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 Okay, team, why don't we go ahead and make a start of it.

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 Who knows, maybe we'll be joined by others.

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 So thank you for taking seats, stage right, or wherever that is.

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 Well, in our six preceding sessions, we have held up to a focused view,

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 certain aspects of the saga of God's saving action toward his people.

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 We've examined its originating source, its fountainhead,

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 and God's sovereign electing love,

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 his ancient choice of a bride for the son who would become incarnate.

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 With the brief of a pathologist, we examine the condition in which we,

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 the objects of his electing love, are found imprisoned,

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 fast bound in sin and nature's night,

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 not only incapable of lending a hand to our rescue,

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 but actively opposing it.

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 We shined a spotlight upon that extraordinary declaration,

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 while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,

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 unfolding the meaning of Christ's death as representative and substitutionary.

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 He stood in the place of his people paying the price of their redemption.

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 He acted atoningly for each one and everyone united to him as their federal head.

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 His life for their life, their life in his life.

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 We put the crosshairs of our attention upon how Christ's atoning rescue was applied individually

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 to each elect beloved for whom it was paid.

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 How through the all-overcoming work of the Spirit,

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 a divine heart transplant was effected,

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 fashioning a new heart which freely and inexorably embraces the Savior

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 in joyful faith and heartfelt repentance.

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 Each beloved receiving the particularized wooing of the divine bridegroom.

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 Finally, we trace the scriptural testimony that this marriage between the elect beloved

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 and the divine bridegroom is a union that lasts forever.

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 For whom God has purposed forever to join together, none can thrust asunder.

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 Every blood-bought, Spirit-secured saint shall be impregnably preserved

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 from every vile vicissitude, each satanic stratagem, and all our own fickle infidelities.

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 For the Son shall lose none of those the Father gave him, nor can he.

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 For the Son shall be up for you.

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 For the Son shall be up for you.

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 final session we want to look back from the summit we have ascended and take in the whole

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 panorama. Or, changing the metaphor, bring what has been our searching focused analytic

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 eye settling on certain isolated colors and lines on the canvas to step back and take

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 in a complete picture and see how all comes together in a single harmonious balanced and

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 united whole. We do so through seven observations concerning God's saving action toward sinners.

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 First notice the covenantal character of salvation. The covenantal character of salvation.

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 One of the most remarkable things the scripture disclosed to us is that the almighty God,

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 the creator, makes promises. And that these promises are vitally important to our relationship with him.

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 And while God is neither capricious nor irrational, his personality, his person is unfathomably

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 mysterious and his purposes unimaginably deep. For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

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 neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. If we are going to depend on God's future behavior,

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 it is only based upon his own declaration, his promises to us. And the wonderful reality

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 is that he has made such promises. And the scripture calls them covenants.

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 Covenants are at the center of God's saving purpose and execution. As Octavius Winslow writes,

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 all that God gives to his people, he gives in Christ and he gives it by covenant.

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 Nothing is bestowed at random. Nothing in disregard of the eternal compact of grace.

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 To reveal the significance of covenant, engage for a moment in a thought experiment with me.

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 Say the Logos, God's eternal son, takes on flesh, lays down his life and rises from the dead.

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 What is the value of that for sinners? Do these divine acts have intrinsic salvific value?

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 I think we would answer, well, no, or how would we know? There's nothing seemingly intrinsic to them.

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 No, their value and saving significance for sinful humanity would have to be determined by God.

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 This intra-Trinitarian determination, which laid the foundation for salvation, called the covenant of redemption,

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 whereby the Father appointed the Son as the representative of an elect people for whom he would take on flesh

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 and offer atonement for their sin by his own blood, so purchasing their redemption.

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 The Son freely assented to this mediatorial role for which he would receive as reward a redeemed people as his bride forever.

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 It was this compact that determined the efficacy, the value, and the fruit of Christ's mediation.

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 Quote, the covenant of redemption is the foundation of all of our comforts, writes Richard Sims.

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 For it is the eternal agreement in which God the Father and God the Son have provided for our salvation.

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 The unfolding of this fountainhead covenant involved other covenantal arrangements.

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 The covenant of works was established with Adam, requiring perfect heartfelt obedience,

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 with life promised as reward, but with death ensuing upon the least breach.

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 In this, Adam was constituted representative of all humanity,

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 such that the reward of his success would be imputed to all of his posterity,

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 as would the penalty of his failure.

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 The covenant of works set the conditions for the covenant of grace,

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 whereby for his elect, Christ fulfills the demands of the covenant of works.

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 Namely, a perfect obedience from the heart to God's law,

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 imputing to his own the record and with it the reward for his obedience.

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 Christ also endures for his elect the deadly curse of the covenant of works,

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 which rightly is their portion as sinners.

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 That Christ meets the conditions of the covenant of works on behalf of his elect people

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 makes the arrangement to them a covenant of grace.

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 For it rests not upon what we do or promise to do,

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 but upon what Christ has done on our behalf.

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 In the covenant of grace, writes Thomas Boston,

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 God freely provides a Savior and salvation by him

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 to poor sinners without respect to their works.

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 All these covenants God freely established,

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 determining their stipulations and binding himself

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 to fulfill those conditions to their purposed fruition.

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 So covenant is the divine architecture of salvation.

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 Well does Philip Dauteridge exult,

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 tis mine, the covenant of his grace and every promise mine,

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 all sprung from everlasting love and sealed by blood divine.

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 On my unworthy favored head, its blessings all unite,

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 blessings more numerous than the stars,

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 more lasting and more bright.

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 Notice, secondly,

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 the harmony,

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 the harmony of divine action and objective in salvation.

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 We've traced our salvation to its fountainhead

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 in the intra-Trinitarian covenant of redemption,

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 whereby the united Godhead in its eternal counsel

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 purposed to save a people

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 and, to fulfill this purpose,

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 assigned roles for its accomplishment.

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 The Father,

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 in particularizing electing love,

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 chose out of fallen humanity

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 a people.

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 These elect were given to the Son,

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 who would redeem them by dying in their place,

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 so rescuing them from the claims and curse of the broken law

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 and imputing to them

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 his own perfect obedience.

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 To these blood-bought elect,

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 the Spirit would apply the redemption

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 accomplished on the cross

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 by the Son's substitutionary suffering,

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 by regenerating them,

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 sanctifying them,

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 and finally and infallibly

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 presenting them spotless and faultless

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 to the Son

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 as his glorified bride.

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 Now,

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 to recognize this compact within the Trinity

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 is surely to recognize

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 in this divine counsel

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 the unity of purpose

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 that it entails.

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 Each of the divine rules

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 must work harmoniously

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 to the same end of saving a people.

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 Whom the Father elects,

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 the Son redeems,

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 and the Spirit sanctifies.

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 All the persons of the Trinity

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 do act,

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 writes John Owen,

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 with the same will,

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 purpose,

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 and counsel,

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 and to the same end.

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 And notice also,

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 as Owen observes,

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 the objects of election,

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 redemption,

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 and sanctification

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 are one and the same.

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 The Father elects some,

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 the Son redeems the same,

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 and the Holy Spirit sanctifies

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 those very persons

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 and no other.

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 Of course,

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 it must be so.

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 How could it be conceivably otherwise?

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 The persons of the Trinity

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 would never work

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 at cross purposes

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 with one another.

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 It could never be the case

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 that notwithstanding

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 who the Father elected

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 and committed to the Son,

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 the Son would direct

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 His atonement

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 to a different set of people

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 of His own choosing.

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 Neither can we imagine

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 the Spirit also going maverick

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 and applying Christ's

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 redeeming benefits

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 to a differing number still

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 on His own whim

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 or independent selection.

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 This would be absurd

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 to imagine.

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 The subjects of election,

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 redemption,

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 and sanctification

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 are not,

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 as Thomas Goodwin writes,

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 at random,

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 each group unrelated

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 to the other.

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 No.

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 All the work of the Trinity

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 is united

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 and harmonious.

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 The election of the Father,

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 the redemption of the Son,

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 and the sanctification

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 of the Spirit,

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 writes Stephen Chalmers,

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 Arnach,

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 are all but one entire work

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 managed by distinct persons

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 but designed

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 for the same subjects.

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 Now,

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 this may strike you

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 as so obvious

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 that the Trinity

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 would act harmoniously

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 that you wonder

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 why my emphasis,

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 and I grant you it,

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 should be superfluous,

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 but for the fact that a common

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 construal of Christ's atonement

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 disaligns the aims and actions

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 of the Trinity.

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 if we construe Christ's atonement

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 as aimed at the salvation

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 of all,

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 in the sense of

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 every single son of Adam

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 and daughter of Eve,

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 that puts its intention

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 out of accord

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 with the Father's

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 discriminating election.

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 Do you see that?

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 It has the Son

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 laying down his life

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 not for those

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 the Father had given,

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 rather for a wider set.

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 It also has the Son

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 dying for those

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 the Spirit does not

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 draw and sanctify.

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 The whole salvific work

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 of the Trinity

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 is mismatched

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 and discombobulated.

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 Surely that is implausible

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 for the unity of purpose

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 always true of the Trinity.

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 This construal

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 of the Good Shepherd

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 laying down his life

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 for more than his sheep

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 also involves the

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 embarrassment

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 of rendering

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 Christ's atonement

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 unavailing

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 for the majority

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 for whom it was intended

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 supposedly.

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 If his was

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 a universal

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 saving intent,

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 it failed

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 of its purpose

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 to the extent

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 that hell is populated

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 by those for whom

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 Christ died atoningly.

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 They somehow

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 slipped through

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 his saving hands.

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 they were,

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 alas,

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 beyond the reach

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 of his saving arm.

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 Fumbling saving arm,

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 we might add.

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 Which,

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 to assert,

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 states John Owen,

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 seems to us

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 blasphemously injurious

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 to the wisdom,

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 power,

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 and perfection

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 of God,

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 as likewise

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 derogatory

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 to the worth

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 and value

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 of the death

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 of Christ.

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 Well,

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 might we ask

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 an answer

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 with Spurgeon,

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 if Jesus died

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 for all men alike,

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 then why

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 is not the Spirit

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 given to all men alike?

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 Shall the Father

00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:47.100
 elect in vain?

00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:48.399
 Shall the Son

00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:49.279
 bleed in vain?

00:15:50.019 --> 00:15:51.000
 And shall the Spirit

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:52.039
 strive in vain?

00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:53.480
 Impossible!

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 So I,

00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:57.200
 and I hope we,

00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:58.600
 can scarcely

00:15:58.600 --> 00:15:59.860
 disagree with Spurgeon

00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:00.600
 when he affirms

00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:01.740
 there is

00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:03.080
 no discord

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:04.420
 in the works

00:16:04.420 --> 00:16:05.160
 of God.

00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.400
 The Father's purpose,

00:16:07.560 --> 00:16:08.660
 the Son's atonement,

00:16:08.820 --> 00:16:09.860
 and the Spirit's work

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:11.820
 are one salvation,

00:16:12.180 --> 00:16:12.800
 moving forward

00:16:12.800 --> 00:16:14.639
 with one design,

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.480
 and crowned

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:17.320
 with one success.

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 Amen.

00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:21.720
 Notice,

00:16:21.920 --> 00:16:22.620
 thirdly,

00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:25.360
 salvation is

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:27.280
 from first to last

00:16:27.280 --> 00:16:28.700
 a work of grace.

00:16:28.700 --> 00:16:31.440
 God's saving action

00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:32.759
 had its spring

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.540
 in his own

00:16:33.540 --> 00:16:34.520
 unconstrained

00:16:34.520 --> 00:16:35.220
 good pleasure.

00:16:36.140 --> 00:16:37.540
 No claim of right

00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:38.620
 could have compelled

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.940
 God to relieve sinners

00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:41.160
 from their self-inflicted

00:16:41.160 --> 00:16:41.640
 ministry.

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.900
 He would have done

00:16:43.900 --> 00:16:44.420
 humanity

00:16:44.420 --> 00:16:45.400
 no wrong

00:16:45.400 --> 00:16:46.280
 in leaving them

00:16:46.280 --> 00:16:47.140
 in their damnation

00:16:47.140 --> 00:16:48.379
 as eternal monuments

00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:49.480
 to God's justice.

00:16:50.680 --> 00:16:51.360
 Every mouth

00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.300
 would be stopped

00:16:52.300 --> 00:16:52.920
 in the judgment

00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:54.460
 for no appeal

00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.440
 could have had

00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:56.340
 any ground.

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 And yet,

00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:01.080
 it was God's

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.680
 good pleasure

00:17:01.680 --> 00:17:03.420
 to show his mercy

00:17:03.420 --> 00:17:04.579
 to a multitude

00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:06.279
 of unworthy rebels

00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:07.539
 and make them

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.100
 recipients

00:17:08.100 --> 00:17:10.059
 of his saving favor.

00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:12.200
 All of grace

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.680
 in its inception,

00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.480
 God's salvation

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.960
 is all of grace

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:18.340
 in its unfolding.

