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Romans chapter 5 is where we are this morning.
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I titled this sermon, I'm always jealous of pastors who have these clever titles.
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! I'm not that creative.
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So I thought I'd try to get creative with this one.
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So I titled this one, Jesus is the one-upper.
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Jesus is the one-upper.
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He knows what I'm talking about.
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The guys who, you know, you tell them something and they always one-up you.
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Man, I just had a really bad night.
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Oh yeah, well I didn't sleep for two days.
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You know, that kind of thing.
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Well, our text this morning, Jesus is the one-upper.
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We've got a big text with a big topic and a lot to cover.
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So I'm going to pray and then we'll dig in.
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Father, we are so thankful for Your Son, Jesus Christ.
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We are so thankful for the grace and the mercy that You have shown us.
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And God, I pray this morning that we are more aware of that grace and mercy this morning.
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That You make Yourself known to us even more.
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God, I pray that the words that are spoken here will be Your words.
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I pray, God, that I don't preach and teach from my talent, but I preach and teach this morning through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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God, if there is any error in what I say, I pray that nobody remembers.
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Not for my glory, but for Your glory, so that I do not stray anybody away from Your truth.
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I pray, God, that Your Word would penetrate hearts this morning and that we would treasure Christ.
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That we could sing, give me Christ or else I die forever.
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Our lives would reflect those words.
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Amen.
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Pray this in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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So, it's been four weeks since we've been in the book of Romans.
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So, what I want to do is give you guys a quick review.
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And then we'll dig into chapter 5, starting in verse 12.
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Romans chapter 1.
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This is a letter to the church in Rome.
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So, Paul writes this letter to Christians.
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Romans chapter 1, Paul lays out that everyone, Gentile specifically, are sinners.
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Everyone is guilty.
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In fact, he says in chapter 1, verse 20,
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so they are without excuse being that they are shown God's glory.
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They are guilty no matter who they are.
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They decide in chapter 1, as Paul is laying out the depravity of man,
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he says that they worship the creation instead of the Creator.
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Chapter 2, just so there's no judgment or just so there's no empty lines not filled out,
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Paul addresses the Jewish people in chapter 2 and says,
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Jewish people, you are just as guilty.
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You are just as depraved.
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So, we come to chapter 3.
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Chapter 3 is the culmination of 1 and 2.
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All are sinners.
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All are guilty.
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No one is righteous.
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No one can do good.
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That is chapter 3.
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So, we come to chapter 4.
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Chapter 4 is a glorious chapter
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where Paul lays out for the reader
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that justification through Christ Jesus is only by faith,
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not by works,
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not by religious activity,
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not by any good thing that you do.
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It is through faith alone.
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And it is a gift.
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It is a gift.
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So, in chapter 5, we get,
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and he starts out with verse 1,
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he says,
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Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
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we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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So, not only are we justified,
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but that justification now gives us peace with God.
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We are no longer enemies with God,
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but we are on His side.
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We are on His team.
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We are loved by Him,
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and He loves us.
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Later on in chapter 5,
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we rejoice in our sufferings.
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We rejoice because we know what's to come.
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And we know that it says in verse 3,
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suffering produces endurance,
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and endurance produces character,
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and character produces hope,
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and hope does not put us to shame.
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In other words,
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everything God does is for a purpose,
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is for our good,
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and justification is that motor that pushes.
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We can rejoice in no matter,
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in whatever situation,
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because we are justified.
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So, now we come to verse 12.
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We're reading a big chunk.
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So, let's start reading in verse 12.
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We're going all the way to the end of the chapter.
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Verse 21.
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It says,
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Therefore,
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just as sin came into the world through one man,
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and death through sin,
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and so death spread to all men,
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because all sinned.
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For sin indeed was in the world
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before the law was given,
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but sin is not counted where there is no law.
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Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses,
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even over those whose sinning
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was not like the transgression of Adam,
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who was a type of the one who was to come.
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But the free gift is not like the trespass.
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For if many died through one man's trespass,
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much more have the grace of God
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and the free gift by the grace
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of that one man,
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Jesus Christ,
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abounded for many.
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And the free gift is not like the result
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of that one man's sin.
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For the judgment following one trespass
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brought condemnation.
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But the free gift following many trespasses
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brought justification.
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For if because of one man's trespass,
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death reigned through that one man,
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much more will those who receive
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the abundance of grace
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and the free gift of righteousness
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reign in life through the one man,
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Jesus Christ.
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Therefore,
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as one trespass led to condemnation
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for all men,
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so one act of righteousness
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leads to justification
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and life for all men.
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For as by the one man's disobedience
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the many were made sinners,
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so by the one man's obedience
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the many will be made righteous.
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Now the law came in
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to increase the trespass,
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but where sin increased,
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grace abounded all the more.
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So that as sin reigned in death,
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grace also might reign
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through righteousness
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leading to eternal life
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through Jesus Christ,
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our Lord.
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Before we really dig in,
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I want to take a minute
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and speak to the men
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here at Christ's Family Church.
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The men who are members,
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men who are not members.
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Guys,
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if you notice,
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Paul speaks to Adam,
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or speaks of Adam
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and not Eve
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bringing sin into the world.
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Adam is held responsible.
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Adam is the one who calls,
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who God calls
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in chapter 3
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after eating the fruit.
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Adam is the one who is blamed.
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Now of course,
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Paul is educated.
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We know this.
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We know he is a smart guy.
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And he knew that Eve
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ate of the fruit first.
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But what he has done
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is that he has shown
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the weight and the responsibility
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on the man's head.
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Now of course,
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this is not what the text
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is talking about here this morning,
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but we can draw this
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from our text.
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And I want to show you
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quickly
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this weight of responsibility
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for men
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leading your spouses,
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leading the women
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in your life.
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Men,
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we have an inescapable
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responsibility.
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There is no way out of it.
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No way around it.
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And when your wives
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and my wife fail,
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when they sin,
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when they lose faith,
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it is us
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who are held responsible.
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Adam is the one here
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being held responsible
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for bringing sin
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into the world.
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Young guys,
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are you ready
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to love your future wife
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this way?
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to take responsibility
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for her?
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To sacrifice for her?
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To lead her?
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To carry the weight
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of this responsibility?
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For me,
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one of the scariest verses
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in the Bible
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is in Ephesians chapter 6
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or 5
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where it says,
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Husbands,
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love your wives
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as Christ loves the church.
