to the world

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 and then rediscovered by an Augustinian monk

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 by the name of Martin Luther in the 16th century.

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 It wasn't completely lost.

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 It wasn't gone all together.

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 The truth of God had been preserved by God,

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 although largely lost to the Western world,

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 to European Christianity,

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 buried in a Latin translation

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 and by Roman Catholic tradition

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 and papal infallibility,

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 which at very best obscured the truth

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 and at very worst and most often replaced it.

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 God had long been working amongst his people in Europe

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 to ignite the purifying flame of the Protestant Reformation.

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 A very popular analogy goes that God has been stacking the kindling for centuries

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 and that he used Martin Luther's writings as a spark

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 to ignite the fire that burned so brightly across Europe

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 to purify the church.

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 Faithful men, known and unknown,

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 were used of God.

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 I'm so thankful for writing and distribution

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 that began in this same time

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 so we can know so many of these men.

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 But it's important to know also

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 that there are many unknown men

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 used by God to bring about reform in the church.

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 Men like John Wycliffe,

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 who in the 14th century,

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 much before,

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 defied Rome and translated the Bible

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 from Latin into English

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 and the kindling began to stack up.

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 So we don't want to see,

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 while the Reformation was a great turn

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 in Western Christianity,

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 it's a very significant thing to consider.

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 It's been a work of God all the way through.

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 He threads every single bit of it.

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 You have heard and will hear a bunch

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 about the Reformation in the past couple of months.

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 We've been reading the Reformation ABCs

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 to the children in the coming month.

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 But I want to be clear

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 that we do not worship the Reformers.

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 They were all fallible men.

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 And boy, did some of them err.

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 As much as they got right,

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 they got much wrong.

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 And we don't believe every single thing

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 that the Reformers believed.

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 But as I've said,

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 they were men used of God.

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 Our history,

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 our church's history,

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 traces through the redemptive history

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 of the Bible,

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 by the way of the church

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 that we see in the book of Acts,

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 through the Reformers,

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 and then through the Puritans,

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 to today.

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 The events of the Reformation

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 were significant,

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 and we would not exist

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 as a people for God's possession

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 if not for them.

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 Now, I am not saying

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 that God could not have established

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 a church in the Americas

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 without the Reformation.

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 But I am saying

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 that God chose

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 to start a church

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 in the Americas

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 with the Reformation.

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 And so as such,

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 we should want to know

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 our history, right?

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 Much of our history.

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 This is our family

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 that we're considering

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 as we look back

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 to the lives

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 of some of these men.

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 So we should want to know it.

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 And we should also want

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 to know our history

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 because those

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 who don't know their history

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 are doomed

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 to repeat its mistakes.

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 We do not want to be known

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 as a church

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 for what we are against.

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 However,

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 sometimes to be clear

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 about what you are for,

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 I believe you must state

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 what you are against.

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 You must clarify,

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 not that,

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 but this.

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 The Protestant Reformation

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 began as an attempt

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 to bring correction

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 to the Roman Catholic Church.

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 Martin Luther did not intend

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 to vacate the church.

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 In fact,

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 he was excommunicated.

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 He was kicked out

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 of the church,

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 but he wanted to see

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 the church correct

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 its teaching.

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 But upon Rome's rejection

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 of the plain teaching

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 of Scripture,

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 the Reformers abandoned Rome.

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 We are Protestants,

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 and we are Protestants

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 in that we will protest

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 any teaching,

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 not just Roman Catholic teaching,

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 but any teaching

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 against justification

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 by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Jesus Christ alone.

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 And there is much teaching

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 out there in this way.

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 There is much teaching

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 in the name of Jesus Christ

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 that would suggest to people

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 that they must earn their way

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 into God's favor.

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 And beloved,

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 we can only stand confidently

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 before God,

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 be justified before Him

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 because of what Christ

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 has accomplished

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 on our behalf,

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 because of His perfect life

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 and perfect death.

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 And so we protest

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 any teaching that's

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 in opposition to that

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 because we love mankind

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 and we want mankind

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 to come to saving faith

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 all other teaching

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 besides the gospel,

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 the pure gospel,

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 right?

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 Justification by faith alone,

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 by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 and Christ alone

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 is damning.

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 It's dangerous

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 for people.

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 And so we must

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 defend

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 the truth.

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 And so the Reformation

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 has a great deal

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 of bearing

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 for our lives

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 today.

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 It means something

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 for us,

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 and we ought to take

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 some time

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 to understand it

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 and to study it.

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 And I want to try

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 to do something

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 multimedia,

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 so Harold,

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 wink, wink,

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 nod, nod,

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 back there.

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 We don't tend

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 to do things

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 like this very often

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 for the potential

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 failure of technology,

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 but Harold's going

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 to try to play

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 a video for you

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 that was played at,

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 the video was played

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 at a conference

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 that happens

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 every two years.

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 I would love

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 for you all

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 to get to go

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 to one of them

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 called Together

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 for the Gospel.

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 And I don't recall,

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 2016, I think,

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 maybe,

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 anyway,

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 it doesn't really matter.

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 But this is a video

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 of a man named

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 Martin Lloyd-Jones

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 speaking on the

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 450th anniversary,

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 so 50 years ago,

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 about the significance

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 of the Protestant

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 Reformation.

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 And just to give you

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 a quick story

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 about Lloyd-Jones,

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 many people call him

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 the doctor,

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 he was a physician

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 before he was a pastor,

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 and the first church

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 that he was hired

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 to pastor

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 was very well known

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 for its dramas.

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 In fact,

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 they would often

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 not have preaching

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 on Sunday morning,

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 but would instead

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 have plays.

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 And the pulpit

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 on the stage

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 was movable,

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 and there's nothing

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 wrong with having

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 a movable pulpit,

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 but it was movable

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 so that they could

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 put on these plays.

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 And on his

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 very first Sunday

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 when he got up,

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 opened God's Word,

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 he first

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 announced that he

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 was disbanding

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 the dramatee,

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 and then physically,

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 in reality,

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 took a handful

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 of nails

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 and a hammer

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 and nailed

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 the pulpit

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 down to the stage.

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 He said,

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 the Word of God

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 will be central

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 in the life

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 of the church.

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 So this is

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 Martin Lloyd-Jones,

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 20th century

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 English pastor

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 in this video,

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 so take a look.

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 Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones

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 will now address us.

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 At a time like this,

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 with the world

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 as it is,

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 and with this

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 multiplicity of problems

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 that are pressing

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 in upon us

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 on all sides,

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 why turn back

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 and consider

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 what happened

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 400 years ago?

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 Now, as I understand it,

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 there are two main

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 objections

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 to the doing

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 of what we are meant

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 to do this evening.

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 The first is

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 a general objection

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 to looking back,

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 a feeling

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 that the past

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 has nothing

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 to teach us,

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 that after all,

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 we are the people

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 of the 20th century.

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 We are the people

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 who have split the atom.

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 We are the people

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 who are encompassing

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 all knowledge.

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 We are the people

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 who have advanced

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 to such giddy heights

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 that our forefathers

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 could not even

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 have imagined them.

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 Why should we

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 of old people

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 look back,

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 and especially

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 look back

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 for 400 years?

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 That's one objection.

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 The other is,

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 the Reformation

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 was a tragedy.

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 We are told that

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 what we should be

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 considering today

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 is unity,

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 and that if we

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 spend our time

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 in considering

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 a kind of disruption

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 in the church,

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 or a division

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 such as took place

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 400 years ago,

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 we are doing

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 something that is sinful.

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 And there is,

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 alas,

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 an increasing

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 body of opinion

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 in Protestant circles,

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 which openly

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 and unashamedly

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 is saying

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 that the Protestant

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 Reformation

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 was a tragedy,

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 and that it is

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 our business

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 to forget it

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 as soon as we can,

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 and to do

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 everything possible

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 to heal the breach

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 so that we

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 should be back

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 again,

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 one with the

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 church at home,

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 and there should

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 be one great

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 world church.

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 I have a feeling

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 that you've come

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 together to

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 demonstrate,

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 that you've come

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 together to make

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 a declaration,

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 and that is

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 that unlike so

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 many others

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 at this present

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 time,

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 you're not ashamed

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 of the Protestant

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 Reformation.

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 The greatest need

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 of this country

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 tonight and of

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 the whole world

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 is to recapture

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 that principle

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 that fired the

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 men at the

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 time of the

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 Protestant

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 Reformation.

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 What was it

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 about?

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 Justification

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 by faith.

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 How does a man

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 stand just

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 before God?

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 God

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 I got a head

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 start there.

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 You wouldn't

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 think I've

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 watched the

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 video 20

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 times this

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 week.

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 Any teaching

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 of the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ

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 that doesn't

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 teach that we

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 come to Christ

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 by faith alone

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 is an

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 anti-gospel.

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 And any

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 uniting and

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 joining with

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 people without

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 the truth

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 is not

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 unity at

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 all.