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.640
 It proceeds

00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.340
 towards us

00:17:21.340 --> 00:17:22.539
 not simply

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:23.680
 as the

00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:25.200
 undeserving,

00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:27.019
 but as the

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:28.779
 ill-deserving.

00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:31.460
 That telling word

00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:33.160
 in Psalm 106

00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:34.000
 makes the point.

00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:35.900
 Nevertheless,

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:38.539
 he saved them.

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:42.080
 What was true

00:17:42.080 --> 00:17:42.559
 of us,

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.740
 the saved of God,

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.700
 which calls

00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:45.279
 for this

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.140
 nevertheless?

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 Moses raises

00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:49.080
 the veil

00:17:49.080 --> 00:17:50.059
 in the previous verse.

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 We understood

00:17:52.100 --> 00:17:52.819
 not

00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.779
 implies

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.240
 we are

00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:55.240
 uncomprehending.

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.799
 We remembered

00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:57.579
 not the multitude

00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.419
 of mercies,

00:17:58.839 --> 00:17:59.279
 pegs us

00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:00.099
 as thankless

00:18:00.099 --> 00:18:00.799
 ingrates.

00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.500
 Provoked him,

00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:03.379
 we provoked him,

00:18:03.679 --> 00:18:04.220
 attests we

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:05.779
 continually provoke

00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:07.000
 God to his face.

00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:09.779
 There we are,

00:18:10.419 --> 00:18:11.220
 sisters and brothers.

00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:12.579
 Such is

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.799
 our profile.

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.759
 Such are we

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.740
 whom free

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.720
 grace saves

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.339
 and who the

00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:19.359
 God of all grace

00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:20.500
 graciously

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:20.819
 condescends

00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:22.700
 to make anew

00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.859
 and to take

00:18:23.859 --> 00:18:24.779
 into fellowship

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.659
 eternally.

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.879
 When there was

00:18:27.879 --> 00:18:28.939
 nothing to

00:18:28.939 --> 00:18:29.839
 commend us,

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:31.119
 but every

00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:32.419
 reason for

00:18:32.419 --> 00:18:33.519
 us to be

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.619
 cast away,

00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.419
 nevertheless.

00:18:38.919 --> 00:18:39.960
 Neither do we,

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:40.939
 as to our salvation,

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.919
 contribute a

00:18:41.919 --> 00:18:43.079
 farthing of merit

00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:43.740
 to add

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:45.579
 of our own.

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:47.240
 Neither could we.

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.960
 For a

00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.140
 mere

00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:50.099
 hapenny of

00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:50.559
 merit

00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.299
 would

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:52.079
 alloy

00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:53.279
 grace

00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:53.980
 and

00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.559
 mingle

00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:55.140
 free

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:55.740
 gift

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.299
 with

00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:56.980
 earned

00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:58.039
 wage.

00:18:59.140 --> 00:19:00.000
 As Richard

00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.620
 Sims writes,

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.839
 we bring

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.640
 nothing to

00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:03.160
 God

00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:04.220
 but sin

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:05.440
 and misery.

00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.160
 He brings

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.940
 mercy

00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.240
 and salvation.

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.660
 All

00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:11.599
 is grace

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.480
 from first

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.140
 to last.

00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.300
 Christ.

00:19:15.080 --> 00:19:15.500
 So,

00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:16.480
 it is not

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.100
 that our

00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:17.880
 salvation is

00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:19.180
 even especially

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:20.240
 by grace.

00:19:21.080 --> 00:19:21.780
 It is

00:19:21.780 --> 00:19:23.120
 exclusively

00:19:23.120 --> 00:19:24.660
 by grace.

00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:25.880
 As Spurgeon

00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:26.600
 pointedly puts

00:19:26.600 --> 00:19:26.759
 it,

00:19:27.060 --> 00:19:27.720
 if there be

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.960
 one stitch

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:30.480
 in the garment

00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:30.860
 of our

00:19:30.860 --> 00:19:31.400
 righteousness

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.360
 which we

00:19:32.360 --> 00:19:32.780
 have put

00:19:32.780 --> 00:19:33.500
 there ourselves,

00:19:33.820 --> 00:19:34.460
 it is

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.180
 hopelessly

00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:35.860
 rent from

00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.380
 top to

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:36.680
 bottom.

00:19:37.520 --> 00:19:37.880
 Grace

00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.759
 must be

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.180
 absolute

00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:39.920
 or it is

00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:40.440
 no grace

00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:40.940
 at all.

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:43.320
 This

00:19:43.320 --> 00:19:44.080
 vivid

00:19:44.080 --> 00:19:44.920
 truth

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.519
 is

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.080
 portrayed

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:46.640
 by a

00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:47.019
 reflection

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.700
 of Spurgeon

00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.480
 upon God's

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.140
 ordinance

00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:50.160
 concerning

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:51.120
 the stones

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.920
 of his

00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.360
 altar

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:53.500
 in Exodus

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.000
 20.

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.460
 If

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:55.880
 thou

00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:56.380
 lift

00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:56.759
 up

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.160
 thy

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.740
 tool

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.220
 upon

00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:58.539
 it,

00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.660
 thou

00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.059
 hast

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.600
 polluted

00:20:00.600 --> 00:20:01.000
 it.

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.000
 Spurgeon

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.299
 writes,

00:20:03.580 --> 00:20:03.960
 God's

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.320
 altar

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:05.279
 was to

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.460
 be

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.820
 built

00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:06.480
 of

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.259
 unhewn

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.140
 stones

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:08.820
 that

00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:09.900
 no trace

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.340
 of human

00:20:10.340 --> 00:20:10.880
 skill

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.580
 or labor

00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.260
 might be

00:20:12.260 --> 00:20:12.640
 seen

00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.200
 upon it.

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.200
 The

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.460
 proud

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:14.700
 heart

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:15.100
 of man

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.500
 is very

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:15.860
 anxious

00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.480
 to have

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:16.960
 a hand

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.440
 in the

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:17.860
 justification

00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.420
 of the

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:18.580
 soul

00:20:18.580 --> 00:20:18.900
 before

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.320
 God.

00:20:19.840 --> 00:20:20.480
 Preparations

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:21.020
 for Christ

00:20:21.020 --> 00:20:21.480
 are dreamed

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:21.700
 of,

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.320
 humblings

00:20:22.320 --> 00:20:23.020
 and repentings

00:20:23.020 --> 00:20:23.520
 are trusted

00:20:23.520 --> 00:20:23.820
 in,

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:24.780
 good works

00:20:24.780 --> 00:20:25.340
 are cried

00:20:25.340 --> 00:20:25.640
 up,

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.640
 natural

00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:27.080
 ability

00:20:27.080 --> 00:20:27.520
 is much

00:20:27.520 --> 00:20:28.000
 vaunted,

00:20:28.820 --> 00:20:29.220
 and by

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:30.220
 all means

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.780
 the attempt

00:20:30.780 --> 00:20:31.320
 is made

00:20:31.320 --> 00:20:32.140
 to lift

00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.860
 up human

00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:33.500
 tools

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.160
 upon

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.920
 the

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.360
 divine

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:35.860
 altar.

00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:37.740
 It

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:37.900
 were

00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.400
 well,

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.140
 he

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.680
 continues,

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.820
 it

00:20:40.820 --> 00:20:41.000
 were

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.400
 well

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:41.600
 if

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:41.960
 sinners

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.180
 would

00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:42.640
 remember

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.279
 that

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:43.720
 so

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.100
 far

00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.340
 from

00:20:44.340 --> 00:20:45.580
 perfecting

00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.799
 the

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.360
 Savior's

00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:47.720
 work,

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.140
 their

00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:48.580
 carnal

00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:49.279
 confidences

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.560
 only pollute

00:20:50.560 --> 00:20:51.500
 and dishonor it.

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:52.620
 The Lord

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:53.200
 alone

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:53.640
 must be

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.120
 exalted

00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:54.900
 in the

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.200
 work of

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.720
 atonement,

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.500
 and not

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.180
 a single

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:58.080
 mark of

00:20:58.080 --> 00:20:58.580
 man's

00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:59.200
 chisel

00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:00.100
 or hammer

00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:00.900
 will be

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.400
 endured.

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.420
 There is

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.920
 an inherent

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:04.740
 blasphemy

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.779
 in seeking

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.460
 to add

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:06.900
 to what

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.420
 Christ

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:07.920
 Jesus

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.380
 in his

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:08.660
 dying

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.140
 moments

00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:10.059
 declared

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.819
 to be

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.819
 finished,

00:21:12.620 --> 00:21:13.160
 or to

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.819
 improve

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.200
 that

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.839
 in which

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.339
 the Lord

00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:15.920
 Jehovah

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.740
 finds

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.539
 perfect

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.779
 satisfaction.

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:21.240
 Our

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.779
 salvation

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.539
 commenced

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.359
 by grace

00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:23.960
 and

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.559
 continued

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.380
 by grace

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:25.940
 shall

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.500
 also

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.920
 be

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.779
 completed

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:29.279
 by grace.

00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:30.279
 He

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.720
 who laid

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:30.920
 the

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.380
 foundation

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:32.000
 stone

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.759
 shall

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.640
 assuredly

00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:34.019
 lay

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.759
 the

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.140
 final

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.819
 capstone.

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.220
 As it

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:37.599
 was said

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:37.819
 of

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.599
 Zerubbabel,

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.259
 the architect

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.759
 of the

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.059
 temple,

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.180
 so it

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.779
 shall be

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.279
 with the

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.900
 true

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:44.019
 Zerubbabel,

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.460
 the Lord

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.059
 Christ,

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.660
 the builder

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.259
 and maker

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 of the

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.359
 temple

00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.799
 of his

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.259
 redeemed

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.740
 people.

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.960
 Zechariah

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.279
 4,

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:53.500
 7 says,

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 and he

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.539
 shall

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.579
 bring forth

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.519
 the top

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.079
 stone

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.920
 amidst

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.480
 shouts

00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:00.000
 of grace,

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.359
 grace to

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:01.740
 it.

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:04.559
 God's

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.359
 salvation

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.660
 of his

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:05.980
 people

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.799
 from

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.240
 first

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.460
 to

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.900
 last,

00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:08.500
 from

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.079
 foundation

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.599
 stone

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:09.839
 to

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.480
 capstone

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.279
 is

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.839
 all

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.599
 of

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.119
 grace.

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.380
 And

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.759
 notice

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.660
 fourthly,

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.460
 salvation

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:19.099
 is as

00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.799
 sure

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.440
 and

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:20.960
 secure

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.099
 as

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.759
 God's

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.359
 almighty

00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:24.059
 purpose.

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.500
 That

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.119
 God is

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.339
 the

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:27.740
 author

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.079
 and

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.579
 architect

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.079
 of our

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.559
 salvation

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.339
 is

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.000
 its

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.680
 security.

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.440
 And

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.640
 what

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.000
 God

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.559
 begins

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:34.779
 with

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.180
 purpose

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.380
 to

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.960
 complete,

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:36.880
 he

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.799
 invariably

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.799
 carries

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.039
 to

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.559
 completion.

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.599
 Faithful

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:41.940
 is he

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.240
 who has

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.500
 called

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.700
 you.

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:43.720
 He

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.140
 shall

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.480
 bring

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:44.599
 it

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:44.779
 to

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.240
 pass.

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.200
 1 Thessalonians

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.960
 524.

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:50.080
 If salvation

00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:51.059
 be in

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:52.180
 any sense

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.980
 a work

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.519
 of man,

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.080
 it is

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:56.019
 insecure,

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.440
 hopelessly

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:57.799
 so.

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.940
 For

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.880
 that which

00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:01.380
 man does,

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:02.900
 man

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.559
 may

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.380
 undo.

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:05.940
 As

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.259
 Spurgeon

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.700
 puts it,

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.180
 he who

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.580
 converts

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.000
 himself

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.580
 one day

00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:09.500
 may

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.120
 unconvert

00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:10.620
 himself

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.360
 the next.

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:12.500
 he

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:12.719
 that

00:23:12.719 --> 00:23:13.139
 tie

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:13.759
 a knot

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.199
 with

00:23:14.199 --> 00:23:14.359
 his

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.619
 own

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.179
 fingers

00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:16.019
 can

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.299
 surely

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.659
 loosen

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:16.939
 that

00:23:16.939 --> 00:23:17.279
 knot.

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.359
 But

00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:19.879
 thankfully,

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.000
 as Jonah

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.039
 reminds us

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.639
 from the

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:23.979
 deep,

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.419
 salvation

00:23:25.419 --> 00:23:26.639
 belongs

00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.759
 to the

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.119
 Lord.

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:28.859
 Jonah

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.439
 2.9

00:23:29.439 --> 00:23:30.939
 How is

00:23:30.939 --> 00:23:31.500
 this so?

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.539
 Well,

00:23:33.939 --> 00:23:34.459
 salvation

00:23:34.459 --> 00:23:35.619
 is parsed

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.519
 out within

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.159
 the Trinity

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:38.039
 in the

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.379
 covenant

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:38.959
 of redemption.

