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 So this morning's reading is from Ephesians 2, verses 1 to 10.

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 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked,

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 following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air,

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 the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience,

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 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,

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 carrying out the desires of the body and the mind,

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 and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind.

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 But God, being rich in mercy because of the great love with which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.

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 By Christ you have been saved, and raised us up with him and seated us with him

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 in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages

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 he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in the kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.

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 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing.

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 It is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

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 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,

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 which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

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 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,

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 for good works, and for good works.

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 But I was struck this week again that my nine-year-old grandchild,

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 who was doing a speech at his school up in Gandawindi,

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 can speak with some knowledge about Anzac Day.

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 Why is that?

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 Well, it's because, very simply,

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 what I might call this morning the doctrine of Anzac Day

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 is well and truly taught every year in the schools.

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 The doctrine is just a set of beliefs and values.

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 An Anzac has a set of beliefs and values.

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 And they shaped us as a nation,

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 and they're taught without embarrassment or without apology

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 in our schools every year.

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 Why?

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 To use the cliche,

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 lest we forget.

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 Today we also begin a nine-week doctrinal series

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 focusing on how we experience God's grace and salvation.

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 And yet an interesting thing might just have happened.

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 That sentence alone would be enough

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 to make lots and lots of Christians,

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 perhaps even some here this morning,

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 switch off,

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 because it mentioned that dreaded word doctrine.

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 The modern evangelical spirit

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 says,

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 look, I just want to praise and worship God,

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 so don't offend me

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 by trying to teach me doctrine.

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 I just want to praise and worship God,

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 so don't bore me

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 with the notion of doctrine.

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 I don't need it.

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 I don't want it.

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 Now that sort of statement sounds humble.

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 I just want to praise the Lord.

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 It sounds appealing.

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 It sounds virtuous.

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 But in actual fact,

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 as it's stated,

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 it's quite contrary to Scripture,

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 particularly verses like Romans 12, 1-3,

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 where it actually urges us as Christians

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 to pursue radically transformed minds.

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 And practically, it's nonsense.

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 I mean, at the end of the day,

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 how can we respond appropriately?

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 How can we praise in thankfulness

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 thankfulness?

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 Unless we understand God's character.

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 Unless we understand God's dealings

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 with the world.

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 Unless we understand

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 what his mercy and compassion

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 is meant to us in salvation.

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 Unless we're aware of how we've experienced

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 the salvation,

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 quite contrary to anything we deserve.

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 So my friends,

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 as we start this series,

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 it sounds as if I have to start negative,

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 and that may be my character,

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 but I just long

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 that we might be excited about doctrine.

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 That we might actually

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 think that it's valuable

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 to put the effort in

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 to learn it.

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 Why?

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 Lest we forget.

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 Lest we forget

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 the beauty of the Lord.

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 Lest we forget

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 his compassion and mercy to us

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 who deserve

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 only his condemnation.

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 Lest we forget

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 the firm foundation

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 we have to stand upon.

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 The foundation from which

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 we speak to others

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 in our world from.

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 Lest we forget.

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 Well, let's jump into the series then

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 with a question.

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 Very general question.

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 What is the Bible about?

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 And you won't get any prizes

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 for saying it's about God.

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 Dig down into that a little bit more.

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 And we say,

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 well, it's about God

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 and his relationship

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 with mankind.

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 And then we have to dig

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 a little bit more and say,

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 well, okay,

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 that's a relationship

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 that collapsed

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 and has become hostile

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 because of the rebellion

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 of the image bearer

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 against their creator.

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 And then we dig

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 a little bit more

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 and say,

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 well, that's not the full story

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 of the Bible

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 because the Bible tells us

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 about God's action

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 to undo that rebellion.

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 To fix the mess.

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 To restore the relationship.

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 To fix the mess.

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 So,

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 in a simple statement,

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 what is the Bible about?

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 Well, the Bible is actually,

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 it's of itself,

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 a systematic

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 or doctrinal statement

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 of God's answer

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 to the problem

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 of human sin.

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 And so we can say then

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 that the interrelated,

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 the key interrelated themes

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 in the Bible are

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 human sin

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 and how we experience

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 God's grace

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 in salvation

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 in response

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 to our sin.

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 And here's the rub.

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 Unless we actually

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 understand

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 the problem

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 of sin,

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 we will not

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 appreciate

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 or desire

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 God's solution.

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 God's solution.

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 Call me canon

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 is a song

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 along these lines

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 that says,

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 well,

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 it's only when you know

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 you're seriously

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 and totally lost

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 that you can fully

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 appreciate

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 being found.

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 Unless we understand

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 the problem of sin,

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 we will not appreciate

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 or desire

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 God's solution.

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 We won't even think

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 we need

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 a solution.

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 And certainly

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 not God's solution.

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 So this morning

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 I want to start

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 the series

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 by doing

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 just a brief

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 examination

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 of what I'm

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 going to call

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 Paul's case study

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 in Ephesians.

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 The passage

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 you just read to us.

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 And Paul's writing

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 to Christians

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 in Ephesus

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 and he's describing

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 to them

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 how they experienced

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 and why they needed

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 to experience

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 God's grace

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 and salvation.

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 It's typical,

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 this passage,

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 I've just chosen one,

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 but it's typical

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 of dozens of passages

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 across the Bible

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 I could reference

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 today but don't

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 have time.

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 And in this passage

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 Paul makes two

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 very, very simple

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 points but they're

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 profound points.

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 Sets out the case

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 beautifully as he

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 speaks to these

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 Christians at Ephesus.

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 The first thing he

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 says to them is,

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 verse 1 there,

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 at one time

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 you were dead

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 towards God

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 spiritually.

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 Just read the

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 passage again.

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 Very clear.

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 And you were dead.

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 And as we read this,

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 just see in your

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 mind that which is

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 dead.

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 So you can think,

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 oh, if you've seen

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 a person that's dead,

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 think of that.

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 If it's just

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 roadkill,

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 then think of that.

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 But,

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 and you were dead

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 in the trespasses

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 and sins

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 in which you once

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 walked.

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 Following the course

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 of this world,

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 following the prince

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 of the power

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 of the air,

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 the spirit that is

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 now at work

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 in the sons

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 of disobedience,

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 among whom

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 we all once

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 lived

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 in the passions

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 of our flesh,

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 carrying out the

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 desires of the body

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 and the mind,

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 and were by nature

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 children of wrath.

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 It's graphic

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 language,

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 isn't it?

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 And Paul

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 uses graphic

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 language

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 to make

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 absolutely

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 clear

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 the problem

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 of human

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 sinfulness.

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 What's the problem?

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 Well,

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 at one time,

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 every single person,

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 says Paul,

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 is like

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 a corpse

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 in terms

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 of their

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 relationship

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 with God.

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 What does that

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 mean?

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 Well,

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 it means

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 every part

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 of the heart

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 and the mind

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 and the will

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 is dead

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 or deadened

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 towards God.

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 your attitudes,

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 your emotions,

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 your affections

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 effectively

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 deadened.

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 the result

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 leaves people

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 totally

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 unaware

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 of their

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 true

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 spiritual

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 situation.

