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 Romans chapter 5 is where we are this morning.

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 I titled this sermon, I'm always jealous of pastors who have these clever titles.

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! I'm not that creative.

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 So I thought I'd try to get creative with this one.

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 So I titled this one, Jesus is the one-upper.

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 Jesus is the one-upper.

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 He knows what I'm talking about.

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 The guys who, you know, you tell them something and they always one-up you.

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 Man, I just had a really bad night.

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 Oh yeah, well I didn't sleep for two days.

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 You know, that kind of thing.

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 Well, our text this morning, Jesus is the one-upper.

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 We've got a big text with a big topic and a lot to cover.

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 So I'm going to pray and then we'll dig in.

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 Father, we are so thankful for Your Son, Jesus Christ.

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 We are so thankful for the grace and the mercy that You have shown us.

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 And God, I pray this morning that we are more aware of that grace and mercy this morning.

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 That You make Yourself known to us even more.

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 God, I pray that the words that are spoken here will be Your words.

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 I pray, God, that I don't preach and teach from my talent, but I preach and teach this morning through the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 God, if there is any error in what I say, I pray that nobody remembers.

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 Not for my glory, but for Your glory, so that I do not stray anybody away from Your truth.

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 I pray, God, that Your Word would penetrate hearts this morning and that we would treasure Christ.

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 That we could sing, give me Christ or else I die forever.

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 Our lives would reflect those words.

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 Amen.

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 Pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So, it's been four weeks since we've been in the book of Romans.

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 So, what I want to do is give you guys a quick review.

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 And then we'll dig into chapter 5, starting in verse 12.

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 Romans chapter 1.

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 This is a letter to the church in Rome.

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 So, Paul writes this letter to Christians.

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 Romans chapter 1, Paul lays out that everyone, Gentile specifically, are sinners.

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 Everyone is guilty.

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 In fact, he says in chapter 1, verse 20,

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 so they are without excuse being that they are shown God's glory.

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 They are guilty no matter who they are.

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 They decide in chapter 1, as Paul is laying out the depravity of man,

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 he says that they worship the creation instead of the Creator.

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 Chapter 2, just so there's no judgment or just so there's no empty lines not filled out,

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 Paul addresses the Jewish people in chapter 2 and says,

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 Jewish people, you are just as guilty.

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 You are just as depraved.

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 So, we come to chapter 3.

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 Chapter 3 is the culmination of 1 and 2.

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 All are sinners.

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 All are guilty.

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 No one is righteous.

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 No one can do good.

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 That is chapter 3.

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 So, we come to chapter 4.

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 Chapter 4 is a glorious chapter

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 where Paul lays out for the reader

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 that justification through Christ Jesus is only by faith,

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 not by works,

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 not by religious activity,

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 not by any good thing that you do.

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 It is through faith alone.

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 And it is a gift.

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 It is a gift.

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 So, in chapter 5, we get,

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 and he starts out with verse 1,

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 he says,

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 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,

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 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So, not only are we justified,

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 but that justification now gives us peace with God.

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 We are no longer enemies with God,

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 but we are on His side.

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 We are on His team.

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 We are loved by Him,

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 and He loves us.

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 Later on in chapter 5,

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 we rejoice in our sufferings.

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 We rejoice because we know what's to come.

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 And we know that it says in verse 3,

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 suffering produces endurance,

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 and endurance produces character,

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 and character produces hope,

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 and hope does not put us to shame.

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 In other words,

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 everything God does is for a purpose,

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 is for our good,

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 and justification is that motor that pushes.

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 We can rejoice in no matter,

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 in whatever situation,

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 because we are justified.

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 So, now we come to verse 12.

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 We're reading a big chunk.

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 So, let's start reading in verse 12.

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 We're going all the way to the end of the chapter.

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 Verse 21.

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 It says,

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 Therefore,

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 just as sin came into the world through one man,

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 and death through sin,

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 and so death spread to all men,

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 because all sinned.

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 For sin indeed was in the world

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 before the law was given,

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 but sin is not counted where there is no law.

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 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses,

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 even over those whose sinning

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 was not like the transgression of Adam,

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 who was a type of the one who was to come.

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 But the free gift is not like the trespass.

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 For if many died through one man's trespass,

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 much more have the grace of God

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 and the free gift by the grace

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 of that one man,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 abounded for many.

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 And the free gift is not like the result

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 of that one man's sin.

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 For the judgment following one trespass

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 brought condemnation.

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 But the free gift following many trespasses

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 brought justification.

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 For if because of one man's trespass,

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 death reigned through that one man,

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 much more will those who receive

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 the abundance of grace

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 and the free gift of righteousness

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 reign in life through the one man,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Therefore,

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 as one trespass led to condemnation

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 for all men,

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 so one act of righteousness

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 leads to justification

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 and life for all men.

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 For as by the one man's disobedience

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 the many were made sinners,

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 so by the one man's obedience

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 the many will be made righteous.

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 Now the law came in

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 to increase the trespass,

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 but where sin increased,

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 grace abounded all the more.

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 So that as sin reigned in death,

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 grace also might reign

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 through righteousness

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 leading to eternal life

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 through Jesus Christ,

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 our Lord.

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 Before we really dig in,

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 I want to take a minute

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 and speak to the men

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 here at Christ's Family Church.

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 The men who are members,

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 men who are not members.

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 Guys,

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 if you notice,

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 Paul speaks to Adam,

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 or speaks of Adam

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 and not Eve

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 bringing sin into the world.

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 Adam is held responsible.

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 Adam is the one who calls,

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 who God calls

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 in chapter 3

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 after eating the fruit.

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 Adam is the one who is blamed.

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 Now of course,

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 Paul is educated.

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 We know this.

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 We know he is a smart guy.

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 And he knew that Eve

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 ate of the fruit first.

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 But what he has done

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 is that he has shown

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 the weight and the responsibility

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 on the man's head.

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 Now of course,

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 this is not what the text

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 is talking about here this morning,

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 but we can draw this

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 from our text.

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 And I want to show you

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 quickly

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 this weight of responsibility

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 for men

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 leading your spouses,

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 leading the women

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 in your life.

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 Men,

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 we have an inescapable

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 responsibility.

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 There is no way out of it.

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 No way around it.

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 And when your wives

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 and my wife fail,

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 when they sin,

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 when they lose faith,

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 it is us

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 who are held responsible.

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 Adam is the one here

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 being held responsible

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 for bringing sin

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 into the world.

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 Young guys,

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 are you ready

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 to love your future wife

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 this way?

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 to take responsibility

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 for her?

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 To sacrifice for her?

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 To lead her?

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 To carry the weight

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 of this responsibility?

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 For me,

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 one of the scariest verses

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 in the Bible

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 is in Ephesians chapter 6

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 or 5

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 where it says,

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 Husbands,

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 love your wives

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 as Christ loves the church.

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 That's scary

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 because I fall

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 so short.

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 It leaves no room

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 for getting out of it.

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 Adam is the guilty one.

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 Of course,

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 Eve is guilty too,

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 but Adam gets the honor

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 and privilege

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 of being the patriarch

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 of sin.

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 So before we jump in,

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 I give that to you

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 this morning.

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 That's free.

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 Men,

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 you are responsible

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 for your wives.

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 Love them.

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 Guys,

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 if you're not married,

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 get ready

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 to love

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 your future spouse.

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 Know God's Word.

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 Love God.

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 Love Jesus.

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 I want to begin

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 this morning

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 in our text

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 by asking you

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 a question.

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 The question is,

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 if you died today,

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 I know what you're thinking,

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 it's not that question.

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 If you died today

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 and immediately

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 you were before God,

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 immediately you were

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 before God,

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 you were at

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 your judgment,

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 who would you belong to?

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 Would you claim

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 citizenship with Jesus

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 in His kingdom

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 or would you be claimed

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 by the sin of Adam?

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 That's your question.

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 Would you claim

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 citizenship with Jesus

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 in His kingdom

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 or would you be claimed

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 by the sin

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 of Adam?

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 See,

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 in our text this morning,

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 we find a comparison

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 between Adam

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 and Jesus

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 with the end result

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 being

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 that we have

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 assurance

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 of our salvation

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 because

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 even death

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 cannot keep God

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 from fulfilling

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 what He promises.

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 So we have

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 some similarities

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 in the comparison

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 between Adam

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 and Jesus.

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 The biggest is

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 that both of them

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 are what they call

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 federal heads.

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 Federal heads

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 of mankind.

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 Being that

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 each one

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 made decisions

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 that either

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 affected all

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 of mankind

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 or was done

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 representing

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 all of mankind.

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 Kind of like

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 the U.S.

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 president

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 sometimes will make

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 a decision

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 that affects

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 all the citizens

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 of the United States.

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 Both men

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 made profound

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 impact

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 on the world.

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 The difference is

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 is that one

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 didn't

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 obey

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 God

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 and the other

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 did.

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 So here is

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 our layout

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 this morning.

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 Here's where

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 we're kind of going.

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 We're going to talk

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 about Adam.

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 Then we're going to

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 talk about Jesus.

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 We're going to

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 talk about the

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 law and grace.

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 And I'm going to

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 end with four

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 concluding questions.

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 Okay?

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 So hang with me.

