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 I think we just need to pray.

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 You hear those?

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 I get teared up every time that song comes on.

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 Man, Clay, that was hard, man.

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 Got to preach after that?

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 Let's go to the Lord in prayer.

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 Gracious Heavenly Father,

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 thank you for your word through your servant Paul,

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 as we're about to read.

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 Help us now by grace through faith in Christ

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 who is worthy.

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 Help us through the power of your Holy Spirit

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 to receive the word that you have for us today.

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 What we know not, teach us.

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 What we have not, give us.

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 What we are not, make us.

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 We pray in Jesus' name,

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 in the name of the one who is worthy.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, it's a privilege to be here before you this morning.

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 Like many of you, all of you, I hope,

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 we've been so blessed as a family

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 to hear from God's word from this pulpit.

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 So it really is a humbling

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 and so it's a mortifying honor

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 to have the privilege to share this.

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 So thank you, Pastor Matt and the elders

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 for allowing me this privilege

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 to share God's word with you.

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 Because like you, sometimes

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 life just gets a little crazy.

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 We moved here in the middle of a pandemic.

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 We're supposed to be here for three months or so.

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 And we're on, I think, what, month 18?

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 Through it all.

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 And it's a blessing to come

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 and to be pointed back to Christ.

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 And in fact,

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 that's precisely what we find happening today

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 in 1 Corinthians 15.

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 If you're familiar with the church at Corinth,

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 they're messed up.

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 Life in their city was a crazy thing.

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 They had all different kinds of ideologies,

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 occupations,

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 a thousand reasons to not follow Christ.

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 And as you see through the pages of 1 Corinthians

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 and into 2 Corinthians,

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 there's even letters that Paul wrote to them

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 that we don't have.

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 It was that messed up in Corinth.

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 And here in 1 Corinthians 15,

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 Paul reorients them

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 to keep their priorities straight.

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 It wasn't about spiritual gifts.

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 It wasn't about who your favorite Bible teacher was.

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 It wasn't about anything else

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 but the good news about Jesus Christ.

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 And so I invite you,

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 turn with me to 1 Corinthians 15

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 if you don't have it open already.

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 And I want us to read

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 about the priority of the gospel.

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 And Paul's going to tell us two simple things.

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 We need to, as Christians,

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 we need to be,

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 we need to receive the gospel

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 and we need to proclaim the gospel.

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 Two simple things.

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 That's where we're going with this today.

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 So join me in 1 Corinthians 15.

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 I want to read verses 1 through 11

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 because this Christ who is worthy

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 is at the center of what it means

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 to be a Christ follower,

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 to be a Christian,

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 at the center of who we are as a church.

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 1 Corinthians 15.

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 Now I would remind you, brothers,

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 of the gospel I preach to you,

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 which you received and which you stand

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 and by which you're being saved

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 if you hold fast to the word I preach to you,

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 unless you believed in vain.

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 For I delivered to you

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 as of first importance

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 what I also received,

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 that Christ died for our sins

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 in accordance with the scriptures,

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 that he was buried,

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 that he was raised on the third day

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 in accordance with the scriptures,

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 and that he appeared to Cephas

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 and then to the twelve.

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 Then he appeared to more than 500 brothers

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 at one time,

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 most of whom are still alive,

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 but some have fallen asleep.

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 And then he appeared to James,

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 then to all the apostles.

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 Last of all,

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 as to one untimely born,

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 he appeared also to me.

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 For I am the least of the apostles,

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 unworthy to be called an apostle,

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 because I persecuted the church of God.

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 But by the grace of God,

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 I am what I am,

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 and his grace toward me

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 was not in vain.

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 On the contrary,

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 I worked harder than any of them,

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 though it was not I,

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 but the grace of God

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 that is with me.

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 Whether then it was I or they,

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 so we preach,

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 and so you believed.

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 The verb tenses here

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 are really important

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 throughout these first couple verses,

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 through this opening section,

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 because Paul is trying to

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 tenderly,

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 but firmly remind them,

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 y'all are crazy.

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 Y'all forgot who you are.

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 You forgot your first priority,

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 and it's our first priority Christian,

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 it's our first priority church,

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 to receive the gospel.

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 They had received it, right?

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 Look with me there in chapter,

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 back in verse one,

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 I would remind you brothers,

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 he's reminding them,

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 this is not new territory

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 for Corinth.

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 It's probably not new territory

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 for a lot of us.

