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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Turn with me this morning to Romans chapter 5. Romans 5.

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 The text will be on the screen behind me or in the Bible in the pews in front of you.

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 It's on page 942. 942.

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 The new year is a great time to examine some of your core commitments, your fundamental priorities,

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 things that are most important to you as a person and as a church as well.

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 As a church that seeks to see God's kingdom advance, that's our vision,

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 Southwood's particular mission is to experience and express grace.

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 If you've been here a little while, you've probably heard that or read that.

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 Hopefully you've seen this slide on the screens around the building.

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 To experience and express grace.

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 That's what we want to be about.

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 That's a catchy mission statement, right?

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 Experience and express grace.

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 But having a mission statement is only helpful if we actually know what we mean by that.

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 And that's really important, not merely because a church made this its mission statement,

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 but because this is actually the way God designed for all of us to live.

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 We're going to see that this morning.

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 Individually and corporately, those two pistons firing together is God's heart for the people

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 He created to fill the earth with His glory.

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 Experience grace and express grace.

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 I mentioned earlier during the announcements that next weekend is our Express Grace Conference

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 where we're going to talk for the weekend about what it can look like when God's grace transforms us

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 so that His heart flows through us to others, right?

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 Express grace.

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 So I thought this morning we would look for a few minutes at what we mean when we say experience grace.

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 How would I know if I've experienced it?

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 How often does that happen?

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 What difference does it make to be a person or to be a part of a church that is regularly experiencing grace?

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 What does that even mean?

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 There are a lot of angles we could take on that, a lot to say about it.

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 But this morning I want to look at Romans 5 as our starting point.

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 We'll just read the first two verses now and then talk about the experience of God's grace together

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 from this great passage and others.

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 God's holy word in Romans 5 where Paul has just been talking about the righteousness of God

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 that comes to sinful people.

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 They receive it by faith.

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 And then he says this, chapter 5 verse 1.

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 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand.

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 And we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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 Thus far God's holy word.

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 Let's pray and ask for His help as we study it together.

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 Father, Father, we come to You as we love to do because You love to show us Jesus in Your Word.

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 You love to make our hearts see our need of You.

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 You love to teach us by Your Spirit.

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 And so we come as those who need to learn again this morning,

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 who need to know You more, to love You more, to serve You more.

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 And we ask that as You meet with us this morning, You would change us.

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 That we would not be the same.

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 That we would see Jesus as more glorious.

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 And we would love Him more.

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 Would You do that in each of our hearts?

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 We ask for His sake.

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 Amen.

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 About this time two years ago, as Southwood was entering a season of transition,

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 we learned together from the book of Ephesians that what we needed as a church was not a new pastor,

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 but a renewed vision of the glory of God and of the incredible dimensions of His love for us in Jesus.

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 About this time last year, as I was about to become that new pastor Southwood didn't need,

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 which was a little awkward,

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 we talked about our ongoing need for Jesus.

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 Not me, not a new program, but for Jesus.

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 And we said that grace was best understood not as an abstract theological concept,

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 but rather as a person.

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 That experiencing grace meant our constant needs, constantly being met in Christ.

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 So I'll let you in on a little secret this morning for this sermon.

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 This is basically that same sermon.

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 It's all about Jesus.

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 And we hear that every week from every page of Scripture.

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 But this week, as we talk about experiencing grace from Romans 5,

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 God is reminding us again that it is all about Jesus.

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 That all of His Word, all of our mission, what He's called us to.

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 I wanted to tell you that while that glorious melody of fairest Lord Jesus was still in your heads.

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 Because it needs to stay in our heads.

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 It needs to stay there.

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 It needs to work its way from our heads to our hearts

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 that we would actually see Jesus as fairest, as most beautiful and glorious.

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 You see, if Jesus isn't beautiful and glorious to us,

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 and if we aren't desperate for His presence and power in us and through us,

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 then I can yell and scream and hire staff and build playgrounds and fund budgets and write mission statements.

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 But if Jesus isn't beautiful and glorious to us,

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 and if we're not desperate for His presence with us and His power in us and through us,

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 we might as well shut the doors.

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 We might as well stop pretending.

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 We will still be missing God's heart for us.

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 We'll still be failing to advance God's kingdom as He has called us to,

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 if we're not desperate for Jesus.

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 Just notice in Romans 5 how Paul shows us we have experienced grace one way,

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 and one way only, and that is through Jesus.