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 That's like

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 pretty much

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 the whole Bible

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 is what we're

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 going to hit

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 this morning.

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 So,

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 Adam,

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 here we go.

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 Adam,

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 verse 12.

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 Therefore,

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 just as sin

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 came into the world

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 through one man

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 and death

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 through sin

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 and so death

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 spread through all men

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 because all sinned.

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 Now as you know,

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 Adam is that one man.

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 Adam is the guy.

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 Adam brought sin

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 into the world.

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 Adam and Eve

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 chose to disobey God.

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 And the result

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 of their action

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 was sin

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 entering the world.

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 The world here

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 means all people,

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 all men,

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 everyone who will

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 ever live.

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 So,

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 how would you like

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 to be known

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 as the person

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 or responsible

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 for corrupting

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 all mankind

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 based on one

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 decision?

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 But that's the truth.

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 Their decision

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 was to

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 worship themselves

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 and not

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 obey God.

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 It started

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 with them

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 and it goes

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 all the way

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 through mankind,

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 through every

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 human being.

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 Every person

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 who has ever lived

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 has been affected

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 by Adam

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 and Eve.

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 Now some

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 would say

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 that Adam

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 and Eve

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 are just

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 fictional characters

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 of this story

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 of creation.

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 They're not real.

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 Well,

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 I'm here to say

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 if you don't believe

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 Genesis 1,

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 2,

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 and 3,

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 then you might as well

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 not believe

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 any part of the Bible.

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 Adam and Eve

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 are our great,

00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:41.500
 great,

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 great,

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 great,

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 great,

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 great,

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 and we can go on

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 forever,

00:13:44.299 --> 00:13:44.779
 grandparents.

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 They are related

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 to us

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 and their blood

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 has corrupted

00:13:53.179 --> 00:13:54.539
 our blood.

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 My great,

00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:56.259
 great,

00:13:56.319 --> 00:13:57.000
 grandparents

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 moved from

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 Italy to

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 America.

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 They were

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 100% Italian.

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 So that makes me

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 25%,

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 I think,

00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:05.339
 Italian.

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 Sin doesn't

00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:09.120
 work that way

00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:09.419
 though.

00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:10.539
 Sin doesn't

00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.279
 get less and

00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:11.779
 less through

00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:12.480
 the generations

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 so now

00:14:13.060 --> 00:14:15.960
 we're .00175

00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:16.399
 sinful.

00:14:16.820 --> 00:14:17.620
 We are still

00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:19.080
 100% sinful.

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 Things,

00:14:21.560 --> 00:14:22.019
 in fact,

00:14:22.100 --> 00:14:23.740
 are worse

00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:24.580
 than they were.

00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:25.580
 We deal with

00:14:25.580 --> 00:14:26.580
 diseases and

00:14:26.580 --> 00:14:27.440
 illnesses that

00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:28.320
 Adam and Eve

00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:29.580
 did not deal

00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:30.460
 with because

00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:31.440
 of sin.

00:14:32.340 --> 00:14:33.080
 So because of

00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:34.500
 one sin,

00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:35.779
 of one choice

00:14:35.779 --> 00:14:36.700
 by Adam and Eve,

00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:38.740
 the most heinous,

00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.960
 awful crimes

00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:40.759
 that you can think

00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:40.960
 of,

00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:41.480
 Holocaust,

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 genocide,

00:14:43.920 --> 00:14:44.320
 murder,

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 adultery,

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 abortion,

00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.060
 no matter what

00:14:46.060 --> 00:14:46.440
 it is,

00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:47.639
 are a result

00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:48.980
 of that one

00:14:48.980 --> 00:14:49.800
 choice.

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 All are in

00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:53.720
 effect of that

00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:54.740
 one sin.

00:14:56.180 --> 00:14:57.120
 That same sin,

00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:58.259
 that desire

00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:58.960
 that Adam and

00:14:58.960 --> 00:14:59.519
 Eve had

00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:01.100
 to disobey

00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:01.460
 God,

00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.399
 to crush

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:03.539
 the Creator

00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:04.639
 and elevate

00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:05.320
 themselves.

00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:09.240
 back in the

00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:09.780
 Garden of

00:15:09.780 --> 00:15:10.900
 Eden is what

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 affects us

00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:12.360
 today.

00:15:13.180 --> 00:15:13.940
 Thousands of

00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:14.760
 years ago.

00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:17.220
 For this

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 day,

00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:18.800
 we worship

00:15:18.800 --> 00:15:19.600
 ourselves

00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.660
 more than we

00:15:20.660 --> 00:15:21.220
 worship the

00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:21.580
 Creator.

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 Flip back to

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 Romans chapter

00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:23.360
 1 and I

00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:24.240
 touched on

00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:24.620
 this.

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 Romans chapter

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 1,

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 verse 24 and

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 25.

00:15:28.179 --> 00:15:31.159
 Paul is

00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:31.859
 laying out

00:15:31.859 --> 00:15:33.299
 the depravity

00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:33.679
 of man,

00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.459
 laying out

00:15:34.459 --> 00:15:35.279
 that all

00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:35.959
 people are

00:15:35.959 --> 00:15:36.979
 sinful.

00:15:37.219 --> 00:15:37.479
 He says,

00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:37.759
 therefore,

00:15:37.939 --> 00:15:38.419
 God gave

00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:38.799
 them up in

00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:39.419
 the lusts of

00:15:39.419 --> 00:15:39.939
 their hearts

00:15:39.939 --> 00:15:40.679
 to impurity,

00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:41.239
 to the

00:15:41.239 --> 00:15:42.139
 dishonoring of

00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:42.659
 their bodies

00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.459
 among themselves

00:15:43.459 --> 00:15:44.459
 because they

00:15:44.459 --> 00:15:45.339
 exchanged the

00:15:45.339 --> 00:15:46.479
 truth about

00:15:46.479 --> 00:15:47.419
 God for a

00:15:47.419 --> 00:15:48.379
 lie and

00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.199
 worshiped and

00:15:49.199 --> 00:15:49.959
 served the

00:15:49.959 --> 00:15:51.399
 creature rather

00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:52.299
 than the

00:15:52.299 --> 00:15:53.120
 Creator who

00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:53.819
 is blessed

00:15:53.819 --> 00:15:54.799
 forever.

00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:57.059
 is what we

00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:57.399
 do.

00:15:57.599 --> 00:15:58.199
 We worship

00:15:58.199 --> 00:15:58.939
 the creature

00:15:58.939 --> 00:16:00.959
 man made or

00:16:00.959 --> 00:16:02.079
 not instead

00:16:02.079 --> 00:16:02.699
 of the

00:16:02.699 --> 00:16:03.179
 Creator.

00:16:04.599 --> 00:16:06.240
 This is the

00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:07.059
 legacy of

00:16:07.059 --> 00:16:07.759
 Adam and

00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.240
 Eve.

00:16:09.939 --> 00:16:11.039
 Verse 12

00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.639
 tells us that

00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.199
 Adam brought

00:16:12.199 --> 00:16:13.019
 sin into the

00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:15.759
 world and the

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.559
 result of this

00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:18.319
 sin is death.

00:16:18.979 --> 00:16:20.319
 So sin brings

00:16:20.319 --> 00:16:21.199
 death into the

00:16:21.199 --> 00:16:21.579
 world.

00:16:22.579 --> 00:16:23.199
 And of course,

00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:23.719
 there are two

00:16:23.719 --> 00:16:24.620
 types of death.

00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:24.919
 We have

00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:25.700
 physical death

00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:26.139
 where our

00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:26.840
 time here on

00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.679
 earth is over.

00:16:27.940 --> 00:16:28.700
 We also have

00:16:28.700 --> 00:16:29.639
 spiritual death.

00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:30.840
 So physical

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.100
 death.

00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:31.980
 Flip back to

00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:33.179
 Genesis chapter

00:16:33.179 --> 00:16:33.600
 2.

00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.240
 You might want

00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:36.759
 to mark it.

00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:37.139
 I know it's

00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.440
 easy.

00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:38.080
 First book in

00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.580
 the Bible to

00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:39.179
 find, but we're

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:39.840
 going to be

00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:41.120
 back at least

00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:41.480
 one other

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:41.960
 time.

00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.340
 Genesis chapter

00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:51.799
 2.

00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:54.399
 Verse 17

00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:55.199
 tells us.

00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:57.000
 And God

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.480
 says to

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.019
 Adam, this

00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.840
 is the

00:16:58.840 --> 00:16:59.699
 curse after

00:16:59.699 --> 00:17:00.860
 the fall.

00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:01.840
 God says

00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:02.439
 to Adam,

00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.699
 because you

00:17:03.699 --> 00:17:04.079
 have listened

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.579
 to the voice

00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.259
 of your wife

00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:05.740
 and have

00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.279
 eaten of the

00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.819
 tree of which

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.359
 I commanded

00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:07.839
 you, you

00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:08.279
 shall not

00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.859
 eat of it.

00:17:09.379 --> 00:17:10.019
 Cursed is the

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.740
 ground because

00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:11.139
 of you.

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:11.799
 In pain you

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.299
 shall eat of

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:13.180
 it all the

00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:13.680
 days of your

00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.099
 life.