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 That's by nature

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 what it is

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 to be dead.

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 You can

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 see a

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 body there

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 and you can

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 poke it

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 or you can

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 see a dead

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 animal on the

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 side of the road

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 and you can

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 kick it

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 and poke it

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 and drag it

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 but it's

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 unaware of

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 its situation.

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 It gets

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 run over

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 multiple times

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 by vehicles

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 but it's

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 just there.

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 It doesn't

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 know what's

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 happening.

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 That's the

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 picture language

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 here.

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 Totally

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 unaware of

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 their true

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 spiritual

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 situation

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 and we're

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 still totally

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 unable to

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 do a thing

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 about it.

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 To do

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 anything to

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 change.

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 How did

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 such a

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 desperate

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 situation

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 develop?

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 Well,

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 verse 2

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 is the

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 direct

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 consequence

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 of our

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 sin

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 or rebellion.

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 the

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 expression

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 of which

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 is,

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 in verse 2,

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 following

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 Satan's

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 rejection

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 of God

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 and his

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 determined

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 opposition

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 to be doing

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 things God's

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 way.

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 Not God's

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 way,

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 but my

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 way.

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 Now,

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 in

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 classic

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 theological

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 terms,

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 we call

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 this

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 total

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 depravity.

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 Now,

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 that word

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 depravity

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 have to

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 work on

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 because

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 it's not

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 a common

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 word these

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 days,

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 so I've

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 sort of

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 gone for

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 total

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 inability,

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 which isn't

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 quite the

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 same,

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 but it's

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 close enough,

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 I think,

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 for our

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 purposes.

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 Total

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 inability.

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 Total

00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:52.659
 inability to

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 even recognize

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 your predicament.

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 Total

00:11:55.340 --> 00:11:56.000
 inability to

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 change your

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 predicament.

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 Just like

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 a corpse

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 is defined

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 by total

00:12:06.539 --> 00:12:07.019
 inability.

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 God's

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 will.

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 And it's

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 called that

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 because when

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 a person

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 is born,

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 they have

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 no awareness

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 of God's

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 will,

00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:22.820
 no inclination

00:12:22.820 --> 00:12:24.700
 to serve

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 God,

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 no inclination

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 even to

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 pursue God.

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 God's

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 will.

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 What we're

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 talking about

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 here is a

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 state of

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 total

00:12:35.659 --> 00:12:36.360
 disconnect

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 between God's

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 intentions for

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 his image

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 bearers and

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 the reality

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 of life for

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 his image

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 bearers.

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 When God

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 created his

00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:47.360
 image bearers,

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 he created

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 them with a

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 mind to

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 know his

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 will.

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 He created

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 them with a

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 heart to

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 do his

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 will.

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 He created

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 them with

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 affections to

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 love and

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 delight in

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 him.

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 But in

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 a spiritual

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 coup d'etat

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 of sin,

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 that's all

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 gone.

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 Instead,

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 people now

00:13:06.540 --> 00:13:06.980
 claim,

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 image bearers

00:13:07.640 --> 00:13:08.280
 now claim the

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 world to be

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 their own and

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 dismiss God,

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 the creator.

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 They live

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 actively as

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 though they

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 are autonomous,

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 as if they

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 don't have to

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 answer to

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 anyone else,

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 especially not

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 God.

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 They live as

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 though they

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 are God.

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 the image

00:13:29.020 --> 00:13:29.620
 bearer has

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 now become

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 the image

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 setter.

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 It's a

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 total disconnect.

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 But more

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 than that,

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 it's a

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 relational

00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:39.680
 problem.

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 The

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 natural

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 inclination

00:13:46.060 --> 00:13:46.840
 of any

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 person in

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 their natural

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 state when

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 they're born

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 in this

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 world is

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 hostility to

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 God.

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 sometimes

00:13:56.280 --> 00:13:56.940
 that's

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 expressed in

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 a really

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 aggressive

00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:00.600
 rejection of

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 God.

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 But if you

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 read Romans

00:14:04.640 --> 00:14:04.920
 1,

00:14:05.040 --> 00:14:06.440
 sometimes it

00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:07.000
 can be

00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:08.120
 expressed in

00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:08.660
 a religious

00:14:08.660 --> 00:14:09.240
 veneer,

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 where it

00:14:11.040 --> 00:14:11.720
 appears as if

00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:12.200
 people are

00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:13.700
 seeking God

00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:14.980
 and searching

00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:15.460
 for God,

00:14:15.520 --> 00:14:15.900
 but actually

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 they're not.

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 They're actually,

00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:17.960
 according to Romans

00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:18.180
 1,

00:14:18.780 --> 00:14:19.940
 reshaping or

00:14:19.940 --> 00:14:20.940
 rejigging God

00:14:20.940 --> 00:14:21.600
 and bringing

00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:22.420
 them down to

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 something that's

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 manageable and

00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:24.820
 something that's

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 acceptable to

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 them.

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 And so in

00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:28.860
 a sense,

00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:29.660
 it's another

00:14:29.660 --> 00:14:30.060
 form of

00:14:30.060 --> 00:14:30.380
 rebellion.

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 You say,

00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:31.020
 well God,

00:14:31.140 --> 00:14:32.500
 I'll acknowledge

00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:33.060
 you, but not

00:14:33.060 --> 00:14:33.540
 like that.

00:14:33.920 --> 00:14:34.500
 I'll acknowledge

00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:35.180
 you whenever I

00:14:35.180 --> 00:14:36.080
 can shape you

00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:36.780
 in a way that's

00:14:36.780 --> 00:14:37.440
 convenient to

00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:39.300
 me or in a

00:14:39.300 --> 00:14:39.700
 way that you're

00:14:39.700 --> 00:14:40.620
 no threat to

00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:40.840
 me.

00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:44.280
 Either way,

00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:45.040
 it's a deep,

00:14:45.180 --> 00:14:45.780
 deep relational

00:14:45.780 --> 00:14:46.080
 problem.

00:14:46.280 --> 00:14:46.580
 And it

00:14:46.580 --> 00:14:47.280
 becomes then a

00:14:47.280 --> 00:14:48.140
 legal problem.

00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:50.520
 Children of

00:14:50.520 --> 00:14:50.880
 wrath.

00:14:51.660 --> 00:14:52.440
 Verse 3.

00:14:52.540 --> 00:14:53.320
 We're told

00:14:53.320 --> 00:14:55.400
 God speaks.

00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:55.780
 He takes

00:14:55.780 --> 00:14:56.420
 himself very

00:14:56.420 --> 00:14:56.920
 seriously.

00:14:57.140 --> 00:14:57.880
 He responds

00:14:57.880 --> 00:14:58.380
 to such

00:14:58.380 --> 00:15:00.960
 rebellion by

00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:02.280
 justly condemning

00:15:02.280 --> 00:15:03.100
 the rebel.

00:15:05.780 --> 00:15:06.580
 So the

00:15:06.580 --> 00:15:07.420
 outworking of

00:15:07.420 --> 00:15:08.620
 all that is

00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:08.980
 that when

00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:09.600
 we're born,

00:15:10.800 --> 00:15:12.540
 we are

00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:13.220
 guilty before

00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:13.620
 God.

