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 Welcome to evening lunchtime talks.

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!

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 We have a slight problem.

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 11. But did Cephas go up to the end of the chapter? That is the question. I was thinking

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 he did, but does anyone want to confirm or contradict? No? That's right, that confirms

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 I thought. Very good. Well, I will read and then pray. No, last week we did 2.11, the 21. So

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 we are starting at 3.1. Oh foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes

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 that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this. Did

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 you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish,

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 having begun by the Spirit? Are you now being perfected by the flesh? Did you suffer so many

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 things in vain, if indeed it was in vain? Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works

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 miracles among you do so by the works of the law or by hearing with faith? Just as Abraham

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 believed God, it was counted to him his righteousness. Know this then, that it is those of faith who

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 are the sons of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith,

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 preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying,

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 in you shall all the nations be blessed. So then those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham,

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 the man of faith.

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 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse, for it is written,

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 curse be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law and do them.

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 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for the righteous shall live by faith.

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 But the law is not of faith, rather the one who does them shall live by them.

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 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written, cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree,

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 so that in Christ Jesus,

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 the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles,

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 so that we might receive

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 the promised spirit

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 through faith.

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 Let us pray.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are

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 the one true God, you are our God,

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 our covenant God,

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 and we bless you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 We thank you for

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 your words,

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 your scripture,

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 the word of life.

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 We thank you that you led

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 Paul

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 to oppose those who would add something

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 to faith,

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 because it is through faith

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 in your grace,

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 that we are made right with you

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 and we have a proper standing before you.

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 And so we thank you

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 that because of our Savior,

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 we can have ready access now

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 into your presence.

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 We come to the throne of the King,

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 the King of Kings,

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 and rejoice.

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 And we pray,

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 Heavenly Father,

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 it's time that you would bring

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 the King of Kings,

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 and we pray that you would bring

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 But we pray that in the meantime,

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 you may still bless your word to us.

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 As you bless the Galatians,

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 bless us in healing, we pray,

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 for Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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 I'm still looking for him.

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 Still not found him here.

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 So, well,

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 what has been,

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 Paul been doing?

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 He's been,

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 speaking to the Galatians

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 because of their foolishness

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 of going away from Christ

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 as their only hope.

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 They wanted to add

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 something to the work of Christ.

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 Circumcision.

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 And Paul is at pains

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 to tell them

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 that if you add something

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 to Christ,

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 you're not really being

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 put right with God

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 through what the Lord

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 Jesus Christ has done.

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 Another way you could look

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 at what the Galatians

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 were doing

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 was they were really

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 requiring new converts

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 to become not only

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 Christians through Jesus,

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 but Jews through circumcision.

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 And Paul was opposed

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 to this.

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 He is telling them

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 that he is the apostle

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 to the Gentiles

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 and he knows

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 that Gentiles are received

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 as are Jews

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 through faith

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 This is God's way

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 of dealing with us now.

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 And even today,

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 anybody who wants to say

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 you are received

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 on the basis

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 of Jesus and,

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 whatever that and is,

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 a common and,

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 for example,

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 would be a certain mode

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 or time of baptism.

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 No.

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 The way we are accepted

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 through the Lord Jesus Christ

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 is through him alone.

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 And this is what Paul

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 is teaching

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 teaching to the Galatians.

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 And to add to that,

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 he talks to them

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 about how they have received

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 He doesn't mince his words.

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 At the beginning,

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 he talked about

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 those who preach

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 another gospel

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 should be accursed.

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 and you couldn't

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 have stronger language

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 than that.

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 Here he calls

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 the Galatians foolish,

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 bewitched,

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 that they have been

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 led astray.

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 But he reminds them

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 of how they have become

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 Christians.

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 It was before your eyes

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 that Jesus Christ

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 was publicly portrayed

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 as crucified.

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 Now there are some people

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 who reading that

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 would say,

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 well,

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 they must have had

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 some big crucifix

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 or something

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 put up in the church.

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 But we know

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 that that wasn't the case.

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 The way that Jesus Christ

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 was publicly portrayed

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 to the Christians

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 was through the preaching

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 of the word of God.

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 And we don't need

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 images of Jesus,

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 paintings of Jesus

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 as aids to devotion

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 in any way.

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 That's actually adding

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 something to faith

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 in Christ alone.

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 No, we need

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 the eyes of our heart

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 to be opened.

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 We need the scales

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 of sin

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 to be taken away

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 so that we see

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 Jesus spiritually

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 portrayed to us

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 as crucified.