00:17:14.639 --> 00:17:15.119
 Thorns and

00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:15.660
 thistles it

00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.920
 shall bring

00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.539
 forth to you

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:17.779
 and you

00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.299
 shall eat the

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.779
 plants of the

00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.000
 field.

00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:19.940
 Verse 19,

00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.960
 by the sweat

00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.619
 of your face

00:17:21.619 --> 00:17:22.139
 you shall eat

00:17:22.139 --> 00:17:22.839
 bread till you

00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.740
 return to the

00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.259
 ground.

00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.380
 For out of it

00:17:26.380 --> 00:17:26.980
 you are taken

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.480
 for you are

00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.180
 dust and to

00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.660
 dust you

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.880
 shall return.

00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:31.960
 I'm sorry,

00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.380
 that's chapter

00:17:32.380 --> 00:17:32.839
 3, not

00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:33.380
 chapter 2.

00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.700
 I apologize.

00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:35.000
 I apologize.

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.259
 2.

00:17:38.339 --> 00:17:39.460
 17 says,

00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:41.579
 but of the

00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:41.940
 tree of the

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.380
 knowledge of

00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:42.839
 good and evil

00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.460
 you shall not

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.900
 eat for in

00:17:43.900 --> 00:17:44.319
 the day that

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:44.880
 you eat of

00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:45.480
 it you shall

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.700
 surely die.

00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:48.900
 3.

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.319
 19.

00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:50.240
 I just

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.619
 read.

00:17:51.159 --> 00:17:51.819
 I apologize

00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.460
 for that

00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:53.019
 guys.

00:17:53.919 --> 00:17:54.339
 3.

00:17:54.439 --> 00:17:55.200
 3 repeats

00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:55.639
 what I've

00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:56.240
 just read.

00:17:57.439 --> 00:17:58.039
 The God's

00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:58.639
 command that

00:17:58.639 --> 00:17:59.099
 if you eat

00:17:59.099 --> 00:17:59.419
 of this

00:17:59.419 --> 00:17:59.980
 plant you

00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.679
 will die.

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.879
 There is a

00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:02.559
 time when

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.019
 we die.

00:18:03.139 --> 00:18:03.500
 It is a

00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.119
 result of

00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:04.659
 sin being

00:18:04.659 --> 00:18:05.319
 brought into

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:05.839
 the world.

00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:06.879
 There is a

00:18:06.879 --> 00:18:07.759
 time and a

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.819
 place to

00:18:08.819 --> 00:18:09.240
 die.

00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:10.799
 Some people

00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.460
 think that

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:13.839
 you guys have

00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:14.220
 heard that

00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:14.559
 song,

00:18:14.639 --> 00:18:14.859
 there's a

00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:15.439
 time to

00:18:15.439 --> 00:18:15.939
 live and a

00:18:15.939 --> 00:18:16.319
 time to

00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:16.579
 die.

00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:16.899
 I think

00:18:16.899 --> 00:18:17.179
 it's the

00:18:17.179 --> 00:18:17.500
 birds.

00:18:17.659 --> 00:18:18.460
 I can't

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:19.000
 be for

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.199
 sure,

00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:20.079
 but you

00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:20.399
 guys can

00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:20.779
 correct me

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.039
 later.

00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:21.659
 Some people

00:18:21.659 --> 00:18:21.980
 think that

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.379
 they wrote

00:18:22.379 --> 00:18:22.480
 it.

00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:22.819
 In fact,

00:18:22.879 --> 00:18:23.279
 it's actually

00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:24.439
 from Ecclesiastes

00:18:24.439 --> 00:18:25.939
 chapter 3.

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 It says,

00:18:26.539 --> 00:18:26.980
 for everything

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.599
 there is a

00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:28.599
 season and

00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:29.339
 a time for

00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:30.159
 every matter

00:18:30.159 --> 00:18:31.179
 under heaven,

00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:31.879
 a time to

00:18:31.879 --> 00:18:32.699
 be born and

00:18:32.699 --> 00:18:33.519
 a time to

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.779
 die, a time

00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:35.500
 to plant and

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.159
 a time to

00:18:36.159 --> 00:18:36.859
 pluck up what

00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.480
 is planted.

00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.379
 We are going

00:18:39.379 --> 00:18:39.819
 to die

00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:41.240
 at some

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.639
 point.

00:18:42.679 --> 00:18:43.159
 Physical

00:18:43.159 --> 00:18:43.779
 death is a

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.859
 result of

00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:45.539
 sin.

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.680
 for the

00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:47.019
 Christian,

00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:47.819
 this is

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.519
 good news.

00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:49.680
 For the

00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.019
 Christian,

00:18:50.159 --> 00:18:50.700
 this is

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.240
 comforting.

00:18:52.399 --> 00:18:52.619
 Now,

00:18:52.659 --> 00:18:53.119
 although there

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.420
 may be

00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:54.000
 feelings that

00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.299
 you may

00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:54.960
 have about

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.680
 leaving your

00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:56.259
 family and

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:56.740
 friends or

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.599
 not accomplishing

00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:58.019
 this or

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.399
 that,

00:18:58.920 --> 00:18:59.680
 it is good

00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.659
 news because

00:19:00.659 --> 00:19:01.680
 to die,

00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:02.539
 as Paul says

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.279
 in Philippians,

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:04.759
 is gain.

00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.639
 It is good

00:19:06.639 --> 00:19:07.359
 because we

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.000
 see Christ.

00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:08.619
 We will see

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.319
 Christ in

00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:10.059
 all His

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.480
 glory.

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.180
 We will be

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.659
 in His

00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:12.319
 presence.

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.559
 The Lamb

00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:15.099
 who was slain

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.579
 for my

00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:16.839
 sin will be

00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:18.079
 before me.

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:20.099
 See,

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.119
 the pinnacle

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:21.519
 of the

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.219
 Christian life

00:19:22.219 --> 00:19:23.079
 is not

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:24.740
 here on

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.199
 earth.

00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:26.699
 The pinnacle

00:19:26.699 --> 00:19:26.980
 of the

00:19:26.980 --> 00:19:27.779
 Christian life

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:29.939
 is being in

00:19:29.939 --> 00:19:30.659
 God's presence

00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:31.519
 and worshiping

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.439
 Jesus forever.

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.599
 That's

00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:34.839
 the pinnacle.

00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:35.719
 So,

00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.179
 if we

00:19:36.179 --> 00:19:37.740
 believe all

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.299
 Scripture,

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.480
 if there is

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:40.359
 nothing that we

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:40.919
 have read

00:19:40.919 --> 00:19:41.519
 and we say,

00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:41.779
 no,

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.279
 that can't

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.859
 be so,

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.779
 then Christ

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.680
 is far

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.460
 better than

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.180
 anything this

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:48.399
 world has

00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:49.079
 to offer.

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.899
 He is far

00:19:50.899 --> 00:19:51.220
 better.

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.480
 He has

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.160
 accomplished

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:54.319
 more.

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:55.879
 And He

00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.680
 deserves all

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:57.160
 our praise,

00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:57.639
 all our

00:19:57.639 --> 00:19:57.940
 worship,

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:58.720
 and we

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.019
 will be

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.859
 excited to

00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:00.099
 be in

00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:00.500
 heaven with

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:00.720
 Him.

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.379
 So,

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.220
 death will

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.700
 be a gain

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.740
 and dying

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.440
 will be a

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.819
 comfort.

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:09.019
 But for the

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.619
 unbeliever,

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.639
 death is

00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:11.299
 scary.

00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.279
 Death is

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.740
 the beginning

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.700
 of eternal

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:15.339
 despair.

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.180
 Death will

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:17.779
 be the

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.740
 beginning of

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.240
 eternal

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.039
 separation.

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:21.680
 Now,

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.160
 some people

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.599
 say that

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:22.839
 when you

00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:23.039
 die,

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.359
 you just

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:23.700
 die.

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.279
 Your clock

00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:25.839
 runs out,

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.379
 the batteries

00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:26.960
 go dead,

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.500
 you're it.

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.099
 No,

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.500
 nothing.

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.400
 Well,

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.759
 when you

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.180
 die,

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:34.099
 you're going

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.740
 to be aware

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.119
 of where

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:35.559
 you are

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:35.799
 and what

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:35.920
 you're

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.200
 doing.

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.440
 It's not

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.539
 the end.

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.559
 It's not

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.319
 an empty,

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.259
 lifeless body

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.539
 in the

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:42.940
 ground.

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.619
 Remember

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.519
 the beggar

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.500
 named Lazarus

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:46.799
 and the

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.339
 rich man?

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:48.619
 I mentioned

00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:49.019
 it like

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.500
 five or

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:49.960
 six weeks

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.200
 ago,

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.440
 so you

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.740
 probably

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.099
 don't

00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:51.319
 unless

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:51.519
 you've

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:51.779
 read the

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.180
 story.

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:53.920
 A rich

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.420
 man walks

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:54.900
 by the

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.240
 gate.

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.359
 Lazarus

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:57.059
 begs for

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.240
 him,

00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:57.660
 begs,

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.180
 begs,

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.160
 please

00:20:59.160 --> 00:20:59.579
 give me

00:20:59.579 --> 00:20:59.960
 something.

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.460
 And the

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.720
 man continues

00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.099
 on.

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:05.779
 They both

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.200
 die.

