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 I don't really know where to tell you to open your Bible. There's a lot of places we're going to go to tonight.

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 I guess just open it up to Titus 2.

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 That'll be our first passage that we come to.

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 So last week we began discussing sanctification, which is, as Clay already said, a topic that is literally eternally vast.

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 There's so much in it. We're never going to cover all the things that we need to cover.

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 And so at the very beginning, hear me say, I encourage you to study it more than you're going to get tonight.

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 I'm going to try to answer some questions.

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 I started last week by answering the first three of the total six questions that I wanted to pose.

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 And those first three were, I believe, if I find in myself, or if I find that I'm sinning more than I'm,

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 or if I find in myself more failure than I do success, am I still being sanctified was the first question.

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 Secondly, what about that one setting sin in my life?

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 Am I still being sanctified if that thing is true with me?

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 And then thirdly, I think I simply just asked, how can we be sanctified?

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 Tonight, we're going to deal with these three.

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 If no matter what I do, I can't lose my salvation, then why should I care to be sanctified?

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 Number two, where should I start?

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 And number three, what should I be expecting?

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 And obviously, these are really general.

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 The first one's more specific, but the last two are really general.

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 And so we're just going to scan it.

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 I mean, we're just going to be a survey of these things.

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 It's not going to be an exhaustive study at all.

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 But before we get going, I'm just going to pray, and then we'll really dive in.

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 Father, we don't ask you to teach us everything there is to know about sanctification.

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 We just simply ask you to teach us something more than we knew when we came in.

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 We just want to grow through this time.

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 Lord, if it's just the next 45 minutes or so, just let us truly benefit, truly, truly benefit in Christ from being here.

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 And Lord, just give your people your word.

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 If what they're just saying is truly the cry of their heart, if they really are hungry and they really are thirsty and they really want to be fed,

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 then I pray that, God, I would be given the grace in this moment to give them true food and give them true drink, which is Christ.

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 I pray that they would eat of you and drink of you and be filled with you.

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 They would know you better, Lord, than they ever knew you before.

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 They would understand what sanctification is.

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 They would understand how it's supposed to work.

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 They would understand what's facing them, what's to come in their life pursuit of sanctification.

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 So just aid me, God.

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 I need your grace.

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 I am inadequate apart from Christ completely to do this.

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 And so, God, just make yourself look glorious through our study.

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 In Christ's name, amen.

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 Before we really get into the questions, I just want to talk about, or I guess briefly redefine for you what sanctification is.

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 That's a big word.

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 The root of it is sanctify.

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 And it really just means to be set apart, okay, to be made holy, to be consecrated unto God.

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 It is the process of us becoming more like Christ.

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 That's a daily thing.

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 That's a moment-by-moment thing.

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 There isn't different stages and levels of sanctification.

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 There's just this process of you daily becoming more like Jesus Christ in every single facet of your life,

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 in your thinking, in your doing, in your acting, in your reacting,

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 in the things that you focus on, in your motivations, in your ambitions, in your affections.

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 Everything is becoming more like Christ, more for Christ.

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 And that's what it means to be sanctified.

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 It's a work of the Holy Spirit.

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 We learn that in 1 Thessalonians 5.

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 It says, by the Spirit of peace, may He sanctify you entirely.

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 Okay?

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 So we know from the beginning of it that it's a work that God does, but it's also a work that we're called to.

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 It says in Hebrews 12 that we should pursue sanctification.

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 Okay?

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 So I said this last week.

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 This is hard to get your mind around, but sanctification, this idea of becoming more like Christ,

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 is something that God will do to every Christian by His grace,

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 but it's also something that we pursue as Christians that are striving to glorify Christ.

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 It's the only way that you can glorify Christ, by the way, is to become more like Him and to live in light of that.

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 But Christ's glory is the purpose for it, and Christ's blessings are the rewards of it.

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 But if you want, if you feel, maybe you're sitting here tonight and you feel like, man, you know,

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 I like coming to Bible studies, I like going to church on Sundays, I like, you know, the people that I'm around,

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 these are great people, but I don't really feel like I'm really growing any closer to Christ.

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 I don't really have any kind of sense of His presence in my life.

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 I believe it is biblical to pray for a felt Christ.

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 I believe God can be not only known about, but known relationally.

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 You know, and so, if you're wondering why that may be for you,

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 then I would venture to say it's probably the fact that you're not striving to be holy.

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 That sanctification isn't as big of a part of your life as it should be.

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 So, just know that, I guess, at the beginning.

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 It's experienced, okay, so sanctification is experienced by us primarily through faith.

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 Through dependent faith.

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 Through childlike, simple faith.

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 In God's Word.

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 As we exercise faith in God's Word, as we read it and we take it for what it says at face value,

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 and we believe it, and we live it,

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 that is how we experience God's work of sanctification.

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 You will find the energy for things you did not have energy for.

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 You will find love for people you did not love before.

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 That's what God will prove to you as you endeavor to be sanctified.

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 It's that you have these new affections and these new feelings and these new intangibles that God gives to his people

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 for his glory, for our blessing.

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 But it's also...

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 Well, that's pretty much what it is.

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 I don't want to get too complicated.

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 It's important to understand this.

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 I said this as well last week, and this is why I had you turn to Titus 2.

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 That's a really, really important thing to understand.

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 Okay?

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 He saved you to make you holy.

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 Let's look at Titus 2.14.

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 It says, my first word here is who.

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 That's Jesus.

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 Jesus gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from every lawless deed

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 and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good deeds.

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 Just to further corroborate that,

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 1 Peter 2, verse 24 says,

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 And he himself, that's Jesus again, bore our sins in his body on the cross,

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 that we might die to sin and live to righteousness,

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 for by his wounds you were healed.

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 Okay?

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 So what do we have there?

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 We have Jesus Christ dying on the cross,

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 so that you could die to your sin,

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 and so that you could live to righteousness.

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 Which is another good definition of, I think, sanctification.

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 It's dying to sin, it's living to righteousness.

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 It's casting off the old man with our old desires and our fleshly desires

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 and vents and inclinations,

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 and it's putting on the new man.

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 It's putting on Christ.

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 Romans 13, I think, says it like that.

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 Now,

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 it's almost seen as like clothing yourself in Jesus Christ.

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 Those are all just, I guess, metaphorical ways of seeing it.

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 So Christ gave up his kingdom,

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 Christ gave up his crown,

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 Christ gave up his holiness,

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 or not his holiness,

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 but his righteous cloak,

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 you could say,

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 in heaven,

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 to come down and to be a peasant,

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 to be a man,

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 to take on flesh,

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 to take on all of the experiences of the human being.

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 And then he died, right,

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 in our place,

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 so that we could be holy.

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 So it's primary.

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 This isn't a secondary thing.

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 It's not like, you know,

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 Christ died simply to save you,

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 and sanctification is, you know,

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 kind of the thing that he hopes for.

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 Okay?

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 Christ died to make you holy.

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 Whatever the cost.

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 Loving Christ is not a small thing.

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 At times, it's very difficult.

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 And you were saved,

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 okay, let me just say this again,

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 one more time,

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 then we'll get to the new stuff.

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 You were saved in an instant,

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 by pure grace,

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 and it costs you nothing.

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 But you will be sanctified,

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 throughout your lifetime,

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 and it will cost you everything.

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 You were saved in a moment, right?

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 In a simple little moment.

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 And it didn't cost you anything.

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 It cost Christ everything.

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 But you are sanctified,

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 over your entire lifetime,

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 and that will cost you,

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 your life.

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 Alright?

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 We're going to dive deeper into that.

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 First question.

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 If no matter what I do,

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 I can't lose my salvation,

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 then why should I care to be sanctified?

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 I hear this a lot from people.

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 Maybe not explicitly,

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 but I think implicitly.

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 They think it is totally cool,

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 if they don't strive for holiness.

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 They don't see the reason for it.

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 I mean, I've been saved,

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 I've said the right prayer,

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 I've done the right thing,

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 I've been confirmed in the church,

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 these things are true of me,

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 so why do I need to be holy?

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 You know, if I go make a confession to my priest,

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 or if I go do this, or go do that,

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 then that means I'm good to go.

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 I can do whatever I want during the week,

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 and then I can be right on Sunday,

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 and then God's going to accept me on the last day.

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 There's all these,

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 there's this,

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 this disease, I would call it,

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 flows throughout Christendom.

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 It underlines a lot of people's faith.

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 It exposes it, I think.

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 So firstly, okay,

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 in order to answer our question,

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 sanctification is the proof of your salvation.

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 Again, I quoted it earlier,

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 Hebrews 12, 14 says,

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 pursue sanctification without which

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 you will not see the Lord.

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 That's a pretty strong statement.

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 Pursue sanctification without which

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 you will not see the Lord.

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 So pursue holiness.

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 Become like Christ,

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 or else,

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 you will not see the Lord.

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 You will not be found to be in Christ

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 on the last day,

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 if this is not true of you.

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 So when people neglect sanctification,

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 it's just simply evidence

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 that maybe they're not saved.

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 And that's really simple to understand,

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 I think.

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 If that's really why Christ died,

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 I mean,

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 if that's really the purpose of God

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 was to make you holy

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 in saving you,

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 then surely it's going to happen.

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 We can't thwart the will of God.

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 But I think it's more important

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 to understand why this is true.

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 Okay?

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 Why is it true

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 that God's people become holy?

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 One-to-one correlation.

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 Why is it true?

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 Why are all true believers sanctified?

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 Go to Romans 6.

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 Romans 6.

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 This is such an awesome passage.

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 Paul had just gotten finished here

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 in the context.

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 For five chapters now,

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 for the first few,

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 he really just kind of

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 puts an indictment on all mankind.

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 He says,

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 these things are true of you

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 if you're a Jew.

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 These things are also true of you

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 if you're a jinn fowl.

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 That means if you're not a Jew.

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 So these things are true of everybody.

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 He just kind of,

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 he exposes everybody

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 in their sin.

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 He doesn't leave anybody out

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 no matter where you are,

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 no matter who you are.

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 Everybody's a sinner.

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 Then he starts talking about

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 how salvation

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 is by faith alone.

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 Alright?

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 And he goes through chapter 4

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 and chapter 5

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 and he's exposing

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 how salvation is by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone.

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 It's a gift.

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 He talks about Abraham

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 as an example,

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 all these different things.

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 And then he gets to Romans 6

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 and he kind of begins

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 to anticipate

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 the

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 rebuttal.

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 you could say,

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 of the religious leaders

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 that he's writing to.

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 He knows what they're going to ask.

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 He knows their questions

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 and so he begins

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 in verse 1

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 of chapter 6

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 and he says,

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 What should we say then?

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 Or in other words,

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 you might say this.

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 Are we to continue in sin

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 that grace might increase?

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 May it never be.