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:40.600
 And let's

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:41.259
 consider the

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.279
 security of

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.200
 each part

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.200
 each one

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.960
 takes in

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.360
 hand.

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.120
 The

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.660
 Father's

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.620
 choice,

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.860
 his choice

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.160
 of his

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.519
 own,

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.620
 will

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.360
 stand

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:54.519
 as his

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.200
 calling

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.819
 is

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:57.579
 irrevocable.

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.640
 Romans

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.720
 11.29

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:01.120
 As

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.420
 Thomas

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.759
 Watson

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.059
 writes,

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.779
 God's

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.200
 decree

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:04.600
 of election

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:04.900
 is

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:06.039
 unchangeable.

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.120
 He

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.759
 will not

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.539
 blot out

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.279
 the names

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.899
 written in

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.240
 the book

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.019
 of life.

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.319
 John

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.839
 Owen makes

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.440
 the point

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:14.960
 citing the

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.519
 apostle to

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.039
 the Romans.

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.279
 Whom

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.720
 God

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.319
 calls,

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:18.500
 he

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.240
 justifies.

00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:19.819
 Whom

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:19.980
 he

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.539
 justifies,

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:20.879
 he

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.599
 glorifies.

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.559
 There

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.019
 is no

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.420
 such

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.960
 thing

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.819
 as a

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.220
 call

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.619
 that

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:25.839
 does

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.099
 not

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.639
 issue

00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:27.019
 in

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.480
 glory.

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.460
 As

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:31.779
 Thomas

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.159
 Goodwin

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.759
 pithily

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.379
 states it,

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.220
 the

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.779
 perseverance

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.420
 of the

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.859
 saints

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.740
 is

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.199
 nothing

00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:37.759
 else

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.459
 but the

00:24:38.459 --> 00:24:39.659
 immutability

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:41.139
 of God's

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.599
 decree

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.679
 taking

00:24:42.679 --> 00:24:43.419
 effect

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:44.399
 in time.

00:24:45.479 --> 00:24:46.059
 We

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.539
 really need

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.759
 to go

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.479
 no further

00:24:47.479 --> 00:24:48.139
 to establish

00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:48.859
 the sure

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.419
 security

00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:49.779
 of the

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.159
 elect,

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.919
 but let's

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:52.359
 move now

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.779
 from the

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.759
 Father and

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.139
 the

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:55.119
 immutability

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.699
 of the

00:24:55.699 --> 00:24:56.059
 decree,

00:24:56.199 --> 00:24:56.979
 which secures

00:24:56.979 --> 00:24:57.779
 our salvation,

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:59.259
 to the

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.579
 Son,

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.919
 and the

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.779
 effectiveness

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.579
 of his

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.139
 atonement,

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:04.180
 which also

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.559
 secures

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.799
 salvation.

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.660
 The

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:08.980
 Son,

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.839
 in his

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.359
 atonement,

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.440
 suffers the

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.240
 wrath imposed

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.680
 by the

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.500
 Father as

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.319
 judgment for

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.819
 the sins

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.079
 of his

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.460
 people,

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.299
 so

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:17.440
 satisfying

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.920
 the

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.319
 ransom

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.420
 to set

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:19.680
 them

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.119
 free.

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:21.920
 His

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.259
 righteous

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.160
 record is

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.980
 imputed

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.440
 to the

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.859
 elect,

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.619
 such

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.240
 that they

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.599
 are

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.639
 accepted

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.500
 in him,

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.139
 the

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.440
 beloved.

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:30.680
 That

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:30.980
 verdict,

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.799
 spoken over

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.240
 the Son

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.500
 in his

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:32.940
 baptism,

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.539
 is thus

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.380
 ours.

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.740
 There

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.299
 remains,

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.180
 therefore,

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.960
 no condemnation

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.880
 for those

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.480
 who are in

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.420
 Christ Jesus.

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.380
 Romans 8.

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.279
 The

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.720
 elect,

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.620
 for whom

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.440
 Christ bled

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.200
 as substitute,

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.559
 are by

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.259
 his atoning

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.700
 death,

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.680
 released

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.500
 and remitted

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.759
 from all

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.779
 their sin.

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.460
 And in

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.980
 Christ's

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.599
 vicarious

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.240
 righteousness,

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.420
 imputed

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.279
 to their

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.880
 account,

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.760
 what

00:26:00.760 --> 00:26:02.040
 possible

00:26:02.040 --> 00:26:02.880
 charge

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:04.000
 could

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.940
 impugn

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.560
 their

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:06.020
 record

00:26:06.020 --> 00:26:07.260
 or subvert

00:26:07.260 --> 00:26:07.500
 their

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.020
 security.

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.760
 Here,

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.840
 we cannot

00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.480
 but lapse

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.160
 into Pauline

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.680
 language.

00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:13.580
 Who

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:14.100
 shall bring

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:14.740
 a charge

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.080
 against

00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:15.480
 God's

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.880
 elect?

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.040
 It is

00:26:17.040 --> 00:26:17.620
 God

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:17.840
 who

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.620
 justifies.

00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:19.820
 Who

00:26:19.820 --> 00:26:20.200
 is there

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.380
 to

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:20.820
 condemn?

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.160
 Romans 8.

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.580
 33.

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:26.619
 Where we

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.339
 tend to

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.019
 go wrong

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.299
 and skew

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.819
 the biblical

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.319
 witness

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:31.319
 is that

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:33.139
 seeking to

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:34.339
 magnify the

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.980
 saving grace

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.579
 of God

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.379
 and the

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.119
 saving power

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.779
 of Christ,

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.079
 we declare

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.879
 that God's

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.659
 redeeming love

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:41.559
 extends to

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:43.319
 every person

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.919
 and assert

00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.799
 that Christ

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.779
 has died

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.419
 to save

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.559
 every last

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:48.960
 one.

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:51.299
 We propose

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.779
 that this

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.200
 is the

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.319
 magnifying

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.980
 measure

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:55.180
 of God's

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.559
 saving

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.240
 grandeur.

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.700
 But then,

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.200
 to avoid

00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:00.579
 universalism,

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.880
 that is,

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.860
 God saves

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.299
 all,

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.500
 well,

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.200
 then we

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.620
 have to

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.559
 dilute the

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.100
 efficacy

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.759
 of the

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.220
 cross

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:10.100
 and depreciate

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:11.279
 the effectiveness

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.200
 of God's

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.579
 saving

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.240
 purpose.

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.920
 For we

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.440
 must say

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.680
 that,

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.640
 after all,

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.120
 nothing God

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.059
 has purposed

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.019
 or nothing

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.719
 Christ has

00:27:20.719 --> 00:27:21.279
 done

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.539
 can save

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.879
 us unless

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:26.659
 we add

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.159
 something

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:27.959
 ourselves.

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.739
 The decisive

00:27:29.739 --> 00:27:30.319
 factor,

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.679
 the ultimate

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:32.519
 pivot in the

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.819
 matter,

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.679
 is our

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:35.239
 self-generated

00:27:35.239 --> 00:27:35.799
 repentance

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.779
 and faith.

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.459
 But,

00:27:38.979 --> 00:27:39.379
 surely,

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.139
 this is to

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.639
 say that

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.859
 Christ saves

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:43.099
 us with

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:44.439
 our help.

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:46.119
 Or,

00:27:46.199 --> 00:27:46.639
 in fact,

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.359
 somewhat

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:48.519
 discordantly,

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.599
 but no

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.279
 less truly,

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.599
 we save

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.179
 ourselves

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:53.079
 with Christ's

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.319
 help.

00:27:53.979 --> 00:27:54.459
 For,

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.859
 ultimately,

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.419
 the issue

00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:56.339
 would hang

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:57.099
 upon us.

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.459
 The irony

00:27:59.459 --> 00:28:00.179
 is,

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:01.000
 in a

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.779
 misguided

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.859
 effort to

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:04.139
 magnify God's

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:04.799
 saving work,

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.699
 we've

00:28:05.699 --> 00:28:06.740
 diminished it.

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.459
 It cannot

00:28:08.459 --> 00:28:09.439
 finally and

00:28:09.439 --> 00:28:10.639
 assuredly save.

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.599
 The security

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.179
 of divine

00:28:13.179 --> 00:28:14.079
 election and

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.599
 atonement

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:16.179
 is dissolved

00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:17.899
 into human

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.899
 contingency

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:20.699
 with the

00:28:20.699 --> 00:28:21.899
 frailty and

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:23.279
 fragility of

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.299
 a butterfly's

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.480
 wing and

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.559
 the evanescence

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:28.000
 of a red

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.839
 horizon at

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.480
 sundown.

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.959
 Ah,

00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:33.139
 but thankfully,

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.679
 such is not

00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:35.599
 our precarious

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.439
 position in

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:37.259
 God's saving

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.859
 hands.

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.240
 No,

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.659
 the Father

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:41.639
 has entrusted

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.340
 the elect

00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:43.420
 to Christ

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:44.540
 to redeem

00:28:44.540 --> 00:28:45.259
 by laying

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.840
 down his

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.900
 life in

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.700
 ransom for

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.000
 them.

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.000
 And as

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.940
 Jesus assures

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.520
 us,

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.140
 in John

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.740
 6,

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:54.400
 37-39,

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:56.540
 all that

00:28:56.540 --> 00:28:57.040
 the Father

00:28:57.040 --> 00:28:58.200
 gives me

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:59.640
 will come

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.080
 to me,

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.660
 and whoever

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.240
 comes to

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.380
 me,

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:02.020
 I will

00:29:02.020 --> 00:29:02.960
 never cast

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.360
 out.

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.640
 For I

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.080
 have come

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.640
 down from

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.020
 heaven,

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:07.240
 not to do

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.759
 my own

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.120
 will,

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.340
 but the

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.680
 will of

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.720
 him who

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.320
 sent me,

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:11.880
 the Father.

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.759
 And this

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.480
 is the

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:14.820
 will of

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.259
 him who

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.720
 sent me,

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.279
 the Father,

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.400
 that I

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:18.180
 should lose

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.660
 nothing of

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.500
 all that

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.039
 he has

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.620
 given me,

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:23.080
 but raise

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:24.500
 it up on

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.060
 the last

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:25.519
 day.

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.160
 These

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.240
 are the

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.100
 hands our

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.860
 salvation

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:32.519
 is in.

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.279
 No one,

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.740
 no one,

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.519
 says Jesus,

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.680
 will snatch

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.539
 them out of

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.100
 my hand.

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:40.079
 my Father

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.740
 who has

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.199
 given them

00:29:41.199 --> 00:29:41.500
 to me

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.099
 is greater

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.619
 than all,

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.559
 and no

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.839
 one is

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.240
 able to

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.559
 snatch

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.079
 them out

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.879
 of the

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.399
 Father's

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.799
 hand.

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.179
 John 10,

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.319
 28-29.

00:29:51.699 --> 00:29:52.279
 This

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.079
 promise of

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.879
 Jesus is

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.839
 fulfilled by

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:56.379
 one final

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:57.179
 divine

00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:58.059
 handoff

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:59.139
 for the

00:29:59.139 --> 00:30:00.039
 closing play

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.819
 of salvation,

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.359
 where the

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.859
 Spirit

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:04.439
 closes us

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:05.279
 with Christ,

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.000
 as the

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.339
 Puritans

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.719
 love to

00:30:06.719 --> 00:30:07.119
 put it,

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.079
 uniting

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:09.059
 us to

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.720
 the Savior,

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:11.000
 in whom

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.519
 are all

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.419
 the blood-bought

00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:14.659
 benefits of

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.519
 his vicarious

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.000
 life and

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.339
 death.

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.939
 That sweet

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.980
 exchange of

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:20.439
 our sinfulness

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:21.639
 for his

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.319
 righteousness.

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.179
 New

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:25.179
 spiritual life

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:26.359
 imparted and

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:27.119
 effectually

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:28.119
 nurtured till

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.579
 it is

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.819
 consummated in

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.299
 glory.

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.399
 glory.

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.460
 As we

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:32.980
 have said,

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.079
 if God

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.759
 lays the

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.099
 first

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.659
 foundation

00:30:35.659 --> 00:30:36.259
 stone,

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.339
 he shall

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.539
 assuredly

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.500
 lay the

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.119
 crowning

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.899
 capstone.

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.519
 As

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.819
 William

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.720
 Cooper penned,

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.799
 dear dying

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.359
 lamb,

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.240
 thy precious

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.059
 blood shall

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:49.319
 never lose

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.019
 its power

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.519
 till all

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.279
 the ransomed

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.919
 church of

00:30:52.919 --> 00:30:54.119
 God be

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:55.419
 saved to

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:55.859
 sin no

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.200
 more.

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:57.559
 Or as

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.700
 Francis Ridley

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.240
 Havergal

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.819
 reassures,

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.000
 if any

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.519
 doubt could

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.200
 conceivably

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.660
 remain,

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:05.319
 O sorrowing

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.660
 sinner,

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.279
 well he

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.640
 knew,

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:07.880
 ere time

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.920
 began what

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.279
 he would

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.620
 do.