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 All the blessings we have, we don't deserve,

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 they're inextricably linked to who He is and what He has done for us.

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 Verse 1,

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 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,

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 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand,

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 and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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 Through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Through Him.

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 That's how it is that we have grace.

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 Notice all of it.

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 Everything that happens in there,

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 we're going to talk about these glorious gifts that we have.

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 Everything in these two verses.

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 Through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Through Him.

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 None of it comes to us any other way.

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 It's through Him.

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 That's Paul's point later in this chapter when he talks about sin and death coming through one man, Adam,

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 and grace and life coming through one man, Jesus.

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 Look at verse 17.

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 I think it's on the next slide.

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 For if because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man,

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 much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness

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 reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

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 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men,

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 so one act of righteousness leads to justification in life for all men.

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 For as by the one man's disobedience, the many were made sinners,

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 so by the one man's obedience, the many will be made righteous.

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 This is that beautiful section where Paul is talking about Jesus as the second Adam.

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 Adam has done this in his sin, his disobedience,

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 and we've all become sinners as we follow from him.

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 But in Christ, something entirely different.

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 There's so much rich theology just in this one chapter,

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 but just realize for a second what Paul is saying Jesus has single-handedly done for us.

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 This is grace, y'all.

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 These are the things we get that we could never earn for ourselves.

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 He has secured our right standing with God.

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 Justified by faith.

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 Peace with God.

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 For a rebel like me who failed to keep God's holy law

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 and could never do enough to be declared innocent, much less righteous,

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 Jesus takes my sin on the cross

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 and he gives me his perfect righteousness, justification.

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 That's the big word we use for that.

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 Picture the courtroom where God is the judge sitting behind the bench

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 and he's reviewing my rap sheet.

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 All of the things I've done and failed to do

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 and he's prepared to issue the guilty verdict

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 and the death penalty is coming to me

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 until Jesus steps in

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 and takes my punishment, pays my penalty,

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 and I'm declared not guilty.

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 Even righteous.

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 Perfectly righteous.

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 Justified before God.

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 But it's more than just that, isn't it?

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 Grace says this.

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 It's not just that I'm declared not guilty and perfectly righteous.

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 The judge jumps down from behind the bench.

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 He grabs my hand and he walks me down the hallway of the courthouse

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 to family court.

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 And he walks in there and he throws off his robe

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 and he's wearing a shirt that says,

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 Proud Dad.

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 And he walks into my adoption proceedings and says,

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 I want this one to be mine.

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 Adoption.

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 Jesus has secured for us the Father's love.

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 That access that verse 2 is talking about

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 is the access of a son to a father.

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 Can you believe that?

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 It's not just that you're not facing death for your sin anymore.

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 It's that the God of the universe would want to adopt the death row convict

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 as his own beloved son.

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 He wants us sitting at his dinner table.

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 Sitting in his lap and talking to him.

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 Jesus has assured us of the Father's love and adoption.

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 Jesus has empowered us to live for God's glory.

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 Previously, we only cared about our own glory, right?

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 This is sanctification.

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 That's the word we use for it.

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 What he does in our lives in an ongoing way.

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 He gives us a new heart and he dwells within me by his spirit

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 so that, as Paul says here,

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 grace and life might reign in the place of sin and death.

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 I'm directed by a new authority.

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 I'm governed by new desires, Paul says.

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 I'm a new person because of Jesus.

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 And finally, of course, there's glorification.

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 Had to see how many Asian words we could get in in one sermon.

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 Jesus has guaranteed our eternal inheritance as well.

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 That's the hope of the glory of God that verse 2 says we rejoice in.

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 That one day, someday, I will be changed into the image of his son,

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 God, perfect, and I'll be with him forever.

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 I was the guy with no future, no hope.

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 There was nothing to look forward to.

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 Facing the penalty for my sin,

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 but now I have a glorious future that can't be taken away.

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 No one can steal it from me in Christ.

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 All of that.

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 All of that.

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 That we have in Jesus.

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 None of it we ever could have earned for ourselves.

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 It's all of grace.

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 It comes through one man.

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 Jesus Christ.

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 That's not merely the message of Romans chapter 5.

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 That's the heart of the Bible.

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 Grace and Jesus.

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 All the things we get that we don't earn are inextricably linked to him because he earned them.

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 Justification, adoption, sanctification, glorification.