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That's scary
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because I fall
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so short.
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It leaves no room
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for getting out of it.
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Adam is the guilty one.
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Of course,
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Eve is guilty too,
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but Adam gets the honor
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and privilege
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of being the patriarch
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of sin.
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So before we jump in,
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I give that to you
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this morning.
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That's free.
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Men,
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you are responsible
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for your wives.
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Love them.
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Guys,
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if you're not married,
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get ready
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to love
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your future spouse.
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Know God's Word.
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Love God.
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Love Jesus.
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I want to begin
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this morning
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in our text
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by asking you
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a question.
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The question is,
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if you died today,
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I know what you're thinking,
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it's not that question.
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If you died today
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and immediately
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you were before God,
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immediately you were
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before God,
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you were at
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your judgment,
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who would you belong to?
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Would you claim
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citizenship with Jesus
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in His kingdom
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or would you be claimed
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by the sin of Adam?
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That's your question.
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Would you claim
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citizenship with Jesus
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in His kingdom
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or would you be claimed
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by the sin
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of Adam?
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See,
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in our text this morning,
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we find a comparison
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between Adam
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and Jesus
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with the end result
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being
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that we have
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assurance
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of our salvation
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because
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even death
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cannot keep God
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from fulfilling
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what He promises.
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So we have
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some similarities
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in the comparison
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between Adam
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and Jesus.
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The biggest is
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that both of them
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are what they call
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federal heads.
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Federal heads
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of mankind.
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Being that
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each one
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made decisions
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that either
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affected all
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of mankind
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or was done
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representing
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all of mankind.
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Kind of like
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the U.S.
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president
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sometimes will make
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a decision
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that affects
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all the citizens
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of the United States.
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Both men
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made profound
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impact
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on the world.
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The difference is
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is that one
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didn't
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obey
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God
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and the other
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did.
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So here is
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our layout
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this morning.
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Here's where
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we're kind of going.
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We're going to talk
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about Adam.
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Then we're going to
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talk about Jesus.
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We're going to
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talk about the
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law and grace.
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And I'm going to
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end with four
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concluding questions.
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Okay?
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So hang with me.
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That's like
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pretty much
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the whole Bible
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is what we're
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going to hit
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this morning.
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So,
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Adam,
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here we go.
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Adam,
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verse 12.
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Therefore,
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just as sin
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came into the world
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through one man
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and death
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through sin
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and so death
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spread through all men
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because all sinned.
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Now as you know,
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Adam is that one man.
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Adam is the guy.
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Adam brought sin
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into the world.
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Adam and Eve
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chose to disobey God.
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And the result
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of their action
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was sin
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entering the world.
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The world here
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means all people,
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all men,
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everyone who will
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ever live.
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So,
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how would you like
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to be known
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as the person
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or responsible
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for corrupting
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all mankind
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based on one
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decision?
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But that's the truth.
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Their decision
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was to
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worship themselves
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and not
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obey God.
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It started
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with them
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and it goes
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all the way
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through mankind,
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through every
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human being.
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Every person
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who has ever lived
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has been affected
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by Adam
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and Eve.
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Now some
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would say
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that Adam
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and Eve
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are just
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fictional characters
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of this story
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of creation.
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They're not real.
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Well,
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I'm here to say
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if you don't believe
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Genesis 1,
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2,
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and 3,
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then you might as well
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not believe
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any part of the Bible.
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Adam and Eve
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are our great,
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great,
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great,
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great,
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great,
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great,
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and we can go on
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forever,
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grandparents.
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They are related
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to us
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and their blood
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has corrupted
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our blood.
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My great,
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great,
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grandparents
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moved from
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Italy to
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America.
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They were
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100% Italian.
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So that makes me
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25%,
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I think,
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Italian.
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Sin doesn't
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work that way
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though.
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Sin doesn't
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get less and
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less through
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the generations
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so now
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we're .00175
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sinful.
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We are still
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100% sinful.
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Things,
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in fact,
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are worse
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than they were.
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We deal with
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diseases and
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illnesses that
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Adam and Eve
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did not deal
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with because
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of sin.
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So because of
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one sin,
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of one choice
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by Adam and Eve,
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the most heinous,
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awful crimes
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that you can think
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of,
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Holocaust,
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genocide,
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murder,
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adultery,
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abortion,
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no matter what
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it is,
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are a result
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of that one
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choice.
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All are in
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effect of that
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one sin.
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That same sin,
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that desire
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that Adam and
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Eve had
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to disobey
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God,
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to crush
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the Creator
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and elevate
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themselves.
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back in the
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Garden of
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Eden is what
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affects us
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today.
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Thousands of
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years ago.
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For this
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day,
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we worship
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ourselves
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more than we
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worship the
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Creator.
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Flip back to
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Romans chapter
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1 and I
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touched on
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this.
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Romans chapter
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1,
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verse 24 and
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25.
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Paul is
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laying out
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the depravity
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of man,
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laying out
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that all
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people are
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sinful.
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He says,
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therefore,
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God gave
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them up in
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the lusts of
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their hearts
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to impurity,
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to the
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dishonoring of
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their bodies
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among themselves
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because they
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exchanged the
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truth about
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God for a
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lie and
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worshiped and
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served the
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creature rather
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than the
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Creator who
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is blessed
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forever.
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is what we
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do.
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We worship
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the creature
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man made or
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not instead
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of the
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Creator.
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This is the
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legacy of
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Adam and
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Eve.
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Verse 12
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tells us that
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Adam brought
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sin into the
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world and the
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result of this
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sin is death.
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So sin brings
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death into the
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world.
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And of course,
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there are two
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types of death.
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We have
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physical death
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where our
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time here on
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earth is over.
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We also have
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spiritual death.
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So physical
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death.
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Flip back to
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Genesis chapter
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2.
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You might want
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to mark it.
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I know it's
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easy.
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First book in
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the Bible to
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find, but we're
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going to be
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back at least
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one other
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time.
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Genesis chapter
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2.
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Verse 17
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tells us.
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And God
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says to
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Adam, this
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is the
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curse after
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the fall.
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God says
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to Adam,
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because you
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have listened
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to the voice
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of your wife
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and have
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eaten of the
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tree of which
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I commanded
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you, you
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shall not
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eat of it.
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Cursed is the
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ground because
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of you.
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In pain you
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shall eat of
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it all the
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days of your
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life.