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 Any expression

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 of love

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 without the

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 truth is

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 not love

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 at all.

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 And beloved,

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 this history

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 repeats itself

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 and you're

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 going to hear

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 across this

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 next month

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 many people

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 make cries

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 for what's

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 called ecumenicalism,

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 us coming

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 back together

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 for the sake

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 of unity

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 and the sake

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 of peace.

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 And those

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 are words

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 that I also

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 love but

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 not devoid

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 of the

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 truth.

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 It's good

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 for people

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 that we

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 proclaim boldly

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 the gospel

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 of Jesus

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 Christ,

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 justification

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 by grace

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 alone

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 through faith

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 alone,

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 in Christ

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 alone.

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 And so we

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 must learn

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 from the

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 past.

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 We must

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 arm ourselves

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 so that we

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 can understand

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 the world

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 in which we

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 live,

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 that we

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 might speak

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 clearly

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 into it.

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 On your

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 bulletin

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 today,

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 the historical

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 quote,

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 Martin Luther

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 said,

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 the time

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 for silence

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 is past

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 and the

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 time to

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 speak

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 has come.

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 So let's

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 talk a bit

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 about Martin

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 Luther,

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 and we

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 are almost

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 to the

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 text,

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 I promise.

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 And this

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 event that

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 we're working

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 toward,

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 the 500th

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 anniversary

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 of October

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 31st,

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 1517.

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 Now,

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 as I

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 mentioned

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 previously

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 in bit,

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 it'd be a

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 little unfair

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 to say this

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 is when

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 the

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 reformation

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 really began.

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 In fact,

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 we could

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 probably more

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 accurately say

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 it began

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 in the

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 following year,

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 so maybe

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 we'll also

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 celebrate it

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 next year.

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 Martin Luther

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 did not

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 originally set

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 out to be

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 a monk.

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 His original

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 intention was

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 to be a

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 lawyer,

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 but in

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 the process

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 of his

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 life,

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 he was

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 deeply

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 troubled

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 by the

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 status of

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 his soul.

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 He was

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 asking this

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 question,

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 what makes

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 me right

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 before God?

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 and he

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 was not

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 finding it

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 in the

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 religion

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 of the

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 day,

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 although he

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 was

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 working

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 and

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 working

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 and

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 working

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 to be

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 found

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 right

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 before God.

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 The story

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 goes that one

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 evening in a

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 very intense

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 lightning storm,

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 lightning striking

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 all about him,

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 that he

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 cried out,

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 rather ironically,

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 not directly to

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 God,

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 but through

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 the saint,

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 Anne,

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 that if he

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 would just be

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 spared from the

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 storm,

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 that he would

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 become a

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 monk.

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 So he

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 lived,

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 and he

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 became an

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 Augustinian

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 monk by the

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 great providence

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 of God.

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 But as a

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 monk,

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 still working

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 and laboring,

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 he was still

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 very troubled

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 by the state

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 of his soul,

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 and in order

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 to put his

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 mind to rest,

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 they put him

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 to work

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 translating the

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 Bible.

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 It's a bit

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 of a mistake

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 on their

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 part.

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 They put him

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 to the task

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 of translating

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 the book of

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 Romans.

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 And in

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 Romans 1,

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 verse 17,

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 he came

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 across this

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 phrase,

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 the righteous

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 shall live

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 by faith.

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 And by the

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 illumination of

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 the Spirit,

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 he came to

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 understand,

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 and it was

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 not by works

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.339
 that we are

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 righteous before

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 God,

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 but because

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 of faith.

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 And the

00:17:56.679 --> 00:17:57.419
 Christian life

00:17:57.419 --> 00:17:57.859
 was meant to

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 be a life

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 of repentance,

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 which was

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 counter to

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 Roman Catholic

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.459
 teaching,

00:18:02.639 --> 00:18:03.179
 and still

00:18:03.179 --> 00:18:04.099
 is.

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 They teach

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 that life

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 is to

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 be a life

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 of penance,

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 doing your

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 work to

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 fill the

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 hole,

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 the vacuum

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 that you've

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 created by

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 your rebellion

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 against God.

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 But the

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 righteous

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:16.759
 shall live

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 by faith.

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 So in

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 that day,

00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:21.980
 the Roman

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 church was

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 trying to

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 raise money

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 to build

00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:25.059
 St. Peter's

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 Basilica,

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 which exists.

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 You can find

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 pictures of it

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 online and

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 even visit it

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 in Rome.

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 And so

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 because of

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 the great

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 cost of

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 building such

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 a building,

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 they perpetuated

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 a practice

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 that had been

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 going on for

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 quite some

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 years of

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 the selling

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 of indulgences.

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 You may hear

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 the name

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 Tetzel from

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 time to

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 time,

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 a man who

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 went around

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 selling

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 indulgences.

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 And what

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.620
 indulgences were

00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:45.620
 were little

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 bits of

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 paper that

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 supposedly

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 bought you

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 and or your

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 loved ones

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 time out of

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 purgatory.

00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:53.780
 Unbiblical

00:18:53.780 --> 00:18:54.140
 teaching,

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:54.980
 but nonetheless,

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 the church of

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 Rome taught

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 that there was

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 this interstitial

00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.220
 period of

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 time where

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 you continued

00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:00.840
 to pay the

00:19:00.840 --> 00:19:01.340
 penance until

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 the penance

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 was paid

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:03.039
 off before

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 you could

00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:04.360
 go to

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 heaven.

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 And they

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 sold indulgences

00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:06.940
 in order to

00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:08.240
 raise money

00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:08.880
 for the church

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 and were

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:09.660
 being quite

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 successful at

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 it.

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 On October

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 31st,

00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:15.059
 1517,

00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:16.700
 Luther nailed

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.319
 a document,

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 and this was

00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.299
 an entirely

00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:19.059
 appropriate thing

00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:19.740
 to do in

00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.059
 the day.

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:21.440
 The church

00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:22.120
 building's door

00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:22.600
 was like a

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 bulletin board,

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 so please

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:24.920
 don't put

00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:25.279
 anything on

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:25.539
 our door.

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 He nailed

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.920
 a document

00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:29.799
 entitled

00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.279
 what we

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 know as

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 the 95

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.740
 Theses,

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.920
 which were

00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:36.259
 95 reasons

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:37.400
 that the

00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:38.019
 selling of

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.440
 indulgences

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.799
 was unbiblical.

00:19:40.100 --> 00:19:42.039
 95 reasons.

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 And this

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 was the

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.759
 Wittenberg,

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.120
 you heard

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.779
 Judah saying,

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:46.940
 spelled with a

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.920
 W, but it's

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.480
 German,

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:49.779
 the Wittenberg

00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:51.579
 church door.

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.339
 Now some

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:53.039
 time passed,

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:54.319
 the end of

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 February,

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.180
 beginning of

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 March of the

00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.839
 following year,

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 the 95

00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.019
 Theses were

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.960
 translated into

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.480
 German,

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:03.640
 without Luther's

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.120
 permission,

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:05.259
 I will add,

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.960
 by a printer.

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 We don't know

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.019
 why the printer

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.299
 did it,

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.519
 we don't

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.000
 actually know

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.640
 specifically who

00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:10.000
 the printer

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.400
 was,

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.019
 but either for

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.860
 financial gain

00:20:11.860 --> 00:20:12.559
 or maybe his

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.380
 zeal for the

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:13.819
 word of God,

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.259
 he got a copy

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.579
 of it,

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.539
 he translated

00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:16.880
 it into

00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:17.319
 German,

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 printed it,

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 and distributed

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:20.039
 it widely

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 around Germany.

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 So this

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.400
 intention of

00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:24.279
 Luther's to

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:25.180
 address the

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.940
 issue with the

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.579
 church of Rome

00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:27.779
 became a

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:29.039
 national issue.

00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:30.279
 The common

00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:31.279
 people began to

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.939
 have the word of

00:20:31.939 --> 00:20:32.559
 God in their

00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:32.939
 hands,

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:34.539
 not just in

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.919
 Latin.

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.179
 This is a great

00:20:37.179 --> 00:20:37.859
 trouble of the

00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.139
 day.

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 The Roman

00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:40.000
 church held the

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.779
 scripture in

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.399
 Latin,

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.699
 they taught it in

00:20:42.699 --> 00:20:43.399
 Latin when they

00:20:43.399 --> 00:20:44.639
 taught it at all,

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 so it would be

00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:45.939
 read in Latin,

00:20:45.939 --> 00:20:46.639
 and then the

00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:47.299
 priest would give

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:48.980
 explanation of

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.179
 it.

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 It's quite a

00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.899
 convenience to be

00:20:51.899 --> 00:20:52.299
 able to say

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.220
 whatever it is

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:54.279
 you want to

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.600
 say.

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.380
 And so it

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.920
 was a big

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.960
 affront to

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:59.240
 this type of

00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.720
 teaching,

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.600
 this type of

00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:02.000
 use of the

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.299
 scripture.