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:07.980
 The rich

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.359
 man is

00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:08.940
 in hell.

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.319
 In a

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:09.740
 place of

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.139
 torment

00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:10.400
 and

00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:10.960
 despair.

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.879
 And he

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.579
 begs

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.579
 Lazarus,

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.379
 begs

00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:19.119
 Abraham

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:19.680
 to allow

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.379
 Lazarus

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:21.619
 to touch

00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:22.139
 his finger

00:21:22.139 --> 00:21:23.160
 to water

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.539
 and put

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:23.759
 it in

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.240
 his mouth.

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.099
 It is

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.799
 horrible

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.279
 where he's

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.420
 at.

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.799
 He is

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.359
 aware

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:28.440
 of where

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:29.019
 he is.

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.180
 But not

00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:31.700
 only did

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.639
 sin bring

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:33.099
 physical

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.440
 death

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.720
 into the

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:33.859
 world,

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.119
 but it

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:34.819
 also brought

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.379
 spiritual

00:21:35.379 --> 00:21:35.819
 death.

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.859
 Genesis

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.679
 3 shows

00:21:39.679 --> 00:21:40.099
 us what

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.539
 spiritual

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:40.879
 death

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.779
 looks like.

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:42.879
 Adam

00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.319
 and Eve,

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.339
 the fall.

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.500
 Then God

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.439
 gives them,

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.119
 curses

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.579
 them.

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.980
 Women,

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.319
 labor pains

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.000
 will increase.

00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:53.500
 Men,

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.720
 work will be

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.220
 hard,

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.240
 difficult.

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.399
 You're going

00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.000
 to die.

00:21:59.460 --> 00:21:59.819
 Physical

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.460
 death comes

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.700
 into the

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:00.960
 picture.

00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:01.299
 And then

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.880
 we get

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.539
 to verse

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.980
 22-24.

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.259
 22-24

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.799
 in chapter

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.279
 3.

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.220
 That is

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.559
 correct,

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.200
 I promise.

00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:11.279
 3.

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:13.400
 22-24.

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.000
 It says,

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.579
 Then the

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.059
 Lord God

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.340
 said,

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:16.720
 Behold,

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.059
 the man

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.460
 has become

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.860
 like one

00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.160
 of us

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.500
 in knowing

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:18.880
 good and

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.160
 evil.

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.200
 Now,

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.799
 lest he

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.240
 reach out

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:21.680
 his hand

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.100
 and take

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.799
 also of

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.100
 the tree

00:22:23.100 --> 00:22:23.559
 of life

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:23.920
 and eat

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.240
 and live

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.559
 forever.

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:24.920
 Therefore,

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.400
 the Lord

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.700
 God

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.059
 sent him

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.700
 out from

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.100
 the garden

00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:27.480
 of Eden

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.319
 to work

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.840
 the ground

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.240
 from which

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.519
 he was

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.840
 taken.

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.819
 He drove

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.740
 out the

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:33.139
 man and

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.439
 at the

00:22:33.439 --> 00:22:33.779
 east of

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.159
 the garden

00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:34.480
 of Eden

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.000
 he placed

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.599
 the cherubim

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:35.919
 and a

00:22:35.919 --> 00:22:36.579
 flaming sword

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:36.980
 that turned

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.639
 every way

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.379
 to guard

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:38.899
 the way

00:22:38.899 --> 00:22:39.259
 to the

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.559
 tree

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.339
 of life.

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.939
 God

00:22:44.939 --> 00:22:46.500
 pushes

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.399
 Adam and

00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:48.379
 Eve out

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.059
 the garden

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.399
 of Eden.

00:22:49.699 --> 00:22:50.439
 He separates

00:22:50.439 --> 00:22:51.079
 them from

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.759
 him.

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:52.939
 It's a

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:54.000
 picture of

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.579
 spiritual

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.159
 death.

00:22:56.179 --> 00:22:56.459
 Spiritual

00:22:56.459 --> 00:22:57.000
 death is

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.799
 separation

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.959
 from

00:22:58.959 --> 00:22:59.819
 God.

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.459
 God

00:23:00.459 --> 00:23:01.639
 one

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.019
 sin

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.279
 brought

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.619
 death

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:02.799
 into

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:02.959
 the

00:23:02.959 --> 00:23:03.319
 world.

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.939
 One

00:23:03.939 --> 00:23:04.220
 sin

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.439
 brought

00:23:04.439 --> 00:23:04.839
 physical

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.179
 death.

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.599
 Time

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:05.779
 on

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:05.980
 this

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.379
 earth

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:07.779
 and

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.220
 spiritual

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.579
 death

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.319
 separation

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.319
 from

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:10.759
 God.

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.220
 But there's

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.879
 good news.

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:13.959
 There's

00:23:13.959 --> 00:23:14.619
 good news.

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:15.879
 While

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.740
 humans

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.279
 pursued

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.139
 the path

00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:18.819
 of pride

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.539
 and self

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.039
 worship,

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.579
 God

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.000
 pursued

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.579
 the path

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:22.759
 of

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.500
 redemptive

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.159
 love.

00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:25.000
 Good

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.659
 news.

00:23:25.939 --> 00:23:26.139
 Verse

00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:26.579
 14

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.079
 says

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.720
 in

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.359
 Romans

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.679
 chapter

00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:29.199
 5,

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:32.480
 the last

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.380
 phrase,

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.140
 it's like

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.299
 the

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.880
 transgression

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.140
 of

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.519
 Adam,

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.200
 who was

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.920
 a type

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:39.000
 of the

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.440
 one who

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.259
 was to

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.620
 come.

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.059
 Adam is

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.960
 a type

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.700
 of Christ.

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.340
 He is

00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:45.640
 the patriarch

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.380
 of human

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:47.160
 race.

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.880
 No matter

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.440
 ethnicity,

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.319
 no matter

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.039
 what language,

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.039
 he is the

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.620
 corporate head

00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:52.080
 of mankind,

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.620
 but he is

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.299
 only a type

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.180
 because his

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:55.039
 disobedience

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.580
 led to

00:23:55.580 --> 00:23:56.519
 sin and

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.880
 death.

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:58.380
 There is

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:58.760
 another

00:23:58.760 --> 00:23:59.200
 whose

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.740
 obedience

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.380
 affects

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:00.880
 mankind

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:02.040
 by giving

00:24:02.040 --> 00:24:02.560
 those who

00:24:02.560 --> 00:24:03.220
 believe a

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.480
 new

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.060
 citizenship,

00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:05.100
 a new

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.940
 life.

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.300
 And this

00:24:07.300 --> 00:24:07.680
 man,

00:24:08.280 --> 00:24:09.000
 as we

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.260
 know,

00:24:09.320 --> 00:24:09.780
 is Jesus

00:24:09.780 --> 00:24:11.080
 the Savior.

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:12.680
 So let's

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.120
 talk about

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:13.880
 Jesus for a

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.060
 minute.

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.680
 Adam

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.680
 brought sin

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.080
 into the

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.420
 world.

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.500
 Jesus

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.280
 brings

00:24:20.280 --> 00:24:21.100
 righteousness

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:22.340
 into the

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:22.740
 world.

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:25.900
 verse 15

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.519
 through 17

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.960
 is kind

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.140
 of where

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.319
 we're

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.700
 hovering

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.500
 this

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.839
 morning

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.819
 here

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.220
 talking

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.480
 about

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.859
 Jesus.

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.019
 Verse 15

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.319
 says,

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:32.839
 But the

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.480
 free gift

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.319
 is not

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.740
 like the

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.440
 trespass.

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.680
 For if

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.299
 many died

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.779
 through one

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.140
 man's

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:38.400
 sin,

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.079
 one man's

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.680
 trespass,

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.599
 much more

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:40.900
 have the

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.339
 grace of

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.700
 God and

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.099
 the free

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.559
 gift by

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.920
 the grace

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.200
 of that

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.700
 one man,

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.220
 Jesus

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.720
 Christ,

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.519
 abounded

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.700
 for many.

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.299
 In other

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.720
 words,

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.400
 how much

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.180
 better is

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.599
 the grace

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.140
 of God

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.440
 by giving

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.820
 of the

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:52.400
 free gift

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:52.640
 through

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:52.980
 Jesus

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.560
 Christ?

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.380
 That's not

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:55.880
 a question.

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:56.820
 It is

00:24:56.820 --> 00:24:57.160
 better.

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.380
 It may have

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.920
 sounded like a

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.200
 question,

00:24:59.280 --> 00:24:59.460
 and I

00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.820
 apologize.

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.240
 The

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.080
 trespass

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.980
 brought death

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.380
 into the

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.740
 picture,

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.700
 and Jesus

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.620
 erased

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.420
 death.

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.420
 Trespass

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:08.800
 brought

00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:09.720
 death,

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.040
 suffering

00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:12.440
 into the

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:12.860
 world,

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:13.720
 and Jesus

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:15.240
 erased.

00:25:17.280 --> 00:25:18.040
 First

00:25:18.040 --> 00:25:19.000
 nine words,

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.420
 the first

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.100
 sentence of

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.839
 verse 15

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:22.319
 is glorious,

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.980
 and praise

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.379
 God,

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:23.759
 this is

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.000
 true,

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.519
 but the

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.099
 free gift

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.740
 is not

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.919
 like the

00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.679
 trespass.

