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A Reality Check · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Well, can we turn back to your reading in Philippians chapter 3?
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We're going to focus on verse 4 through to verse 11 this morning together.
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We can just read again there at verse 8.
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Indeed, I count everything as a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
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Last Sunday morning when we had Scott preaching to us, he was preaching in the book of Acts and had Paul and Ananias there for us,
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showing us the remarkable change that had taken place in the life of Paul and how he was to be an instrument in the hand of God.
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And his life was completely transformed.
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And there's a number of different places that we see the power of that transformation that took place in his life.
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In the book of Acts chapter 9, you see there an account of his conversion experience.
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And as Paul is writing his letters to various churches throughout the New Testament,
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we see there him outlining his own experience in life, the wonderful work of grace in his life.
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And the question that it all boils down to is what he was looking at and trusting in.
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And how initially he was trusting in his own righteousness, in his own works.
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But how when the Lord changed his life and opened his eyes and showed him the grace that he had to offer,
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he realized that that counted for nothing compared to knowing Christ Jesus as his Lord.
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And leaning not on himself, but on Christ's righteousness.
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And it's a question again and again we have to ask ourselves.
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Paul was given a reality check as to what he was trusting in and leaning on.
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And again and again we have to ask ourselves.
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Give ourselves a reality check and examination.
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And ask ourselves, well what is it that we are leaning on?
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Are we trusting in ourselves for our salvation?
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Or are we trusting in Christ Jesus as my Lord?
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And what we see here in chapter 3 in verse 4 to 11 is Paul outlining the real change that has taken place in his life.
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What standards he is looking at now and what standards he had previously.
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In the world of manufacturing, whenever something is being produced,
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it has to pass a quality control check to make sure that it's up to being used in certain circumstances or certain places.
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If you are looking for something that's going to be reliable,
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it has to be marked with a stamp that shows it's approved for that task.
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There's a standard to be met.
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In other parts of our lives, we ourselves come under examination.
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We come under scrutiny.
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Whether it's going through school and sitting exams or university being challenged and tested along the way,
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we have to see what standard we are at.
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Sometimes it's in the workplace where we're having a review of how things are going.
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Other times it's in a medical way.
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When we go to the doctor, we maybe have to answer questions about our lifestyle.
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And if we don't answer honestly, well, the doctor is still going to tell us the reality.
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There are so many ways in life that we are examined.
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There are so many things in life that we use that need to be examined to make sure they meet a standard.
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But what about when it comes to ourselves and this other examination that we need to face when we come under God's Word?
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And when that Word examines us, what standard are we at?
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And what standard should we be at?
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Paul, as you see here writing to the Philippians, is going through this process of examination.
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And he's looking at himself and he's looking at what he used to put his confidence in.
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But now he's showing how the Lord has changed that.
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And how the Word of God is so much more probing, so much more deeper than a doctor's examination.
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Not any other examination we sit in, it goes right into our hearts, right into our core, right into our being.
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And God's Word asks, well, what are we standing on when it comes to eternity?
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What are we standing on when it comes to our salvation?
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Is it ourselves?
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Are we merely looking in the mirror and looking to ourselves and thinking how good we are?
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Or are we looking to Christ?
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So much of our examination of self highlights all that is wrong with us.
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We often look in the mirror and all we'll see is what we see as our faults and our weaknesses.
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And sometimes that is what Paul does.
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He looks at his faults and he looks at his weaknesses, as we all have to do at times.
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But it goes further than that.
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This examination that he looks at here, it goes deeper.
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So it's not just looking at our faults and thinking there's nothing we can do.
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But it's looking, well, what can happen?
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What can change me?
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In the same way as we find a faulty device, we're going to look at some other alternative to it.
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Something that's going to be more reliable.
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Or if we're looking to ourselves and we're under a doctor's examination and something's wrong,
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we ask, well, how can we make it right?
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Well, this examination that Paul shows is, yes, looking at what is wrong,
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but also looking at, well, how is it going to be made right?
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How is our eternity going to be right?
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How is our life now going to be right with God?
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Well, it's not putting confidence in self,
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but putting our confidence in Christ.
