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 We're going to have the Bible reading now.

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 So this morning we are reading from Romans chapter 8, verses 12 to 17.

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 Romans 8 and verse 12.

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 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,

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 but you have received the spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, Abba, Father.

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 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

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 And if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.

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 Provided we suffer with him, in order that we may also be glorified with him.

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 Good morning, my name's Dave. I'm one of the pastors here.

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 I just need to get something out of the way, otherwise Simon and Matt won't listen to a word of this sermon.

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 Yes, I've got a new polo shirt.

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 They say I've got a preaching shirt. It's $15.

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 Now these guys can listen. That's great.

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 All right. Why don't we pray as we come to God's word.

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 Lord, as we just sung, my prayer is that for each one of us,

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 you would increase our vision of you.

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 We need spiritual eyes to see you as you are.

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 Lord, we spend our days trying to prove ourselves to others and even to you.

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 I pray that you would show us the folly of that and how we don't need to do that.

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 And Lord, other times, and for some, this is a daily battle where we're just barely hanging on,

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 thinking you can't be pleased with us.

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 Lord, I pray that you would deeply assure us of your love today through your word.

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 I know my words are weak, but I pray that your powerful word would speak to each one of us.

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 Give us ears to hear.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I'm going to try and remind us of what we've seen in Romans 8 so far with a scenario.

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 It's not real, but imagine you lived in a time and place that wasn't in a democracy,

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 but under an absolute monarch, a king who is good and powerful.

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 But you've spent your days murmuring against this king, his right to rule you,

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 just murmuring, publicly breaking his laws.

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 You've spent your days inciting others and applauding others who break his laws.

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 You've spent your days harming his citizens.

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 You're a real bad egg.

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 And one day you're caught, and this good and powerful king has all authority

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 to send you to be hanged for permanent, solitary confinement.

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 You've got no excuse.

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 You've got no defense.

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 There's no path to appeal.

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 He is the Supreme Court.

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 Tomorrow you've got to face him to give an account.

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 I doubt you'd get much sleep, would you?

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 Your only plan is to plead for a second chance.

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 Give me a second chance to prove myself that I can be a law-abiding citizen.

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 The charges are read out against you, and you forget some of the things you've done,

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 and they're read out.

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 Some of the horrible words and deeds, and finally the king says,

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 no, I won't give you a second chance to prove yourself.

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 As of that moment, as of this moment, I forgive all your crimes.

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 I will pay any debt myself.

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 Before all my kingdom, I declare you innocent.

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 No one is to harm you.

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 I will never condemn you.

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 Now that's something.

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 I know this is a pretty poor illustration, but that's something of the picture of our justification.

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 It's a pure gift.

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 Now this king is so good and so powerful, he can even change your heart,

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 the seat of your deepest desires, your will, your hopes.

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 In place of your rebellious spirit, I give you my very own spirit.

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 He will empower you to freely choose, freely choose, to walk in my ways.

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 That's something of our sanctification.

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 We are under this new influence in our lives.

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 We don't have to fear being on the wrong side of the law again,

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 because the law is helping us.

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 The one in charge is with us, empowering us.

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 A new way of thinking.

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 Now if that's all the king had done for you,

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 you would spend your days owing him your love, your devotion, your gratitude.

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 You would have so much reason to tell anyone about the mercy of this king.

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 You'd have every reason to praise him.

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 But he's got more to say.

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 I don't want you to only be a loyal, law-abiding citizen.

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 Today I adopt you.

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 Where'd that come from?

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 I adopt you.

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 You have every legal right and privilege,

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 including my inheritance as my heir.

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 Treat my palace as your home.

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 You are always welcome to come speak to me day or night.

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 My entire kingdom I share with you.

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 Go, live, work, representing me as a son.

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 We come today to the most wonderful reward that Jesus' death and resurrection has purchased for us.

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 Our adoption.

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 It is from this status of being adopted,

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 which we receive any and all privileges and blessings from God.

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 It is the best gift and it's the gift that we get everything else with and through.

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 So those who live according to the Spirit,

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 set their mind on the things of the Spirit,

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 and the Spirit changes how we think.

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 And what we're going to see today,

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 the Spirit changes how we think about ourself,

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 our old life,

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 our old fleshly life.

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 And the Spirit changes how we think about God.

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 The Spirit leads you to be killing your flesh

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 and the Spirit assures you

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 that the Father has adopted you.

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 You share the Son's life.

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 Now I believe

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 the first happens by the second.

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 We're going to come to this.

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 But leading us to kill the flesh,

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 I think happens by the assurance

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 that we really are children of God.

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 I hope you've got your Bibles open, by the way.

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 And if you're on your phone

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 and some notifications are popping up,

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 shut it off.

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 Listen to God's Word.

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 Listen to God.

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 There's a scene in the movie

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 The Best of Enemies,

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 which I just found really confronting.

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 I don't know what the word is.

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 But The Best of Enemies,

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 it's based on a true story.

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 North Carolina in America in the 70s.

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 So racism was rife.

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 And after the Ku Klux Klan leader

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 speaks against,

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 in this public meeting,

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 speaks against a proposal

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 to let black children

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 integrate into white schools,

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 an African-American man

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 stands up

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 and says,

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 brother.

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 Now everyone is shocked

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 that he called him brother.

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 And the African-Americans in the room

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 are enraged.

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 How dare you call this man

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 who hunts and persecutes his brother?

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 Now,

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 I think there's something of,

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 when Paul says in verse 12,

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 so then brothers.

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 Like he's a Jew

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 speaking to Jews and Gentile Christians.

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 And the division between Jew and Gentile

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 was as heavy a hostility

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 as we're seeing in Israel, Palestine.

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 There was utter hatred.

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 So Paul,

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 let's just,

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 I don't want to skip over the word brother.

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 It's not a filler word.

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 There are no filler words in scripture.

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 He means it.

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 He uses brother

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 every time he addresses his readers

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 in this letter,

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 19 times.

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 It's a very serious

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 and wonderful word.

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 So this part of God's word,

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 it's addressed to brothers and sisters.

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 If you love Jesus

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 as your life,

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 your hope,

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 this word,

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 and I'm going to be speaking

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 this sermon to you.

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 But I just want to say

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 at this point,

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 if you're still searching for God,

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 can I just invite you

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 to please listen?

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 Listen,

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 I think

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 this passage

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 will show you

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 the heart of God.

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 He hates religion.

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 The heart of God,

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 he wants to give his life

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 as a pure gift,

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 all his life.

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 So I invite you to listen.

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 So brothers,

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 sisters,

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 the Christian life

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 is a supernatural one.

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 It's a supernatural experience,

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 24-7.

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 It doesn't feel like it

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 all the time, does it?

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 It feels pretty ordinary.

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 What we're doing now

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 feels pretty ordinary.

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 Our sufferings feel like

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 we're being ground

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 into the dirt.

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 But the Christian life

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 is a transcendent life,

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 24-7.

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 The third person

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 of the triune God

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 dwells in you.

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 You are in him.

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 It is a supernatural life.

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 As I've seen,

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 the spirit creates

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 a new mindset,

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 a new way of thinking.

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 And it results

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 in a new lifestyle

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 that actually produces

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 real love.

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 Not an imitation love.

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 It's not us

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 pretending to be God

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 because it's God

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 actually producing it in us.

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 It's real love.

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 It's not full yet.

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 We want it to be.

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 It's partial.

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 But it's real.

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 It actually fulfills

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 his law.

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 The Christian life

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 is a supernatural experience.

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 And it doesn't often

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 feel that way

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 and we don't automatically

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 think that way

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 which is I think

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 why Paul starts

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 with a warning.

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 So then,

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 brothers,

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 we're debtors.

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 We've got an obligation.

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 It's not to the flesh.

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 It's not.

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 It's not to the flesh.

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 Our flesh makes us feel like

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 we have to obey it

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 to be satisfied,

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 to be who we are.

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 But we've got no obligation there.

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 It's the Spirit

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 who sets us free from sin.

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 The Spirit indwelling us.

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 Setting our minds

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 on spiritual things,

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 real things.