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 And Paul reminds them

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 it is through

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 the crucified Christ

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 that they have received

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 Did you receive

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 the Spirit

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 by works of the law

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 or by hearing

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 with faith?

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 Well, he's reminding them

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 that the way of receiving

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 the Holy Spirit

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 is through the work

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 we know

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 how the salvation

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 history goes.

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 Jesus comes

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 into the world

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 having left

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 the presence

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 of God

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 his Father.

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 He's born

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 as a little baby

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 in Bethlehem.

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 He grows up

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 about the age

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 of 30.

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 He starts

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 his work

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 when he is

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 baptized

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 he goes around

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 filled with the

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 Holy Spirit

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 teaching

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 healing

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 miracles

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 and then

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 he's up to

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 Jerusalem

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 to die

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 on the cross.

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 And after

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 he dies

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 then the third

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 day he's raised

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 again.

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 He shows himself

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 to his disciples

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 by many

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 infallible

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 proofs.

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 After 40 days

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 he ascends

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 into heaven

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 they see him

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 go up

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 into the clouds

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 now a man

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 in the presence

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 of God Almighty

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 and they have

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 a promise

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 of his coming

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 again

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 but also

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 they are told

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 to wait

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 in Jerusalem.

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 For 10 days

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 later

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 on the day

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 of Pentecost

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 then the Holy

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 Spirit

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 is poured

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 out

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 upon the church

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 and the

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 apostles

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 who till then

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 had been

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 fearful

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 and faint

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 they are

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 transformed

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 into bold

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 preachers

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 of the gospel.

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 Now how have

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 they received

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 the Holy Spirit

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 at that point?

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 Is it by some

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 works that they

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 did?

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 No.

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 It was through

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 the work

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus

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 his father

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 have poured

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 out the Holy

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 Spirit

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 on the church.

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 So Paul

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 says what's

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 this about

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 adding something

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 to the work

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 of Christ?

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 Is it by

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 something you've

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 added?

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 You've received

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 the Holy Spirit?

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 Not at all.

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 And then again

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 he says to

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 them

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 did you suffer

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 so many

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 things in

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 vain?

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 Why were you

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 persecuted

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 if it was

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 indeed

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 to no point?

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 No.

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 God who

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 supplies the

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 Spirit to

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 you

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 and works

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 miracles

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 among you

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 he doesn't

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 do it

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 in response

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 to the good

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 works

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 that you

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 do.

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 He does

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 it in

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 response

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 the way

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 you respond

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 to hearing

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 the word

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 of God

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 with faith

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 and trust

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 in the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 That's

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 something that

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 we

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 must

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 take to

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 heart

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 today.

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 We don't

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 get the

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 blessings of

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 God and

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 the gifts

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 of his

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 Spirit

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 because we

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 work for

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 them.

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 No.

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 We get

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 them through

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 faith in the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ.

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 It's 100%

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 God's grace

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 unmerited

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 on our

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 part.

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 I was just

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 actually reading

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 this morning

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 a critique

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 of a man

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 called

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 Creflo

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 Dollar

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 an American

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 evangelist

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 who

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 well

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 he preaches

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 a prosperity

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 gospel.

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 If you

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 do

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 what he

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 says

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 claim

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 by faith

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 certain

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 promises

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 then God

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 will reward

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 you.

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 God

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 will bless

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 you.

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 And he's

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 doing very

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 well from

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 his

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 prosperity

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 gospel

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 big house

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 or two

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 private

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 jet

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 Porsche

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 cars

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 etc.

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 But this

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 is wrong.

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 God

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 doesn't

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 bless us

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 because

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 we

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 give so

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 much to

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 this man

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 of ministry

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 or to

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 that good

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 work.

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 No.

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 God's

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 blessing of

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 us

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 is in

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 response

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 to our

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 faith

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 and trust

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 in the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 So we

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 don't need

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 to earn

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 God's

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 favour by

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 any works

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 we do.

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 We need

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 to believe

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 in God

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 and believe

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 in God's

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 promises.

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 Paul

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 goes

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 right back

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 to the

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 father of

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 the Jews

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 Abraham.

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 He says

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 Abraham

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 believed

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 God

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 and it

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 was

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 counted

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 to him

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 as

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 righteousness.

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 Abraham

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 was a

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 man of

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 faith.

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 The man

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 who trusted

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 in God.