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 Every spiritual blessing in Christ.

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 Ephesians chapter 1.

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 Jesus comes full of grace and truth and from the fullness of his grace,

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 we've all received grace upon grace.

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 One blessing after another.

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 John chapter 1.

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 So that it's always the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 that's over and over said to be with you all.

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 So that we can be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

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 2 Timothy 2.

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 That's where it's found.

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 It's not anywhere else.

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 Because if we abide in Jesus,

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 if Jesus is living in us,

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 if we're abiding in him,

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 Jesus himself tells us,

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 John chapter 15,

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 we will bear much fruit.

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 But apart from him,

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 we can do what?

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 Nothing.

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 Apart from me,

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 Jesus says,

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 you can do nothing.

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 So for us as a church,

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 that's what experience grace means.

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 That we have one hero.

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 One perfect Savior.

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 One in whom we hope.

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 And so the rest of us are death row convicts

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 upon whom the Father has poured his grace to overflowing.

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 It's easy in a church to start thinking we need gifted people.

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 We need spiritual superstars.

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 The good looking family.

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 The members with money.

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 God would remind us this morning that we are all grace beggars.

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 Hopeless without it.

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 Bankrupt on our own.

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 Completely dependent on Jesus.

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 That's the one other thing about grace that I want us to see this morning in this passage.

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 You'll notice in verse 1,

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 that for people trusting in Christ,

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 Paul says there is grace in their past.

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 They have been justified.

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 Jesus has come,

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 and through his life, death, and resurrection,

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 he's made us right with God.

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 And when he came and lived and died and rose,

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 he has obtained for us access to the Father.

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 You'll see there's also grace in our future.

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 That's where we're rejoicing in the hope of the glory of God.

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 Future grace.

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 But the thing I want us to see, especially this morning,

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 there's a unique reminder that I think is the heart of the passage,

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 and it's the heart of our mission.

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 What we really mean when we say we're experiencing grace,

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 and that is its present value.

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 This is the grace that we need today.

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 The grace in which we stand.

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 Today.

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 And continually.

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 This is what Paul's talking about.

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 This is what we've obtained.

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 What we've gotten access to through the Father

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 is we have grace in which we stand.

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 Grace is what we need.

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 What we must have to stand before God today.

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 Moment by moment.

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 Because God has designed us for relationship with Him.

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 To live in constant dependence upon Him.

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 Abiding in Jesus.

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 Never weaning off of Jesus.

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 That's God's heart in creation and in redemption.

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 People who constantly experience grace.

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 Not just one time in their past.

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 Not just one day to look forward to in their future.

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 But what we're talking about when we say in our mission statement

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 to experience grace is today.

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 Again, today I need to experience grace.

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 To live moment by moment in need of Jesus.

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 Standing only in Him.

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 No other way.

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 Let me see if I can explain what I mean with a medical example.

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 Some Christians, in fact, many of us,

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 tend to live as though they need Jesus like a vaccination.

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 He was really important when they first received Him in the past.

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 And He'll protect them from things in the future.

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 He'll protect me from hell and maybe some other bad things along the way.

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 But my deep need of grace was back there in the past when I needed that.

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 It's something I got already when I got vaccinated.

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 Sometimes Christians tend to live as though they need Jesus like a vitamin.

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 They show up regularly because they need their weekly dose of grace.

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 Their dose of Jesus.

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 It's important to my health and my life.

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 It just makes me feel well-rounded.

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 And perhaps some of us even need daily vitamins.

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 When we remember to get them, they build us up and make us stronger.

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 And we need to go and learn of Jesus and read and be with Him even daily.

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 It kind of builds me up a little extra.

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 But in both of those scenarios, we're talking about getting grace.

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 Like it's a vaccination or a vitamin.

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 Something we can just get.

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 You know, I get grace.

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 You've said that maybe before.

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 I get grace.

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 I've had that.

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 But grace is a person.

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 So it's a person with whom we always need relationship.

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 Not an item we get enough of.

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 Or a concept that we master.

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 Grace is a person.

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 So we live in relationship with Jesus.

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 You know, the Bible presents Jesus to us not as a vaccination.

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 Not as a vitamin.

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 But as oxygen.

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 If oxygen were a person, what kind of relationship would you need with him?

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 Kind of a decent one?

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 A close one?

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 Would you need to talk with him often?

