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 about that in a little bit, but we need to understand how it is a new command to love our brothers and sisters in the new covenant.

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! We need to understand how it is truly new and understand that that truth leaves us with two ways of life, one that results in eternal life and one that results in eternal death.

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 And just to whet your appetite again for this, I want to mention now that this newness of this new command has a lot more to do with broader theology than you may realize.

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 Um, lots of conversations have been going on and evangelicalism broadly for the last few years in particular, um, what Christians ought to do or not do with the mosaic law, mosaic covenant in Christian life.

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 Lots of conversations about who belongs to the new covenant community, not new to us today.

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 Those have been going on for centuries.

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 In other words, who belongs to the church and who doesn't as well as other things.

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 And so believe it or not, this topic, this new command that we're going to see from John in an indirect way actually applies to all of these questions.

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 It provides an insight that helps us answer all of these questions.

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 And so with these things in mind, please read with me.

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 First John chapter two, verses seven through 11.

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 John writes, beloved, I do not write to you a new command, but an old one which you have had from the beginning.

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 The old command is the word which you have heard.

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 On the other hand, I do write to you a new command, which is true in him and in you because the darkness is going away and the true light shines even now.

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 The one who says he is in the light yet hates his brother is in darkness even now.

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 The one who loves his brother abides in the light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

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 But the one who hates his brother is in darkness and he walks in darkness and he does not know where he is going for the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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 Our first heading for this morning, if you want to take notes or are taking notes, our first heading is the old command in verse seven.

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 We're going to consider this first.

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 Paul talked or John speaks of this old command.

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 He says again, read with me, verse seven.

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 Beloved, I do not write to you a new commandment, but an old one which you have had from the beginning.

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 The old commandment is the word which you have heard.

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 So what is this old command?

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 When exactly did John's audience receive this command?

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 At first glance, it is easy to think that John is referring to Old Testament law, perhaps even some kind of natural law.

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 If you're into philosophy and these kind of things, after all, he says from the beginning.

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 And as is clear from verses nine through 11, he's talking about a command to love one another.

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 Well, we all know that command is ancient.

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 That summarizes the law.

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 Leviticus 19, 18.

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 You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Well, that all seems to flow and make sense, but not so fast.

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 Something more is going on and we ought not to quickly jump so far back.

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 Now, zooming out, John is actually not referring to the Old Testament directly, but rather is referring to the teaching of Jesus Christ as recorded in the gospel of John.

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 And that's the same John, right?

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 John 13 verses 35 or excuse me, 34 through 35.

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 Jesus says, a new commandment I give to you, that you love one another just as I have loved you.

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 You also are to love one another.

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 By this, all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.

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 So, again, we have the question, how can Jesus say this is new?

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 Isn't this the same Jesus who said the whole law is summarized in two commands, one to love God and another like it to love neighbor?

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 Isn't this really old?

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 But notice this.

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 In Leviticus 19, 18.

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 Moses writes, love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Jesus raises the stakes.

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 Think about it this way, and this is an amazing thought.

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 There is nobody who loves you more than you except for Jesus Christ.

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 In that sense, Jesus is giving a new commandment because he says to all the beloved, to all the faithful, to all Christians everywhere, you and I, that we are to love one another as Jesus loves us.

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 And don't forget that he says this right after washing a bunch of gross first century sandal bunion ridden feet.

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 It's that kind of love.

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 Right?

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 Humble.

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 I'm beneath you.

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 I'm here for you.

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 I'm here to serve you.

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 Love one another just as I have loved you.

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 So, by the time John writes 1 John, this new command from Jesus is old.

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 By the time John writes 1 John, the church is established.

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 It's going out.

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 It's doing all the things.

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 And they've already heard this new command from the Gospels, from the Jesus traditions, perhaps from Jesus himself, if some of them were around.

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 And so, in that sense, at the time of the writing of 1 John, this commandment is now old.

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 This new command is now old.

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 They know that they are to love one another as Christ has loved them.

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 The Gospel that they received and responded to in faith with the teachings of Jesus to love one another is, as verse 7 says,

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 the word which they have heard.

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 And so, in that sense, John writes to them an old commandment.

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 This is important in a first century context because unlike our world today, where we're so ugh about the old, they loved it.

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 Anything new was viewed with deep suspicion.

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 It was automatically assumed if it's new, it's foolish.

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 And so, John can't just outright say this is all new because his entire audience, Jew and Gentile alike, would go crazy.

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 They would be upset by that.

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 And so, the old is prized unlike us today where we are so enthralled by the new.

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 And so, this old, prized, true command that John introduces has a certain inherent credibility because of the Old Testament.

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 And yet, as we read in verse 8, this old, prized, true command is also new in the light of the new creation.

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 And this leads to our second heading, Dawn of the New Command.

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 Dawn of the New Command in verse 8.

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 Read again with me.

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 So, after talking about this old command, John says, on the other hand, right, at the same time, you might say,

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 I am writing to you a new command, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is going away.

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 And the true light shines now.

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 Or already.

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 John is not denying that the command is old.

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 He is simply recognizing it is also new, which is why he says this all-important phrase on the other hand.

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 And we've already seen how and in what sense this new command is new.

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 Which love is Christ's love.

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 John 13 again.

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 The heights and depths are raised, and so it's new.

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 But John also points us to the fact that it is new every day in the life of the body.

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 John says of this command, verse 8, that it is true in him and in you.

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 This is an ongoing reality.

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 The idea is that this old new love command is truly expressed in Christ, and that it is truly expressed in and among the church.

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 So again, in other words, this continues.

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 It's ongoing.

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 It's not a box you check one time like baptism.

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 This is something we just simply do and are.

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 Love for the brotherhood.

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 We are to be marked by our love for one another.

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 And so in that sense, it is ever new.

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 Well, how can that be?

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 How can this love be ever new?

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 Again, he clarifies even further.

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 John answers in the latter half of verse 8,

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 Because the darkness is going away,

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 and the true light shines now.

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 The true light in John's writings is most often a reference to Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus says as much in John's gospel, John 8, 12.

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 He says,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,

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 but will have the light of life.

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 That sounds very familiar.

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 And John, in 1 John,

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 is reflecting on this moment in redemptive history.

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 He rightly recognizes that in the light of Christ,

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 everything has changed.

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 It's new.

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 The darkness is going away.

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 It wasn't doing that before.

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 Now it is.

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 It is going away.

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 The true light is already here.

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 He's describing the dawn of a new day.

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 Because post Christ's death,

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 post his resurrection,

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 post his ascension,

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 we are in fact in a new day,

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 with a new covenant,

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 as the first fruits of the new creation.

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 James 1.18.

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 And so this is a classic example of the already not yet paradigm

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 you see throughout the New Testament,

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 known as inaugurated eschatology,

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 if you're familiar.

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 We see that already the light is here.

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 We can see a glimpse of its beauty.

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 As the sun rises,

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 is the idea,

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 the imagery,

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 we have a north star to guide us

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 as it warms us.

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 And yet,

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 it's dawn.

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 There's still darkness.

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 We still feel the chill of the night in our bones.

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 It's warming up on the front

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 as we walk in the light,

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 feeling the coldness of this sinful world on our backs.

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 This is kind of the imagery John uses throughout his writings,

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 this both and of light and dark,

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 where darkness is going away.

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 It's progressively happening day to day,

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 and yet it's still here,

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 just as the light is coming,

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 and yet it's already here.

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 What a perfect image.

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 And so,

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 John says,

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 triumphantly,

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 the darkness is going away.

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 And so,

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 love is ever new

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 as the light shines brighter and brighter,

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 as we walk more and more

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 and further and further

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 and closer and closer

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 in and towards that light

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 that is actively coming.

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 Now,

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 I would be remiss

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 if I did not take this moment

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 to show you all something

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 about the newness

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 of the new covenant.

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 This is somewhat of a brief excursus,

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 but it's important

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 in light of our text this morning,

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 but also,

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 given that our church,

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 as Nathan mentioned in the announcements,

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 has been having an ongoing conversation

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 about progressive covenantalism.