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 And we

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 read that

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 God

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 reckoned

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 Abraham's

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 faith as

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 his

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 righteousness.

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 Brother

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 Capers

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 welcome.

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 Welcome.

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 We have

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 read

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 to

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 verse 9

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 of chapter

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 3

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 and I've

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 done some

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 exposition

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 to

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 verse 6

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 but it's

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 all up to

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 you now

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 what you

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 want to

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 do.

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 I'm

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 so sorry.

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 So Paul

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 found it

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 necessary

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 to address

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 the

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 challenge

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 that the

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 Galatian

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 Christians

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 had found

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 themselves

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 now facing.

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 Previously

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 he contended

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 with the

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 Jews.

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 He

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 debated

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 with the

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 Jews

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 and he

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 argued

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 against

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 the fact

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 that they

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 wanted

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 to insist

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 on the

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 Galatians

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 to put

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 on

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 lifestyles

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 that were

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 contrary

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 to the

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 grace

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 that God

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 had revealed

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 to them.

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 And he

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 found them

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 now

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 going into

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 the same

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 error.

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 He found

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 them

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 after having

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 been helped

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 to understand

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 that they

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 did not

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 need

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 circumcision

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 to be

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 accepted

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 by God.

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 They did

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 not need

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 to observe

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 the dietary

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 regulations

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 of Jews

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 to be

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 accepted

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 by God.

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 He

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 was

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 afounded

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 that they

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 would now

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 have been

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 revealed

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 to the

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 fact that

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 it is

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 grace

00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:13.139
 that leads

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 us to

00:15:13.439 --> 00:15:13.860
 salvation.

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 He was

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 disappointed

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 that they

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 would go

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 back to

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 trusting

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 in their

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 own

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 self-effort.

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 And he

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 considered

00:15:22.079 --> 00:15:22.559
 that an

00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:23.139
 act of

00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:23.779
 foolishness

00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:24.319
 which he

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 referred to

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 twice.

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 And I

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 think it is

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 very serious

00:15:27.699 --> 00:15:28.360
 if Paul

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 would twice

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 have to

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 say you

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 are being

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 foolish.

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 And he

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 said it

00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:34.919
 was an

00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:35.500
 act of

00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:36.439
 bewitchment.

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 So the

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 challenge,

00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:40.500
 the important

00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:41.080
 thing for

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 us is

00:15:42.260 --> 00:15:42.640
 what we

00:15:42.640 --> 00:15:43.080
 see in

00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:43.640
 verse 3

00:15:43.640 --> 00:15:45.180
 where he

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 says,

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 having begun

00:15:46.420 --> 00:15:46.880
 in the

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 spirit,

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 are you

00:15:48.260 --> 00:15:48.900
 now being

00:15:48.900 --> 00:15:49.920
 perfected

00:15:49.920 --> 00:15:51.160
 in the

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 flesh?

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 Having

00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:53.900
 started our

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 Christian

00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:55.400
 relationship

00:15:55.400 --> 00:15:55.840
 and our

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 Christian

00:15:56.280 --> 00:15:57.040
 walk with

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 God by

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.980
 faith in

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 Christ,

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 by believing

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 in what

00:16:01.280 --> 00:16:01.900
 God has

00:16:01.900 --> 00:16:02.560
 done in

00:16:02.560 --> 00:16:03.120
 our lives

00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.860
 and by

00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.560
 the work

00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:04.759
 of

00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.519
 sanctification

00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.539
 going on

00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:07.139
 by the

00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:07.579
 power of

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 the Spirit

00:16:08.079 --> 00:16:08.619
 of God,

00:16:08.819 --> 00:16:09.479
 should we

00:16:09.479 --> 00:16:10.859
 now begin

00:16:10.859 --> 00:16:11.579
 to rely

00:16:11.579 --> 00:16:12.639
 on our

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 efforts?

00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.279
 So the

00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.819
 question to

00:16:14.819 --> 00:16:15.299
 us as

00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:15.659
 Christians

00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:16.319
 today is

00:16:16.319 --> 00:16:16.919
 how do

00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:17.799
 we grow

00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:18.379
 in our

00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:18.779
 Christian

00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:19.179
 faith?

00:16:19.439 --> 00:16:19.919
 How do

00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.879
 we progress?

