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Romans 2:11-16 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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We're continuing our study of Romans, chapter 2.
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You guys want to grab a copy of God's Word and turn to Romans, chapter 2.
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!
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His Word reads,
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For God shows no partiality.
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For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law.
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And all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
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For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God,
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but the doers of the law who will be justified.
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For when Gentiles, who do not have the law by nature, do what the law requires,
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they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
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They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts,
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while their conscience also bears witness.
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And their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when,
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according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men,
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by Christ Jesus.
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Let's pray together.
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Father, You must increase and I must decrease this morning.
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God, I pray, I plead,
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that I decrease so much that there is none of me left up here this morning.
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What is spoken will be Your words to Your people,
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to Your church.
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God, that if somebody is in here who does not know You,
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they would hear Your word for the very first time this morning.
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They would repent and believe in You.
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God, I plead,
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I beg that Your Holy Spirit would continue to move in our hearts.
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God, that You have prepared our hearts to hear a word from You.
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And the words that are spoken are Your words.
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And that combination leaves us different,
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leaves us changed this morning.
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We pray all this in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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As a parent, I love justice.
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I look for justice.
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If I'm dishing out cereal to my kids,
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I try to even it out.
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If I give them one candy bar,
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I'm going to give each one a candy bar.
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I just, I do it.
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And even with four or five or six kids in my house,
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I try to do that.
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I've learned it's not always going to happen.
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Jamie's really quick to teach me that
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we don't need to always be fair.
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But I strive for it.
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If there's six Skittles,
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I'm giving everybody six Skittles.
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If there's two green, two red, two yellow,
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I'm going to try to do the same thing.
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Have you guys seen a picture of Lady Justice,
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a picture or a statue of Lady Justice?
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There's different statues,
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different little pictures,
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but they're all about the same thing.
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Lady Justice has a blindfold on.
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Her eyes are covered.
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She has a scale in one hand
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and a sword in another.
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She weighs the evidence
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and she's blindfolded to show
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that she is impartial to anything
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or anybody else.
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That what is going to decide
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and what is going to show justice
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is the evidence on the scale.
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And the sword is to represent
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that she's going to fight to the end
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to proclaim justice
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based on evidence alone.
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She's a great picture of impartiality.
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Does not show any favoritism.
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Now, of course, we're in a sinful world
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and sinful men and women are in charge
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and responsible for bringing justice sometimes.
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So that doesn't happen all the time
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in our world.
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But the picture is supposed to illustrate
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that she can be impartial.
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This morning, verse 11 tells us
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that God shows no partiality.
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Our Heavenly Father, who is a judge,
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is impartial.
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He shows no favoritism.
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He takes no bribes.
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He judges based alone on His righteousness.
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Our God shows no partiality.
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So everyone, no matter what,
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everyone will be judged.
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And of course, if you read back last week's study,
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we did 6 through 11 or 6 through 10.
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We touched on that,
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that everyone will be judged.
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Well, this morning,
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all of mankind are going to be judged
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based on God's impartiality.
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And verse 12 kind of lays that out for us.
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For all who have sinned without the law
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will also perish without the law.
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So you have those that are without the law
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who sin are going to perish without the law.
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And all those who have sinned under the law
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will be judged by the law.
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So we have two groups encompassing all of mankind
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covered under this one sentence.
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Just think how big God is
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for that statement to be true.
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That all of mankind will be judged
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based on whether they're with the law
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or without the law.
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Under the law or without the law.
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Using that language.
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All of mankind, dead and alive.
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Throughout all of history,
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past to future time,
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today and yesterday,
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all of mankind will be judged.
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The guy who said
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we're going to have a rapture yesterday
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will be judged.
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Everyone will be judged.
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And God will show no,
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or God will show no partiality
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to all mankind,
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which means you have no,
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show no favoritism.
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You cannot earn justice.
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His evidence or your evidence
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will speak for itself.
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The fact,
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the truth of verse 11,
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that God shows no partiality,
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if we are Christians,
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if we are believers,
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should humble us to know
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that we're under that judgment
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and yet still made righteous in Christ.
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The grace that God has shown us.
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We should be humbled
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when we read that statement.
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If you're not a believer this morning,
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you should be scared.
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Can't say it any other way.
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You should fear
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what is going to happen
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because everyone
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will be judged
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based on a God
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who is impartial.
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So,
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Paul kind of breaks it up
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into two groups
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in verse 12.
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Those who have sinned
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without the law
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and those who have sinned
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under the law.
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So let's go with the first part.
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Those who have sinned
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without the law
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will also perish
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without the law.
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These would be the Gentiles,
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the pagans,
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everyone who is not Jewish.
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And I know we've touched on that before.
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Paul keeps repeating it
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in chapter 2.
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He'll repeat it again
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in chapter 4.
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See, the Jews were given the law
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through Moses.
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And we talked about the law
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in our confessions.
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The law was the rule.
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And it was what they most zealously followed.
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And as we know of history,
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eventually,
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Jewish people started
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following the law
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above
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or in front of
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following God.
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So they thought,
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if I could just follow these rules,
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then I would be good with God.
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And we know
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based on all of Scripture
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that that is not true.
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We know now
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we have to be born again.
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And following the law
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is secondary
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to knowing
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and being a follower of Christ.
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So the law then becomes
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secondary
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to the primary,
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which is Christ.
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Galatians 3.24 says,
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So then the law
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was our guardian
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until Christ came
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in order
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that we might be justified
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by faith.
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It was our guardian.
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He kind of nudged us.
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The law kind of helped us,
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pointing us towards Christ.
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That was the point of the law.
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So we have this
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in the Old Testament,
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the law was the point
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as to Christ.
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In the New Testament,
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Christ
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and out of Christ,
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we follow the law.
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Kind of flipped it.
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So in the Old Testament,
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the law was the point
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to somebody
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who was going to fulfill the law
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was going to be perfect.
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And that was Christ.
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In the New Testament,
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we can't follow the law
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without Christ.
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We can't do any good
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without Him.
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So
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if we
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try to do good,
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if we try to follow the law,
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we're going to fail
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because of our sinful nature.
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And that nature
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loves
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to twist it.
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We love to say,
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okay,
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if I just do enough,
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then I'll gain Christ.
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If I just do enough,
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then I'll gain heaven.
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If I just do enough,
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then I'll gain the favor
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of God.
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But guys,
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it doesn't work that way.
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God's Word is clear
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on this subject.
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The law
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does not make you righteous.
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Following rules
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or a list
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will not make you
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a Christian.
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And neither will
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knowledge of the law.
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Knowledge of the law
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will not make you righteous.