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 Enabling us

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 to fulfill the law of love.

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 It's the Spirit

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 who leads us.

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 It's the Spirit

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 who puts to death

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 the deeds of the body

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 so that we live.

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 It's the Spirit

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 who will one day

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 resurrect our physical bodies.

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 It's the Spirit

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 who testifies to our adoption.

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 Our life

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 is in the Spirit.

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 Our obligation

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 is in the Holy Spirit.

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 That's where life is.

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 Life and peace.

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 Flesh,

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 no obligation.

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 Only leads to death.

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 Now, flesh,

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 I don't think it's about

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 physical bodies

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 per se,

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 although

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 the body

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 is like a diseased

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 body

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 where sin is

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 in it

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 and we need

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 a new body.

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 But it's

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 a deeper concept

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 than that.

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 Paul seems to use it

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 that

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 the flesh

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 is more to do

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 with a universal

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 human nature,

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 a disposition

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 where we're hostile

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 to God

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 as we saw

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 in previous verses.

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 We can't submit

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 to God.

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 His law comes

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 and it incites

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 us the more sin.

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 So the body

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 isn't

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 bad.

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 God created

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 the body good.

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 We're told in chapter 6

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 to offer our members,

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 offer your mind,

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 offer your eyes,

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 offer your hands

00:14:17.059 --> 00:14:19.039
 as instruments

00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:19.779
 for righteousness.

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 So it's not,

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 we've got to be clear,

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 the body isn't bad.

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 So this flesh

00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:28.679
 is more about

00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:29.399
 being hostile

00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:29.960
 to God.

00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:33.399
 Now I think

00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:33.819
 when we think

00:14:33.819 --> 00:14:34.779
 about hostility

00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:35.259
 to God,

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 I think there's

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 two ways

00:14:37.659 --> 00:14:38.139
 this can

00:14:38.139 --> 00:14:39.139
 show itself.

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 One is

00:14:39.700 --> 00:14:40.779
 the more obvious

00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:41.720
 kind of

00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:42.799
 self-reliant

00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:44.480
 way.

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 I think

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 it's summed up

00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:48.899
 pretty well

00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:50.720
 by the song

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 you hear

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 at a lot

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 of funerals,

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 Frank Sinatra.

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 I did it

00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:55.079
 my way.

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 Regrets?

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 I've had a few,

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 but then again,

00:15:03.179 --> 00:15:03.819
 too few

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 to mention.

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 Really?

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 Too few?

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 Are you talking

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 about yesterday

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 or are you talking

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 about a lifetime?

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 Too few to,

00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:13.620
 anyway,

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 sorry.

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 Maybe your life

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 is a lot

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 better than mine.

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 For what is a man?

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 What has he got?

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 If not himself,

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 then he has

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 naught.

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 Let the record

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 show

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 I took all

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 the blows

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 and did it

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 my way.

00:15:36.100 --> 00:15:36.360
 Okay,

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 there's that spirit.

00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:38.139
 There's that

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 hostile to God.

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 But I think

00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:44.100
 hostility

00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.960
 toward God

00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:47.340
 has to also

00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:47.799
 include

00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:48.579
 Paul's

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 religious

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.299
 zeal

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 that he

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 wants

00:15:50.959 --> 00:15:51.299
 to

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 prove

00:15:51.319 --> 00:15:53.959
 himself.

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 I think

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 it's hostile

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 because if

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 God says

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 you need

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 his son's

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 blood

00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:01.859
 and you

00:16:01.859 --> 00:16:02.479
 throw that

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 in his face

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 and say,

00:16:03.719 --> 00:16:04.039
 I've got

00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:04.339
 this,

00:16:06.099 --> 00:16:06.620
 I think

00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:06.799
 that's

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.299
 hostility.

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 I think

00:16:12.319 --> 00:16:13.259
 Colossians 2,

00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.519
 at the end

00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.199
 of Colossians 2,

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 it's a really

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 amazing verse

00:16:16.699 --> 00:16:18.579
 where it

00:16:18.579 --> 00:16:18.919
 just goes,

00:16:19.319 --> 00:16:19.919
 you think

00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.500
 religion

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.839
 can make

00:16:21.839 --> 00:16:22.859
 you good?

00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:24.159
 All these

00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:24.699
 rules,

00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.179
 do not

00:16:25.179 --> 00:16:25.620
 taste,

00:16:25.939 --> 00:16:26.299
 do not

00:16:26.299 --> 00:16:26.779
 touch,

00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:28.419
 and then it

00:16:28.419 --> 00:16:28.859
 finishes with

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 this verse,

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 these have

00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:31.219
 indeed an

00:16:31.219 --> 00:16:32.120
 appearance,

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 an appearance

00:16:32.939 --> 00:16:33.539
 of wisdom

00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:34.919
 in promoting

00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:35.519
 self-made

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:35.959
 religion

00:16:35.959 --> 00:16:37.139
 and the

00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.519
 severity

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:37.860
 of the

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 body,

00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:39.860
 but they

00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:40.459
 are of

00:16:40.459 --> 00:16:41.759
 no value

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.500
 in stopping

00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:45.000
 the indulgence

00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:45.519
 of the

00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:45.899
 flesh.

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 That's

00:16:47.319 --> 00:16:47.839
 incredible.

00:16:48.299 --> 00:16:48.779
 All these

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.199
 rules,

00:16:51.219 --> 00:16:52.379
 no value

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:53.659
 in stopping

00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:54.159
 the flesh.

00:16:55.839 --> 00:16:56.659
 You might

00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:57.039
 not commit

00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:57.559
 adultery,

00:16:58.559 --> 00:16:59.360
 but the

00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.079
 fantasies

00:17:00.079 --> 00:17:00.819
 and the

00:17:00.819 --> 00:17:01.319
 lusts of

00:17:01.319 --> 00:17:01.959
 your thoughts

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:05.000
 you might

00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:05.579
 not yell

00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:07.539
 and use

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.400
 swear words,

00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.500
 but it's

00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.120
 bitter

00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:11.880
 resentment

00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:13.500
 against

00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.259
 another

00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:14.960
 image-bearer

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.420
 of God

00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:15.759
 in your

00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.180
 heart,

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:16.519
 filling

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.039
 your soul.

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 So I

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:21.680
 think there's

00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:22.180
 a religious

00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:22.920
 hostility,

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.840
 self-reliance,

00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:27.000
 and the

00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:27.640
 more obvious

00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:30.160
 just get

00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.380
 rid of

00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:30.600
 God,

00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:31.640
 self-reliance.

00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:35.819
 self-reliance,

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.840
 self-ratifying,

00:17:37.360 --> 00:17:38.220
 self-protecting

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.640
 flesh,

00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:39.840
 and it

00:17:39.840 --> 00:17:40.500
 feels like

00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:42.579
 we must

00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:43.460
 satisfy its

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.380
 desires to

00:17:44.380 --> 00:17:44.960
 be content.

00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:46.880
 But

00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:47.360
 brothers and

00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:47.680
 sisters,

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.819
 however strong

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.299
 the demands

00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.759
 feel,

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.460
 we owe

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.019
 nothing to

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.220
 it.

00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:54.900
 It only

00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:55.440
 leads in

00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:55.759
 death,

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.400
 leads to

00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:57.779
 death,

00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:58.700
 verse 13.

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 As John

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.480
 Owen famously

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:02.840
 put it,

00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.480
 be killing

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:03.960
 sin,

00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:05.740
 or sin

00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.200
 will be

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:06.740
 killing you.

00:18:08.100 --> 00:18:09.039
 Be killing

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:09.480
 sin,

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.019
 or sin

00:18:10.019 --> 00:18:10.500
 will be

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:10.960
 killing you.

00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:14.740
 Now do you

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.519
 find verse 13

00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.019
 terrifying?

00:18:16.019 --> 00:18:20.039
 How on earth

00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:21.559
 does this

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.220
 condition,

00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.200
 based on what

00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:24.079
 you do or

00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:24.700
 don't do,

00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:26.379
 in order to

00:18:26.379 --> 00:18:27.079
 get life,

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:27.900
 which in

00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.639
 context here,

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.619
 I think has

00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:30.039
 to mean

00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.920
 eternal life,

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:33.559
 how does that

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.319
 fit with the

00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:35.119
 assurance of

00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:35.599
 verse 1?