00:15:18.020 --> 00:15:18.800
 We are

00:15:18.800 --> 00:15:19.640
 objects of

00:15:19.640 --> 00:15:20.220
 his wrath.

00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:21.420
 verse 3.

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 That's pretty

00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:25.139
 strong language,

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:25.480
 isn't it?

00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:26.759
 It's picture

00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:27.240
 language we

00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:27.820
 don't like

00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:28.160
 today.

00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:31.060
 Because it's

00:15:31.060 --> 00:15:32.860
 not flattering

00:15:32.860 --> 00:15:33.600
 to us.

00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:36.860
 it speaks of

00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:37.580
 our helplessness,

00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.220
 our inability.

00:15:40.040 --> 00:15:40.639
 But friends,

00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:40.899
 we have to

00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.300
 say it's a

00:15:41.300 --> 00:15:41.800
 very common

00:15:41.800 --> 00:15:42.200
 problem.

00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.600
 The way of

00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:44.920
 the world,

00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.420
 the course of

00:15:45.420 --> 00:15:45.840
 this world.

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:47.220
 It is what

00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:48.240
 every person

00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:49.259
 is born into.

00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:50.639
 we're

00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.259
 wrong.

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:54.720
 We often

00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:55.340
 think, well,

00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:56.240
 the majority

00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:56.600
 of people

00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.039
 can't be

00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.939
 wrong when

00:15:57.939 --> 00:15:58.279
 they think

00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:58.779
 life is

00:15:58.779 --> 00:15:59.360
 like this.

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:00.360
 But the

00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:00.799
 Bible's

00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:01.240
 telling us

00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:03.439
 quite the

00:16:03.439 --> 00:16:03.700
 opposite.

00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:04.279
 The majority

00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:04.620
 of people

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.340
 are wrong.

00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:12.720
 together,

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.080
 blissfully

00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:14.519
 unaware

00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:17.000
 of that

00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:17.940
 predicament

00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:19.360
 that they're

00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:19.600
 in,

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:20.860
 and the

00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:21.220
 judgment

00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:22.480
 that's looming

00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.120
 and impending

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.519
 on them.

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:25.660
 People

00:16:25.660 --> 00:16:26.620
 neither realize

00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:27.340
 their predicament

00:16:27.340 --> 00:16:28.960
 nor realize

00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:29.759
 they're unable

00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.540
 to please

00:16:30.540 --> 00:16:31.220
 God in any

00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:31.400
 way,

00:16:31.540 --> 00:16:32.280
 or make

00:16:32.280 --> 00:16:32.680
 themselves

00:16:32.680 --> 00:16:33.340
 acceptable

00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:34.080
 to God

00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:34.759
 when they

00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.060
 die.

00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:37.680
 That's what

00:16:37.680 --> 00:16:38.420
 it is to be

00:16:38.420 --> 00:16:39.600
 spiritually dead

00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.780
 towards God.

00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:44.740
 Now,

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.899
 at this point

00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:46.200
 I want to

00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:47.040
 address two

00:16:47.040 --> 00:16:48.040
 common questions.

00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.560
 It might be a

00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:49.920
 question that's

00:16:49.920 --> 00:16:50.379
 in your mind.

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.240
 You might be

00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:51.500
 saying, well,

00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:51.940
 come on,

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:52.580
 are people

00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:53.340
 really that

00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:53.660
 sinful?

00:16:58.280 --> 00:16:58.759
 Well,

00:16:59.300 --> 00:17:00.259
 total depravity

00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:00.720
 or total

00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:01.200
 inability

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 does not

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 mean,

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 does not

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 mean that

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 any given

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 person is

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 as bad

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 as they

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 possibly

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 could be.

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 That's not

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 what the

00:17:09.399 --> 00:17:09.720
 Bible's

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 teaching at

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 all.

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 It's not

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 teaching that

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 a person is

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 not capable

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 of doing

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 good things

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 in our

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 community,

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 in our

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 society.

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 It's not

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 teaching that

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 people don't

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 have a sense

00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:26.740
 of right

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 and wrong.

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 The Bible

00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.159
 affirms all

00:17:29.159 --> 00:17:29.599
 those things.

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 People do

00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:30.679
 good things

00:17:30.679 --> 00:17:31.179
 in our world.

00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:31.720
 People do

00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.279
 have a sense

00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:32.619
 of right

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 and wrong.

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 That's not

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 what we're

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 meaning,

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 talking about

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 when we

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 talk about

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 total inability,

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 total depravity.

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 But it does

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 mean this,

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 that sin

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 has mutilated

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 every faculty

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:49.740
 of us

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 image bearers.

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 Sin has

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 disabled

00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:52.960
 every good

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 thing that

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 the Lord

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 created in

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 us.

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 See,

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 people are

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 not born

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 morally

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.140
 neutral.

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 It's hard

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:02.599
 to believe

00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:02.920
 that when

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 you pick

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 up my

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 grandchildren.

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 It's hard

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 to believe,

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.079
 well,

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.619
 for a little

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 while,

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 it's hard

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 to believe

00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:10.140
 they're not

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 born morally

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 neutral.

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 By the time

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 they get to

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 six months,

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 you get no

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 doubts about

00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.619
 that.

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 But when

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 they look

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 sweet and

00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:18.799
 innocent and

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 newborn,

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 you think,

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 wow.

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 people are

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 not born

00:18:25.939 --> 00:18:27.119
 morally

00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:27.779
 neutral.

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 People are

00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:28.899
 born

00:18:28.899 --> 00:18:30.559
 hardwired

00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:33.099
 to reject

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 God,

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 to oppose

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 God,

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 to be

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 hostile to

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 God.

00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:39.899
 We might

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 say it's

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 in their

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 DNA.

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 And the

00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:44.720
 Bible's

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.379
 constantly,

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 if you can

00:18:45.919 --> 00:18:46.279
 read the

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.699
 Bible from

00:18:46.699 --> 00:18:47.099
 comfort to

00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:47.359
 comfort,

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 and constantly

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 it's

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 describing

00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:50.679
 this

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 condition

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.779
 overflowing.

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 It overflows

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 from our

00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.620
 hearts,

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 and it

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 messes up

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 everything we

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 do in

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.700
 our natural

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.140
 state.

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 And it's

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:04.900
 especially

00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:05.880
 true of

00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:07.220
 how people

00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:07.840
 treat God.

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.700
 And you

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.279
 can see it.

00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.380
 It's sort

00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:11.920
 of intuitive.

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.720
 We don't

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.340
 need to,

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.000
 in a sense,

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.319
 have the

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:16.640
 Bible stand

00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.019
 alone in

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.120
 this.

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:17.740
 We can see

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.160
 it as we

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 engage with

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.079
 people.

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.440
 People in

00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:21.920
 our world

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.720
 generally

00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.259
 couldn't

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.920
 care less

00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:24.519
 about God.

00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:29.259
 But even

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:30.019
 where they

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.640
 do have

00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:31.380
 some sense

00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:32.160
 of God,

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.680
 they cannot

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.440
 think or

00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:35.220
 choose or

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:36.000
 do anything

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:37.160
 that would

00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:37.759
 be acceptable

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.320
 to God.