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 If you're like me,

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 a church kid,

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 you hear the gospel,

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 you think,

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 oh, here we go again.

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 But Paul's like,

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 no, no, no, no.

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 The reason all your crazy's been going on

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 is because that's your attitude.

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 You think you've graduated from the gospel.

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 You think you've been promoted beyond.

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 No.

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 Spiritual gifts,

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 speaking in tongues,

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 all that other stuff

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 that in the first 14 chapters here

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 of 1 Corinthians,

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 the problem with those problems

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 are because you forgot.

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 You let something else

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 become the first priority Christian.

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 You let something else

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 become your first priority church.

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 So Paul has to remind them

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 that you received something Christian.

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 You received the gospel.

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 And you forget that

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 to your detriment.

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 Paul, in fact,

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 points out just how awkward

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 and difficult the danger is

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 as we move in verse 2.

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 It's an awkward phrase.

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 This,

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 if you hold fast

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 to the right approach to you

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 unless you believed in vain.

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 What is Paul talking about there?

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 He's warning them

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 about two alternatives, really,

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 to what you can do

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 with the gospel.

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 You can choose

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 to believe the right thing

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 insincerely.

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 A fancy word.

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 You could be a hypocrite

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 at its worst.

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 Or you could just be

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 sincerely indifferent.

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 Yeah, I go to church on Sunday.

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 Yeah, I heard the preacher.

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 I took killer sermon notes.

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 I mean, it's like,

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 he could preach from that.

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 Or, you know,

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 yeah, I aced the Sunday school lesson.

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 I knew the answers

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 before the teacher told me.

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 But,

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 but,

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 Monday morning,

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 Thursday afternoon,

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 Wednesday night,

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 how's that working out?

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 You see,

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 our practice betrays our doctrine.

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 Our practice betrays

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 what we truly believe.

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 And our priorities

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 throughout that week

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 betray

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 what's really our first priority

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 in this life.

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 and Paul's trying to remind them,

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 hey,

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 you gotta keep the gospel

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 your first priority.

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 Otherwise,

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 maybe,

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 maybe you don't believe

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 what you think.

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 You use that word, Christian,

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 but I don't think that word

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 means what you think it means.

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 Because I'm looking at your life

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 and I'm not seeing

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 how

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 they don't add up.

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 There's another alternative

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 that Paul is suggesting

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 of this idea of believed,

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 by believing in vain.

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 It's also the idea that,

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 well,

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 maybe,

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 just maybe,

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 you believe the wrong thing

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 sincerely.

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 And so,

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 Paul's wanting to remind them,

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 make sure it's crystal clear.

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 We'll see this in verses 3

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 and following here

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 in a few moments.

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 He wants them to be crystal clear

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 that what they believe,

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 what they receive,

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 is in point,

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 in fact,

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 what Paul gave them

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 in the first place.

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 So he's reminding them

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 because their salvation,

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 as Paul even says himself,

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 is God's grace to them.

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 It's nothing you do.

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 It's nothing you performed.

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 He does it for you.

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 He does it to you.

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 That's good news.

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 It doesn't matter

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 how much Bible you know.

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 As long as you know the gospel,

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 as long as you remember it

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 and don't forget about it,

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 Christian.

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 You see,

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 Paul even

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 punches it

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 even further down at us

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 that

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 the gospel is the message

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 that we stand upon

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 in verse 1.

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 It's the message

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 in which you stand upon.

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 It's the grounds

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 for all that you do,

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 Christian.

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 And notice again,

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 verse 2.

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 And it's the gospel

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 that which you're being saved by.

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 Now,

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 I don't mean to

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 overwhelm with grammar here

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 for a second,

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 but

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 did you notice

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 that that's like

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 a present tense verb?

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 Right?

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 I'm being saved.

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 Present perfect

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 for those who want to

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 get into it a little bit.

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 But

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 Paul's trying to help us

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 understand, Christian.

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 It's not,

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 you don't graduate

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 from the gospel,

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 you're sanctified

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 by the gospel,

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 and you're saved

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 by the gospel.

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 And that's good news.

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 Until you forget about it.

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 And then it's not good news

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 because you've forgotten

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 and you've gone off

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 and done all these

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 other crazy things.

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 Like,

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 picked a Bible teacher

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 that you really love

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 and that's all you care about

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 is what he said

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 and how they said it.

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 Christ saved you.

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 Not that.

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 I mean,

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 praise God for a good Bible teacher.