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 How shall we who died to sin

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 still live in it?

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 Are we to continue in sin

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 that grace might increase?

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 May it never be.

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 How shall we who died to sin

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 still live in it?

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 So he's anticipating them saying,

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 Paul,

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 if you're being serious right now,

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 if you're saying

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 that it's completely by grace

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 that we're saved,

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 then why not just keep sinning

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 all the more

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 so that God gets more glory

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 if that's really true.

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 I mean,

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 if it's all grace

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 and there's no works at all,

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 then

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 let's just keep sinning

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 so that grace may abound,

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 Paul.

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 And his response is,

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 in the strongest Greek negative

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 that there is,

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 may it never be.

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 Or no way.

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 Or

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 almost like a

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 you are out of your mind

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 to think that kind of thing.

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 How shall we who have died to sin,

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 he says,

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 still live in it?

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 Your old man died

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 when Christ died.

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 What is the old man?

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 That's your

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 humanness

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 that has fallen.

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 That is your

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 enslavement to sin.

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 That is your

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 identification, you could say,

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 as a child of the devil.

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 That is your inability

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 to honor God.

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 That is your inability

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 to love Christ.

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 All those things died

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 with Christ

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 when He died.

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 And when you were raised

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 with Christ,

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 when you were

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 made a new man,

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 made a new woman,

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 by His grace,

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 you were risen with freedom

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 from the power

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 and dominion of sin,

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 and you were then

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 given freedom

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 to the power,

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 the spirit,

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 the mind,

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 and the grace

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 of Christ

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 daily.

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 Okay, so hear that.

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 Those things are

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 literally available to you

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 if you were a believer.

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 The power

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 that rose Christ

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 or that raised Christ

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 from the dead

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 is within you.

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 The spirit of God

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 is within you.

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 The spirit of God,

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 the spirit of an omnipotent being

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 is within you.

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 The mind of Christ,

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 1 Corinthians 2.16,

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 I think,

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 says,

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 is yours.

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 What does that mean?

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 That's the ability

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 to comprehend

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 this

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 by faith

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 and actually have it

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 work in your life

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 and not be words

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 on a page.

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 And then

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 the grace of Christ

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 is available

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 to you daily.

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 which is the foundation

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 upon our whole

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 Christian life.

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 If I'm not,

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 I literally had one

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 of the worst weeks

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 ever this week.

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 I literally,

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 it was such a terrible week.

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 Okay, like in so many ways,

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 so many different ways.

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 And yet,

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 the only thing

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 that really kept me going

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 and the only thing

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 that didn't keep me

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 from just really being,

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 you know,

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 led into more sin

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 was the fact that

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 I was standing

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 on the grace

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 of God.

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 And then again,

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 I reminded myself

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 it's not about

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 what I've done,

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 it's not about

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 what I've earned,

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 it's not about

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 what I merit

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 from God,

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 I'm standing

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 on the grace

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 of Christ.

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 Which is that

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 sure,

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 it's that sure

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 foundation.

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 So,

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 all these things

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 are ours.

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 All those things

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 are ours.

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 And so,

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 Paul doesn't mean,

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 I mean,

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 what he's saying here

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 in the verse

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 is that holiness

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 isn't an option.

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 It's not an option

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 anymore.

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 And I'm not,

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 I'm not meaning that

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 like you better do this

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 kind of,

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 it's not an option.

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 I'm meaning it like

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 it's impossible

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 not to be

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 holy.

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 Why?

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 Because you died

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 to your old man.

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 And you were risen

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 in Christ.

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 Now,

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 I want to exhaust that,

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 but I can't.

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 There's so much in that.

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 I mean,

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 I know you guys

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 are probably thinking,

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 what is the old man again?

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 Go study it.

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 Get commentary on it,

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 but just understand

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 that old man

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 is who you once were

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 and the new man

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 is who you are now

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 in Christ.

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 There's so much more

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 to say.

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 So,

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 then jump to 15.

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 Okay?

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.539
 We just skipped

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 an entire semester

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 worth of information.

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 But,

00:19:36.340 --> 00:19:38.700
 verse 15 here,

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.640
 same chapter,

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 says this.

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 He anticipates

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 another question

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 and he says,

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 what then?

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 Shall we sin

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 because we are not

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.400
 under law

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:50.880
 but under grace?

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 May it never be again,

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:54.640
 he says.

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 Do you not know

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 that when you present

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 yourselves to someone

00:19:58.060 --> 00:19:59.060
 as a slave,

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 as slaves for obedience,

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 you are slaves

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 of the one

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:04.440
 whom you obey?

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:06.060
 Either of sin

00:20:06.060 --> 00:20:07.000
 resulting in death

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.839
 or of obedience

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:09.420
 resulting in righteousness.

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.980
 But thanks be to God

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:12.019
 that though you were

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:13.019
 slaves of sin,

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.140
 that's that old man,

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.880
 you became obedient

00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:16.880
 from the heart

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 to that form of teaching

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.500
 to which you were committed.

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 And having been freed

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.839
 from sin,

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.500
 you became slaves

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 of righteousness.

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 righteousness.

00:20:28.719 --> 00:20:29.599
 What's he saying?

00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.579
 He starts off

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.219
 with the question,

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.119
 shall we sin

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.939
 because we are not

00:20:37.939 --> 00:20:38.599
 under law

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:40.079
 but under grace?

00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.039
 Again,

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.799
 he's pointing out

00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.839
 something that they

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.259
 were believing

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.980
 that was false.

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 if in fact

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.799
 I am not held

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.319
 accountable

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:53.240
 by the law

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.799
 anymore,

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.920
 then

00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:00.079
 it's not a

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.579
 well,

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.819
 then why not sin?

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.440
 It's more of a

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 well,

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.460
 then can I sin?

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.360
 You know?

00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:06.660
 I think the first question

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.279
 is kind of the

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.039
 well,

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.079
 why not sin?

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 Kind of this like arrogant

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.259
 you know,

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.220
 like what do you mean Paul?

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:11.599
 Like you know,

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:11.779
 just,

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:13.039
 but then in 15

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.720
 he's kind of already

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.220
 addressed that

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 so in 15

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.120
 they say

00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.400
 well then

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:16.660
 why can't you sin?

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 It's more of a genuine

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.180
 like you know,

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.000
 why not?

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.500
 Shall we sin?

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:23.319
 Shall we sin

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.799
 because we're not

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.299
 under law

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:25.180
 but under grace?

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.599
 And he says

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.299
 may it never be.

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.140
 And he goes back

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:30.319
 to his original argument

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:31.039
 and he says

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:32.740
 basically

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.680
 you can't serve

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.279
 two masters.

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.440
 Okay,

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.240
 that's what 16

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.599
 through 18

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.880
 is basically communicating

00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:40.980
 is you can't serve

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 two masters.

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 You can't love sin

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.900
 and Christ.

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:48.580
 those things

00:21:48.580 --> 00:21:49.519
 are no longer

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:52.540
 able to coexist

00:21:52.540 --> 00:21:55.360
 in a loving way.

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.320
 You may still sin.

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:56.680
 I'm not saying

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.220
 you can't sin.

00:21:57.280 --> 00:21:57.780
 I'm just saying

00:21:57.780 --> 00:22:00.759
 you can't love sin

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:02.259
 like you once loved it.

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.700
 You won't be enslaved

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.019
 to sin

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.560
 like you were once

00:22:05.560 --> 00:22:06.420
 enslaved to it

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:08.400
 because your affections

00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:08.920
 have changed.

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:10.080
 And how do we know that?

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.160
 Because it says here

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:12.500
 you became obedient

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.600
 to God's commandments

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:14.840
 from your heart.

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:18.400
 So part of becoming

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.560
 a Christian

00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:20.500
 is

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:22.440
 imagine your heart

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 as a heart of stone,

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.680
 right?

00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:24.800
 A heart of stone.

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 It's a stony heart.

00:22:25.800 --> 00:22:26.720
 It has no sensitivity

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.259
 to anything.

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.000
 I can kick a stone

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 as hard as I want to

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:31.380
 it's not going to feel it.

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.220
 Right?

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.019
 There's no sensitivity

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.500
 in it.

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.040
 When I become a Christian

00:22:35.040 --> 00:22:36.460
 God says He gives me

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.380
 in Ezekiel 36

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 a heart of flesh.

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 It has life.

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.240
 It has sensitivity

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.400
 to the things of God.

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:47.119
 And so

00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:50.180
 I became obedient

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:51.220
 to the commandments

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.779
 of God

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.680
 in my heart.

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.240
 I'm sensitive

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.200
 to Christ, right?

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:57.039
 I now love this person.

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:58.139
 I love this Christ.

00:22:59.420 --> 00:22:59.819
 And so

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.779
 there's certain things

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.639
 that because I love Him

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.579
 I don't want to do that to Him.

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.839
 I care about Him.

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.359
 My heart is for Him.

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.799
 My affection is His.

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.599
 And so I don't want to do

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.200
 those things

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.379
 that I once did.

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.960
 So you find

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.519
 when you sin

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.160
 how do you feel?

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.639
 It's like

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:17.980
 I'm not again.

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.879
 I just keep doing

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.539
 the same thing.

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.960
 And He addresses this

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.460
 in Romans 7

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:21.859
 but He's like

00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:22.619
 I do the very thing

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.160
 that I hate.

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.480
 Right?

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.319
 I do the very thing

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.700
 that I hate.

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.599
 So we find that

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:29.680
 if you are truly a believer

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.660
 and you're loving Christ

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.200
 from your heart

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.759
 and you're obeying

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.339
 God's commandments

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.960
 from your heart

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.220
 then you will inevitably

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.839
 hate sin.

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.519
 Which is why Paul

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.619
 can justifiably say

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.279
 so clearly

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.899
 so simply

00:23:38.899 --> 00:23:42.000
 how can you sin

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:43.299
 if you've died to it

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:46.119
 and if you're now

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.699
 living in Christ?

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.359
 How can you sin

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.099
 if you now hate

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:49.239
 sinning

00:23:49.239 --> 00:23:51.079
 and love

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:52.959
 godliness?

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.000
 It's just a really

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.539
 simple argument

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:56.899
 but it's

00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:57.319
 I mean it's

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:57.559
 you know

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.179
 it's shrouded

00:23:58.179 --> 00:23:59.079
 in this complex

00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:01.119
 you know

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.899
 supernatural

00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.799
 spiritual stuff

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.319
 that we can't really

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.699
 get our minds

00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:04.179
 fully around

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.480
 but I'm

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.779
 that's what he's

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.620
 essentially saying

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:08.000
 you can't serve

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.519
 two masters

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:10.240
 and who your master

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.560
 is

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:11.279
 listen to this guys

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.080
 who your master

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:12.460
 is

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.340
 will be evident

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:14.220
 by the fruit

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.880
 of your life

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:17.440
 right?