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.299
 He was

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.299
 excommunicated,

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:05.940
 years have

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.480
 gone on,

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:06.960
 he's been

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.500
 teaching,

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:07.960
 he's been

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.500
 writing,

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:10.279
 writing widely.

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.880
 In January

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:14.120
 of 1521,

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.460
 and then in

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.180
 April of

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:17.539
 1521,

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.380
 he was

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.299
 summoned to

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.720
 what is known

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.339
 as the

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:21.339
 Diet of

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.179
 Worms,

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:23.139
 which unfortunately

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:23.919
 looks like

00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:25.139
 Diet of

00:21:25.139 --> 00:21:26.159
 Worms.

00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:28.139
 In English,

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.599
 it's the

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.699
 Diet of

00:21:29.699 --> 00:21:30.759
 Worms,

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.939
 where he was

00:21:31.939 --> 00:21:32.859
 summoned essentially

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.919
 to recant of

00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:34.399
 the things that

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:34.919
 he had taught

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.519
 and wrote.

00:21:36.459 --> 00:21:36.939
 The Church of

00:21:36.939 --> 00:21:37.220
 Rome was

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:37.819
 hoping to

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.819
 bring about

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.639
 peace.

00:21:40.179 --> 00:21:40.759
 He did this

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.679
 in front of

00:21:41.679 --> 00:21:42.599
 the Roman

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.579
 emperor of

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.019
 the time,

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.439
 so it's not

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:45.939
 a small deal.

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.119
 We often

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.879
 see Luther

00:21:48.879 --> 00:21:49.779
 as this

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:51.720
 amazingly

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.680
 bold,

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.839
 brash

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.220
 individual,

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.440
 and he

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:54.779
 was very

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.200
 brash at

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.200
 times,

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.460
 but he

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.379
 was sick

00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:59.480
 vomiting the

00:21:59.480 --> 00:21:59.980
 night before,

00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.559
 having to

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.180
 stand before

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.819
 this council

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.519
 and to

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.639
 defend what

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:03.879
 he had

00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.139
 written.

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.420
 He was a

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.440
 weak man,

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.940
 but made

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:08.539
 strong in

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.960
 Christ.

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.160
 The two

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.579
 questions that

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:10.859
 were asked

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.240
 of him,

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:11.819
 did he

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.420
 acknowledge

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.319
 the authorship

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.160
 of books

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:14.940
 that had

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.460
 been brought

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.180
 to the

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:17.039
 Diet and

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.319
 that bore

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.819
 his name,

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.740
 a stack of

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.160
 them that he

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.720
 had written,

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:21.299
 against the

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.059
 Roman church,

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.079
 and would

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.639
 he stand

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.279
 by them

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.420
 or retract

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:27.259
 anything in

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.500
 them?

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:28.039
 And Luther

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.539
 asked,

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.039
 this is April

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.799
 17th,

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.460
 Luther asked

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.079
 for 24

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:32.279
 hours to

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.420
 consider his

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.079
 response.

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.220
 So on

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:37.039
 April 18th

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:38.899
 of 1521,

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.319
 he said

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.740
 this,

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.220
 this was

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:42.779
 his defense,

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:45.519
 unless I'm

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.960
 convinced by

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.599
 the testimony

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.420
 of scripture

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.500
 or by

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.360
 clear reason,

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:51.320
 for I

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:52.019
 trust neither

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.700
 pope nor

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.560
 counsel alone,

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.180
 since it is

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.840
 well known that

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.519
 they have often

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.240
 erred and

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.840
 contradicted

00:22:56.840 --> 00:22:57.360
 themselves,

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:59.180
 I am bound

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.700
 by the

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.240
 scriptures I

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.720
 have cited,

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.519
 for my

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.320
 conscience is

00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:03.060
 captive to

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 the word of

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 God.

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 I cannot

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 and will

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 not recant

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 anything,

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 since to

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 act against

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 one's conscience

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 is neither

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 safe nor

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 right.

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 I cannot

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 do otherwise,

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 here I

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 stand,

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 may God

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 help me.

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 And so

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 he's

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 dismissed

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 from the

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 diet,

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 thankfully he's

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 encouraged to

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 get out of

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 town as

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 they're

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 arriving at

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 his

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 sentence.

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 He had

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 already been

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 declared a

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 heretic,

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 now he's

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 declared a

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 traitor to

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 the state

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 and sentenced

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 to death.

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 But he

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 staged a

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 supposed

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 kidnapping

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 on his

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 route home,

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 rescued him

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 away,

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 he's put

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 up in

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 a German

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 castle where

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 he spends

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 some months

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 translating the

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.980
 New Testament,

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.399
 the entire

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:51.879
 New Testament

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 into German,

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 which is a

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 rather phenomenal

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 feat that he

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 accomplished.

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 And the

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.639
 word of God

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 continued to

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 go forth

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 in Germany.

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 So we're

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 looking this

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 morning at

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 Sola

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 Scriptura.

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 So please

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.659
 turn with me

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.019
 in a copy

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.359
 of God's

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 word,

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 breathe a

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 big sigh

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.799
 of relief,

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 2 Timothy

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:15.279
 chapter 3.

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 Our text

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.559
 for today

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 is 2 Timothy

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.940
 chapter 3

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 verse 14

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 through

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 chapter 4

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.799
 verse 4.

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 Before I

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 read it for

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.099
 our benefit,

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 let me remind

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:46.920
 you,

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.200
 beloved,

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:48.720
 this is

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.200
 God's

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 word to

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 us.

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 It was

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 written for

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 his glory

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 and our

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 good,

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 and we

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.640
 would all

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:55.960
 do well

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.400
 to listen

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 to it

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 in order

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 to believe

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.299
 its promises

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 and obey

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 its commands.

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 2 Timothy

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.480
 3,

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 beginning

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 in verse

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 14 and

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.220
 following.

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 But as

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.000
 for you,

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.500
 continue in

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.759
 what you

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.360
 have learned

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:09.759
 and have

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 firmly

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.660
 believed,

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 knowing from

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.339
 whom you

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.819
 learned it,

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.339
 and how from

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.019
 childhood you

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 have been

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 acquainted with

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 the sacred

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.500
 writings which

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.039
 are able to

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.779
 make you wise

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.460
 for salvation

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.200
 through faith

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.059
 in Jesus

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.579
 Christ.

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 All

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.640
 scripture is

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 breathed out

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 by God

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.220
 and profitable

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.960
 for teaching,

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.440
 for reproof,

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.259
 for correction,

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 and for training

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 in righteousness,

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.299
 that the man

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.980
 of God may be

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.579
 complete,

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.819
 equipped for

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 every good

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.660
 work.

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 I charge

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 you in the

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.480
 presence of

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 God and

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.420
 of Christ

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 Jesus,

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 who is to

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.740
 judge the

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.220
 living and

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.660
 the dead,

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.700
 and by his

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 appearing and

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.839
 his kingdom,

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.079
 preach the

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.420
 word.

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 Be ready in

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 season and

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.220
 out of season.

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 Reprove,

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.559
 rebuke,

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.539
 and exhort

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.319
 with complete

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.000
 patience and

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.319
 teaching.

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.720
 For the time

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.279
 is coming when

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.900
 people will not

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.579
 endure sound

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:54.940
 teaching,

00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:55.960
 but having

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.819
 itching ears,

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.160
 they will

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.980
 accumulate for

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.839
 themselves teachers

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.579
 to suit their

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.740
 own passions,

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.900
 and will turn

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.559
 away from

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.339
 listening to the

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.819
 truth.

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.059
 And wander

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.079
 off into

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.579
 myths.

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 Our outline for

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.440
 this morning is

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.920
 as follows.

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.799
 Three points.

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.720
 Number one,

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.420
 the scripture

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:16.019
 alone is God's

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:17.660
 final authority.

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.680
 The scripture

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.500
 alone is God's

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:22.140
 final authority.

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.740
 Number two,

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.480
 the scripture

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.799
 alone is God's

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.940
 final authority

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:29.660
 for justification.

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:29.900
 sanctification.

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.240
 And number

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.540
 three,

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.900
 the scripture

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.840
 alone is God's

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.700
 final authority

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:38.060
 for sanctification.

00:26:39.540 --> 00:26:40.360
 Number one,

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.420
 we'll take the

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.040
 text a bit out

00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:43.360
 of order.

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.800
 The scripture

00:26:43.800 --> 00:26:44.620
 alone is God's

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:46.640
 final authority.

00:26:46.800 --> 00:26:47.320
 First, we must

00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:48.500
 establish that,

00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:49.100
 and we see that

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.840
 in chapter four,

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.100
 verses one

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.980
 through four,

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:53.440
 in this way.

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:55.140
 And I find this

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:56.120
 to be so

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:57.360
 phenomenal.