00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:22.299
 Is it as

00:16:22.299 --> 00:16:23.099
 people who

00:16:23.099 --> 00:16:23.819
 now feel

00:16:23.819 --> 00:16:24.679
 we have to

00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:25.319
 do something

00:16:25.319 --> 00:16:26.059
 to add

00:16:26.059 --> 00:16:26.519
 to the

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:26.979
 faith,

00:16:27.119 --> 00:16:27.359
 to the

00:16:27.359 --> 00:16:27.779
 work of

00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:28.299
 grace that

00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:28.539
 we have

00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:29.139
 received in

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.839
 Christ Jesus?

00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:30.879
 Or should

00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.759
 we continue

00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:32.719
 to rely

00:16:32.719 --> 00:16:33.639
 on the

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 help that

00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:34.600
 comes from

00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:34.840
 God?

00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:35.899
 And the

00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:36.939
 challenge many

00:16:36.939 --> 00:16:37.360
 of us

00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:38.779
 encounter is

00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:39.279
 that there

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:40.419
 are times we

00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:41.720
 feel dissatisfied

00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.720
 with our

00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.279
 Christian

00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:43.659
 walk.

00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.399
 There are

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:44.980
 times we

00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.720
 feel am I

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.699
 doing enough?

00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:47.600
 Am I

00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:49.299
 praying enough?

00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:49.779
 Am I

00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:50.399
 reading the

00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.159
 Bible enough?

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:51.899
 Am I

00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:52.559
 being a

00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:53.179
 sufficient

00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:54.919
 witness to

00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.580
 the grace

00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:56.399
 of God

00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:56.799
 enough?

00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:57.460
 Am I

00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:58.480
 shining forth

00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:59.220
 the light

00:16:59.220 --> 00:17:00.120
 enough to

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.519
 people?

00:17:01.319 --> 00:17:01.799
 And when

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 those thoughts

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 begin to

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 come, we

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 become disappointed

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 and sometimes

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 it causes

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 frustration, then

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 we begin to

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 think we

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 have to do

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 something.

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 I must do

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 something to

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 kind of

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 satisfy first

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 myself that

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 I am being

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 good enough.

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 So for some

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 maybe, it's

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 a faithful

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 attendance of

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 healing lunchtime

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 talk, faithful

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 attendance of

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 Bible study

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 meetings, faithful

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 participation in

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 prayer meetings,

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 faithful going

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 about from

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 place to

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 place to

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 witness, so

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 that when

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 you look at

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 a checklist

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 of those

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 things that

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 make you a

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 good Christian

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 and you

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 tick them

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 up and

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 you tick

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 them up,

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 then you

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 get to

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 feel good.

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 So for

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 some of us

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 then, our

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 salvation is

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 a factor of

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 how good we

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 feel about

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 what we are

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 doing and how

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 we are presenting

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 ourselves.

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 And Paul

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 says this is

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 also an act

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 that could lead

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 to foolishness.

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 Why?

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 Because we

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 didn't start

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 by works.

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 The salvation

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 that we have

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 received did

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 not come to

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 us because we

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 did anything

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 good.

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 Just like

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 Abraham didn't

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 have to do

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 anything good

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 before he

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 received of

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 the grace of

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 God.

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 So Paul

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 presents Abraham

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 as an example.

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 He says

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 therefore that

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 Abraham believed

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 God and

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 it was

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 counted to

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 him as

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 righteousness.

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 Not that

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 Abraham walked

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 hard for

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 the Lord.

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 Not that

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 Abraham impressed

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 God.

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 It was what

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 he did in

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 believing,

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 the only

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 walk,

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 we can call

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 it walk

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 of believing,

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 choosing to

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 place his

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 faith in

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 this God

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 whom he did

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 not have a

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 clear knowledge

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 of but whom

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 he had heard

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 and whom he

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 believed was

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 worthy of

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 submitting to.

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 So Abraham

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 believed God

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 and it was

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 accounted to

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 him for

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 righteousness.

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 In the same

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 way therefore

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 the apostle

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 Paul is

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 saying if

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 we, if the

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 Galatian

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 Christians for

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 instance would

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 find justification

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 and would

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 enter into

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 the walk of

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 being called

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 the children of

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 Abraham which

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 was the thing

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 that Jews

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 held as

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 something that

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 made them

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 peculiar because

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 they received the

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 covenant of

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 circumcision

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 from their

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 father,

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 they had

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 received the

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 covenant of

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 the different

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 promises from

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 their father

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 Abraham and

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 that made

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 them feel

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 they were

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 unique but

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 Paul was

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 telling them

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 no,

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 Abraham did

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 not become

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 a man approved

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 by God

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 because of

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 what he did,

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 it's because

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 of his faith.