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.279
 Then rest

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.920
 thy hope

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.460
 within the

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.759
 veil.

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.779
 His

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.200
 covenant

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.900
 mercies

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:16.340
 shall not

00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:16.900
 fail.

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.299
 O doubting

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.660
 one,

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.400
 eternal

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.940
 three are

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.600
 pledged in

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.259
 faithfulness

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.759
 for thee.

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.080
 Claim

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.819
 every promise

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.580
 sweet and

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.960
 sure by

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.620
 covenant

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.519
 oath of

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.099
 God

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:30.339
 secure.

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.019
 And

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.400
 notice

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.779
 fifthly,

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.559
 our

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.379
 salvation,

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.299
 in our

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.920
 salvation,

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:40.579
 all glory

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.599
 goes to

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:41.960
 God.

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.559
 Who

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.279
 made us?

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.480
 God.

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.480
 Who

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:47.420
 remade

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.859
 us?

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.960
 God.

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.039
 Why?

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.539
 To what

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.579
 purpose did

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.039
 he make

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.099
 and remake

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.740
 us?

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.440
 Well,

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.859
 the well

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.720
 catechized

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.240
 will rightly

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.720
 answer,

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.940
 for his

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:59.580
 own glory.

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.779
 Psalm 106

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:03.180
 expresses the

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.180
 grand end

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.680
 of our

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.620
 salvation this

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:05.960
 way.

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.640
 He saved

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.759
 them for

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.480
 his

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.640
 namesake.

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.580
 Psalm 106,

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:12.920
 8.

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.340
 What does

00:32:14.340 --> 00:32:15.019
 that mean?

00:32:15.820 --> 00:32:16.700
 It means

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.779
 he saved

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.640
 us to

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.940
 show his

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.640
 name.

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:21.660
 That is,

00:32:21.860 --> 00:32:22.539
 give a

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.660
 revelation of

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.299
 what he is

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.940
 like,

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.279
 his nature,

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.579
 and his

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.180
 attributes.

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.619
 He saves

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.200
 us to

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.440
 display his

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.539
 glory and

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.480
 excellency.

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.339
 And while

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.960
 God shows

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.740
 us something

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.440
 of himself

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.200
 in his

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.839
 creation,

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.359
 the sun,

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.799
 moon,

00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:40.700
 and stars,

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.859
 and scattered

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:43.039
 flowers over

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.779
 the green and

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.740
 laughing earth,

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.980
 he shows

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:48.980
 himself most

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.960
 excellently

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.380
 on the

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:53.140
 platform of

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.039
 salvation.

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.140
 The phrase is

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.880
 Spurgeon's,

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.180
 who continues,

00:32:58.600 --> 00:32:59.299
 it was,

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.340
 so to speak,

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.440
 the balcony

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:03.059
 on which God

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.559
 stepped to

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.579
 show himself.

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.120
 The balcony

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:08.079
 of salvation.

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.259
 Here,

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.660
 he manifests

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.840
 himself by

00:33:11.840 --> 00:33:13.059
 saving souls.

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:15.720
 Here it is

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.259
 seen in

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.259
 sparkling

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:18.220
 luminescence,

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.159
 his love,

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:20.379
 justice,

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:20.960
 power,

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:22.200
 faithfulness,

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.599
 in a word,

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:24.740
 glory.

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.720
 As Burroughs,

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.559
 Jeremiah Burroughs

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.940
 observes,

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.619
 the Lord takes

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.980
 delight in

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:32.139
 no work like

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.919
 this work.

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:35.440
 This is

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.279
 the masterpiece

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.200
 of God

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.059
 and his

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.500
 glory.

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.139
 And the

00:33:41.139 --> 00:33:42.440
 reason why

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:43.920
 salvation can

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:45.140
 not simply

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:46.680
 be an

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.820
 excellent

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.759
 display of

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.279
 his glory,

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.160
 but also

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.660
 an exclusive

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:53.059
 display of

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.600
 his glory,

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.880
 is because,

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.840
 as John

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.580
 Owen puts

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:56.860
 it,

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.860
 the whole

00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.340
 work of

00:33:59.340 --> 00:33:59.960
 our redemption

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.660
 in its

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.680
 contrivance,

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:03.080
 constitution,

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.259
 and accomplishment

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:05.820
 is of God

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.559
 and not of

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.019
 ourselves,

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:08.099
 and therefore

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.200
 all the

00:34:09.200 --> 00:34:09.800
 glory of

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.800
 it belong

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:12.099
 solely unto

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.559
 him.

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.599
 Stephen

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.159
 Charnock

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.639
 echoes

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.619
 this truth.

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.219
 God

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.179
 is the

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:20.799
 author

00:34:20.799 --> 00:34:21.759
 of all

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:22.239
 the good

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.940
 in salvation,

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:24.519
 and man

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.460
 is only

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.400
 the subject

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.940
 of it.

00:34:27.839 --> 00:34:28.779
 He finds

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.319
 us dead

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:29.659
 and gives

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.239
 us life,

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.199
 finds us

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.599
 enemies

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.239
 and makes

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.819
 us friends.

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.440
 All is

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.159
 from God,

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.380
 nothing

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.360
 from ourselves.

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:39.519
 Tavius

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.000
 Winslow

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.680
 heartily

00:34:40.680 --> 00:34:41.200
 resonates.

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.000
 Christ

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:43.500
 is all

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.220
 in the

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.700
 great work

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.380
 of salvation.

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:46.720
 He began

00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:46.980
 it,

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.760
 he carries

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.220
 it on,

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.059
 and he

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.519
 will

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.360
 complete it.

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.579
 Not a

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.740
 particle

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:54.480
 of the

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.860
 glory

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.920
 belongs

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.340
 to the

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.599
 sinner.

00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:58.860
 And how

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.240
 could it

00:34:59.240 --> 00:34:59.880
 be otherwise?

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:00.980
 What

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:02.240
 possible

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:03.140
 rightful

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:03.760
 glory could

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.559
 be siphoned

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.139
 off to

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.460
 us

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.880
 sinners?

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:08.219
 As Watson

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.599
 rightly

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.480
 reminds us,

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:11.599
 we bring

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.579
 nothing to

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.539
 our salvation

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.279
 but the

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:15.380
 sin that

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.000
 made it

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.940
 necessary.

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:18.940
 No.

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.639
 We are

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.739
 on solid,

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.900
 and should

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.380
 we say

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.239
 hallowed

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:24.960
 ground,

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.719
 in affirming

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.719
 the crown

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:28.400
 of glory

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:29.179
 and salvation

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:30.980
 fits no

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.719
 other brow

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:33.259
 than God's

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:33.639
 alone.

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:34.840
 He

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.360
 alone,

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.000
 to him

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.320
 alone,

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.940
 belongs

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.779
 all

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.440
 adoration

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.579
 and all

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.099
 acclaim.

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.079
 And does

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.679
 this not

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.400
 express

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:44.779
 the impulse

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.320
 of your

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:46.019
 redeemed

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.739
 heart

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:48.239
 to say

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:48.679
 with the

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.099
 psalmist,

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.079
 not to

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.519
 us,

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:51.980
 not to

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.380
 us,

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.820
 but to

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.380
 your name

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.960
 be glory.

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.299
 Psalm 115.

00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:56.719
 1.

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.559
 And notice

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:01.320
 finally,

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.079
 or sixthly,

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:05.759
 God is

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.539
 all

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.480
 sovereign

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.759
 in salvation.

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:11.400
 This is

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.299
 simply a

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:12.840
 specific

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.779
 application

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.900
 of God's

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.259
 sovereignty

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:16.239
 in all

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:16.900
 things.

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.659
 The

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.079
 amplified

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.679
 assertion

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:18.900
 of our

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.500
 first study.

00:36:20.279 --> 00:36:20.739
 God works

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.259
 all things

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:21.659
 after the

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:22.099
 counsel of

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.579
 his will,

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.259
 Ephesians

00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:23.599
 1.

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.279
 And our

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.719
 salvation

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.139
 is no

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:25.619
 exception.

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.699
 God is

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.619
 the source,

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.920
 the means,

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.460
 and the

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.240
 end of

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.960
 everything

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.740
 that is,

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.760
 both in

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.659
 nature and

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.480
 in grace.

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.420
 For

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.659
 from him

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.960
 and through

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.000
 him and

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.820
 to him

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:42.240
 are all

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.740
 things,

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.280
 affirms the

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.880
 apostle in

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.880
 Romans 11.

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.420
 36.

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.740
 The

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:48.260
 sovereignty

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:48.940
 of God,

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.780
 writes

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.420
 Samuel

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:50.980
 Rutherford,

00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:52.740
 layeth the

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.460
 key of

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.079
 salvation

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.639
 upon

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.599
 Christ's

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.019
 shoulder

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.639
 and leaves

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.500
 no share

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.920
 of it

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.679
 to the

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.079
 creature.

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.159
 I should

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.360
 have read

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.900
 that softly

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.300
 because that's

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.559
 from his

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.880
 letters.

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.259
 And Samuel

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.739
 Rutherford's

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.179
 letters are

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.800
 so gentle.

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.000
 Winslow,

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:11.300
 Octavius

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:12.000
 Winslow,

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:12.940
 is of the

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.719
 same conviction.

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.039
 The

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.599
 sovereign

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.320
 grace of

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:17.639
 God lies

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:17.940
 at the

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.639
 foundation of

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.340
 our salvation.

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.500
 From his

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.440
 own free

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:22.460
 and eternal

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.039
 love it

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.840
 sprang,

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:25.039
 and by

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.759
 that same

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:27.039
 love it

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.619
 is carried

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.099
 on.

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.480
 Denial

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.940
 of God's

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.539
 sovereignty,

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.079
 apart from

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:36.059
 being a

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.820
 hopeless

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:38.119
 cross-current

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.739
 to the

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:39.559
 whole stream

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.159
 of Scripture,

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:43.219
 miscasts

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:44.380
 the Almighty

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:45.800
 in relation

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.279
 to the

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:46.559
 sinner

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:48.039
 and

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:49.380
 misconstrues

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.980
 Christ's

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.579
 gracious

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.279
 gospel

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:53.099
 invitations.

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:56.019
 within this

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:57.000
 throng

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.980
 framework,

00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:00.559
 Christ's

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.159
 appeals

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:02.360
 take on

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:03.059
 the character

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.679
 quote,

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.699
 not as

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.539
 expressions

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:06.599
 of the

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:06.960
 tender

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.679
 patience

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.199
 of a

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.480
 mighty

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.059
 sovereign,

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.319
 writes

00:38:10.319 --> 00:38:10.900
 Packer,

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.799
 but as

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.739
 the pathetic

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:14.579
 pleadings of

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.000
 impotent

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.519
 desire.

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.059
 And so

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.299
 the

00:38:17.299 --> 00:38:17.920
 enthroned

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.920
 Lord is

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.360
 suddenly

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.559
 metamorphosed

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.639
 into a

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.159
 weak,

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.139
 futile

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.779
 figure

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.920
 tapping

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:26.139
 forlornly

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.840
 at the

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.299
 door of

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:27.699
 the human

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.119
 heart,

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.559
 which he

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.340
 is powerless

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:30.099
 to open.

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.360
 This is from

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:33.279
 the introduction

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:34.780
 to John

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:35.120
 Owens,

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:35.580
 the death

00:38:35.580 --> 00:38:36.019
 of death

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.380
 and death

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.900
 of Christ.

00:38:37.060 --> 00:38:37.660
 If you

00:38:37.660 --> 00:38:38.260
 ever want

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.580
 to read

00:38:38.580 --> 00:38:39.019
 anything

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.420
 that is

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:40.300
 unbelievably

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:41.180
 clarifying

00:38:41.180 --> 00:38:41.580
 about

00:38:41.580 --> 00:38:42.560
 salvation

00:38:42.560 --> 00:38:43.560
 other than

00:38:43.560 --> 00:38:43.940
 Scripture,

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.280
 that is

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:46.340
 the essay

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:47.180
 to read.

00:38:49.180 --> 00:38:49.880
 J.I.

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.320
 Packer's

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:50.920
 introduction

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.800
 to John

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.200
 Owens,

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.180
 the death

00:38:53.180 --> 00:38:53.660
 of death

00:38:53.660 --> 00:38:53.920
 and the

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.120
 death

00:38:54.120 --> 00:38:55.440
 of Christ.

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.940
 Yeah.

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:59.060
 It's

00:38:59.060 --> 00:38:59.640
 difficult

00:38:59.640 --> 00:39:00.940
 to suppress

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.760
 the suspicion

00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:02.760
 that this

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.120
 common

00:39:03.120 --> 00:39:03.540
 denial

00:39:03.540 --> 00:39:04.100
 of God's

00:39:04.100 --> 00:39:04.460
 sovereignty

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:05.380
 has its

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:07.360
 inveterate

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.820
 appeal

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.980
 in part

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:10.260
 because it

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:11.100
 reinforces

00:39:11.100 --> 00:39:12.000
 the supposition

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.420
 of our

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:12.760
 sinful

00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:13.300
 hearts

00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:15.600
 which are

00:39:15.600 --> 00:39:16.060
 flattered

00:39:16.060 --> 00:39:16.960
 to entertain

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:18.060
 and loathed

00:39:18.060 --> 00:39:18.600
 to abandon.