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.320
 The vine doesn't

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:19.700
 lie

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:22.039
 an apple tree

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.700
 bears apples

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.600
 an orange tree

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:24.360
 bears oranges

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:27.320
 a sinner

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:28.480
 bears the fruits

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.940
 of sin

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:30.500
 Galatians 5

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:30.940
 tells you what

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.460
 those are

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.440
 whereas

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.620
 a man being

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:34.420
 sanctified

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.880
 a godly man

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.840
 bears the fruits

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.980
 of that godliness

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:40.980
 there's no hiding it

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:43.180
 that's why Jesus

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:44.100
 says about the

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:45.299
 Pharisees

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.960
 and the Sadducees

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.500
 when he's dealing

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.200
 with them himself

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:48.519
 he just says

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.620
 you'll know them

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.180
 by their fruits

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:52.640
 what they love

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.180
 will be known

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:54.880
 all your sin

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.759
 will find you out

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:57.980
 you can't hide

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.559
 from God

00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:01.980
 and you can't

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.779
 hide who you are

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:04.319
 the Christian

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.799
 having been

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.579
 freed from sin

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:07.679
 and enslaved

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:08.500
 now to righteousness

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.240
 as we see in our

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.579
 verse

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.379
 obeys God

00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:12.559
 whereas the

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.319
 unrighteous man

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.980
 being enslaved

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.440
 to sin

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.159
 is ruled by

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:17.099
 his lusts

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:18.039
 which reign over

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.480
 him as his

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.819
 master

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:26.940
 verse John 3

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.399
 turn there

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:30.940
 this is one of

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.759
 the clearest

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.900
 clearest

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.400
 clearest

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.900
 texts

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:35.040
 in the whole

00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:35.360
 bible

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:37.380
 on this topic

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.860
 and I think it

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.540
 just speaks so

00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:41.120
 pointedly to it

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:42.920
 1st John 3

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.560
 verse 7

00:25:43.560 --> 00:25:49.280
 you guys there

00:25:49.280 --> 00:25:51.100
 it says this

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:52.480
 little children

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.160
 so he's speaking

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.620
 to Christians

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:55.500
 let no one

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.179
 deceive you

00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:57.519
 the one who

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.139
 practices

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:59.019
 righteousness

00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:00.859
 is righteous

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:02.879
 the one who

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.779
 practices sin

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.959
 is of the

00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:05.259
 devil

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:07.539
 for the devil

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.199
 has sinned

00:26:08.199 --> 00:26:08.599
 from the

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:08.979
 beginning

00:26:08.979 --> 00:26:11.500
 now listen to

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.639
 this

00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:11.959
 here we go

00:26:11.959 --> 00:26:12.359
 again with

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:13.179
 what I said

00:26:13.179 --> 00:26:13.379
 earlier

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:14.019
 the son of

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.199
 God

00:26:14.199 --> 00:26:14.719
 appeared

00:26:14.719 --> 00:26:15.799
 for this

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.399
 purpose

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:17.299
 that he

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.239
 might destroy

00:26:18.239 --> 00:26:19.239
 the works

00:26:19.239 --> 00:26:19.919
 of the

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.219
 devil

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:22.980
 so why

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.500
 did Christ

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.960
 appear

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:30.960
 destroy the

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.279
 works of

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.620
 the devil

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:33.880
 now I

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.279
 think that

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.039
 obviously

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.579
 means

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:37.180
 in a

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.680
 salvation

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.079
 way

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.940
 he came

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.279
 to

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:40.319
 destroy

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.720
 the

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.779
 dominion

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:41.980
 that

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.480
 Satan

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.059
 once had

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.380
 over

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.900
 human

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.299
 beings

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.900
 he came

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.480
 to destroy

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.200
 the threat

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.660
 of death

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.320
 but I

00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:47.560
 think it

00:26:47.560 --> 00:26:47.840
 means that

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.120
 he also

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:48.460
 came to

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:48.880
 destroy

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.720
 sin

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.279
 within the

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.519
 believer

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.880
 now

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:53.900
 he came

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.259
 to make

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.620
 holiness

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.540
 possible

00:26:55.540 --> 00:26:58.340
 truly

00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:58.940
 possible

00:26:58.940 --> 00:27:03.000
 why does

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.460
 God save

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:03.620
 you

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:03.960
 to make

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.060
 you

00:27:04.060 --> 00:27:04.360
 holy

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.740
 right

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:06.600
 how

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.180
 by destroying

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.440
 the works

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.600
 of the

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:07.800
 devil

00:27:07.800 --> 00:27:09.460
 let's keep

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.700
 reading

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:14.980
 no one

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.299
 who was

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.680
 born of

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.059
 God

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.720
 practices

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.539
 sin

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:20.500
 because his

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.559
 seed abides

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.059
 in him

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:23.319
 and he

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.740
 cannot

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.160
 sin

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:26.180
 because he

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.500
 is born

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.920
 of God

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:30.160
 okay

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.400
 now

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.259
 obviously

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.640
 that doesn't

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:31.860
 mean

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:33.220
 we can't

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.700
 ever sin

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:35.400
 but that

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:35.640
 means that

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.100
 we can't

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.519
 live in

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.759
 it

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.240
 I've

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.460
 said this

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:38.880
 illustration

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:40.160
 a couple

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.620
 of times

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.980
 and I

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.180
 think I

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.360
 said it

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.560
 a couple

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:42.800
 of weeks

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:42.980
 ago

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.220
 but I'm

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.420
 just going

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.600
 to say

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:43.920
 it again

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.460
 imagine

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.920
 yourself

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.960
 before your

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.500
 salvation

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.660
 okay

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.440
 before Christ

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.880
 as a

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.200
 fish

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:52.500
 now as

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.080
 a fish

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:54.560
 you

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:54.920
 swim in

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.300
 the water

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:55.700
 right

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.420
 your natural

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.840
 habitat

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.420
 is the

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.720
 water

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.460
 you breathe

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.820
 it in

00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.600
 you have

00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:00.160
 gills

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.740
 for that

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:02.500
 that's

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.680
 your

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.880
 ecosystem

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.180
 that's

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.440
 where you

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.660
 live

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:04.840
 that's

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.260
 where you

00:28:05.260 --> 00:28:07.520
 breathe

00:28:07.520 --> 00:28:07.840
 whatever

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:09.559
 okay

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.019
 then you

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.299
 become a

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.599
 Christian

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.399
 let's say

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:11.659
 then you

00:28:11.659 --> 00:28:11.939
 become a

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:12.179
 Christian

00:28:12.179 --> 00:28:13.159
 and God

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:14.059
 changes you

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.439
 from a

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:14.839
 fish

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.439
 to a

00:28:15.439 --> 00:28:15.859
 man

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:18.319
 now I

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.539
 don't have

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.740
 gills

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.059
 I have

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.500
 lungs

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.379
 and now I

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:21.000
 breathe air

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.659
 and now my

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.159
 natural habitat

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.559
 is on the

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:22.899
 land

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:23.220
 and I

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.839
 walk around

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.019
 and I

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.139
 don't

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:24.299
 have

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.519
 I

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.639
 don't

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:24.899
 swim

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.279
 anymore

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.879
 now

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.659
 as a

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:26.879
 human

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.299
 being

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.559
 right

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.019
 as a

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.259
 human

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.659
 being

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.399
 as a

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:29.759
 Christian

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.259
 I

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.500
 can

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.099
 go back

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.419
 in the

00:28:31.419 --> 00:28:31.699
 water

00:28:31.699 --> 00:28:34.939
 temporarily

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:36.140
 I

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.299
 can

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.700
 swim

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.059
 there

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.220
 I

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.360
 can

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:37.519
 go

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.940
 underwater

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.120
 I

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.220
 can

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.320
 hold

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:38.460
 my

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.660
 breath

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:38.860
 for a

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:38.960
 little

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.279
 while

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.880
 but I

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.080
 can

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.240
 no

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.559
 longer

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:40.960
 live

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.299
 in it

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 I

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.600
 can't

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:44.799
 live

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.100
 in it

00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:47.080
 I

00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:47.180
 don't

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.279
 have

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.400
 the

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:47.680
 lungs

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:47.980
 for it

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.000
 I

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.080
 don't

00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:48.180
 have

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.320
 the

00:28:48.320 --> 00:28:48.680
 gills

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:48.960
 for it

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.000
 I

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.120
 should

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.340
 say

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:51.880
 okay

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.420
 as a

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:52.799
 Christian

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:54.140
 you

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.620
 can

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.220
 sin

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.140
 again

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:57.420
 it's

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:57.580
 not

00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:57.900
 saying

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.100
 that

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.660
 a

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:58.900
 Christian

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.200
 doesn't

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.480
 sin

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.700
 it's

00:28:59.700 --> 00:28:59.960
 saying

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.320
 that

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:00.460
 you

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.799
 can't

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:00.840
!