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The only way we can meet this standard of standing before God on the day of judgment,
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the only way we can meet his standard,
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is not to come with our own works and our own righteousness
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and say, Lord, here is what I have to offer you.
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We have nothing to give.
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But what we have is to know Christ Jesus as my Lord.
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And when we come to God with that, we are stamped approved.
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We pass the quality test because it's not our own righteousness, but his.
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And that's what Paul is examining in himself, but also for ourselves here today as well.
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What is our confidence in?
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And whom is our confidence?
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And Paul does this, first of all, by outlining what he had.
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What he was looking in the mirror and so proud of in himself.
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That's where he begins, what he had.
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In verse 4, he speaks about confidence in the flesh.
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In light of what he had and what others were teaching in the midst of the people,
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he speaks so strongly about what his previous confidence was in.
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He says,
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Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also.
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If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh,
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I have more.
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You almost see this as a proud boast.
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But yet that's not what he's using it for.
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But he's saying,
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This is what I used to have.
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What he previously put his confidence in.
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And the list is long.
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One commentator puts it like this.
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Here we have the rags that Paul mistook for robes.
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Robes.
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So as you read through this list,
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This confidence in the flesh he has.
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Circumcised on the eighth day of the people of Israel,
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Of the tribe of Benjamin,
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A Hebrew of Hebrews.
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As to the law, a Pharisee.
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As to seal, a persecutor of the church.
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As to righteousness under the law.
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Blameless.
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He's got all of this to offer.
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This is how he would stand before God.
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And say,
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Look, this is my CV.
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This is all that I have to present to you.
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Surely I am worthy through my righteousness.
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He was standing in front of the mirror,
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Admiring himself in all of these things.
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Thinking they were beautiful robes.
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When actually they're just rags.
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He could stand up to the best of them.
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He could put any of them to shame as he saw it in his own eyes.
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But at the heart of it all was pride.
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Pride and self.
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And self-righteousness.
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You see,
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What he was doing was comparing himself to others.
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And aren't we all so guilty of that at times?
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Don't we all stand in the mirror and look to ourselves
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And look at what's good in us?
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Compared to others,
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I'm so much better.
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Like the rich young man who came to Jesus.
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We're putting our boast in everything that we've done for the Lord.
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I've given.
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I've done this.
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I've done that.
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But just like the rich young man,
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Paul,
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Here there was something missing.
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It was all about self.
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Pride and boasting in self.
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And when you look at the different things that he had confidence in,
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So much of it can resonate with ourselves as well.
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Look at the teaching that he had learned.
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You know,
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He describes himself here as confident in so much.
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Circumcised on the eighth day.
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The people of Israel,
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The tribe of Benjamin,
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A Hebrew of Hebrews.
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You see,
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Like at the heart of it all is a people he sees as he belongs to.
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And this is what counts.
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He sees this teaching that he's been under.
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He's learned so much.
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He's done so much for the Lord.
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And this is what counts.
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But what was missing?
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He didn't know Christ.
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He didn't know Christ Jesus.
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Jesus as his Lord.
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And for ourselves,
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Maybe we know so much of the Bible.
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Maybe we know so much about church.
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We know how things operate.
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We know how things work.
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Or we think we do.
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We read our Bibles maybe every day and think we've learned so much from it.
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We can quote the Psalms.
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We can repeat their catechisms.
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We can do all of that.
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But do you know Christ?
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Do you know him as your Lord?
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Do you know him as the one who died on the cross for you?
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What he had was all this wonderful teaching.
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But with no wisdom.
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No application of it as to what does it actually mean.
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He speaks about his family line.
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How he belongs to this proud family with a long tradition.
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And again, it's something we can fall into a trap of.
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Well, I belong to a Christian family.
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We've been brought up in a Christian home.
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And these are things to be thankful for.
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But is our confidence in that?
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Or is it in Christ?
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Our works, as Paul is outlining here.
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He's done so much.
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Sell us for the Lord as he sees it in his own heart.
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But being busy and sell us is fine in and of itself.
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But not when it's not for Christ.