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.340
 In verse three,

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.519
 Paul writes to

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.880
 Timothy,

00:27:01.080 --> 00:27:01.660
 there's going to

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.420
 be a time,

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.420
 and this was the

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.400
 time that Timothy

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:05.580
 himself experienced,

00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:06.720
 and we still

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:08.460
 experience this time

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.019
 today.

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.720
 People are not

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:12.120
 going to endure

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:13.019
 sound teaching.

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.920
 There will be

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.680
 sound teaching,

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.460
 but they won't

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.779
 even want to hear

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:16.900
 it.

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.019
 And because they

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.539
 don't want to

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.720
 endure the sound

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.120
 teaching,

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.299
 they're going

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.500
 to accumulate,

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.339
 which is a

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.039
 strong word.

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.399
 Many teachers

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:26.059
 are going to

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.899
 accumulate for

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:28.719
 themselves teachers

00:27:28.719 --> 00:27:29.979
 to suit their

00:27:29.979 --> 00:27:30.659
 own passions.

00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:31.459
 They're not going

00:27:31.459 --> 00:27:31.799
 to want to hear

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.259
 what the word of

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.059
 God has to say.

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.479
 They're going to

00:27:33.479 --> 00:27:34.859
 want to hear what

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.739
 they already want

00:27:36.739 --> 00:27:37.959
 to hear.

00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:38.939
 They're going to

00:27:38.939 --> 00:27:39.679
 gather teachers

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.439
 around them.

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.179
 We're going to

00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:42.199
 allow them to go

00:27:42.199 --> 00:27:43.519
 on living exactly

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:45.919
 the way they are,

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:47.179
 and they'll turn

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:48.419
 away from listening

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:49.139
 to the truth,

00:27:49.219 --> 00:27:49.899
 and they'll wander

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:51.820
 off into myths.

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.340
 And the point

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:53.540
 there is pointless

00:27:53.540 --> 00:27:54.600
 teaching, right?

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.280
 Teaching that has

00:27:55.280 --> 00:27:57.300
 no value at all

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:58.800
 for living.

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.259
 And what is

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.420
 Paul's instruction

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.019
 to that?

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:02.860
 I just find this

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:04.120
 so incredibly

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:05.900
 encouraging as a

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.240
 pastor.

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.300
 This time is

00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:09.100
 coming, right?

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.880
 And I experience

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:11.160
 it day to day.

00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.840
 What does he say?

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.780
 He says,

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.380
 preach the word.

00:28:15.780 --> 00:28:16.440
 Verse 2.

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.180
 He says,

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.820
 preach the word.

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.160
 And we're meant

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.960
 to be using the

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.620
 word in various

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.259
 ways.

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.320
 Reproving,

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.940
 rebuking,

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:24.080
 exhorting all

00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:25.140
 different aspects

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.900
 of the way in

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.620
 which we apply

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.259
 the word of God

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.820
 to people's life,

00:28:28.860 --> 00:28:29.480
 and we're supposed

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.440
 to be doing it

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.900
 with complete

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:33.460
 patience.

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.320
 Man, that floors

00:28:35.320 --> 00:28:35.600
 me.

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.100
 Like, I so,

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.800
 I want to flip

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:38.660
 tables over so

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.680
 bad sometimes.

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.980
 And Paul here

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.640
 instructs Timothy

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:43.620
 to just keep

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:45.300
 preaching the truth.

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.819
 Why?

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.500
 Because it's

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.980
 God's final

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.379
 authority.

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.680
 Because God

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.500
 has spoken

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.659
 by his word.

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.799
 It's powerful.

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.940
 It is right

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.480
 to start our

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.299
 study with

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.419
 sola scriptura

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:58.500
 because a

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.480
 proper understanding

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.019
 of scripture

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.919
 is the beginning

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:02.259
 of our ability

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.299
 to understand

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.480
 any of the

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.960
 other

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:06.200
 solas.

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.720
 The doctrine

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.539
 of sola scriptura

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.659
 is known as

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:11.099
 the formal

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.899
 principle,

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.759
 and the others

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.480
 follow

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:15.200
 from it.

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.860
 When the

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.460
 Supreme Court

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.220
 is trying

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.799
 a difficult

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.519
 case,

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:21.000
 they look

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.559
 at other

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.460
 legal decisions

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.640
 and laws

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.799
 to see what

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.759
 unites them.

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.620
 They're looking

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.240
 at a difficult

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.039
 matter that

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.640
 needs to be

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.000
 settled.

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.000
 They look

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.380
 out there.

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.319
 What decisions

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.240
 have been made

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.319
 before?

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.860
 What else

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:36.319
 is laws

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.980
 that are passed

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.920
 state to state?

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.620
 What is it

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.339
 that's similar

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.339
 amongst them

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.839
 that unites

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.200
 them?

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.160
 Or, we could

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.480
 say,

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:45.180
 norms them.

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:46.640
 They look

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:48.060
 to consensus

00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:49.500
 amongst these

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.160
 legal decisions

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.820
 and laws

00:29:50.820 --> 00:29:52.340
 as an appeal

00:29:52.340 --> 00:29:53.540
 to an authority

00:29:53.540 --> 00:29:54.240
 greater than

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.680
 themselves.

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.440
 The Supreme

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:55.940
 Court will

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.720
 write decisions

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.259
 and they're

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.060
 always appealing

00:29:58.060 --> 00:29:58.840
 to something

00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.259
 else.

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.259
 The consensus

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.960
 of other

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.580
 decisions,

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.640
 other laws,

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.340
 and this is

00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:04.940
 what's called

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.640
 norming.

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:07.019
 So, Martin

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.800
 Luther pulled

00:30:08.800 --> 00:30:09.660
 in his legal

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.460
 training when

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.380
 referring to

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:12.720
 scripture as

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.560
 the, catch

00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:14.900
 this, norm

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.880
 of norms

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:17.080
 that cannot

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:18.120
 be normed.

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:21.040
 The norm

00:30:21.040 --> 00:30:21.700
 of norms

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.200
 that cannot

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:23.500
 be normed.

00:30:23.540 --> 00:30:24.360
 The authority

00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:25.740
 that has

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.780
 no other

00:30:26.780 --> 00:30:28.200
 authority,

00:30:28.520 --> 00:30:29.420
 or in the

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.980
 Latin, because

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.520
 it's fun to

00:30:30.520 --> 00:30:31.860
 say, norma

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.360
 normus

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.280
 non normata.

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:35.339
 You can

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.799
 remember that,

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.200
 I think.

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.259
 Norma

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.799
 normus

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:40.180
 non normata.

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.039
 That is

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.000
 to say,

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.299
 we believe

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.980
 in sola

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.619
 scriptura,

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.460
 is to say

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.740
 that we

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.440
 believe that

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.099
 the Bible

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.160
 is God's

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:51.119
 final authority.

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.139
 Now,

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.379
 that can

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:54.839
 be misunderstood.

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.220
 To say

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.480
 that the

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.220
 scripture is

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.799
 the final

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.359
 authority

00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:00.720
 is not

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.240
 to be

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.720
 misunderstood,

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.660
 understood that

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.120
 the scripture

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:04.279
 is the

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:06.259
 only authority.

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.480
 And let me

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.299
 explain before

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.940
 you get mad at

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.779
 me about that

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.279
 statement.

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.500
 There are many

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.400
 people who will

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.240
 misunderstand sola

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.900
 scriptura to

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.860
 mean that all

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.519
 they need is

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.400
 themselves and

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.940
 the Bible.

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.259
 And we have

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.360
 gotten many

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.660
 erroneous

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.740
 Christian teaching

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.519
 from a

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.420
 misunderstanding of

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.839
 what sola

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:26.079
 scriptura means.

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.500
 People who

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.220
 will go off and

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.180
 just reinterpret

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.640
 it to mean

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.600
 whatever they

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.640
 want it to

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:30.940
 mean.

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.940
 A lot of

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.180
 people's

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.820
 hesitation to

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.800
 even understand

00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:34.360
 the Bible to

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:34.940
 be God's

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.500
 authoritative

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:37.080
 word is that

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:37.780
 they've heard

00:31:37.780 --> 00:31:39.200
 so many

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.720
 different

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.240
 understandings of

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:42.259
 the scripture.

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.820
 That's why we

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.460
 don't have Bible

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.160
 studies where we

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:46.240
 say, what does

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.259
 this text mean

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.000
 to you?

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:50.120
 The text means

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:51.020
 one thing.

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.200
 How do we

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.980
 apply it in

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:54.480
 our living?

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.460
 So we don't

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.440
 mean that when

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:58.120
 we say sola

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.800
 scriptura.

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.799
 It's not the

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:01.079
 only authority.

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.740
 It's just the

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.299
 supreme.

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.039
 It's the

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.919
 final.

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.359
 It's the

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:05.039
 governing

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.339
 authority.

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:06.859
 Right?

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:07.259
 It's the

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.839
 norm of norms

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.240
 that cannot

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:10.159
 be normed.

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:11.539
 The Bible

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:13.159
 should not

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.859
 be read

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.879
 quote unquote

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:16.480
 alone.