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.100
 live

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.220
 in

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.400
 it

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.080
 you

00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:02.400
 can't

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:02.400


00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:02.740
 practice

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.100
 it

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:06.040
 there's

00:29:06.040 --> 00:29:06.160
 a

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.440
 huge

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.900
 difference

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:12.360
 now

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:12.440
 I

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.540
 know

00:29:12.540 --> 00:29:12.660
 that

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:12.800
 there's

00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:12.940
 other

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.259
 questions

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.500
 coming

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.680
 up

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:13.800
 I

00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:13.920
 think

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.019
 I

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.160
 dealt

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.280
 with

00:29:14.280 --> 00:29:14.420
 some

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.500
 of

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.620
 those

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:14.920
 questions

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.300
 last

00:29:15.300 --> 00:29:15.620
 week

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.880
 with

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.200
 regards

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.420
 to

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.700
 what

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:17.840
 about

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:17.920
 that

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.019
 one

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.120
 of

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.160
 the

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.340
 setting

00:29:18.340 --> 00:29:18.540
 sin

00:29:18.540 --> 00:29:18.620
 in

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:18.740
 my

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.000
 life

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.160
 if

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.220
 you

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.480
 guys

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.620
 want

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:20.680
 to

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:20.759
 know

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:20.840
 the

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.019
 answer

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.180
 to

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.400
 that

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:23.680
 I

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:23.780
 don't

00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:23.980
 know

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.259
 I

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.420
 guess

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.640
 listen

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:24.740
 to

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:24.840
 the

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.400
 podcast

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.800
 or

00:29:25.800 --> 00:29:27.440
 just

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.720
 ask

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:27.820
 me

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:27.900
 and

00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:27.980
 I'll

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.120
 send

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.220
 you

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.320
 the

00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:28.540
 notes

00:29:28.540 --> 00:29:28.660
 or

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:28.880
 something

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.160
 but

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:32.200
 that's

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.380
 what that

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.560
 verse

00:29:32.560 --> 00:29:32.680
 is

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:32.900
 saying

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.100
 let's

00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:33.240
 keep

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.480
 reading

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.019
 one more

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.320
 verse

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:35.900
 he says

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.100
 this

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.660
 by this

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.100
 the children

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.640
 of God

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.740
 and the

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.000
 children

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.279
 of the

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.519
 devil

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.800
 are

00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.440
 obvious

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:42.220
 anyone

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.600
 who does

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:42.800
 not

00:29:42.800 --> 00:29:43.160
 practice

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.580
 righteousness

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:44.140
 is not

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.600
 of God

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:45.259
 nor the

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.580
 one who

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:45.720
 does

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:45.940
 not

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.140
 love

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.300
 his

00:29:46.300 --> 00:29:46.560
 brother

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:48.640
 so

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:48.980
 John

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.440
 is just

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.380
 black

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:50.920
 and white

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.779
 he's

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.040
 like

00:29:52.040 --> 00:29:54.259
 he's

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.400
 like

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:54.600
 if it

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:54.779
 doesn't

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.040
 look like

00:29:55.040 --> 00:29:55.160
 a

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.460
 Christian

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.200
 and

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.380
 talk

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.500
 like

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.600
 a

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:56.940
 Christian

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.460
 and

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.600
 out

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:57.720
 like

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:57.820
 a

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.140
 Christian

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:59.020
 and

00:29:59.020 --> 00:29:59.259
 think

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.400
 like

00:29:59.400 --> 00:29:59.520
 a

00:29:59.520 --> 00:29:59.860
 Christian

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.340
 it's

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:00.440
 not

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.540
 a

00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:00.860
 Christian

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:03.960
 it's

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.320
 not

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:04.820
 you know

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:05.280
 I mean

00:30:05.280 --> 00:30:05.540
 there's

00:30:05.540 --> 00:30:05.640
 this

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:05.780
 one

00:30:05.780 --> 00:30:05.920
 guy

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.280
 that said

00:30:06.280 --> 00:30:06.980
 he

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.380
 described

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.540
 this

00:30:07.540 --> 00:30:07.680
 verse

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:07.840
 like

00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:08.020
 this

00:30:08.020 --> 00:30:08.160
 he's

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.300
 like

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:08.560
 I

00:30:08.560 --> 00:30:08.720
 live

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:08.820
 in

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.160
 Chicago

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.480
 and

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.620
 I

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:09.740
 live

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:09.880
 in

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.160
 Illinois

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.420
 whatever

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:10.640
 like

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:10.740
 I

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:10.840
 have

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:10.980
 this

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.380
 farm

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:11.600
 and

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.220
 you know

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.540
 during

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:12.680
 the

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:12.860
 certain

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.320
 seasons

00:30:13.320 --> 00:30:14.240
 these

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.540
 hunters

00:30:14.540 --> 00:30:14.720
 will

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:14.860
 come

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.000
 onto

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.180
 my

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.620
 land

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.620
 and

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:16.980
 they'll

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:18.660
 go

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:18.960
 deer

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.220
 hunting

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.560
 but

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:20.540
 unfortunately

00:30:20.540 --> 00:30:21.160
 every

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.580
 single

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:22.100
 time

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.660
 that

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:22.800
 this

00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:23.120
 happens

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.360
 every

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:23.600
 single

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:23.960
 season

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.100
 that

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.380
 and

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.440
 I

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.580
 just

00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:28.680
 want

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:28.740
 to

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:28.860
 be

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.000
 there

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.100
 and

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:29.200
 go

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.280
 to

00:30:29.280 --> 00:30:29.360
 them

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:29.400
 and

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:29.480
 be

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.680
 like

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:31.160
 it's

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.380
 not

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:31.580
 a

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:31.880
 deer

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:33.740
 it

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.360
 moves

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:36.560
 it's

00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:36.840
 black

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.020
 and

00:30:37.020 --> 00:30:37.280
 white

00:30:37.280 --> 00:30:37.500
 you know

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.660
 I

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:37.759
 don't

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:37.820
 know

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:37.940
 what

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.020
 they

00:30:38.020 --> 00:30:38.120
 were

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.320
 seeing

00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:38.500
 it

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.180
 doesn't

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.980
 look

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.120
 it

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.280
 doesn't

00:30:40.280 --> 00:30:40.640
 have

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:40.759
 the

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.300
 characteristics

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:41.960
 of a

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.240
 deer

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.220
 right

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.620
 it's

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:44.740
 a

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.180
 cow

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:47.800
 and

00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:47.900
 he

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.020
 says

00:30:48.020 --> 00:30:48.160
 the

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.320
 same

00:30:48.320 --> 00:30:48.500
 thing

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.820
 why

00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:48.920
 do

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.000
 we

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.320
 super

00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:50.020
 spiritualize

00:30:50.020 --> 00:30:50.300
 everything

00:30:50.300 --> 00:30:50.580
 when it

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:50.780
 comes

00:30:50.780 --> 00:30:51.000
 to

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.400
 being

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.540
 a

00:30:51.540 --> 00:30:51.720
 Christian

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:51.920
 not

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.060
 being

00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:52.180
 a

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.420
 Christian

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.860
 if

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:52.940
 it

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.080
 doesn't

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.200
 look

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.299
 like

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.420
 a

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.759
 Christian

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.340
 act

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:54.480
 like

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.600
 a

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:54.940
 Christian

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.400
 talk

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.539
 like

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:55.660
 a

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.019
 Christian

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.740
 love

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:56.960
 God

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.100
 like

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.220
 a

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.600
 Christian

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.140
 love

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.420
 God's

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.600
 people

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:58.740
 like

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:58.860
 a

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.200
 Christian

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.860
 it's

00:30:59.860 --> 00:30:59.980
 not

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.100
 a

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.460
 Christian

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:04.220
 that's

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.320
 what

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:04.519
 he's

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:04.840
 saying

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:12.460
 Donald

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.279
 Barnhouse

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.559
 once

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:13.740
 said

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.080
 this

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:15.580
 he said

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:15.940
 holiness

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.700
 starts

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.640
 where

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.200
 justification

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.920
 finishes

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:20.440
 and

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.600
 if

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:20.880
 holiness

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.160
 does

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.400
 not

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.799
 start

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:23.099
 we

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:23.299
 have

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.639
 the

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:23.879
 right

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.079
 to

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.519
 suspect

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:24.799
 the

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.399
 justification

00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:25.740
 never

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.099
 started

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:31.039
 second

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.460
 question

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:33.539
 where

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.740
 should

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:33.859
 I

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.139
 begin

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:35.339
 where

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.519
 should

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.639
 I

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:35.839
 begin

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:35.980
 a

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.079
 lot

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.159
 of

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.240
 you

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.519
 probably

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.839
 wondering

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.180
 this

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.440
 I

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.319
 still

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.559
 kind

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:38.639
 of

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:38.879
 wondering

00:31:38.879 --> 00:31:39.279
 this

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.240
 where

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.440
 should

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.559
 I

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:40.839
 begin

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:42.720
 sinification

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.319
 seems

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.799
 lofty

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.039
 to me

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.180
 it

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.419
 seems

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:44.819
 overwhelming

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.079
 in a

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.180
 lot

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.279
 of

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.440
 ways

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.859
 where

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.039
 should

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.139
 I

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.359
 go

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:46.740
 how

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:46.919
 should

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.019
 I

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.279
 start

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:50.099
 well

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.200
 this

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.299
 is

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.659
 encouraging

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00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:50.940
 Go to

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.359
 Colossians

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.619
 2

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:56.359
 really

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:56.659
 simple

00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:57.019
 answer

00:31:57.019 --> 00:32:01.259
 Colossians

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.519
 2

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:07.899
 verse

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 6

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:10.619
 he

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.000
 says

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:14.239
 as

00:32:14.239 --> 00:32:14.419
 you

00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:14.819
 therefore

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.139
 have

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:15.699
 received

00:32:15.699 --> 00:32:16.079
 Christ

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.379
 Jesus

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:16.639
 the

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:16.919
 Lord

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:18.579
 so

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:18.919
 walk

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 in

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:22.259
 in

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.379
 the

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:22.619
 very

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:22.959
 same

00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:23.299
 way

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.099
 that

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.239
 you

00:32:24.239 --> 00:32:24.839
 received

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.419
 Christ

00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:27.799
 that's

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:27.959
 how you

00:32:27.959 --> 00:32:28.279
 continue

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:31.179
 it's a

00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:31.519
 really simple

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.759
 answer

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.899
 so then the

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.459
 question becomes

00:32:33.459 --> 00:32:33.699
 what

00:32:33.699 --> 00:32:34.479
 how did I

00:32:34.479 --> 00:32:34.739
 receive

00:32:34.739 --> 00:32:35.099
 Christ

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.519
 what was

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:35.839
 true of

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.000
 me

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:37.679
 what things

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 characterize

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!

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 me

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:40.900
 you

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.259
 received

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.700
 Christ

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.480
 firstly

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.519
 by grace

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 alone

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 go to

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 Ephesians

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 2

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 8

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 Bible

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.519
 drill

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:54.640
 Ephesians

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 2

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 8

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 you guys

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.259
 probably know

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.600
 this one by

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 heart

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 for

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 by grace

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 you have

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:01.919
 been

00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:02.419
 saved

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 through

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 faith

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 and that

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 not of

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 yourselves

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 it is

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 the gift

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 of God

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 by grace

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 you have

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 been

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 saved

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 it says

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 grace

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 the

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 definition

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 of it

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 is the

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 merciful

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 kindness

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 by which

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 God

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 exerting

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 his holy

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 influence

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 upon souls

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.980
 turns

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 them to

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 Christ

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 keeps

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.960
 strengthens

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 increases

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 them

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 in

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 Christian

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 faith

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 knowledge

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 affection

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 and

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 kindles

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 them

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 to

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 exercise

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 to

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 the

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 exercise

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 of

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:35.759
 their

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 Christian

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 virtues

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 it's

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 really

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 wordy

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.079
 what he's

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.380
 basically

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 saying

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 is

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 this

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:40.039
 God

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.840
 saved

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 you

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 by

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.160
 no

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:45.079
 merit

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.299
 of your

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.539
 own

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 that's

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.120
 what that

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 means

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 he

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.319
 did

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 this

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.900
 work

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.120
 he

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.620
 saved

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:52.759
 you

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.000
 by

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.440
 grace

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:55.319
 turned

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.460
 you

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 to

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.000
 Christ

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 and

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 then

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:57.720
 he

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.019
 keeps

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.140
 you

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.299
 he

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.779
 strengthens

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.019
 you

00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:01.819
 for

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.000
 his

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.299
 glory

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:04.940
 you

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.039
 were

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.359
 depending

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.700
 fully

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:05.900
 on

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.180
 God's

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.380
 grace

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:06.579
 for

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.099
 salvation

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.779
 when

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:07.920
 you

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.460
 began

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.820
 he

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:09.960
 would

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.139
 like

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.300
 for

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.420
 us

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.559
 to

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.760
 fully

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.039
 depend

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.199
 on

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.360
 him

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.519
 for

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.139
 sanctification

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.440
 too

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:14.380
 so

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.480
 I

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.579
 hope

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:14.659
 you

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.079
 understand

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.320
 that

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:16.360
 literally

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:18.699
 so

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:18.880
 much

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:18.980
 of

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.420
 sanctification

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.719
 comes

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:19.960
 down

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.119
 to

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.340
 just

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.019
 understanding

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.199
 that

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.360
 it's

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.559
 all

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.800
 by

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.199
 grace

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:23.260
 in

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.340
 the

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.519
 moment

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.420
 you

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.619
 begin

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:24.880
 to put

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.019
 your

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.400
 trust

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.639
 and your

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:25.980
 confidence

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.139
 in

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.539
 yourself

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.160
 and what

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.300
 you

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.480
 can

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.700
 do

00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:28.240
 and how

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:28.760
 much

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:28.980
 you

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.139
 can

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.579
 resist

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:31.660
 how much

00:34:31.660 --> 00:34:32.059
 temptation

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.340
 you have

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.720
 the ability

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.320
 to conquer

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:34.099
 yourself

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.300
 you're going to find yourself

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:36.940
 falling into it more and more

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:39.220
 I kind of like this illustration

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.260
!