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 so if you

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 want to be

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 children of

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 Abraham,

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 it is the

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 faith you

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 place in

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 God and

00:19:53.620 --> 00:19:54.360
 his finished

00:19:54.360 --> 00:19:54.960
 work for

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 you that

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 makes you

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 like Abraham

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 and it

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 compares to

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 what Abraham

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 did.

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 Abraham did

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 not find

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 approval by

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.780
 works,

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.519
 he found

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.340
 approval by

00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:05.840
 faith,

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 therefore you

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 should struggle

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:08.700
 to find

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.800
 approval not

00:20:09.800 --> 00:20:10.780
 by works

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.740
 but by

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.160
 faith.

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 In verse

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 10 then,

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 he raises

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 what is

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.139
 the problem

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 of trying

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 to depend

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 on the

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 law and

00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.519
 the things

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 we do.

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 He said,

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 for all

00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:28.639
 who rely

00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:28.960
 on the

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 works of

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 law are

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 under a

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.359
 curse,

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 for it is

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.119
 written,

00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:33.359
 cursed be

00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:34.259
 everyone who

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 does not

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.359
 abide by

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:36.119
 all the

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 things written

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.420
 in the

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.019
 book of

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:39.240
 law and

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 do them.

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.359
 Now,

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.259
 this raises

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.379
 the challenge.

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 If you

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:44.839
 want to

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.639
 believe in

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.639
 works and

00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:47.519
 obedience to

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.460
 the law as

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.460
 the basis of

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.599
 finding salvation

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.160
 and grace,

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:51.859
 then you

00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.240
 should be

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.839
 ready to

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.279
 obey

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.420
 everything

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.720
 that is

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.299
 found in

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:56.700
 the law.

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 Because in

00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:00.079
 Deuteronomy

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:01.299
 27 verse

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.639
 26 we are

00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.339
 told that

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:05.079
 when Moses

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:06.000
 presented the

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:07.160
 law of the

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.639
 Lord to

00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.059
 the children

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.720
 of Israel,

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.740
 he challenged

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.500
 them that

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.539
 everyone must

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:12.240
 be willing to

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.259
 obey everything

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.799
 and they

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.319
 answered

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.839
 Amen.

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 So,

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:15.740
 if we

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.339
 will find

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.940
 approval,

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:17.859
 we should

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.500
 be ready

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.480
 to obey

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:21.039
 everything,

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.380
 every single

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:22.940
 law.

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.359
 But that's

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:24.779
 quite a

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.420
 difficult thing

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.380
 to do because

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:27.559
 whoever falls

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.279
 short of

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.500
 one law has

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.240
 fallen short

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.400
 of all the

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:31.720
 laws.

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.460
 And because

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.119
 it's not

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:34.019
 possible for us

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.759
 to obey all

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.240
 the laws,

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.839
 Jesus now

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.700
 became the

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.700
 curse for us

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.960
 because whoever

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.839
 breaks the

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.420
 law of God

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.480
 becomes cursed

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.460
 but Jesus

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.279
 took that

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.140
 curse on

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:47.380
 himself and

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:48.380
 died for

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:49.819
 us so that

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.720
 in him

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:52.279
 we do not

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:53.220
 need to

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:55.500
 see the

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.579
 obedience to

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.480
 all the laws

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:57.920
 as the

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.880
 requirement of

00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:00.099
 acceptance with

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:00.640
 God.

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.680
 all we

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.060
 need is

00:22:02.060 --> 00:22:03.040
 placing faith

00:22:03.040 --> 00:22:03.940
 in what

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.800
 God has

00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:05.380
 done for

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:06.120
 us in

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:06.820
 Christ Jesus.

00:22:07.080 --> 00:22:07.520
 And when

00:22:07.520 --> 00:22:08.220
 you place

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.820
 your faith

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.380
 in Christ

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:09.820
 Jesus,

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.259
 before God

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.100
 you are

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:13.340
 now accepted

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:14.840
 as righteous

00:22:14.840 --> 00:22:15.660
 in right

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.400
 standing with

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:16.680
 God,

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.480
 you are

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.259
 now no

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:19.300
 longer held

00:22:19.300 --> 00:22:20.259
 to the

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.759
 need,

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.259
 you are

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.920
 no longer

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:22.320
 held by

00:22:22.320 --> 00:22:22.860
 the need

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.520
 to obey

00:22:23.520 --> 00:22:24.360
 all the

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:25.080
 laws because

00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:25.960
 in Christ

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.440
 Jesus,

00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:27.860
 because you

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.500
 place faith

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.000
 in what

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.960
 Jesus has

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.220
 done,

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.720
 you will

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.279
 now become

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.220
 accepted.