00:19:43.320 --> 00:19:43.880
 So,

00:19:44.080 --> 00:19:44.440
 are people

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:44.980
 really that

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.259
 sinful?

00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:46.200
 Well,

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.620
 in terms of

00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:46.980
 the Bible,

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.519
 yes.

00:19:49.580 --> 00:19:50.140
 Total

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.700
 inability.

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.680
 second

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.080
 question

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:53.259
 that's

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.539
 often

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.000
 thrown

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.220
 up

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:54.559
 then is

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.160
 don't

00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.480
 people

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:55.680
 have

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:55.840
 a

00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.080
 free

00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:56.380
 will

00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:56.740
 whereby

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.240
 they

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.440
 can

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.000
 choose

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.840
 to

00:19:58.840 --> 00:19:59.100
 serve

00:19:59.100 --> 00:19:59.279
 the

00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.519
 Lord?

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:01.920
 Don't

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.120
 people

00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:02.380
 have a

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:02.519
 free

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:02.660
 will?

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.080
 Well,

00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:03.460
 the problem

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:03.820
 here,

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.880
 it's a real

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.240
 problem,

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:06.160
 but not as

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.620
 difficult as

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.000
 what people

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.660
 sometimes think.

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.059
 The problem

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.700
 here is that

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.500
 people can

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.820
 choose real

00:20:10.820 --> 00:20:11.539
 choice,

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.620
 which we

00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.340
 all have,

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.500
 with what the

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.100
 Bible calls

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.700
 free will.

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:17.960
 I like to

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.220
 use an

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.500
 illustration

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:18.980
 here,

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:19.480
 I don't

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:19.759
 know where

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.039
 it come

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.240
 from,

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:20.680
 I've

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.200
 plagiarized

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.460
 it from

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.059
 somebody or

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:23.460
 somewhere else,

00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:24.000
 but I can't

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.480
 remember where

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:24.680
 now.

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.059
 The illustration

00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:26.539
 goes like

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:26.860
 this,

00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:29.100
 a vulture

00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:31.039
 circling over

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.600
 the top,

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:34.860
 and on the

00:20:34.860 --> 00:20:35.600
 ground here,

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.100
 under the

00:20:36.100 --> 00:20:36.440
 vulture,

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.299
 there is,

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.180
 over here,

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.759
 a rotten

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.880
 sheep carcass,

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.160
 stinks,

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:43.400
 and beside

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:43.759
 the rotten

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.500
 sheep carcass,

00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:44.940
 a couple of

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.400
 meters away,

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.120
 there's a

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.620
 beautiful

00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:47.759
 baked dinner

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.980
 with veggies,

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.200
 gravy,

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.860
 mint sauce.

00:20:54.560 --> 00:20:55.380
 Which one's

00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:55.700
 the bulk

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.200
 you're going

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.660
 to go for?

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.860
 It will go

00:20:58.860 --> 00:20:59.200
 for the

00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.660
 carcass.

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:00.980
 Why?

00:21:02.040 --> 00:21:03.040
 Because that's

00:21:03.040 --> 00:21:03.620
 its nature.

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.240
 It looks at

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.560
 the two,

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.080
 it has a

00:21:06.080 --> 00:21:06.519
 choice,

00:21:07.060 --> 00:21:07.320
 but it

00:21:07.320 --> 00:21:07.740
 goes for

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:09.720
 the carcass

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.279
 because

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.899
 its choice

00:21:11.899 --> 00:21:12.879
 is bounded

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.379
 by its

00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:13.879
 nature.

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:21.000
 It makes

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.480
 a choice

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:22.200
 based on

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.579
 how it

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.099
 is hard

00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:23.559
 wired.

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.920
 And it's

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.339
 the same

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:30.619
 way,

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.119
 I think,

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.119
 that people

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.799
 are hard

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.799
 wired to

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:36.000
 reject God

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.379
 in their

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:36.960
 hearts and

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.420
 minds and

00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:37.899
 attitudes.

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:41.640
 it's a

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.259
 real choice

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.660
 that people

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.060
 make,

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.420
 but that

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:44.019
 choice is

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.640
 shaped and

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.880
 limited by

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:47.120
 their nature

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.700
 they're born

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.080
 with.

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.580
 So in

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:52.300
 practical terms

00:21:52.300 --> 00:21:52.740
 that means

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.060
 then that

00:21:53.060 --> 00:21:53.900
 people are

00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.720
 not sinners

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.500
 because they

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.140
 choose to

00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.519
 sin.

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:58.220
 People are

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:58.820
 not sinners

00:21:58.820 --> 00:21:59.220
 because they

00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.640
 choose to

00:21:59.640 --> 00:21:59.920
 sin.

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.200
 People

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.880
 choose to

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:04.080
 sin because

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.740
 they're born

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.160
 sinners.

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.340
 sinners.

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.740
 Born

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.540
 hostile to

00:22:09.540 --> 00:22:09.820
 God.

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.420
 Born with

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.380
 the hard

00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:13.800
 wire to

00:22:13.800 --> 00:22:14.700
 reject God,

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.259
 to go

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.320
 against what

00:22:16.320 --> 00:22:16.920
 he represents,

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.480
 what he

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:17.920
 calls them

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.080
 to.

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.380
 So where

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:23.620
 do we go

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:23.980
 from here

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.200
 then?

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.720
 Well,

00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:26.940
 we used

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.540
 this illustration

00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:27.900
 before.

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.240
 When you

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:29.660
 seek treatment

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.100
 from a

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:30.460
 doctor,

00:22:31.820 --> 00:22:32.500
 the doctor's

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.240
 assessment of

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.960
 your illness

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.980
 determines

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.620
 the treatment.

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.400
 Headache,

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.299
 or if you

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.500
 go and

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:39.720
 have a

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.160
 Panadol.

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.660
 A tumour

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:42.940
 in your

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.240
 brain,

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 much more

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:44.920
 radical

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.400
 approach.

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.460
 Life

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:52.839
 threatening

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.920
 disease,

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.059
 major

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.740
 surgery.

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.039
 His

00:22:58.039 --> 00:23:00.339
 starting

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:00.779
 point

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.660
 determines

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.319
 what follows.

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.759
 That's

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.460
 precisely

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.980
 Paul's

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.259
 point

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.599
 here.

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.059
 People

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.559
 are not

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:07.900
 just

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.680
 spiritually

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.220
 off

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.579
 colour.

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.039
 People

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.339
 are not

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.579
 just

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.180
 spiritually

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.880
 distracted

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.339
 and just

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.880
 need a

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.180
 little bit

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.740
 of urging

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.140
 to get

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.700
 back onto

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.019
 the right

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.319
 track

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.640
 again.

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.359
 Paul

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:20.559
 says

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:20.819
 people

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.000
 are

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.400
 spiritually

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:21.940
 dead.

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:23.819
 They

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.039
 need

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.440
 something

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.120
 major

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:25.359
 to

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.700
 happen.