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:20.180
 The presupposition

00:39:20.180 --> 00:39:21.140
 that we

00:39:21.140 --> 00:39:21.440
 are the

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:22.060
 masters of

00:39:22.060 --> 00:39:22.680
 our destiny,

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:24.000
 that in

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.620
 our own

00:39:24.620 --> 00:39:25.600
 hand lies

00:39:25.600 --> 00:39:26.180
 the scepter

00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:26.500
 of our

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:26.880
 fate.

00:39:28.620 --> 00:39:29.520
 Simply to

00:39:29.520 --> 00:39:30.020
 state this

00:39:30.020 --> 00:39:31.020
 boldly is,

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.840
 I trust,

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.199
 sufficient

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:33.679
 for its

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.400
 dismissal.

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.239
 It is

00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:36.920
 a conviction

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.539
 not

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:38.800
 seaworthy

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.759
 and wrecked

00:39:39.759 --> 00:39:40.480
 on the

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:41.199
 Gibraltar

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:42.059
 of the

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.300
 Lord

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:42.960
 Christ

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.780
 as the

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.219
 author

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.860
 and

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:45.440
 completer

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:46.340
 of our

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:46.739
 faith.

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.500
 Hebrews

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:47.940
 12.

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.239
 2.

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:50.119
 In our

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.900
 sober

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.579
 moments of

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.199
 insight and

00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:53.019
 self-knowledge,

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.420
 do we not

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:54.940
 resonate

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:56.019
 with the

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.800
 testimony of

00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.320
 Spurgeon?

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:59.760
 I believe

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.220
 the doctrine

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:00.720
 of election

00:40:00.720 --> 00:40:01.660
 because I

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:02.240
 am quite

00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:03.180
 sure that

00:40:03.180 --> 00:40:03.660
 if God

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:04.120
 had not

00:40:04.120 --> 00:40:04.880
 chosen me,

00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:06.059
 I should

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.700
 never have

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:07.519
 chosen him.

00:40:08.100 --> 00:40:08.940
 And I

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.460
 am sure

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.980
 he chose

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.539
 me before

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:10.960
 I was

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.320
 born,

00:40:12.100 --> 00:40:12.480
 or else

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:12.820
 he would

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:14.280
 never have

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:14.780
 chosen me

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:15.320
 afterwards.

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:19.120
 And if

00:40:19.120 --> 00:40:20.000
 this seems

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:21.600
 undeniably

00:40:21.600 --> 00:40:22.260
 true to

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:22.600
 you,

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.700
 be of

00:40:23.700 --> 00:40:24.380
 good cheer,

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:25.960
 for it

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:27.079
 is solid

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.700
 testimony

00:40:27.700 --> 00:40:28.840
 that his

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.260
 sovereign

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:30.360
 grace has

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:31.220
 been savingly

00:40:31.220 --> 00:40:31.700
 at work

00:40:31.700 --> 00:40:32.619
 in you.

00:40:33.820 --> 00:40:34.660
 But let

00:40:34.660 --> 00:40:35.960
 us conclude

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:37.579
 and with

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.059
 this

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:39.079
 epitome

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:40.500
 as to

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:41.260
 the doctrines

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:42.500
 of grace,

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.599
 I called

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.079
 it seven,

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.240
 finally.

00:40:47.180 --> 00:40:48.140
 Very

00:40:48.140 --> 00:40:48.599
 simple

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:49.119
 summary,

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:50.500
 the whole

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.340
 time together.

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:53.400
 God

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:55.100
 saves

00:40:55.100 --> 00:40:56.480
 sinners.

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.480
 And I

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:58.800
 want in

00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:59.200
 conclusion

00:40:59.200 --> 00:41:00.640
 to accent

00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:01.500
 that middle

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:01.980
 term,

00:41:03.640 --> 00:41:04.480
 saves,

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:06.120
 with the

00:41:06.120 --> 00:41:07.400
 claim that

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:07.820
 God

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:09.840
 actually

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:11.019
 saves

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.600
 sinners,

00:41:12.100 --> 00:41:12.620
 for he

00:41:12.620 --> 00:41:13.160
 is,

00:41:13.160 --> 00:41:14.260
 as Isaiah

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:14.860
 exalts,

00:41:15.620 --> 00:41:16.700
 mighty to

00:41:16.700 --> 00:41:17.360
 save.

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.680
 Isaiah

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.180
 63,

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.660
 1.

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:21.199
 God

00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:22.139
 does not

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:23.099
 cast up

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.659
 some

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.739
 construction

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:25.960
 for the

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.799
 possibility

00:41:26.799 --> 00:41:27.679
 of salvation.

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.359
 Christ

00:41:29.359 --> 00:41:29.879
 carries

00:41:29.879 --> 00:41:30.519
 each

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:31.179
 of his

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:31.779
 elect

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:32.779
 fully

00:41:32.779 --> 00:41:33.359
 across

00:41:33.359 --> 00:41:33.899
 the river

00:41:33.899 --> 00:41:34.599
 of judgment,

00:41:35.359 --> 00:41:35.779
 safely

00:41:35.779 --> 00:41:36.539
 onto the

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:37.039
 shores

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:38.460
 of salvation.

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.259
 He

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:40.699
 does not

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.299
 build

00:41:41.299 --> 00:41:42.500
 a pontoon

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:43.480
 platform

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:43.960
 which

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.579
 stretches

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.259
 just

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:45.920
 far

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:46.359
 enough

00:41:46.359 --> 00:41:46.899
 across

00:41:46.899 --> 00:41:47.399
 the river

00:41:47.399 --> 00:41:48.299
 that those

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:48.480
 of

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:49.440
 inclination

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.260
 motivation,

00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:51.240
 skill and

00:41:51.240 --> 00:41:51.700
 energy

00:41:51.700 --> 00:41:52.420
 may just

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:53.639
 leap

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:54.320
 by some

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:55.019
 spiritual

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.599
 or moral

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.820
 athleticism

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:58.039
 the remaining

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:59.300
 distance or so

00:41:59.300 --> 00:42:00.280
 and so

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:01.940
 with God's

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.380
 aid

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:03.139
 save

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:03.820
 themselves.

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:05.400
 No.

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:07.159
 God

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:08.519
 saves

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:09.619
 sinners.

00:42:10.720 --> 00:42:11.099
 God's

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.800
 election

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:12.780
 of particular

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:13.320
 sinners

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:14.159
 is an

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.559
 election

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:15.079
 to

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.720
 salvation.

00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:15.839
 election.

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.819
 Some

00:42:17.819 --> 00:42:18.399
 would have

00:42:18.399 --> 00:42:18.980
 us regard

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.619
 God's

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.139
 election

00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:20.899
 as the

00:42:20.899 --> 00:42:21.259
 election

00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:22.099
 of no

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.439
 one in

00:42:22.439 --> 00:42:23.059
 particular

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:24.739
 but rather

00:42:24.739 --> 00:42:25.379
 an election

00:42:25.379 --> 00:42:25.879
 of a

00:42:25.879 --> 00:42:27.039
 duly

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:27.599
 qualified

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:28.500
 class of

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:28.939
 people

00:42:28.939 --> 00:42:30.579
 that is

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:31.219
 those who

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:31.579
 will of

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:31.859
 their own

00:42:31.859 --> 00:42:32.239
 accord

00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:32.839
 believe in

00:42:32.839 --> 00:42:33.179
 Jesus.

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.359
 Who

00:42:35.359 --> 00:42:36.000
 that in

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.419
 fact will

00:42:36.419 --> 00:42:36.759
 be,

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.219
 well,

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.099
 God's

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:39.980
 foreknowledge

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.480
 can

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.400
 identify

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:42.980
 on the

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.480
 basis of

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:44.019
 their

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.960
 contingent

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.400
 choice

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:46.199
 for Christ

00:42:46.199 --> 00:42:47.320
 then God's

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:48.000
 election

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:49.059
 of those

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:50.240
 self-identified

00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:51.699
 simply

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:52.300
 acknowledges

00:42:52.300 --> 00:42:52.900
 their own

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.420
 selection.

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:55.800
 Notice

00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:56.420
 that on

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:56.699
 this

00:42:56.699 --> 00:42:57.380
 construal

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:59.219
 God's

00:42:59.219 --> 00:42:59.699
 election

00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:00.960
 does not

00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:01.840
 determine,

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.440
 in fact,

00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:05.000
 it doesn't

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.740
 influence

00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:06.280
 in the

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:07.099
 slightest

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:08.019
 who

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.920
 is chosen.

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:10.639
 this

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:11.139
 election,

00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:12.720
 if it

00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:13.240
 be fair

00:43:13.240 --> 00:43:13.579
 to even

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:13.980
 grant

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:15.000
 such a

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:15.340
 notion

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:16.180
 the name

00:43:16.180 --> 00:43:16.960
 election,

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:18.760
 saves

00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:19.880
 no one.

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:21.680
 Such,

00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:22.260
 we insist,

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:23.059
 is a far

00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:23.680
 cry from

00:43:23.680 --> 00:43:24.300
 the scriptural

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:24.720
 meaning of

00:43:24.720 --> 00:43:25.079
 election

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:25.659
 which

00:43:25.659 --> 00:43:26.840
 actually

00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:27.840
 chooses

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.760
 the elect

00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:29.820
 for salvation,

00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:30.980
 ensuring

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.659
 that their

00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:32.220
 salvation

00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:33.099
 will be

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:33.740
 divinely

00:43:33.740 --> 00:43:34.440
 accomplished.

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.599
 Similarly

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:38.180
 flawed,

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:39.500
 is the

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:39.940
 thrawn

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.860
 construal

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.579
 of the

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:42.000
 Son's

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:42.619
 redemptive

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:43.039
 work,

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:44.039
 which

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:44.860
 presents

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:45.619
 Christ's

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:46.980
 cross as

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:48.159
 removing an

00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:49.300
 obstacle that

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:49.940
 stands in the

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.639
 way of God's

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:51.720
 offering forgiveness

00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:52.420
 to sinners,

00:43:52.860 --> 00:43:54.039
 the unsatisfied

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:55.320
 claims of

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:55.820
 justice.

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.579
 Christ's

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.019
 atonement

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:59.200
 allows God

00:43:59.200 --> 00:44:00.180
 to freely

00:44:00.180 --> 00:44:01.099
 offer forgiveness

00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:02.340
 to any and

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:03.079
 all who might

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:03.760
 accept it.

00:44:03.760 --> 00:44:03.900
 death.

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:06.180
 But notice

00:44:06.180 --> 00:44:07.180
 that such

00:44:07.180 --> 00:44:07.920
 a redemption

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.900
 doesn't

00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:09.700
 actually

00:44:09.700 --> 00:44:10.460
 redeem

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:11.360
 anyone.

00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:14.080
 It simply

00:44:14.080 --> 00:44:15.300
 makes redemption

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:16.800
 a possibility.

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:18.120
 Any,

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:18.780
 all,

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:19.640
 or none

00:44:19.640 --> 00:44:20.840
 may avail

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:21.920
 themselves of

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:22.780
 should they

00:44:22.780 --> 00:44:23.980
 so choose.

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:26.280
 Christ's

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:26.500
 death

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.560
 does not

00:44:27.560 --> 00:44:28.780
 secure

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:30.280
 the salvation

00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:31.160
 of anyone.

00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:32.620
 It simply

00:44:32.620 --> 00:44:33.680
 creates the

00:44:33.680 --> 00:44:34.220
 opportunity.

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.640
 This

00:44:36.640 --> 00:44:37.900
 contrasts

00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:38.880
 starkly

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:40.320
 with seeing

00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:41.060
 Christ's

00:44:41.060 --> 00:44:41.580
 cross

00:44:41.580 --> 00:44:43.000
 as his

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:44.760
 substitutionary

00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:45.800
 endurance

00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:46.840
 of the

00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:47.620
 penalty for

00:44:47.620 --> 00:44:48.380
 sin in the

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:49.200
 place of his

00:44:49.200 --> 00:44:49.920
 own elect

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:51.120
 by which

00:44:51.120 --> 00:44:52.140
 God is

00:44:52.140 --> 00:44:53.200
 reconciled

00:44:53.200 --> 00:44:53.860
 to those

00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:54.500
 in whose

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:54.980
 place

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:55.480
 Christ

00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:56.039
 stood.

00:44:56.720 --> 00:44:57.260
 Forever

00:44:57.260 --> 00:44:58.260
 removing

00:44:58.260 --> 00:44:58.599
 their

00:44:58.599 --> 00:44:59.200
 liability

00:44:59.200 --> 00:44:59.700
 to

00:44:59.700 --> 00:45:00.180
 punishment

00:45:00.180 --> 00:45:01.019
 by paying

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:01.400
 it for

00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:01.740
 them.