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 I'm not trying to,

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 but it's a mis,

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 your priority's

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 in the wrong spot.

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 It's about Christ

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 and what he's done for you

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 in this good news

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 gospel message

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 for you.

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 And it produces,

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 and when we,

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 excuse me,

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 when we receive

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 this good news,

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 it produces fruit

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 in our lives.

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 On the one hand,

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 that act of salvation

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 where we receive Christ

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 and become Christians,

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 we become Christ followers,

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 but then that ongoing,

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 secondly,

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 this idea of receiving

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 also has that ongoing idea

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 of internalizing God's word.

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 How do I live

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 gospely?

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 If I could say it that way.

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 Paul's trying to get us

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 to remember

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 that we need to not just

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 receive it to believe,

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 but we need to receive it

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 to live.

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 What about your life,

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 Christian,

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 is gospely?

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 What about your life

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 reflects good news

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 that Christ died for sinners?

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 What is it about your life,

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 Christian?

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 What is it about

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 the heart attitudes

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 that you have

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 that is formed

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 and transformed

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 by the gospel?

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 We need to be reminded

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 of this gospel,

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 not just save from it

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 and graduate on

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 to other things.

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 And what's striking to me

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 is that,

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 and I'm saying all this,

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 it's almost as if

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 the gospel is this

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 thing over here

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 and it has to be

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 delivered to me.

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 Not just in the act

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 of salvation,

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 but daily

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 as I grow

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 in my walk

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 with the Lord.

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 And so Paul has

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 a lot to say

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 about that too

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 as we look at

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 the rest of verse 3

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 and into verse 11

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 because Paul isn't

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 just concerned

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 that we receive

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 the gospel,

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 he's also concerned

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 about what the gospel is

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 and our first priority

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 to proclaim

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 the gospel together.

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 We receive it

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 and we proclaim it.

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 Two very simple points

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 Paul has here

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 and along the way

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 he wants to make sure

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 you know what that gospel is

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 because,

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 again,

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 I'm not wanting to split hairs

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 too much here,

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 but it's interesting

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 that Paul's choice

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 of vocabulary here

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 in verse 1,

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 I preach to you

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 the message you received,

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 it's a little more,

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 if we were to take this

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 a little more woodenly,

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 it's I gospeled

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 the gospel to you.

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 He's not using

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 the usual word for preach

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 here in verse 1.

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 He's using the verb gospel

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 to talk about

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 the subject gospel.

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 I want to remind you,

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 brothers,

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 of the gospel,

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 I gospeled to you.

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 Someone had to tell you,

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 Christian,

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 so that you could be

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 a Christ follower,

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 just like someone had to

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 tell the person

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 that told you,

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 that told you,

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 that told you,

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 that we go all the way

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 back to Paul

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 and the apostles

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 who got it from Jesus,

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 who got it from

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 the Father himself

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 who was sent.

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 And glory of all glories,

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 it was written down for us,

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 inspired by the Holy Spirit,

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 the Spirit of Truth,

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 like Pastor Matt taught us

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 last week,

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 guiding us

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 and shaping us

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 and helping us

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 to think gospely.

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 That's the good,

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 that's part,

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 that's the good news

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 applied to your life,

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 Christian.

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 Remember,

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 Paul wants us to remember it,

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 but he wants us

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 to also proclaim it.

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 It's not enough to know it

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 and to remember it,

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 it's a message

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 that we're to proclaim

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 because how else

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 is your neighbor

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 going to hear

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 the good news about Christ?

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 You were told,

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 someone proclaimed it to you,

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 what about the person

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 sitting next to you?

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 What about that girl

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 across the office way

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 from you?

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 What about the student

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 two desks down from you?

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 What about,

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 Paul says in Romans 10,

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 how will they hear

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 if no one preaches?

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 It's on us, church,

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 it's on us, Christian,

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 to remember the gospel,

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 to receive it,

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 and to proclaim it,

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 to get it out.

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 But,

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 perhaps,

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 perhaps you're like

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 the church at Corinth,

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 or one of the Christians,

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 probably not everybody

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 was this way,

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 but maybe that's just it.

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 You're not sure

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 what the gospel is.

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 Could you,

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 if I had you come up here

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 right now,

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 what's the gospel, Christian?

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 What would you say?

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 Paul gives us

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 four simple statements

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 about what the,

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 that comprise

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 the gospel message.