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 Would you live regularly in dependence on them?

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 Would you need to see him some?

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 That's how the Bible depicts our need for Jesus.

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 Spiritually speaking, we need Jesus desperately.

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 We don't stand for one moment apart from him.

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 And that's not something we're trying to grow out of.

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 It's not something we hope changes next week when you all get back and have things figured out.

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 That's God's grand design.

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 That we have that close, essential relationship with him.

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 That's what he wants for us.

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 That's his goal, not the starting point.

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 We believe we can't stand for one moment apart from grace.

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 That we are that needy.

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 And Jesus says he comes for needy sinners.

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 Not the healthy, but the sick.

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 God says he gives his grace to whom?

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 To the humble.

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 The needy.

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 So here's the point.

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 You won't experience grace to meet your needs if you don't have any.

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 You won't experience grace to forgive your sin if you don't have any.

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 You won't experience grace for your failures if you don't have any.

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 You won't experience grace to give direction in your confusion if you never have any.

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 You won't experience grace to be sufficient in your weakness as God promises if you don't have any weakness.

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 I know for those of you who know Jesus, you say your relationship with God is based on grace alone and Christ alone.

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 And we say that, but do we live that way?

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 As though that's our only hope and that we need him like we need oxygen.

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 Or do we relate to God as though we can sometimes do it on our own?

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 That we relate to him based on our own performance often, don't we?

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 We know I'm better than him and I'm more spiritual than her and I'm expecting a pretty good day today because I did really well yesterday.

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 God's probably going to pay me back for that.

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 And so you'll notice, in fact this is cheating and looking ahead to next week and expressing grace.

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 But for just a second, if that's something, when you're struggling with that, what you'll notice is if you're relating to God on your own performance,

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 you'll relate to others that way too based on their performance.

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 And so you'll be thinking things like, well, I don't know, is he performing well enough to earn my favor today?

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 Is she worthy of my love today?

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 And if you're not currently, actively in an ongoing way experiencing grace for needy, sinful, failing, confused, weak you,

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 you will have no grace and very little time for the needy, sinful failures in your life.

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 For those who are confused and weak in your circles of influence.

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 If none of that grace is being poured into you, you'll have none to pour out on others, right?

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 Makes sense.

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 But that's next week.

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 The gospel invites us to come weak and needy to Jesus and to experience the present value.

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 In that moment, the present value of his grace.

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 To find that not just once in the past, but again today in this moment, in that difficult situation,

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 all of his blessings are ours.

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 Again today, in our weakness, he secures our right standing with God.

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 Sinner, you stand forgiven in this moment because of Jesus.

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 Again today, he assures us of the Father's love.

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 Listen, lonely and rejected one.

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 God never takes off the proud dad shirt.

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 He doesn't just wear it at your adoption proceedings.

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 He never takes it off.

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 You never lose his smile.

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 Even in this moment where you feel rejected,

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 you have his smile.

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 He is the proud dad because of Jesus.

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 Again today, he empowers us to live for God's glory.

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 So if you're failing and you're just faced with that,

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 there's hope for change in this moment, in this situation because of Jesus.

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 Again today, he guarantees our eternal inheritance.

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 If you're discouraged or doubting today and you remember once upon a time when eternity was taken care of

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 and you weren't going to worry about it, but you're struggling again,

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 you can trust.

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 He has secured your eternal inheritance and it's true again today.

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 Your glorious future is just as certain even in this moment because of Jesus.

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 Are you sure, Pastor?

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 How do you know?

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 Romans 5 verse 6.

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 For while we were still weak,

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 at the right time,

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 Christ died for the ungodly.

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 One will scarcely die for a righteous person.

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 Perhaps for a good person,

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 one would dare even to die.

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 But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 The grace of Christ is particularly designed for the weak and the sinful.

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 I love that phrase,

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 at the right time.

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 While we were still weak,

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 while we were still sinners,

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 at the right time.

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 It wasn't that that was a terrible time.

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 Why don't they get it together and get a little stronger and act a little bit better

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 and then maybe I'll send my son for him.

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 No, it was right there at your low point.

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 When you're at your worst,

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 when you're struggling the most,

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 that God said,

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 that's the perfect time because what I'm giving is grace.

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 And it goes right there.

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 Jesus died for us.

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 Right then.