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Thorns and
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thistles it
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shall bring
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forth to you
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and you
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shall eat the
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plants of the
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field.
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Verse 19,
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by the sweat
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of your face
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you shall eat
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bread till you
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return to the
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ground.
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For out of it
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you are taken
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for you are
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dust and to
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dust you
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shall return.
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I'm sorry,
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that's chapter
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3, not
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chapter 2.
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I apologize.
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I apologize.
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2.
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17 says,
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but of the
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tree of the
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knowledge of
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good and evil
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you shall not
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eat for in
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the day that
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you eat of
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it you shall
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surely die.
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3.
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19.
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I just
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read.
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I apologize
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for that
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guys.
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3.
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3 repeats
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what I've
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just read.
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The God's
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command that
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if you eat
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of this
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plant you
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will die.
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There is a
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time when
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we die.
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It is a
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result of
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sin being
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brought into
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the world.
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There is a
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time and a
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place to
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die.
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Some people
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think that
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you guys have
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heard that
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song,
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there's a
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time to
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live and a
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time to
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die.
18:16
I think
18:16
it's the
18:17
birds.
18:17
I can't
18:18
be for
18:19
sure,
18:19
but you
18:20
guys can
18:20
correct me
18:20
later.
18:21
Some people
18:21
think that
18:21
they wrote
18:22
it.
18:22
In fact,
18:22
it's actually
18:23
from Ecclesiastes
18:24
chapter 3.
18:26
It says,
18:26
for everything
18:26
there is a
18:27
season and
18:28
a time for
18:29
every matter
18:30
under heaven,
18:31
a time to
18:31
be born and
18:32
a time to
18:33
die, a time
18:34
to plant and
18:35
a time to
18:36
pluck up what
18:36
is planted.
18:38
We are going
18:39
to die
18:39
at some
18:41
point.
18:42
Physical
18:43
death is a
18:43
result of
18:44
sin.
18:45
for the
18:46
Christian,
18:47
this is
18:47
good news.
18:49
For the
18:49
Christian,
18:50
this is
18:50
comforting.
18:52
Now,
18:52
although there
18:53
may be
18:53
feelings that
18:54
you may
18:54
have about
18:54
leaving your
18:55
family and
18:56
friends or
18:56
not accomplishing
18:57
this or
18:58
that,
18:58
it is good
18:59
news because
19:00
to die,
19:01
as Paul says
19:02
in Philippians,
19:03
is gain.
19:05
It is good
19:06
because we
19:07
see Christ.
19:08
We will see
19:08
Christ in
19:09
all His
19:10
glory.
19:10
We will be
19:11
in His
19:11
presence.
19:13
The Lamb
19:14
who was slain
19:15
for my
19:15
sin will be
19:16
before me.
19:19
See,
19:20
the pinnacle
19:21
of the
19:21
Christian life
19:22
is not
19:23
here on
19:24
earth.
19:26
The pinnacle
19:26
of the
19:26
Christian life
19:27
is being in
19:29
God's presence
19:30
and worshiping
19:31
Jesus forever.
19:33
That's
19:33
the pinnacle.
19:35
So,
19:35
if we
19:36
believe all
19:37
Scripture,
19:38
if there is
19:39
nothing that we
19:40
have read
19:40
and we say,
19:41
no,
19:41
that can't
19:42
be so,
19:43
then Christ
19:44
is far
19:45
better than
19:46
anything this
19:47
world has
19:48
to offer.
19:50
He is far
19:50
better.
19:51
He has
19:51
accomplished
19:52
more.
19:55
And He
19:55
deserves all
19:56
our praise,
19:57
all our
19:57
worship,
19:58
and we
19:58
will be
19:59
excited to
19:59
be in
20:00
heaven with
20:00
Him.
20:03
So,
20:03
death will
20:04
be a gain
20:04
and dying
20:05
will be a
20:06
comfort.
20:08
But for the
20:09
unbeliever,
20:09
death is
20:10
scary.
20:12
Death is
20:13
the beginning
20:13
of eternal
20:14
despair.
20:16
Death will
20:17
be the
20:17
beginning of
20:18
eternal
20:19
separation.
20:21
Now,
20:21
some people
20:22
say that
20:22
when you
20:22
die,
20:23
you just
20:23
die.
20:24
Your clock
20:25
runs out,
20:25
the batteries
20:26
go dead,
20:27
you're it.
20:28
No,
20:29
nothing.
20:31
Well,
20:31
when you
20:31
die,
20:33
you're going
20:34
to be aware
20:34
of where
20:35
you are
20:35
and what
20:35
you're
20:35
doing.
20:37
It's not
20:37
the end.
20:39
It's not
20:40
an empty,
20:41
lifeless body
20:42
in the
20:42
ground.
20:44
Remember
20:44
the beggar
20:45
named Lazarus
20:46
and the
20:46
rich man?
20:48
I mentioned
20:48
it like
20:49
five or
20:49
six weeks
20:49
ago,
20:50
so you
20:50
probably
20:50
don't
20:51
unless
20:51
you've
20:51
read the
20:51
story.
20:53
A rich
20:53
man walks
20:54
by the
20:54
gate.
20:55
Lazarus
20:56
begs for
20:57
him,
20:57
begs,
20:57
begs,
20:58
please
20:59
give me
20:59
something.
21:02
And the
21:03
man continues
21:04
on.
21:05
They both
21:05
die.
21:07
The rich
21:07
man is
21:08
in hell.
21:09
In a
21:09
place of
21:09
torment
21:10
and
21:10
despair.
21:15
And he
21:15
begs
21:16
Lazarus,
21:17
begs
21:18
Abraham
21:19
to allow
21:19
Lazarus
21:20
to touch
21:21
his finger
21:22
to water
21:23
and put
21:23
it in
21:23
his mouth.
21:24
It is
21:25
horrible
21:25
where he's
21:26
at.
21:26
He is
21:26
aware
21:27
of where
21:28
he is.
21:30
But not
21:31
only did
21:31
sin bring
21:32
physical
21:33
death
21:33
into the
21:33
world,
21:33
but it
21:34
also brought
21:34
spiritual
21:35
death.
21:38
Genesis
21:38
3 shows
21:39
us what
21:40
spiritual
21:40
death
21:40
looks like.
21:42
Adam
21:42
and Eve,
21:43
the fall.
21:45
Then God
21:45
gives them,
21:46
curses
21:47
them.