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.460
 Martin Luther

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.359
 said this,

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.919
 the scripture's

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:22.000
 authority is

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.839
 not a

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.519
 naked

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.299
 authority.

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.899
 And that

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.359
 is to say,

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.440
 we should

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.399
 also look

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:29.339
 to, in

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:30.159
 helping us

00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:30.919
 understand what

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:31.279
 the scripture

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:33.000
 means, things

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.099
 like church

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.480
 history.

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.200
 It's helpful

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.960
 for us to go

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.659
 back and look,

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.339
 what has the

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.859
 church historically

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.639
 believed to be

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.720
 true about the

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:41.980
 scripture?

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:42.899
 If you find

00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.399
 yourself coming

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:43.639
 to an

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.180
 understanding of

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.899
 the Bible that

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.700
 no one else in

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.059
 the history of

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.519
 the church has

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.940
 understood to be

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.299
 true of the

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.779
 Bible, you

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.559
 might need to

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.200
 rethink that

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:51.619
 position on the

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:51.899
 scripture.

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:53.120
 And, beloved,

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.780
 this happens

00:32:53.780 --> 00:32:55.140
 all the time.

00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:57.040
 So we look

00:32:57.040 --> 00:32:57.680
 to church

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.300
 history, and

00:32:58.300 --> 00:32:58.580
 there's a lot

00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:59.180
 of messes in

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.640
 church history

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.040
 too, and

00:33:00.040 --> 00:33:00.440
 there's a lot

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.560
 of condemned

00:33:01.560 --> 00:33:02.160
 heresies in

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.100
 history as

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.700
 well, but it

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.160
 can be a

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:05.360
 help to us

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:06.120
 in that.

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.780
 We look to

00:33:06.780 --> 00:33:08.080
 creeds and

00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:09.320
 confessions,

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.320
 things that help

00:33:10.320 --> 00:33:11.040
 us gather

00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:11.800
 together and

00:33:11.800 --> 00:33:13.180
 to unify what

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.920
 the church has

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.900
 believed the

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.840
 scripture teaches

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.620
 about particular

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.700
 topics.

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.460
 We look to

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.920
 the teaching

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:21.200
 of leaders,

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:22.900
 church leaders.

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.319
 You know,

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:24.840
 once upon a

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.340
 time, the

00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:25.779
 position of

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.340
 pastor was

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:26.980
 a reverenced

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.600
 position.

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.539
 You know that?

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.120
 In our day

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.660
 now, sometimes

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.279
 I feel a little

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.059
 ashamed when I

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.559
 tell people I'm

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.140
 a pastor because

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.740
 some of the

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.940
 jokers out

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:36.080
 there, right,

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.940
 they just get

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.580
 up and

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:38.519
 entertain and

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.140
 say nothing

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:40.400
 of any value

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.360
 whatsoever.

00:33:42.840 --> 00:33:43.860
 When a

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:45.140
 pastor rightly

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:46.120
 comes up and

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.960
 opens up the

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.539
 word of God,

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.980
 he speaks with

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:50.500
 authority, not

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.720
 a new

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:53.079
 revelation, but

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.660
 because he

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:55.359
 speaks of the

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:56.839
 word of God,

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.160
 right?

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.099
 Preaching is

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.779
 authoritative

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.880
 because proper

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.900
 preaching is

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:02.119
 Bible preaching.

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.880
 It tells you

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.839
 what the text

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:05.079
 means and

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.400
 gives it

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:06.980
 application for

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.720
 your living.

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.739
 The writer of

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.000
 Hebrews,

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.019
 chapter 13,

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.559
 verse 7,

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.199
 says,

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.019
 remember your

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.340
 leaders,

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.360
 those who spoke

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.920
 to you the

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.360
 word of God.

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.039
 Consider the

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.880
 outcome of the

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.559
 way of life

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.779
 and imitate

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:21.259
 their faith.

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.599
 So we have

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.079
 at our disposal

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.840
 all of these

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:25.000
 tools,

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:27.159
 but the

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:28.159
 scripture is

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:29.320
 the final

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.539
 authority.

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.599
 If you're a

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:31.940
 member of

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.299
 Christ Family

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:32.659
 Church,

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.219
 Dahlonega,

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.360
 or have been

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.199
 to a CFC

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.420
 101 and not

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.900
 become a member

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:38.179
 yet, you've

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:39.039
 heard me talk

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.579
 about our

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.039
 statement of

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.539
 faith as a

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:40.860
 church.

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.719
 We have

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.500
 statement of

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.039
 faith that's

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.500
 got 18

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.119
 articles,

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.259
 clarifying

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:45.880
 statements about

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.739
 what we believe

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.099
 the Bible

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.939
 teaches about

00:34:47.939 --> 00:34:49.279
 these various

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:50.219
 topics.

00:34:50.419 --> 00:34:50.819
 I'm always

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:52.079
 so careful

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:54.119
 to say that

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.479
 the statement

00:34:54.479 --> 00:34:55.259
 of faith is

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:56.839
 not authoritative,

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:59.219
 but is only

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:00.019
 in that it's

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.839
 consistent with

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.299
 the scripture,

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.719
 right?

00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:02.439
 So we can be

00:35:02.439 --> 00:35:03.019
 shown that we

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:04.439
 have erred with

00:35:04.439 --> 00:35:05.219
 the Bible and

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:06.319
 plain logic

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:07.659
 because the

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.479
 scripture is

00:35:08.479 --> 00:35:09.639
 the final

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.459
 authority.

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.099
 The scriptures

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:12.259
 are the only

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:13.279
 inerrant

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:14.799
 revelation of

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:16.379
 God to man,

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.920
 and it is

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.900
 a closed

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:19.059
 canon.

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.559
 So we see

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.200
 in our text

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:23.420
 today the

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:25.240
 remedy for

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.900
 people who

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:27.280
 will be

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:28.059
 carried off

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:29.460
 by myth,

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.380
 preach the

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.740
 truth,

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.460
 the final

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.140
 authority,

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.599
 right?

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:35.019
 Prove,

00:35:35.140 --> 00:35:36.019
 reprove,

00:35:36.220 --> 00:35:36.760
 rebuke,

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.840
 exhort with

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:39.240
 complete patience

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:40.880
 and with

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.320
 teaching.

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.760
 So the

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.340
 scripture alone

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:43.980
 is God's

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.480
 final authority.

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.800
 And that

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.340
 means something

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.719
 for us,

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:46.840
 right?

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.000
 There's

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.400
 something at

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.240
 stake when

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:48.719
 we say

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.340
 that.

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.420
 So number

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:50.659
 two,

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.039
 the scripture

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.440
 alone is

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.860
 God's final

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.820
 authority for

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:55.639
 justification.

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.400
 Justification is

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:58.400
 a legal term.

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.059
 It has to do

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.559
 with our

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.760
 standing before

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:01.820
 God,

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.119
 right?

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.760
 Will we

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.420
 stand before

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:05.139
 God condemned

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:07.139
 or forgiven?

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:07.719
 Right?

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.119
 If we are

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.659
 justified,

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.740
 we are forgiven

00:36:09.740 --> 00:36:10.360
 when we stand

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.860
 before God.

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.940
 Our record of

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.800
 wrong has been

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:14.219
 dismissed.

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.879
 So the

00:36:14.879 --> 00:36:15.359
 scripture alone

00:36:15.359 --> 00:36:15.919
 is God's

00:36:15.919 --> 00:36:16.980
 final authority

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:19.439
 for justification.

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:21.139
 Back up to the

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.519
 top of the

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:21.839
 text,

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.899
 verses 14

00:36:22.899 --> 00:36:23.559
 and 15

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:25.119
 of chapter

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.639
 3.

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:29.279
 Paul encourages

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:30.079
 Timothy to

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:31.219
 continue in what

00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:31.939
 he has learned

00:36:31.939 --> 00:36:32.959
 and firmly

00:36:32.959 --> 00:36:33.839
 believed,

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:35.059
 knowing from

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.439
 whom he

00:36:35.439 --> 00:36:35.739
 learned it.

00:36:35.799 --> 00:36:36.139
 He learned it

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.519
 from Paul,

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.339
 an apostle,

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:37.819
 right?

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:39.219
 Who is presently

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.879
 in the process

00:36:39.879 --> 00:36:40.739
 of writing the

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.000
 scripture.

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.659
 He's writing a

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.279
 letter to him

00:36:42.279 --> 00:36:42.980
 now that has

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.819
 been canonized.

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.620
 It's part of

00:36:44.620 --> 00:36:45.519
 our scripture,

00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:46.300
 2 Timothy.

00:36:47.720 --> 00:36:49.519
 And how

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:49.900
 from your

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.480
 childhood you

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.960
 have been

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.380
 acquainted with

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.700
 the sacred

00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:53.000
 writings.