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 Before he can clean himself up or earn his way back into the family,

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 the prodigal son sees his father slay the fatted calf,

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:26.280
 run off the porch,

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 throw his arms around him,

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 and rejoice that his beloved son is home

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 at just the right time

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 before he could do anything else.

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 That's my story.

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 That's your story.

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 That Jesus has loved you like that.

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 He loves you like that again today.

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 Today again,

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:56.399
 Jesus ushers you in to the presence of the holy God

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 where you can imagine being

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 and Jesus says,

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 stand.

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 Weak one,

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 stand in the presence of God.

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 Outcast rebel,

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 stand in me.

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 Before God.

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 Good church kid who could never be good enough.

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 Stand in the presence of God.

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 In this grace,

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 in which we today stand

00:28:22.939 --> 00:28:25.379
 in God's presence.

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.159
 Jesus says,

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 I'm your oxygen.

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 You couldn't stand.

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 A moment without.

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 But I'm with you

00:28:31.419 --> 00:28:32.859
 and you have me.

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 So you stand.

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 What kind of family would you be a part of

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:43.519
 if Southwood was your church family?

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:49.000
 Robert Farrar Kapan once described life under grace

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:53.140
 as the life of a cripple on an escalator.

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 It's a great image.

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 Made me think of this short video I saw.

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 I hope that wasn't any of y'all.

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 I don't think it was.

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 But is that you?

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 Do you see yourself

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:31.519
 in that little video clip?

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:34.139
 Do you see yourself weak

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:35.899
 and helpless?

00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:38.139
 No way to stand

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:39.960
 at the top of the escalator

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.679
 before God.

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:42.139
 Imagine there he is up there

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:43.279
 waiting for you

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:45.980
 and just a few steps to climb

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:47.019
 to get up there to him

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.579
 and you know you'll never make it.

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:51.500
 Life keeps coming at you

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.500
 bump after bump

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.319
 and you're gonna fall.

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.980
 You're gonna fall.

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:55.960
 You're never making it to the top

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.559
 and if you do

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.899
 you're certainly not standing

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:59.259
 before God

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.639
 in his presence

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:03.500
 except

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:06.099
 in falling broken

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:08.039
 on Jesus

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:09.519
 and letting him

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.720
 carry you

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.879
 up to the top.

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:12.879
 In Jesus

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:14.480
 you are certain

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.759
 to stand

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:17.159
 in the presence

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:18.579
 of your father

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 glorious

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.720
 and without fault

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:22.019
 with great joy.

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:25.319
 I'm so thankful

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.480
 to be a part of a church

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:28.579
 where this is not merely theoretical

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:31.659
 but it's a practical reality.

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:32.579
 Listen,

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.740
 we're far

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:35.059
 from perfect.

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.579
 We're far from perfect

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.259
 in this way

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.399
 but Southwood

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:40.460
 is a family

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.980
 where it's a safe place

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.779
 for weak

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:45.259
 and broken people

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.700
 to experience

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.619
 grace.

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:49.279
 And we need to be safer

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.419
 because there are some

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:52.480
 who come and don't find that.

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.799
 But I'm thankful

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.480
 that many

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:56.120
 do find that here.

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.759
 Just from the stories

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.420
 that I know

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.539
 you know who makes up

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.380
 a congregation

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:01.440
 like the one sitting

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:02.460
 right here this morning?

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.759
 People walking

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.559
 through divorce.

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.940
 People coming out

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.860
 of prostitution.

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.559
 Fathers who

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.880
 lose their tempers.

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.460
 Moms who gossip

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.860
 about other moms

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.660
 they're better than.

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.400
 Pastors who

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:21.559
 crave the approval

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.259
 of man.

00:31:24.179 --> 00:31:24.679
 Cynics

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:26.399
 wrestling with doubt.

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.740
 Addicts

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.940
 battling pornography.

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.799
 Church kids

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.919
 who flunked church.

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.700
 And y'all listen.

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:36.000
 There's a lot of others

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.679
 you can come up with

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.399
 your own description.

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.079
 All of us.

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.960
 We all need

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:43.220
 and we all

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.200
 get

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:45.519
 the same

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.500
 great

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.679
 gracious

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:48.539
 Savior.

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:50.399
 all of us.

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.819
 We all

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.659
 need him

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:54.259
 and he comes

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:55.240
 for us.

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.159
 We all

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:57.059
 find

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:58.319
 grace.