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.920
 So,

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:36.360
 whoever tries

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:37.980
 to now

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:39.519
 trust in

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.600
 his works

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.799
 to gain

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.480
 salvation

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:44.680
 is nullifying

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.339
 like we

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.960
 read last

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.160
 week,

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.539
 is nullifying

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 the grace

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.339
 that has

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.799
 come to

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.700
 us by

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 virtue of

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 what Jesus

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.360
 has done.

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.600
 It's making

00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:54.319
 the death

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.039
 of Jesus

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 of no

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 benefit.

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.980
 It's making

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:59.079
 the suffering

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.779
 and the

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 sacrifice

00:23:00.399 --> 00:23:01.379
 of Jesus

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:02.480
 of no

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.839
 benefit.

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.819
 But whoever

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.899
 places his

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.799
 faith in

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.740
 Christ Jesus

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:08.200
 and accepts

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.599
 that,

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.519
 he stands

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.660
 accepted by

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.399
 God only

00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:12.279
 by virtue

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.740
 of what

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.339
 Jesus has

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.700
 done,

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.759
 then you

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.160
 will find

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.660
 approval,

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.740
 then you

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.139
 will find

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.599
 peace,

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.539
 then you

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.119
 will enter

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 into eternal

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.059
 rest.

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 God only

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.679
 will

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 be

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 so

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 does it

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:23.839
 require

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 that we

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 just sit

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 idle and

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 not do

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.779
 anything?

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.039
 That's not

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.440
 what scripture

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.079
 is saying.

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 But scripture

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 is also not

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 saying rise

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 and walk.

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 But we

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:37.279
 have an

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.839
 encouragement

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.980
 in Philippians

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 2 verse 13

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.440
 where Paul

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 himself says

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 it is God

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 who is at

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 walk in

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 us,

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 both to

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 will and

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.399
 to do of

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 his good

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.440
 pleasure.

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 Which means

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 as I

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 submit to

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 the Lord

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 and I

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 submit to

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 the Spirit

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 of God

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 with whom

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.600
 I have

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 been sealed

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 from the

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 day I

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 repented,

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 from the

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.600
 day I

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.200
 placed my

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.620
 faith in

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.060
 Jesus,

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.840
 as I

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.780
 submit to

00:24:07.780 --> 00:24:08.180
 the Lord

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.580
 in that

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:09.000
 regard,

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:09.880
 then it

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.600
 is God

00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:11.580
 now who

00:24:11.580 --> 00:24:12.019
 will be

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.060
 walking in

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 and through

00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:14.120
 me.

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:15.019
 I do not

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:16.040
 seek pleasure,

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.660
 I do not

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.180
 seek to

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:18.280
 derive pleasure

00:24:18.280 --> 00:24:19.200
 or confirmation

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:20.059
 by what I

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.319
 do,

00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:21.160
 I only

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:22.440
 avail myself

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.100
 so that

00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:23.779
 the Lord

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.980
 himself will

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.740
 do what

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.620
 he has set

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 out to

00:24:27.340 --> 00:24:28.299
 do in

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.120
 and through

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.500
 me.

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 We are

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.220
 therefore

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.860
 mere

00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.600
 extensions

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.559
 of the

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 Lord,

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 we are

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 therefore

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 merely

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.519
 instruments

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:36.980
 that should

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 be made

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:38.080
 available

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.960
 to the

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.500
 Lord,

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.259
 so that

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.779
 he can

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.480
 walk in

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.220
 and through

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.600
 us.

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.460
 When we

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.059
 speak to

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.400
 people,

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 it will

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.319
 be the

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.600
 Lord

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.200
 speaking

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.819
 through

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.180
 us.

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 if we

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 do

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.140
 anything

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.860
 that

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.799
 humanly

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.259
 we

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.700
 have

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.480
 categorized

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:52.759
 as

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 good

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:53.799
 and

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.100
 those

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.400
 things

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.680
 that

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 Christians

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.259
 should

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.680
 do,

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 we will

00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:57.640
 not be

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:57.880
 seeking

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.560
 approval

00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:59.220
 because we

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.660
 have done

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.340
 what Christians

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 should do,

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.259
 but we

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.000
 would be

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:04.860
 acting in

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.519
 grateful

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.720
 response

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.779
 by availing

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.140
 ourselves

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.600
 so that

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.160
 the Lord

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.640
 himself

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:09.980
 will

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.519
 honor

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.120
 himself

00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.560
 in

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.039
 and

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.639
 through

00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:13.000
 us.