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And not for when it's not knowing Christ in the middle of it all.
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But it's his final boast.
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As to righteousness under the law.
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Blameless.
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His own self-righteousness is what's his greatest downfall of all.
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He was sincere.
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Totally committed.
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Sell us faithful.
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Outwardly righteous.
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And yet utterly wrong.
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So far from God.
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And so far from Christ.
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He was like the fake counterfeit products that will flood our markets at this time of year coming up to Christmas.
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Things that seem like a great deal at the time.
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So much cheaper.
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And yet they maybe last a week.
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Or turn out faulty after a few days.
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They'll fail.
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Buy cheap.
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Pay dear.
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And that's what self-righteousness is like.
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It's counterfeit.
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It's not fit for purpose.
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And it's not going to stand the test of judgment.
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What he thought he had.
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And it was also worth so much.
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It was nothing.
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His own self-righteousness.
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It was what he thought counted for everything.
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So that's what he had.
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Perhaps it's what you have today.
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And what you're putting your confidence in.
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But the second thing we see is what's it worth.
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Paul outlines again for us here what it's worth.
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But whatever gain I had I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
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It says in verse 7.
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What happened in the life of Paul to change things?
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The Lord spoke.
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The Lord convicted him.
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The Lord challenged him.
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And so often what we need ourselves is the word of God just to speak into our hearts and tell us,
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You are so far wrong.
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When you go right back to the beginning with God's question to Adam in the Garden of Eden,
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after they had sinned,
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the Lord asked him,
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Where are you?
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The Lord knew where he was.
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But the question was going deeper.
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What have you done?
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Where are you now with me?
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And that is what happens when we meet with Christ.
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Where are you?
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When Paul met with the Lord on the road to Damascus.
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He said to him,
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Why are you persecuting me?
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Are you persecuting Christ today?
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Are you failing him?
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In thinking that you can stand in your own righteousness and your own works,
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when actually that is worth nothing.
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Everything that Paul was doing to find favor with God,
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you know,
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it was actually making him an enemy with God.
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And that's what we are like too,
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if we think that we can find favor with God through our own works,
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our own righteousness.
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We're just making ourselves enemies with God.
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Is that where you want to be?
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Is that where you want to stand before God as an enemy?
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Surely not.
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And that's what Paul highlights for us here.
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Whatever else we have,
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as we count as gain,
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is actually loss before God
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compared to the surpassing worth
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of knowing Christ Jesus,
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my Lord.
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There is nothing else that counts.
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We are always warned about that,
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about laying up for ourselves treasures in this world.
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Jesus warns us so clearly about it
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in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 6,
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where he says,
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Do not lay up for yourselves treasure on earth
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where moth and rust destroy,
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where thieves break in and steal,
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but lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven
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where neither moth nor rust destroys
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and where thieves do not break in and steal.
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For where your treasure is,
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there your heart will be also.
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Where was Paul's heart away from Christ?
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It was in the flesh, in the world,
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and in everything it had to offer,
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in self and in pride and in self-righteousness.
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But at the end of the day,
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it's worth nothing.
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And that's the warning to ourselves too.
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Are there things that through pride in our own hearts
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are keeping us from God,
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keeping us from salvation?
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We're not right with God.
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We wonder why,
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but it's because of our confidence in ourselves,
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our lack of confidence in Christ.
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When zoos became popular,
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and when they were trying to attract animals
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that they could display,
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put on display for people,
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it meant that there was a market
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where money could be made.
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And many people would travel to different parts
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of the world to catch animals
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so that they could be sold to the zoo.
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And one of the most popular animals
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that people would often try and capture
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were monkeys,
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and all kinds of monkeys
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that could be caught and put on display in zoos.
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But there was one particular monkey
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that people would try and catch.
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It was called a ring-tailed monkey.
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And they proved really hard to catch
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until they found the secret,
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until they found the weakness of the monkey.
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They found that in just a simple way,
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they could trap the monkey
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and get a hold of him
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and then sell him on.
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And all they needed was to have
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a melon on a vine.