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.039
 Or it's

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.159
 actually even better

00:32:02.159 --> 00:32:03.000
 than that isn't it?

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.359
 Grace

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:05.779
 finds us

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.960
 floundering.

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.420
 Jesus

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.839
 finds us

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.519
 weak

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.399
 and broken

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:12.220
 and lying

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:13.440
 on our backsides

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.420
 and unable

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.299
 to get up

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:16.159
 and get into

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:17.180
 God's presence

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.960
 and he

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.320
 carries us

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:20.160
 up into the

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:21.180
 presence of God

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.940
 and says

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.759
 stand

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:24.000
 today

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 stand

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:27.080
 I'm with you.

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 That's grace.

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:30.620
 Jesus

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.540
 comes

00:32:31.540 --> 00:32:33.080
 to us.

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.340
 Listen

00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:36.080
 absolutely

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:37.640
 this glorious

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.440
 grace

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.200
 should make us

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.560
 those

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:41.040
 who run

00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:41.900
 as fast

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.660
 as we can

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.660
 to Jesus

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:45.400
 by reading

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.300
 his word

00:32:46.300 --> 00:32:47.920
 by praying

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:49.200
 by worshipping

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.160
 with his people

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.400
 by confessing

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.860
 our sin

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.480
 and receiving

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.200
 his forgiveness

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.220
 absolutely

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.960
 of course

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.360
 we need

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:56.320
 all of those

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.540
 things

00:32:56.540 --> 00:32:56.880
 those are

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.300
 good and

00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:57.519
 right

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.740
 and they

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:57.980
 breathe

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.519
 life

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.019
 into our

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.580
 souls

00:32:59.580 --> 00:33:00.980
 and yet

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.400
 the most

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.040
 glorious

00:33:02.040 --> 00:33:02.640
 part

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.920
 is that

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.440
 he

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.320
 keeps

00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:05.880
 coming

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:07.120
 to us

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.960
 it's not

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.340
 how many

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.720
 times

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.040
 we've

00:33:09.040 --> 00:33:09.200
 run

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.540
 to him

00:33:09.540 --> 00:33:10.420
 the best

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:10.720
 part

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.000
 is that

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.540
 he keeps

00:33:11.540 --> 00:33:11.820
 running

00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:12.680
 after us

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.360
 that's what

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:13.620
 we just

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:14.080
 celebrated

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.720
 at Christmas

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.080
 right

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:16.120
 the word

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.560
 became

00:33:16.560 --> 00:33:17.200
 flesh

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.400
 and dwelt

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.799
 among us

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:22.039
 so we should

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.580
 come

00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:24.000
 weak

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.180
 and needy

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:26.400
 and hungry

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.360
 for grace

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:28.360
 to this

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.820
 table

00:33:28.820 --> 00:33:29.860
 this morning

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:31.279
 and

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.080
 we should

00:33:32.080 --> 00:33:32.720
 be encouraged

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.960
 to remember

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.920
 that Jesus

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.660
 has come

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.420
 running

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.360
 toward us

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:38.700
 to set

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.360
 the table

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:40.039
 already

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.980
 with his

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.420
 body

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.360
 and his

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:42.700
 blood

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.140
 he was

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.279
 here

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.860
 before you

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.480
 this morning

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:46.259
 he ran

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.840
 towards you

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.360
 to get

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.920
 ready for

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.360
 this

00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:49.500
 to eat

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.019
 with you

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:51.080
 he himself

00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.800
 is the

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.400
 grace

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:53.539
 we all

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.039
 need to

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.840
 experience

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:58.519
 this is his

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.279
 account of

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.200
 when he was

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.539
 with his

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.000
 disciples

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.480
 at that

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.980
 last

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.500
 supper

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:04.240
 as they

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.680
 were eating

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.039
 Jesus

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.920
 took bread

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.400
 and after

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.160
 blessing it

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.640
 he broke

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.000
 it and

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.300
 gave it

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.539
 to the

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.039
 disciples

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.659
 and said

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.039
 take

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.740
 eat

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.379
 this

00:34:11.379 --> 00:34:11.879
 is my

00:34:11.879 --> 00:34:12.239
 body

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:13.979
 and he

00:34:13.979 --> 00:34:14.319
 took a

00:34:14.319 --> 00:34:14.619
 cup

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:14.899
 and when

00:34:14.899 --> 00:34:15.099
 he had

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.279
 given

00:34:15.279 --> 00:34:15.679
 thanks

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.079
 he gave

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.339
 it to

00:34:16.339 --> 00:34:16.539
 them

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.899