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 And if you don't know what that is,

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 come August 1st.

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 It's going to be sick.

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 But as has been shown,

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 things have changed

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 with the coming of Christ.

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 John invites reflection

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 on these changes.

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 And so we,

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 as attentive disciples,

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 do well to pay attention

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 and consider how our relationship

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 to the law,

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 Torah,

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 has changed

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 with the establishment

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 of the new covenant.

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 This is a massive topic

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 with massive implications,

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 answering questions like,

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 is the new covenant community

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 mixed or elect only?

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 Should we keep Sabbath?

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 Should Jewish believers

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 still be circumcised today

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 as a matter of law keeping?

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 Should I move to Moscow, Idaho?

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 And I'll just tell you right now,

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 the answer is an emphatic no,

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 unless you're going to go plant

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 the biggest,

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 baddest,

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 glorious Baptist church.

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 Okay?

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 Now, I can't answer

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 all those questions today.

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 Again, come August 1st,

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 it'll be a moment of revelation.

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 But from our text,

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 I want to note something

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 we've already kind of danced around.

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 To borrow from Paul,

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 it is important to remember

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 that as new covenant Christians,

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 we are not,

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 as he says,

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 under the law.

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 Okay, Galatians 3, 23,

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 just one example.

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 Paul says this clearly.

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 He says,

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 before faith came,

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 we were held captive

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 under the law,

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 imprisoned until the coming faith

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 would be in the law.

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 That's Romans 2, 12.

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 He also says we are no longer

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 from the law,

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 Romans 4, 14.

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 So he says it in a multitude of ways

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 and for a lot of different reasons,

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 but over and over and over again,

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 Paul makes the point,

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 we are not in,

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 from,

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 or of,

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 or under the law.

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 something has changed,

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 something dramatic.

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 Right?

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 What are we to do with this?

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 How is God's word,

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 including the law

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 of the Mosaic covenant,

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 made obsolete,

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 as Hebrews 8, 13 says?

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 How is,

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 how is God's word then,

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 the,

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 the Mosaic law,

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 Torah,

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 how are these things

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 still profitable

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 for teaching

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 and reproof

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 and rebuke,

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 as Paul says?

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 On the other hand,

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 while recognizing

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 we're no longer under that,

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 that's over with,

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 is he talking out of both sides

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 of his mouth?

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 What is going on?

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 Right?

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 And likewise,

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 how can John say

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 in his epistle

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 over and over

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 that we know Jesus

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 by keeping the commandments,

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 but be in sync

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 with Paul and Hebrews,

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 who seem to remove the law

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 from the equation

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 in some sense?

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 What's going on?

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 By the work of a New Testament scholar

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 named Brian Rosner,

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 he wrote a little book

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 called Paul and the Law,

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 highly recommend.

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 And on this topic,

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 he argues that for Paul,

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 we no longer relate

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 to the law as covenant,

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 but we relate to the law

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 as scripture.

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 I'm going to repeat that.

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 We no longer relate

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 to the Mosaic law

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 as covenant,

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 but we relate to it

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 as scripture.

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 What does this mean?

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 This means that the Mosaic law

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 is not binding for us today

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 as covenant

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 because that covenant

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 is obsolete.

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 That law was baked

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 into the covenantal framework

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 of the Mosaic covenant.

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 And so rather,

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 it functions as scripture,

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 specifically in two ways

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 that Rosner,

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 I think,

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 rightfully shows

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 and argues

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 from the New Testament,

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 from Paul in particular.

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 For us today

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 in the life of believers,

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 the Mosaic law

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 simply functions

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 as wisdom in prophecy.

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 And so in that sense,

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 it is profitable

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 to read,

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 to teach,

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 to use for rebukes,

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 exhortations,

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 and all the rest

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 for discipleship.

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 Still invaluable,

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 still sweet as the honeycomb,

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 still all the things

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 that the Old Testament

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 says about itself.

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 But it's not a covenant

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 for us anymore.

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 So it functions

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 in our lives today

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 in this moment

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 of redemptive history

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 under the New Covenant,

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 which is enacted

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 on better promises

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 and is a better covenant.

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 In this context,

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 we relate to it

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 as wisdom

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 and prophecy,

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 but not

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 as law.

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 And so just know,

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 isn't it interesting

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 that the vast majority

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 of the time

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 in 1 John,

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 when John repeatedly

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 tells us

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 to keep commandments,

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 there is that

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 all-important

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 possessive pronoun

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 fronting it.

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 I'm going to guess

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 90% of the time.

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 You can Google that.

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 I don't know.

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 But a lot.

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 Just one example,

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 1 John 2, 3.

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 And by this we know

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 that we have come

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 to know him,

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 he's talking about Jesus,

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 if we keep

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 his commandments.

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 And that's not

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 to set Jesus

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 in contrast

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 to Moses, right?

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 Moses was looking

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 forward to Jesus.

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 What it is to recognize

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 is that with the coming

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 of Jesus,

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 things have changed.

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 This really is

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 a new covenant

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 with a new law.

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 And this is why

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 in James' epistle,

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 he can refer twice

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 to the, quote,

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 law of liberty.

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 In James 1, 12,

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 in verse 28,

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 he can refer to,

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 quote,

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 the royal law

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 in James 2, 8.

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 Designations,

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 mind you,

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 that are never

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 used

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 of the Mosaic law.

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 He's not talking

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 about that law.

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 He's talking about

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 the new commandment,

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 new covenants,

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 or excuse me,

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 new covenant,

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 and the law

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 with that.

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 Likewise,

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 Paul,

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 in Galatians 6,

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 second half of verse 2,

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 he refers to

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 the law

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 of Christ.

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 So we have

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 Paul,

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.640
 John,

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 and James

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 talking about

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 a law

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 that is clearly

00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:35.240
 not Old Testament

00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:36.000
 law.

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 They use different

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 words,

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 but they're talking

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 about the same

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 thing.

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 Not the law

00:18:42.060 --> 00:18:42.580
 of Moses,

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 but the law

00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:44.139
 of Christ.

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 And so,

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 friends,

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 understand this.

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 The new covenant

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 really is new,

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 and it really is better.

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 Our new covenant

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 law is the life,

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 work,

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 and teaching

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 perhaps best summarized

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 in the Sermon on the Mount.

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 We can geek out later.

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 It's great.

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 And his yoke

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 is easy.

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 His burden

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 is light.

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 Learn from him.

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 Love

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 as he

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 loves.

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 Now,

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 in the dawn

00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:15.979
 of this new

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 commandment,

00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:17.679
 framed by the

00:19:17.679 --> 00:19:18.799
 new covenant,

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 John presents

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 a sort of

00:19:22.719 --> 00:19:23.279
 test

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 or evaluation

00:19:24.739 --> 00:19:25.779
 for the church

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 to use.

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 He presents

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 two ways

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 of life.

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 One proves

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 a person

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.500
 to be a member

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 of the new covenant,

00:19:33.979 --> 00:19:35.019
 to be a brother

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 in the faith,

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 whereas the other

00:19:37.699 --> 00:19:38.319
 way of life

00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:38.919
 proves one

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 to not

00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:40.539
 be a brother,

00:19:41.659 --> 00:19:42.259
 though he

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:43.419
 claims to be.

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:44.819
 Okay,

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 so we're not

00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:45.819
 talking about

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.539
 people who are

00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.379
 visibly on the

00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:47.919
 outside.

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.839
 He's talking about

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:50.299
 people visibly

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.899
 inside,

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.619
 but who's truly

00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:52.239
 in and who's

00:19:52.239 --> 00:19:53.319
 actually

00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:54.379
 out.

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 And so,

00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:57.679
 John continues

00:19:57.679 --> 00:19:58.639
 in verses 9

00:19:58.639 --> 00:19:59.079
 through 11.

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 We'll reread

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 them.