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.159
 Jesus

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.539
 didn't

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.599
 bring death,

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:31.959
 He didn't

00:25:31.959 --> 00:25:32.500
 bring

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.159
 condemnation,

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.599
 He brought

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.139
 hope,

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.159
 life,

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.740
 and life

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.579
 everlasting.

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.119
 This is

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.619
 what Jesus

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.480
 brings.

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.459
 Verse 16

00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:39.939
 says,

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:40.719
 and the

00:25:40.719 --> 00:25:41.259
 free gift

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.759
 is not

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.459
 like the

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:43.159
 result of

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.579
 that one

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.000
 man's

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.259
 sin,

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.059
 for the

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.539
 judgment

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.139
 following

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.559
 one

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.299
 trespass

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.799
 brought

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:49.219
 condemnation.

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.719
 But the

00:25:50.719 --> 00:25:51.379
 free gift

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:52.039
 following

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.439
 many

00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:53.199
 trespasses

00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:53.740
 brought

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.980
 justification.

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.240
 Jesus

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.559
 didn't

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.199
 bring sin

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.480
 to the

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.839
 party.

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:58.959
 Adam

00:25:58.959 --> 00:25:59.279
 brought

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.659
 sin to

00:25:59.659 --> 00:25:59.779
 the

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.059
 party.

00:26:00.439 --> 00:26:00.779
 Jesus

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.159
 brought

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:01.740
 righteousness,

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.339
 and that

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.759
 righteousness

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.639
 justifies.

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.799
 We are

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.259
 justified

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.000
 because of

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.419
 Jesus,

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.599
 not

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.480
 condemned.

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.619
 Adam,

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:12.000
 death,

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.419
 and

00:26:12.419 --> 00:26:13.219
 condemnation.

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:13.980
 Jesus,

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.159
 life,

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.660
 and

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.200
 grace.

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.140
 Romans

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.400
 8,

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:20.680
 1,

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:20.940
 there is

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.220
 therefore

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.660
 now no

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.240
 condemnation

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.820
 for those

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:23.100
 who are

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.740
 in Christ

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.180
 Jesus.

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.040
 There is

00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:25.420
 no

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.320
 condemnation.

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.460
 Now,

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.220
 there's four

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.980
 words here

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.259
 in verse

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.920
 16 that I

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.120
 want to

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:32.740
 make clear

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:34.580
 for everyone.

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.920
 And maybe

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.620
 as I read

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:36.900
 through it,

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.180
 you just

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.480
 didn't even

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:37.980
 think about

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.200
 it.

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:38.940
 Those

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.580
 four words

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.000
 but the

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.460
 free

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.320
 gift.

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.620
 This

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.980
 is nothing

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.099
 of your

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.660
 doing or

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.259
 my doing.

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.180
 This

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.700
 is nothing

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.579
 that we

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.039
 have

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.960
 deserved.

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.500
 Romans

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.220
 chapter 4,

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.720
 flip back

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.259
 to verse

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.920
 4.

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.660
 Paul is

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.880
 digging into

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.559
 justification

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.279
 by faith

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.680
 alone,

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.200
 not by

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.779
 works.

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.940
 And he

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.360
 says in

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.799
 verse 4,

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.039
 now,

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.519
 to the

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.420
 one who

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.900
 works,

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.539
 his wages

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:07.940
 are not

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.519
 counted as

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.880
 a gift,

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.339
 but as

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.860
 his due.

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:10.980
 But he

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.420
 just brings

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.900
 in a real

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.759
 life example.

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.819
 If you

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.220
 work,

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.039
 you get

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.500
 paid.

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.519
 Clear.

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.600
 You earned

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.860
 that money.

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.700
 But,

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.640
 the grace

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.019
 of God

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.539
 is not

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.079
 that way.

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.420
 It is

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.980
 a free

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.680
 gift.

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.779
 There is

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.339
 no earning.

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.480
 The

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.779
 gospel

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.180
 leaves

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:31.259
 no room

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.620
 for you

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:32.880
 or for

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.180
 me to

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.460
 boast

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.640
 in

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.079
 ourselves.

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.019
 We

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.299
 boast

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.500
 in

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.920
 Christ,

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.559
 absolutely,

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.279
 but we

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.519
 cannot

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.079
 boast

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.660
 in

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.200
 ourselves

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.400
 and

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.539
 what

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.720
 we

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:39.960
 have

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.660
 earned

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:40.900
 or

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.299
 done.

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.519
 This

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.779
 is a

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:42.980
 good

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.259
 thing.

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.440
 This

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.759
 is a

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.279
 joyous

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.480
 thing

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.079
 because,

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.359
 as I've

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.859
 shown,

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.200
 we're

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.799
 bloodline

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.279
 of Adam.

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.799
 We're

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.519
 related to

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.920
 Adam and

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:53.440
 our lives

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.200
 are contaminated

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.759
 because of

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.319
 Adam.

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.640
 We are

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.059
 sinners,

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.700
 have

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.180
 sinned,

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.900
 and will

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.299
 sin.

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.940
 We are

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.319
 dead

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.900
 without

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.579
 Christ.

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.000
 Lazarus,

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.539
 different

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.200
 Lazarus,

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.640
 the friend

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.099
 of Jesus

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.900
 who died,

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.279
 he needed

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.000
 Jesus to

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.460
 call him

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:10.879
 out.

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.700
 He was

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.279
 dead.

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:12.460
 He

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:12.880
 needed a

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.180
 free

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.559
 gift

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:13.779
 of

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.279
 life.

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.180
 It is

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.660
 a free

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.380
 gift from

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:18.720
 the

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.279
 creator

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.140
 who we

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:21.279
 choose not

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.860
 to worship,

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.779
 who do

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.380
 not worship.

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.580
 We

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.539
 choose to

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:24.799
 worship

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.360
 ourselves

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.840
 because of

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.120
 who we

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.460
 are.

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:27.920
 The

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.140
 free

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.600
 gift from

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:28.799
 the

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.220
 creator

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.799
 to his

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.680
 greatest

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.500
 creation,

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.519
 mankind

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.480
 created in

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.200
 his image,

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.279
 but who are

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.779
 spiritually

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.259
 dead.

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:40.019
 So the

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.759
 final

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.420
 summation,

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.839
 the final

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:44.500
 conclusion of

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.000
 these three

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.660
 verses is

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.519
 verse 17.

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.539
 It says,

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.359
 For if

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.980
 because of

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.640
 one man's

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.259
 trespass,

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.400
 death reigned

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:52.920
 through that

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.539
 one man,

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.480
 Adam,

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.740
 much more

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.440
 will those

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.940
 who receive

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.480
 the abundance

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.079
 of grace

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.359
 and the

00:28:59.359 --> 00:28:59.839
 free gift

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.379
 of righteousness

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.319
 reign in

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.440
 life through

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.220
 the one

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.619
 man,

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.259
 Jesus

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.079
 Christ.

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.220
 Much

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.880
 more,

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.600
 much

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.200
 better,

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.000
 much

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.680
 greater

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.680
 is the

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:10.980
 free

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.420
 gift.

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.640
 So we

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.680
 have free

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.839
 gift of

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.400
 grace,

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.500
 God's

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.980
 righteousness

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.559
 given to

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.920
 us,

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.460
 and over

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.960
 here we

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.440
 have

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:22.400
 what?

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.819
 Man's

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.460
 trespass,

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.079
 sin.

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.660
 God's

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.120
 free gift

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.380
 is going

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:27.620
 to win

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.339
 every time.

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:30.799
 That's

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.720
 what much

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:33.640
 more free

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.620
 gift wins

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:36.019
 every time.

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.600
 to those

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.160
 who will

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:39.100
 receive the

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:40.000
 abundance of

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.319
 grace and

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.779
 the free

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.100
 gift.

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.600
 Those who

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.299
 believe.

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:46.940
 Those who

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.380
 believe.

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.640
 So here in

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.220
 this verse,

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.039
 in verse 17,

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:51.299
 we have God's

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.319
 sovereignty over

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.240
 salvation.

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.000
 He has the

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.819
 gift to

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.200
 give.

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.319
 And man's

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.180
 responsibility for

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.740
 salvation,

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.600
 those who

00:29:59.600 --> 00:29:59.980
 believe,

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.579
 those who have

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.519
 received the

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.160
 abundance of

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.600
 grace.

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:02.679
 righteousness.

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.500
 It is all

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.359
 through Jesus.

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.639
 Not you or

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.379
 me, but

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:09.079
 Jesus.

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:12.119
 He brings

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.939
 righteousness into

00:30:12.939 --> 00:30:14.859
 the world so

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.439
 that we can be

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:16.279
 partakers of

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.259
 this gift.

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.759
 I think every

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.480
 sermon should

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.480
 have 2 Corinthians

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.819
 5.21 in it.

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.959
 If you don't

00:30:23.959 --> 00:30:24.519
 know it,

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.759
 for our sake

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.379
 He made Him

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.039
 to be sin

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.639
 who knew

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.980
 no sin,

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.700
 so that in

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.220
 Him we might

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.099
 become the

00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:33.259
 righteousness of

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.500
 God.

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.420
 Jesus, who was

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:35.380
 man, but not

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:36.339
 blood of

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.660
 Adam.