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.519
 One writer said

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:42.559
 as a bird depends on its wings to fly

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:44.860
 so we must depend on God to be holy

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:44.860


00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:48.099
 Secondly

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.099


00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:51.260
 You received Christ

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:52.119
 you were saved

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:53.000
 through faith alone!

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:54.340
 Ephesians 2

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.340


00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.500
 8

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.800
 again

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.719
 For by grace

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.460
 you have been saved

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:58.059
 through faith

00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:01.340
 A couple of weeks ago

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.159
 we talked about faith

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.760
 True faith

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:03.219
 True

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:04.000
 genuine

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:05.139
 God-honoring faith

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.039
 gives things

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.980
 substance

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.920
 and gives things

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.400
 feet

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.880
 we said

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:10.500
 It gives things

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.500
 a certain tangibility

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.579
 a certain

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.260
 believability

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.559
 that it didn't have

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:14.940
 before

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.719
 It gives

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:18.360
 in a sense

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.019
 I think I pictured

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:20.199
 I painted it like this

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:26.199
 It's like, I can hope in something, like an ice cream cone, waiting on the sidewalk.

00:35:27.879 --> 00:35:32.079
 You know, but it's not really mine until I taste it.

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:40.319
 A lot of people have this general hope in God, but when you really have God, it's like a taste.

00:35:41.319 --> 00:35:43.859
 It gives things substance. It gives things depth.

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:48.199
 There is such a thing as a felt Christ.

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.119
 There is such a thing as that.

00:35:54.859 --> 00:35:57.480
 It isn't merely an agreement to some doctrine.

00:35:57.679 --> 00:36:06.199
 It's a calm confidence in Christ that alone, okay, that alone can enable a man to resolve to follow Him.

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:17.879
 It is the most natural thing for the believer, and it is the most unnatural thing to the non-Christian, to live by faith.

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:28.220
 You began by simple faith in Christ as the only way to be saved, and so you must continue by simple faith in Christ as the only way to be sanctified.

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:31.919
 Just trust in the Lord.

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:37.039
 Thirdly, you were saved in Christ alone.

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:39.039
 In Christ alone.

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:40.259
 Ephesians 2.8, again.

00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:43.480
 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourself.

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:45.599
 It is the gift of God, or Christ.

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.719
 It is the gift of God.

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:50.359
 Your faith was a gift from Christ.

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:59.139
 He gave Himself up for you on the cross, and then to you in salvation.

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:02.459
 He gave Himself to you in salvation.

00:37:02.959 --> 00:37:04.239
 I have been crucified with Christ.

00:37:04.359 --> 00:37:05.559
 It is no longer I who live.

00:37:05.899 --> 00:37:08.419
 It is Christ who lives in me.

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:16.340
 In the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me, gave Himself up for me.

00:37:18.220 --> 00:37:20.820
 Christ is in you, He says.

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:31.500
 He is like oxygen, in a sense, you could say, that we breathe as we run this race of sanctification.

00:37:31.680 --> 00:37:32.639
 He is like the oxygen.

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:34.340
 It is a necessary thing.

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:35.340
 Try to run without oxygen.

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:37.760
 It is not going to work very well.

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:39.559
 You need it.

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:41.260
 You have to be breathing it.

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:43.200
 You are not going to be able to run without Christ.

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:45.559
 You are not going to be able to be sanctified without Christ.

00:37:45.660 --> 00:37:51.740
 If you begin to run without Him, you will find yourself exhausted, and tired, and weak, and unable.

00:37:53.620 --> 00:37:54.600
 He is like oxygen.

00:37:55.600 --> 00:37:58.539
 If you find yourself fatigued, then take a break, right?

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:02.059
 And dive into the Word of God.

00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:03.000
 And dive into prayer.

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:04.320
 And get Christ.

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:06.240
 Take a breath of Christ.

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.940
 Let it renew you and refresh you.

00:38:11.640 --> 00:38:12.300
 It says this.

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:16.180
 Fix your eye on Jesus, who is the author and the finisher of your faith.

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:17.080
 That's in Hebrews 12.

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:20.860
 Fix your eye on Jesus, who is the author and the finisher of your faith.

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:23.180
 I love that, because what does it say?

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:24.120
 What does it allude to?

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.880
 Author, right?

00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:25.660
 He wrote it.

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:26.539
 He began it.

00:38:26.600 --> 00:38:27.260
 He initiated it.

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.960
 He created it.

00:38:28.120 --> 00:38:29.559
 But He is also the finisher of your faith.

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.340
 From beginning to end.

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:33.039
 He is the alpha and the omega of your faith.

00:38:36.240 --> 00:38:37.920
 And lastly, by Scripture alone.

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:40.800
 You were saved by Scripture alone.

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:47.720
 If Christ is the oxygen that Christians breathe in, then I would say that Scripture is like the food that they eat.

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:52.379
 Deuteronomy 8.3 says this.

00:38:53.419 --> 00:38:59.379
 Man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:15.820
 As your physical body needs nourishment, so your spiritual body needs the nourishment of 1 John and Ecclesiastes.

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:18.559
 Right?

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.660
 Revelation.

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:21.980
 And the book of John and Daniel.

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:23.160
 You need that nourishment.

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:25.720
 There's a lot of different vitamins that go into your diet.

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:29.859
 Well, you need vitamin Ecclesiastes.

00:39:38.959 --> 00:39:43.039
 God used the truth of the gospel to save you, and He will use it to sanctify you.

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:46.719
 Joshua 1.8 says,

00:39:46.719 --> 00:40:02.279
 Don't let the book of the law depart from your mouth or your mind or your heart.

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:06.939
 David Brainerd said this.

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:08.879
 He was a missionary.

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:23.660
 When I return home and I give myself to meditation and prayer and fasting, my soul longs for mortification, self-denial, humility, and divorcement from all things of the world.

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:28.019
 I have nothing to do with earth, but only labor in it honestly for God.

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:32.140
 I do not desire to live one minute for anything which earth can afford.

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:42.059
 That's the result of being immersed in the Word of God and finding in it more satisfying things than what the world has to offer.

00:40:43.799 --> 00:40:44.559
 Third question.

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:46.500
 What should I be expecting?

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:50.079
 What should I be expecting?

00:40:51.859 --> 00:40:53.279
 This is important to understand.

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:56.920
 First and foremost, you should be expecting satanic opposition.

00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:00.019
 Satanic opposition.

00:41:00.279 --> 00:41:01.379
 Go to Ephesians.

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:03.719
 You already are in Ephesians.

00:41:03.839 --> 00:41:04.679
 Turn a page over.

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:10.960
 Chapter 6, verse 10.

00:41:16.879 --> 00:41:17.839
 10-13.

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:18.259
 Here we go.

00:41:18.359 --> 00:41:19.299
 Ephesians 6, 10-13.

00:41:19.299 --> 00:41:25.079
 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

00:41:25.879 --> 00:41:31.839
 Put on the full armor of God that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

00:41:32.839 --> 00:41:34.159
 Listen to this.

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:38.099
 Our struggle is not against flesh and blood or humanity.

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:47.139
 But our struggle is against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness,

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:51.920
 against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

00:41:51.920 --> 00:42:00.039
 Therefore, take up the full armor of God that you may be able to resist in the evil day and having done everything to stand firm.

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:07.039
 Satan is a very formidable opponent to all of us.

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:10.239
 He is so much bigger than you think that he is.

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:13.860
 And I'm going to give you a little taste of that right now.

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:16.740
 Have you heard people ask this question?

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:25.200
 If God created everything in the universe, if He created the entire universe in all of its billions of galaxies,

00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:29.859
 why did He only choose to populate one little dot called Earth?

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:35.639
 The actual answer is He didn't.

00:42:36.919 --> 00:42:38.699
 He just populated Earth.

00:42:39.899 --> 00:42:45.639
 He populated the entire expanse of the heavens with angels and demons.

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:48.539
 They're invisible.

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:49.960
 You don't see them.

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:55.480
 But they are waging war right now in ways that would make World War II look like child's play.

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:59.940
 It is unbelievable what we can't see.

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.440
 It is unbelievable.

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.980
 You say, where are you getting this job?

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:06.159
 It's in our verse number one.

00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:10.760
 In the heavenly places, He says, these wicked forces dwell.

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:14.199
 It's also in Daniel chapter 10, verse 13.

00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:16.119
 Daniel prays.

00:43:17.240 --> 00:43:21.480
 Daniel prays for God to answer the certain request.

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:23.500
 God does answer the request.

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:29.119
 God sends an angel from heaven as a messenger to Daniel to give him assurance that this thing has been answered.

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:40.940
 For 21 days, this verse says, the angel was prevented by a demon, by a spirit from Persia, it says.

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:48.280
 There are things happening that you don't even have a clue about.

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:54.080
 There are demons working in ways that you have no clue about.

00:43:55.040 --> 00:43:58.580
 And for us to think, and it's important for us to grasp these kind of things,

00:43:58.640 --> 00:44:02.980
 because when you think that you have the ability to just resist a devil or a demon,

00:44:03.240 --> 00:44:06.880
 like you have the ability to resist your sister when she wants to slap you,

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:08.860
 or like a friend that's trying to fight you,

00:44:09.120 --> 00:44:11.280
 you are grossly underestimating Satan.