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You know,
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we
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would be part of
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a
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camp called
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the Reformed Theology.
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We have a lot of
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arrogance
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in our camp
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who think that
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if I just gain
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enough knowledge,
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I'm better than that guy.
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And I'm afraid
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that there's guys
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who think if I just
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know enough,
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then I will be in heaven
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when it's all said
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and done.
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The reality is
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that's not the case.
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Those who practice
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the law,
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those who do
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religious activities,
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those who go to church,
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those who sing
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in the choir,
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it's not
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going to make you
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a Christian,
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those who
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memorize the law,
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memorize scripture,
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memorize hymns,
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memorize spiritual songs,
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memorize songs
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on the fish
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or 91.5,
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it's not going
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to do it.
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But I'm afraid
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that the Christian
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church today
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and a lot of churches
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around here
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and everywhere
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is filled with people
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who think
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if I just do enough,
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that I'm going
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to be a Christian
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and I'm going to be in heaven,
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that I am going
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to find favor
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in God's eyes.
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But not only
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any of those,
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but even a desire
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to obey the law
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is not going
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to make you
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a Christian,
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is not going
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to make you
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righteous.
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Having those
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good motives
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isn't going
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to do it.
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I have good motives
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in the morning.
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I can't say
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all those motives
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get done.
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Desiring to obey
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the law
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isn't going
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to do it.
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So the question
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is down
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at the root
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of who you are.
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Down at what
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makes you tick.
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What are your
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desires to do?
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What drives you?
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Is it just to try
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to find favor
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in God
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so I continue
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to do good things?
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Why do you
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do what you do?
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Hearing.
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Verse 12
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will tell us
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hearing,
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or verse 13
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will tell us
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hearing the law
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does not make
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any righteous.
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No one.
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The word
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is not someone
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this word
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for hearing
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is not someone
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who just hears,
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but someone
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whose job
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it is
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is to hear.
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Someone who's
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a professional
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listener,
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like a college
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student.
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Your guys'
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job is to sit,
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to listen,
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and to learn.
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And you're
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going to be
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tested based
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on what the
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professor has
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spoken.
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Most of the
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time,
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if you
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have a
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good
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professor,
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if you
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have a
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guy who
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just says
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read this,
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then it's
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up to what
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you read.
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But for my
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illustration,
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there you go,
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all illustrations
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fall short
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somewhere,
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so that's
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good evidence.
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But this
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morning,
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a college
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student's
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professional job
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is to listen
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and learn.
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And you're
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going to be
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based and
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held accountable
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based on
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what you
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have heard.
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word.
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This is the
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picture here
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of this
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word that
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Paul uses
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in verse
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13.
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It says,
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for it is
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not the
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hearers of
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the law
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who are
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righteous
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before God,
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but the
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doers of
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the law
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who will
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be justified.
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Not just
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hearing,
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it's hearing
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and then being
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held accountable
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to what you
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hear.
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So this
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morning,
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you guys
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are all
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hearing and
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listening,
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and you're
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going to be
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held accountable
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for what you
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hear this
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morning.
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verse 13
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says,
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though,
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just hearing
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the word
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does
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nothing.
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Just hearing
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the word
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does
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nothing.
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Like any
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of these
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good things
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that I've
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listed,
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knowledge of
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the law,
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practicing
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the law,
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memorizing
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the law,
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desiring
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to do
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the law,
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hearing
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the law,
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all of
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these
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results
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are
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worthless.
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They
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lead to
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nothing.
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Listen to
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what the
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writer of
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Hebrews
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says about
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those who
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hear the
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law,
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who know
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better and
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continue.
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In
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Hebrews
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chapter 10,
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the writer
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says,
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for if we
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go on
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sinning
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deliberately
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after receiving
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the knowledge
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of the
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truth,
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there no
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longer
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remains a
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sacrifice
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for sins,
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but a
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fearful
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expectation
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of judgment
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and a
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fury of
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fire that
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will consume
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the adversaries.
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Anyone who
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has set
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aside the
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law of
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Moses dies
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without
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mercy on
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the evidence
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of two or
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three witnesses.
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How much
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worse punishment
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do you think
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will be
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deserved by
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the one who
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has burned
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the Son of
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God and
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who has
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profaned the
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blood of the
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covenant by
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which he has
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sanctified and
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has outraged
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the spirit of
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grace?
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For we
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know him
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who said
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vengeance is
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mine and I
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will repay.
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And again,
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the Lord will
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judge his
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people.
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It is a
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fearful thing
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to fall into
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the hands
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of the
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living God.
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Those are
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scary words
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for those
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who hear
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the law.
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Matthew
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seven,
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Jesus is
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ending his
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sermon on
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the Mount
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and he
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ends with
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this.
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Says
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everyone
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then who
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hears these
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words of
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mine,
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what I
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have taught,
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hears these
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words of
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mine and
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does them
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will be like
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a wise man
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who built
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his house
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on the
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rock and
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the rain
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fell and
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the floods
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came and
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the winds
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blew and
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beat on
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that house,
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but it
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did not
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fall because
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it had
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been founded
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on the
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rock.
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And
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everyone who
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hears these
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words of
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mine and
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does not
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do them
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will be
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like a
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foolish
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man who
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built his
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house on
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the sand
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and the
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rain fell
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and the
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floods
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came and
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the winds
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blew and
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beat against
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that house
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and it
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fell and
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great was
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the fall
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of it.
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Can't
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just be
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hearers.
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The second
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part of
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verse 13
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tells us,
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but the
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doers,
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the doers
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of the
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law who
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will be
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justified.
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It is the
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doers who
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will be
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justified.
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In order
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to be
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justified,
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we must
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be doers
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of the
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law.
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James
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1,
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22 and
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24 is
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a familiar
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verse,
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I'm sure.
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But be
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doers of
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the word
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and not
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hearers only,
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deceiving
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yourselves.
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For if
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anyone is
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a hearer
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of the
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word and
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not a
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doer,
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he is
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like a
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man who
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looks
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intently
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at his
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natural
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face in
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a mirror.
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For he
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looks at
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himself and
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goes away
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at once,
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forgets
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what he
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was like.
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Anyone who
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is a hearer
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but not a
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doer is
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like this
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man.
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He's
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forgetful.
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He's
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lost.
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He has
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no
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reference.
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He has
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part of
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it.
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He looks
16:26
in the
16:26
mirror.
16:26
He looks
16:27
at the
16:27
law.
16:27
He sees
16:28
it.
16:29
He looks
16:30
at how
16:30
he's
16:30
supposed
16:30
to act,
16:31
but he
16:32
doesn't
16:32
have the
16:32
whole.