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.320
 It's almost

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:53.700
 like Paul

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:54.740
 says both

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.100
 the New

00:36:55.100 --> 00:36:55.600
 Testament and

00:36:55.600 --> 00:36:55.860
 the Old

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.140
 Testament.

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.519
 Remember

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:58.100
 these things

00:36:58.100 --> 00:36:59.500
 which are

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.800
 what?

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.380
 Which are

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.580
 able to

00:37:01.580 --> 00:37:01.980
 make you

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.980
 wise for

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.440
 salvation

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.420
 through faith

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.500
 in Jesus

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.000
 Christ.

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:06.660
 It's the

00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:07.480
 word of God

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.180
 itself that

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:08.800
 the spirit

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.340
 of God

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:10.480
 uses to

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.380
 bring about

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.840
 our faith.

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.260
 So it's

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.920
 God's

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.860
 final authority

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:16.579
 for justification.

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.280
 So beloved,

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.860
 as we go out

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.099
 into the

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.440
 world,

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.740
 desiring to

00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:21.119
 see people

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.640
 come to

00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:22.000
 faith in

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.320
 Christ,

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.860
 it is the

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.579
 message of

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:24.539
 Christ that

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.019
 we carry.

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.320
 And it

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:26.000
 must be a

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.440
 message that's

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.099
 consistent with

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.420
 what the

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:28.500
 scripture teaches.

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.380
 I will tell

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.519
 you the most

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.300
 beneficial way to

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:31.960
 do that is to

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.440
 teach the

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.800
 Bible.

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:33.860
 Right?

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.940
 You can

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.380
 certainly share

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.880
 the gospel

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.400
 without

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.640
 specifically

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.360
 referencing the

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.640
 Bible,

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:39.079
 but I will

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.480
 tell you that

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.300
 it's harder

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:40.960
 to err if

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.559
 you actually

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:42.519
 open the

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:42.920
 scripture to

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.680
 people and

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:44.160
 show them

00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:44.860
 where it

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.340
 says it.

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.760
 Romans chapter

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:47.140
 10,

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.740
 verse 14 and

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.079
 following,

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.000
 Paul writes,

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.920
 how then will

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.500
 they call on

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.019
 him in whom

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.700
 they have not

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:53.260
 believed?

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.360
 And how are

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.800
 they to believe

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:55.720
 in him in whom

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.460
 they have never

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.220
 heard?

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.500
 Right?

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:57.760
 Here's a

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:58.160
 problem.

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.860
 How do people

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.280
 come to faith

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.780
 in Christ if

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.059
 they've not

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:01.000
 heard of

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.400
 Christ?

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.200
 And how

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.559
 are they to

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.300
 hear without

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:04.960
 someone preaching?

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:06.480
 If that news

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.300
 is not taken

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:08.240
 to these

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.779
 people,

00:38:09.419 --> 00:38:09.919
 how will

00:38:09.919 --> 00:38:11.259
 they believe?

00:38:11.379 --> 00:38:12.019
 And understand,

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:12.679
 this is the

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.039
 end of verse

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.579
 14,

00:38:13.839 --> 00:38:14.959
 that the word

00:38:14.959 --> 00:38:15.479
 for preaching

00:38:15.479 --> 00:38:16.379
 is not talking

00:38:16.379 --> 00:38:17.059
 about what I'm

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.839
 doing right now

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:18.679
 necessarily.

00:38:18.919 --> 00:38:19.479
 It can include

00:38:19.479 --> 00:38:19.839
 what I'm doing

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:20.259
 right now,

00:38:20.339 --> 00:38:20.939
 but it just

00:38:20.939 --> 00:38:21.659
 means the

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.539
 sharing of

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:22.859
 the good

00:38:22.859 --> 00:38:23.199
 news of

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.879
 Jesus Christ.

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.699
 Verse 15,

00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:26.939
 and how are

00:38:26.939 --> 00:38:27.159
 they to

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:27.579
 preach?

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.259
 Unless they

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.939
 are sent,

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:30.059
 as it is

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.239
 written,

00:38:30.319 --> 00:38:30.799
 how beautiful

00:38:30.799 --> 00:38:31.179
 are the feet

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:31.599
 of those who

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.599
 preach the

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.179
 good news.

00:38:33.879 --> 00:38:34.339
 But they

00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:34.839
 have not all

00:38:34.839 --> 00:38:35.159
 obeyed the

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.439
 gospel,

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.919
 for Isaiah

00:38:35.919 --> 00:38:36.199
 says,

00:38:36.319 --> 00:38:36.539
 Lord,

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:36.879
 who has

00:38:36.879 --> 00:38:37.459
 believed what

00:38:37.459 --> 00:38:37.659
 he has

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:37.979
 heard?

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:39.279
 From us.

00:38:39.419 --> 00:38:39.639
 And then

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.879
 verse 17

00:38:40.879 --> 00:38:41.699
 drives the

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.419
 point so

00:38:42.419 --> 00:38:42.799
 well.

00:38:43.339 --> 00:38:43.719
 So,

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.299
 faith comes

00:38:45.299 --> 00:38:46.000
 from hearing

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:47.579
 and hearing

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:49.019
 through the

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.279
 word of

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:49.679
 Christ.

00:38:51.419 --> 00:38:52.359
 This is why

00:38:52.359 --> 00:38:53.279
 on Sunday

00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:53.959
 morning,

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:54.959
 the other

00:38:54.959 --> 00:38:55.419
 things we do

00:38:55.419 --> 00:38:55.839
 together,

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.519
 we come

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.039
 together and

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.599
 we open

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.679
 up God's

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.459
 word.

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.059
 And this

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.399
 isn't the

00:39:00.399 --> 00:39:00.919
 only time

00:39:00.919 --> 00:39:01.139
 that we

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.539
 do it.

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.159
 If you

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.579
 will pay

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.439
 any attention

00:39:03.439 --> 00:39:03.839
 to the

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:04.219
 songs that

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:04.559
 we sing,

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:04.840
 it's why

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.199
 our songs

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:05.460
 tend to

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.599
 be

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.019
 wordy,

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:06.940
 they're

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.500
 scripture

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.579
 rich.

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.500
 The

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.099
 references

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:11.320
 abound.

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.519
 And the

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.779
 more you

00:39:11.779 --> 00:39:12.039
 read your

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.239
 Bible,

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.619
 the more

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:12.779
 you're

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:12.980
 going to

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.659
 see that

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.119
 in the

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:15.159
 songs that

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.619
 we sing.

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:15.920
 It's why

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.279
 we should

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:16.599
 rightly

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:17.840
 pray the

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:18.719
 word of

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:18.960
 God.

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.219
 It ought

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:19.679
 to all

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:19.900
 be

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.400
 consistently

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.920
 pointing

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.739
 you to

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.900
 the truth

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.659
 of God,

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:24.239
 God's

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:25.079
 final

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:26.440
 authority.

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:27.860
 I have

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:28.920
 nothing,

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.559
 zero,

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.340
 of any

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:30.980
 value to

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:32.280
 say to

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:32.800
 see you

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.340
 justified

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:33.980
 or

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:35.079
 sanctified

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.659
 if it

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.119
 doesn't

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.720
 come from

00:39:36.720 --> 00:39:37.360
 God's

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:38.179
 word.

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.320
 This is

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.840
 why on

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.059
 Sunday

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:40.539
 mornings I

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:40.820
 try to

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.280
 reference it

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:41.740
 as much

00:39:41.740 --> 00:39:41.980
 as I

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.400
 possibly

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:42.800
 can

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:43.360
 because I

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:43.599
 don't know

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:43.840
 what else

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.340
 to say.

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:46.220
 No good

00:39:46.220 --> 00:39:47.079
 stories to

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.480
 tell you.

00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:48.500
 I just

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:48.860
 have the

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.220
 Bible.

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.220
 I want

00:39:50.220 --> 00:39:50.519
 God to

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:51.519
 work mightily

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.159
 by it

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:53.119
 in your

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.539
 life.

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.240
 Psalm

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.480
 chapter

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:55.940
 19.

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.159
 Verse 7

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:57.599
 through 11.

00:39:57.720 --> 00:39:57.940
 This is

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.440
 from this

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.340
 past week's

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.740
 scripture

00:39:59.740 --> 00:40:00.099
 reading.

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:00.420
 If you're

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.940
 joining us

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.619
 in that,

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:02.880
 Psalm

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.200
 says,

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:03.679
 the law

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:04.019
 of the

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.460
 Lord is

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:05.340
 perfect,

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.780
 reviving

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:07.480
 the soul.

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.320
 The

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:08.840
 testimony

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.139
 of the

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.519
 Lord is

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.200
 sure,

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:10.659
 making

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.260
 wise

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.460
 the

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.800
 simple.

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:12.760
 The

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.480
 precepts

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:13.720
 of the

00:40:13.720 --> 00:40:14.159
 Lord are

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.639
 right,

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.599
 rejoicing

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:16.559
 the heart.