00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:35.940
 There is

00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.440
 therefore now

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:37.660
 no condemnation

00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:38.279
 for those who

00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:38.480
 are in

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.139
 Christ Jesus.

00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:41.300
 Now if

00:18:41.300 --> 00:18:41.480
 you're

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.080
 overwhelmed by

00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:42.720
 fear at

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.240
 this point,

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.220
 whenever you

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.780
 hear a

00:18:45.780 --> 00:18:46.420
 warning in

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:46.720
 scripture,

00:18:47.420 --> 00:18:47.680
 can I

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.700
 encourage you,

00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.920
 don't try

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.460
 and handle

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.060
 that by

00:18:52.060 --> 00:18:52.940
 moving away.

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.700
 I think the

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.420
 answer is go

00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:55.280
 further into

00:18:55.280 --> 00:18:55.800
 the passage,

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:57.200
 make sure you

00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:57.980
 understand it

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:59.020
 in its

00:18:59.020 --> 00:18:59.480
 detail.

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.700
 Look at

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.120
 those little

00:19:02.120 --> 00:19:02.980
 words for

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:05.280
 in verses

00:19:05.280 --> 00:19:06.100
 14 and

00:19:06.100 --> 00:19:06.640
 15,

00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:07.240
 they are

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.680
 giving the

00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.440
 reasons,

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:09.740
 why?

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:11.620
 So for

00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:14.020
 all who

00:19:14.020 --> 00:19:14.460
 are led by

00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:14.780
 the Spirit

00:19:14.780 --> 00:19:15.100
 of God

00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:15.759
 are sons

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.400
 of God.

00:19:17.780 --> 00:19:18.280
 And sons

00:19:18.280 --> 00:19:18.540
 here,

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.700
 just think

00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:21.440
 firstborn

00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:21.960
 inheritance,

00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:22.380
 so that

00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:23.680
 captures sons

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.200
 and daughters.

00:19:25.100 --> 00:19:25.680
 All who

00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.220
 are led by

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.580
 the Spirit

00:19:26.580 --> 00:19:26.860
 of God

00:19:26.860 --> 00:19:27.380
 are sons

00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:27.820
 of God,

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:28.160
 for you

00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:28.820
 did not

00:19:28.820 --> 00:19:29.420
 receive the

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:29.780
 spirit of

00:19:29.780 --> 00:19:30.840
 slavery to

00:19:30.840 --> 00:19:31.240
 fall back

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.920
 into fear.

00:19:34.280 --> 00:19:35.100
 The Spirit

00:19:35.100 --> 00:19:35.740
 given to us

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:37.220
 is not like

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.740
 living under

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.180
 the covenant

00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:38.860
 of law,

00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.419
 based on

00:19:39.419 --> 00:19:39.759
 what you

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.019
 do,

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.459
 you live

00:19:40.459 --> 00:19:40.939
 or die.

00:19:41.899 --> 00:19:42.539
 It's one

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.219
 of assurance

00:19:43.219 --> 00:19:44.299
 and security.

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.779
 So however

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.379
 you read

00:19:46.379 --> 00:19:46.939
 verse 13,

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.519
 it can't

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:49.019
 be to

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.599
 incite

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:51.079
 that kind

00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.559
 of fear.

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.359
 So we're

00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:54.500
 going to

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:54.699
 ask,

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.139
 how does

00:19:55.139 --> 00:19:55.559
 the logic

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:55.959
 work?

00:19:56.659 --> 00:19:57.259
 I don't

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.519
 think it's

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:57.979
 immediately

00:19:57.979 --> 00:19:59.240
 apparent how

00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:00.099
 verse 13

00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:00.859
 fits with

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.539
 verse 14.

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:04.519
 all who

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.039
 are led

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:06.119
 by the

00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:06.339
 Spirit

00:20:06.339 --> 00:20:06.720
 of God

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.259
 are sons

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:07.759
 of God.

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.359
 And I

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.559
 think we

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.019
 get ourselves

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.619
 into trouble,

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.480
 maybe we

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.839
 have false

00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:14.019
 assurance if

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.639
 we give our

00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:15.339
 own definition

00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:15.899
 of led

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:16.379
 here.

00:20:16.899 --> 00:20:17.399
 What does

00:20:17.399 --> 00:20:17.940
 being led

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.279
 by the

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.539
 Spirit

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:18.879
 mean?

00:20:19.139 --> 00:20:19.379
 I think

00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:19.680
 we just

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.460
 insert our

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.180
 own definition

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.920
 rather than

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.579
 letting Scripture

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.019
 tell us.

00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:25.019
 Some look to

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.940
 supernatural gifts

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.599
 like speaking

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.139
 in tongues,

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:29.020
 others might

00:20:29.020 --> 00:20:29.540
 think of

00:20:29.540 --> 00:20:30.440
 led as

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:31.180
 in guidance,

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.200
 the Spirit

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:32.680
 is telling

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.020
 me to

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 call so

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 and so

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 this afternoon.

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 Now the

00:20:35.280 --> 00:20:35.480
 Spirit

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 might,

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 he might

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 do that,

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 but is

00:20:39.040 --> 00:20:39.420
 that what

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:39.900
 the definition

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.280
 of led

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 is here?

00:20:42.060 --> 00:20:42.740
 The Spirit

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.220
 is guiding

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 me to

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 marry this

00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.520
 person,

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 to invest

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.820
 in this

00:20:46.820 --> 00:20:47.580
 whatever.

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 The most

00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:50.940
 obvious

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.560
 definition

00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:52.100
 of led

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 is the

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.420
 preceding

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 verse,

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 verse 13.

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 The Spirit

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 leads us

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 to put

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 the deeds

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 of the

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 body

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 to death.

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 So whenever

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 our minds

00:21:04.340 --> 00:21:05.420
 and our

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 eyes and

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 our tongue

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 are about

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 to be

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 offered to

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:08.660
 sin,

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 the Spirit

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:13.140
 leads us

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 in violence.

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.140
 Violence

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 against

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.480
 ourselves.

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 If you

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 want eternal

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.519
 life,

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 you must

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 be violent.

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 That's a

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.360
 weird thing

00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:25.900
 to say,

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 isn't it?

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 You must

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 be violent.

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 Not

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 against

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 other

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 people.

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.559
 If you're

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 online,

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.779
 slandering

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:35.279
 people in

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 the name

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 of Jesus,

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 like,

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 no,

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.599
 don't say

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 the Spirit's

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 leading you

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 to do

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.000
 that.

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 Not

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 against

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.460
 other

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:42.740
 people.

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 Not

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 violent

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 against

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 society

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 and the

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.339
 world

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 at large.

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.240
 Some

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.039
 fundamentalist

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.299
 churches

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:49.660
 just want

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 to cut

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 themselves

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 off.

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 Oh,

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 society

00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:51.660
 is the

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:51.940
 problem.

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.039
 problem.

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 No.

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.539
 The leading

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.279
 here is you

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.840
 get violent

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.160
 against

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.640
 yourself.

00:22:00.320 --> 00:22:01.100
 The Spirit

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:02.240
 influences you

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.320
 to be

00:22:03.320 --> 00:22:03.880
 violent

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.980
 against

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.400
 yourself,

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.980
 to have a

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.500
 wartime

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.220
 sensitivity

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 that you

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 hear yourself

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 cough and

00:22:09.340 --> 00:22:09.660
 you're ready

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.120
 to pull the

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 trigger.

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.240
 Your

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 attitudes,

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.440
 your words

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.680
 that are

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 about to

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 leave your

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.720
 mouth,

00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:15.140
 where your

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.600
 eyes are

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:15.900
 going.

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 You're

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:19.540
 gouging

00:22:19.540 --> 00:22:19.759
 out

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.180
 eyes,

00:22:20.300 --> 00:22:20.480
 you're

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.780
 cutting

00:22:20.780 --> 00:22:21.019
 off

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.519
 hands.