21:50
Women,
21:51
labor pains
21:52
will increase.
21:53
Men,
21:54
work will be
21:54
hard,
21:55
difficult.
21:56
You're going
21:57
to die.
21:59
Physical
21:59
death comes
22:00
into the
22:00
picture.
22:01
And then
22:01
we get
22:01
to verse
22:02
22-24.
22:04
22-24
22:06
in chapter
22:06
3.
22:07
That is
22:08
correct,
22:08
I promise.
22:10
3.
22:12
22-24.
22:14
It says,
22:15
Then the
22:15
Lord God
22:16
said,
22:16
Behold,
22:16
the man
22:17
has become
22:17
like one
22:17
of us
22:18
in knowing
22:18
good and
22:18
evil.
22:19
Now,
22:20
lest he
22:20
reach out
22:21
his hand
22:21
and take
22:22
also of
22:22
the tree
22:23
of life
22:23
and eat
22:23
and live
22:24
forever.
22:24
Therefore,
22:25
the Lord
22:25
God
22:25
sent him
22:26
out from
22:26
the garden
22:27
of Eden
22:27
to work
22:28
the ground
22:28
from which
22:29
he was
22:29
taken.
22:29
He drove
22:30
out the
22:31
man and
22:33
at the
22:33
east of
22:33
the garden
22:34
of Eden
22:34
he placed
22:35
the cherubim
22:35
and a
22:35
flaming sword
22:36
that turned
22:36
every way
22:37
to guard
22:38
the way
22:38
to the
22:39
tree
22:39
of life.
22:44
God
22:44
pushes
22:46
Adam and
22:47
Eve out
22:48
the garden
22:49
of Eden.
22:49
He separates
22:50
them from
22:51
him.
22:52
It's a
22:52
picture of
22:54
spiritual
22:54
death.
22:56
Spiritual
22:56
death is
22:57
separation
22:57
from
22:58
God.
22:59
God
23:00
one
23:01
sin
23:02
brought
23:02
death
23:02
into
23:02
the
23:02
world.
23:03
One
23:03
sin
23:04
brought
23:04
physical
23:04
death.
23:05
Time
23:05
on
23:05
this
23:05
earth
23:06
and
23:07
spiritual
23:08
death
23:08
separation
23:09
from
23:10
God.
23:11
But there's
23:12
good news.
23:13
There's
23:13
good news.
23:15
While
23:15
humans
23:16
pursued
23:17
the path
23:18
of pride
23:18
and self
23:19
worship,
23:21
God
23:21
pursued
23:22
the path
23:22
of
23:22
redemptive
23:23
love.
23:24
Good
23:25
news.
23:25
Verse
23:26
14
23:26
says
23:27
in
23:27
Romans
23:28
chapter
23:28
5,
23:29
the last
23:32
phrase,
23:34
it's like
23:35
the
23:35
transgression
23:35
of
23:36
Adam,
23:36
who was
23:37
a type
23:37
of the
23:39
one who
23:39
was to
23:40
come.
23:41
Adam is
23:42
a type
23:42
of Christ.
23:44
He is
23:44
the patriarch
23:45
of human
23:46
race.
23:47
No matter
23:47
ethnicity,
23:48
no matter
23:49
what language,
23:50
he is the
23:51
corporate head
23:51
of mankind,
23:52
but he is
23:52
only a type
23:53
because his
23:54
disobedience
23:55
led to
23:55
sin and
23:56
death.
23:56
There is
23:58
another
23:58
whose
23:59
obedience
23:59
affects
24:00
mankind
24:00
by giving
24:02
those who
24:02
believe a
24:03
new
24:03
citizenship,
24:04
a new
24:05
life.
24:06
And this
24:07
man,
24:08
as we
24:09
know,
24:09
is Jesus
24:09
the Savior.
24:12
So let's
24:12
talk about
24:13
Jesus for a
24:13
minute.
24:16
Adam
24:16
brought sin
24:17
into the
24:18
world.
24:19
Jesus
24:19
brings
24:20
righteousness
24:21
into the
24:22
world.
24:22
verse 15
24:25
through 17
24:26
is kind
24:26
of where
24:27
we're
24:27
hovering
24:27
this
24:28
morning
24:28
here
24:29
talking
24:30
about
24:30
Jesus.
24:31
Verse 15
24:32
says,
24:32
But the
24:32
free gift
24:33
is not
24:34
like the
24:34
trespass.
24:36
For if
24:36
many died
24:37
through one
24:37
man's
24:38
sin,
24:38
one man's
24:39
trespass,
24:39
much more
24:40
have the
24:40
grace of
24:41
God and
24:41
the free
24:42
gift by
24:42
the grace
24:42
of that
24:43
one man,
24:44
Jesus
24:44
Christ,
24:45
abounded
24:45
for many.
24:46
In other
24:47
words,
24:47
how much
24:48
better is
24:49
the grace
24:49
of God
24:50
by giving
24:51
of the
24:51
free gift
24:52
through
24:52
Jesus
24:52
Christ?
24:54
That's not
24:55
a question.
24:56
It is
24:56
better.
24:58
It may have
24:58
sounded like a
24:58
question,
24:59
and I
24:59
apologize.
25:01
The
25:01
trespass
25:02
brought death
25:02
into the
25:03
picture,
25:03
and Jesus
25:04
erased
25:05
death.
25:07
Trespass
25:08
brought
25:08
death,
25:10
suffering
25:11
into the
25:12
world,
25:13
and Jesus
25:13
erased.
25:17
First
25:18
nine words,
25:19
the first
25:19
sentence of
25:20
verse 15
25:20
is glorious,
25:22
and praise
25:22
God,
25:23
this is
25:23
true,
25:24
but the
25:24
free gift
25:25
is not
25:25
like the
25:26
trespass.
25:29
Jesus
25:30
didn't
25:30
bring death,
25:31
He didn't
25:31
bring
25:32
condemnation,
25:33
He brought
25:33
hope,
25:34
life,
25:35
and life
25:35
everlasting.
25:36
This is
25:37
what Jesus
25:37
brings.
25:38
Verse 16
25:39
says,
25:40
and the
25:40
free gift
25:41
is not
25:41
like the
25:42
result of
25:43
that one
25:43
man's
25:44
sin,
25:44
for the
25:45
judgment
25:45
following
25:46
one
25:46
trespass
25:47
brought
25:47
condemnation.