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:14.540
 We need to give him a little bit of respect.

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:17.300
 He is very good at what he does.

00:44:19.200 --> 00:44:21.060
 So you might ask me, how does Satan work?

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:24.840
 Satan works primarily through the world system.

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.380
 Okay?

00:44:27.540 --> 00:44:28.660
 Through the world system.

00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:30.460
 He works through things like media.

00:44:31.100 --> 00:44:33.780
 He works through things like religion.

00:44:33.780 --> 00:44:38.480
 He works through things like music.

00:44:41.220 --> 00:44:43.060
 He works through things like television.

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:51.019
 He works through things that aren't necessarily this conspicuous and overt and obvious demonic force.

00:44:51.120 --> 00:44:52.460
 He works through things that are subtle.

00:44:56.040 --> 00:44:57.540
 He doesn't want you thinking about him.

00:44:57.539 --> 00:45:06.480
 He wants you thinking about, I don't know, food, sex, drink.

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:09.659
 He wants you thinking about something else.

00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:14.159
 But all those things and all those people that advocate those things are of him.

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:21.659
 And they're being manipulated by him to destroy us.

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:28.879
 So first and foremost, remember, we can't put our trust in ourselves.

00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:33.960
 Satan is the ruler of the cosmos.

00:45:34.379 --> 00:45:34.500
 Okay?

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:37.339
 That's the opposite of chaos in the Greek.

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:38.940
 Or maybe it's in Latin.

00:45:40.859 --> 00:45:41.279
 Okay?

00:45:41.339 --> 00:45:43.139
 He is the ruler, it says, of the cosmos.

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:45.139
 It means order.

00:45:46.799 --> 00:45:48.219
 He's not all over the place.

00:45:48.219 --> 00:45:51.839
 He's calculated and he's smart.

00:45:52.179 --> 00:45:54.379
 And he's been at this for 6,000 to 10,000 years.

00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:55.839
 And he knows what the heck he's doing.

00:45:56.799 --> 00:45:57.939
 And he's supernatural.

00:45:58.119 --> 00:46:00.039
 He's brilliant beyond our comprehension.

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:04.159
 And he works through all these deceptions and lies and deceits and distractions.

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:08.359
 And he will do everything that he can within his power to kill you.

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:19.539
 Satan hates Christ.

00:46:19.900 --> 00:46:20.000
 Okay?

00:46:21.019 --> 00:46:22.260
 He doesn't really care about you.

00:46:22.340 --> 00:46:23.059
 He hates Christ.

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:28.539
 So as a Christian, you are a child of God, right?

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:31.800
 You have Christ, as we just said earlier, in you.

00:46:31.800 --> 00:46:37.080
 And so Paul says it like this in Colossians chapter 1.

00:46:37.200 --> 00:46:37.600
 He says,

00:46:38.120 --> 00:46:39.760
 He says,

00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:41.580
 And I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake.

00:46:41.620 --> 00:46:44.360
 And in my flesh, I do my share on behalf of his body.

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:45.360
 That's Christ's body.

00:46:45.820 --> 00:46:46.560
 That's the church.

00:46:46.660 --> 00:46:48.840
 I do my share on behalf of the church, which is the church.

00:46:49.100 --> 00:46:52.600
 In filling up what is lacking, it says, in Christ's afflictions.

00:46:52.599 --> 00:47:06.679
 When we're afflicted, when we're tormented, when we're aggressively sought after for our destruction by Satan,

00:47:07.019 --> 00:47:10.539
 it is not really about you as much as it is about Christ.

00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:12.659
 He's trying to hurt Christ.

00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:14.579
 He's trying to stop Christ.

00:47:14.839 --> 00:47:16.339
 He's trying to kill Christ.

00:47:16.659 --> 00:47:20.400
 He's trying to dishonor and bring reproach to the name of Christ.

00:47:21.299 --> 00:47:22.400
 And so we suffer.

00:47:22.599 --> 00:47:25.219
 And that's why you suffer.

00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:30.480
 He's focused on this.

00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:33.480
 And how can God be most dishonored?

00:47:33.699 --> 00:47:35.259
 If you were a father,

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:39.000
 if you were a father and you had a child,

00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:42.159
 would it bring more dishonor to you?

00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:43.920
 Would it enrage you more?

00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:45.239
 Would it frustrate you more?

00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:48.699
 Would you see it as a stronger hate crime against you

00:47:48.699 --> 00:47:51.400
 if someone were to harm you or your son?

00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:55.219
 Your son, right?

00:47:55.319 --> 00:47:56.139
 Your child.

00:47:58.460 --> 00:48:00.539
 I would much rather you hurt me than my child.

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:05.759
 So Satan sees it as opportunistic to hurt God's people,

00:48:06.259 --> 00:48:08.340
 to hurt Christ's people,

00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:10.380
 to hurt his children.

00:48:10.380 --> 00:48:13.940
 And so he does whatever he can to stop you,

00:48:14.460 --> 00:48:15.539
 to distract you,

00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:16.140
 to kill you.

00:48:16.139 --> 00:48:21.619
 There's three ways,

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:22.500
 I think,

00:48:23.179 --> 00:48:25.619
 three ways that he primarily does this.

00:48:25.799 --> 00:48:25.940
 And I,

00:48:26.519 --> 00:48:27.440
 this is not,

00:48:27.859 --> 00:48:28.339
 believe me,

00:48:28.379 --> 00:48:28.799
 we could do,

00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:29.339
 again,

00:48:29.400 --> 00:48:30.739
 an entire series in a semester,

00:48:30.879 --> 00:48:31.519
 maybe even a year,

00:48:31.699 --> 00:48:33.199
 on Satanology

00:48:33.199 --> 00:48:34.920
 and on spiritual warfare.

00:48:34.920 --> 00:48:37.960
 There are so many things to say here.

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:39.740
 There's so much material on this topic.

00:48:39.900 --> 00:48:41.200
 There's so many different things

00:48:41.200 --> 00:48:44.180
 that really need to be grasped by us all

00:48:44.180 --> 00:48:45.960
 to understand how the enemy is working.

00:48:48.380 --> 00:48:50.099
 But let me just give you three things,

00:48:50.260 --> 00:48:52.700
 three D words

00:48:52.700 --> 00:48:55.920
 that help us understand how Satan's working.

00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:56.619
 First is,

00:48:56.860 --> 00:48:58.400
 first is he distracts.

00:48:59.880 --> 00:49:00.840
 He distracts.

00:49:00.880 --> 00:49:01.400
 Your mind,

00:49:02.760 --> 00:49:03.700
 your thoughts,

00:49:04.420 --> 00:49:05.420
 dictate your actions.

00:49:07.180 --> 00:49:08.360
 So he distracts you.

00:49:10.180 --> 00:49:11.920
 The majority of Satan's focus

00:49:11.920 --> 00:49:16.280
 is to keep your focus off Christ.

00:49:17.960 --> 00:49:20.139
 I remember C.S. Lewis once said this in his book,

00:49:22.059 --> 00:49:22.780
 Screwtape Letters,

00:49:22.900 --> 00:49:24.099
 which is a great book to read

00:49:24.099 --> 00:49:25.220
 if you're interested in this kind of thing.

00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:26.559
 He says,

00:49:26.639 --> 00:49:27.820
 it's funny how mortals think

00:49:27.820 --> 00:49:30.480
 that our best work is done

00:49:30.480 --> 00:49:32.519
 in putting things in their minds

00:49:32.519 --> 00:49:34.860
 when really our best work is done

00:49:34.860 --> 00:49:35.720
 in keeping things out.

00:49:36.800 --> 00:49:38.180
 And the premise of Screwtape Letters

00:49:38.180 --> 00:49:40.380
 is one higher ranking demon

00:49:40.380 --> 00:49:41.700
 riding to a lower ranking demon.

00:49:43.659 --> 00:49:45.380
 So that's from a demon's perspective.

00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:46.500
 It's funny how mortals think

00:49:46.500 --> 00:49:47.500
 that our best work is done

00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:49.180
 in putting things in their minds

00:49:49.180 --> 00:49:50.720
 when really it's done

00:49:50.720 --> 00:49:51.559
 in keeping things out.

00:49:53.320 --> 00:49:54.659
 Satan works through distractions.

00:49:54.659 --> 00:49:56.239
 So what do you find yourself

00:49:56.239 --> 00:49:57.199
 being distracted by?

00:49:57.460 --> 00:49:58.339
 What do you find yourself

00:49:58.339 --> 00:49:59.359
 thinking about

00:49:59.359 --> 00:50:01.599
 more than the Lord?

00:50:02.699 --> 00:50:03.859
 What do you find yourself

00:50:03.859 --> 00:50:04.920
 waking up in the morning

00:50:04.920 --> 00:50:05.839
 and contemplating

00:50:05.839 --> 00:50:06.739
 or going to bed at night

00:50:06.739 --> 00:50:09.139
 and sleeping on?

00:50:09.139 --> 00:50:12.859
 That I can tell you

00:50:12.859 --> 00:50:13.659
 if it's not Christ

00:50:13.659 --> 00:50:15.400
 or if it's not something

00:50:15.400 --> 00:50:16.179
 concerning Christ

00:50:16.179 --> 00:50:17.699
 or if it's not a godly motivation

00:50:17.699 --> 00:50:18.579
 or a godly desire

00:50:18.579 --> 00:50:19.619
 I can assure you

00:50:19.619 --> 00:50:21.119
 that it is a satanic thing.

00:50:25.859 --> 00:50:27.079
 Truth frees people.

00:50:27.859 --> 00:50:27.960
 Okay?

00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:28.960
 Truth frees you.

00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:30.119
 It's John 8 that says that.

00:50:30.199 --> 00:50:31.000
 Truth frees.

00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:34.639
 Truth waters the seeds of faith

00:50:34.639 --> 00:50:36.059
 that God planted in your heart.

00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:40.460
 It exposes Satan.

00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:42.260
 Truth exposes Satan.

00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:43.440
 Listen to the words of the psalmist.

00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:46.440
 This is in Psalm 119.

00:50:46.579 --> 00:50:47.119
 He says this,

00:50:47.199 --> 00:50:48.420
 Oh, how I love your law.

00:50:48.860 --> 00:50:51.219
 It is my meditation all the day.

00:50:52.219 --> 00:50:53.880
 Thy commandments make me wiser

00:50:53.880 --> 00:50:54.760
 than my enemies.

00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:57.860
 For they are ever with me.

00:51:01.100 --> 00:51:02.380
 So, again,

00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:03.360
 I go back to the Word of God

00:51:03.360 --> 00:51:05.420
 and I say this is how we know

00:51:05.420 --> 00:51:07.820
 what is good,

00:51:08.080 --> 00:51:08.880
 what is profitable,

00:51:09.440 --> 00:51:10.560
 what is honoring to Christ

00:51:10.560 --> 00:51:11.360
 and what is not.