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.140
 Jesus, whose

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.920
 life was not

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.759
 corrupted by

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:41.819
 sin, who knew

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:43.019
 no sin, never

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:44.519
 sin, sin had no

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.539
 bondage over

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.799
 Him.

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:47.380
 This Jesus, the

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.380
 Holy One, the

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.960
 righteous One,

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:50.180
 became sin for

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:51.059
 you and for

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.900
 me so that in

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.860
 Him we might

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.319
 become the

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.000
 righteousness of

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.279
 God.

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.319
 The only way we

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.759
 become the

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.440
 righteousness of

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.960
 God is by

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.880
 His righteousness

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:01.519
 He brought

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.079
 into the world

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.640
 to be given

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.660
 to you and

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.660
 to me through

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:06.079
 free gift.

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.200
 That is the

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.920
 great exchange.

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.880
 That is what

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.799
 Jesus brings.

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.640
 He is our

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.620
 glorious Savior

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:14.200
 and He gives

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:15.079
 righteousness so

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:16.059
 that we can be

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.579
 justified.

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:19.000
 Jesus is also

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.860
 the second

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.340
 Adam.

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:21.340
 He is the

00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:21.980
 second Adam.

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.740
 He is the

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.539
 Christ, the

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.000
 Savior.

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:26.039
 Adam was the

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.759
 first man.

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.720
 He is the

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.860
 patriarch of all

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.259
 mankind.

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.119
 Jesus is the

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.759
 God-man.

00:31:32.459 --> 00:31:32.979
 He is the

00:31:32.979 --> 00:31:33.959
 patriarch of the

00:31:33.959 --> 00:31:34.719
 new mankind.

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.359
 He is the

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.339
 patriarch for His

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.219
 church, for those

00:31:38.219 --> 00:31:39.599
 who repent and

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.099
 believe.

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.139
 Jesus came to

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:43.000
 accomplish what

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.899
 only He could

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.359
 accomplish.

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:48.079
 He came to

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.899
 save sinners.

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.000
 God.

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:50.560
 He is the

00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:51.160
 God.

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.480
 Because we will

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.320
 always be

00:31:52.320 --> 00:31:53.300
 enslaved to

00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:54.400
 sin, to

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.840
 corruption.

00:31:55.800 --> 00:31:57.519
 And what that

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.420
 deserves or what

00:31:58.420 --> 00:32:00.040
 that is earned

00:32:00.040 --> 00:32:01.280
 is condemnation.

00:32:03.540 --> 00:32:04.640
 He came to

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:06.300
 live, die, and

00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:07.120
 resurrect to

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:08.019
 create a way in

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.519
 which we can

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.300
 worship God

00:32:09.300 --> 00:32:10.400
 again as we

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:11.620
 were created to

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:11.900
 do.

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.660
 He is the

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.759
 patriarch of

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.759
 worshipers of

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.880
 God, image

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.740
 bearers of God

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.599
 who bear the

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.460
 righteousness of

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.839
 Jesus.

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.599
 He is the

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.460
 second Adam and

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.180
 there will never

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:23.240
 be a third.

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.380
 The book of

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:27.140
 John, Jesus'

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.259
 last words,

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:29.339
 it is finished,

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.200
 meaning there is

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.299
 nothing else to

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.779
 be done.

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.220
 I have

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.759
 completed this.

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.559
 Adam's

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.319
 disobedience

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.400
 affected mankind.

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.780
 time, Jesus'

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:41.440
 obedience overcame

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.980
 his disobedience.

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:45.800
 Each made an

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:46.980
 impact, but one

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:48.040
 offers death

00:32:48.040 --> 00:32:48.740
 while the other

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:50.140
 offers life.

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.960
 Adam offers

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.860
 condemnation.

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:54.320
 Jesus offers

00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:54.740
 hope.

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.900
 Adam offers

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.440
 slavery.

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.640
 Jesus offers

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:58.160
 peace.

00:32:58.800 --> 00:32:59.660
 Adam offers

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.160
 despair.

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:01.920
 Jesus offers

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.780
 joy.

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.759
 Adam offers

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.280
 failure.

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:07.220
 Jesus offers

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.180
 grace.

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:10.480
 Adam offers

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.480
 self-worship

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.900
 and idolatry.

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.660
 Jesus offers

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.600
 redeeming

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.320
 love.

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.320
 Adam offers

00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:19.060
 eternal

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.759
 despair.

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.160
 Jesus offers

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:22.580
 life everlasting.

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:24.660
 This is

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.080
 Jesus.

00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:28.300
 There was

00:33:28.300 --> 00:33:29.460
 one act

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.100
 that led

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.940
 to all

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:32.540
 sinning

00:33:32.540 --> 00:33:33.480
 and

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.540
 condemnation,

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:34.920
 but there

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.120
 is

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:37.200
 an act

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.860
 of righteousness

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.719
 that leads

00:33:38.719 --> 00:33:39.599
 to justification

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.500
 as Jesus

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.219
 Christ on

00:33:41.219 --> 00:33:41.939
 the glorious

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.679
 cross.

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:44.899
 Let me

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:45.219
 take a

00:33:45.219 --> 00:33:46.279
 minute here.

00:33:47.199 --> 00:33:47.659
 In verse

00:33:47.659 --> 00:33:49.199
 18, it

00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:49.379
 says,

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:50.119
 therefore, as

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:51.379
 one trespass

00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:51.779
 led to

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.639
 condemnation for

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:53.240
 all men,

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.740
 so one act of

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.159
 righteousness

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.740
 leads to

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.719
 justification in

00:33:56.719 --> 00:33:57.559
 life for

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.959
 all men.

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.100
 salvation.

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.559
 That is a

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.400
 hot topic.

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.180
 I need to

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.900
 clarify something

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.160
 here.

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.240
 Paul, by the

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.759
 guidance of the

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.160
 Holy Spirit,

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.940
 does not mean

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.880
 that all men

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.780
 will be saved.

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.400
 Okay?

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.539
 So we're on the

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.119
 same page.

00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:11.720
 I just want to

00:34:11.720 --> 00:34:12.420
 make this clear

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.980
 to you.

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.260
 This is not

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:16.039
 universal salvation

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:17.079
 for everyone.

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.720
 He has gone

00:34:19.720 --> 00:34:20.360
 from in verse

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:21.280
 12 talking about

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:22.320
 all mankind,

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:24.199
 universal mankind,

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:25.059
 verse 12,

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.339
 all men have

00:34:26.339 --> 00:34:29.460
 been condemned

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.399
 because of the

00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:31.319
 sin of Adam.

00:34:32.359 --> 00:34:32.859
 And it

00:34:32.859 --> 00:34:33.859
 transitions through

00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:34.779
 verse 15 where

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.319
 he talks about

00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:35.799
 many.

00:34:36.319 --> 00:34:36.939
 Verse 17,

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.579
 those who

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.239
 receive.

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.239
 And then

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.939
 verse 18,

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.980
 meaning all

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.079
 types or all

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.799
 people.

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:45.259
 So he's not

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:46.039
 saying that all

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.839
 people will be

00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:47.299
 saved.

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.659
 He's saying

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.719
 that the grace

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.299
 of God and

00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:50.899
 salvation is

00:34:50.899 --> 00:34:51.659
 open to any

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:53.059
 type of person.

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:55.199
 so Jew or

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.799
 Gentile,

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:57.179
 rich or poor,

00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.779
 man or woman,

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.739
 black or white,

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.019
 African or German,

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:02.159
 English or Muslim,

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:02.759
 it does not

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.059
 matter.

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.599
 That is what

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.500
 Paul is saying

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.099
 here, not

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:07.239
 talking about a

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:08.579
 universal salvation.

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:12.239
 Although Jesus

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:13.179
 could do that

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.820
 if he wanted

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.159
 to.

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.820
 The problem

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.239
 is,

00:35:17.799 --> 00:35:18.840
 is if this is

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.599
 what it's teaching,

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.219
 then he has

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:21.019
 already failed

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.759
 because we know

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.480
 people are

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.400
 in hell.

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.800
 Tricky.

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.480
 So now I want

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.860
 to talk about

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.599
 the law for a

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:31.780
 minute.

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.320
 Verse 20 and

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.880
 21.

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.639
 The law

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.420
 increases

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.300
 grace.

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.300
 Now,

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.219
 verse 20,

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:41.740
 now the law

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.300
 came in to

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.920
 increase the

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.559
 trespass,

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.960
 but where sin

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.500
 increased,

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.539
 grace abounded

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.400
 all the more.

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.900
 So that as sin

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.880
 reigned in death,

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:51.260
 grace also might

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:51.860
 reign through

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.880
 righteousness leading

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.880
 to eternal life

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.900
 through Jesus

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.480
 Christ,

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:57.360
 our Lord.

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:59.220
 The law's purpose

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.980
 is to show us

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.620
 our sin,

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:02.220
 to reveal our

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:03.280
 idolatry and

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:04.079
 our pride.

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.579
 Go ahead

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.260
 two chapters

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.800
 to Romans

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.700
 chapter 7.

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:11.280
 Verse 7.

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:16.160
 Verse 7 says,

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.779
 What then shall

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:17.259
 we say?

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:18.159
 That the law

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:19.139
 is sin by no

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.659
 means.