25:50
But the
25:50
free gift
25:51
following
25:52
many
25:52
trespasses
25:53
brought
25:53
justification.
25:55
Jesus
25:56
didn't
25:56
bring sin
25:57
to the
25:57
party.
25:58
Adam
25:58
brought
25:59
sin to
25:59
the
25:59
party.
26:00
Jesus
26:00
brought
26:01
righteousness,
26:02
and that
26:02
righteousness
26:02
justifies.
26:05
We are
26:05
justified
26:06
because of
26:07
Jesus,
26:08
not
26:08
condemned.
26:10
Adam,
26:11
death,
26:12
and
26:12
condemnation.
26:13
Jesus,
26:14
life,
26:15
and
26:15
grace.
26:19
Romans
26:20
8,
26:20
1,
26:20
there is
26:20
therefore
26:21
now no
26:21
condemnation
26:22
for those
26:22
who are
26:23
in Christ
26:23
Jesus.
26:24
There is
26:25
no
26:25
condemnation.
26:28
Now,
26:28
there's four
26:29
words here
26:29
in verse
26:30
16 that I
26:30
want to
26:31
make clear
26:32
for everyone.
26:35
And maybe
26:35
as I read
26:36
through it,
26:36
you just
26:37
didn't even
26:37
think about
26:37
it.
26:38
Those
26:38
four words
26:39
but the
26:40
free
26:40
gift.
26:43
This
26:43
is nothing
26:44
of your
26:46
doing or
26:46
my doing.
26:47
This
26:48
is nothing
26:48
that we
26:49
have
26:50
deserved.
26:52
Romans
26:52
chapter 4,
26:53
flip back
26:53
to verse
26:54
4.
26:56
Paul is
26:57
digging into
26:58
justification
26:59
by faith
27:00
alone,
27:01
not by
27:02
works.
27:03
And he
27:03
says in
27:04
verse 4,
27:04
now,
27:05
to the
27:05
one who
27:06
works,
27:06
his wages
27:07
are not
27:07
counted as
27:08
a gift,
27:08
but as
27:09
his due.
27:10
But he
27:10
just brings
27:11
in a real
27:11
life example.
27:13
If you
27:13
work,
27:14
you get
27:15
paid.
27:16
Clear.
27:16
You earned
27:17
that money.
27:20
But,
27:21
the grace
27:21
of God
27:22
is not
27:22
that way.
27:23
It is
27:23
a free
27:23
gift.
27:26
There is
27:26
no earning.
27:29
The
27:29
gospel
27:29
leaves
27:30
no room
27:31
for you
27:32
or for
27:32
me to
27:33
boast
27:33
in
27:33
ourselves.
27:34
We
27:35
boast
27:35
in
27:35
Christ,
27:36
absolutely,
27:36
but we
27:37
cannot
27:37
boast
27:38
in
27:38
ourselves
27:39
and
27:39
what
27:39
we
27:39
have
27:39
earned
27:40
or
27:40
done.
27:42
This
27:42
is a
27:42
good
27:42
thing.
27:43
This
27:43
is a
27:43
joyous
27:44
thing
27:44
because,
27:45
as I've
27:46
shown,
27:47
we're
27:47
bloodline
27:48
of Adam.
27:49
We're
27:49
related to
27:50
Adam and
27:50
our lives
27:53
are contaminated
27:54
because of
27:55
Adam.
27:57
We are
27:57
sinners,
27:58
have
27:58
sinned,
27:59
and will
27:59
sin.
28:00
We are
28:00
dead
28:01
without
28:01
Christ.
28:04
Lazarus,
28:05
different
28:05
Lazarus,
28:06
the friend
28:06
of Jesus
28:07
who died,
28:08
he needed
28:09
Jesus to
28:10
call him
28:10
out.
28:11
He was
28:11
dead.
28:12
He
28:12
needed a
28:12
free
28:13
gift
28:13
of
28:13
life.
28:16
It is
28:17
a free
28:17
gift from
28:18
the
28:18
creator
28:19
who we
28:20
choose not
28:21
to worship,
28:22
who do
28:22
not worship.
28:23
We
28:23
choose to
28:24
worship
28:24
ourselves
28:25
because of
28:25
who we
28:26
are.
28:27
The
28:27
free
28:28
gift from
28:28
the
28:28
creator
28:29
to his
28:29
greatest
28:30
creation,
28:32
mankind
28:32
created in
28:33
his image,
28:35
but who are
28:36
spiritually
28:36
dead.
28:37
So the
28:40
final
28:40
summation,
28:41
the final
28:42
conclusion of
28:44
these three
28:45
verses is
28:45
verse 17.
28:47
It says,
28:48
For if
28:49
because of
28:49
one man's
28:50
trespass,
28:51
death reigned
28:52
through that
28:52
one man,
28:54
Adam,
28:55
much more
28:56
will those
28:57
who receive
28:57
the abundance
28:58
of grace
28:59
and the
28:59
free gift
28:59
of righteousness
29:00
reign in
29:01
life through
29:02
the one
29:03
man,
29:03
Jesus
29:04
Christ.
29:05
Much
29:06
more,
29:07
much
29:07
better,
29:08
much
29:09
greater
29:09
is the
29:10
free
29:10
gift.
29:12
So we
29:12
have free
29:13
gift of
29:14
grace,
29:16
God's
29:16
righteousness
29:16
given to
29:17
us,
29:18
and over
29:18
here we
29:18
have
29:19
what?
29:23
Man's
29:23
trespass,
29:24
sin.
29:26
God's
29:26
free gift
29:27
is going
29:27
to win
29:27
every time.
29:30
That's
29:30
what much
29:31
more free
29:33
gift wins
29:34
every time.
29:36
to those
29:37
who will
29:38
receive the
29:39
abundance of
29:40
grace and
29:41
the free
29:41
gift.
29:42
Those who
29:43
believe.
29:45
Those who
29:46
believe.
29:47
So here in
29:48
this verse,
29:49
in verse 17,
29:50
we have God's
29:51
sovereignty over
29:52
salvation.
29:53
He has the
29:54
gift to
29:54
give.
29:56
And man's
29:57
responsibility for
29:58
salvation,
29:58
those who
29:59
believe,
30:00
those who have
30:00
received the
30:01
abundance of
30:02
grace.
30:02
righteousness.
30:04
It is all
30:05
through Jesus.