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:17.400
 The

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:18.000
 commandment

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.260
 of the

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:18.559
 Lord is

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:19.079
 pure,

00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:19.920
 enlightening

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:21.039
 the eyes.

00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:21.780
 The

00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:22.059
 fear of

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:22.159
 the

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:22.440
 Lord is

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:22.860
 clean,

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.260
 enduring

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:23.980
 forever.

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:24.820
 The

00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:25.380
 rules of

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:25.500
 the

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:25.840
 Lord are

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:26.340
 true,

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:26.639
 and

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.059
 righteous

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:28.179
 altogether.

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.639
 More to be

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:30.200
 desired are

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:30.579
 they than

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:30.960
 gold,

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.820
 even much

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.860
 fine gold,

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:33.920
 sweeter also

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.659
 than honey

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.700
 and drippings

00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:36.139
 of the

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:36.639
 honeycomb.

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:37.639
 Moreover,

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:39.139
 by them

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:39.679
 is your

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:40.000
 servant

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.460
 warned.

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.139
 In

00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:41.500
 keeping

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:41.940
 them,

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:42.940
 there is

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:43.260
 great

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:43.720
 reward.

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:45.719
 God's

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:45.719


00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.719
 word.

00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:47.319
 And so,

00:40:47.319 --> 00:40:47.739
 as God's

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:48.239
 people,

00:40:48.919 --> 00:40:49.259
 we need

00:40:49.259 --> 00:40:49.799
 to love

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:50.199
 God's

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.539
 word,

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:50.919
 and we

00:40:50.919 --> 00:40:51.239
 need to

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:51.799
 teach

00:40:51.799 --> 00:40:52.219
 God's

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:53.019
 word as

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.619
 far and

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:54.000
 wide as

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.639
 we possibly

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:55.539
 can so

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.079
 that people

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:57.579
 can be

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.679
 justified,

00:40:58.859 --> 00:40:59.199
 so that they

00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:00.980
 can respond

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:02.619
 in faith to

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:02.919
 the good

00:41:02.919 --> 00:41:03.319
 news.

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:05.000
 People ask

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.619
 me from

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.119
 time to

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.779
 time how

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.379
 it is that

00:41:07.379 --> 00:41:07.759
 our church

00:41:07.759 --> 00:41:08.159
 sees so

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:08.480
 many people

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.359
 baptized and

00:41:09.359 --> 00:41:10.639
 continues to

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:10.940
 grow,

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.679
 and I

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:13.019
 say,

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:13.379
 well,

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:14.199
 we just

00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:14.839
 do what

00:41:14.839 --> 00:41:15.179
 the scripture

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:15.739
 has instructed

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:16.239
 us to do

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.719
 as we gather

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:17.639
 together as

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:18.019
 a church.

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:19.139
 Just get

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:19.779
 together and

00:41:19.779 --> 00:41:20.259
 we do the

00:41:20.259 --> 00:41:20.799
 things that

00:41:20.799 --> 00:41:21.159
 we see the

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:21.819
 Bible teaching

00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:22.000
 us.

00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:22.779
 The reformers

00:41:22.779 --> 00:41:23.339
 called this

00:41:23.339 --> 00:41:24.400
 the regulative

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:24.920
 principle.

00:41:26.379 --> 00:41:26.920
 If the

00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:28.359
 Bible implies

00:41:28.359 --> 00:41:29.480
 or expressly

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:29.980
 commands us to

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:30.319
 do something,

00:41:30.379 --> 00:41:30.799
 we should do

00:41:30.799 --> 00:41:31.019
 it,

00:41:31.379 --> 00:41:31.819
 and if it

00:41:31.819 --> 00:41:32.099
 doesn't,

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.460
 then we

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:33.039
 shouldn't do

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.239
 it.

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.359
 We should

00:41:34.359 --> 00:41:35.000
 stop trying

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:36.039
 to out-innovate

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:37.259
 the scripture.

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:38.859
 People ask

00:41:38.859 --> 00:41:39.420
 a lot how

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:39.859
 we get so

00:41:39.859 --> 00:41:40.339
 many young

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:41.220
 people to

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:41.820
 come to

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:42.240
 our church.

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:42.620
 There's a

00:41:42.620 --> 00:41:43.960
 great panic,

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:44.960
 particularly in

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.620
 our denomination,

00:41:46.160 --> 00:41:47.000
 because a lot

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.420
 of churches

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:48.559
 average age

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:49.780
 is 65 to

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:50.160
 70,

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.079
 and they're

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:51.519
 dying,

00:41:52.180 --> 00:41:52.740
 literally.

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.460
 The church

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:54.360
 is dwindling

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:55.019
 out as

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.640
 people go

00:41:55.640 --> 00:41:56.039
 on to be

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.740
 with the

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:56.900
 Lord.

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.100
 They go,

00:41:57.180 --> 00:41:57.660
 how do we

00:41:57.660 --> 00:41:58.700
 reach the

00:41:58.700 --> 00:41:59.100
 millennials?

00:41:59.340 --> 00:41:59.640
 And people

00:41:59.640 --> 00:41:59.980
 are starting

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:00.700
 to look to

00:42:00.700 --> 00:42:01.760
 me as

00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:02.480
 the expert

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:03.880
 or something

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.400
 in that,

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:05.300
 and I go,

00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:06.079
 we don't do

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:06.740
 anything flashy.

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:08.100
 We just

00:42:08.100 --> 00:42:09.059
 open up

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.440
 God's

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.079
 word.

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:11.300
 Because

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.320
 God's

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:13.579
 people love

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.380
 God's

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:14.660
 word.

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.640
 Thirdly,

00:42:19.660 --> 00:42:20.180
 the scripture

00:42:20.180 --> 00:42:20.760
 alone is

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:22.340
 God's final

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:24.100
 authority for

00:42:24.100 --> 00:42:24.780
 sanctification.

00:42:25.220 --> 00:42:26.320
 So we begin

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:26.940
 by the power of

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:28.160
 the spirit in

00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:29.660
 the word as

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:30.100
 Christians,

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:30.980
 and we're

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.700
 brought along,

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.680
 we're perfected,

00:42:32.740 --> 00:42:33.160
 we're moved

00:42:33.160 --> 00:42:34.460
 towards holiness

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:36.120
 by the power of

00:42:36.120 --> 00:42:36.800
 the spirit and

00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:37.539
 the application

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:38.960
 of God's

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.279
 word.

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:39.860
 If you have

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.719
 a trouble

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:41.139
 in this

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.659
 world,

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.440
 it's either

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:42.800
 physical,

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:43.099
 you should

00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:43.420
 go see a

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:43.679
 doctor,

00:42:43.759 --> 00:42:44.119
 or it's

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:44.519
 spiritual,

00:42:44.759 --> 00:42:45.119
 you should

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.420
 go to the

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:45.639
 scripture.

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:46.719
 You should

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:47.320
 have somebody

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:48.159
 mentor you

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:48.619
 in scripture.

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.139
 You should

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:50.199
 receive counseling

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:51.539
 from the

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:51.800
 scripture.

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.380
 This is the

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:54.099
 solution for

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:54.599
 all of our

00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:55.820
 spiritual issues,

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.380
 the Bible

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:57.139
 and the

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:57.759
 application of

00:42:57.759 --> 00:42:58.219
 the gospel

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:58.880
 of Jesus

00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:00.119
 Christ found

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:00.980
 in it.

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:02.219
 verse 16

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:02.760
 and 17.

00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:04.760
 All scripture

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:06.039
 is breathed

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:06.719
 out by God,

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:07.079
 he's the

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:07.760
 very source

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:08.199
 of it,

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:09.440
 and it's

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:10.000
 profitable.

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:11.599
 It's profitable

00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:12.240
 for teaching,

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:13.300
 for reproof,

00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:14.240
 for correction,

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:14.780
 and for training

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:15.260
 in righteousness.

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:15.900
 So it's a tool

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.320
 that can be

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:17.139
 picked up,

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:17.639
 right,

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:18.360
 and used,

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.039
 employed in

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.780
 these various

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:21.240
 means to

00:43:21.240 --> 00:43:22.340
 bring about

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.679
 righteousness.

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:25.340
 Verse 17,

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:26.659
 that the man

00:43:26.659 --> 00:43:27.719
 of God may

00:43:27.719 --> 00:43:28.659
 be complete

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:30.000
 and equipped,

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.639
 and here's

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:30.980
 the key

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.699
 word for

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:34.019
 every good

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:35.400
 work.

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:37.800
 The scripture

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:39.820
 is sufficient

00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:41.460
 as a guide

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:42.739
 for all

00:43:42.739 --> 00:43:43.239
 holiness.

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.539
 You don't

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:45.440
 need to go

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:46.679
 beyond it.