00:36:20.379 --> 00:36:20.579
 Yet,

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.319
 if it had not

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:21.819
 been for the

00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.019
 law,

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.500
 I would not

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:22.879
 have known

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.379
 sin.

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.559
 For I would

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:24.899
 not have

00:36:24.899 --> 00:36:25.259
 known what

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.719
 it is to

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.179
 covet if

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.559
 the law

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.980
 had not

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.259
 said,

00:36:27.379 --> 00:36:27.799
 you shall

00:36:27.799 --> 00:36:28.440
 not covet.

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.619
 The law

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.420
 is to reveal

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.759
 sin,

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.500
 to show us

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.819
 sin.

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.259
 And the law

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:34.960
 increases the

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.460
 grace.

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.099
 Verse 20,

00:36:39.379 --> 00:36:39.819
 back in

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.519
 chapter 5,

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.119
 but where

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:42.239
 sin increased,

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.480
 grace abounded

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.739
 all the more.

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.440
 The law

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:49.440
 increases grace.

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:49.880
 We must

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.619
 treasure the

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:50.820
 law,

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.500
 know it,

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.259
 and obey it.

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.500
 Psalm 119.

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:53.900
 Flip to

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.920
 Psalm 119.

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:58.179
 The longest

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.880
 chapter in

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.679
 all of the

00:36:59.679 --> 00:36:59.960
 Bible.

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.440
 I'm sure the

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.000
 author was

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.739
 going for that.

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:09.300
 Psalm 119.

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:13.320
 Listen to

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:13.920
 these words

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.920
 that David

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:16.460
 uses to

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:18.460
 describe how

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.119
 he feels

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.820
 about God's

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.579
 law and

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:21.500
 His precepts

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.759
 and His

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.219
 commandments.

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.159
 119

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:26.039
 verse 9,

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.400
 How can a

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:27.960
 young man

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.460
 keep his

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.139
 way pure?

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.239
 By guarding

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:31.440
 it according

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.800
 to your

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.119
 word.

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.519
 With my

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.039
 whole heart

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.519
 I seek

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.719
 you.

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.300
 Let me

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:34.900
 not wander

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.340
 from your

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.800
 commandments.

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.820
 I have

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.300
 stored up

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.800
 your word

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.219
 in my

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:39.159
 heart that

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:39.460
 I might

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.059
 not sin

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.500
 against

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:40.739
 you.

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.199
 Blessed

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.860
 are you,

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.340
 O Lord.

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.019
 Teach me

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.940
 your statutes.

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:44.619
 With my

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.059
 lips I

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.679
 declare all

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:46.099
 the rules

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.420
 of your

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.820
 mouth.

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:47.539
 In the

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:47.860
 way of

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.000
 your

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.800
 testimonies I

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.820
 delight as

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.280
 much as

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.679
 in all

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.000
 riches.

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.639
 I will

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:52.219
 meditate on

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.360
 your

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:53.039
 precepts and

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.480
 fix my

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.119
 eyes on

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.280
 your

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:54.659
 ways.

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.159
 I will

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.900
 delight in

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.059
 your

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.559
 statutes.

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:56.940
 I will

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.900
 not forget

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.699
 your

00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:59.519
 word.

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.179
 Cherish,

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.039
 know,

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.920
 love,

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.639
 and obey

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.340
 God's

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:06.019
 word and

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.539
 the law.

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.219
 The

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:08.780
 crescendo,

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.500
 the final

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.080
 symbols

00:38:10.080 --> 00:38:10.660
 together,

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:12.260
 is clanging

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:12.820
 together in

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.500
 verse 21.

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.780
 Back in

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.400
 Romans chapter

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:16.980
 5.

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.540
 Verse 21

00:38:20.540 --> 00:38:21.280
 says,

00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:22.940
 so that

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.780
 as sin

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.460
 reigned in

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.860
 death,

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:26.500
 grace also

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.180
 might reign

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:27.940
 through righteousness

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.640
 leading to

00:38:28.640 --> 00:38:29.420
 eternal life

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:30.019
 through Jesus

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.980
 Christ our

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.500
 Lord.

00:38:32.060 --> 00:38:32.840
 Clang those

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:33.180
 symbols

00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:33.680
 together.

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.440
 this is

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:34.879
 it.

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.000
 What

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.619
 glorious

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.379
 good news.

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.859
 Jesus

00:38:38.859 --> 00:38:39.940
 offers what

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.500
 we cannot

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:40.919
 do.

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:42.199
 His grace

00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:42.879
 is sufficient.

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:44.960
 Jesus

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:46.940
 is the

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.159
 way.

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.599
 He is the

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:47.799
 way,

00:38:47.899 --> 00:38:48.279
 the truth,

00:38:48.319 --> 00:38:48.500
 and the

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.940
 life.

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.460
 He says,

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:50.759
 I have

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.199
 come that

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.399
 you may

00:38:51.399 --> 00:38:51.899
 have life

00:38:51.899 --> 00:38:52.299
 and have

00:38:52.299 --> 00:38:53.799
 it abundantly.

00:38:55.799 --> 00:38:56.299
 So,

00:38:56.379 --> 00:38:56.799
 here's my

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.599
 four

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.319
 concluding

00:38:58.319 --> 00:38:58.859
 points.

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.440
 Point

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:01.059
 number one,

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:01.779
 God

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.500
 takes sin

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.199
 seriously.

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.320
 Look at

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:06.360
 these words

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:06.860
 that Paul

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.599
 uses to

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:08.239
 describe

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:09.000
 sin.

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:10.639
 Death,

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.280
 trespass.

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.260
 He links

00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:16.320
 condemnation.

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.920
 Verse 15,

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:19.360
 death.

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.059
 Verse 17,

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.500
 death.

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.159
 Verse 12,

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.559
 death.

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.280
 Verse 14,

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:22.800
 death.

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.760
 There is

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:26.639
 an effect

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.199
 to sin.

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.579
 There is

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.639
 a punishment

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:29.500
 for sin.

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.320
 God

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:30.800
 takes it

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:31.420
 seriously.

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.220
 In Acts

00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:32.880
 chapter 5,

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.159
 we have

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.680
 the story

00:39:33.680 --> 00:39:34.700
 of Ananias

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:35.440
 and Sapphira.

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.099
 You guys

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:36.740
 familiar with

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:37.019
 this?

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.800
 The disciples

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.500
 or the

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.019
 apostles

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.440
 have,

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.740
 the church

00:39:41.740 --> 00:39:42.400
 has gathered

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:43.180
 and people

00:39:43.180 --> 00:39:43.980
 had everything

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.619
 in common.

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:44.920
 They were

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.500
 giving of

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.019
 everything.

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:46.760
 And at

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:46.960
 the end

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.360
 of chapter

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:47.880
 4,

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:48.940
 the writer

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.639
 Luke tells

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.139
 us that

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:51.440
 this man

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:51.639
 named

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.139
 Barnabas

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.639
 had sold

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.159
 everything

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:53.579
 he had.

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:53.860
 He sold

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.380
 his property

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:54.740
 and everything

00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:55.159
 and gave

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.420
 it to the

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.740
 apostles.

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.740
 And previous

00:39:56.740 --> 00:39:57.139
 to that,

00:39:57.200 --> 00:39:57.380
 it said

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.000
 there was

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.900
 nobody in

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.240
 need.

00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:00.019
 That's

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.880
 the church.

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.320
 That's what

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:01.639
 the church

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.079
 was doing

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.360
 at this

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:02.639
 time.

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.360
 Nobody

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:03.800
 had

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.719
 anything

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.320
 in need.

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:06.539
 Yeah,

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.039
 grammatically

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.460
 that's correct.

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.000
 Nobody

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.539
 had anything

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:08.920
 in need.

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.519
 There was

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:11.719
 no one

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.420
 in need

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:12.780
 at all.

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.280
 So in

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.940
 chapter 5,

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:14.579
 the writer

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:15.139
 starts out

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:15.619
 by saying,

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.039
 and there

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.440
 was a man

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.739
 and a woman

00:40:16.739 --> 00:40:17.360
 named Ananias

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.860
 and Sapphira

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:18.739
 who sold

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:19.360
 their property

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:21.300
 and brought

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.800
 an offering,

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.119
 but they

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:23.079
 kept a little

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.960
 for themselves.

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:26.500
 If you

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:26.780
 know the

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.039
 story,

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.340
 you know

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:27.720
 that each

00:40:27.720 --> 00:40:28.720
 one dies.

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:30.139
 Ananias

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:30.639
 just falls

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:30.980
 over.

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.059
 Peter,

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:32.539
 I think,

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:33.699
 says to

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:34.320
 Ananias,

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.740
 why have

00:40:34.740 --> 00:40:35.059
 you done

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.420
 this?

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.019
 Falls

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.480
 over and

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:38.860
 dies.

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:41.139
 Sapphira,

00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:41.760
 not knowing

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:42.820
 that her

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.360
 husband had

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:44.159
 died,

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:45.000
 comes in

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.260
 a couple

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:45.960
 hours later

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:47.519
 and the

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:48.220
 apostle says,

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:49.659
 is this

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:50.079
 everything?

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.360
 Have you

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:50.780
 given us

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:51.039
 all?