16:33
He
16:33
forgets
16:33
it.
16:34
He
16:34
forgets
16:34
what he
16:35
looks
16:35
like.
16:40
Following
16:40
the
16:40
law,
16:41
being
16:41
doers
16:41
of the
16:42
law,
16:42
our
16:42
works,
16:43
prove
16:46
justification.
16:47
They don't
16:47
lead to
16:48
justification.
16:49
And that's
16:50
what Paul is
16:50
basically arguing
16:51
here.
16:52
Our works
16:53
prove
16:53
justification.
16:54
They don't
16:55
lead to
16:56
justification.
16:56
This is a
16:57
very important
16:57
fact that we
16:59
need to get.
17:00
We get it in
17:01
other scriptures.
17:04
He's not
17:04
saying do
17:06
things.
17:07
remember
17:09
last week,
17:10
verse six,
17:11
he will
17:11
render to
17:12
each one
17:12
according to
17:13
his works.
17:15
That is
17:15
based on
17:16
Christ and
17:16
Christ alone
17:17
doing good.
17:21
It is
17:22
only with
17:22
Christ that
17:23
we can
17:23
obey,
17:24
keep and
17:24
do the
17:25
law.
17:26
Christ
17:26
being
17:26
primary
17:27
and the
17:28
law
17:28
being
17:28
secondary.
17:30
It is
17:30
only with
17:31
Jesus
17:31
Christ that
17:31
we can
17:32
do
17:32
anything
17:32
good.
17:34
Jesus
17:34
Christ
17:34
being the
17:34
indicative
17:35
and
17:36
everything
17:36
good
17:36
being the
17:37
imperative.
17:38
Turn to
17:38
James chapter
17:39
two.
17:41
James chapter
17:42
two.
17:44
James is a
17:45
very practical
17:46
book.
17:47
Very
17:48
practical.
17:53
If you
17:54
want to
17:54
learn how to
17:54
be a better
17:55
Christian,
17:55
read James.
17:57
He lays
17:57
it out for
17:58
you very
17:58
clearly.
18:01
James
18:01
chapter
18:02
two,
18:02
verses
18:02
20 through
18:04
26.
18:05
It's a
18:05
big chunk,
18:06
but I
18:06
want you
18:06
to see
18:06
this.
18:12
Do you
18:13
want to
18:13
be shown,
18:13
you foolish
18:14
person,
18:15
that faith
18:16
apart from
18:16
works is
18:17
useless?
18:19
Was not
18:19
Abraham our
18:20
father justified
18:21
by works when
18:22
he offered
18:22
up his son
18:23
Isaac on
18:24
the altar?
18:25
You see
18:26
that faith
18:26
was active
18:27
along with
18:28
his works
18:28
and faith
18:30
was completed
18:30
by his
18:32
works.
18:33
And the
18:33
scripture was
18:34
fulfilled.
18:34
It says
18:35
Abraham
18:35
believed
18:35
God
18:36
and it
18:37
was
18:37
counted
18:37
to him
18:37
as
18:37
righteousness
18:38
and he
18:39
was
18:40
called
18:40
a
18:40
friend
18:40
of
18:40
God.
18:41
You see
18:41
that a
18:42
person
18:42
is justified
18:43
by works
18:44
and not
18:45
by faith
18:45
alone.
18:46
And in the
18:47
same way,
18:47
was not
18:48
also Rahab
18:48
the prostitute
18:49
justified
18:49
by works
18:50
when she
18:50
received
18:51
the
18:51
messengers
18:51
and sent
18:52
them out
18:53
by another
18:53
way?
18:54
for as
18:55
the
18:55
body
18:55
apart
18:56
from
18:56
the
18:56
spirit
18:56
is
18:56
dead,
18:57
so
18:57
also
18:57
faith
18:58
apart
18:58
from
18:59
works
18:59
is
19:00
dead.
19:01
I want
19:01
you to
19:02
kind of
19:02
underline
19:03
look at
19:03
verse 22
19:04
is the
19:05
important
19:06
verse
19:07
here.
19:08
You see
19:08
that faith
19:09
was active
19:10
along with
19:11
works.
19:11
So faith
19:11
and works
19:12
went
19:12
together.
19:14
And in
19:15
the end
19:15
that faith
19:16
was completed
19:17
by his
19:18
works.
19:18
Abraham
19:23
was justified
19:24
first and
19:26
then did
19:26
works.
19:27
Works
19:27
followed
19:27
his
19:28
faith.
19:30
So Paul
19:30
raises a
19:31
question back
19:32
in Romans
19:33
chapter 2.
19:35
So we
19:35
got that
19:36
works being
19:38
doers of
19:38
the law
19:39
in verse
19:40
13.
19:41
Now 14,
19:43
15,
19:43
and 16
19:44
he kind
19:44
of answers
19:45
a question
19:45
for us.
19:47
And that
19:47
question is
19:48
how then
19:49
can those
19:50
who have
19:51
are not
19:52
under the
19:52
law,
19:53
who have
19:54
not heard
19:54
the law,
19:55
how can
19:55
they be
19:56
found
19:56
guilty?
19:57
How is
19:58
it that
19:58
they can
19:58
be judged
19:59
fairly?
20:01
Because it
20:02
looks to
20:02
me,
20:03
and Paul
20:03
has laid
20:04
it out,
20:04
that the
20:06
Gentiles are
20:07
at a
20:07
disadvantage.
20:07
They don't
20:08
have the
20:08
law.
20:08
They don't
20:09
have the
20:09
rules to
20:10
follow.
20:10
So how
20:11
is it
20:11
that God
20:12
can judge
20:13
impartially?
20:15
Well,
20:16
there's four
20:16
things this
20:17
morning that
20:17
God will
20:18
judge them
20:19
based on.
20:20
And them
20:20
being us
20:21
as well,
20:22
because I'm
20:23
almost certain
20:24
there's not
20:24
any Jewish
20:25
people in
20:26
here.
20:26
If there
20:26
are,
20:27
then you
20:28
got the
20:28
law.
20:30
But we're
20:31
all Gentiles,
20:32
and there's
20:33
four things
20:34
that God
20:34
judges them
20:35
based on.
20:36
The first
20:37
one is the
20:37
rejection of
20:38
God in
20:39
creation.
20:39
And this
20:40
is found
20:40
in Romans
20:40
chapter 1.
20:43
Paul says
20:43
that they
20:44
have no
20:44
excuse.
20:45
verses 1
20:46
or 1
20:47
chapter 1
20:48
19 and
20:48
20.