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 the bare bones,

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 the most,

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 if you could only say this,

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 what would you say?

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 Paul tells us here

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 in verses 3 through 10.

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 Christ died for our sins

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 according to the scriptures.

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 He was buried.

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 He was raised from the dead

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 on the third day

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 according to the scriptures.

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 And he was seen.

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 Four simple things.

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 That's it.

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 That's the message

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 that saves.

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 Not my testimony

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 about how I

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 received the gospel.

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 That's important.

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 But how Timothy Hine

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 heard the good news

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 about Jesus

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 and placed his trust,

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 that's not the good news.

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 The good news is

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 Christ died for our sins

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 according to the scriptures.

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 He was buried.

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 He was raised

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 from the dead

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 on the third day

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 according to the scriptures.

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 And he was seen

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 by his followers.

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 That's the good news.

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 We could say more,

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 couldn't we?

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 I mean,

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 what about

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 the virgin birth?

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 He was fully God.

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 He was fully man.

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 He was raised

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 from the dead.

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 Notice the passive tense

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 of that verb there.

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 Someone raised.

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 He was raised.

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 He didn't raise himself.

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 He was raised

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 from the dead.

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 Doctrine of the Trinity,

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 God, Father, Son,

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 and Holy Spirit.

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 According to the scriptures,

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 which scriptures?

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 Isaiah 52 and 53

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 like we read earlier.

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 All the prophets,

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 all the law.

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 Paul says elsewhere

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 that the whole law

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 and prophets

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 point to the coming

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 of Christ.

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 We could talk

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 about those things,

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 but if we think about it,

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 that's really just

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 meat on the bones,

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 isn't it?

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 The gospel,

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 the message that saves

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 is decidedly simple.

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 Christ died for our sins

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 according to the scriptures.

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 He was buried.

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 He was raised

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 on the third day

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 according to the scriptures.

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 He was seen.

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 That's the message

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 that saves.

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 And when we,

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 when we get too far

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 on a rabbit trail

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 from that,

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 Paul's trying to warn us

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 it can lead to some scary place.

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 It can lead to some weird

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 messed up places.

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 You see,

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 you can't take away

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 from the gospel.

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 You also can't add to it.

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 Let me do a little gospel math

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 if you will.

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 If you can,

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 I'm not a mathematician

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 so forgive me here

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 if I get dangerous.

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 But the gospel is actually,

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 it's so simple,

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 it's scary in a sense.

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 The gospel

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 plus something else,

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 it's not the gospel.

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 It's not good news.

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 Jesus died and rose again

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 for our sins

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 according to the scriptures

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 plus you praying super hard.

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 That's not the gospel.

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 Christ died and rose again

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 for our sins

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 according to the scriptures

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 and you show up

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 every Sunday early.

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 Not the gospel.

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 Conversely,

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 the gospel

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 minus something

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 is also not the gospel.

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 What if Jesus

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 wasn't really God?

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 He was just an angel

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 who took on flesh.

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 Even in the first century

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 people were saying that.

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 Even today people say that.

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 It takes away from the gospel.

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 Well, maybe,

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.860
 maybe he was fully God

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 but was he really human?

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 I mean,

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 maybe he was just like

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 God in a man's suit.

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 You know,

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 he just came down

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 and zipped up the tuxedo

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 of human flesh

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 and he looked like God.

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 Again,

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 a problem the church dealt with

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 back in the first

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 and second centuries

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 and yet,

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 you hear that today,

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 don't you?

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 It's not the gospel.

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 You can't take anything

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 away from this

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 without changing

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 the gospel message.

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 Christ died for our sins

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 according to the scriptures.

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 He was buried.

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 He was raised from the dead

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 on the third day

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 according to the scriptures

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 and he was seen

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 by his followers.

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 That's the message.

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 That's the good news

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 that saves

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 and everything flows

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.200
 out of that.

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 Christ was crucified

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 because he claimed

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 to die on the cross.

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 He claimed that his death

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 was atoning for sin.

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 He was crucified

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 because he said

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 he was God's son.

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 He was crucified

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 because he claimed

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 to be king of kings

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 and lord of lords.

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 Martyrs,

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 blood flowed

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 for this message.