30:06
Not you or
30:07
me, but
30:08
Jesus.
30:10
He brings
30:12
righteousness into
30:12
the world so
30:14
that we can be
30:15
partakers of
30:16
this gift.
30:18
I think every
30:19
sermon should
30:20
have 2 Corinthians
30:21
5.21 in it.
30:23
If you don't
30:23
know it,
30:24
for our sake
30:25
He made Him
30:26
to be sin
30:27
who knew
30:27
no sin,
30:28
so that in
30:30
Him we might
30:31
become the
30:32
righteousness of
30:33
God.
30:33
Jesus, who was
30:34
man, but not
30:35
blood of
30:36
Adam.
30:36
Jesus, whose
30:38
life was not
30:38
corrupted by
30:39
sin, who knew
30:41
no sin, never
30:43
sin, sin had no
30:44
bondage over
30:45
Him.
30:46
This Jesus, the
30:47
Holy One, the
30:48
righteous One,
30:49
became sin for
30:50
you and for
30:51
me so that in
30:51
Him we might
30:53
become the
30:54
righteousness of
30:55
God.
30:56
The only way we
30:57
become the
30:57
righteousness of
30:58
God is by
30:58
His righteousness
30:59
He brought
31:01
into the world
31:02
to be given
31:02
to you and
31:03
to me through
31:04
free gift.
31:06
That is the
31:07
great exchange.
31:08
That is what
31:08
Jesus brings.
31:11
He is our
31:11
glorious Savior
31:12
and He gives
31:14
righteousness so
31:15
that we can be
31:16
justified.
31:18
Jesus is also
31:19
the second
31:19
Adam.
31:20
He is the
31:21
second Adam.
31:22
He is the
31:22
Christ, the
31:23
Savior.
31:25
Adam was the
31:26
first man.
31:26
He is the
31:27
patriarch of all
31:28
mankind.
31:30
Jesus is the
31:31
God-man.
31:32
He is the
31:32
patriarch of the
31:33
new mankind.
31:35
He is the
31:36
patriarch for His
31:37
church, for those
31:38
who repent and
31:39
believe.
31:41
Jesus came to
31:42
accomplish what
31:43
only He could
31:43
accomplish.
31:44
He came to
31:48
save sinners.
31:48
God.
31:49
He is the
31:50
God.
31:51
Because we will
31:51
always be
31:52
enslaved to
31:53
sin, to
31:54
corruption.
31:55
And what that
31:57
deserves or what
31:58
that is earned
32:00
is condemnation.
32:03
He came to
32:04
live, die, and
32:06
resurrect to
32:07
create a way in
32:08
which we can
32:08
worship God
32:09
again as we
32:10
were created to
32:11
do.
32:12
He is the
32:12
patriarch of
32:13
worshipers of
32:14
God, image
32:15
bearers of God
32:16
who bear the
32:17
righteousness of
32:18
Jesus.
32:20
He is the
32:20
second Adam and
32:21
there will never
32:22
be a third.
32:25
The book of
32:26
John, Jesus'
32:27
last words,
32:28
it is finished,
32:29
meaning there is
32:30
nothing else to
32:31
be done.
32:31
I have
32:32
completed this.
32:35
Adam's
32:36
disobedience
32:37
affected mankind.
32:38
time, Jesus'
32:40
obedience overcame
32:41
his disobedience.
32:44
Each made an
32:45
impact, but one
32:46
offers death
32:48
while the other
32:48
offers life.
32:51
Adam offers
32:51
condemnation.
32:53
Jesus offers
32:54
hope.
32:55
Adam offers
32:55
slavery.
32:56
Jesus offers
32:57
peace.
32:58
Adam offers
32:59
despair.
33:00
Jesus offers
33:01
joy.
33:03
Adam offers
33:04
failure.
33:05
Jesus offers
33:07
grace.
33:08
Adam offers
33:10
self-worship
33:11
and idolatry.
33:13
Jesus offers
33:14
redeeming
33:15
love.
33:17
Adam offers
33:18
eternal
33:19
despair.
33:20
Jesus offers
33:21
life everlasting.
33:23
This is
33:24
Jesus.
33:27
There was
33:28
one act
33:29
that led
33:30
to all
33:30
sinning
33:32
and
33:33
condemnation,
33:34
but there
33:34
is
33:35
an act
33:37
of righteousness
33:37
that leads
33:38
to justification
33:39
as Jesus
33:40
Christ on
33:41
the glorious
33:41
cross.
33:44
Let me
33:44
take a
33:45
minute here.
33:47
In verse
33:47
18, it
33:49
says,
33:49
therefore, as
33:50
one trespass
33:51
led to
33:51
condemnation for
33:52
all men,
33:53
so one act of
33:54
righteousness
33:55
leads to
33:55
justification in
33:56
life for
33:57
all men.
33:58
salvation.
34:00
That is a
34:00
hot topic.
34:02
I need to
34:03
clarify something
34:03
here.
34:04
Paul, by the
34:05
guidance of the
34:05
Holy Spirit,
34:06
does not mean
34:06
that all men
34:07
will be saved.
34:09
Okay?
34:09
So we're on the
34:10
same page.
34:11
I just want to
34:11
make this clear
34:12
to you.
34:13
This is not
34:14
universal salvation
34:16
for everyone.
34:18
He has gone
34:19
from in verse
34:20
12 talking about
34:21
all mankind,
34:22
universal mankind,
34:24
verse 12,
34:25
all men have
34:26
been condemned
34:29
because of the
34:30
sin of Adam.
34:32
And it
34:32
transitions through
34:33
verse 15 where
34:34
he talks about
34:35
many.
34:36
Verse 17,
34:37
those who
34:37
receive.
34:39
And then
34:39
verse 18,
34:40
meaning all
34:40
types or all
34:42
people.
34:43
So he's not
34:45
saying that all
34:46
people will be
34:46
saved.
34:48
He's saying
34:48
that the grace
34:49
of God and
34:50
salvation is
34:50
open to any
34:51
type of person.
34:53
so Jew or
34:55
Gentile,
34:56
rich or poor,
34:57
man or woman,
34:58
black or white,
34:59
African or German,
35:01
English or Muslim,
35:02
it does not
35:02
matter.
35:03
That is what
35:04
Paul is saying
35:05
here, not
35:06
talking about a
35:07
universal salvation.
35:11
Although Jesus
35:12
could do that
35:13
if he wanted
35:13
to.