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:30.819
 person's

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.340
 predicament

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:32.200
 before

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.500
 God

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.660
 is

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.120
 much

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:33.600
 more

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:34.120
 serious

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:34.400
 than

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:34.740
 just

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.120
 something

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:35.279
 that

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.640
 requires

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:35.920
 a little

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.539
 pick-me-up,

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.000
 spiritual

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.580
 pick-me-up,

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:37.860
 or a

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.200
 spiritual

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.819
 injection.

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:41.720
 Before

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.019
 God,

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.259
 they're

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.860
 spiritually

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.220
 dead,

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:43.920
 spiritually

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.500
 helpless.

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:46.680
 Verse

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.440
 12 of

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.059
 Ephesians 2,

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.559
 Paul puts

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:48.759
 it in

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.039
 slightly

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.340
 different

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:49.600
 words.

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:49.779
 He

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.019
 says,

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.559
 people

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:50.720
 are

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.059
 without

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.519
 hope

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.600
 and

00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:52.860
 without

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.380
 God

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.600
 in

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:53.720
 the

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.019
 world.

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:56.600
 Now,

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.420
 whatever way

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:57.700
 you look

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:57.880
 at it,

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.279
 that's a

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.759
 pretty

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.420
 bleak

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.240
 prognosis,

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:00.720
 isn't it?

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.400
 Or it

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.039
 would be

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.860
 without

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.400
 more

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:08.839
 graphic

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.420
 language

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.299
 that Paul

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.960
 uses here

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.360
 in verses

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:11.900
 4 through

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.299
 10.

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.079
 And just

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.920
 feel the

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.380
 way this

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.620
 sits neatly

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.839
 in opposition

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.299
 to the

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.700
 first part.

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.079
 And you

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.279
 were

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.839
 dead.

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.679
 Verse

00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:24.019
 4,

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.419
 but God

00:24:27.419 --> 00:24:28.339
 made you

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.939
 alive.

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.919
 Just

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.359
 feel the

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.819
 balancing

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.019
 and the

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.500
 removing

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:34.859
 of that

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.279
 terrible

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.879
 predicament.

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.919
 God

00:24:37.919 --> 00:24:38.500
 made you

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.119
 alive.

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:40.919
 Friends,

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.259
 just let

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.500
 that statement

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.299
 sink in.

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.480
 And

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.860
 then keep

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:51.140
 reading to

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.519
 see that

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.059
 everything

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.599
 mentioned

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.059
 in these

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.180
 verses is

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.860
 something that

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.660
 God does

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.480
 for us

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.920
 and does

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.500
 in us.

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.140
 Now,

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.360
 why would

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.920
 we expect

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.279
 that to

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.480
 follow?

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.400
 Because

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.539
 we've already

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.079
 established

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.880
 there's total

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.519
 helplessness,

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.539
 total inability,

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.059
 total blindness,

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:09.000
 total unawareness.

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.640
 So if anything

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.599
 significant is going

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.000
 to happen,

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.400
 if we're going

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.039
 to be rescued,

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.759
 if we're going

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.160
 to be turned

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.480
 around,

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.860
 if we're going

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.180
 to be made

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.480
 alive,

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.299
 then God

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.860
 will need

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.480
 to do it

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.120
 for us.

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.860
 God will

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.140
 need to

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.400
 do it

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.880
 in us.

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.660
 The two

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.400
 parts go

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.839
 together.

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.019
 Salvation

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:30.900
 is God's

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.480
 work from

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.440
 start to

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.819
 finish.

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.779
 God's

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.339
 love and

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.640
 mercy

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.539
 combine to

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.079
 give new

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.960
 life to

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.299
 the sinner.

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:42.359
 God knew

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:43.599
 because God

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:43.960
 had the

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.279
 proper

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.000
 diagnosis.

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.119
 God knew

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.440
 that it would

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.940
 never be

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.379
 enough just

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.659
 to say,

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:47.799
 well,

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:47.940
 look,

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.339
 hang on

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.519
 a sec,

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.700
 now,

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:49.759
 I'm going

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.099
 to make

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.619
 salvation

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.339
 available and

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:51.599
 I'll put

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:51.899
 it on the

00:25:51.899 --> 00:25:52.399
 table over

00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:52.740
 here.

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.399
 And so

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:53.819
 when you're

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.059
 ready,

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:54.859
 you just

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.259
 go and

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.259
 make use

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.500
 of it

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.200
 as it

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.480
 pleases

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.759
 you.

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.099
 God knows

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.359
 that that

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.559
 wouldn't

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.200
 work because

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.919
 we're dead

00:26:01.919 --> 00:26:02.359
 spiritually.

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.240
 We're unaware

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.899
 that we even

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:05.119
 need what

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.579
 he's provided

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.039
 for us if

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.619
 he did it

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.059
 like that.

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:12.200
 people need

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.460
 to be

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.899
 renewed,

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.799
 not just

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.839
 told that

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.460
 renewal is

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.859
 possible.

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:16.759
 They need

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.180
 to be

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.799
 resurrected.

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.180
 They need

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.419
 to be

00:26:18.419 --> 00:26:19.019
 brought back

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.619
 to life.

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.599
 And only

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.359
 God's power

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:24.220
 working in

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.680
 us can do

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:24.980
 that.

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.339
 It's not

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.440
 enough to

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.839
 bring the

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.559
 gospel message

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.119
 to people

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.519
 who have

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.279
 no desire,

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:32.000
 no ability

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.740
 to respond.

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.839
 God needed

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.480
 to bring the

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.859
 sinner

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:39.019
 to his

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.759
 solution,

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:41.000
 the Lord

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.240
 Jesus

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.740
 Christ.

00:26:42.459 --> 00:26:42.939
 He needed

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:43.319
 to actually

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.899
 not just

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.439
 bring them

00:26:44.439 --> 00:26:45.240
 but actually

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.939
 make them

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:46.539
 alive.

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.679
 Do radical

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.419
 surgery in

00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:49.799
 the inside

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.059
 out.

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:50.939
 Change their

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:51.639
 DNA if you

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:51.939
 like.

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:53.159
 And we'll

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.699
 see more of

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.000
 that over

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.359
 the coming

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:54.779
 weeks.

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.819
 It is not

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.339
 that we come

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:01.179
 alive by our

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:01.779
 own choice,

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.759
 by our own

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.159
 efforts.

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:06.100
 it is by

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.980
 God's grace.

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.440
 We're

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.820
 chatting about

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:10.500
 this as elders

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.940
 past Monday

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.259
 night.

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.519
 And one of

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.840
 the comments

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.400
 was that

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:16.440
 one of the

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.820
 elders said

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.100
 that for

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:18.040
 years they'd

00:27:18.040 --> 00:27:18.480
 never really

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.279
 understood why

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.779
 these things

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.080
 are called

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:20.580
 the doctrines

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:20.980
 of grace.

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.700
 Don't all

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.640
 Christians

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.240
 believe in

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.600
 grace?

00:27:24.300 --> 00:27:24.660
 We'll see

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.140
 more of this

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.640
 over the next

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.040
 few weeks

00:27:26.040 --> 00:27:26.340
 as well.