20:51
Says for
20:52
what can
20:52
be known
20:53
about God
20:53
is plain
20:54
to them
20:54
because God
20:56
has shown
20:56
it to
20:56
them for
20:57
his
20:58
invisible
20:58
attributes,
20:59
namely his
20:59
eternal
21:00
power and
21:00
divine nature
21:01
have been
21:02
clearly
21:02
perceived
21:03
ever since
21:04
the creation
21:05
of the
21:05
world and
21:06
the things
21:07
that have
21:07
been made.
21:08
So they
21:10
are without
21:11
excuse.
21:12
So God
21:13
is going
21:14
to judge
21:14
them based
21:14
on creation
21:15
alone,
21:17
based on what
21:17
God has put
21:18
there and
21:18
shown them
21:19
what is
21:20
created and
21:22
their rejection
21:23
of it.
21:23
They're going
21:24
to be judged
21:25
on.
21:26
Not only that,
21:27
they're going
21:27
to be judged
21:27
on the
21:28
conduct.
21:29
Back to
21:30
Romans
21:30
chapter 2.
21:32
Their conduct
21:33
is going to
21:33
condemn them.
21:35
Verse 14
21:36
and then half
21:36
of the first
21:37
part of 15.
21:39
For when
21:40
Gentiles who
21:41
do not have
21:42
the law by
21:42
nature do
21:43
what the
21:43
law requires,
21:44
they are a
21:45
law to
21:46
themselves even
21:47
though they
21:47
do not have
21:48
the law.
21:49
They show
21:50
that the
21:51
work of the
21:51
law is
21:52
written on
21:53
their hearts.
21:56
Do you
21:56
know the
21:57
population of
21:58
the world
21:58
is saying
22:00
estimating to
22:00
be 7
22:01
billion in
22:02
October of
22:02
this year?
22:03
7 billion
22:04
people.
22:07
There's
22:07
2.8
22:08
billion unreached
22:09
people groups
22:10
or unreached
22:10
people.
22:12
2.8
22:13
billion.
22:13
41% of
22:14
that 7
22:14
billion have
22:15
never heard
22:16
the gospel,
22:18
never read
22:18
the gospel,
22:19
read the
22:19
Bible in
22:20
their language.
22:22
All 7
22:22
billion will
22:24
be judged.
22:26
All 7
22:27
billion will
22:28
be condemned
22:28
unless they
22:29
know Jesus
22:29
Christ who
22:30
is the
22:30
way, the
22:31
truth, and
22:32
the life.
22:33
Now out of
22:34
the 7
22:34
billion, I'm
22:35
sure we can
22:35
find one or
22:36
two good
22:36
people.
22:37
I'm sure we
22:38
can find one
22:39
or two just
22:40
good, not
22:41
Christians, but
22:42
good people.
22:43
So let's go
22:43
throughout history
22:44
and I'm sure we
22:44
can find a few
22:45
more good people
22:47
out there.
22:47
Good husbands,
22:48
good fathers,
22:49
good teachers,
22:50
fair businessmen
22:51
and women,
22:52
fair judges,
22:53
honest lawyers.
22:54
believers.
22:58
The Bible, the
23:00
Bible talks
23:00
about people
23:01
who are
23:02
pagan, who
23:03
God used
23:03
their good
23:04
deeds as
23:04
well.
23:05
Look at,
23:05
don't turn
23:07
there, but
23:07
Daniel chapter
23:08
six, you
23:08
remember what
23:09
happens with
23:09
Daniel and
23:11
the lion's den
23:11
comes back the
23:13
next morning and
23:13
King Darius
23:14
finds him and
23:14
he's alive.
23:15
And then King
23:16
Darius, who's a
23:17
pagan, who's not
23:17
a Christian, not a
23:18
believer, not a
23:19
follower of God,
23:21
makes a decree
23:22
and says,
23:23
people, you
23:24
will follow the
23:25
God of Daniel.
23:28
God used
23:29
King Darius
23:30
and his good
23:31
deeds in Acts
23:33
chapter 23.
23:34
We have the
23:35
Roman military
23:36
protecting Paul
23:39
as he's being
23:40
moved and
23:41
taken to
23:42
different people
23:43
and the Jewish
23:43
people are getting
23:44
angrier and
23:45
angrier.
23:48
They protect
23:49
him.
23:50
They're not
23:50
they're not
23:51
believers.
23:51
believers to
23:53
God use their
23:53
good deeds.
23:55
They didn't
23:56
have the law,
23:57
but they had
23:58
knowledge of
23:58
God's law.
23:59
They had this
24:00
moral law
24:01
written on
24:02
their hearts.
24:05
Meaning the
24:06
law wasn't
24:06
given to them.
24:07
They're not
24:07
Jewish.
24:08
They weren't
24:09
given that
24:10
that that
24:10
law, but
24:11
they still knew
24:12
right from
24:13
wrong.
24:14
And their
24:15
actions prove
24:16
that.
24:16
if they
24:19
never come to
24:20
know Christ,
24:20
if they never
24:21
repent and
24:22
believe their
24:23
good lives will
24:24
be witnessed
24:25
against them.
24:26
Their good
24:27
lives will
24:27
condemn them in
24:28
this courtroom,
24:29
in the
24:29
judgment.
24:34
So for you
24:36
and for me,
24:37
if we do not
24:38
come to know
24:39
Christ, our
24:40
good deeds,
24:41
our good
24:41
actions, our
24:42
desires to do
24:43
good are going
24:44
to condemn
24:45
us and not
24:47
be in our
24:48
favor.
24:51
So first,
24:52
there was
24:52
rejection of
24:53
creation.
24:54
God created
24:55
it and they
24:55
are without
24:55
excuse.
24:58
Their conduct
24:59
condemns them.
25:01
But next,
25:01
in verse 15,
25:02
the middle part
25:03
of verse 15,
25:04
their conscience
25:05
condemns them.
25:08
While their
25:09
conscience also
25:10
bears witness.
25:13
A definition
25:14
of conscience
25:15
is an inner
25:15
witness that
25:16
judges whether
25:16
or not an
25:17
act is right
25:18
or wrong.
25:20
And the
25:21
first place we
25:22
saw conscience
25:23
was in the
25:23
Garden of Eden
25:24
in chapter
25:25
three.
25:26
Remember,
25:27
Adam and
25:27
Eve ate of
25:28
the fruit and
25:30
immediately they
25:30
realized they
25:31
were naked and
25:33
immediately they
25:33
realized something
25:34
was wrong.
25:36
And God
25:36
said, guys,
25:37
where are you?