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 He says,

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.480
 the one who

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.100
 says he's

00:20:04.100 --> 00:20:04.360
 in the

00:20:04.360 --> 00:20:04.759
 light,

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.579
 but hates

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.340
 his brother,

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.660
 is in

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.240
 darkness

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.220
 even now.

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:11.799
 And I'll just

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.200
 point out,

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:12.640
 why does he

00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.120
 say even

00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:13.400
 now?

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:13.799
 Because he's

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.500
 reflecting on

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.059
 the fact that

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.380
 we're in a

00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:15.860
 new covenant

00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.180
 era,

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.640
 things have

00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.000
 changed,

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.539
 it is really

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:17.920
 better,

00:20:18.120 --> 00:20:18.579
 and yet,

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.240
 there are

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.600
 still false

00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:21.759
 sheep in

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.240
 the fold.

00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:23.720
 Right?

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.220
 So the one

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.900
 who says he's

00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.579
 in the light,

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.740
 but hates

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.240
 his brother,

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.180
 is in

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.579
 darkness,

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.640
 even now.

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.279
 This kind

00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.539
 of thing

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.559
 still happens.

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 Verse 10,

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 the one who

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.059
 loves his

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:35.039
 brother abides

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.619
 in the light,

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 and there is

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.119
 no cause for

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.700
 stumbling with

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:37.859
 him,

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.579
 but the one

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.480
 who hates

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.039
 his brother

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.539
 is in

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.019
 darkness,

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.240
 and walks

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.940
 in darkness,

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.539
 and does

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.240
 not know

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:45.440
 where he's

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:45.879
 going,

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.220
 because the

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.079
 darkness has

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:50.159
 blinded his

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:50.759
 eyes.

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.700
 And so,

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.359
 one way of

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.960
 life that

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.740
 John describes

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.700
 here is that

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.899
 of self-deception

00:20:57.899 --> 00:20:59.319
 and hate.

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.259
 He refers

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.799
 to the one

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.720
 who says

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.579
 he is in

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.119
 the light.

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.599
 Verse 9,

00:21:05.679 --> 00:21:06.019
 light, of

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.259
 course,

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.139
 being a

00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:07.799
 general reference

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.099
 throughout

00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:08.940
 scripture for

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.799
 truth and

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.139
 wisdom,

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 but in

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:10.879
 John's

00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:11.220
 case,

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.399
 he particularly

00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:13.019
 identifies

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 the light

00:21:13.399 --> 00:21:14.379
 with God

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 the Father

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 at times,

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 and God

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:16.659
 the Son

00:21:16.659 --> 00:21:17.359
 at times.

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 1 John

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:18.279
 1.5

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.639
 being an

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:18.940
 example,

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.359
 and John

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:20.359
 8.12

00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:20.960
 as we saw

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.819
 earlier.

00:21:23.399 --> 00:21:24.000
 So the

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.519
 person John

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.099
 is imagining

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 is one who

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:27.019
 says he is

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.440
 a Christian.

00:21:28.399 --> 00:21:29.079
 This person

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.460
 says,

00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:29.940
 I'm with

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.299
 God,

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.059
 I'm saved,

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.599
 I love

00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:32.159
 Jesus.

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.720
 And we

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.519
 have every

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.039
 reason from

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.579
 what John's

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.079
 telling us

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.500
 to think

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:36.819
 that this

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.579
 person really

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.419
 believes that

00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:39.379
 about himself

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:40.240
 or herself.

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.740
 Yet,

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.139
 verse 9,

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.559
 this person

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.500
 hates his

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:48.299
 fellow Christians,

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.139
 his brothers

00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:50.119
 and sisters.

00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:52.299
 And it is

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:53.119
 by this very

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.019
 hatred of

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:55.839
 brother that

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.700
 demonstrates he

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.879
 is deceiving not

00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.559
 only himself,

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.679
 but possibly

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:01.580
 those around

00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:01.940
 him.

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.279
 This is why

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:04.820
 verse 11

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:05.480
 describes him

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.340
 as blind.

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.560
 It says he

00:22:07.560 --> 00:22:08.500
 does not know

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.299
 where he's

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:09.539
 going.

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.539
 He's deceiving

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.039
 himself.

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.740
 Simply put,

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.560
 this person

00:22:13.560 --> 00:22:14.200
 says the

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.840
 right things,

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.700
 thinks the

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.460
 right things,

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:16.940
 thinks he

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.740
 believes those

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.299
 things,

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.799
 but he does

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:21.080
 not do the

00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:21.880
 right things,

00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:23.019
 which shows he

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.940
 does not really

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:26.060
 believe those

00:22:26.060 --> 00:22:26.560
 things.

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:26.619
 things.

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.379
 And so as

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.279
 James says in

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.059
 James chapter 2

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:31.220
 verse 18,

00:22:31.419 --> 00:22:31.659
 he says,

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.179
 but someone

00:22:32.179 --> 00:22:32.839
 will say,

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:34.139
 you have faith

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.579
 and I have

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:34.960
 works.

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.599
 Show me your

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.379
 faith apart

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:36.700
 from your

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.039
 works.

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.240
 And James

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.659
 says,

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:40.179
 I will show

00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:40.599
 you my

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.759
 faith by

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:44.139
 my works.

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:48.020
 But how

00:22:48.020 --> 00:22:48.620
 do I know

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.240
 if I hate

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.759
 my brother?

00:22:51.800 --> 00:22:52.600
 I think if

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:52.980
 we're all

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.380
 honest,

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:53.740
 we've been

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.580
 frustrated with

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:55.380
 somebody in

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:56.020
 this room at

00:22:56.020 --> 00:22:56.820
 some point.

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:57.960
 Maybe a lot

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.340
 of it's not

00:22:58.340 --> 00:22:58.860
 me, but

00:22:58.860 --> 00:23:00.720
 that happens.

00:23:02.020 --> 00:23:02.720
 So what does

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.240
 it mean to

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.840
 hate my

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.500
 brother?

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:04.820
 What does

00:23:04.820 --> 00:23:05.360
 it mean to

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:05.840
 hate?

00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:06.980
 I'm looking

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.640
 at my actual

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.160
 brother right

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.400
 now.

00:23:10.520 --> 00:23:11.420
 I don't know

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:11.740
 why.

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.300
 In his

00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:16.180
 commentary on

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:17.100
 1 John,

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:20.920
 that was

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.300
 unplanned,

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.620
 Robert Yarbrough

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.480
 notes that

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.960
 Jesus'

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:25.120
 description of

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:25.780
 hate in

00:23:25.780 --> 00:23:26.600
 Luke 6

00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:27.820
 verse 22

00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.860
 is probably

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:30.460
 operative in

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.100
 John's mind.

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.180
 Jesus says,

00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:33.940
 blessed are

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:35.200
 you when

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.960
 people hate

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.480
 you and

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.860
 when they

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.740
 exclude you

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.540
 and revile

00:23:38.540 --> 00:23:39.120
 you and

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.759
 spurn your

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.259
 name as

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.580
 evil on

00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:42.380
 account of

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.900
 the Son

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:44.100
 of

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.480
 man.

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.980
 A lot

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.240
 could be

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.480
 said of

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.899
 this verse,

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.279
 but note

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.799
 the things

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.379
 that Jesus

00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:50.659
 says describe

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.259
 hate.

00:23:52.459 --> 00:23:52.939
 Exclusion,

00:23:53.939 --> 00:23:54.419
 insult,

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:55.879
 rejection.

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.459
 And so

00:23:58.459 --> 00:23:58.779
 brothers and

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:58.980
 sisters,

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.859
 it's perfectly

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:01.079
 normal in

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.779
 church life to

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.399
 have issues,

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.980
 grievances,

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:04.039
 even annoyances.

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.579
 Right?

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.019
 Why is that

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.539
 dude always

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.000
 sneezing,

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.219
 right?

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.119
 Little stuff

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.539
 to bigger

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:08.959
 things,

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.199
 right?

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.980
 With one

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.399
 another at

00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:11.899
 different times

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:12.099
 and in

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.879
 different ways.