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 Christians,

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 so let's be careful

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 to remember

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 what this gospel is

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 because it's not

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 a lot of things

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 that we oftentimes

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 want to add

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 to the gospel

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 but if we really

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 want to pray,

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 if we really want

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 to split that hair,

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 we're really talking

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 about the gospel

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 and the effects

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 of the gospel,

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 how it flows

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 into other facets

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 of our life,

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 how it permeates

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 and how we internalize

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 it as a people,

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 as individuals,

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 how we wish society

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 would absorb

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 that gospel message,

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 that good news.

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 I mean,

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 strictly speaking,

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 even some of our,

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 I'm all for

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 penal substitutionary

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 atonement

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 and justification

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 and these things

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 but those are all,

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 those are the,

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 that's the outflowing

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 of the gospel.

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 That's the gospel

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 applied,

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 isn't it?

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 That I receive the good,

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 that God changes me

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 so that I receive

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 the good news

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 and I'm made

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 right before him.

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 That's the result

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 of this gospel,

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 bare bones,

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 gospel message

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 and that's good news.

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 But maybe you're like,

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 maybe you've met

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 that person before

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 who maybe forgets

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 that sometimes

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 and they know more

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 about what this theologian

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 or that theologian said

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 than what the good news

00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:02.520
 itself is.

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 Or maybe you've met

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 that person

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 person who's so hung up

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 on certain theological themes.

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 These are all good things.

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 But they're not the gospel.

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 They're not the good,

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 they're not the first priority.

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 And just like the church

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 at Corinth,

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 we can look at them

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 2,000 years removed

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 and think,

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 oh, silly kids.

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 They didn't know

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 what they're doing.

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 We've got,

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 we've grown up,

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 we've matured.

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 No,

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 we still have

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 the same sinful heart.

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 We still live in a city

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 much like theirs

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 that was prone

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 to find all different

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 kinds of ways

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 to do things

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 that offend God.

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 And but for His grace

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 we would do the same

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 just as well.

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 But when our priority

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 is first and foremost

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 fixed on Christ

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 and His good news,

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 the effects,

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 it changes everything.

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 It should change everything.

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 If it doesn't change

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 everything for you,

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 what did you receive?

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 Because the gospel

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 changes everything.

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 Maybe not everything

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 all at once.

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 It takes time.

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 I'm still lazy.

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 The gospel's still

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.420
 working on me on that.

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.480
 What's the gospel

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 working on for you

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:26.860
 still, Christian?

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 Is it working on you?

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 No?

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 No?

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 The gospel

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 can and does

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 transform people

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 and society.

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:39.539
 But even social change

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.400
 and social justice

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 aren't the gospel

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.079
 message itself.

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.220
 It's a result

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.960
 of the gospel.

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.400
 It's fruit

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.059
 of the gospel.

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:50.160
 And that's good news too.

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:57.580
 We have to keep

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.740
 the gospel

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 our first priority.

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.960
 We keep it the first priority

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.900
 by receiving it.

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:06.140
 We keep it the first priority

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:07.900
 by proclaiming it.

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:09.420
 When our message changes

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:11.560
 to something other than

00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:12.500
 Christ crucified

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.279
 and resurrected,

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 we've moved the chains.

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.680
 We've changed the target.

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 We've confused our priorities.

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 And history tells the story

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 of many a church,

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.900
 many a Christian

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:28.620
 who has lost sight of this

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 and fallen away.

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:33.259
 We can think of institutions

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:35.900
 that were built

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:37.480
 to train ministers

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:40.519
 that now don't even acknowledge

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.480
 the good news about Christ.

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.340
 We can think of

00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:45.060
 numerous friends,

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.820
 maybe you have friends

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.480
 or family

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:48.399
 who said they were Christians,

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.759
 followed Christ for a season,

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:52.259
 and then...

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.619
 And now,

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.599
 look at them.

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.980
 Their priorities

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.399
 are all over the place.

00:24:58.179 --> 00:24:59.659
 But not...

00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:01.019
 Not here.

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:02.220
 Not centered on Christ.

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.299
 It's God's grace

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.119
 that...

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:11.319
 It's because of God's grace,

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.579
 Paul says in verse 10,

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:14.240
 that He is what He is,

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:16.039
 and you are what you are,

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.500
 Christian.

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:19.240
 Let's not add

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.960
 or take away from that.

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.579
 Now,

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:28.180
 receiving the salvation,

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:30.980
 receiving the gospel...

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:36.099
 I come at this as a church kid.

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.799
 You have to forgive me.

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.359
 I've heard this a million times.

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.599
 You've heard this a million times too,

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.440
 church kids, right?