35:16
The problem
35:16
is,
35:17
is if this is
35:18
what it's teaching,
35:19
then he has
35:20
already failed
35:21
because we know
35:21
people are
35:22
in hell.
35:26
Tricky.
35:29
So now I want
35:30
to talk about
35:30
the law for a
35:31
minute.
35:32
Verse 20 and
35:33
21.
35:35
The law
35:36
increases
35:37
grace.
35:39
Now,
35:40
verse 20,
35:41
now the law
35:41
came in to
35:42
increase the
35:42
trespass,
35:44
but where sin
35:44
increased,
35:45
grace abounded
35:46
all the more.
35:48
So that as sin
35:48
reigned in death,
35:50
grace also might
35:51
reign through
35:51
righteousness leading
35:52
to eternal life
35:53
through Jesus
35:54
Christ,
35:55
our Lord.
35:58
The law's purpose
35:59
is to show us
35:59
our sin,
36:00
to reveal our
36:02
idolatry and
36:03
our pride.
36:06
Go ahead
36:06
two chapters
36:07
to Romans
36:07
chapter 7.
36:10
Verse 7.
36:15
Verse 7 says,
36:16
What then shall
36:16
we say?
36:17
That the law
36:18
is sin by no
36:19
means.
36:20
Yet,
36:20
if it had not
36:21
been for the
36:21
law,
36:22
I would not
36:22
have known
36:22
sin.
36:24
For I would
36:24
not have
36:24
known what
36:25
it is to
36:25
covet if
36:26
the law
36:26
had not
36:26
said,
36:27
you shall
36:27
not covet.
36:29
The law
36:29
is to reveal
36:30
sin,
36:30
to show us
36:31
sin.
36:32
And the law
36:33
increases the
36:34
grace.
36:38
Verse 20,
36:39
back in
36:39
chapter 5,
36:40
but where
36:41
sin increased,
36:42
grace abounded
36:43
all the more.
36:47
The law
36:48
increases grace.
36:49
We must
36:49
treasure the
36:50
law,
36:50
know it,
36:51
and obey it.
36:52
Psalm 119.
36:53
Flip to
36:53
Psalm 119.
36:57
The longest
36:58
chapter in
36:58
all of the
36:59
Bible.
37:04
I'm sure the
37:05
author was
37:06
going for that.
37:08
Psalm 119.
37:10
Listen to
37:13
these words
37:13
that David
37:14
uses to
37:16
describe how
37:18
he feels
37:19
about God's
37:19
law and
37:20
His precepts
37:21
and His
37:21
commandments.
37:24
119
37:25
verse 9,
37:26
How can a
37:27
young man
37:27
keep his
37:28
way pure?
37:29
By guarding
37:30
it according
37:31
to your
37:31
word.
37:32
With my
37:32
whole heart
37:33
I seek
37:33
you.
37:34
Let me
37:34
not wander
37:34
from your
37:35
commandments.
37:36
I have
37:36
stored up
37:37
your word
37:37
in my
37:38
heart that
37:39
I might
37:39
not sin
37:40
against
37:40
you.
37:40
Blessed
37:41
are you,
37:41
O Lord.
37:42
Teach me
37:43
your statutes.
37:44
With my
37:44
lips I
37:45
declare all
37:45
the rules
37:46
of your
37:46
mouth.
37:47
In the
37:47
way of
37:47
your
37:48
testimonies I
37:48
delight as
37:49
much as
37:50
in all
37:50
riches.
37:51
I will
37:51
meditate on
37:52
your
37:52
precepts and
37:53
fix my
37:53
eyes on
37:54
your
37:54
ways.
37:54
I will
37:55
delight in
37:55
your
37:56
statutes.
37:56
I will
37:56
not forget
37:57
your
37:58
word.
38:01
Cherish,
38:02
know,
38:03
love,
38:04
and obey
38:04
God's
38:05
word and
38:06
the law.
38:08
The
38:08
crescendo,
38:08
the final
38:09
symbols
38:10
together,
38:10
is clanging
38:12
together in
38:12
verse 21.
38:15
Back in
38:15
Romans chapter
38:16
5.
38:19
Verse 21
38:20
says,
38:22
so that
38:22
as sin
38:23
reigned in
38:24
death,
38:25
grace also
38:26
might reign
38:27
through righteousness
38:27
leading to
38:28
eternal life
38:29
through Jesus
38:30
Christ our
38:30
Lord.
38:32
Clang those
38:32
symbols
38:33
together.
38:33
this is
38:34
it.
38:36
What
38:37
glorious
38:37
good news.
38:38
Jesus
38:38
offers what
38:39
we cannot
38:40
do.
38:41
His grace
38:42
is sufficient.
38:44
Jesus
38:44
is the
38:46
way.
38:47
He is the
38:47
way,
38:47
the truth,
38:48
and the
38:48
life.
38:50
He says,
38:50
I have
38:50
come that
38:51
you may
38:51
have life
38:51
and have
38:52
it abundantly.
38:55
So,
38:56
here's my
38:56
four
38:57
concluding
38:58
points.
39:00
Point
39:00
number one,
39:01
God
39:01
takes sin
39:02
seriously.
39:04
Look at
39:05
these words
39:06
that Paul
39:06
uses to
39:07
describe
39:08
sin.
39:10
Death,
39:11
trespass.
39:14
He links
39:15
condemnation.
39:18
Verse 15,
39:19
death.
39:19
Verse 17,
39:20
death.
39:20
Verse 12,
39:21
death.
39:21
Verse 14,
39:22
death.
39:25
There is
39:25
an effect
39:26
to sin.
39:27
There is
39:27
a punishment
39:28
for sin.
39:30
God
39:30
takes it
39:30
seriously.
39:31
In Acts
39:32
chapter 5,
39:32
we have
39:33
the story
39:33
of Ananias
39:34
and Sapphira.
39:35
You guys
39:36
familiar with
39:36
this?
39:37
The disciples
39:38
or the
39:39
apostles
39:40
have,
39:41
the church
39:41
has gathered
39:42
and people
39:43
had everything
39:43
in common.
39:44
They were
39:44
giving of
39:45
everything.
39:46
And at
39:46
the end
39:46
of chapter
39:47
4,
39:48
the writer
39:48
Luke tells
39:49
us that
39:50
this man
39:51
named
39:51
Barnabas
39:52
had sold
39:52
everything
39:53
he had.