25:38
And immediately
25:39
what did they
25:39
do?
25:39
They hid from
25:40
God because
25:41
something in
25:41
them told them
25:42
they had done
25:43
wrong.
25:43
this conscience
25:44
appeared.
25:48
Now,
25:48
there's a
25:55
there's an
25:56
African tribe.
25:59
Their
26:00
practice of
26:01
testing guilt
26:01
to accuse a
26:02
person is.
26:04
I don't
26:04
recommend it,
26:05
but pretty
26:06
fascinating.
26:07
They line up
26:08
suspects and
26:10
they make them
26:11
stick out their
26:11
tongue.
26:11
tongue.
26:13
And what they
26:14
do is they
26:14
touch a hot
26:16
knife onto
26:17
each tongue.
26:19
Now, the
26:19
innocent person,
26:20
the tongue will
26:21
sizzle because of
26:22
the saliva and
26:23
there'll be very
26:24
little pain.
26:26
But those that
26:27
are guilty will
26:28
have a dry
26:29
tongue and that
26:30
knife will stick
26:31
and burn and
26:33
vicious searing.
26:34
that making of
26:37
the dry mouth
26:38
was the
26:39
conscience.
26:41
The conscience
26:42
is what makes
26:42
our body
26:44
do that.
26:46
Like I said,
26:46
I don't
26:47
recommend that
26:47
parents.
26:48
You can use
26:48
that too if
26:49
you want
26:49
to give
26:51
parental
26:51
advice.
26:53
Now,
26:55
instinctively,
26:57
we're built
26:58
with the
26:58
senses of
26:59
right and
27:00
wrong.
27:00
we're wired
27:02
so that when
27:03
we do wrong,
27:04
we have some
27:05
sort of guilt.
27:07
Now, of course,
27:08
our consciousness
27:09
is very in
27:09
sensitivity.
27:11
You know,
27:12
depending on a
27:13
person's right and
27:14
wrong, depending on
27:15
their mental makeup,
27:16
depending on a lot
27:16
of things, but
27:17
their sensitivity
27:20
of their
27:21
consciousness,
27:22
their
27:22
consciences,
27:24
not consciousness.
27:24
So as a
27:27
parent,
27:28
you know,
27:28
one of my
27:29
jobs is to
27:29
teach my
27:30
kids right and
27:30
wrong so that
27:31
they can have
27:32
a sensitive
27:32
conscience, so
27:33
that they can
27:33
know right and
27:34
wrong and feel
27:35
guilty and
27:36
grow and
27:37
become good
27:38
people.
27:40
Now, of course,
27:40
as a parent,
27:41
as a Christian
27:41
parent, my
27:42
ultimate goal is
27:43
to raise up
27:43
godly, world
27:45
changing disciples
27:46
of Christ.
27:48
But God can
27:49
use learning
27:50
right and wrong
27:51
to lead them
27:51
to that point.
27:54
So as an
27:55
example, a
27:56
person who has
27:57
good knowledge
27:57
of God's
27:58
word, has
27:59
good knowledge
28:00
of right and
28:01
wrong, will
28:01
have a more
28:02
sensitive conscience
28:03
than someone who
28:04
does not know.
28:05
So if, you
28:07
know, somebody
28:07
who's really
28:08
sensitive and
28:08
somebody curses,
28:09
you kind of
28:10
feel, oh,
28:10
that's, why
28:11
do you do
28:12
that?
28:12
Or, you
28:13
know, you
28:13
see it in a
28:13
TV show or
28:14
a movie.
28:15
I didn't like
28:16
that.
28:17
While others
28:17
might just
28:18
say, eh,
28:20
no big deal,
28:21
just kind of,
28:21
I didn't think
28:22
anything of it.
28:23
sensitivity will
28:25
also vary based
28:27
on whether
28:29
that conscience
28:29
is obeyed or
28:30
resisted.
28:32
You know, we
28:33
have lepers in
28:34
the Bible and
28:36
back in the
28:36
days of the
28:37
Bible, they
28:37
thought that
28:38
lepers, that
28:39
the disease was
28:40
that just created
28:41
sores on their
28:42
bodies and they
28:44
just appeared and
28:45
they didn't know
28:46
why.
28:47
Well, they
28:47
eventually came to
28:48
the realization
28:48
or found out
28:50
that the
28:51
leprosy was
28:51
the their
28:52
bodies became
28:53
insensitive to
28:55
what had
28:56
happened.
28:56
So so they
28:58
get a sore,
28:59
they get a
28:59
cut and they
29:00
don't even
29:00
know it.
29:01
They, you
29:02
know, cut
29:03
their arm off
29:03
and they
29:04
don't even
29:04
feel it.
29:05
There's just
29:06
the way that
29:07
the leprosy
29:08
works.
29:10
They become
29:11
numb to the
29:13
pain.
29:13
Their body
29:14
doesn't feel
29:15
it, so their
29:16
body just gets
29:16
worse and
29:17
worse.
29:18
there may
29:22
come a time
29:22
when a
29:23
conscience is
29:24
neglected so
29:24
much that it
29:25
never gives a
29:26
warning sign.
29:28
In a right and
29:29
wrong situation,
29:30
our consciences
29:32
become like the
29:33
lepers.
29:35
We just don't
29:36
feel it.
29:37
We just don't
29:38
realize it.
29:40
Our body, our
29:41
minds, our
29:42
conscience becomes
29:43
numb to seeing
29:45
and doing and
29:46
hearing things.
29:47
see, God
29:50
can use and
29:51
uses the
29:52
conscience of
29:52
men to
29:53
guide them
29:54
towards
29:54
himself.
29:57
He also
29:58
uses it to
29:59
convict men.
30:02
We've all
30:03
been given
30:04
some sense
30:05
of right
30:06
and wrong.
30:11
No matter
30:12
how guilty
30:13
they feel,
30:14
it will not
30:14
save them
30:15
from judgment
30:16
though.
30:17
No matter
30:17
how guilty
30:18
you feel,
30:19
no matter
30:19
how sensitive
30:20
you are,
30:22
it's not
30:23
going to
30:23
save you.
30:24
No matter
30:25
how remorseful
30:26
you feel and
30:26
no matter
30:27
what action
30:28
you take to
30:28
right the
30:29
wrong,
30:31
you're going
30:31
to still be
30:32
judged.
30:34
In those
30:35
moments,
30:36
those whispers,
30:37
words,
30:37
the moral law of
30:40
God is
30:41
spoken.
30:41
In those
30:43
moments,
30:44
the guilty
30:44
feelings,
30:46
the moral
30:46
law is
30:47
spoken.