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And what they did was
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they cut a little hole in the melon
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so that the monkey could get his hand
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inside the melon
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because the seed inside the melon
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was one of the monkey's favourite food.
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But as the monkey would put his hand in,
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the hole was just big enough
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to get his hand in through the hole.
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But as soon as the monkey
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would take a good bunch of the seeds
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and try and pull his hand out,
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he couldn't get his hand back out.
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Because it was bald enough fist now,
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it was too big to come back out the hole.
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And the monkey would stay there.
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It wouldn't dare let go of the seeds
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because they were so precious to him.
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And this made it easy for people to catch them.
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And doesn't that ring through for ourselves?
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The sins in this world
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that seem so appealing to us
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are just like the seeds inside the melon.
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And we'll just go and we'll hold on to them,
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not realising the trouble
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that it brings our way.
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They're too much, too precious to us
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these things of this world to let go.
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But they'll be your downfall.
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But we have to let go.
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In order to be saved,
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we have to let go.
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And there are things in this world
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that we are holding on to,
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the things that we see as gain,
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but that are really loss.
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What do you need to let go in your heart today?
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What is keeping you
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and what are you putting your confidence in
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that you believe is gain for you
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but is actually loss?
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And what compares
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to the surpassing worth
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of knowing Christ Jesus as Lord?
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It is that alone
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that will save you.
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And that's what Paul shows us.
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He shows us what these things were worth.
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Everything that he has confidence in,
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he counted as a loss
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for the sake of Christ.
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I count everything as a loss
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because of the surpassing worth
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of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord.
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And he's saying,
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this is what I needed.
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This is what you need.
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Again and again,
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he repeats himself in these verses,
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in verse 7, 8, and 9.
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And look at the way he puts it.
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Whatever gain I had,
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I counted as loss
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for the sake of Christ.
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Indeed, I count everything as loss
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because of the surpassing worth
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of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord.
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For his sake,
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I have suffered the loss of all things
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and count them as rubbish
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in order that I may gain Christ
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and be found in him,
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not having a righteousness of my own
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that comes from the law,
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but that which comes through faith
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in Christ.
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Again and again,
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he's repeating there what we need.
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What every one of us needs
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is Christ.
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Gaining the Lord Jesus.
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Being found in Christ Jesus.
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Standing in his righteousness.
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That is what you need.
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That is what I need.
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That is what Paul comes to see for himself
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and is showing to the church at Philippi
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and all believers since.
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Nothing compares to knowing Christ Jesus,
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my Lord.
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But the question often is,
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do you know him?
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Are you standing there
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in front of the mirror
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looking at yourself and saying,
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oh the good that I've done?
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I'm nothing like that person
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down the road.
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I'm nothing like him
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who goes here and there and everywhere
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doing all these wicked things.
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I'm a good person.
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I do right.
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God will accept me
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for what I've done.
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If you're looking in the mirror,
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you're looking in the wrong place.
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If you're looking to self,
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you're looking in the wrong place.
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You need to look at the gospel.
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You need to look to the word of God.
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You need to look to Christ.
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Because there and there alone
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you can stand.
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The offer of the gospel
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is before us all.
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It's a worthy,
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it's worth more than anything else
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this world can offer us.
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And yet we put it away.
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We put it away so often.
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We don't count it
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everything else as loss
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because it seems
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what we need is before us
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in this world.
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To be comfortable.
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To be well off.
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To have food.
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To have cars.
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To have homes.
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All of these things
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have their place.
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But they're worth nothing
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compared to knowing
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Christ Jesus
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as my Lord.
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And that's the challenge
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that Paul puts before us.
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That's the reality check
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that he puts before us today.
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Are we standing confident
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in our own righteousness
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or Christ's?
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In one we will fall.
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In the other we will stand.
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And stand secure
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in the righteousness
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of Christ.
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Are you trying
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to do it yourself
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and failing?
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Well he says
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to come.
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To come
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to Christ.
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And to find
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your rest
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in him.
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There was a story
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from a pastor
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in the Philippines
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who said
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that he once heard
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this story
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about a man
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who was driving
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along the road
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in his wagon.