00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:25.600
 Like

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:25.860
 this

00:22:25.860 --> 00:22:26.420
 world,

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 we would

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.160
 have so

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.600
 much more

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.680
 peace if

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.180
 people were

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:32.200
 more violent

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:33.240
 against their

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.759
 violence.

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.960
 If we

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 were critical

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.500
 against our

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.320
 critical spirit

00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:39.820
 of others,

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:43.500
 we need

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:43.700
 to get

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.259
 mean

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.540
 against

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:45.799
 our

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.480
 meanness

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.019
 towards

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.399
 others.

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:49.839
 The

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.319
 tense of

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 the verb

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.299
 here of

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.779
 putting to

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.180
 death is

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.000
 it's present.

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:53.980
 It's not

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.680
 past tense.

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.500
 It's saying

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.299
 putting to

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.559
 death.

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 It's

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.539
 assuming an

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.019
 ongoing

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.700
 present

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.539
 war.

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.139
 It's not

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.480
 saying you

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.000
 have done

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.319
 it, you've

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.039
 completed this.

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.839
 And there's

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.299
 nothing here

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.799
 saying how

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.359
 much progress

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:09.799
 you need to

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.220
 make within

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.920
 a week or

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.399
 a month or

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 a decade.

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.539
 We can

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.940
 say I'm

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.620
 nowhere near

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:15.860
 where I

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.059
 want to

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.660
 be, but

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:16.940
 I look

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.440
 back on

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.000
 the years

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.519
 of being

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:18.920
 a Christian,

00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:19.440
 I'm not

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.720
 where I

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.000
 was.

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.779
 Nowhere

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.180
 near where

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.380
 I want

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:22.019
 to be, but

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.220
 I'm not

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.480
 where I

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:22.720
 was.

00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.519
 It doesn't

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:26.519
 say how

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.120
 much progress

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.480
 you need to

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.720
 make.

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.500
 The important

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.279
 thing is you're

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.940
 fulfilling this

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:31.240
 verse if you

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.519
 hate your sin

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.180
 because of

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.880
 Jesus' sake.

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.640
 You can hate

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.259
 your sin for

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.180
 social disadvantage

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.779
 reasons.

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.299
 That's still

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.180
 fleshly thinking.

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:38.940
 But if you

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.779
 hate it for

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.700
 Jesus' sake,

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:46.420
 you can

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:46.859
 know you're

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.180
 fulfilling

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.819
 verse 13.

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.119
 He's leading

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:50.859
 you to

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.359
 violence

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.859
 against the

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.240
 flesh.

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.299
 So let me

00:23:59.299 --> 00:23:59.559
 summarize.

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.480
 Here's how I

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.960
 think the logic

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.899
 between 13 and

00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.579
 14 works.

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.960
 If you hate

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.920
 that old,

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.619
 self-obsessed,

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.519
 hostile to God

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.299
 self that you

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:10.119
 feel as though

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:10.619
 you're just in

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.440
 this constant

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.519
 war with it,

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.019
 that's not

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.579
 evidence that

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.180
 you're not in

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.420
 Jesus.

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.059
 That's evidence

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.759
 you're being led

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.460
 by the Spirit.

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.680
 And if God

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.460
 is at work in

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.960
 you to make

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.839
 war on that

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.539
 old self,

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.819
 you're a

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.019
 son.

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.200
 And if

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.460
 you're a

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.599
 son, God's

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.400
 children live

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:37.920
 because of

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.220
 Jesus.

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:44.799
 how does

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.539
 verse 13

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.220
 fit with

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.799
 verse 1?

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.180
 You must

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.920
 be fighting

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.460
 to put the

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.900
 flesh to

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.180
 death.

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.680
 If you're

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.139
 in Jesus,

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.720
 if the

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.220
 Spirit's in

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.519
 you, he

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.259
 will ensure

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.879
 you will.

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.259
 You've just

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.720
 got a totally

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.379
 different mindset

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.680
 now.

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.139
 Is it

00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:00.500
 total?

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.059
 No, it's

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.299
 not.

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.660
 But it is

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:03.980
 different.

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:07.759
 And you

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.099
 can only

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.599
 get the

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.420
 victory if

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.660
 you are

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.420
 trusting in

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:10.860
 the full

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.640
 assurance of

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.160
 verse 1.

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.599
 I really

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:13.980
 love how

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.500
 John Piper

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.980
 puts it.

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.460
 The only

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.559
 sin you

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.140
 can kill

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:19.120
 is a

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.440
 forgiven

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.779
 sin.

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.180
 I think

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.339
 that's

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.640
 wonderful.

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.380
 It's forgiven.

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.160
 That's the only

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.599
 one you can

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:24.860
 conquer.

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.880
 The only way

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.280
 you can

00:25:26.280 --> 00:25:26.800
 fulfill

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:27.480
 verse 13

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.340
 is if you

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.720
 believe

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.320
 verse 1.

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.420
 Whatever sin

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:35.500
 I'm tempted

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.120
 or doing

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.660
 right now

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.620
 is forgiven.

00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:40.160
 Then

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.860
 you can

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.260
 fight.

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:47.800
 Well, what

00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:48.660
 does by the

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.340
 Spirit mean?

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:52.520
 Is that

00:25:52.520 --> 00:25:53.360
 some spiritual

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:54.440
 method or

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.160
 steps?

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:57.440
 of changing

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.900
 your habits?

00:25:58.040 --> 00:25:58.320
 There's

00:25:58.320 --> 00:25:59.980
 heaps of

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.320
 worldly

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:01.180
 advice on

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.480
 how to

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.740
 change

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:01.860
 your

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.120
 habits.

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.640
 There's

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.140
 self-help

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.520
 videos,

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:03.740
 there's

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.180
 programs,

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.540
 there's

00:26:04.540 --> 00:26:04.820
 silver

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.160
 bullets,

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.620
 but they're

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:07.000
 all based

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.500
 on rules.

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:07.840
 They're all

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.180
 based on

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.520
 what you

00:26:08.520 --> 00:26:08.820
 do.

00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:11.020
 The

00:26:11.020 --> 00:26:11.420
 Christian

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.960
 war is

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.540
 different.

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.040
 It's one

00:26:13.040 --> 00:26:13.560
 of utter

00:26:13.560 --> 00:26:14.140
 dependence.

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:14.860
 It's by

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.440
 the Spirit.

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.220
 We're

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.780
 active in

00:26:16.780 --> 00:26:16.920
 it.

00:26:19.760 --> 00:26:20.520
 It's us

00:26:20.520 --> 00:26:21.120
 doing it.

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:25.759
 But it's

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.179
 one of

00:26:26.179 --> 00:26:28.039
 in

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.500
 myself,

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:28.779
 I'm

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.139
 helpless.

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.859
 I can't

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.319
 do it.

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.799
 But with

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.139
 you I

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.399
 can.

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.639
 It's that

00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:34.919
 kind of

00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:35.219
 attitude.

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.259
 So what

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.539
 does it

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.819
 mean?

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.059
 What does

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.539
 by the

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.279
 Spirit mean?

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.459
 I'm surprised

00:26:41.459 --> 00:26:42.099
 Paul doesn't

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.839
 define it for

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.039
 us.

00:26:43.179 --> 00:26:43.679
 I really

00:26:43.679 --> 00:26:44.079
 want him

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.279
 to.

00:26:44.959 --> 00:26:45.659
 Come on,

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.519
 this is so

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.939
 important,

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.219
 Paul.

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.719
 Why didn't

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.059
 you give

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.319
 us the

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.740
 definition?

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.279
 Now some

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.819
 look to

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.620
 Ephesians 6

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:52.980
 where you've

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.160
 got the

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.519
 picture of

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.880
 the armour

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.319
 of God

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.799
 and the

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:56.279
 sword of

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.740
 the Spirit

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.400
 is the

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.759
 word of

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.039
 God.

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.720
 Now that's

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.420
 helpful because

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.000
 how do you

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.640
 fight lies?

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.700
 With truth,

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.839
 with God's

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.000
 word.