00:45:03.140 --> 00:45:03.740
 Here

00:45:03.740 --> 00:45:04.920
 is a

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.360
 redemption

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:06.300
 that

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:07.360
 actually

00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:08.599
 redeems.

00:45:09.820 --> 00:45:10.099
 A

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:10.480
 cross

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:10.920
 that

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:11.740
 actually

00:45:11.740 --> 00:45:12.539
 saves.

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:14.280
 And

00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:14.620
 similarly

00:45:14.620 --> 00:45:15.120
 with the

00:45:15.120 --> 00:45:15.440
 Spirit.

00:45:16.660 --> 00:45:17.140
 It is

00:45:17.140 --> 00:45:17.780
 proposed

00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:18.680
 that we

00:45:18.680 --> 00:45:19.579
 understand

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:20.320
 the Spirit's

00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:21.039
 drawing of

00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:21.280
 sinners

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:22.539
 simply to

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:22.980
 consist

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:23.500
 in a

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.699
 bare

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:24.500
 bestowal

00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:25.599
 of an

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:26.880
 understanding

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:28.880
 of God's

00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:29.480
 saving work

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:30.300
 and its

00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:30.840
 summons.

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:31.739
 Aha!

00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:32.800
 I get it!

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:34.739
 So that's

00:45:34.739 --> 00:45:35.159
 what God

00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:35.599
 is up to

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:36.219
 in Christ.

00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:37.920
 And that

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:38.400
 is what I'm

00:45:38.400 --> 00:45:39.059
 invited to

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:39.699
 believe and

00:45:39.699 --> 00:45:40.099
 put my

00:45:40.099 --> 00:45:40.679
 trust in.

00:45:41.679 --> 00:45:42.079
 A bare

00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:42.719
 understanding.

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:44.599
 But again,

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:45.760
 such

00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:47.179
 suasion,

00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:48.239
 as it is

00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:48.539
 called,

00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:50.039
 does not.

00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.320
 Neither

00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:52.119
 is even

00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:53.159
 permitted to

00:45:53.159 --> 00:45:54.619
 itself

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.960
 ensure

00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:57.159
 that anyone

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:58.239
 will ever

00:45:58.239 --> 00:45:59.339
 make the

00:45:59.339 --> 00:45:59.940
 response

00:45:59.940 --> 00:46:01.379
 of faith.

00:46:03.259 --> 00:46:04.259
 It is

00:46:04.259 --> 00:46:05.699
 a drawing

00:46:05.699 --> 00:46:06.899
 that might

00:46:06.899 --> 00:46:07.699
 not succeed

00:46:07.699 --> 00:46:08.480
 in drawing

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:08.980
 at all.

00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:10.299
 Its

00:46:10.299 --> 00:46:11.159
 effect

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:12.039
 is up

00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:12.779
 for grabs

00:46:12.779 --> 00:46:14.379
 for its

00:46:14.379 --> 00:46:15.039
 effectiveness

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:15.799
 pivots

00:46:15.799 --> 00:46:17.239
 entirely upon

00:46:17.239 --> 00:46:18.219
 how its

00:46:18.219 --> 00:46:19.119
 subject is

00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:20.039
 inclined to

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:20.639
 respond,

00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:21.579
 if at

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:21.839
 all.

00:46:23.859 --> 00:46:24.099
 The

00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:24.559
 Spirit's

00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:25.199
 work here

00:46:25.199 --> 00:46:26.219
 may well

00:46:26.219 --> 00:46:27.159
 be utterly

00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:28.039
 ineffectual

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:28.839
 and in

00:46:28.839 --> 00:46:29.839
 vain to

00:46:29.839 --> 00:46:30.420
 secure the

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:30.719
 divine

00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:31.159
 purpose.

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:33.599
 But this

00:46:33.599 --> 00:46:34.059
 vision is

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:34.659
 alien to the

00:46:34.659 --> 00:46:35.059
 scriptural

00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:35.639
 picture of

00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:36.400
 the Spirit's

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:36.759
 working

00:46:36.759 --> 00:46:37.500
 effectually

00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:38.500
 upon the

00:46:38.500 --> 00:46:39.239
 flint-hearted

00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:40.019
 elect

00:46:40.019 --> 00:46:40.420
 sinner,

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:41.679
 removing her

00:46:41.679 --> 00:46:42.460
 brininess

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:43.219
 through a

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:44.079
 transplant of

00:46:44.079 --> 00:46:44.579
 a pliant

00:46:44.579 --> 00:46:44.980
 heart,

00:46:45.219 --> 00:46:46.279
 which rejoices

00:46:46.280 --> 00:46:47.200
 to embrace

00:46:47.200 --> 00:46:47.760
 the Savior

00:46:47.760 --> 00:46:48.400
 in faith

00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:48.980
 and repentance.

00:46:51.200 --> 00:46:52.040
 Here,

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:53.200
 we have a

00:46:53.200 --> 00:46:54.080
 drawing that

00:46:54.080 --> 00:46:55.380
 actually draws

00:46:55.380 --> 00:46:57.240
 with infallible

00:46:57.240 --> 00:46:58.780
 all-overcoming

00:46:58.780 --> 00:46:59.440
 efficacy,

00:47:00.640 --> 00:47:01.340
 a drawing

00:47:01.340 --> 00:47:02.660
 that actually,

00:47:03.120 --> 00:47:03.960
 not potentially,

00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:04.940
 saves.

00:47:06.100 --> 00:47:06.680
 As Packer

00:47:06.680 --> 00:47:07.060
 writes,

00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:09.320
 Christ did

00:47:09.320 --> 00:47:09.960
 not win

00:47:09.960 --> 00:47:11.440
 hypothetical

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:12.500
 salvation for

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:13.540
 hypothetical

00:47:13.540 --> 00:47:14.080
 believers,

00:47:14.079 --> 00:47:15.340
 a mere

00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:16.639
 possibility of

00:47:16.639 --> 00:47:17.440
 salvation for

00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:17.840
 any who

00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:18.799
 might possibly

00:47:18.799 --> 00:47:19.340
 believe,

00:47:20.039 --> 00:47:21.099
 but a real

00:47:21.099 --> 00:47:22.079
 salvation for

00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:22.579
 his own

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:23.360
 chosen people.

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:25.500
 His precious

00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:26.799
 blood really

00:47:26.799 --> 00:47:28.719
 does save.

00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:30.199
 Its saving

00:47:30.199 --> 00:47:30.960
 power does not

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:31.860
 depend on

00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:32.659
 faith being

00:47:32.659 --> 00:47:33.519
 added to

00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:33.759
 it.

00:47:34.360 --> 00:47:35.159
 Its saving

00:47:35.159 --> 00:47:36.119
 power is

00:47:36.119 --> 00:47:36.619
 such that

00:47:36.619 --> 00:47:37.659
 faith flows

00:47:37.659 --> 00:47:38.460
 from it.

00:47:39.779 --> 00:47:40.500
 The cross

00:47:40.500 --> 00:47:42.440
 secured the

00:47:42.440 --> 00:47:43.400
 full salvation

00:47:43.400 --> 00:47:44.660
 of all for

00:47:44.660 --> 00:47:45.260
 whom Christ

00:47:45.260 --> 00:47:45.680
 died.

00:47:48.039 --> 00:47:48.440
 Oh,

00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:49.099
 sisters and

00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:49.440
 brothers,

00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:51.139
 let us not

00:47:51.139 --> 00:47:52.119
 dilute,

00:47:53.340 --> 00:47:54.160
 or should I

00:47:54.160 --> 00:47:55.000
 say dissolve,

00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:56.160
 the gospel

00:47:56.160 --> 00:47:57.160
 into some

00:47:57.160 --> 00:47:58.340
 conception in

00:47:58.340 --> 00:47:59.420
 which God

00:47:59.420 --> 00:48:00.539
 elects

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:01.639
 nobody in

00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:02.099
 particular.

00:48:02.360 --> 00:48:02.960
 Christ died

00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:03.519
 for nobody

00:48:03.519 --> 00:48:04.160
 in particular.

00:48:04.579 --> 00:48:05.059
 The Spirit

00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:06.059
 quickens nobody

00:48:06.059 --> 00:48:06.740
 in particular.

00:48:08.740 --> 00:48:09.340
 In short,

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.780
 that God the

00:48:10.780 --> 00:48:11.119
 Trinity,

00:48:11.639 --> 00:48:12.300
 in their

00:48:12.300 --> 00:48:13.720
 saving purpose,

00:48:13.980 --> 00:48:14.360
 in fact,

00:48:14.500 --> 00:48:15.400
 cannot secure

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:16.120
 the salvation

00:48:16.120 --> 00:48:16.700
 of anyone,

00:48:17.220 --> 00:48:17.800
 but must

00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:18.560
 make do

00:48:18.560 --> 00:48:19.440
 with nothing

00:48:19.440 --> 00:48:20.019
 more than

00:48:20.019 --> 00:48:20.920
 fond wishes

00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:21.420
 for the

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:22.039
 salvation of

00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:22.420
 a people,

00:48:22.420 --> 00:48:24.180
 and that for

00:48:24.180 --> 00:48:24.600
 all the

00:48:24.600 --> 00:48:25.360
 Trinity can

00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:25.680
 do,

00:48:26.640 --> 00:48:27.080
 the Son

00:48:27.080 --> 00:48:27.460
 might have

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:27.820
 died,

00:48:28.480 --> 00:48:29.140
 and none

00:48:29.140 --> 00:48:29.600
 be saved

00:48:29.600 --> 00:48:30.000
 at all.

00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:31.539
 Christ might

00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:32.060
 have laid

00:48:32.060 --> 00:48:32.600
 down his

00:48:32.600 --> 00:48:33.039
 life,

00:48:34.039 --> 00:48:34.860
 yet be

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:35.380
 jilted at

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:35.780
 the altar.

00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:37.120
 No bride

00:48:37.120 --> 00:48:37.620
 for him.

00:48:37.619 --> 00:48:40.679
 If this

00:48:40.679 --> 00:48:41.059
 be the

00:48:41.059 --> 00:48:41.319
 case,

00:48:41.539 --> 00:48:41.659
 well,

00:48:41.719 --> 00:48:42.440
 perhaps we

00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:43.359
 should regard

00:48:43.359 --> 00:48:44.159
 Isaiah's

00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:44.779
 title of

00:48:44.779 --> 00:48:45.380
 God as

00:48:45.380 --> 00:48:46.579
 mighty to

00:48:46.579 --> 00:48:47.059
 save,

00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:48.259
 as the

00:48:48.259 --> 00:48:49.079
 inflation of

00:48:49.079 --> 00:48:50.039
 fond hopefulness,

00:48:50.440 --> 00:48:50.819
 or mere

00:48:50.819 --> 00:48:51.599
 hyperbole.

00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:54.659
 Ah, no.

00:48:55.639 --> 00:48:56.259
 Sisters and

00:48:56.259 --> 00:48:56.519
 brothers,

00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:57.420
 will we not

00:48:57.420 --> 00:48:58.239
 affirm together,

00:48:59.039 --> 00:48:59.799
 as for me

00:48:59.799 --> 00:49:00.179
 and my

00:49:00.179 --> 00:49:00.539
 house,

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:01.420
 we will

00:49:01.420 --> 00:49:02.279
 cherish the

00:49:02.279 --> 00:49:02.659
 name,

00:49:03.119 --> 00:49:03.839
 the Lord

00:49:03.839 --> 00:49:05.440
 mighty to

00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:05.900
 save,

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:07.160
 and trust

00:49:07.160 --> 00:49:07.639
 in its

00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:08.160
 glorious

00:49:08.160 --> 00:49:09.119
 truthfulness

00:49:09.119 --> 00:49:10.220
 as the

00:49:10.220 --> 00:49:10.740
 description

00:49:10.740 --> 00:49:11.500
 of the

00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:12.079
 divine

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:12.880
 protagonist

00:49:12.880 --> 00:49:14.079
 at the

00:49:14.079 --> 00:49:14.980
 heart of

00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:15.660
 the doctrines

00:49:15.660 --> 00:49:16.220
 of grace,

00:49:16.539 --> 00:49:17.680
 so precious

00:49:17.680 --> 00:49:18.660
 to the

00:49:18.660 --> 00:49:19.139
 people of

00:49:19.139 --> 00:49:19.519
 God

00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:20.840
 across the

00:49:20.840 --> 00:49:21.320
 ages,

00:49:22.139 --> 00:49:22.860
 and indeed

00:49:22.860 --> 00:49:23.420
 shall be

00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:24.539
 worlds

00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:25.760
 without end.