00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:15.780
 This, believe it or not,

00:51:16.220 --> 00:51:18.000
 can make you wiser than your enemies.

00:51:18.640 --> 00:51:20.520
 Secondly, Satan deceives.

00:51:20.680 --> 00:51:21.480
 He deceives.

00:51:22.980 --> 00:51:24.520
 He distracts and he deceives.

00:51:24.760 --> 00:51:30.460
 I'll read you a verse really quickly

00:51:30.460 --> 00:51:31.180
 from John 8.

00:51:34.280 --> 00:51:35.820
 Jesus is rebuking these Pharisees

00:51:35.820 --> 00:51:36.220
 and He says,

00:51:36.320 --> 00:51:37.420
 You are of your father the devil

00:51:37.420 --> 00:51:39.320
 and you want to do the desires

00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:39.900
 of your father.

00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:41.420
 He was a murderer from the beginning

00:51:41.420 --> 00:51:43.940
 and he does not stand in the truth

00:51:43.940 --> 00:51:45.740
 because there is no truth in him.

00:51:45.780 --> 00:51:47.160
 Whenever he speaks a lie,

00:51:47.280 --> 00:51:48.420
 he speaks from his own nature

00:51:48.420 --> 00:51:49.660
 for he is a liar

00:51:49.660 --> 00:51:50.960
 and he is the father of lies.

00:51:52.520 --> 00:51:53.560
 So Satan lies.

00:51:53.559 --> 00:51:55.199
 That's the second thing that he does.

00:51:55.719 --> 00:51:56.619
 Believing his lies,

00:51:57.759 --> 00:51:59.380
 which he, again,

00:51:59.539 --> 00:52:00.920
 propagates through the world system,

00:52:01.579 --> 00:52:03.320
 will end in destruction.

00:52:04.519 --> 00:52:05.539
 Hosea 4.6 says,

00:52:05.619 --> 00:52:06.599
 My people are destroyed

00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:08.079
 for lack of knowledge.

00:52:10.259 --> 00:52:10.900
 So, again,

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:12.059
 to combat this

00:52:12.059 --> 00:52:15.679
 method of warfare by Satan,

00:52:15.679 --> 00:52:16.299
 I would say,

00:52:16.819 --> 00:52:17.219
 again,

00:52:17.940 --> 00:52:18.859
 know the word of God.

00:52:19.919 --> 00:52:20.619
 My people are destroyed

00:52:20.619 --> 00:52:21.319
 for lack of knowledge.

00:52:21.500 --> 00:52:21.839
 Thirdly,

00:52:23.419 --> 00:52:25.179
 he dilutes

00:52:25.179 --> 00:52:26.399
 or dilutes.

00:52:29.599 --> 00:52:31.379
 Robbing glory from Christ

00:52:31.379 --> 00:52:34.219
 is the name of his game

00:52:34.219 --> 00:52:34.759
 in a sense.

00:52:35.819 --> 00:52:37.139
 If he can be successful in that,

00:52:37.199 --> 00:52:38.039
 if he can be successful

00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:39.199
 in ejecting the church

00:52:39.199 --> 00:52:40.279
 with heresies

00:52:40.279 --> 00:52:41.399
 and with a tolerance

00:52:41.399 --> 00:52:42.679
 for error,

00:52:43.939 --> 00:52:44.960
 then he's won.

00:52:46.839 --> 00:52:47.779
 If you find that

00:52:47.779 --> 00:52:48.439
 to be true of you,

00:52:48.500 --> 00:52:49.899
 if you have the ability

00:52:49.899 --> 00:52:51.139
 to be tolerant

00:52:51.139 --> 00:52:53.059
 when somebody is in error

00:52:53.059 --> 00:52:53.939
 about

00:52:53.939 --> 00:52:56.960
 the doctrine of Christ,

00:52:58.259 --> 00:52:59.259
 then you have been

00:52:59.259 --> 00:53:00.199
 affected by this,

00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:01.139
 by this dilution,

00:53:02.139 --> 00:53:04.359
 by this satanic method

00:53:04.359 --> 00:53:05.059
 of warfare.

00:53:05.059 --> 00:53:07.940
 I was reading recently,

00:53:08.219 --> 00:53:09.239
 Spurgeon was talking about

00:53:09.239 --> 00:53:10.699
 these Christians from Holland

00:53:10.699 --> 00:53:12.000
 who a long time ago

00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:13.420
 willingly died

00:53:13.420 --> 00:53:15.039
 at the stake

00:53:15.039 --> 00:53:19.420
 to preserve baptism.

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:24.460
 They died

00:53:24.460 --> 00:53:25.739
 willingly.

00:53:25.960 --> 00:53:27.279
 It wasn't even a question

00:53:27.279 --> 00:53:28.239
 to these people

00:53:28.239 --> 00:53:29.900
 to preserve

00:53:29.900 --> 00:53:32.779
 the God-glorifying act

00:53:32.779 --> 00:53:34.239
 and obeying act

00:53:34.239 --> 00:53:35.019
 of baptism.

00:53:36.019 --> 00:53:36.719
 By immersion.

00:53:40.079 --> 00:53:40.519
 Nowadays,

00:53:42.519 --> 00:53:43.099
 Spurgeon says,

00:53:43.239 --> 00:53:44.159
 I wonder if Christians

00:53:44.159 --> 00:53:44.619
 are even willing

00:53:44.619 --> 00:53:45.320
 to lose a finger

00:53:45.320 --> 00:53:46.840
 for such doctrines.

00:53:49.299 --> 00:53:49.599
 You just,

00:53:49.799 --> 00:53:49.980
 you know,

00:53:50.039 --> 00:53:51.079
 that's cool for you,

00:53:51.119 --> 00:53:51.340
 it's cool.

00:53:51.420 --> 00:53:51.599
 I mean,

00:53:51.659 --> 00:53:51.779
 like,

00:53:51.840 --> 00:53:52.559
 what is the truth,

00:53:52.659 --> 00:53:52.840
 right?

00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:55.159
 We have to be

00:53:55.159 --> 00:53:56.259
 intolerant

00:53:56.259 --> 00:53:57.079
 to error.

00:53:58.039 --> 00:53:58.920
 We have to also be,

00:53:59.920 --> 00:54:01.059
 we have to also realize,

00:54:01.139 --> 00:54:01.239
 I think,

00:54:01.279 --> 00:54:01.779
 at the same time

00:54:01.779 --> 00:54:02.299
 that we're not

00:54:02.299 --> 00:54:03.400
 error-free ourselves.

00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:04.000
 We have to be

00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:05.960
 honest about that,

00:54:06.079 --> 00:54:07.760
 but there needs to be

00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:09.199
 a strong,

00:54:09.260 --> 00:54:09.460
 I think,

00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:10.159
 push in this way.

00:54:11.179 --> 00:54:11.719
 We must know

00:54:11.719 --> 00:54:12.199
 God's truth,

00:54:12.260 --> 00:54:13.199
 we must hold it fast

00:54:13.199 --> 00:54:14.039
 if we wish to see

00:54:14.039 --> 00:54:14.719
 Satan

00:54:14.719 --> 00:54:16.019
 excommunicated

00:54:16.019 --> 00:54:16.659
 from the church.

00:54:16.659 --> 00:54:22.779
 another thing to expect

00:54:22.779 --> 00:54:23.899
 is tribulation.

00:54:25.099 --> 00:54:26.099
 2 Timothy 3.12

00:54:26.099 --> 00:54:26.319
 says,

00:54:26.440 --> 00:54:27.079
 if you desire to live

00:54:27.079 --> 00:54:28.059
 godly in Christ Jesus,

00:54:28.159 --> 00:54:28.539
 you're going to be

00:54:28.539 --> 00:54:28.899
 persecuted.

00:54:28.900 --> 00:54:30.840
 it's going to be inevitable.

00:54:31.160 --> 00:54:31.460
 Why?

00:54:31.800 --> 00:54:32.780
 Because we naturally

00:54:32.780 --> 00:54:33.639
 persecute things

00:54:33.639 --> 00:54:34.160
 that we hate.

00:54:36.160 --> 00:54:36.960
 All of us do.

00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:37.780
 We naturally persecute

00:54:37.780 --> 00:54:38.380
 things that we hate.

00:54:38.500 --> 00:54:38.820
 Sinners,

00:54:38.940 --> 00:54:39.139
 okay,

00:54:39.220 --> 00:54:39.960
 they hate Christ.

00:54:41.019 --> 00:54:41.420
 Therefore,

00:54:42.200 --> 00:54:43.000
 the more that we look

00:54:43.000 --> 00:54:43.480
 like Christ

00:54:43.480 --> 00:54:44.360
 and act like Christ,

00:54:44.420 --> 00:54:44.780
 the more that we're

00:54:44.780 --> 00:54:45.539
 going to experience

00:54:45.539 --> 00:54:46.360
 persecution

00:54:46.360 --> 00:54:47.340
 from them.

00:54:50.940 --> 00:54:51.900
 Persecutions in the Greek,

00:54:52.539 --> 00:54:53.420
 this word,

00:54:53.579 --> 00:54:54.119
 this phrase,

00:54:54.180 --> 00:54:54.539
 in a sense,

00:54:54.639 --> 00:54:55.700
 means to pursue

00:54:55.699 --> 00:54:57.279
 in a hostile manner

00:54:57.279 --> 00:54:58.279
 in any way

00:54:58.279 --> 00:55:00.939
 whatever means possible

00:55:00.939 --> 00:55:01.599
 to harass,

00:55:01.699 --> 00:55:02.079
 to trouble,

00:55:02.199 --> 00:55:03.179
 to molest somebody,

00:55:03.359 --> 00:55:04.259
 to be mistreated,

00:55:04.359 --> 00:55:05.179
 to suffer persecution

00:55:05.179 --> 00:55:06.239
 on account of

00:55:06.239 --> 00:55:07.299
 something or someone.

00:55:09.359 --> 00:55:10.279
 Some of you think

00:55:10.279 --> 00:55:12.819
 that you must go

00:55:12.819 --> 00:55:13.599
 and do something radical

00:55:13.599 --> 00:55:14.239
 to be persecuted.

00:55:16.500 --> 00:55:17.460
 That isn't so.

00:55:18.379 --> 00:55:19.960
 If you are Christ-like,

00:55:20.659 --> 00:55:21.179
 the persecution

00:55:21.179 --> 00:55:21.919
 will come to you.

00:55:24.399 --> 00:55:25.039
 I promise.

00:55:25.699 --> 00:55:30.079
 Lastly,

00:55:31.239 --> 00:55:32.539
 let me just say this.

00:55:32.579 --> 00:55:33.359
 Let me just say this as well.