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.680
 So that's

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.420
 helpful.

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:07.680
 I think

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.039
 you'll get a

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.660
 long way if

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.480
 you're convinced

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.839
 of that

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.339
 definition.

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.620
 Now I

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:12.960
 think there's

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.180
 actually

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:15.039
 something that's

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.319
 true,

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:17.079
 something that

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.960
 fits that

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.460
 and more,

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.379
 something even

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:21.119
 deeper and

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:22.039
 closer to

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.619
 Romans 8.

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:23.240
 You don't

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.759
 have to jump

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.199
 to another

00:27:24.199 --> 00:27:24.519
 book of

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.879
 the Bible.

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.439
 I think

00:27:28.439 --> 00:27:28.859
 it's not

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.539
 fighting by

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.039
 a particular

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:32.240
 method but

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.939
 fighting with

00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:33.279
 your new

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.879
 identity.

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.699
 Not a

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:36.480
 method but

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.000
 identity.

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.659
 Now I'm

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.019
 going to give

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.199
 you an

00:27:39.199 --> 00:27:40.019
 illustration and

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.259
 then I'm

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.419
 going to

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:40.899
 try and

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:42.639
 show you,

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.079
 try and

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.559
 convince you

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.159
 that it is

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.779
 actually here

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.619
 in the

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:46.919
 text.

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:49.319
 So our

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.839
 family, we've

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.139
 had a bit

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:51.339
 of sickness,

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.819
 I'm feeling

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:53.139
 well, just

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.919
 to put people

00:27:53.919 --> 00:27:54.199
 at ease.

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.039
 And there's

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.659
 temperatures in

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:57.000
 the house.

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:58.359
 I heard

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.879
 recently from

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.679
 a researcher,

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:01.759
 they described

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.279
 the body's

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.179
 immune system.

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.740
 Now I'm

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.059
 going to leave

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.519
 it to use

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.460
 science types

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.439
 and medicos

00:28:08.439 --> 00:28:09.139
 to actually

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.960
 understand how

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.439
 that works.

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.599
 That's beyond

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.879
 me.

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.599
 But I was

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.619
 fascinated by

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.500
 the paradigm

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.159
 he used.

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.500
 he was

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.779
 saying the

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.539
 immune system

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:19.879
 when it

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.379
 attacks

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:22.240
 dangerous

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.659
 cells,

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.039
 it doesn't

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.339
 look at

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:24.759
 a cell

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.159
 and go,

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.519
 is this

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:28.299
 good and

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.559
 I'll let

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.279
 it live or

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.960
 is it bad

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.720
 and I'll

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.460
 attack it

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.859
 and kill

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.039
 it.

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.599
 It doesn't

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.279
 evaluate good

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.740
 and bad.

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.339
 It goes,

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.960
 is this

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.960
 cell foreign?

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.399
 It sees it

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.899
 and goes,

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.559
 that's not

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.859
 me.

00:28:42.439 --> 00:28:43.000
 I'm going

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.439
 to attack

00:28:43.439 --> 00:28:44.460
 it and

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.079
 kill it

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.759
 because it's

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.220
 not me.

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.740
 That cell

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.240
 is me

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.599
 and helps

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.099
 me live.

00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:52.699
 I won't

00:28:52.699 --> 00:28:53.139
 attack that.

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:54.119
 This cell

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.480
 is not

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.799
 me.

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.759
 Attack,

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.240
 kill.

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.500
 I think

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.759
 that's

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.500
 closer to

00:28:58.500 --> 00:29:01.259
 something of

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.699
 what Paul

00:29:01.699 --> 00:29:02.079
 is getting

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.519
 at here,

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.179
 of what

00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:03.659
 by the

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:04.220
 spirit is.

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.939
 It's

00:29:05.939 --> 00:29:06.460
 saying be

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:06.819
 who you

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.359
 are now.

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.859
 Kill

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.319
 who you

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.819
 are not

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:11.039
 now.

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:14.720
 How do

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:14.920
 you know

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.180
 who you

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.440
 are?

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.279
 Not

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.500
 letting

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:18.519
 society's

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.139
 value tell

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.399
 you who

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.720
 you are

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:19.879
 and who

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.000
 you're

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.119
 not.

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.379
 It's

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:21.659
 letting

00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:22.099
 the gospel

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.539
 tell you

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:22.819
 who you

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.000
 are.

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:24.779
 Now,

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.379
 okay,

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:25.779
 I've

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.019
 got to

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:28.000
 don't be

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.559
 persuaded by

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.039
 an illustration.

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:29.759
 You've got to

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.559
 be persuaded by

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.359
 God's word.

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.379
 Where am I

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:32.740
 getting this

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:32.899
 from?

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.339
 I think

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.460
 it's from

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.099
 how Paul

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.680
 is arguing

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.740
 in verses

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.299
 14 to

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.619
 17.

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.399
 He doesn't

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:39.859
 give us a

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.599
 particular method.

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.039
 He doesn't

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.599
 say pray

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.099
 like this,

00:29:42.199 --> 00:29:42.719
 quote this

00:29:42.719 --> 00:29:43.079
 verse,

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.719
 follow these

00:29:44.719 --> 00:29:45.059
 steps.

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.419
 He gives

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:46.959
 us identity.

00:29:48.719 --> 00:29:48.859
 You're

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.279
 adopted,

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.179
 your sons,

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.959
 your children

00:29:50.959 --> 00:29:51.639
 of God,

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.519
 your heirs.

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.319
 So I

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.579
 think it's

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:55.000
 how Paul

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.480
 thinks,

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:56.980
 how he

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.459
 argues.

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.159
 Or look

00:29:59.159 --> 00:29:59.439
 at this

00:29:59.439 --> 00:30:00.019
 wonderful

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.539
 chapter,

00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:01.579
 which is

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.240
 all about

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.859
 life in

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.299
 the spirit,

00:30:03.459 --> 00:30:04.000
 chapter 8.

00:30:04.199 --> 00:30:04.500
 How does

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.819
 it begin

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.199
 and end?

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.759
 Verse 1,

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.839
 those who

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.619
 are in

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.519
 Christ Jesus

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.519
 our Lord.

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.740
 Verse 39,

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.639
 nothing can

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.220
 separate us

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.639
 from God's

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:16.940
 love for

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.839
 those in

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:19.039
 Christ Jesus

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.500
 our Lord.

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.879
 Look at

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.619
 chapters 5 to

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.319
 8 of

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.639
 Romans.

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.740
 And I've

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.160
 put the

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.839
 verses in

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.559
 the outline.

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.180
 I'm not

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.440
 going to go

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:26.759
 through them

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:26.940
 all.

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:29.480
 But in

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.920
 Jesus,

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.539
 through

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.119
 Jesus,

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.160
 in Jesus,

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.579
 through

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:32.960
 Jesus,

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.879
 just throughout

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.700
 these chapters,

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.900
 it's teaching

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.539
 us to think,

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.400
 my life is

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.240
 bound up in

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.539
 Jesus.

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.460
 What's

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:40.819
 true of

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.160
 him is

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:42.019
 true of

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.279
 me.

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:45.799
 So I

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.200
 think,

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.660
 like the

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.359
 immune system,

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.240
 the spirit

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.759
 helps us

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.740
 identify anything

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.380
 that isn't

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:51.059
 Christ in

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:52.720
 us and

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.319
 makes war

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.680
 on it.

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.920
 Who I am

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.319
 now in

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.319
 Christ changes

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:01.339
 our view of

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.759
 ourselves.

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.759
 We hate

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.200
 that old

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.920
 flesh now.

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:06.120
 It also

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.779
 changes our

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.140
 view of

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.600
 God and

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:07.920
 I think

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:09.900
 our view

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.300
 of God

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:11.660
 is the

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:13.180
 power to

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:14.400
 hate our

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.980
 old self.

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:18.840
 No longer

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:19.680
 fear of

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:19.820
 his

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.520
 abandonment,

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.300
 but assured.

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.040
 So

00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:25.740
 verses 15

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.640
 to 17.