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.779
 Growing up in the church,

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.740
 and you say to yourself,

00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:47.019
 so what am I supposed to do?

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.440
 What...

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:50.200
 Jesus did it all.

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:51.019
 He paid it all.

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:53.180
 He's the foundation I stand on.

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.460
 He's what I received.

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.620
 I can't affect...

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:57.980
 I can't change my status before God.

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.820
 He does that.

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.380
 But how do I...

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:02.120
 How do I live this out?

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:04.259
 What do I do?

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.960
 How do I live different?

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:07.019
 Do I need to go be that guy

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.620
 on the corner

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:08.860
 with the sign

00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.580
 and the, you know,

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:11.039
 the Lord is coming?

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:14.619
 No, that's not what Paul's saying here.

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:18.439
 What Paul's saying here

00:26:18.439 --> 00:26:21.399
 is we need to order our lives

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:22.259
 around the gospel.

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.359
 And it begins

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:28.599
 even with our proclamation of the gospel.

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.859
 Before you preach the gospel

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:31.079
 to someone else, Christian,

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:34.480
 do you preach the gospel to yourself?

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:38.240
 daily.

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.759
 Reminding yourself,

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.019
 I...

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.880
 He died for our sins,

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.380
 Paul says in verse 3.

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:49.319
 My sins.

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:53.019
 And it was according to God's plan.

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.819
 He was...

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.880
 The Son of God

00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:58.039
 was buried in a tomb

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.860
 for three days

00:26:58.860 --> 00:27:01.960
 because of my sin.

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:08.539
 He was raised to life

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:11.299
 just like God promised

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.200
 according to scriptures

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:13.660
 three days later.

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:16.440
 What great news, Christian.

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.259
 You have a hope.

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.500
 You're not dead

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.360
 in your trespasses

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:20.279
 and sins anymore.

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.920
 So why was that

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.819
 a temptation again?

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.420
 Why...

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:28.120
 What was that thing

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:29.840
 that was teasing you,

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.319
 flirting with you?

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:36.840
 Take five minutes each morning.

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.680
 Preach the gospel to yourself.

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.420
 I can't tell you

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.799
 how much gospel good it'll do you.

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.460
 It's...

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:44.100
 It's the best news

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:45.240
 your soul could ever receive

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.400
 that day, today.

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.500
 And this is why,

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:50.220
 like, I think it was Pastor Nick

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.100
 a couple weeks back,

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.700
 abiding in Christ.

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:55.620
 Spending time in God's word

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.200
 and prayer.

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.660
 Reminding yourself of the gospel.

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.360
 Reading it.

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.620
 Reading his promises

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.360
 in the Old Testament.

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:02.599
 Reading the promise,

00:28:02.699 --> 00:28:03.939
 how he fulfills those promises

00:28:03.939 --> 00:28:04.639
 in the New.

00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:07.240
 Oh, it's words of life.

00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:11.699
 It's not just...

00:28:11.699 --> 00:28:12.819
 Oh, here we go.

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:15.839
 If that's your heart attitude, Christian,

00:28:15.979 --> 00:28:18.359
 what did you receive again?

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:20.500
 What did you receive again?

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.339
 What...

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.819
 What...

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:24.379
 What are you standing on again?

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:32.179
 Maybe for some of us,

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:34.720
 Paul's exhortation here

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.980
 about proclaiming the gospel

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.799
 is our problem.

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.899
 Maybe you're a little stale

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.379
 in your faith

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:40.079
 because you've not talked

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:41.099
 to anyone about it in a while.

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.720
 You haven't talked to yourself

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.179
 about it.

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.039
 You haven't preached it to yourself.

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:45.799
 You haven't preached it to anybody.

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.659
 You haven't proclaimed it.

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.839
 You haven't delivered a message

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.639
 to anybody,

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.539
 including yourself.

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.879
 Maybe you're at that place

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.859
 in your spiritual journey,

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:57.220
 in your walk with Christ, Christian,

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:59.179
 where part of the...

00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:02.619
 of your walk with the Lord

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:05.179
 is you've not...

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.620
 you've not...

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.980
 you don't know how to articulate

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.580
 the gospel

00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:10.600
 and what a great way

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:12.060
 to work that out

00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:13.640
 than to tell...

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.640
 share with somebody.

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.299
 Proclaim the message.

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:18.360
 Deliver the message,

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.700
 the good news that saved you.

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.680
 It's what you stand on.