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.559
 Therefore

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:14.919
 we do

00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:15.419
 not put

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:16.179
 confidence

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.779
 in

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.399
 ourselves.

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.299
 Listen

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.039
 to how

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:20.259
 John

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.720
 Piper

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.519
 says

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.460
 these

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:22.919
 things

00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:23.599
 as he

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.200
 addresses

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.879
 the

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.559
 challenge

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.059
 of the

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.720
 Galatians.

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 He says

00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:28.319
 the essence

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.659
 of the

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:29.099
 Galatian

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.599
 heresy

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.039
 is the

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.399
 teaching

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:31.079
 that you

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.679
 begin

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:31.980
 the

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.399
 Christian

00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:32.779
 life

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.419
 by faith

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:34.220
 and then

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.460
 you

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:34.879
 grow

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.339
 in the

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.700
 Christian

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.099
 life

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.319
 by

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.779
 works.

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.179
 That

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:37.379
 is

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:37.980
 by

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.539
 drawing

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:38.940
 on

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.419
 paths

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:39.579
 in

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:39.980
 yourself

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.519
 to make

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:40.920
 your

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.720
 contribution

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.039
 to

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.559
 salvation.

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:43.779
 One

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.180
 modern

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.480
 form

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.660
 of

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.000
 heresy

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.400
 therefore

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.720
 is

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.299
 God

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.720
 helps

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.139
 those

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.379
 who

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.799
 help

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.420
 themselves.

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.559
 And this

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:50.980
 is a very

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.759
 popular

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.500
 approach

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.059
 that many

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.480
 of us

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.980
 have in

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.480
 Nigeria.

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.000
 In

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.379
 Nigeria

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:55.960
 the common

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.680
 expression

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.379
 would be

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:58.079
 like

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.859
 we say

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.119
 it in

00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:01.980
 which

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.240
 means

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.740
 God

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.059
 said

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.920
 arise

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.639
 so that

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.059
 I will

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.500
 help

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.759
 you.

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.240
 And

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.480
 that

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.119
 kind

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.339
 of

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.379
 falsifies

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.799
 the

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.180
 truth

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.599
 of the

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:09.859
 grace

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.019
 of

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.200
 God

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.860
 because

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.840
 whoever

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.720
 receives

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.340
 help

00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:13.700
 from

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.220
 God

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.500
 at

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:14.720
 that

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.120
 point

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.660
 would

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.000
 feel

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.299
 I

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.100
 contributed

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.740
 something

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.140
 at

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.440
 least

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.779
 I

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.039
 did

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.340
 the

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:19.940
 rising

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.740
 and

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.100
 when

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.340
 I

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:21.880
 arose

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.240
 God

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.779
 saw

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.340
 my

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:24.279
 seriousness

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.660
 God

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:24.940
 saw

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.220
 my

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.840
 commitment

00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.460
 in

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.720
 my

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.319
 rising

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.900
 and

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.120
 he

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:28.420
 went

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.799
 on

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.240
 to

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.580
 help

00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:29.819
 me.

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:30.819
 John

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.039
 Piper

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.299
 went

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.519
 on

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:31.660
 to

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:31.860
 say

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.360
 faith

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:32.620
 is

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:32.819
 the

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.340
 only

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:33.900
 response

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.100
 to

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.460
 God's

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.680
 word

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:34.920
 which

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.200
 makes

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.559
 room

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:35.819
 for

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.000
 the

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.360
 spirit

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:36.640
 to

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:36.880
 walk

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.120
 in

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.380
 us

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.620
 and

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:37.860
 through

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.180
 us

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:39.240
 flesh

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:39.720
 on the

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:39.920
 other

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.220
 hand

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.880
 is the

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.880
 insubordinate

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.539
 self-determining

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:43.920
 ego

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.600
 which in

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.440
 religious people

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.279
 responds to

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.940
 God's word

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.860
 not with

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.680
 reliance on

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.160
 the spirit

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.880
 but with

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.759
 reliance on

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.060
 self.