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:14.020
 fact,

00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:14.540
 we all

00:24:14.540 --> 00:24:15.140
 have and

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.860
 will all

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:17.220
 sin against

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.820
 one another.

00:24:18.520 --> 00:24:18.860
 And we'll

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.220
 talk about

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.620
 that more

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.040
 in the next

00:24:20.040 --> 00:24:20.940
 two weeks.

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.000
 But I

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.380
 say to you

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.800
 now,

00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:24.740
 in light of

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.260
 John's

00:24:25.260 --> 00:24:25.820
 warning,

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.600
 that when

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.360
 those difficulties,

00:24:28.560 --> 00:24:28.960
 when those

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.540
 challenges

00:24:29.540 --> 00:24:30.680
 arise,

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:33.140
 are

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:33.460
 if you

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.600
 are

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.120
 responding

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.840
 hatefully

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.220
 without

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.779
 repentance,

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.060
 you are

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.900
 a false

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.660
 believer.

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:40.600
 No nuance

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:40.920
 needed.

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.140
 That's what

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.580
 John is

00:24:43.580 --> 00:24:44.039
 saying.

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.740
 If you

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.539
 are excluding

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.440
 people within

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.080
 the body,

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.660
 insulting

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.539
 them without

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.320
 end,

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.680
 rejecting

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:52.960
 them,

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.400
 I have no

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:53.860
 time for

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:53.960
 you,

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.600
 no patience

00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:54.920
 for you,

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.080
 right?

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:55.600
 This kind

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.160
 of attitude

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:57.360
 all the

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:57.720
 time,

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.039
 perpetually,

00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:00.259
 without end,

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.819
 then you

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.480
 are the

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.420
 person John

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.500
 is talking

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.859
 about.

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.139
 And again,

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:09.159
 I'm sure we

00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:09.659
 have all

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.519
 avoided somebody

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.039
 at some

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.619
 point out

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.259
 of frustration.

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:12.859
 Things can

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.339
 get tense

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.099
 sometimes in

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.519
 personal

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.700
 relationships,

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.399
 and sometimes

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:16.899
 that's even

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.759
 wise to

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.519
 just distance

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:18.960
 for a little

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.279
 bit.

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.339
 He's not

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.879
 talking about

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.180
 that.

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:21.700
 He's talking

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.039
 about a

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.819
 way of

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.960
 life.

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.899
 He's talking

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.319
 about somebody

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.099
 who actively

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.720
 is doing

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.639
 these things

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.840
 with no

00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:30.300
 stop,

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.040
 no regret,

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.860
 no remorse,

00:25:32.060 --> 00:25:32.680
 perhaps even

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:34.080
 justifying it.

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.240
 Well, you

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.900
 don't understand

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.320
 what he's

00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:36.740
 like,

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.020
 right?

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:37.440
 That kind

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.940
 of stuff.

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.840
 Verse 11,

00:25:41.020 --> 00:25:41.300
 he says,

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.920
 this person

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.160
 walks in

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.820
 darkness.

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.620
 Walking in

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.000
 the ancient

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:47.440
 world is a

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.820
 metaphor for

00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:49.440
 one's way of

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.660
 life.

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.360
 That's what he's

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:50.680
 talking about.

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.200
 This person's

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.280
 way of life

00:25:52.280 --> 00:25:53.880
 is this

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.380
 darkness,

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.280
 this hatred,

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:57.020
 this self-deception.

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.120
 It's not

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.920
 merely that he

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:01.020
 acted hatefully

00:26:01.020 --> 00:26:02.100
 at one time.

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.880
 Every person

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.160
 in here,

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.860
 myself included,

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.320
 is guilty

00:26:04.320 --> 00:26:04.759
 of that.

00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:07.520
 Who hasn't

00:26:07.520 --> 00:26:07.940
 done that?

00:26:09.020 --> 00:26:09.460
 But it is

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.140
 an entire

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:11.420
 way of

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.840
 life,

00:26:12.040 --> 00:26:12.320
 and it

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:13.420
 shows over

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.200
 time.

00:26:14.280 --> 00:26:14.960
 It shows

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.700
 in the

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.340
 absence of

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.300
 love and

00:26:17.300 --> 00:26:18.020
 the absence

00:26:18.020 --> 00:26:19.100
 of repentance.

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.140
 That is

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:21.460
 who John

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:23.380
 is describing.

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:27.300
 Now,

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:27.800
 please hear me

00:26:27.800 --> 00:26:28.240
 when I say

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.600
 this.

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:30.140
 I say

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.520
 these things

00:26:30.520 --> 00:26:31.380
 not because

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:31.940
 I have

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.480
 anybody in

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.760
 mind.

00:26:33.760 --> 00:26:34.560
 In fact,

00:26:35.020 --> 00:26:35.400
 while no

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.800
 church is

00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:36.220
 perfect,

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.260
 and we're

00:26:37.260 --> 00:26:37.540
 going to

00:26:37.540 --> 00:26:38.040
 unpack this

00:26:38.040 --> 00:26:38.300
 more in

00:26:38.300 --> 00:26:38.600
 the next

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:38.980
 two weeks,

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.500
 I'm just

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.620
 so encouraged,

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:41.680
 generally

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.120
 speaking,

00:26:42.260 --> 00:26:42.540
 broadly

00:26:42.540 --> 00:26:43.000
 speaking,

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.500
 specifically

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.080
 speaking,

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.960
 of the

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.400
 love this

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.040
 body has

00:26:46.040 --> 00:26:46.400
 for one

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.660
 another.

00:26:48.020 --> 00:26:48.600
 Many of

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:48.780
 you know,

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:49.080
 I was

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.740
 gone for

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.080
 two and

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:50.200
 a half

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.460
 years

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.720
 when my

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:52.140
 wife took

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.580
 a job

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:52.839
 and then

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.099
 did an

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.559
 internship.

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:55.460
 And at

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.919
 one point

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.419
 during that

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:56.839
 time,

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.039
 we got in

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.399
 a horrible

00:26:58.399 --> 00:26:58.899
 wreck.

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.339
 And even

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:00.659
 though I

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.179
 had had

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:02.179
 two churches

00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:03.519
 that I had

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.939
 been members

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.259
 at,

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.799
 and they

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.179
 were great

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.639
 and stuff,

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.359
 so I was

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.839
 two churches

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.399
 removed from

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:09.079
 this church,

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:09.720
 and yet

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.500
 within 24

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.919
 hours,

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.319
 there was a

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.759
 meal train

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.240
 set up.

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.099
 And that's

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.519
 a special

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:14.859
 love.

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.319
 That's

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.839
 Christ.

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.779
 And we

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.460
 felt so

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.819
 loved by

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.119
 that,

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.839
 and I

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.460
 hope you

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:20.939
 have felt

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:21.579
 our love

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:21.879
 over the

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.220
 years in

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.660
 various

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:24.079
 things.

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.180
 But it

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:26.000
 is amazing

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.700
 the love

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.360
 this body

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:27.980
 has.

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.539
 So please

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.160
 hear me say

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.339
 that.

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.920
 I am not

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.740
 rebuking anybody

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.339
 right now,

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.519
 but I am

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.940
 giving the

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.299
 warning.

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.240
 Because

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.660
 nonetheless,

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.779
 I am one

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:38.180
 man with

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.779
 limited

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.539
 perspective.

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:40.960
 I don't

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.480
 see any

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.019
 issues of

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.860
 ongoing hate

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.299
 in our

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.559
 church.

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.039
 Praise

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:45.200
 God.

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.740
 But perhaps

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.980
 it is

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.380
 happening,

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.660
 and I'm

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.440
 just missing

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.660
 it.

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:50.940
 So I

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.240
 say this

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.560
 out of

00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:52.040
 love,

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.440
 as a

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:52.980
 warning to

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.160
 you,

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.620
 in light

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.840
 of John's

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.240
 warning,

00:27:56.040 --> 00:27:56.860
 to examine

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.440
 yourself in

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.680
 light of

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.320
 this text.