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.960
 Hopefully it's what you bleed

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:24.740
 when life presses in on you.

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.960
 Can you articulate it?

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.000
 Tell somebody.

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.640
 Try it out.

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 It might be an epic fail.

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.080
 That's fine.

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.960
 That's fine.

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:36.299
 God's word never returns void.

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.259
 But are you doing

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.279
 what God's called you to do?

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.360
 Receive it.

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.440
 Proclaim it.

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:47.279
 Maybe along the way,

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:48.500
 if I need...

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.819
 I need help with this.

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.140
 That's the beauty of the church.

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.259
 We do this together.

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:55.460
 It's not about how awesome

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:57.200
 she is at this

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.200
 and he is at that

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.840
 and she's...

00:29:58.840 --> 00:30:00.640
 We're here together

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.519
 to help each other,

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.460
 to grow in Christ.

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.819
 That's all the more reason

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.640
 to talk to someone

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.440
 about the gospel.

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.460
 If you're nervous

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.079
 to tell someone

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.539
 who doesn't know,

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:08.680
 talk with someone who does.

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.779
 Hey, am I getting...

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.799
 Am I missing something here?

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:11.860
 We're...

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:13.340
 We're not all called

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:15.360
 to be PhDs in New Testament

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.180
 and that's okay.

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.980
 That's a good thing.

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:18.420
 Most of you shouldn't do that.

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.779
 Please don't.

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:23.759
 But maybe you are called to that.

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.440
 Praise God.

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.940
 Do it and help us all

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.899
 figure this stuff out.

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.940
 You don't need a PhD

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.819
 to share the gospel.

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.299
 You don't even need

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.599
 a primary school degree.

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.579
 You don't even need

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.579
 a high school diploma.

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.660
 You just need

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:39.700
 the gospel message itself.

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.680
 It preaches.

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.099
 Do you know it?

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.899
 Tell somebody.

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:49.259
 Talk to another Christian

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.560
 about it and help them...

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:51.100
 Help each other

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:52.100
 get better at talking

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.840
 about the gospel

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:53.759
 and then go tell others

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:55.400
 who don't know the good news.

00:30:59.080 --> 00:31:00.960
 Maybe you've been doing it

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.400
 for a while

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.759
 and you just need

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.700
 a fresh perspective.

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:04.540
 That's where great Christian books

00:31:04.540 --> 00:31:05.380
 can be so helpful.

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:09.240
 There's a thousand...

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.300
 There's thousands of them today.

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:11.460
 There's no reason not to

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:13.480
 get into that broader conversation

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.259
 that's so accessible.

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:16.160
 So ask me afterwards.

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:17.480
 We can talk about more of those.

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:20.200
 But the good news

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:22.200
 is that not only can we

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.960
 receive the gospel,

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.519
 we can grow in our understanding

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.019
 of it

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:27.680
 and we have each other

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.480
 to do it with.

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.940
 What great news

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:34.859
 for a life caught up

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.480
 in a pandemic

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.920
 where we're isolated

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.579
 from each other.

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.779
 These are the good news.

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.680
 These are the results

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.900
 of our good news, Christian.

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:44.900
 But I want to close...

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:47.740
 I want to close

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.620
 by asking

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:51.140
 and talking for a moment

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:52.500
 to those who don't follow Christ.

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.900
 Maybe you're here seeking God.

00:31:54.780 --> 00:31:55.920
 You're seeking for something.

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.820
 You're still trying

00:31:57.820 --> 00:31:58.600
 to figure it out.

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.040
 I got great...

00:32:01.040 --> 00:32:02.019
 It's all right here.

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:04.320
 It is super simple.

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.160
 Now I know

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:07.060
 even Paul faces

00:32:07.060 --> 00:32:07.540
 if you go back

00:32:07.540 --> 00:32:08.320
 and read 1 Corinthians 1,

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.880
 it sounds foolish.

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:12.340
 It's a stumbling...

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:13.020
 It's foolish

00:32:13.020 --> 00:32:13.860
 for the sophisticated.

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.240
 At least that's how

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.300
 it can sound sometimes.

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.720
 And maybe you come

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.880
 from another religious tradition

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.700
 and you think

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.880
 it just doesn't...

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.700
 It doesn't add up.

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.600
 It doesn't match

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:25.280
 my tradition

00:32:25.280 --> 00:32:25.980
 that I grew up with.

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:27.800
 Precisely.

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.760
 Look, friend.