00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:27.180
 So we

00:49:27.180 --> 00:49:27.660
 conclude

00:49:27.660 --> 00:49:28.920
 with the

00:49:28.920 --> 00:49:29.460
 full-hearted

00:49:29.460 --> 00:49:30.500
 affirmation,

00:49:30.740 --> 00:49:31.059
 shall we

00:49:31.059 --> 00:49:31.400
 not,

00:49:32.160 --> 00:49:32.880
 God

00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:34.059
 saves

00:49:34.059 --> 00:49:34.900
 sinners

00:49:34.900 --> 00:49:35.980
 and

00:49:35.980 --> 00:49:36.559
 fittingly

00:49:36.559 --> 00:49:37.099
 respond

00:49:37.099 --> 00:49:37.500
 with the

00:49:37.500 --> 00:49:38.039
 awe and

00:49:38.039 --> 00:49:38.559
 wonder of

00:49:38.559 --> 00:49:38.700
 the

00:49:38.700 --> 00:49:39.119
 apostle,

00:49:40.019 --> 00:49:40.200
 oh,

00:49:40.300 --> 00:49:40.960
 the depths

00:49:40.960 --> 00:49:42.139
 of the

00:49:42.139 --> 00:49:42.539
 riches

00:49:42.539 --> 00:49:43.800
 of the

00:49:43.800 --> 00:49:44.220
 wisdom

00:49:44.220 --> 00:49:45.039
 and

00:49:45.039 --> 00:49:45.539
 knowledge

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:46.559
 of God.

00:49:47.320 --> 00:49:47.880
 Amen

00:49:47.880 --> 00:49:48.579
 and

00:49:48.579 --> 00:49:48.940
 amen.

00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:51.680
 Well,

00:49:51.760 --> 00:49:52.099
 friends,

00:49:52.500 --> 00:49:53.039
 miraculously,

00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:53.980
 we have a

00:49:53.980 --> 00:49:54.380
 little bit of

00:49:54.380 --> 00:49:54.720
 time,

00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:56.700
 and I'm

00:49:56.700 --> 00:49:57.160
 happy to

00:49:57.160 --> 00:49:57.619
 entertain

00:49:57.619 --> 00:49:58.500
 any

00:49:58.500 --> 00:49:59.200
 questions

00:49:59.200 --> 00:50:00.000
 or comments

00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:01.059
 or

00:50:01.059 --> 00:50:02.400
 outbursts

00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:02.820
 of praise

00:50:02.820 --> 00:50:02.980
 and

00:50:02.980 --> 00:50:03.380
 Thanksgiving.

00:50:08.019 --> 00:50:08.539
 Yes?

00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:10.200
 So on a

00:50:10.200 --> 00:50:11.000
 personal

00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:11.800
 and

00:50:11.800 --> 00:50:12.519
 kind of

00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:13.360
 practical

00:50:13.360 --> 00:50:14.740
 fleshing

00:50:14.740 --> 00:50:14.940
 of

00:50:14.940 --> 00:50:15.260
 hell,

00:50:15.820 --> 00:50:16.200
 how...

00:50:16.200 --> 00:50:16.380
 Oh,

00:50:16.460 --> 00:50:16.820
 alas,

00:50:16.860 --> 00:50:17.180
 I have

00:50:17.180 --> 00:50:17.400
 to be

00:50:17.400 --> 00:50:17.800
 practical.

00:50:17.800 --> 00:50:19.700
 How in

00:50:19.700 --> 00:50:20.559
 your life

00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:21.640
 following

00:50:21.640 --> 00:50:22.140
 Jesus,

00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:22.800
 what have

00:50:22.800 --> 00:50:23.260
 been some

00:50:23.260 --> 00:50:23.880
 junctures

00:50:23.880 --> 00:50:24.400
 and what

00:50:24.400 --> 00:50:24.660
 have been

00:50:24.660 --> 00:50:25.059
 some things

00:50:25.059 --> 00:50:25.539
 that have

00:50:25.539 --> 00:50:26.760
 helped

00:50:26.760 --> 00:50:27.220
 you

00:50:27.220 --> 00:50:28.660
 in living

00:50:28.660 --> 00:50:29.400
 a

00:50:29.400 --> 00:50:31.140
 seriously

00:50:31.140 --> 00:50:31.760
 devoted

00:50:31.760 --> 00:50:32.520
 life,

00:50:33.220 --> 00:50:34.460
 like life

00:50:34.460 --> 00:50:34.880
 towards

00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:35.300
 holiness

00:50:35.300 --> 00:50:35.880
 of living,

00:50:35.980 --> 00:50:36.500
 but also

00:50:36.500 --> 00:50:37.020
 one that

00:50:37.020 --> 00:50:38.320
 walks in

00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:38.760
 the fuel

00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:39.480
 of grace?

00:50:40.120 --> 00:50:40.280
 Like,

00:50:40.740 --> 00:50:41.180
 how,

00:50:41.460 --> 00:50:41.800
 what has

00:50:41.800 --> 00:50:42.220
 helped you

00:50:42.220 --> 00:50:42.840
 receive

00:50:42.840 --> 00:50:43.500
 God's

00:50:43.500 --> 00:50:44.540
 grace

00:50:44.540 --> 00:50:45.020
 and an

00:50:45.020 --> 00:50:45.480
 effective

00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:46.240
 salvation

00:50:46.240 --> 00:50:46.700
 for you?

00:50:46.780 --> 00:50:46.920
 Yeah,

00:50:47.240 --> 00:50:47.400
 yeah.

00:50:47.820 --> 00:50:48.380
 Yeah,

00:50:48.520 --> 00:50:49.300
 a very

00:50:49.300 --> 00:50:49.520
 helpful

00:50:49.520 --> 00:50:49.940
 question,

00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:50.780
 and I

00:50:50.780 --> 00:50:51.040
 think

00:50:51.040 --> 00:50:52.380
 maybe I'll

00:50:52.380 --> 00:50:52.860
 elucidate

00:50:52.860 --> 00:50:53.400
 that somewhat

00:50:53.400 --> 00:50:54.240
 by contrast.

00:50:54.239 --> 00:50:54.639
 If,

00:50:54.719 --> 00:50:55.500
 if indeed

00:50:55.500 --> 00:50:56.539
 I feel

00:50:56.539 --> 00:50:57.059
 like in

00:50:57.059 --> 00:50:58.079
 any way

00:50:58.079 --> 00:51:00.179
 my salvation

00:51:00.179 --> 00:51:01.539
 is going

00:51:01.539 --> 00:51:02.039
 to pivot

00:51:02.039 --> 00:51:03.259
 upon my

00:51:03.259 --> 00:51:03.599
 various

00:51:03.599 --> 00:51:04.299
 contributions,

00:51:04.579 --> 00:51:05.179
 my zeal,

00:51:05.299 --> 00:51:05.939
 my diligence,

00:51:06.399 --> 00:51:06.919
 am I waking

00:51:06.919 --> 00:51:07.419
 up every

00:51:07.419 --> 00:51:07.979
 single morning

00:51:07.979 --> 00:51:08.359
 and making

00:51:08.359 --> 00:51:08.899
 sure that I

00:51:08.899 --> 00:51:09.219
 have my

00:51:09.219 --> 00:51:09.839
 quiet time,

00:51:09.919 --> 00:51:10.500
 these sorts

00:51:10.500 --> 00:51:11.099
 of things,

00:51:11.500 --> 00:51:12.000
 there's just

00:51:12.000 --> 00:51:12.979
 an undertone

00:51:12.979 --> 00:51:13.799
 of anxiety

00:51:13.799 --> 00:51:14.519
 and insecurity

00:51:14.519 --> 00:51:15.459
 about this.

00:51:15.759 --> 00:51:16.139
 There's kind

00:51:16.139 --> 00:51:16.679
 of a fear

00:51:16.679 --> 00:51:16.959
 and an

00:51:16.959 --> 00:51:17.619
 anxiousness

00:51:17.619 --> 00:51:18.019
 that's going

00:51:18.019 --> 00:51:18.679
 to accompany

00:51:18.679 --> 00:51:20.079
 all of those

00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:20.759
 very good

00:51:20.759 --> 00:51:21.339
 things.

00:51:22.099 --> 00:51:22.519
 But if

00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:23.219
 instead,

00:51:23.219 --> 00:51:24.519
 in contrast

00:51:24.519 --> 00:51:25.319
 to that,

00:51:26.159 --> 00:51:27.239
 I am

00:51:27.239 --> 00:51:28.000
 overwhelmed

00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:28.779
 with fresh

00:51:28.779 --> 00:51:29.279
 visions

00:51:29.279 --> 00:51:30.219
 of these

00:51:30.219 --> 00:51:30.739
 truths

00:51:30.739 --> 00:51:31.099
 that we

00:51:31.099 --> 00:51:31.739
 have examined,

00:51:32.379 --> 00:51:33.839
 that God

00:51:33.839 --> 00:51:35.359
 has saved

00:51:35.359 --> 00:51:35.759
 me,

00:51:36.119 --> 00:51:36.439
 and that

00:51:36.439 --> 00:51:36.779
 that is

00:51:36.779 --> 00:51:37.559
 done and

00:51:37.559 --> 00:51:37.839
 it is

00:51:37.839 --> 00:51:38.699
 secure as

00:51:38.699 --> 00:51:39.299
 his purpose,

00:51:39.459 --> 00:51:40.139
 it is secure

00:51:40.139 --> 00:51:40.639
 as his

00:51:40.639 --> 00:51:41.359
 atoning death,

00:51:41.619 --> 00:51:42.480
 it is secure

00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:43.179
 as his

00:51:43.179 --> 00:51:43.699
 infallible

00:51:43.699 --> 00:51:44.319
 application

00:51:44.319 --> 00:51:44.919
 by his

00:51:44.919 --> 00:51:45.779
 spirit,

00:51:46.539 --> 00:51:47.619
 then there

00:51:47.619 --> 00:51:48.799
 rightly so,

00:51:48.879 --> 00:51:49.379
 and I would

00:51:49.379 --> 00:51:50.239
 say inevitably

00:51:50.239 --> 00:51:50.839
 so,

00:51:51.539 --> 00:51:52.319
 wells up

00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:53.019
 a sense

00:51:53.019 --> 00:51:53.860
 of gratitude

00:51:53.860 --> 00:51:54.500
 that is

00:51:54.500 --> 00:51:56.200
 so energizing

00:51:56.200 --> 00:51:58.140
 that you

00:51:58.140 --> 00:51:59.200
 enter into

00:51:59.200 --> 00:51:59.860
 these same

00:51:59.860 --> 00:52:00.340
 disciplines

00:52:00.340 --> 00:52:00.720
 that you

00:52:00.720 --> 00:52:01.380
 might do

00:52:01.380 --> 00:52:02.400
 otherwise

00:52:02.400 --> 00:52:03.780
 out of a

00:52:03.780 --> 00:52:05.320
 bubbling joy

00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:06.400
 and an

00:52:06.400 --> 00:52:07.180
 alacrity

00:52:07.180 --> 00:52:08.240
 in that

00:52:08.240 --> 00:52:08.920
 security.

00:52:10.120 --> 00:52:10.539
 So I,

00:52:11.300 --> 00:52:11.840
 just like

00:52:11.840 --> 00:52:12.080
 that?

00:52:12.260 --> 00:52:12.960
 And an

00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:13.620
 hour later,

00:52:14.260 --> 00:52:14.460
 gone.

00:52:14.620 --> 00:52:14.800
 Yep,

00:52:14.840 --> 00:52:15.260
 there we go.

00:52:15.260 --> 00:52:16.220
 But then we

00:52:16.220 --> 00:52:16.860
 need to read.

00:52:16.860 --> 00:52:19.180
 So,

00:52:19.820 --> 00:52:20.099
 you know,

00:52:20.160 --> 00:52:21.240
 we just,

00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:22.680
 if we know

00:52:22.680 --> 00:52:23.280
 God's love

00:52:23.280 --> 00:52:23.840
 to us is

00:52:23.840 --> 00:52:24.360
 unconditional,

00:52:25.300 --> 00:52:26.320
 that will

00:52:26.320 --> 00:52:27.960
 really energize

00:52:27.960 --> 00:52:28.059
 us.

00:52:28.099 --> 00:52:28.599
 When I was a

00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:28.840
 little boy,

00:52:28.900 --> 00:52:29.079
 I played

00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:29.380
 soccer.

00:52:29.519 --> 00:52:29.920
 My dad was

00:52:29.920 --> 00:52:30.180
 a great

00:52:30.180 --> 00:52:30.720
 soccer player.

00:52:31.220 --> 00:52:31.480
 He would

00:52:31.480 --> 00:52:31.840
 always,

00:52:32.220 --> 00:52:32.700
 when we

00:52:32.700 --> 00:52:33.079
 would play,

00:52:33.180 --> 00:52:33.420
 he would

00:52:33.420 --> 00:52:34.599
 always pick

00:52:34.599 --> 00:52:35.099
 me first,

00:52:35.140 --> 00:52:35.620
 even though I

00:52:35.620 --> 00:52:35.920
 was a little

00:52:35.920 --> 00:52:36.340
 tyke and

00:52:36.340 --> 00:52:36.740
 couldn't really

00:52:36.740 --> 00:52:37.160
 help him win

00:52:37.160 --> 00:52:37.539
 the game,

00:52:37.599 --> 00:52:37.820
 and he was

00:52:37.820 --> 00:52:38.300
 really competitive,

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:38.720
 so that was

00:52:38.720 --> 00:52:39.220
 a real loss

00:52:39.220 --> 00:52:39.519
 to him,

00:52:39.720 --> 00:52:40.680
 but he just

00:52:40.680 --> 00:52:41.059
 picked me

00:52:41.059 --> 00:52:41.360
 first.