00:55:33.599 --> 00:55:34.299
 Why would God allow

00:55:34.299 --> 00:55:35.239
 persecution in your life?

00:55:35.939 --> 00:55:36.619
 Why is it something

00:55:36.619 --> 00:55:37.000
 that He would

00:55:37.000 --> 00:55:39.319
 want for us

00:55:39.319 --> 00:55:40.019
 to rejoice in?

00:55:40.480 --> 00:55:41.079
 It's because

00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:42.279
 there's not a clearer way

00:55:42.279 --> 00:55:43.460
 in the world

00:55:43.460 --> 00:55:44.599
 to display the gospel.

00:55:46.179 --> 00:55:47.179
 So when persecutions

00:55:47.179 --> 00:55:47.980
 do come your way,

00:55:48.159 --> 00:55:49.239
 it is a privilege

00:55:49.239 --> 00:55:50.439
 because it is a way

00:55:50.439 --> 00:55:51.699
 to imitate Christ

00:55:51.699 --> 00:55:52.819
 like no other.

00:55:52.820 --> 00:55:56.080
 through faithfulness

00:55:56.080 --> 00:55:56.539
 and suffering.

00:55:57.340 --> 00:55:57.780
 There have been

00:55:57.780 --> 00:55:59.000
 a lot of haters of God

00:55:59.000 --> 00:56:00.059
 that have been saved

00:56:00.059 --> 00:56:00.980
 through seeing

00:56:00.980 --> 00:56:02.200
 God's people suffer

00:56:02.200 --> 00:56:02.760
 well.

00:56:04.039 --> 00:56:04.780
 And lastly,

00:56:04.860 --> 00:56:05.620
 the last thing I'm going to say,

00:56:06.480 --> 00:56:07.260
 you should be expecting

00:56:07.260 --> 00:56:07.860
 triumph

00:56:07.860 --> 00:56:09.820
 over sin.

00:56:11.820 --> 00:56:13.019
 Romans 8.

00:56:13.019 --> 00:56:16.539
 This will be the last text

00:56:16.539 --> 00:56:17.079
 that I read.

00:56:18.239 --> 00:56:18.920
 Romans 8.

00:56:19.579 --> 00:56:21.400
 Verse 35-37.

00:56:25.619 --> 00:56:27.079
 Who shall separate us

00:56:27.079 --> 00:56:28.039
 from the love of Christ?

00:56:29.380 --> 00:56:30.199
 Shall tribulation

00:56:30.199 --> 00:56:30.759
 or distress

00:56:30.759 --> 00:56:31.500
 or peril

00:56:31.500 --> 00:56:33.940
 or persecution

00:56:33.940 --> 00:56:34.539
 or famine

00:56:34.539 --> 00:56:35.340
 or nakedness

00:56:35.340 --> 00:56:35.980
 or sword?

00:56:35.980 --> 00:56:40.039
 It's rhetorical.

00:56:40.199 --> 00:56:41.019
 Just as it is written,

00:56:41.519 --> 00:56:42.280
 for your name's sake

00:56:42.280 --> 00:56:43.219
 we are being put to death

00:56:43.219 --> 00:56:44.159
 all day long.

00:56:44.519 --> 00:56:44.980
 We are considered

00:56:44.980 --> 00:56:46.139
 as sheep to be slaughtered.

00:56:46.400 --> 00:56:47.679
 But in all these things

00:56:47.679 --> 00:56:48.860
 we overwhelmingly conquer

00:56:48.860 --> 00:56:50.260
 through Christ

00:56:50.260 --> 00:56:51.480
 who loved us.

00:56:53.500 --> 00:56:54.539
 There won't be anything

00:56:54.539 --> 00:56:55.320
 that you experience

00:56:55.320 --> 00:56:55.900
 in this life

00:56:55.900 --> 00:56:57.280
 that God does not

00:56:57.280 --> 00:56:58.840
 or has not given you

00:56:58.840 --> 00:56:59.539
 the Holy Spirit

00:56:59.539 --> 00:57:00.440
 to conquer.

00:57:01.780 --> 00:57:02.920
 Nothing is beyond

00:57:02.920 --> 00:57:03.760
 your means.

00:57:03.760 --> 00:57:08.300
 Another verse in Acts

00:57:08.300 --> 00:57:08.720
 says that

00:57:08.720 --> 00:57:09.640
 through many tribulations

00:57:09.640 --> 00:57:10.120
 we're going to enter

00:57:10.120 --> 00:57:10.840
 the kingdom of heaven.

00:57:11.680 --> 00:57:12.660
 But you will enter

00:57:12.660 --> 00:57:13.360
 the kingdom of heaven.

00:57:14.540 --> 00:57:15.560
 You will be triumphant

00:57:15.560 --> 00:57:16.480
 on the last day.

00:57:20.040 --> 00:57:21.180
 Though you may falter,

00:57:21.720 --> 00:57:22.520
 you will never fall

00:57:22.520 --> 00:57:23.120
 from His grace.

00:57:23.200 --> 00:57:23.700
 Though your heart

00:57:23.700 --> 00:57:24.820
 and your flesh may fail,

00:57:25.220 --> 00:57:26.360
 Christ will be your portion.

00:57:26.500 --> 00:57:27.660
 He will satisfy you

00:57:27.660 --> 00:57:28.520
 in the end.

00:57:29.720 --> 00:57:30.600
 The Christian life,

00:57:31.060 --> 00:57:31.860
 the Christian will live

00:57:31.860 --> 00:57:32.860
 his life on the battlefield

00:57:32.860 --> 00:57:33.940
 and He will see

00:57:33.940 --> 00:57:34.660
 both victories

00:57:34.660 --> 00:57:35.760
 and defeats.

00:57:36.160 --> 00:57:36.860
 But the outcome

00:57:36.860 --> 00:57:37.380
 of the war

00:57:37.380 --> 00:57:38.660
 is already determined.

00:57:39.720 --> 00:57:40.700
 Christ has won

00:57:40.700 --> 00:57:43.240
 and we will be triumphant.

00:57:43.940 --> 00:57:44.320
 Let's pray.

00:57:46.400 --> 00:57:47.400
 Father, we thank You

00:57:47.400 --> 00:57:50.539
 for the Gospel

00:57:50.539 --> 00:57:51.660
 and the fact

00:57:51.660 --> 00:57:52.280
 that the Gospel

00:57:52.280 --> 00:57:53.680
 is not only the story

00:57:53.680 --> 00:57:56.920
 of Christ's coming,

00:57:57.720 --> 00:57:58.519
 but it's also

00:57:58.519 --> 00:57:59.960
 the story of Christ's saving

00:57:59.960 --> 00:58:00.680
 and the story

00:58:00.680 --> 00:58:01.820
 of Christ's sanctifying

00:58:01.820 --> 00:58:03.260
 and the story of Christ

00:58:03.260 --> 00:58:04.320
 one day glorifying.

00:58:04.720 --> 00:58:05.820
 And we have many things

00:58:05.820 --> 00:58:06.780
 to be, I think,

00:58:06.840 --> 00:58:07.559
 encouraged by

00:58:07.559 --> 00:58:08.640
 in light of what's been said

00:58:08.640 --> 00:58:08.940
 tonight.

00:58:09.080 --> 00:58:09.519
 I think we have

00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:10.860
 many wonderful truths

00:58:10.860 --> 00:58:11.620
 to reflect on,

00:58:11.700 --> 00:58:12.460
 many wonderful scriptures

00:58:12.460 --> 00:58:13.300
 to meditate on.

00:58:14.059 --> 00:58:17.840
 God, we do admit

00:58:17.840 --> 00:58:19.160
 that we're destroyed often.

00:58:19.160 --> 00:58:21.160
 We're spoiled often

00:58:21.160 --> 00:58:23.080
 for a lack of knowledge.

00:58:24.620 --> 00:58:25.620
 We don't know You

00:58:25.620 --> 00:58:26.140
 like we should.

00:58:27.100 --> 00:58:29.160
 We often neglect You,

00:58:29.300 --> 00:58:29.640
 Father God,

00:58:29.639 --> 00:58:30.460
 and we get wearied

00:58:30.460 --> 00:58:32.440
 so easily

00:58:32.440 --> 00:58:34.339
 by our devotions

00:58:34.339 --> 00:58:35.139
 and we get wearied

00:58:35.139 --> 00:58:35.619
 so easily

00:58:35.619 --> 00:58:36.879
 by the Christian faith

00:58:36.879 --> 00:58:38.379
 and the Christian walk

00:58:38.379 --> 00:58:38.900
 in life.

00:58:39.259 --> 00:58:40.519
 And I myself,

00:58:40.639 --> 00:58:40.879
 Father God,

00:58:40.940 --> 00:58:42.799
 have been found

00:58:42.799 --> 00:58:44.079
 to be just

00:58:44.079 --> 00:58:46.980
 unfaithful

00:58:46.980 --> 00:58:47.500
 in many ways

00:58:47.500 --> 00:58:48.039
 this week

00:58:48.039 --> 00:58:50.219
 towards my coworkers

00:58:50.219 --> 00:58:50.819
 and just

00:58:50.819 --> 00:58:52.639
 many different areas

00:58:52.639 --> 00:58:53.239
 of my life.

00:58:53.440 --> 00:58:54.739
 And I just pray,

00:58:54.859 --> 00:58:54.960
 God,

00:58:54.980 --> 00:58:55.420
 that You would

00:58:55.420 --> 00:58:56.940
 humble us all

00:58:56.940 --> 00:58:57.940
 in light of whatever

00:58:57.940 --> 00:58:58.599
 things are coming

00:58:58.599 --> 00:58:59.240
 to our minds,

00:58:59.420 --> 00:59:00.099
 in light of whatever

00:59:00.099 --> 00:59:01.300
 sin is on our hearts.

00:59:02.079 --> 00:59:02.599
 And You would just,

00:59:02.720 --> 00:59:02.940
 Father God,

00:59:02.980 --> 00:59:03.940
 remind us that grace

00:59:03.940 --> 00:59:04.720
 is alone

00:59:04.720 --> 00:59:05.559
 that we can trust in

00:59:05.559 --> 00:59:07.519
 and grace is alone

00:59:07.519 --> 00:59:08.480
 what You've given to us.

00:59:10.460 --> 00:59:10.780
 God,

00:59:10.820 --> 00:59:11.579
 we love Christ.

00:59:14.200 --> 00:59:15.019
 We just want to love

00:59:15.019 --> 00:59:15.639
 Him more than we do

00:59:15.639 --> 00:59:16.059
 even now.

00:59:16.539 --> 00:59:16.679
 So,

00:59:18.300 --> 00:59:21.679
 just give us more of You.

00:59:22.119 --> 00:59:22.800
 We pray in Christ's name.

00:59:22.940 --> 00:59:23.079
 Amen.