30:48
In those
30:49
moments with
30:49
the faster
30:50
heartbeat and
30:51
the what do
30:52
I do?
30:53
The moral
30:54
law of God
30:54
is spoken.
30:55
And the
30:59
moral law is
31:00
what condemns
31:01
those who
31:04
are without
31:04
Christ.
31:05
Listen to this
31:06
quote from
31:07
Charles Spurgeon.
31:10
Do you
31:10
imagine that if
31:11
men's
31:11
consciences
31:12
always spoke
31:13
loudly and
31:14
clearly to
31:14
them,
31:15
they would
31:15
live in the
31:16
daily commission
31:17
of acts
31:17
which are as
31:18
opposed to the
31:19
right as
31:19
darkness to
31:20
light?
31:21
No,
31:22
beloved.
31:23
Conscience can
31:24
tell me that I
31:25
am a sinner,
31:26
but conscience
31:27
cannot make me
31:28
feel that I
31:29
am one.
31:31
Conscience may
31:31
tell me that
31:32
such and such
31:33
a thing is
31:33
wrong,
31:34
but how wrong
31:35
it is,
31:36
conscience
31:36
itself does
31:37
not know.
31:39
Did any
31:39
man's conscience
31:40
unenlightened
31:41
by the Spirit
31:42
ever tell him
31:43
that his sins
31:44
deserved
31:45
damnation?
31:48
Even our
31:48
conscience
31:49
condemns us.
31:50
Even those
31:50
that small
31:52
voice like
31:53
Pinocchio and
31:53
Jiminy Cricket
31:54
condemns us.
32:00
So,
32:01
rejection of
32:01
creation
32:02
condemns
32:02
the Gentile.
32:04
Their conduct
32:05
condemns
32:06
the Gentile.
32:09
Their conscience
32:10
condemns.
32:12
But finally,
32:13
their conflicting
32:14
thoughts
32:15
condemn them.
32:17
The last part
32:17
of verse 15.
32:18
And their
32:21
conflicting thoughts
32:23
accuse or even
32:24
excuse them.
32:28
Kind of builds
32:29
out of the
32:29
conscience,
32:30
also bears
32:30
witness that
32:31
statement just
32:31
before that.
32:34
See, not only
32:34
does their
32:35
conscience condemn
32:35
them, the
32:36
conflict that's
32:37
within their
32:38
head does
32:40
as well.
32:42
See,
32:42
someone may
32:43
fight crime
32:44
fervently
32:44
and never
32:46
give credit
32:47
to following
32:47
the commands
32:48
of Scripture.
32:49
Someone may
32:50
fight world
32:50
hunger and
32:52
never have
32:53
their lives
32:53
changed by
32:54
Jesus Christ.
32:55
Either example,
32:56
though, speaks
32:56
to the evidence
32:57
that they know
32:58
what is right
32:58
and what is
32:59
wrong.
33:01
See, the picture
33:01
here is a
33:02
courtroom where
33:03
on one side
33:04
you have the
33:04
accused.
33:06
Okay,
33:06
you've done
33:07
this, this,
33:07
this, you're
33:08
guilty.
33:11
And on the
33:11
other side, you
33:12
have the
33:12
excuse, you
33:12
have, but I've
33:14
done this and
33:15
I've done this
33:16
and I've thought
33:16
this.
33:20
That's the
33:20
picture, but
33:21
either way,
33:24
guilt is the
33:25
final verdict.
33:27
See, even the
33:28
hardest pagan or
33:29
atheist or
33:30
agnostic know
33:31
what is good and
33:32
what is wrong.
33:34
Think about
33:34
it.
33:36
There is a
33:40
universal sense
33:41
of remorse when
33:42
you hear a
33:42
story about a
33:43
young child
33:44
getting abused
33:44
or murdered
33:45
or an elderly
33:48
person that
33:50
way.
33:50
Everybody knows
33:51
right from
33:52
wrong for the
33:53
most part,
33:54
even with our
33:55
sinful nature.
33:58
It is because
33:59
within every
34:00
human being,
34:01
a conversation,
34:02
a discussion,
34:04
an exchange is
34:05
occurring,
34:05
deciding whether
34:06
or not what
34:07
has happened
34:07
was good or
34:08
bad.
34:09
What is what
34:10
am I going to
34:10
do is good or
34:11
bad?
34:14
And if it was
34:15
wrong, then
34:16
there is sadness
34:17
and those those
34:18
thoughts try to
34:19
excuse that
34:20
person.
34:20
Well, I felt
34:22
bad for that.
34:23
That was sad.
34:26
There's malice.
34:28
There's desire to
34:30
do bad, to do
34:31
evil.
34:31
And those
34:32
thoughts are
34:33
going to
34:33
accuse.
34:35
Either way,
34:36
though, based
34:36
on Romans
34:37
chapter three,
34:38
all have
34:39
sinned and
34:39
fall short of
34:40
the glory of
34:40
God.
34:40
No one is
34:41
righteous.
34:41
No, not
34:42
one.
34:43
So just
34:43
because you do
34:44
good things
34:45
more than you
34:47
do evil things
34:48
does not mean
34:48
that you'll be
34:49
justified.
34:52
And just
34:53
because you
34:53
know good
34:54
and you know
34:55
evil does
34:56
not mean that
34:57
as well.
34:58
look at
35:00
verse 16.
35:02
The section
35:03
ends with
35:03
I'll back up
35:05
to verse 15.
35:07
They show
35:07
they being the
35:08
Gentiles being
35:09
us show that
35:10
the word of
35:11
the law is
35:11
written on
35:12
their hearts
35:12
while their
35:14
conscience also
35:15
bears witness
35:16
and their
35:16
conflicting
35:17
thoughts accuse
35:18
or even excuse
35:19
them on that
35:20
day when
35:21
according to
35:22
my gospel,
35:23
God judges
35:24
the secrets of
35:24
men by
35:25
Christ Jesus.
35:28
The scariest
35:29
fact here,
35:30
I think,
35:32
is that God
35:32
knows the
35:33
hearts of
35:33
men.
35:35
There's the
35:35
secrets of
35:36
men.
35:41
Scary.
35:44
The apostle
35:44
John says
35:45
in John
35:46
chapter 2,
35:47
but Jesus
35:47
on his part
35:48
did not
35:48
entrust himself
35:49
to men
35:50
because he
35:51
knew all
35:51
people and
35:53
needed no
35:53
one to bear
35:54
witness about
35:55
man for he
35:55
himself knew
35:56
what was in
35:57
man.
35:58
Jesus.