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.880
 If there

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.900
 is relational

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.720
 friction in

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.240
 your life

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.220
 right now,

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.720
 that has

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.620
 been ongoing,

00:28:04.800 --> 00:28:05.220
 brooding,

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:06.100
 getting worse,

00:28:07.040 --> 00:28:07.740
 no light at

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.019
 the end of

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.420
 the tunnel,

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.540
 you're

00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:11.220
 responding with

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.779
 exclusion,

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.340
 insult,

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:12.860
 rejection,

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.320
 then go

00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:14.360
 repent and

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.380
 make peace.

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.380
 love,

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:17.580
 and remember

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:18.160
 the encouraging

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.700
 words in

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.060
 John's

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:19.440
 epistle.

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.140
 He says in

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.900
 1 John 1

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.160
 9,

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.820
 famous verse

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:22.060
 in the

00:28:22.060 --> 00:28:22.320
 Bible,

00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:24.200
 if we

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.860
 confess our

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.280
 sins,

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.720
 he is

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.620
 faithful and

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:29.360
 just to

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:30.180
 forgive us

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.900
 our sins

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.380
 and to

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.280
 cleanse us

00:28:32.280 --> 00:28:33.900
 from all

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:35.220
 unrighteousness.

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:38.600
 And so

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:38.980
 that is

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.960
 one way

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.779
 of life,

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.480
 that of

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.960
 hate and

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.940
 self-deception.

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.400
 It is

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.279
 darkness which

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.900
 results in

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.500
 blindness,

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.579
 aimlessness.

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.319
 It is the

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:52.240
 opposite of

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.759
 being a

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.319
 created being.

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.420
 It's perpetual

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.319
 uncreation,

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.339
 being sub-human,

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.519
 pursuing that,

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.500
 and it

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.299
 results in

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.740
 eternal

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:01.259
 damnation.

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.360
 But John

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.100
 presents a

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.619
 another way

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.119
 of life,

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.439
 a good

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:07.719
 way,

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.359
 a wise

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:08.699
 way,

00:29:09.179 --> 00:29:11.000
 the only

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.159
 true way,

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:13.399
 that of

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:14.599
 love.

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:16.740
 And so

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.159
 read verse

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.699
 10 with me

00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:18.039
 again.

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.319
 It's

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:19.379
 sandwiched

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:20.199
 in between

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:22.559
 this dark

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.179
 way that he

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:23.719
 describes,

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.000
 and maybe

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.259
 it's a

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.699
 chiasm,

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.079
 I don't

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.379
 know,

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.159
 don't care.

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:32.639
 I might

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.159
 regret that

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.459
 later.

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:36.559
 the one

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.019
 who loves

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.779
 his brother

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:40.599
 abides in

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.139
 the light,

00:29:41.919 --> 00:29:43.379
 and there

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.799
 is no

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.879
 cause for

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.299
 stumbling

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.639
 with him.

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.099
 As I

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.719
 already said,

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.779
 in many ways,

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.359
 today's sermon

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.199
 ends with a

00:29:52.199 --> 00:29:52.919
 foretaste of a

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.579
 topic we will

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.399
 consider heavily

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:55.659
 the next two

00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:56.119
 weeks, and that

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.799
 topic, of course,

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:58.439
 is love.

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.500
 love.

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.080
 But I want

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:00.480
 to note a

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.000
 few things

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.539
 here that

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:01.940
 will set us

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.640
 up well for

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.660
 that, as I

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.019
 alluded to

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.320
 earlier.

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.860
 Again,

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.440
 John 13,

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.019
 35,

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.600
 Gospel of

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:08.880
 John,

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:09.940
 Jesus says,

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:11.160
 by this all

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.779
 people will

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:13.299
 know that

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.779
 you are my

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.279
 disciples,

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.299
 if you have

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:18.080
 love for

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:18.620
 one another.

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.799
 This is the

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.240
 tell.

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.779
 This is the

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.640
 ultimate

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.440
 proof.

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.299
 There is no

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.500
 greater or

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.340
 more convincing

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:29.840
 thing of our

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.759
 relationship with

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:32.480
 Christ than

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.059
 our love for

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:34.500
 him and for

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.019
 one another.

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.480
 You can have

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.480
 all the right

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.299
 doctrine, all

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.779
 the right

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.720
 strategies, all

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.700
 the best ideas,

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.380
 the biggest,

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.440
 growing, coolest

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.759
 church, reach the

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.600
 most people for

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.100
 Christ, and I'm

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.779
 talking about true

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:48.980
 conversions, but

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.920
 if it's not done

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:51.900
 in love, then

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.120
 on that person's

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.980
 account, it is

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.579
 worthless.

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.940
 So this is not

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:59.740
 just a mark of

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:01.779
 a Christian, but

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:03.579
 it is the mark of

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.360
 the Christian and

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:05.579
 of the true

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.819
 church.

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.860
 And this mark,

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:10.599
 this love, John

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:12.539
 says, says two

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.980
 things about such

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:15.440
 a person.

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.039
 Number one, it

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.620
 says he abides in

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.180
 the light.

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.380
 And number two,

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.099
 it says, he says

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.880
 that there is no

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:23.259
 cause for stumbling

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:25.220
 with such a

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.579
 person.

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.680
 To abide in the

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:28.599
 light is John's

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.220
 way of saying that

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.220
 one is walking

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:31.440
 with God in faith

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.619
 and obedience.

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.799
 Dr. Rob Plummer

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:37.079
 puts it this way,

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.799
 to be in the

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.740
 light is to be in

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.460
 the realm of

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.240
 God's people,

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.740
 the church.

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.480
 Living in the

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.359
 light of the new

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.559
 age dawning,

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.839
 recognizing that we

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.400
 are the first

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.940
 fruits of a new

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.619
 creation, we're in

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.200
 a new covenant,

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.740
 that's what he's

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.160
 talking about.

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.740
 Right?

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.380
 Living in the

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:52.980
 light of this

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.800
 new age dawning,

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.480
 this moment in

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.300
 redemptive history,

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.560
 and he continues

00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:58.080
 reflecting the

00:31:58.080 --> 00:32:00.180
 God who is

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:02.200
 himself, light.

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.320
 And so again,

00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:04.860
 to love one

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.900
 another as Christ

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:09.580
 has loved us.

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.120
 And this person

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:13.279
 has no cause for

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.580
 stumbling.

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.980
 This does not

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.700
 mean that this

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.640
 brother or sister

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.920
 does not sin.

00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:19.160
 John is not

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.900
 describing sinless

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.940
 perfection.

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:23.400
 That is explicit.

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.980
 First John 1.8,

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:26.140
 if we say we

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:27.320
 have no sin,

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:29.220
 we deceive

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.880
 ourselves.

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.480
 Right?

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.860
 In other words,

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.380
 we're the one

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.300
 walking in darkness.

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:35.300
 And the truth,

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:35.779
 he says,

00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:37.880
 is not in us.

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.620
 So he's not

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.740
 talking about

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:41.259
 sinless

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.820
 perfection.

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.980
 Rather,

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.759
 he is saying

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:46.220
 that insofar

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:48.420
 as we are

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.779
 walking in the

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:49.980
 light,

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.420
 as we are

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.079
 believing in

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.559
 Christ for

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.039
 salvation,

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.799
 loving God,

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.480
 loving neighbor,

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.359
 insofar as we

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.680
 are doing

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.559
 these things,

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.960
 he will not

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.940
 be a terminal

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.940
 detriment to

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.140
 himself or to

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.660
 his brothers

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:03.259
 and sisters.

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.740
 In other words,

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.599
 he is bound

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:06.019
 to prevail.

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.420
 That the

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.819
 victory,

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.700
 the salvation,

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.480
 the final

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.759
 vindication is

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.740
 provided by grace

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.400
 through faith

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.839
 from our

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.200
 Lord.

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.420
 From beginning

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:17.059
 to end,

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.759
 he began the

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.319
 work in us

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.039
 and he will

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.880
 bring it

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:21.660
 to completion.

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.579
 That is what

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.339
 John's describing.