 saying

00:34:16.899 --> 00:34:17.559
 drink

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:17.899
 of it

00:34:17.899 --> 00:34:18.219
 all

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.599
 of you

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.279
 for this

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:19.679
 is my

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:19.979
 blood

00:34:19.979 --> 00:34:20.299
 of the

00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:20.659
 covenant

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.379
 which is

00:34:21.379 --> 00:34:21.619
 poured

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.099
 out for

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.459
 many

00:34:22.459 --> 00:34:23.099
 for the

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.500
 forgiveness

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.319
 of sins

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:25.039
 I tell

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.279
 you I

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.579
 will not

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:25.819
 drink

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.159
 again

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.539
 of this

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.779
 fruit

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.059
 of the

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.419
 vine

00:34:27.419 --> 00:34:28.079
 until

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.459
 that

00:34:28.459 --> 00:34:28.859
 day

00:34:28.859 --> 00:34:29.479
 when I

00:34:29.479 --> 00:34:29.759
 drink

00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:29.959
 it

00:34:29.959 --> 00:34:30.199
 new

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.479
 with

00:34:30.479 --> 00:34:30.779
 you

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.279
 in

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:31.479
 my

00:34:31.479 --> 00:34:32.239
 father's

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.959
 kingdom

00:34:32.959 --> 00:34:35.159
 this

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.559
 is the

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:35.919
 Lord's

00:34:35.919 --> 00:34:36.179
 table

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:37.259
 he

00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:37.959
 said it

00:34:37.959 --> 00:34:38.839
 for you

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:39.059
 this

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.319
 morning

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:39.699
 it's not

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.439
 Southwood's

00:34:40.439 --> 00:34:40.699
 table

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.099
 it's not

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.239
 a

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:42.099
 Presbyterian

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.559
 table

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.439
 if

00:34:43.439 --> 00:34:44.079
 your

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:45.079
 only hope

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.099
 for standing

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.539
 in the

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.079
 presence

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.739
 of the

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:48.099
 God of

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.719
 the universe

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:50.179
 is Jesus

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.939
 that he

00:34:50.939 --> 00:34:51.879
 would carry

00:34:51.879 --> 00:34:52.480
 you there

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.359
 and that he

00:34:53.359 --> 00:34:53.699
 would have

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.519
 died for

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.179
 your sins

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:56.139
 and given

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.819
 you his

00:34:56.819 --> 00:34:58.019
 perfect record

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.779
 in place

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.319
 of yours

00:34:59.319 --> 00:35:00.839
 then come

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:02.119
 come and

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.539
 celebrate

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.339
 with us

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:04.399
 his body

00:35:04.399 --> 00:35:04.960
 and blood

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.879
 given for

00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:06.259
 us

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:07.500
 if

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.720
 you

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.180
 don't

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:08.480
 know

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.900
 Jesus

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.200
 or

00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:09.420
 if

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:09.580
 you're

00:35:09.580 --> 00:35:09.780
 not

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:10.380
 actively

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.040
 trusting

00:35:11.040 --> 00:35:11.480
 him

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.340
 to be

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.720
 your

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.080
 only

00:35:13.080 --> 00:35:13.500
 hope

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.920
 with

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.080
 the

00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:14.380
 father

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.600
 then

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:15.280
 our

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.780
 invitation

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.140
 to you

00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:16.300
 this

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.520
 morning

00:35:16.520 --> 00:35:16.700
 is

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.180
 not

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:17.360
 to

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.520
 come

00:35:17.520 --> 00:35:17.680
 to

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:17.840
 a

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.240
 table

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.840
 not

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.020
 to

00:35:19.020 --> 00:35:19.240
 come

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:19.500
 to

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.900
 some

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.180
 bread

00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:20.340
 and

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.580
 some

00:35:20.580 --> 00:35:21.060
 juice

00:35:21.060 --> 00:35:21.660
 but

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:22.000
 instead

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.200
 to

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:22.620
 actually

00:35:22.620 --> 00:35:22.940
 come

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.180
 to

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.800
 Jesus

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.620
 himself

00:35:24.620 --> 00:35:24.980
 to

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.700
 know

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:26.000
 him

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.200
 to

00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:26.560
 put

00:35:26.560 --> 00:35:26.800
 your

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.240
 trust

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:27.500
 in

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.740
 him

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.160
 we

00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:28.340
 would

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.840
 love

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.020
 to

00:35:29.020 --> 00:35:29.260
 talk

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.440
 with

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.540
 you

00:35:29.540 --> 00:35:29.800
 about

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.120
 that

00:35:30.120 --> 00:35:30.600
 we

00:35:30.600 --> 00:35:30.680
 would

00:35:30.680 --> 00:35:30.780
 love

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:30.920
 to

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.160
 pray

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.420
 with

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.559
 you

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:31.839
 about

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:32.179
 that

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:33.059
 please

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.579
 come

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.000
 just

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.739
 come

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:34.920
 and

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.239
 talk

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:35.460
 with

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.799
 us

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.299
 come

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:36.460
 and

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.679
 tell

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:36.859
 us

00:35:36.859 --> 00:35:37.000
 I'm

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.159
 not

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.799
 coming

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:37.960
 to

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.119
 take

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.319
 these

00:35:38.319 --> 00:35:38.599
 elements

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:38.739
 will

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:38.779
 you

00:35:38.779 --> 00:35:38.920
 just

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.179
 pray

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.440
 for

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.659