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.140
 But the

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.840
 idea of

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.940
 doctrines of

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.740
 grace is that

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.800
 grace every

00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:31.519
 step of the

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.060
 way because

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.839
 we're left

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.279
 to ourselves

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.819
 we're unable,

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.059
 unwilling.

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.460
 It's not

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.240
 just some

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.740
 grace to

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.299
 get us up

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.700
 and running

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.460
 and then

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.740
 we're on

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.859
 our own or

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.440
 some grace

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.419
 to then help

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.299
 us get over

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.720
 the death

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.200
 line into

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.539
 heaven.

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.579
 It's God's

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.539
 grace every

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.039
 moment of

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.379
 the way.

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.759
 Because apart

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.240
 from his

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.220
 actions in

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.779
 us and for

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:56.159
 us we just

00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:56.980
 would not be

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.519
 able to do

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.700
 it.

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.139
 But more

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.579
 of that as I

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:00.859
 say over

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.159
 the coming

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.519
 weeks.

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:05.619
 verses 6

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.039
 and 7

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.440
 quite

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.139
 instant when

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.599
 you see

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.539
 exactly what

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.899
 God has

00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:09.359
 done for

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.579
 us.

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.919
 We've been

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.399
 raised up

00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:13.879
 with Christ.

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.779
 In other

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:16.019
 words all

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.819
 the privileges

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:18.440
 all the

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.059
 power of

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.519
 God that

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.019
 brought

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.220
 Jesus back

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.700
 to life

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:23.339
 and took

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.659
 him back

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.000
 to heaven

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.220
 as it

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.240
 were all

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.619
 of that

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.099
 has been

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:27.299
 invested in

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.720
 us Christians

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.659
 you and

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:29.879
 me.

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:33.200
 verse 8

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.200
 for by

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.700
 grace you

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:34.940
 have been

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.399
 saved

00:28:35.399 --> 00:28:38.339
 through

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.740
 faith

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.759
 and this

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.099
 is not

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.659
 your undoing

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:40.940
 it as the

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.240
 gift of

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.379
 God.

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.399
 Even our

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:43.379
 faith and

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:43.659
 we'll see

00:28:43.659 --> 00:28:44.139
 more of this

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:44.500
 over the

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:44.859
 next few

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.039
 weeks.

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.759
 Even our

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.419
 faith

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:49.279
 has been

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.099
 given to us

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:50.539
 as a gift

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.819
 of God.

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.700
 That's been

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.460
 something God's

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.119
 enabled us to

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.500
 do.

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.539
 And he had

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:55.980
 to do that

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.079
 because previously

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.939
 we were

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.879
 unwilling and

00:28:58.879 --> 00:29:00.139
 unaware of

00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.279
 our

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.779
 predicament.

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.379
 God needs

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:02.639
 to actually

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.079
 give us

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.559
 the

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:03.899
 willingness

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.599
 and the

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:04.980
 ability.

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.879
 And God

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.519
 does that

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.759
 through his

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.059
 spirit.

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.519
 He actually

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.319
 opens our

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.500
 eyes to

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.179
 our predicament.

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.240
 He changes

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.899
 our desires

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:19.460
 and attitudes

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.460
 so that we

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.199
 actually reach

00:29:21.199 --> 00:29:22.079
 out and take

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:23.319
 the gracious

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.859
 gift of

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.399
 salvation.

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.859
 And finally

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.980
 verses 9 and

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.240
 10.

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.939
 Even the

00:29:32.939 --> 00:29:33.359
 changed

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.599
 lifestyle of

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.639
 new obedience

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.259
 and service

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.779
 of Jesus

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:38.179
 that results

00:29:38.179 --> 00:29:38.659
 from being

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.960
 saved, from

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.439
 having new

00:29:40.439 --> 00:29:41.079
 attitudes, from

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.699
 having desires,

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.819
 even that is

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.679
 something God

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.599
 has intended to

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.839
 give us and

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.779
 plan for us all

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.139
 along.

00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:48.839
 It's grace from

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.779
 start to finish.

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.519
 Now just let

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.240
 me sort of wind

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.839
 up now with

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:58.059
 a couple of

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:59.419
 so what.

00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:00.799
 Given this, why

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.779
 do people find

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.720
 this truth so

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.379
 hard to accept?

00:30:03.459 --> 00:30:04.079
 And people do.

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.659
 People stumble at

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.459
 this very starting

00:30:06.459 --> 00:30:06.799
 point.

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.240
 This notion of

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.839
 our total

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.799
 inability before

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.099
 God.

00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:11.039
 Now why?

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.859
 Why do we

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.439
 stumble on it?

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.399
 Why is it so

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:15.059
 hard to accept?

00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:18.079
 Well I think it's

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.559
 because the

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.879
 starting point for

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.500
 thinking about

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.319
 God and people

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.179
 and salvation has

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:23.220
 changed massively.

00:30:25.199 --> 00:30:25.679
 And throughout

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.279
 history the

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.920
 pattern is always

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.220
 the same.

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.620
 When people

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.360
 move away from

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.259
 God's description

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.880
 of sin, when

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.560
 people move away

00:30:31.560 --> 00:30:32.060
 from God's

00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:32.600
 description of

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:34.080
 the sinner, then

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.980
 people start to

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.539
 believe they can

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.519
 save themselves.

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.220
 Albeit they'll

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.039
 recognize they need

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.820
 some help from

00:30:41.820 --> 00:30:43.060
 God, but generally

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:44.180
 people will think,

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.640
 well, yeah, I need

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.340
 God to help me do

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:47.000
 this, but generally

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.740
 I can do this and

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.259
 this and this.

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.279
 So it's a sort of

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.220
 cooperative effort.

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.480
 And that can only

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.420
 happen when people

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.500
 have moved away from

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.480
 God's view of sin

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.140
 and the sinner.

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.879
 In our day the

00:30:58.879 --> 00:30:59.619
 pattern's the same.

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.720
 So many so-called

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.879
 evangelical

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:04.279
 Protestant churches

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.980
 have as their

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.819
 starting point the

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:07.879
 humanist philosophy of

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:09.019
 our society rather

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.539
 than the Bible.

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.940
 And our humanist

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.900
 philosophy of society

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.700
 says that we're

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.960
 basically good people.

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.900
 Yes, we need some

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.539
 help, we're not as

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.379
 good as we could be,

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.340
 and we need some

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:19.080
 help at particular

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.640
 points, but

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:21.680
 essentially I work

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.560
 with Jesus as a

00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:23.220
 good person.

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.480
 That's not what the

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.220
 Bible says.

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.700
 The belief of our

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.620
 world is that man

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.400
 is at the center of

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.680
 things.

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:36.100
 Given the right

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:37.320
 circumstances, given

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:38.200
 our own reason, given

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.440
 our own logic, we'll

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.060
 be able to work

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:43.280
 things out and get

00:31:43.280 --> 00:31:43.760
 it right.

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:46.300
 And history and

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:47.200
 experience tells us

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.900
 that's nonsense.

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.980
 And so with this

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.700
 starting point,

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.680
 churches have lost a

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.759
 real sense of what

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:57.240
 it means for God to

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.279
 have a holy character,

00:31:59.080 --> 00:32:00.460
 what it means for

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.720
 God's demands in

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:03.880
 response to the

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:05.000
 rebellion of his

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.720
 image bearers.