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:47.519
 And you all

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:48.019
 know that I'm

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:48.780
 a big reader

00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:49.239
 and a big

00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:50.139
 promoter of

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:50.860
 reading,

00:43:51.239 --> 00:43:52.099
 but only in

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.699
 that those

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:53.239
 books are

00:43:53.239 --> 00:43:54.380
 expressions of

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:55.039
 what this

00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:56.420
 book teaches,

00:43:56.619 --> 00:43:56.780
 right,

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.800
 helping us

00:43:57.800 --> 00:43:58.539
 to understand

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:58.920
 it more

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.360
 clearly.

00:43:59.519 --> 00:43:59.940
 What does

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:01.179
 this book

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.780
 teach us?

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.579
 It is

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:03.480
 sufficient

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:04.579
 as the

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:05.420
 guide and

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:06.760
 rule for

00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:07.119
 holiness,

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:07.659
 right?

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.059
 We asked the

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:08.440
 kids this

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:08.700
 morning,

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:09.139
 how do we

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:09.579
 know how

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:10.059
 to please

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:10.519
 God?

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:12.039
 The scripture.

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:13.119
 He wrote

00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:13.940
 us a complete

00:44:13.940 --> 00:44:14.380
 book.

00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:15.119
 We need

00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:15.820
 nothing

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.940
 beyond it,

00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:17.659
 and it is

00:44:17.659 --> 00:44:18.679
 the final

00:44:18.679 --> 00:44:20.119
 authority

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:21.619
 for holy

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:21.920
 living.

00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:23.720
 I love

00:44:23.720 --> 00:44:24.039
 this.

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:24.460
 Martin

00:44:24.460 --> 00:44:25.039
 Luther said,

00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:26.500
 a simple

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.360
 layman

00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:27.420
 religion,

00:44:28.220 --> 00:44:28.700
 armed with

00:44:28.700 --> 00:44:29.180
 the scripture,

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:30.420
 is to be

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:31.260
 believed above

00:44:31.260 --> 00:44:32.059
 a pope or

00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:32.599
 a council

00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:33.740
 without it.

00:44:36.180 --> 00:44:36.920
 And so you,

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.220
 beloved,

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:38.140
 have the

00:44:38.140 --> 00:44:39.360
 amazing ability

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:40.700
 to know this

00:44:40.700 --> 00:44:41.360
 book and to

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:42.079
 pick it up and

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 give it application

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 in your life by

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:43.980
 the power of the

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:44.880
 spirit and to

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:45.680
 turn around and

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 to do that

00:44:46.700 --> 00:44:48.059
 for others.

00:44:48.740 --> 00:44:49.860
 The ministry of

00:44:49.860 --> 00:44:50.700
 the church,

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:51.260
 what we are

00:44:51.260 --> 00:44:52.220
 meant to do

00:44:52.220 --> 00:44:53.079
 together is to

00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:53.940
 be a people

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.760
 that minister

00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:55.099
 to the word

00:44:55.099 --> 00:44:55.619
 of God to

00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:56.300
 one another

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 and then to

00:44:57.800 --> 00:44:58.320
 the community

00:44:58.320 --> 00:44:59.220
 around us.

00:44:59.420 --> 00:44:59.960
 So we get

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:00.740
 together in

00:45:00.740 --> 00:45:01.220
 order to

00:45:01.220 --> 00:45:02.079
 minister God's

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:02.599
 word to one

00:45:02.599 --> 00:45:03.440
 another that we

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:04.179
 might grow in

00:45:04.179 --> 00:45:05.240
 holiness and

00:45:05.240 --> 00:45:05.920
 then to turn

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.480
 around and go

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.260
 out to our

00:45:07.260 --> 00:45:08.119
 community and

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:08.760
 to do the

00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:09.139
 same.

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:10.659
 Find those

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:11.800
 people who

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.639
 are looking for

00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:13.179
 the truth.

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:15.119
 When you speak

00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:16.139
 their ears perk

00:45:16.139 --> 00:45:16.760
 and they say

00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:17.220
 there's something

00:45:17.220 --> 00:45:17.820
 there, I want

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:18.619
 to hear more.

00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:19.340
 The spirit

00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:20.039
 works in them

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:20.940
 and draws them

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:22.320
 to the truth

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:23.220
 of Christ

00:45:23.220 --> 00:45:24.320
 found in the

00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:24.600
 scripture.

00:45:26.260 --> 00:45:27.039
 And so this

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:28.539
 encapsulates

00:45:28.539 --> 00:45:29.860
 what we mean

00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:30.220
 when we talk

00:45:30.220 --> 00:45:30.800
 about scripture

00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:31.300
 alone.

00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:32.380
 Sola

00:45:32.380 --> 00:45:33.380
 scriptura.

00:45:33.640 --> 00:45:34.580
 God's final

00:45:34.580 --> 00:45:35.120
 authority is

00:45:35.120 --> 00:45:35.700
 final authority

00:45:35.700 --> 00:45:36.940
 for justification

00:45:36.940 --> 00:45:37.940
 is final

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:39.120
 authority for

00:45:39.120 --> 00:45:40.559
 sanctification.

00:45:41.240 --> 00:45:41.660
 If you have

00:45:41.660 --> 00:45:42.760
 not experienced

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:43.820
 the beauty of

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.240
 the Bible,

00:45:44.620 --> 00:45:45.820
 please come

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:46.960
 and read it

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.740
 with us.

00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:49.120
 Open its pages

00:45:49.120 --> 00:45:49.860
 and see how

00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:50.740
 God works

00:45:50.740 --> 00:45:52.120
 by it.

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:53.860
 If you get

00:45:53.860 --> 00:45:55.200
 nothing out of

00:45:55.200 --> 00:45:55.800
 Bible reading,

00:45:56.300 --> 00:45:57.380
 there is a

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:58.059
 good chance,

00:45:58.160 --> 00:45:58.500
 not an

00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:59.660
 absolute chance,

00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:00.240
 but a good

00:46:00.240 --> 00:46:01.320
 chance that you

00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:01.820
 don't have the

00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:02.519
 spirit of Christ.

00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:04.200
 Repent and

00:46:04.200 --> 00:46:04.640
 believe.

00:46:06.240 --> 00:46:06.960
 Believe in the

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:07.280
 gospel.

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:07.780
 It's found in

00:46:07.780 --> 00:46:08.280
 its pages.

00:46:09.580 --> 00:46:10.480
 And so find

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:11.120
 joy in doing.

00:46:12.539 --> 00:46:13.300
 In closing,

00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:14.519
 Martin Luther,

00:46:14.600 --> 00:46:14.960
 who wrote a

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.700
 number of

00:46:15.700 --> 00:46:16.240
 hymns.

00:46:16.820 --> 00:46:17.240
 I don't know

00:46:17.240 --> 00:46:18.860
 if this poem

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:19.500
 found its way

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:20.240
 into hymn form

00:46:20.240 --> 00:46:20.720
 or not.

00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:22.000
 So here

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:23.000
 it is a

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:23.399
 poem,

00:46:23.799 --> 00:46:24.679
 possibly a hymn

00:46:24.679 --> 00:46:25.199
 I'm not aware

00:46:25.199 --> 00:46:25.439
 of.

00:46:26.739 --> 00:46:27.639
 He wrote this,

00:46:27.739 --> 00:46:28.619
 feelings come

00:46:28.619 --> 00:46:29.339
 and feelings

00:46:29.339 --> 00:46:30.079
 go,

00:46:30.799 --> 00:46:31.480
 and feelings

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:32.299
 are deceiving.

00:46:33.259 --> 00:46:34.039
 My warrant

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:34.919
 is the word

00:46:34.919 --> 00:46:35.539
 of God,

00:46:35.919 --> 00:46:36.579
 not else

00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:37.079
 is worth

00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:37.539
 believing.

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:39.219
 Though all

00:46:39.219 --> 00:46:39.759
 my heart

00:46:39.759 --> 00:46:40.299
 should feel

00:46:40.299 --> 00:46:40.859
 condemned

00:46:40.859 --> 00:46:42.099
 for want

00:46:42.099 --> 00:46:42.619
 of some

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:43.599
 sweet token,

00:46:44.279 --> 00:46:45.219
 there is one

00:46:45.219 --> 00:46:46.199
 greater than

00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:46.779
 my heart

00:46:46.779 --> 00:46:47.639
 whose word

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:48.599
 cannot be

00:46:48.599 --> 00:46:48.919
 broken.

00:46:48.920 --> 00:46:50.900
 I'll trust

00:46:50.900 --> 00:46:51.659
 in God's

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:52.619
 unchanging

00:46:52.619 --> 00:46:53.860
 word till

00:46:53.860 --> 00:46:54.820
 soul and

00:46:54.820 --> 00:46:55.880
 body sever.

00:46:56.820 --> 00:46:57.539
 For though

00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:58.380
 all things

00:46:58.380 --> 00:46:59.340
 shall pass

00:46:59.340 --> 00:46:59.940
 away,

00:47:00.680 --> 00:47:01.480
 his word

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:02.340
 shall stand

00:47:02.340 --> 00:47:02.740
 forever.

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:03.900
 Let's pray

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:04.180
 together.