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.799
 it

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.000
 can

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.419
 nullify

00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:21.899
 the

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.220
 grace

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.460
 of

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.659
 God

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:23.000
 and

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 what

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 the

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 Galatians

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 were

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 doing

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 here

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 in

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 now

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 beginning

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 to

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 think

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 what

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 should

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 help

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 them

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 is

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 they

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 were

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 making

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 useless

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 all

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 of

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 the

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 teachings

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 that

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 have

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 been

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 received

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 in

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 saying

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 circumcision

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 is not

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 the

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 basis

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 for

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 salvation

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 obeying

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 their

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 regulations

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 is not

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 the

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 basis

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 for

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 salvation

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 it

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 is

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 faith

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 in

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 Jesus

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 alone

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 that

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 helps

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 us

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 they

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 have

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 nullified

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 that by

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 beginning

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 to rely

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 on

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 their

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 self

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 effort

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 these

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 days

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 that's

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 the

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 same

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 challenge

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 we

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 have

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 that's

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 the

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 same

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 challenge

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 we

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 see

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 among

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 Christians

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 these

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 days

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 the

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 only

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 thing

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 many

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 of

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 us

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 have

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 to

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 boast

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:06.779
 of

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 in

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 our

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 Christianity

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 is

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 the

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 fact

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 to

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 draw

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 people

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 to

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 our

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 churches

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 and

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 I

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 find

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 that

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 an

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 unfortunate

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.079
 development

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 because

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 when

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 people

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 go to

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 evangelize

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 they

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 are

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 more

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 interested

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.860
 in

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 getting

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 people

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 to

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 attend

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.160
 their

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.600
 churches

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.140
 than

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.539
 getting

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.000
 people

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.299
 to

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.819
 develop

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.120
 a

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.400
 right

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.000
 relationship

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.380
 with

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 Jesus

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 and

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:28.580
 to

00:28:28.580 --> 00:28:28.759
 seek

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:28.960
 to

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.200
 find

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.900
 salvation

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.740
 by

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.240
 faith

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:33.539
 and

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.160
 several

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.340
 think

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 it is

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 in

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.539
 their

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.319
 in

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 the

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.259
 manifestation

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.660
 of

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:38.860
 their

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.440
 spiritual

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.779
 gifts

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.759
 that

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.000
 we

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.279
 gain

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.440
 a

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.680
 right

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.180
 standing

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.920
 the

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.279
 apostle

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.759
 Paul

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.559
 challenged

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:46.799
 the

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.180
 Galatian

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.640
 Christians

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.980
 when

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.160
 you

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.540
 receive

00:28:49.540 --> 00:28:50.300
 miracles

00:28:50.300 --> 00:28:51.000
 did

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.140
 you

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.480
 receive

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.180
 miracles

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.960
 because

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.420
 you

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.900
 walked

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.220
 for

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.460
 them

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.060
 when

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.200
 you

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.580
 received

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.060
 healing

00:28:56.060 --> 00:28:56.780
 was it

00:28:56.780 --> 00:28:57.140
 because

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 you

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.860
 walked

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 no

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 it's

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.259
 because

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.580
 you

00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:00.080
 placed

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:00.420
 your

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.820
 faith

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.140
 in

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.660
 Jesus

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.300
 brethren

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:03.320
 if

00:29:03.320 --> 00:29:03.560
 the

00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:04.000
 Lord

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.340
 will

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:04.640
 be

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.759
 glorified

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.100
 in

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.300
 our

00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:06.720
 lives

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.520
 it's

00:29:07.520 --> 00:29:07.700
 not

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:07.980
 going

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.240
 to

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.480
 be

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.180
 through

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.440
 the

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.300
 obedience

00:29:10.300 --> 00:29:11.259
 or

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.720
 through

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.000
 the

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.420
 walks

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.700
 the

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.400
 beautiful

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:13.940
 wonderful

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.380
 walks

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.780
 we

00:29:14.780 --> 00:29:15.020
 do

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.539
 it

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.660
 will

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:15.779
 be

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.180
 because

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.740
 we

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:16.940
 have

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.240
 chosen

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.480
 to

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.779
 place

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.119
 faith

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.400
 in

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.759
 Jesus

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.339
 and

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.500
 we

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:19.700
 have

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.220
 allowed

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.900
 Jesus

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.619
 to

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.180
 be

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.539
 seen

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.220
 and

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.440
 to

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.579
 be

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.119
 experienced

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.559
 by the

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.920
 world

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.539
 in

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:25.940
 and

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.180
 through

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.519
 us

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.259
 let

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.420
 us

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.660
 pray