00:52:41.420 --> 00:52:41.820
 I can still

00:52:41.820 --> 00:52:42.140
 hear his

00:52:42.140 --> 00:52:42.420
 words.

00:52:42.539 --> 00:52:43.079
 I choose

00:52:43.079 --> 00:52:43.660
 my son.

00:52:43.760 --> 00:52:44.120
 He's my

00:52:44.120 --> 00:52:44.880
 first choice.

00:52:44.880 --> 00:52:45.960
 So I'd go

00:52:45.960 --> 00:52:46.200
 out there

00:52:46.200 --> 00:52:46.440
 and I'd

00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:47.059
 play soccer,

00:52:47.660 --> 00:52:49.400
 and I wasn't

00:52:49.400 --> 00:52:50.680
 playing to gain

00:52:50.680 --> 00:52:51.500
 his approval

00:52:51.500 --> 00:52:52.760
 all along.

00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:54.079
 I was playing

00:52:54.079 --> 00:52:55.260
 out of it.

00:52:55.519 --> 00:52:56.000
 I knew I

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:56.960
 had it.

00:52:58.000 --> 00:52:58.640
 And that

00:52:58.640 --> 00:52:59.140
 made me,

00:52:59.280 --> 00:52:59.380
 just,

00:52:59.460 --> 00:52:59.900
 it gave me

00:52:59.900 --> 00:53:01.240
 a joy that

00:53:01.240 --> 00:53:02.480
 made me run

00:53:02.480 --> 00:53:03.000
 and run as

00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:03.420
 fast as my

00:53:03.420 --> 00:53:03.800
 little legs

00:53:03.800 --> 00:53:04.240
 could carry

00:53:04.240 --> 00:53:04.480
 me.

00:53:05.059 --> 00:53:05.700
 And I loved

00:53:05.700 --> 00:53:06.180
 the game,

00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:07.460
 and I knew

00:53:07.460 --> 00:53:08.200
 that if I

00:53:08.200 --> 00:53:08.740
 swung at the

00:53:08.740 --> 00:53:09.059
 ball and

00:53:09.059 --> 00:53:09.880
 missed and

00:53:09.880 --> 00:53:10.440
 fell on my

00:53:10.440 --> 00:53:10.760
 fanny,

00:53:11.280 --> 00:53:12.940
 he accepted

00:53:12.940 --> 00:53:13.539
 me still.

00:53:13.539 --> 00:53:14.160
 I wasn't

00:53:14.160 --> 00:53:14.780
 playing for

00:53:14.780 --> 00:53:15.360
 his acceptance.

00:53:15.500 --> 00:53:15.640
 I was

00:53:15.640 --> 00:53:16.260
 playing out

00:53:16.260 --> 00:53:16.540
 of it.

00:53:17.140 --> 00:53:17.660
 And that

00:53:17.660 --> 00:53:18.340
 made me a

00:53:18.340 --> 00:53:18.960
 good player,

00:53:19.580 --> 00:53:20.620
 and it made

00:53:20.620 --> 00:53:21.560
 me a joyful

00:53:21.560 --> 00:53:22.300
 player.

00:53:22.660 --> 00:53:23.340
 And I've

00:53:23.340 --> 00:53:24.280
 known from

00:53:24.280 --> 00:53:24.920
 other of my

00:53:24.920 --> 00:53:25.920
 soccer mates

00:53:25.920 --> 00:53:26.660
 that there

00:53:26.660 --> 00:53:27.160
 are other

00:53:27.160 --> 00:53:27.780
 dynamics.

00:53:28.280 --> 00:53:28.780
 I've seen

00:53:28.780 --> 00:53:29.640
 guys playing

00:53:29.640 --> 00:53:30.140
 for the

00:53:30.140 --> 00:53:31.600
 hopeful,

00:53:32.080 --> 00:53:33.160
 elusive favor

00:53:33.160 --> 00:53:33.580
 of their

00:53:33.580 --> 00:53:34.380
 father that

00:53:34.380 --> 00:53:35.260
 pivoted upon

00:53:35.260 --> 00:53:36.360
 each successive

00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:37.100
 performance,

00:53:38.060 --> 00:53:38.820
 and they were

00:53:38.820 --> 00:53:39.440
 unhappy.

00:53:39.920 --> 00:53:41.360
 As joy-inducing

00:53:41.360 --> 00:53:41.800
 as the game

00:53:41.800 --> 00:53:42.500
 of soccer is,

00:53:42.560 --> 00:53:42.840
 they were

00:53:42.840 --> 00:53:43.380
 unhappy,

00:53:43.380 --> 00:53:44.180
 and they

00:53:44.180 --> 00:53:45.280
 became less

00:53:45.280 --> 00:53:46.740
 skilled players

00:53:46.740 --> 00:53:47.519
 in the

00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:48.820
 anxiety that

00:53:48.820 --> 00:53:49.900
 gnaws at

00:53:49.900 --> 00:53:50.099
 you.

00:53:50.599 --> 00:53:51.740
 So that's

00:53:51.740 --> 00:53:52.420
 just one way

00:53:52.420 --> 00:53:52.900
 where it's a

00:53:52.900 --> 00:53:54.660
 different dynamic.

00:53:55.200 --> 00:53:57.200
 Not playing

00:53:57.200 --> 00:53:58.320
 for God's

00:53:58.320 --> 00:53:58.860
 approval,

00:53:59.240 --> 00:54:00.059
 but from

00:54:00.059 --> 00:54:00.360
 it.

00:54:00.360 --> 00:54:01.079
 But from

00:54:01.079 --> 00:54:01.320
 it.

00:54:02.599 --> 00:54:02.660
 Yeah.

00:54:04.500 --> 00:54:05.140
 Thanks for

00:54:05.140 --> 00:54:05.700
 forcing me to

00:54:05.700 --> 00:54:07.059
 get, at

00:54:07.059 --> 00:54:07.619
 least wander

00:54:07.619 --> 00:54:08.079
 into the

00:54:08.079 --> 00:54:08.680
 suburbs of

00:54:08.680 --> 00:54:09.440
 practicality.

00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:09.639
 right?

00:54:12.240 --> 00:54:12.720
 Yeah.

00:54:14.840 --> 00:54:15.960
 Any other

00:54:15.960 --> 00:54:17.079
 questions or

00:54:17.079 --> 00:54:17.500
 comments?

00:54:21.019 --> 00:54:21.880
 Okay, team.

00:54:21.940 --> 00:54:22.400
 Well, thank you

00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:24.079
 so much for a

00:54:24.079 --> 00:54:24.740
 fun session

00:54:24.740 --> 00:54:25.420
 together, and

00:54:25.420 --> 00:54:26.400
 thanks again

00:54:26.400 --> 00:54:27.320
 to Tyler

00:54:27.320 --> 00:54:31.460
 for running

00:54:31.460 --> 00:54:31.920
 along with

00:54:31.920 --> 00:54:32.139
 us.

00:54:33.380 --> 00:54:34.599
 And let me

00:54:34.599 --> 00:54:35.079
 thank the

00:54:35.079 --> 00:54:35.360
 Lord for

00:54:35.360 --> 00:54:35.460
 us.

00:54:35.460 --> 00:54:37.980
 Father, how

00:54:37.980 --> 00:54:38.519
 wonderful it

00:54:38.519 --> 00:54:39.539
 is that

00:54:39.539 --> 00:54:40.159
 these things

00:54:40.159 --> 00:54:40.539
 could be

00:54:40.539 --> 00:54:40.840
 true.

00:54:41.780 --> 00:54:43.260
 If we

00:54:43.260 --> 00:54:43.940
 thought that

00:54:43.940 --> 00:54:44.500
 somehow we

00:54:44.500 --> 00:54:45.240
 had concocted

00:54:45.240 --> 00:54:46.280
 them, we

00:54:46.280 --> 00:54:46.940
 would be

00:54:46.940 --> 00:54:48.740
 suspicious that

00:54:48.740 --> 00:54:50.220
 surely that is

00:54:50.220 --> 00:54:51.000
 just a vain

00:54:51.000 --> 00:54:51.400
 hope.

00:54:51.760 --> 00:54:52.519
 But you have

00:54:52.519 --> 00:54:53.460
 declared these

00:54:53.460 --> 00:54:54.460
 things with

00:54:54.460 --> 00:54:55.519
 such clarity

00:54:55.519 --> 00:54:57.320
 and such

00:54:57.320 --> 00:54:58.240
 vividness in

00:54:58.240 --> 00:54:58.699
 your word,

00:54:59.240 --> 00:54:59.800
 that then your

00:54:59.800 --> 00:55:00.320
 spirit has

00:55:00.320 --> 00:55:00.760
 taken and

00:55:00.760 --> 00:55:01.240
 applied to

00:55:01.240 --> 00:55:01.679
 our hearts

00:55:01.679 --> 00:55:02.440
 such that

00:55:02.440 --> 00:55:03.259
 we see

00:55:03.259 --> 00:55:03.639
 their

00:55:03.639 --> 00:55:04.460
 sparkling,

00:55:04.799 --> 00:55:05.179
 gleaming

00:55:05.179 --> 00:55:05.899
 truth and

00:55:05.899 --> 00:55:06.659
 reality before

00:55:06.659 --> 00:55:07.000
 us.

00:55:07.460 --> 00:55:07.940
 You have

00:55:07.940 --> 00:55:08.339
 won our

00:55:08.339 --> 00:55:08.699
 hearts.

00:55:09.739 --> 00:55:10.239
 Lord, may

00:55:10.239 --> 00:55:11.039
 we indeed

00:55:11.039 --> 00:55:11.960
 embrace these

00:55:11.960 --> 00:55:12.559
 things in our

00:55:12.559 --> 00:55:13.239
 heart, and

00:55:13.239 --> 00:55:13.619
 may they

00:55:13.619 --> 00:55:14.319
 buoy us

00:55:14.319 --> 00:55:14.839
 with a

00:55:14.839 --> 00:55:16.039
 joy unspeakable

00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:16.500
 like a

00:55:16.500 --> 00:55:16.940
 gurgling

00:55:16.940 --> 00:55:17.579
 stream.

00:55:18.659 --> 00:55:19.279
 And may

00:55:19.279 --> 00:55:20.259
 they affect

00:55:20.259 --> 00:55:20.819
 as they

00:55:20.819 --> 00:55:21.579
 surely will

00:55:21.579 --> 00:55:22.919
 for this

00:55:22.919 --> 00:55:23.679
 electing love

00:55:23.679 --> 00:55:24.339
 unites us

00:55:24.339 --> 00:55:24.859
 with Christ.

00:55:25.000 --> 00:55:25.500
 In our

00:55:25.500 --> 00:55:26.119
 union with

00:55:26.119 --> 00:55:27.460
 Christ, we

00:55:27.460 --> 00:55:28.259
 are born

00:55:28.259 --> 00:55:29.179
 anew, and

00:55:29.179 --> 00:55:29.539
 you have

00:55:29.539 --> 00:55:30.159
 placed your

00:55:30.159 --> 00:55:30.899
 spirit and

00:55:30.900 --> 00:55:31.840
 you regenerated

00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:33.260
 us in our

00:55:33.260 --> 00:55:33.860
 person, so

00:55:33.860 --> 00:55:34.519
 we will

00:55:34.519 --> 00:55:36.519
 indeed respond

00:55:36.519 --> 00:55:37.619
 with a

00:55:37.619 --> 00:55:38.940
 dynamic that

00:55:38.940 --> 00:55:41.079
 grows out of

00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:41.519
 a renewed

00:55:41.519 --> 00:55:42.400
 nature that

00:55:42.400 --> 00:55:43.099
 will begin to

00:55:43.099 --> 00:55:44.639
 reflect the

00:55:44.639 --> 00:55:45.940
 image of

00:55:45.940 --> 00:55:46.660
 Christ in

00:55:46.660 --> 00:55:47.059
 us.

00:55:47.680 --> 00:55:48.300
 So you

00:55:48.300 --> 00:55:50.079
 will have a

00:55:50.079 --> 00:55:50.480
 beautiful,

00:55:50.680 --> 00:55:51.139
 glorified

00:55:51.139 --> 00:55:51.539
 bride.

00:55:52.099 --> 00:55:52.760
 May it be

00:55:52.760 --> 00:55:53.280
 so, Lord,

00:55:53.280 --> 00:55:54.019
 for your

00:55:54.019 --> 00:55:54.960
 glory and

00:55:54.960 --> 00:55:55.440
 our great

00:55:55.440 --> 00:55:55.900
 delight.

00:55:56.840 --> 00:55:57.240
 Worlds

00:55:57.240 --> 00:55:58.340
 without end.

00:55:58.920 --> 00:55:59.180
 Amen.

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