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.840
 To

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.360
 appreciate

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:31.759
 this

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.300
 doctrine of

00:31:32.300 --> 00:31:32.680
 adoption,

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:34.820
 we need

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.259
 to remember

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.559
 the

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.599
 precondition

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.299
 for our

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.700
 adoption.

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.559
 There is

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.079
 deep

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.919
 personal

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.599
 trauma

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:44.139
 before there

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.799
 is assurance.

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.919
 I got in

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:48.619
 my inbox

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.359
 this week,

00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:50.919
 I didn't

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.439
 take it as

00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:51.859
 coincidence,

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.220
 thank you for

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.799
 helping with the

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.399
 sermon again

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.339
 this week,

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:56.579
 an article on

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.419
 adoption by

00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:58.980
 an American

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.759
 lady named

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.339
 Melinda

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.779
 Just.

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.779
 Now,

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.559
 Americans

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.619
 just celebrated

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.099
 Thanksgiving,

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.220
 so it's in

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.839
 that context,

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.599
 and she

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.139
 starts the

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:08.619
 article like

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:08.879
 this.

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.379
 What do

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.019
 I have to

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.459
 be thankful

00:32:13.459 --> 00:32:13.859
 for?

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.240
 My own

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.819
 dad

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:19.099
 didn't want

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.359
 me.

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.439
 That's

00:32:22.439 --> 00:32:23.279
 brutal,

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:23.740
 isn't it?

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:29.059
 she

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.539
 later says,

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:29.880
 to be

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.299
 able to

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.579
 view

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.180
 adoption

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.579
 as

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.720
 beautiful,

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.180
 she's

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.339
 talking

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:33.519
 about

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.039
 a human

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:35.279
 adoption,

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:36.799
 I

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.200
 needed to

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.519
 become

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.140
 comfortable

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.579
 with

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.140
 understanding

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.779
 how much

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.120
 of my

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:40.660
 life and

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:40.839
 my

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.279
 worldview

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.620
 was

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.099
 shaped

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.599
 by the

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.099
 trauma

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.460
 of

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.220
 abandonment.

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.359
 So I

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.660
 think for

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.259
 all of us

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.880
 spiritually,

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.079
 if we

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.319
 want to

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.640
 see the

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.220
 beauty of

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.640
 adoption,

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:55.819
 we need

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.140
 to face

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.299
 our

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.660
 trauma.

00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:00.039
 I once

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.579
 did not

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.339
 belong to

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.660
 God's

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.099
 family,

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.900
 though made

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.220
 in his

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.599
 image,

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.839
 I belong

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.440
 to Adam's

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.120
 family tree,

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.259
 and in

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.099
 his hostility

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.640
 to God,

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.680
 not because

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.440
 God's the

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.900
 kind of God

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.480
 who leaves,

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.839
 but I

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:18.019
 deserve him

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.519
 to abandon

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.799
 me.

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:21.079
 I deserve

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.319
 it.

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.819
 forever.

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.500
 And

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:33.039
 it's on

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.680
 that dark

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.160
 backdrop

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:35.059
 that verse

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.759
 15 is

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.099
 just,

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:40.799
 this whole

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.120
 section

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:41.400
 really,

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.240
 but it's

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.700
 a wonderful

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:44.359
 truth.

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.740
 You did

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.359
 not receive

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.039
 the Spirit,

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.220
 this is

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.660
 talking about

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.880
 the Holy

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.240
 Spirit,

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.900
 the nature

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.400
 of the Holy

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:50.720
 Spirit,

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.440
 not our

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.759
 Spirit.

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:52.940
 You did

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.660
 not receive

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.240
 the Spirit

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.039
 of slavery

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.600
 to fall

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.579
 back into

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:56.839
 fear.

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.600
 You've

00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:00.279
 received the

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.680
 Spirit of

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.500
 adoption of

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:03.140
 sons by

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.559
 whom we

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:03.880
 cry,

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.319
 Abba,

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:04.799
 Father.

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:06.379
 the Spirit

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:07.159
 Himself bears

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.839
 witness with

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.099
 our

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.340
 spirit that

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.900
 we are

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:12.159
 children of

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.559
 God.

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:15.619
 Melinda goes

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.079
 on to say

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.500
 of her

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.159
 earthly dad,

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.219
 I was old

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.659
 enough for

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.199
 him to look

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:19.619
 at me and

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:19.940
 say,

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:21.800
 no way.

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.219
 But he

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.500
 didn't.

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.779
 He picked

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.059
 me.

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.300
 He gave

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.679
 me his

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.279
 name.

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.259
 He claimed

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.539
 me.

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:34.699
 It took

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.360
 me 30

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:36.980
 years to

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.900
 fully understand

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.619
 and claim the

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.920
 enormity of

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.500
 my forever

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.420
 dad's decision

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.099
 to bring me

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.559
 into his

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.699
 home, his

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.940
 heart and

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.559
 his life.

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.940
 We might

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.279
 be tempted

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.840
 to think that

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.559
 adoption is

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.380
 somehow second

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.340
 class children.

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.920
 That is

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.440
 wrong.

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.699
 In the

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.320
 Roman world,

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.699
 an adopted

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.619
 son had all

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.079
 the social

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.900
 privileges as

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.300
 an heir,

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.620
 as a

00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:02.860
 natural

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.120
 born.

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.640
 More

00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:04.080
 importantly,

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:04.420
 in the

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.960
 Old Testament

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.760
 context,

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.620
 Israel was

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:08.280
 God's son,

00:35:08.600 --> 00:35:09.039
 sons.

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:12.039
 But what

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:13.140
 should have

00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:14.100
 been Israel's

00:35:14.100 --> 00:35:15.400
 is now

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:16.880
 true of

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.320
 those with

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:18.180
 faith in

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:18.740
 the son.

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.320
 Paul is

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.980
 transferring

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.900
 that title to

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.320
 believers.

00:35:23.600 --> 00:35:24.480
 But most

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:26.820
 important is

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.180
 that these

00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:27.600
 are Jesus'

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.760
 own words.

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:28.820
 things.

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.460
 We can

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.060
 cry.

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:34.340
 Now, I

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:35.040
 think cry

00:35:35.040 --> 00:35:35.700
 isn't so

00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.160
 much about

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:36.800
 being really

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:38.080
 loud or

00:35:38.080 --> 00:35:38.720
 crying with

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.460
 tears, but

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.000
 we might do

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.400
 both.

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.840
 There's times to

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.360
 do both.

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:43.040
 This is more

00:35:43.040 --> 00:35:43.760
 about we can

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.120
 cry.

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:46.340
 It comes up

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:47.340
 from the

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.180
 depth of our

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:48.600
 being.

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.580
 We can cry.

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:53.000
 And what

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.360
 can we

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.659
 cry?

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:56.019
 The

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.659
 eternal

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:58.779
 son who

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.420
 used this

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.259
 little Aramaic

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:00.579
 word,

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:00.940
 Abba.

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.860
 Now, Jews

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.719
 did not use

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.219
 this about

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.579
 God.

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.279
 It is way

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:06.099
 too emotional.

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.920
 It's too

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.440
 personal.

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.179
 It's too

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.619
 intimate.

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.980
 It wasn't

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.940
 reverent enough.

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.440
 This is the

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.759
 eternal son's

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.860
 word,

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.420
 Abba.

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.539
 father.

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.880
 We share

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.579
 the son's

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.159
 relationship

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:20.659
 with the

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:20.960
 father.

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.840
 Not second

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.360
 class.

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.800
 We have

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:27.280
 his relationship

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.639
 to the

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:27.900
 father.

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.920
 We share

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.460
 the son's

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.940
 inheritance.

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.680
 We're heirs

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:36.200
 of God.

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:36.599
 Now, I

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:36.920
 think that

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.460
 means we're

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.860
 heirs of

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.539
 all God's

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.860
 promises.

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:39.700
 Maybe it

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:40.659
 also includes

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.360
 God himself

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.700
 is the

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.059
 greatest

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.619
 inheritance.

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.180
 Jesus,

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.119
 that's his

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.500
 inheritance.

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.460
 He was

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.820
 obedient.

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.500
 He deserves

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.000
 that reward.