00:32:31.760 --> 00:32:33.180
 God exists

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.580
 and He spoke.

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.400
 And He spoke

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:38.000
 good news of life

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:41.740
 because He promised

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.619
 to deal with

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.299
 the one thing

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:44.420
 you and I can't solve

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.019
 on our own.

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.480
 The fact that

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.700
 we're lost in seeking.

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.839
 What you're looking for

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:54.500
 is how to be made

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.279
 right with God.

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.039
 You may not be able to...

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:58.980
 It doesn't...

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.720
 Maybe it's not that way

00:32:59.720 --> 00:32:59.900
 in your head

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.460
 but what Scripture

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.359
 is trying to help us see

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:03.680
 is that is what you're missing.

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:06.340
 You are not right

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.920
 with God

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.900
 because there's stuff

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:09.299
 separating you from God.

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.420
 Stuff inside you,

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.299
 stuff in your life.

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.799
 The Bible uses

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:15.000
 a big word called sin

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.220
 to describe that.

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.860
 And the...

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:19.600
 And that's the...

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.460
 That's the bad news,

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:20.880
 admittedly.

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:22.100
 We're separated from God

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.759
 from our sin.

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.820
 But the good news

00:33:23.820 --> 00:33:24.840
 is He did something about

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:26.100
 while we were still

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:27.680
 seeking.

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.279
 While we were still

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.680
 hostile.

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.620
 While we were still

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:34.959
 alien and foreign to Him,

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.679
 He,

00:33:37.179 --> 00:33:38.199
 because of His great love

00:33:38.199 --> 00:33:39.399
 with which He loved us,

00:33:40.739 --> 00:33:41.799
 sent His Son,

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.739
 Jesus Christ,

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:45.919
 to die on the cross

00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:46.639
 for our sins

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.579
 according to the Scriptures.

00:33:48.739 --> 00:33:49.819
 It really happened.

00:33:50.719 --> 00:33:51.639
 He really died.

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.879
 He really rose again.

00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:53.899
 And people saw it

00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:54.879
 and wrote it down.

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.699
 And it's the best news,

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.219
 my friend.

00:33:59.219 --> 00:34:00.699
 It's what you're looking for.

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:06.359
 It's what you need.

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:08.920
 It's what saves.

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.059
 It's what gives us hope

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:11.940
 for this life

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:13.380
 no matter what comes.

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.739
 In fact,

00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:14.279
 that's what the rest

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:15.659
 of 1 Corinthians tells us.

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.920
 1 Corinthians 15

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:18.019
 talks about

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:19.259
 is the hope

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:20.539
 that we have in Christ

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.900
 because of this gospel.

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.480
 It's not about

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.339
 what you do.

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.199
 It's about what Jesus

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.880
 has done

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:27.179
 and what He's going to do.

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.000
 And that's...

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:30.219
 That's good news.

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:32.099
 It's the best news

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:33.759
 if we would but receive it

00:34:33.759 --> 00:34:34.879
 by repentance

00:34:34.879 --> 00:34:36.439
 and faith.

00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:39.199
 I don't know about you, friend,

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.579
 but I want to invite you

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:42.939
 to receive that gift.

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.739
 And Christian,

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.039
 brothers and sisters,

00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:48.480
 this is our good news.

00:34:49.339 --> 00:34:50.399
 Don't forget it.

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:52.099
 Don't let something else

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:53.159
 take first priority.

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:56.299
 because it's only just good news.

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:58.420
 It's the best news.

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.899
 Let's pray.

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.940
 Gracious Heavenly Father,

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:04.420
 thank You for the good news

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:06.940
 that Christ died on the cross for us.

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:08.099
 Thank You for the good news

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:10.759
 that our one foundation

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:13.299
 is not how much I know

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:14.079
 about Your Word.

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:19.379
 It's not how spiritual I perform.

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:24.000
 It's about Christ

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:26.260
 dying on the cross for our sins

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:27.200
 according to the Scriptures.

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:31.280
 And it's a hope that we have

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:32.460
 for this life

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:34.200
 and for the life to come.

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:35.440
 It's also

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:38.099
 our first priority

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:39.140
 to order our life,

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:40.720
 to identify ourselves by

00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:42.519
 so that we might please You

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.740
 in all that we say and do.

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:46.119
 Help us, Lord, we pray.

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:48.140
 In Jesus' name.

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.180
 Amen.

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:49.559
 Amen.