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.160
 There is no

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.880
 cause for

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.400
 ultimate,

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:25.980
 fatal,

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.279
 stumbling.

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.460
 Praise be to

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.740
 God.

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.599
 Now,

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.000
 in closing,

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.519
 I just want to

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.720
 offer a few

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.380
 additional

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:36.140
 applications

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:38.000
 in light of

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.680
 our text.

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.819
 Some of them

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.200
 may seem

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:42.019
 fairly obvious,

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.559
 but that's not

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.159
 a bad thing.

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.700
 That's a good

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.000
 thing.

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:45.059
 John's a fairly

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.099
 obvious writer,

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:48.119
 very direct.

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:49.940
 But number

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.460
 one,

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.700
 walk with

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.539
 God in

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.599
 church community.

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.879
 Walk in the

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.740
 light with

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.079
 the brothers

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.639
 and sisters,

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.240
 if you want

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.480
 to use

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.139
 John's words.

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.119
 And what

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.399
 does this

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:01.740
 entail?

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:01.899
 Well,

00:34:01.919 --> 00:34:02.539
 this entails

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.339
 the regular

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:04.000
 and meaningful

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.579
 reading of

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.519
 scripture with

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.099
 brothers and

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.440
 sisters.

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.579
 Of course,

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.000
 we do this

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.619
 on Sundays

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.079
 and that's

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.480
 the chief

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.039
 gathering of

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.480
 the church

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.119
 in which we

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:13.019
 faithfully

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.699
 obey that.

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.719
 This includes

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.359
 in homes,

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.980
 this includes

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.299
 with one

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:16.880
 another in

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.940
 discipleship

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.779
 contexts and

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.960
 just regular

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.599
 Christian

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.000
 fellowship.

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:22.039
 It should be

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.880
 normal.

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.179
 This entails

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.900
 regular and

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.719
 meaningful prayer

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.299
 with brothers

00:34:27.299 --> 00:34:28.000
 and sisters.

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.019
 I'll just say

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.279
 to you,

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.219
 please come to

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.619
 the Sunday

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.339
 evening prayer

00:34:32.339 --> 00:34:32.659
 meeting.

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.679
 Admittedly,

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.380
 it's one of the

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:36.059
 hardest ones to

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.420
 get to.

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.159
 I totally get

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.400
 that.

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.779
 I have

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.119
 littles.

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.480
 It's a

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.279
 hard time.

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.559
 Usually,

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.000
 my wife

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.359
 has to

00:34:40.359 --> 00:34:40.940
 stay and

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.940
 we work

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.380
 that out.

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.279
 I understand

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:43.940
 the challenge,

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.039
 but I promise

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.039
 it's the

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.719
 most rewarding.

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.599
 It is so

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.139
 great to

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:50.099
 pray with

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.940
 the church

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.380
 in an

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.599
 intimate

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.259
 setting like

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.579
 that.

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.219
 Come and

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:54.559
 you will

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.239
 be blessed.

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:56.920
 I would

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.359
 add,

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.199
 if you

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.679
 don't already

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:58.960
 have a

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.339
 habit of

00:34:59.339 --> 00:34:59.559
 doing

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.079
 this,

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:02.259
 pray through

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:03.319
 the members

00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:03.799
 directory.

00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:05.339
 Thankful I

00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:05.579
 made the

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:05.839
 cut.

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:09.720
 text the

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:10.640
 person you

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:11.800
 are praying

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.320
 for to

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.800
 ask how

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.220
 you can

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:14.180
 specifically

00:35:14.180 --> 00:35:14.700
 be praying.

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:14.960
 If you're

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.220
 a man,

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.620
 text the

00:35:15.620 --> 00:35:15.800
 men.

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.039
 If you're

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.240
 a woman,

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.079
 text the

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.280
 women.

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.100
 I'll just

00:35:19.100 --> 00:35:19.420
 tell you as

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.140
 one encouraging

00:35:20.140 --> 00:35:20.620
 example,

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.039
 one of the

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.720
 many examples

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.760
 of love in

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.360
 this church,

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.039
 for me

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.420
 particularly,

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:24.780
 has been

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:26.260
 Daniel Tipton.

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.519
 I just

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.720
 want to

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:27.360
 commend him.

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.920
 In

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.360
 particular,

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:30.400
 for reasons

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.980
 unbeknownst to

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.140
 me,

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:31.460
 maybe he

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.820
 just sees

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.500
 it as a

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.320
 great need.

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.200
 But he's

00:35:34.200 --> 00:35:34.559
 been texting

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.100
 me regularly

00:35:35.100 --> 00:35:35.539
 to let me

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.820
 know,

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.280
 that his

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:37.440
 family is

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.980
 praying for

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.360
 me during

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.780
 their family

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.300
 worship and

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.880
 my family.

00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.180
 I don't

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:41.620
 really know

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.079
 why that

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.480
 started,

00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:42.960
 but it's

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.600
 been such

00:35:44.600 --> 00:35:45.100
 an encouragement

00:35:45.100 --> 00:35:45.460
 to me.

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.820
 So I just

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.320
 share that

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.660
 with you to

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:46.960
 say,

00:35:47.120 --> 00:35:47.780
 what a good

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.140
 thing to

00:35:48.140 --> 00:35:48.400
 do.

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.300
 What a

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:49.880
 loving thing

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.800
 to do.

00:35:52.600 --> 00:35:53.500
 This entails

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.539
 singing psalms,

00:35:54.660 --> 00:35:54.980
 hymns,

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.660
 and spiritual

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.700
 songs to

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.039
 one another.

00:35:57.100 --> 00:35:57.640
 This entails

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.700
 hearing the

00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.320
 word preached

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.840
 and taking

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.360
 the Lord's

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.600
 supper

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:01.280
 together.

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.780
 And sure,

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.600
 it means the

00:36:02.600 --> 00:36:03.400
 ordinary means

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.960
 of grace.

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:05.760
 being an

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.340
 active,

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.000
 meaningful

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:09.039
 member of

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.559
 your church.

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.240
 Not just

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.720
 showing up

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.280
 on Sundays,

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.220
 but being

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:12.760
 present,

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.059
 and then

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.579
 also being

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.320
 open and

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:15.820
 hospitable

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.940
 Monday through,

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:17.400
 well,

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:17.960
 the whole week,

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.500
 but you get

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.840
 the idea,

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.199
 right?

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:19.740
 All the

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:19.960
 time.

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.659
 Application

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.199
 number two.

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.980
 This one

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.519
 might seem

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:25.920
 out of left

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.179
 field.

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.019
 Practice

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.820
 regenerate

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.340
 church

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:30.260
 membership.

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:31.720
 In other

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:31.960
 words,

00:36:32.120 --> 00:36:32.660
 be a

00:36:32.660 --> 00:36:32.920
 Baptist,

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.280
 right?

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.059
 Jamie

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.840
 Dunlap

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.620
 makes the

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:37.920
 following

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.760
 point in

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.400
 his book,

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:40.820
 Love the

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.180
 Ones Who

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.539
 Drive You

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:41.940
 Crazy.

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.140
 In his

00:36:44.140 --> 00:36:44.559
 introduction,

00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:45.220
 he says that

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.980
 his entire

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.620
 book,

00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:47.620
 which as you

00:36:47.620 --> 00:36:48.059
 can guess,

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:48.720
 deals with

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.320
 loving church

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:49.920
 members that

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.860
 are not so

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.400
 easy for you

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.039
 to love for

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:53.260
 whatever reasons,

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:53.740
 doctrinal

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.160
 differences,

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.880
 personality.

00:36:55.600 --> 00:36:55.920
 He's an

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.400
 Ohio State

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.700
 fan,

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:57.140
 get that

00:36:57.140 --> 00:36:57.440
 one.

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:59.480
 You know,

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.019
 really

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.460
 difficult

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:01.639
 people.