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:09.580
 And so churches

00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:10.500
 actually teach that

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.819
 by and by God is

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:13.900
 happy to respond to

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:15.360
 what essentially we

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.339
 think and decide is

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.679
 right.

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:18.759
 And God is like a

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:20.419
 grandfather figure who's

00:32:20.419 --> 00:32:21.539
 just grateful for some

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.979
 attention, who's just

00:32:22.979 --> 00:32:24.279
 grateful for people to

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.279
 treat him nicely.

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.699
 And people have lost a

00:32:32.699 --> 00:32:33.599
 real sense of sin, I

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:33.859
 think.

00:32:35.719 --> 00:32:36.879
 So if you look at the

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:37.579
 word sin, I mentioned

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.439
 this a few weeks ago,

00:32:38.919 --> 00:32:39.959
 the word sin mostly

00:32:39.959 --> 00:32:40.539
 today has been

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:42.199
 secularized in its

00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:42.559
 usage.

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:44.839
 It's no longer a

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:46.399
 theological word, I

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:47.200
 don't think, in our

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.579
 society.

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.720
 If people use it at

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:51.159
 all, it's usually in the

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:53.259
 context of a failure to

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:55.639
 accept reasonable

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:57.480
 standards of decency,

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.399
 decent conduct.

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:02.200
 And that's generally

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.860
 defined by our

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.840
 culture, by our

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.240
 community.

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:06.160
 Or, as I said a

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.720
 couple of weeks ago,

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:07.680
 sin is just an

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.660
 indulgence in some

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.920
 food that's really not

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:11.000
 good for you but so

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:12.280
 intensely desirable and

00:33:12.280 --> 00:33:13.380
 pleasurable, like the

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.600
 lollies here this

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:14.840
 morning.

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.519
 And so the problem is

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.320
 that when we start,

00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:20.580
 when people start to

00:33:20.580 --> 00:33:22.180
 define sin, then we

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:23.700
 just start to slide

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.940
 over the definition and

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:26.040
 make it more palatable,

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.940
 make it more comfortable

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.500
 for us.

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:30.980
 And that's under

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:32.400
 pressure to do so from

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:34.519
 our so-called progressive

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.700
 society, intolerant

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.160
 society.

00:33:36.540 --> 00:33:38.660
 Don't dare speak to me

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:40.240
 as if I'm in this sort

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.720
 of condition.

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.680
 I'm a good person.

00:33:45.320 --> 00:33:46.280
 Yes, I've got flaws, but

00:33:46.280 --> 00:33:47.360
 essentially I'm a good

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.759
 person.

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:49.060
 Give me a chance and I'll

00:33:49.060 --> 00:33:49.640
 get it right.

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:54.720
 But in the Bible you

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:56.340
 see sin is defined

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:58.720
 always as an offense

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.600
 against God.

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.080
 It may have

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:07.520
 implications in our

00:34:07.520 --> 00:34:08.619
 behavior before and

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.400
 towards others, but

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:11.240
 primarily sin is about

00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:12.920
 rejecting God and his

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.340
 authority.

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:19.280
 And once we lose that

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:20.460
 sense of sin and that

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.539
 sense of God's holiness,

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.440
 then, and we see it in

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:25.740
 churches, everything just

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:28.160
 slides and becomes

00:34:28.160 --> 00:34:29.920
 flexible.

00:34:32.620 --> 00:34:34.059
 And gospel can become

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.700
 about people.

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:37.519
 And the gospel is so then

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:39.400
 it's about my needs, my

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:39.940
 desires.

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:42.079
 The gospel will make me

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.440
 happy.

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.900
 The gospel will build my

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.639
 self-esteem.

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:48.260
 That Jesus will help me

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:49.179
 be fulfilled.

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:56.220
 Or it can be the gospel

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:58.380
 of works, performance.

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.840
 You know, it says, well,

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:02.639
 okay, yes, you need help

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:04.139
 from Jesus, but alongside

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:05.519
 that help, he expects you

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:07.860
 to read your Bible and get

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:09.800
 to church and pray and

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:11.140
 help people and do all

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.600
 these other things.

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.600
 And a combination of

00:35:12.600 --> 00:35:13.820
 these two things will get

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.500
 you over the line.

00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:23.460
 The Bible is totally

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:25.080
 opposed to any such

00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:25.620
 thinking.

00:35:28.080 --> 00:35:29.180
 The word of the Bible is

00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:31.220
 that God saves sinners.

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:34.120
 Now, when you think about

00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:35.680
 it, we actually pray that,

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.019
 don't we?

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:37.280
 Now, why do we pray that?

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:40.120
 God, because intuitively,

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:43.480
 we have a sense of God

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.360
 when we come to him,

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:46.700
 especially in this context,

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.740
 we have a sense of God

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:49.300
 that is so far removed from

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:51.640
 us, and a sense of our own

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:52.240
 unworthiness.

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:54.680
 We intuitively know that we

00:35:54.680 --> 00:35:55.600
 need to be saved.

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.620
 Contrary to what we deserve,

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:03.260
 we need God to do for us

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:04.660
 what we could never do for

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.099
 ourselves.

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.859
 Friends, this truth is hard

00:36:07.859 --> 00:36:10.619
 to accept because it is a

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:12.339
 blow to human arrogance.

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.619
 It's a blow to human

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.460
 self-confidence.

00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:20.460
 And it's such a blow

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:22.739
 that people, even

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:25.079
 professing Christian churches,

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:27.079
 would prefer to replace this

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:28.139
 truth with a lie,

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:30.039
 or a sort of

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:32.559
 a cheap substitute

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.619
 of this truth.

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.480
 And we can understand

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.819
 why, because naturally,

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:41.219
 you'll understand this,

00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:42.219
 I see it in myself,

00:36:42.359 --> 00:36:42.879
 naturally,

00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:45.179
 we quickly and easily

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:46.599
 reject any assessment

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:48.000
 of self which is not

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.639
 complimentary.

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:54.279
 our instinct is to

00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:55.359
 excuse self

00:36:55.359 --> 00:36:56.859
 and blame others

00:36:56.859 --> 00:36:57.599
 for our behavior

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.219
 as required.

00:36:58.879 --> 00:37:00.179
 And that is an

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:01.480
 evidence of the very

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.519
 point I'm trying to make.

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:05.920
 Well,

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.539
 second, so what?

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.299
 Given this,

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.159
 what sort of people

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:10.219
 ought Christians to be?

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:11.299
 And I finish fairly

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:12.059
 briefly on this.

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.319
 What sort of

00:37:15.319 --> 00:37:16.960
 people ought we to be

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.539
 as Christians?

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:19.260
 If we get a hold

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:20.880
 of this truth

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:22.420
 of being spiritually

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:23.539
 dead to God,

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.559
 totally unable,

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.820
 totally inability,

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.880
 but God

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.500
 making us alive.