 me

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.239
 you

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.399
 can

00:35:40.399 --> 00:35:40.719
 come

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.079
 and

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.519
 you

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.679
 can

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.239
 participate

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.579
 in

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:42.719
 a

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.019
 different

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.440
 way

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.139
 and

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.359
 you

00:35:44.359 --> 00:35:44.599
 can

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.119
 come

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.579
 and

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:45.819
 know

00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:46.279
 Jesus

00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:46.879
 nothing

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.179
 would

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.420
 make

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:47.679
 us

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.219
 more

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.699
 delighted

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.279
 than

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.440
 that

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.599
 you

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:49.799
 would

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:50.059
 know

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.339
 for

00:35:50.339 --> 00:35:50.839
 yourself

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.059
 the

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.319
 things

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:51.519
 we've

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.639
 been

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.980
 talking

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.379
 about

00:35:52.379 --> 00:35:52.779
 and

00:35:52.779 --> 00:35:53.399
 rejoicing

00:35:53.399 --> 00:35:53.599
 in

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:53.799
 this

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.119
 morning

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:55.279
 let

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:55.379
 me

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.399
 we

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:02.619
 hope

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:02.920
 only

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.159
 in

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.440
 you

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:06.379
 there's

00:36:06.379 --> 00:36:06.839
 no one

00:36:06.839 --> 00:36:07.199
 in this

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.579
 room

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:07.819
 who

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:08.099
 could

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.739
 roll

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:08.920
 out

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.319
 a list

00:36:09.319 --> 00:36:09.500
 of

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.119
 spiritual

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.739
 resume

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.099
 that

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.399
 would

00:36:11.399 --> 00:36:12.019
 commend

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.379
 them

00:36:12.379 --> 00:36:12.559
 to

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:12.759
 a

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.039
 holy

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.539
 God

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:17.019
 except

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 that

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 you're

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 here

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 meeting

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 with

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 us

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 you've

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 wiped

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 our slate

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 clean

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 and

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 you've

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 given

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 us

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 yours

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 all

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 the

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 times

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 you

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 trusted

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 your

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 father

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 all

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 the

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 times

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 you

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 obeyed

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 all

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 the

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 times

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 you

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 suffered

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 and

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 you've

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 given

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 us

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 your

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 perfect

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 record

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 and

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 so

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 we

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 stand

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 now

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 to

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 eat

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 with

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 the

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 father

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 at

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 his

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 table

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 and

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 that

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 astonishes

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 us

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 that

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 we

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 ask

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 father

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 set

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 aside

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 these

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 common

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 elements

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 for a

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 very

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 sacred

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 purpose

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 that

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 would

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 build

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 faith

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 in

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 our

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 hearts

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 that

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 we

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 would

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 know

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 that

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 you

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 long

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 to

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 with

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 us

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 that

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 you

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 fellowship

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 with

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 us

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 that

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 delighted

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 in

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 us

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 and

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 you

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 rejoice

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 over

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 us

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 because

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 of

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 Jesus

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 do

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 that

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 in

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 this

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 we

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 in

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 name

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 amen

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 for

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 more

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