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:03.980
 And he

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.900
 warns that

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:07.579
 everything in

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.059
 his book,

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.519
 all the

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.179
 advice he's

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:09.440
 going to

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.700
 give you,

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.000
 all the

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.240
 biblical

00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:10.679
 teaching,

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:10.880
 the

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.380
 motivations,

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:11.679
 the

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:11.940
 truths

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.460
 therein,

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.139
 the

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.720
 foundations

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.059
 that the

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.300
 Bible

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.800
 itself

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.200
 gives

00:37:15.200 --> 00:37:15.480
 for the

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.619
 new

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.820
 covenant

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.300
 community

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:16.920
 and why

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.240
 it is

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:17.559
 we are

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.139
 able and

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.740
 must love

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:19.240
 one another

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:20.960
 assumes a

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.480
 Baptist

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:23.079
 ecclesiology,

00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:23.840
 it assumes

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.720
 regenerate

00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.260
 church

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:26.940
 membership.

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:29.480
 And so

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.800
 this is

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:31.440
 why we

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.099
 constantly in

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.300
 the New

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:32.840
 Testament see

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.380
 the command

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.980
 love your

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.420
 brother,

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.579
 not just

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.320
 another.

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:37.820
 I was

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.360
 really proud

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.639
 of that.

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.300
 So if you

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:40.760
 practice a

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.460
 mixed community

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.760
 as our

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.139
 Paedo Baptist

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.860
 brothers do,

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.860
 or if you

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.200
 do not

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.880
 guard the

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.700
 membership and

00:37:46.700 --> 00:37:47.240
 just let

00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:47.960
 whoever in

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.519
 as they walk

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.200
 the aisle as

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:49.880
 some of our

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.280
 so-called

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.679
 Baptist

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.940
 brothers do,

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.260
 or perhaps

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:53.519
 worse,

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:53.960
 don't even

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.619
 practice

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.200
 membership,

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:57.199
 then all

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.460
 that the

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:57.899
 New Testament

00:37:57.899 --> 00:37:58.639
 says to

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.539
 encourage and

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.939
 establish love

00:38:00.939 --> 00:38:02.079
 among the

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.819
 brotherhood in

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:03.500
 those difficult

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:05.960
 relationships is

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.659
 robbed of its

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.039
 power.

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.339
 In that

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.960
 scenario, we

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.779
 aren't of the

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:11.439
 same spirit,

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:11.859
 because you're

00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:12.439
 letting somebody

00:38:12.439 --> 00:38:13.199
 in who doesn't

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:14.579
 have the

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.159
 spirit, which

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.819
 is one of

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.319
 Paul's big

00:38:16.319 --> 00:38:17.119
 appeals for

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.839
 Christian love,

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.559
 or of the

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:19.239
 same spirit.

00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:21.839
 Conversion.

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.439
 We've all been

00:38:22.439 --> 00:38:22.859
 converted.

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.579
 That's what he's

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:24.099
 saying.

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.219
 And so we

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:27.119
 save ourselves

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:28.119
 a lot of

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.659
 heartache, a

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:28.879
 lot of

00:38:28.879 --> 00:38:29.559
 confusion, a

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:29.960
 lot of

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:31.879
 difficulty in

00:38:31.879 --> 00:38:32.339
 loving our

00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:33.139
 fellow members

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:33.919
 when we do

00:38:33.919 --> 00:38:34.639
 the hard work

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.339
 on the front

00:38:35.339 --> 00:38:36.599
 end of

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:37.099
 ensuring to

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.699
 the best of

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.219
 our ability

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:38.759
 that new

00:38:38.759 --> 00:38:39.319
 prospective

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:40.819
 members are

00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:41.319
 true

00:38:41.319 --> 00:38:42.759
 Christians.

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:45.759
 Otherwise,

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.179
 you are

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.699
 inviting the

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.739
 blind, aimless

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.500
 one who

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.119
 hates his

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:50.899
 brother into

00:38:50.899 --> 00:38:51.480
 the fold.

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:53.460
 And so

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:53.799
 brothers and

00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.199
 sisters, let's

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:55.039
 work together

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:56.239
 to guard

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:57.719
 the membership,

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.519
 to practice

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.380
 regenerate

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.940
 church

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:01.039
 membership.

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:01.880
 Don't just

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.539
 leave that to

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:03.039
 the elders,

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.420
 though they

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:04.059
 lead us in

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.320
 that.

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.900
 But we're a

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.440
 congregational

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.739
 church.

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.360
 It's every

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.259
 member's

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:09.380
 responsibility

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:10.000
 to do

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.440
 this.

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:12.559
 And some

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:12.900
 of you are

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.420
 thinking he's

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.860
 telling us

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.440
 now, you

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.039
 know, but

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.739
 I'm in.

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:17.619
 So application

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.440
 number three,

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:20.039
 understand where

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:21.000
 we are in

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.739
 redemptive

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.799
 history.

00:39:24.979 --> 00:39:25.739
 This is not

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:26.219
 just high

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:28.119
 brow theology

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.819
 for sake of

00:39:28.819 --> 00:39:29.379
 high brow

00:39:29.379 --> 00:39:30.719
 theology.

00:39:30.919 --> 00:39:31.379
 This is not

00:39:31.379 --> 00:39:32.859
 just nerd

00:39:32.859 --> 00:39:33.279
 stuff.

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.539
 This matters

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.179
 practically,

00:39:35.419 --> 00:39:35.919
 day to day,

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.379
 for every

00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:36.759
 Christian.

00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:38.859
 John's word

00:39:38.859 --> 00:39:39.419
 for us today

00:39:39.419 --> 00:39:40.659
 only makes

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.679
 sense when

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.139
 one has a

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.379
 deep

00:39:42.379 --> 00:39:43.219
 understanding

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:43.939
 of the,

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:45.019
 what you

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.359
 might call

00:39:45.359 --> 00:39:45.799
 the meta

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.399
 narrative of

00:39:46.399 --> 00:39:46.679
 scripture.

00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:47.179
 That is the

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:48.239
 overarching story

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:48.879
 from Genesis

00:39:48.879 --> 00:39:49.819
 to Revelation

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:51.459
 and how

00:39:51.459 --> 00:39:51.859
 God's

00:39:51.859 --> 00:39:52.379
 redemption

00:39:52.379 --> 00:39:53.539
 has worked

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.439
 itself out

00:39:54.439 --> 00:39:55.619
 through his

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.500
 covenants.

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.079
 Right?

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.899
 No one can

00:39:58.899 --> 00:39:59.579
 begin to

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.479
 fathom what

00:40:00.479 --> 00:40:01.119
 John means

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.659
 just in our

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:02.500
 passage alone

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.419
 by this old

00:40:03.419 --> 00:40:04.639
 new covenant

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:05.839
 without

00:40:05.839 --> 00:40:06.719
 understanding

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:07.619
 how the

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:08.339
 storyline of

00:40:08.339 --> 00:40:08.699
 scripture

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:10.259
 unfolds and

00:40:10.259 --> 00:40:11.019
 the developments

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:12.099
 therein.

00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:13.819
 And so

00:40:13.819 --> 00:40:14.239
 practically,

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:14.919
 this means a

00:40:14.919 --> 00:40:15.819
 few things,

00:40:15.959 --> 00:40:16.579
 means a lot of

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:16.799
 things,

00:40:16.819 --> 00:40:17.079
 but I'm going

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.419
 to share a

00:40:17.419 --> 00:40:17.659
 few.

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.559
 Read and

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.219
 reread your

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:20.679
 Old Testament.

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:21.239
 Right?

00:40:21.359 --> 00:40:21.819
 Know the

00:40:21.819 --> 00:40:22.719
 story for

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.879
 yourself.

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.159
 And this

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:27.319
 one probably

00:40:27.319 --> 00:40:27.779
 needs more

00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:28.439
 unpacking.

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.139
 So you

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:29.419
 have more

00:40:29.419 --> 00:40:30.119
 time in

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.799
 systematic

00:40:30.799 --> 00:40:32.459
 theology and

00:40:32.459 --> 00:40:33.539
 more time in

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:34.799
 biblical theology.