39:53
He sold
39:53
his property
39:54
and everything
39:54
and gave
39:55
it to the
39:55
apostles.
39:56
And previous
39:56
to that,
39:57
it said
39:57
there was
39:58
nobody in
39:58
need.
39:59
That's
40:00
the church.
40:00
That's what
40:01
the church
40:01
was doing
40:02
at this
40:02
time.
40:03
Nobody
40:03
had
40:03
anything
40:04
in need.
40:06
Yeah,
40:06
grammatically
40:07
that's correct.
40:07
Nobody
40:08
had anything
40:08
in need.
40:09
There was
40:10
no one
40:11
in need
40:12
at all.
40:13
So in
40:13
chapter 5,
40:14
the writer
40:14
starts out
40:15
by saying,
40:15
and there
40:16
was a man
40:16
and a woman
40:16
named Ananias
40:17
and Sapphira
40:17
who sold
40:18
their property
40:19
and brought
40:21
an offering,
40:21
but they
40:22
kept a little
40:23
for themselves.
40:23
If you
40:26
know the
40:26
story,
40:27
you know
40:27
that each
40:27
one dies.
40:29
Ananias
40:30
just falls
40:30
over.
40:31
Peter,
40:32
I think,
40:32
says to
40:33
Ananias,
40:34
why have
40:34
you done
40:35
this?
40:37
Falls
40:38
over and
40:38
dies.
40:40
Sapphira,
40:41
not knowing
40:41
that her
40:42
husband had
40:43
died,
40:44
comes in
40:45
a couple
40:45
hours later
40:45
and the
40:47
apostle says,
40:48
is this
40:49
everything?
40:50
Have you
40:50
given us
40:50
all?
40:51
And she
40:51
says,
40:51
well,
40:51
yes,
40:52
it is.
40:52
And then
40:53
she dies.
40:54
The reason
40:54
of the
40:55
story is
40:55
not to
40:55
say,
40:56
check out
40:56
what the
40:57
apostles did.
40:57
The reason
40:58
for the
40:58
story is
40:59
to say,
40:59
sin is
41:00
serious.
41:03
God
41:04
takes sin
41:04
very
41:05
serious.
41:09
Second
41:10
concluding
41:10
point,
41:12
our
41:12
identity,
41:14
our
41:14
identity,
41:16
individual
41:16
identity,
41:17
is found
41:18
either in
41:18
Adam
41:19
or in
41:20
Jesus.
41:20
God
41:21
is
41:22
so I
41:22
asked at
41:23
the
41:23
beginning,
41:23
if you
41:24
were to
41:25
die today
41:25
and
41:25
immediately
41:26
be before
41:27
God,
41:28
who would
41:29
you belong
41:29
to?
41:31
Who would
41:32
you belong
41:33
to?
41:33
Would you
41:33
claim citizenship
41:35
with Jesus
41:35
and His
41:36
kingdom or
41:36
would you be
41:37
claimed by
41:38
the sin
41:39
of Adam?
41:41
There are
41:42
only two
41:42
options.
41:44
Who do you
41:44
belong to
41:45
and what
41:45
are you
41:46
enslaved to?
41:48
Sin
41:48
or
41:49
righteousness,
41:51
condemnation
41:52
or grace,
41:53
death
41:53
or
41:54
life.
41:56
Third
41:56
concluding
41:57
point,
41:58
those who
41:59
are victims
41:59
of Adam's
42:00
sin by
42:01
birth are
42:03
also guilty
42:03
of personal
42:04
sin of
42:05
their own
42:05
doing.
42:07
There is
42:07
no guilty
42:08
by association.
42:09
You're just
42:09
guilty.
42:11
There is no
42:11
innocence until
42:12
proven guilty.
42:13
You're guilty.
42:15
We all
42:16
commit sin
42:16
and no one
42:17
is innocent
42:17
of the
42:18
curse.
42:20
And finally,
42:22
birth.
42:23
Birth is
42:24
both the
42:25
cause and
42:26
the cure
42:26
for man's
42:27
sin.
42:29
Both the
42:30
cause and
42:31
the cure.
42:32
We are
42:33
born into
42:33
sin through
42:34
our blood,
42:35
but we can
42:36
also be born
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into a new
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life by being
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born again
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by the
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blood of
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Jesus.
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Read John
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chapter 3.
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So I
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will ask
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again,
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who do you
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belong to?
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It can't
42:47
be both.
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You can't
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belong to
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Adam and
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to Jesus.
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See,
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once you're
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born again,
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your citizenship
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changes.
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You're no
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longer a
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citizen of
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the sinful
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world.
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You are
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now a
43:04
citizen of
43:05
heaven.
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You're no
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longer an
43:08
enemy of
43:08
God and
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a slave
43:09
of sin.
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You are
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now a
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child of
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God,
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adopted
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as sons
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of the
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King.
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So do you
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know this
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King?
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Do you
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treasure
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Jesus,
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the author
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and perfecter
43:20
of our
43:20
faith?
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Do you
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love Jesus?
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Do you
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hate sin
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or do you
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hate Jesus
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and love
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sin?
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Answer
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these
43:31
questions
43:32
this
43:32
morning.
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Answer
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these
43:34
questions.
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Here's
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the beauty
43:38
of our
43:38
text.
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Big,
43:40
giant
43:41
chunk.
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And there's
43:42
a lot
43:42
more in
43:43
there,
43:43
I
43:43
promise.
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Here's
43:45
the beauty
43:45
of this
43:46
text.
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What has
43:48
been said
43:49
up to
43:49
this
43:49
point in
43:51
chapters
43:51
1 through
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4 and
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in a
43:53
little bit
43:53
of 5?
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We can
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be justified
43:56
bearing
43:57
Jesus'
43:58
righteousness.
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That we
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can have
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all our
44:01
sins
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forgiven.
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All of
44:05
this.
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And death
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cannot stop
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it from
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happening.
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That is the
44:10
beauty of
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our text.
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God
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will
44:12
come to
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fruition.
44:19
Beauty
44:20
of our
44:20
text is
44:20
even
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death
44:21
cannot
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stop
44:22
God
44:22
from
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fulfilling
44:23
what
44:23
He
44:23
promises.
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Even
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death
44:27
cannot
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stop
44:29
God
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because
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He
44:30
has
44:30
sent
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Jesus
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to
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live
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and
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to
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die
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for
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us.