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.760
 But it's

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:49.300
 all ours.

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.619
 Only

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:53.119
 legitimate

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.699
 children

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:55.780
 get the

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.239
 inheritance.

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.679
 And we

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.179
 are, by

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.619
 faith,

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:00.860
 legitimate

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:01.360
 children.

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.659
 A guy

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:08.920
 called

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.420
 Tim

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.719
 Challey

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.000
 is a

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.380
 blogger.

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:13.019
 He says,

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.440
 a few

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:13.920
 weeks ago

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.360
 I stood

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.639
 in the

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.099
 humblest

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.619
 of villages

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.279
 in the

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:16.739
 distant

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:17.379
 reaches of

00:37:17.379 --> 00:37:17.799
 rural

00:37:17.799 --> 00:37:18.920
 Cambodia.

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.859
 This is a

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.519
 village that

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:22.500
 has not

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.799
 yet been

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.299
 reached by

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:24.639
 electricity or

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.239
 running water.

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:27.099
 I love

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.839
 electricity and

00:37:27.839 --> 00:37:28.259
 running water.

00:37:28.859 --> 00:37:29.699
 This place

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:30.099
 hasn't been

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.579
 reached by

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:30.799
 that.

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.619
 Yet, it

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.179
 has been

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:33.719
 reached by

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.219
 the gospel.

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:37.259
 They wear the

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:37.940
 disguise of

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:39.719
 farmers, but

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:40.279
 even though their

00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:41.199
 homes are

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:42.440
 tiny and

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.179
 unadorned,

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.420
 and even

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.720
 though they

00:37:44.720 --> 00:37:45.119
 wear no

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.800
 crowns or

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.340
 own no

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.820
 robes,

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.260
 they are

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:47.960
 most truly

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:49.700
 princes and

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.679
 princesses who

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.539
 simply await

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.099
 their full

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.539
 inheritance.

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:55.900
 I wonder if

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.420
 we see

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:58.280
 believers that

00:37:58.280 --> 00:38:00.179
 way, see

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.760
 ourselves that

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:00.940
 way.

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:02.119
 We share the

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.880
 son's relationship

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.360
 to the

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.860
 father, we

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.599
 share his

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.639
 inheritance, and

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.220
 we share the

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:07.179
 son's sufferings.

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:08.799
 We share in

00:38:08.799 --> 00:38:09.399
 his life

00:38:09.399 --> 00:38:09.980
 fully.

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:14.059
 Now, what

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.319
 does this

00:38:14.319 --> 00:38:14.559
 mean?

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.139
 Because

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.919
 unbelievers

00:38:15.919 --> 00:38:16.319
 suffer.

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.379
 Let's not

00:38:17.379 --> 00:38:17.960
 kid ourselves.

00:38:18.819 --> 00:38:19.059
 It's not

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:20.119
 like we've

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.319
 got a

00:38:20.319 --> 00:38:21.059
 monopoly on

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.639
 suffering.

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.599
 The rest of

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.619
 Romans 8, I

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.199
 think, teaches

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:27.019
 us more about

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.440
 this Christian

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.039
 suffering, so

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.759
 we'll say more

00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:29.139
 in future

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.419
 weeks.

00:38:29.419 --> 00:38:30.619
 But notice

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:32.679
 here that a

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:34.000
 key phrase,

00:38:34.839 --> 00:38:35.719
 we're glorified

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.279
 with him, but

00:38:36.279 --> 00:38:37.159
 we also suffer

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:39.379
 with him.

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.239
 It's not

00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:41.960
 suffer like

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.440
 him, it's

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.000
 with him.

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:48.399
 When you're

00:38:48.399 --> 00:38:49.480
 a son of

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:51.699
 God, how

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.139
 you see

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:53.159
 suffering, it

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:53.619
 changes.

00:38:54.399 --> 00:38:55.279
 It changes.

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.839
 It is now

00:38:55.839 --> 00:38:56.519
 with him.

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:59.699
 With him, we

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.299
 trust that he's

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:00.779
 working all

00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.480
 things for good,

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:03.679
 for those who

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:06.679
 love God, to

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.819
 be conformed to

00:39:07.819 --> 00:39:08.299
 the son's

00:39:08.299 --> 00:39:08.679
 character.

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:11.559
 With him, if

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.159
 we're persecuted

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:13.000
 because we bear

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.839
 his name, we're

00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:14.159
 honoured.

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.399
 We're with

00:39:15.399 --> 00:39:15.659
 him.

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:20.079
 If we're with

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:22.559
 him, we

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.299
 choose to lay

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:24.099
 down our lives

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.659
 so that people

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.299
 hear this

00:39:25.299 --> 00:39:27.059
 gospel to be

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.440
 saved.

00:39:28.899 --> 00:39:29.719
 We choose

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:31.480
 suffering, not

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:32.219
 just accept it.

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:35.159
 with him.

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:36.619
 We look

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.299
 forward to

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.779
 being with

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.139
 him and

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.679
 like him.

00:39:38.839 --> 00:39:39.039
 We're going

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.599
 to be free

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.059
 from this

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:42.539
 weak, fleshly

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.719
 struggle with

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.179
 our sin.

00:39:44.899 --> 00:39:45.459
 In that

00:39:45.459 --> 00:39:47.599
 hope, we

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.779
 push through

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:50.159
 and keep on

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:51.000
 fighting this

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:52.239
 fight, which

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:53.500
 is a form of

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:53.879
 suffering.

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:53.960
 suffering.

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.559
 I think that

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.200
 phrase, with

00:39:58.200 --> 00:40:00.760
 him, is a

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.500
 beautiful phrase.

00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:05.119
 And nothing

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.760
 shows the

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.420
 depths of our

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:07.260
 adoption if

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:08.920
 while he slays

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.980
 us, we still

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.539
 trust.

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:12.380
 Father, I know

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:12.960
 you love me.

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:14.720
 Wow.

00:40:14.720 --> 00:40:14.780
 Wow.

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:21.060
 We cry, Abba,

00:40:21.180 --> 00:40:21.920
 Father, with

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.220
 him.

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.760
 So whenever

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.600
 you don't feel

00:40:30.600 --> 00:40:31.220
 like you can

00:40:31.220 --> 00:40:32.340
 see God as

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:34.080
 Father, maybe

00:40:34.080 --> 00:40:35.300
 you're hearing

00:40:35.300 --> 00:40:35.800
 all this and

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:36.960
 it's wonderful,

00:40:37.120 --> 00:40:37.420
 but it's not

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:38.000
 for you and

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.440
 you just don't

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:39.160
 feel it.

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.880
 And I

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.320
 encourage you,

00:40:42.580 --> 00:40:43.860
 look back at

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:44.600
 the objective

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:46.139
 truth, to

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.819
 remind you

00:40:46.819 --> 00:40:47.360
 that you've

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:48.019
 got nothing

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.619
 to prove

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:48.860
 here.

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.759
 There is

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.699
 therefore now

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:53.779
 no condemnation

00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:54.339
 in Christ

00:40:54.339 --> 00:40:54.759
 Jesus.

00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:00.079
 Melinda,

00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:00.860
 going back to

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.319
 Melinda, she

00:41:01.319 --> 00:41:01.679
 says,

00:41:02.839 --> 00:41:03.839
 just like my

00:41:03.839 --> 00:41:04.579
 earthly adoption,

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:05.420
 my spiritual

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:06.420
 adoption is a

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:06.699
 gift.

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.339
 I didn't

00:41:08.339 --> 00:41:08.779
 earn it.

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:10.079
 It is pure

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:10.779
 grace upon

00:41:10.779 --> 00:41:11.199
 grace.

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:13.719
 I often catch

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.539
 myself trying to

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.059
 prove my

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.500
 worth.

00:41:17.259 --> 00:41:17.820
 But my God

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.519
 reminds me that

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.199
 his grace is

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:20.079
 sufficient in

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.579
 my lack.

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.420
 At times I

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:24.840
 still struggle to

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.759
 understand God

00:41:25.759 --> 00:41:26.440
 as a father,

00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:29.420
 but he doesn't

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.279
 push me away.