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.679
 Well,

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:33.019
 if we understand

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:35.019
 what God has done

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:36.260
 for us and in us

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:37.579
 in making us alive,

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.240
 then

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:41.400
 surely,

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.260
 of all people,

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.860
 we ought to be

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:45.159
 totally fanatic,

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:47.299
 total fanatics

00:37:47.299 --> 00:37:48.559
 in responding

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.139
 to God.

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.659
 Surely we'd be

00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:59.460
 people who'd love

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.379
 to sing his praises

00:38:00.379 --> 00:38:02.679
 as I started,

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:04.299
 but now with the

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:05.539
 full depth

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:06.379
 of theology

00:38:06.379 --> 00:38:07.279
 driving those

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:07.699
 praises.

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:13.879
 If you and I

00:38:13.879 --> 00:38:14.579
 really believe

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.399
 we're dead in sin

00:38:15.399 --> 00:38:16.399
 and under God's wrath

00:38:16.399 --> 00:38:17.879
 before God's grace

00:38:17.879 --> 00:38:18.879
 burst into our lives,

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.559
 then, my friends,

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.480
 we will be humble

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.339
 and compassionate

00:38:22.339 --> 00:38:23.099
 in our dealings

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.519
 with others,

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:25.219
 especially as we engage

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.939
 in the community.

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:29.119
 How bizarre is it

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:30.980
 that Christians

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.739
 sort of want to

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.559
 step back

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.000
 from

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:34.159
 contact

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:36.259
 with unbelievers

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:36.940
 who are just

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.600
 doing what

00:38:37.600 --> 00:38:38.500
 unbelievers do?

00:38:41.020 --> 00:38:42.680
 How can that be

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:44.280
 if we understand

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:46.840
 that we also

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.320
 were dead

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:47.700
 to God

00:38:47.700 --> 00:38:48.380
 at one stage

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:49.160
 but were made

00:38:49.160 --> 00:38:50.300
 alive by God's grace?

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.460
 Why would we

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:53.260
 recoil

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:53.880
 from that

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:55.180
 sort of behavior,

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:56.400
 that sort of

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:56.880
 person?

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:02.700
 Surely,

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:03.280
 my friends,

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.860
 we'd be wanting

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.900
 to reach over

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.540
 to that person

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:05.840
 and say,

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.179
 hey,

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:06.719
 yeah,

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:07.179
 that's just

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.900
 exactly what

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.440
 I was like

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.900
 and let me

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.320
 tell you,

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.099
 let me point

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.539
 you to

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:13.039
 the solution

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.719
 to your problem.

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:16.840
 Humble

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.539
 and compassionate.

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.400
 We ought

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:19.960
 never,

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.599
 my friends,

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.000
 I think,

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.619
 look down

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:22.380
 our noses

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:23.980
 at those

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.559
 who perhaps

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.400
 come among us

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.579
 who are struggling

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.860
 or whom

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:28.500
 we engage

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.199
 with at work

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:30.539
 or elsewhere

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:31.239
 in the community.

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:35.159
 and if we

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.879
 really believe

00:39:35.879 --> 00:39:36.199
 that sin

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.039
 is so offensive

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.619
 to God

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.399
 that nothing

00:39:38.399 --> 00:39:38.919
 less than

00:39:38.919 --> 00:39:39.299
 the death

00:39:39.299 --> 00:39:39.759
 of a son

00:39:39.759 --> 00:39:40.179
 can deal

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.379
 with,

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:41.799
 then,

00:39:41.879 --> 00:39:42.219
 my friends,

00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:42.639
 I think we'll

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.099
 be careful

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.679
 about our own

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:43.859
 sin,

00:39:43.919 --> 00:39:44.359
 will we not?

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.500
 If the very

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.059
 purpose

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:48.459
 of

00:39:48.459 --> 00:39:50.559
 Jesus coming

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:51.119
 into this world

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:52.019
 was to rescue

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.779
 us in our

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.759
 deadness

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:55.440
 where sin

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:56.540
 didn't even

00:39:56.540 --> 00:39:57.280
 rate on our

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.780
 radars,

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.440
 if he gave

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.860
 us new

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.420
 life so we

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.840
 might be

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.460
 true image

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.840
 bearers,

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.360
 then surely

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:03.780
 we'll want

00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:04.280
 to be careful

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:04.600
 about our

00:40:04.600 --> 00:40:05.060
 own sin.

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.920
 Lest that

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.740
 make a mockery

00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:10.180
 of the very

00:40:10.180 --> 00:40:10.560
 thing that

00:40:10.560 --> 00:40:11.060
 Jesus came

00:40:11.060 --> 00:40:11.420
 to do.

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.520
 Let me

00:40:14.520 --> 00:40:15.180
 close in

00:40:15.180 --> 00:40:15.400
 prayer.

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:23.440
 Lord,

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.820
 even this

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:24.119
 morning,

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:26.360
 some maybe

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:27.059
 find it hard

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:28.420
 to hear this

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:28.960
 description,

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.079
 this biblical

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.880
 description of

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.639
 what we are

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:32.059
 before you

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.260
 in our

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:33.019
 natural state.

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.500
 Lord,

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:37.079
 help us

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:38.680
 not to trip

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:39.220
 over that,

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.340
 for Lord,

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:41.000
 even as we

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:42.180
 try and

00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:42.639
 protect

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.260
 ourselves

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:43.820
 in some

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.460
 semblance

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.980
 of goodness,

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:46.019
 we are

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.840
 immediately

00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:47.960
 and radically

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:50.340
 cutting back

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:50.900
 and paring

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:52.360
 back your

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.980
 goodness and

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.440
 your mercy

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:53.760
 and your

00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:54.099
 grace.

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.219
 Lord,

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:56.679
 help us

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.119
 to make

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:58.320
 you really,

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:58.960
 really big

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.199
 in our

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.619
 lives.

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.679
 Your wisdom

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:03.019
 in the

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.500
 path of

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:03.920
 salvation

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.400
 you've set,

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.780
 your kindness

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.519
 and love to

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:06.820
 us in the

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.199
 Lord Jesus

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:07.699
 Christ,

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:08.900
 your commitment

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:10.099
 to us in

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.780
 following through

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.159
 and making

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:11.719
 sure we get

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.179
 home to

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:12.800
 heaven to be

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.240
 with you,

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.800
 not giving

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:15.380
 us the

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:15.820
 rains at

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.460
 any point

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.680
 Lord,

00:41:16.740 --> 00:41:17.019
 because you

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.539
 know we'll

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:18.100
 mess it up.

00:41:19.080 --> 00:41:19.300
 Lord,

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:19.840
 help us

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.960
 to make

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.660
 you so

00:41:21.660 --> 00:41:22.320
 big and

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:23.200
 ourselves so

00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:23.780
 small that

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:24.460
 we just put

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.760
 out our

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:25.120
 hands,

00:41:25.580 --> 00:41:26.240
 empty hands

00:41:26.240 --> 00:41:26.620
 and say,

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.140
 thank you

00:41:27.140 --> 00:41:27.380
 Lord,

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:29.080
 help me to

00:41:29.080 --> 00:41:29.700
 live for you

00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:30.539
 this day,

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.220
 in Jesus'

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.539
 name,

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:31.980
 Amen.