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A flat bed
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in the back.
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So when he was
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driving along
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and he saw
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this man walking
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along the road
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with a big weight
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on his back
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a big basket
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on his back
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going to the market
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he thought
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he'd be kind
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to him
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and offer him
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a lift.
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So he came
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alongside him
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and he stopped
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and he says
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look
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jump in the back
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of the wagon
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I'll give you
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a lift
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into the town
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save you
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carrying
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that heavy load
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by yourself.
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And the man
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was delighted
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so he jumped
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in the back
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of the wagon
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and the driver
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drove on
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but after a few
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moments
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he looked
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in the back
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to see if his
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passenger was okay
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and what he saw
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stunned him.
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The man who had
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come on board
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his wagon
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instead of putting
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his basket down
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and resting
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was standing
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in the back
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of the wagon
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with his weight
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still on his back
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and he thought
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what was the point
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in that?
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He doesn't get it.
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But isn't that
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how we are
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so often
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ourselves?
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Christ has come
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and he's come
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to take the burden
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of sin
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from us
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to take it
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all away
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from us
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and yet
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we go along
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and we just say
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well I can carry
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it myself.
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I'll manage fine.
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I'll try and have
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a little bit of Christ
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in my life
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but the rest
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I'll take care
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of myself.
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And we're not
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resting
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in Christ.
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Friends
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it's worth
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nothing
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at the end
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of the day.
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What you need
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is that burden
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of sin
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removed
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and the only
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way is not
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through your
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righteousness
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but Christ's.
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And that's
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what Paul
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is showing
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us here
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to know
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Christ Jesus
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as my Lord.
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is he
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your Lord
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today?
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Are you
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looking in the
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mirror
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and proud
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of yourself
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and your own
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righteousness
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or are you
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looking to the
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light of the
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world
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Christ Jesus
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who to know
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is worth
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so much more
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and the
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difference
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between life
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and death.
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Don't stand
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in your own
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righteousness
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righteousness.
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It's worthless.
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Come to
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Christ
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and stand
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in his.
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Let us
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pray.
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Our
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Father in
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heaven we
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thank you
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for the
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gospel and
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for its
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offer to
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us.
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That offer
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of rest
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in Christ.
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The offer
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of rest
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that we so
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often fail
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to grasp
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or to think
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that we can
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manage without
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we can manage
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by ourselves
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but teach us
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Lord not to
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be so proud
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in ourselves
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but to see
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our weakness
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to see our
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faults
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but to see
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Christ who is
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able to take
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them all for
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us.
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So Lord lead
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us to him
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and to his
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righteousness
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that we may
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stand in him
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to be presented
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blameless in that
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day of the
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Lord's return.
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Lord we pray
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these things
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confessing our
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sins but thankful
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for the mercy
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that there is in
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Christ as we
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ask it in his
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sake.
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Amen.
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We're going
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to sing in
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conclusion in
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Psalm 36
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in the Sing
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Psalms
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page 44
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of the
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Psalm books.
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Psalm 36
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we'll sing
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from verse
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7 to
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verse 10
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three stanzas
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the tune
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of Prince
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Edward Island
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Psalm 36
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verse 7
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how precious
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is your
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steadfast love
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what confidence
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it brings
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both high and
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low find shelter
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in the shadow
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of your wings.
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We'll sing from
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verse 7 to 10
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to God's
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praise.
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How precious
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is your
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steadfast love
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what confidence
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that
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before
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know
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what
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is your
30:39
way
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large Watch
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and go find shelter in the shadow of your way.
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A feast within your house and drink from streams of your delight.
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For with you is the source of life and your life is delight.
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And your life is delight.
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And your life is delight.
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For with you is the source of life and your life is delight.
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To those who know you as their God, your steadfast love impart.
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Maintain your righteousness to those of you and of my heart.
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Of pure and upright heart.
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Of pure and upright heart.
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Maintain your righteousness to those of you and of my heart.
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After the benediction I'll go to the door to my left.
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We'll close with the benediction.
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Now may grace, mercy and peace from God,
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Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon
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and abide with you all now and forevermore.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you.