36:01
God speaking
36:02
in Jeremiah
36:03
17 says,
36:04
I, the
36:04
Lord, search
36:05
the heart
36:06
and test
36:07
the mind.
36:10
David says
36:11
of God
36:11
in Psalm
36:12
139,
36:13
Oh, Lord,
36:13
you have
36:14
searched me
36:14
and known
36:15
me.
36:16
You know
36:16
when I sit
36:17
down and
36:17
when I rise
36:18
up, you
36:19
discern my
36:20
thoughts from
36:20
afar.
36:21
You search
36:22
out my
36:22
path and
36:22
my lying
36:23
down and
36:24
are acquainted
36:25
with all
36:26
my ways.
36:28
That is
36:29
scary stuff.
36:32
So what
36:33
you do
36:33
behind closed
36:34
doors, what
36:35
you think
36:35
inside of
36:36
your brain,
36:37
what you
36:37
desire, God
36:39
knows.
36:42
Wow.
36:45
God knows
36:46
the heart
36:47
of men and
36:48
will judge
36:48
based on
36:49
that evidence
36:50
as well.
36:51
God.
36:53
So what
36:54
does that
36:55
mean for
36:55
the Gentiles
36:56
then?
36:57
OK, so
36:57
they're guilty.
36:58
Got it.
36:58
Four things
36:59
God judges
36:59
check.
37:01
So what
37:01
does that
37:01
mean about
37:02
us?
37:03
We don't
37:03
have the
37:04
law.
37:06
How can
37:07
we be
37:07
innocent
37:08
then?
37:10
Well,
37:11
Romans 11
37:12
talks about
37:12
being grafted
37:13
in to the
37:14
family.
37:16
That if we
37:17
are believers,
37:18
that we are
37:18
now, if we
37:19
are Christians
37:19
and followers
37:20
of Christ, we
37:21
are now God's
37:21
chosen people
37:22
spiritually.
37:24
There's a
37:25
spiritual thing,
37:25
no longer
37:26
physical, no
37:26
longer just
37:27
because your
37:27
blood is
37:28
Jewish.
37:30
We have
37:31
been grafted
37:32
in.
37:32
And so
37:32
now we
37:33
have the
37:35
law.
37:37
Ephesians
37:38
2.
37:41
Turn
37:42
there.
37:43
Ephesians
37:43
chapter 2.
37:50
Ephesians
38:01
chapter 2.
38:02
Start reading
38:03
in verse 13.
38:06
But now
38:07
in Christ
38:07
Jesus, you
38:08
who are once
38:08
far off, have
38:10
been brought
38:10
near by the
38:11
blood of
38:11
Christ.
38:12
For he
38:13
himself is
38:14
our peace
38:14
who has
38:14
made us
38:15
both one
38:16
and has
38:16
broken down
38:16
in his
38:17
flesh the
38:17
dividing
38:18
wall of
38:18
hostility.
38:19
By
38:20
abolishing
38:20
the law
38:21
of
38:21
commandments
38:21
expressed
38:22
in
38:22
ordinances
38:23
that he
38:23
might
38:24
create
38:24
in
38:24
himself
38:24
one
38:25
new
38:25
man
38:26
in
38:26
place
38:26
of
38:26
the
38:26
two.
38:27
So
38:27
making
38:28
peace
38:28
and
38:29
might
38:29
reconcile
38:30
us both
38:31
to God
38:32
in one
38:32
body
38:33
through the
38:33
cross,
38:34
thereby
38:34
killing
38:35
the
38:35
hostility.
38:36
So what
38:37
he's
38:37
saying is
38:37
that wall
38:38
between
38:38
Jew
38:38
and
38:39
Gentile
38:39
has
38:39
been
38:39
broken
38:39
down
38:40
because
38:40
of
38:40
Christ
38:41
and
38:41
the
38:41
cross
38:41
and
38:42
the
38:42
death
38:42
that
38:42
he
38:42
suffered.
38:45
And
38:45
he
38:45
came
38:45
and preached
38:46
!
38:49
Who
38:50
Were
38:50
Near
38:50
For
38:51
Through
38:51
Him
38:51
We
38:51
Both
38:52
Have
38:52
Access
38:52
In
38:53
One
38:53
Spirit
38:53
To
38:53
The
38:54
Father
38:54
So
38:55
Then
38:55
You
38:55
Are
38:55
No
38:56
Longer
38:56
Strangers
38:57
And
38:57
Aliens
38:57
But
38:58
You
38:58
Are
38:58
Fellow
38:58
Citizens
38:59
!
38:59
Of
38:59
The
38:59
Saints
38:59
And
39:00
Members
39:00
Of
39:01
The
39:01
Household
39:01
Of
39:01
God
39:02
Built
39:02
On
39:03
The
39:03
Found
39:03
The
39:04
Apostles
39:04
And
39:04
Prophets
39:05
Christ
39:06
Jesus
39:06
Himself
39:07
Being
39:07
The
39:07
Cornerstone
39:08
In
39:09
Whom
39:09
The
39:09
Whole
39:09
Structure
39:10
Being
39:10
Joined
39:11
Together
39:11
Grows
39:12
Into
39:12
A
39:12
Holy
39:13
Temple
39:13
Of
39:13
The
39:13
Lord
39:14
In
39:15
Him
39:15
You
39:16
Also
39:16
Are
39:16
Being
39:16
Built
39:17
Together
39:17
Into
39:17
A
39:17
Dwelling
39:18
Place
39:18
For
39:18
God
39:19
By
39:19
The
39:20
Spirit
39:20
So
39:21
Because
39:21
Of
39:21
Christ
39:21
Then
39:22
We
39:22
Can
39:22
Be
39:23
One
39:23
Spirit
39:23
Because
39:23
Of
39:24
Christ
39:24
We
39:24
Can
39:24
Have
39:25
The
39:25
Law
39:25
We
39:25
Can
39:25
We
39:26
Know
39:26
Right
39:32
We
39:32
Are
39:32
Now
39:33
United
39:33
Or
39:34
Can
39:34
Be
39:35
United
39:35
In
39:36
Christ
39:36
And
39:38
God
39:38
Knows
39:38
The
39:39
Heart
39:39
And
39:40
We
39:41
Can
39:41
Have
39:41
A
39:41
New
39:41
Heart
39:42
Because
39:42
Of
39:42
Him
39:42
Because
39:44
Of
39:45
His
39:45
Miraculous
39:46
Work
39:47
A
39:49
Couple
39:49
Weeks
39:49
Ago
39:50
I
39:50
Touched
39:50
Or
39:50
Talked
39:51
About
39:51
David
39:51
And
39:52
Bathsheba
39:52
Everybody
39:53
Knows
39:54
This
39:54
Story
39:54
I
39:54
Think
39:55
Maybe
39:55
Not
39:55
Most
39:57
People
39:57
Know
39:57
The
39:57
Story
39:58
But
39:59
In
39:59
David
39:59
And
39:59
Bathsheba
40:00
He
40:02
Committed
40:02
Adultery
40:03
He
40:03
Then
40:04
Had
40:04
Her
40:04
Husband
40:04
Uriah
40:05
Killed
40:06
He
40:07
Then
40:07
Married
40:07
Her
40:07
To
40:08
Try
40:08
To
40:08
Cover
40:08
It
40:08
Up
40:09
And
40:09
Act
40:09
Like
40:09
The
40:09
Child
40:09
Or
40:11
Try
40:12
To
40:12
Cover
40:12
It
40:12
Up
40:12
With
40:12
Uriah
40:13
Trying
40:13
To
40:13
Go
40:13
Home
40:14
And
40:14
He
40:14
Would
40:14
And
40:14
He
40:14
Was
40:14
A
40:15
Noble
40:15
Guy
40:15
So
40:16
Then
40:16
He
40:16
Married
40:16
Her
40:17
Trying
40:18
To
40:18
Cover
40:19
It
40:19
Up
40:19
All
40:19
These
40:19
Offenses
40:20
Are
40:20
Major
40:21
Offenses
40:22
And
40:22
God
40:22
Could
40:23
!