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:36.679
 Okay?

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.019
 If you don't

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.459
 know the

00:40:37.459 --> 00:40:37.819
 difference,

00:40:37.979 --> 00:40:38.199
 again,

00:40:38.419 --> 00:40:38.839
 come August

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:39.539
 1st,

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:39.899
 progressive

00:40:39.899 --> 00:40:40.179
 cow.

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:43.779
 But when

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.159
 you spend

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.639
 more time in

00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:45.379
 biblical theology,

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:45.879
 in other words,

00:40:45.919 --> 00:40:46.279
 when you study

00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:46.639
 the whole

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:47.359
 storyline of

00:40:47.359 --> 00:40:47.639
 scripture,

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:48.119
 the actual

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.579
 text,

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:49.019
 the actual

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:49.940
 God-breathed

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.480
 stuff,

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:51.739
 and not just

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:52.440
 Brudum or

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:52.900
 Frame or

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.460
 MacArthur or

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:53.759
 whoever,

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:54.659
 as great as

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:55.319
 those guys

00:40:55.319 --> 00:40:55.559
 are,

00:40:56.859 --> 00:40:57.539
 you're going to

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:57.900
 have a much

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:59.219
 better understanding.

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.779
 You're going to

00:40:59.779 --> 00:41:00.619
 see a lot of

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:01.759
 pitfalls when

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:02.679
 people only read

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.460
 systematics and

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.420
 don't actually pay

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:05.000
 attention to the

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.519
 storyline of

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:05.799
 scripture.

00:41:07.379 --> 00:41:08.019
 And it's just

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.559
 going to bless you.

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:08.859
 It's going to

00:41:08.859 --> 00:41:09.139
 bless you.

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:09.299
 You're going to

00:41:09.299 --> 00:41:09.940
 be closer to

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.179
 the Lord.

00:41:10.279 --> 00:41:10.400
 I mean,

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.799
 that's just

00:41:10.799 --> 00:41:11.879
 easy math.

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.579
 More time in the

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:12.799
 Bible,

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.440
 more time with

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:13.700
 God.

00:41:13.780 --> 00:41:14.900
 That's not

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.559
 rocket science.

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:17.840
 And no,

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.579
 I'm not saying

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:19.320
 no time in

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:19.880
 systematics.

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:21.320
 I'm just

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:22.380
 pleading with

00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:23.039
 you that it's

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:24.159
 God's word that's

00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:24.860
 inspired and

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.240
 inerrant and

00:41:25.240 --> 00:41:25.720
 infallible and

00:41:25.720 --> 00:41:26.119
 good and all

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.659
 these things.

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:27.480
 Spend more time

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:28.300
 in that and then

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:29.720
 work out to

00:41:29.720 --> 00:41:30.380
 those things.

00:41:31.740 --> 00:41:32.639
 Another implication

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:33.340
 of this is pay

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:34.000
 attention to how

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.820
 the covenants,

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:37.099
 which reveal God's

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:37.900
 redemptive acts

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.900
 in each period of

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:39.900
 redemptive history,

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:41.860
 build on one

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:42.400
 another and

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.119
 culminate and

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:44.519
 climax in Jesus

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:45.079
 Christ.

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:47.599
 Only when you

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:48.599
 pay attention to

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:49.680
 that will you

00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:50.119
 see how the

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:51.099
 Bible truly fits

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:52.860
 together and be

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.400
 able to approach

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.059
 these really hard

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.860
 questions about

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:55.680
 the law, the

00:41:55.680 --> 00:41:57.059
 Sabbath, should

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.599
 you still be

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.360
 circumcised, and

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:59.160
 a whole bunch of

00:41:59.160 --> 00:42:00.519
 other stuff related

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.180
 to politics,

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:02.680
 nations, all the

00:42:02.680 --> 00:42:02.960
 rest.

00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:03.579
 If you're really

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.000
 into Christian

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.820
 nationalism, which

00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:05.280
 I hope you

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:06.119
 are, but if you

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:07.059
 are, this will

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:07.840
 save you from

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.160
 that.

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:09.880
 So please pay

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:11.599
 attention to

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:12.440
 that storyline.

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.960
 And then the

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.640
 fourth application,

00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:15.740
 the most obvious

00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:16.920
 one, and the

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:17.480
 one that I'm not

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:18.000
 going to say a

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.780
 lot about, because

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:20.640
 again, we've got

00:42:20.640 --> 00:42:21.280
 two more weeks to

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:22.980
 talk about it, but

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.579
 application number

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:25.960
 four, love one

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:26.280
 another.

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:29.000
 And so again, if

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.280
 you want to know

00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:29.820
 more about that,

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.619
 come the next two

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:31.460
 weeks, but I will

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:32.980
 tell you now a bit

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:34.019
 of a not-so-secret

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:34.519
 tease.

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.380
 Look to God,

00:42:36.640 --> 00:42:36.800
 right?

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.900
 That is the key.

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.360
 We're going to

00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:39.860
 see that right

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.880
 away next week

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:42.140
 in 1 John 4.

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.980
 And so, before

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:47.599
 praying this out, I

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:48.019
 just want to say

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:49.079
 how excited I am

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:49.740
 for these next

00:42:49.740 --> 00:42:50.320
 two weeks.

00:42:53.720 --> 00:42:54.280
 People have

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:55.700
 asked me, what

00:42:55.700 --> 00:42:56.200
 made you come

00:42:56.200 --> 00:42:56.780
 back for the

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.260
 second time?

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:57.620
 If you don't

00:42:57.620 --> 00:42:58.019
 know, I've been

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.539
 a member here

00:42:58.539 --> 00:42:59.500
 now three times.

00:42:59.620 --> 00:43:00.220
 I've moved for

00:43:00.220 --> 00:43:01.280
 seminary and jobs

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:01.960
 and come back

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.200
 and different

00:43:02.200 --> 00:43:02.599
 things.

00:43:03.620 --> 00:43:04.220
 And people ask,

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:04.960
 why did you

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.460
 come back?

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:06.320
 And I always

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:07.140
 tell them, it's

00:43:07.140 --> 00:43:07.559
 because I heard

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:07.920
 the plumbing

00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:08.659
 got fixed.

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:14.400
 In all

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:14.980
 seriousness,

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.119
 Crohn's

00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:16.679
 awareness, by

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:17.860
 the way, in

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:18.599
 all seriousness,

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:21.000
 it is love

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:21.779
 for you all.

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:25.039
 I have family

00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:25.460
 here.

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:25.900
 I mean, I

00:43:25.900 --> 00:43:26.340
 mean, literal

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:27.500
 biological family.

00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:29.500
 Some of my

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.460
 closest friends

00:43:30.460 --> 00:43:31.679
 since college

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:32.860
 are still here.

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:35.160
 but I mean

00:43:35.160 --> 00:43:36.880
 all of you.

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:40.280
 And as I

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:40.700
 said earlier,

00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:41.059
 one of the

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:41.900
 amazing things

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.599
 is my wife

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.039
 and I know

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.740
 how loved

00:43:43.740 --> 00:43:44.519
 we are here

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:45.980
 as well.

00:43:46.700 --> 00:43:47.120
 Nobody loves

00:43:47.120 --> 00:43:47.579
 perfectly.

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:48.200
 You don't,

00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:48.740
 we don't.

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 And yet, oh

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 my goodness,

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 so much love.

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 And so I

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 mention that to

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 say it is so

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 good when

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 brothers and

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 sisters dwell

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 in unity.

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 So I just

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 want to remind

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 you all as an

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 encouragement that

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 this is a true

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 church marked

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 by true

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 love.

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 Praise God.

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 And I'm so

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 thrilled to

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 unpack more of

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 that in the

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 coming weeks.

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 I won't talk

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 about progressive

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 covenantalism,

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 most likely,

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 but I will be

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 talking about love.

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 My love for you,

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 your love for me,

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 and our shared

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 love for our

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 risen Savior,

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 our God who

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 is love and

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 from whom love

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 flows.

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 Let's pray.

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 All right.