00:41:31.759 --> 00:41:33.179
 He continues to

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:34.500
 press his gift

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:35.579
 into my hand.

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.119
 love.

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:36.579
 He continues to

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:36.619
 love.

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:37.579
 He continues to

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:37.619
 love.

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:38.119
 He continues to

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:38.619
 love.

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.119
 He continues to

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:39.559
 love.

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:40.119
 He continues to

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:40.559
 love.

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.519
 The father gives

00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:41.940
 you his

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.799
 unconditional,

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:45.039
 maximal love.

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:48.299
 And the

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:49.380
 triune God will

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:50.440
 keep pressing his

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.539
 gift of adoption

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:52.420
 into our hands.

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:57.159
 Instead of looking

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.860
 at you and

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.279
 saying,

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.539
 no way.

00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:05.119
 his only son was

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.539
 abandoned.

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.779
 To claim you,

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.639
 to give you his

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:11.840
 name, to share his

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:13.059
 home, his heart,

00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:13.699
 his life.

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:16.059
 And the rest of

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:17.880
 Romans 8 assures us

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:19.440
 he will never

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:20.860
 abandon us.

00:42:23.259 --> 00:42:25.179
 The son went to

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:27.320
 the cross so that he

00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:28.500
 might be the firstborn

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:29.800
 among many brothers.

00:42:30.739 --> 00:42:32.059
 Hebrews tells us he

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:33.340
 is not ashamed to

00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:34.159
 call us brothers.

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:36.619
 The son of God is

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:39.039
 not ashamed to

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:39.739
 think of you,

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:41.360
 say of you,

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:42.840
 brother,

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:43.800
 sister.

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:48.460
 And the spirit we

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:49.480
 have received is

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:50.480
 not one of fear.

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:52.480
 Fear of measuring

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:53.960
 up and if we don't

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.460
 we're going to be

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:54.880
 abandoned.

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:56.599
 It's not that

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.019
 spirit.

00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:58.920
 Spirit is the

00:42:58.920 --> 00:42:59.739
 spirit of adoption.

00:43:02.259 --> 00:43:02.699
 Unconditional.

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:05.320
 Maximal love.

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:11.039
 So I want to

00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:11.940
 finish by asking a

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.679
 very quick question.

00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:15.019
 How are you

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:16.059
 trying to prove

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.619
 your worth?

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.599
 How are you

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:20.440
 currently trying to

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:21.139
 prove your worth?

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.900
 In the world's

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.219
 eyes?

00:43:24.219 --> 00:43:26.259
 How are you

00:43:26.259 --> 00:43:26.899
 trying to prove

00:43:26.899 --> 00:43:27.939
 your worth in

00:43:27.939 --> 00:43:28.719
 your family?

00:43:31.459 --> 00:43:32.039
 How are you

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:32.519
 trying to prove

00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:33.219
 your worth in

00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:33.819
 this church?

00:43:39.179 --> 00:43:39.739
 You've got

00:43:39.739 --> 00:43:40.199
 nothing to

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:40.599
 prove.

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:44.259
 In fact,

00:43:45.299 --> 00:43:45.879
 efforts of

00:43:45.879 --> 00:43:46.299
 trying to

00:43:46.299 --> 00:43:46.879
 prove yourself,

00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:48.699
 once you've got

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:49.599
 spiritual eyes to

00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:49.799
 see,

00:43:49.919 --> 00:43:51.799
 it's pretty

00:43:51.799 --> 00:43:52.199
 pathetic.

00:43:52.199 --> 00:43:58.339
 let the

00:43:58.339 --> 00:43:59.000
 spirit of

00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:00.159
 adoption lead

00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:00.799
 you to be

00:44:00.799 --> 00:44:01.779
 violent against

00:44:01.779 --> 00:44:02.419
 that sort of

00:44:02.419 --> 00:44:03.000
 thinking that you

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:03.539
 need to prove

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:03.919
 yourself.

00:44:05.399 --> 00:44:06.879
 That self-reliant,

00:44:07.439 --> 00:44:08.119
 proving,

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:09.779
 unworthy of

00:44:09.779 --> 00:44:10.099
 love,

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:11.539
 let the spirit of

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:12.460
 adoption lead you

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:13.819
 to fight that

00:44:13.819 --> 00:44:14.460
 and kill it.

00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:15.500
 That's not me

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:16.779
 because I

00:44:16.779 --> 00:44:17.859
 belong to

00:44:17.859 --> 00:44:18.219
 Jesus.

00:44:18.439 --> 00:44:18.899
 I am a

00:44:18.899 --> 00:44:19.199
 son.

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:19.980
 I am

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:20.399
 adopted.

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:21.559
 We are

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:21.960
 brothers.

00:44:22.180 --> 00:44:22.519
 We share

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:22.940
 the same

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:23.380
 cry.

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:24.840
 Abba.

00:44:31.160 --> 00:44:31.720
 Abba.

00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:35.180
 Will you pray

00:44:35.180 --> 00:44:35.400
 with me?

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:35.800
 Let's pray.

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:44.600
 Holy God,

00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:45.320
 Father,

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:46.660
 Son and

00:44:46.660 --> 00:44:47.360
 Holy Spirit,

00:44:48.580 --> 00:44:50.820
 how we

00:44:50.820 --> 00:44:51.260
 struggle

00:44:51.260 --> 00:44:53.380
 to

00:44:53.380 --> 00:44:54.480
 believe

00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:54.960
 that

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:56.500
 you

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:57.320
 invite us

00:44:57.320 --> 00:44:57.880
 into

00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:59.120
 your

00:44:59.120 --> 00:44:59.519
 eternal

00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:00.000
 life.

00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:03.119
 Lord,

00:45:03.179 --> 00:45:03.519
 we're so

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:04.340
 used to

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:05.059
 people in

00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:05.579
 this world

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:06.699
 treating

00:45:06.699 --> 00:45:07.099
 us

00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:08.739
 based on

00:45:08.739 --> 00:45:09.019
 what we

00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:09.400
 can offer

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:09.639
 them.

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:12.219
 We're so

00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:12.599
 used to

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:13.019
 our own

00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:13.639
 pride,

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:14.820
 wanting

00:45:14.820 --> 00:45:16.800
 to earn

00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:17.320
 our way.

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.400
 Lord,

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:20.860
 I pray that

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:21.579
 you'd press

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:22.920
 this gift

00:45:22.920 --> 00:45:23.500
 of adoption

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:24.420
 more deeply

00:45:24.420 --> 00:45:25.320
 into each

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:25.579
 of our

00:45:25.579 --> 00:45:26.079
 hearts and

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.480
 minds

00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:27.760
 so that

00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:28.139
 we might

00:45:28.139 --> 00:45:30.780
 return the

00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:31.480
 great love

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:32.179
 you've given

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:32.539
 us,

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:33.960
 that we

00:45:33.960 --> 00:45:34.280
 might have

00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:35.199
 great security

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 in who we

00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:36.260
 are,

00:45:37.260 --> 00:45:38.639
 so that we

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:39.219
 might treat

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:39.639
 one another

00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:39.900
 in the

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:40.800
 church in

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 a way that

00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:43.460
 reflects this

00:45:43.460 --> 00:45:43.820
 gospel,

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 and so that

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:47.539
 we might

00:45:47.539 --> 00:45:48.699
 fight the

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:49.240
 flesh

00:45:49.239 --> 00:45:49.299
 flesh,

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 that isn't

00:45:51.879 --> 00:45:54.019
 me anymore,

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 so that we

00:45:55.979 --> 00:45:56.599
 might enjoy

00:45:56.599 --> 00:45:57.299
 this gift

00:45:57.299 --> 00:45:58.759
 of being

00:45:58.759 --> 00:45:59.279
 your sons

00:45:59.279 --> 00:45:59.799
 and daughters

00:45:59.799 --> 00:46:00.339
 more.

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 I pray this

00:46:02.339 --> 00:46:02.679
 in Jesus'

00:46:02.839 --> 00:46:03.000
 name.

00:46:03.199 --> 00:46:03.459
 Amen.