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:51.500
 And she

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:51.760
 says,

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:51.940
 well,

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.179
 yes,

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:52.579
 it is.

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:53.000
 And then

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:54.000
 she dies.

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:54.900
 The reason

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.139
 of the

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.519
 story is

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:55.800
 not to

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.000
 say,

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:56.840
 check out

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.099
 what the

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.880
 apostles did.

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.420
 The reason

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.940
 for the

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.380
 story is

00:40:59.380 --> 00:40:59.739
 to say,

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:00.840
 sin is

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:01.619
 serious.

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:04.019
 God

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.980
 takes sin

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.659
 very

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:06.599
 serious.

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.159
 Second

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.760
 concluding

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.159
 point,

00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:12.619
 our

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:13.239
 identity,

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.880
 our

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.559
 identity,

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.539
 individual

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:17.099
 identity,

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:18.119
 is found

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.920
 either in

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.480
 Adam

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:20.519
 or in

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:20.840
 Jesus.

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.840
 God

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.840
 is

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:22.960
 so I

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.400
 asked at

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:23.519
 the

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:23.860
 beginning,

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.920
 if you

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.180
 were to

00:41:25.180 --> 00:41:25.740
 die today

00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:25.980
 and

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.680
 immediately

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:27.360
 be before

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.800
 God,

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:29.420
 who would

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:29.920
 you belong

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.220
 to?

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.539
 Who would

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:33.000
 you belong

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.220
 to?

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.559
 Would you

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:35.059
 claim citizenship

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:35.760
 with Jesus

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:36.160
 and His

00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:36.760
 kingdom or

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:37.700
 would you be

00:41:37.700 --> 00:41:38.880
 claimed by

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:39.460
 the sin

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:40.059
 of Adam?

00:41:41.620 --> 00:41:42.240
 There are

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:42.760
 only two

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:43.400
 options.

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:44.900
 Who do you

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:45.460
 belong to

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:45.900
 and what

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.660
 are you

00:41:46.660 --> 00:41:47.420
 enslaved to?

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:48.660
 Sin

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:49.739
 or

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:50.259
 righteousness,

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.159
 condemnation

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:53.000
 or grace,

00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:53.579
 death

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:54.480
 or

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.339
 life.

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:56.980
 Third

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.500
 concluding

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:57.920
 point,

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.099
 those who

00:41:59.099 --> 00:41:59.599
 are victims

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.739
 of Adam's

00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:01.960
 sin by

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:03.179
 birth are

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:03.920
 also guilty

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.659
 of personal

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:05.299
 sin of

00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:05.899
 their own

00:42:05.899 --> 00:42:06.480
 doing.

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:07.759
 There is

00:42:07.759 --> 00:42:08.299
 no guilty

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:09.299
 by association.

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:09.839
 You're just

00:42:09.839 --> 00:42:10.199
 guilty.

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.599
 There is no

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:12.500
 innocence until

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.299
 proven guilty.

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:14.119
 You're guilty.

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:16.159
 We all

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:16.719
 commit sin

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:17.319
 and no one

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.980
 is innocent

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.900
 of the

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.320
 curse.

00:42:20.740 --> 00:42:21.340
 And finally,

00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:22.660
 birth.

00:42:23.200 --> 00:42:24.559
 Birth is

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:25.059
 both the

00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:26.260
 cause and

00:42:26.260 --> 00:42:26.800
 the cure

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:27.600
 for man's

00:42:27.600 --> 00:42:27.880
 sin.

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:30.140
 Both the

00:42:30.140 --> 00:42:31.080
 cause and

00:42:31.080 --> 00:42:32.059
 the cure.

00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:33.300
 We are

00:42:33.300 --> 00:42:33.940
 born into

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.539
 sin through

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.180
 our blood,

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:36.059
 but we can

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.720
 also be born

00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:37.220
 into a new

00:42:37.220 --> 00:42:37.880
 life by being

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.580
 born again

00:42:38.580 --> 00:42:39.180
 by the

00:42:39.180 --> 00:42:39.559
 blood of

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:39.880
 Jesus.

00:42:40.100 --> 00:42:40.640
 Read John

00:42:40.640 --> 00:42:41.480
 chapter 3.

00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:44.160
 So I

00:42:44.160 --> 00:42:44.620
 will ask

00:42:44.620 --> 00:42:44.980
 again,

00:42:45.120 --> 00:42:45.740
 who do you

00:42:45.740 --> 00:42:46.420
 belong to?

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:47.800
 It can't

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:48.380
 be both.

00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:50.200
 You can't

00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:50.700
 belong to

00:42:50.700 --> 00:42:51.320
 Adam and

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:51.780
 to Jesus.

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.680
 See,

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:56.200
 once you're

00:42:56.200 --> 00:42:56.800
 born again,

00:42:56.900 --> 00:42:57.500
 your citizenship

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:58.059
 changes.

00:42:59.140 --> 00:42:59.559
 You're no

00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:00.519
 longer a

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:01.240
 citizen of

00:43:01.240 --> 00:43:03.039
 the sinful

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.539
 world.

00:43:03.680 --> 00:43:04.080
 You are

00:43:04.080 --> 00:43:04.500
 now a

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:05.039
 citizen of

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.580
 heaven.

00:43:07.160 --> 00:43:07.780
 You're no

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:08.400
 longer an

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:08.920
 enemy of

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:09.320
 God and

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:09.780
 a slave

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:10.080
 of sin.

00:43:10.140 --> 00:43:10.360
 You are

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:10.760
 now a

00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:11.300
 child of

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.600
 God,

00:43:11.700 --> 00:43:12.240
 adopted

00:43:12.240 --> 00:43:13.500
 as sons

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:14.100
 of the

00:43:14.100 --> 00:43:14.420
 King.

00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:16.420
 So do you

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.900
 know this

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.160
 King?

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:17.519
 Do you

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.440
 treasure

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:19.019
 Jesus,

00:43:19.259 --> 00:43:19.779
 the author

00:43:19.779 --> 00:43:20.460
 and perfecter

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:20.779
 of our

00:43:20.779 --> 00:43:21.239
 faith?

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.339
 Do you

00:43:22.339 --> 00:43:23.199
 love Jesus?

00:43:23.359 --> 00:43:24.059
 Do you

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:26.579
 hate sin

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:27.039
 or do you

00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:27.619
 hate Jesus

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:28.059
 and love

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.359
 sin?

00:43:30.460 --> 00:43:31.059
 Answer

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:31.619
 these

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:32.159
 questions

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.480
 this

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:32.799
 morning.

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.319
 Answer

00:43:34.319 --> 00:43:34.659
 these

00:43:34.659 --> 00:43:35.139
 questions.

00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:37.099
 Here's

00:43:37.099 --> 00:43:38.000
 the beauty

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.379
 of our

00:43:38.379 --> 00:43:38.839
 text.

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.819
 Big,

00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:41.500
 giant

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:42.019
 chunk.

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:42.539
 And there's

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:42.920
 a lot

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:43.420
 more in

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:43.599
 there,

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:43.839
 I

00:43:43.839 --> 00:43:44.299
 promise.

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.359
 Here's

00:43:45.359 --> 00:43:45.799
 the beauty

00:43:45.799 --> 00:43:46.339
 of this

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:46.780
 text.

00:43:48.200 --> 00:43:48.960
 What has

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:49.440
 been said

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:49.740
 up to

00:43:49.740 --> 00:43:49.980
 this

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:51.640
 point in

00:43:51.640 --> 00:43:51.940
 chapters

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.519
 1 through

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:53.059
 4 and

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.320
 in a

00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:53.600
 little bit

00:43:53.600 --> 00:43:54.140
 of 5?

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:55.380
 We can

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:56.700
 be justified

00:43:56.700 --> 00:43:57.380
 bearing

00:43:57.380 --> 00:43:57.780
 Jesus'

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.500
 righteousness.

00:44:00.100 --> 00:44:00.700
 That we

00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:01.079
 can have

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.700
 all our

00:44:01.700 --> 00:44:01.980
 sins

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:02.420
 forgiven.

00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:05.539
 All of

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:05.860
 this.

00:44:06.940 --> 00:44:07.820
 And death

00:44:07.820 --> 00:44:08.539
 cannot stop

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:08.820
 it from

00:44:08.820 --> 00:44:09.180
 happening.

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.620
 That is the

00:44:10.620 --> 00:44:11.019
 beauty of

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:11.600
 our text.

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:12.599
 God

00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:12.839
 will

00:44:12.839 --> 00:44:17.719
 come to

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:18.179
 fruition.

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.099
 Beauty

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:20.500
 of our

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:20.940
 text is

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:21.219
 even

00:44:21.219 --> 00:44:21.719
 death

00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:22.019
 cannot

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.519
 stop

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:22.900
 God

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.119
 from

00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:23.500
 fulfilling

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:23.759
 what

00:44:23.759 --> 00:44:23.880
 He

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.319
 promises.

00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:27.239
 Even

00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:27.759
 death

00:44:27.759 --> 00:44:29.059
 cannot

00:44:29.059 --> 00:44:29.500
 stop

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:29.819
 God

00:44:29.819 --> 00:44:30.079
 because

00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:30.259
 He

00:44:30.259 --> 00:44:30.440
 has

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 sent

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