40:23
Easily
40:23
Justly
40:25
Killed
40:26
David
40:27
But
40:29
He
40:29
Didn't
40:29
He
40:31
Didn't
40:31
Because
40:32
The
40:32
Basic
40:33
Motivation
40:33
And
40:34
Direction
40:34
Of
40:35
David's
40:35
Life
40:35
What
40:36
Drove
40:37
David
40:38
Was
40:38
Not
40:38
Selfish
40:39
Ambition
40:39
Was
40:40
Not
40:40
Unrighteousness
40:42
But
40:43
Is
40:43
The
40:43
Glory
40:43
And
40:44
Worship
40:44
Of
40:44
God
40:45
That's
40:45
What
40:45
Drove
40:46
David
40:46
Read
40:47
The
40:47
Psalms
40:47
He
40:47
Repented
40:49
He
40:50
Put
40:50
His
40:50
Life
40:51
Down
40:51
The
40:52
Mercy
40:52
And
40:52
Grace
40:53
Of
40:53
God
40:53
Often
40:54
Judas
40:57
On
40:58
The
40:58
Other
40:58
Hand
40:59
Judas
41:01
Had
41:01
Everything
41:01
Outward
41:02
He
41:03
Was
41:03
A
41:03
Disciple
41:03
Of
41:04
Jesus
41:04
He
41:05
Cared
41:05
For
41:05
Those
41:05
That
41:06
Jesus
41:06
Cared
41:06
For
41:07
He
41:07
Helped
41:07
Feed
41:08
The
41:08
Five
41:08
Thousand
41:09
Although
41:09
It
41:09
Was
41:09
Probably
41:09
Against
41:10
His
41:10
Spirit
41:10
Jesus
41:12
Judas
41:12
Had
41:13
Everything
41:13
Outward
41:14
But
41:17
He
41:17
Was
41:17
Self
41:18
Centered
41:18
And
41:18
Evil
41:18
In
41:20
The
41:20
End
41:20
His
41:20
Content
41:21
Towards
41:21
!
41:21
Jesus
41:22
Came
41:23
Out
41:24
And
41:24
His
41:24
Betrayal
41:25
And
41:25
Finally
41:26
In
41:26
Judas
41:26
Suicide
41:27
See
41:29
These
41:29
Two
41:29
Lives
41:30
Are
41:30
Very
41:30
Different
41:30
In
41:31
Direction
41:31
But
41:33
In
41:33
Both
41:33
Thoughts
41:34
And
41:34
Actions
41:35
Led
41:35
To
41:36
Judgment
41:36
They're
41:37
Going
41:37
To
41:37
Be
41:37
Judged
41:37
On
41:38
Their
41:38
Thoughts
41:39
And
41:39
Their
41:39
Actions
41:40
See
41:45
Works
41:45
Being
41:46
Doers
41:47
Of
41:48
The
41:48
Law
41:48
Prove
41:50
Justification
41:52
They
41:52
Prove
41:53
Salvation
41:54
They
41:55
Do
41:55
Not
41:55
Lead
41:55
To
41:55
It
41:56
Hear
41:57
Me
41:57
Clearly
41:57
!
41:59
They
41:59
Do
41:59
Not
41:59
Lead
42:00
To
42:00
It
42:00
They
42:00
Prove
42:01
It
42:01
So
42:02
Out
42:03
Of
42:03
Being
42:03
Saved
42:04
Being
42:04
Born
42:04
Again
42:05
We
42:05
Do
42:06
The
42:07
Law
42:07
We
42:07
Are
42:08
Doers
42:08
Of
42:08
The
42:08
Law
42:09
And
42:10
Our
42:11
Thoughts
42:11
Are
42:12
Evidence
42:13
They're
42:14
Evidence
42:14
For
42:15
Evidence
42:15
Of
42:16
Or
42:17
Evidence
42:17
Of
42:17
Against
42:18
Being
42:19
Justified
42:20
In
42:20
Faith
42:20
See
42:21
David
42:21
Knew
42:22
This
42:22
Paul
42:23
Knew
42:23
This
42:24
John
42:25
Knew
42:25
This
42:25
Judas
42:27
Not
42:29
So
42:29
Much
42:29
So
42:31
My
42:31
Question
42:31
To
42:31
You
42:31
Is
42:31
Do
42:32
You
42:32
Know
42:32
This
42:33
Does
42:36
Your
42:36
Conscience
42:37
Condem
42:37
You
42:37
Or
42:39
Does
42:39
It
42:39
Excuse
42:40
You
42:40
Because
42:40
Of
42:40
Christ
42:41
Just
42:43
Because
42:43
You
42:43
Have
42:43
Desires
42:44
To
42:44
Do
42:44
Good
42:44
Doesn't
42:45
Mean
42:45
You
42:46
Know
42:46
Christ
42:47
Just
42:48
Because
42:48
You
42:48
Have
42:49
Desires
42:49
To
42:49
Pray
42:51
Three
42:51
Times
42:52
A
42:52
Day
42:52
Doesn't
42:54
Mean
42:54
You
42:54
Know
42:55
God
42:55
Let's
43:00
Pray
43:00
Together
43:03
To