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10 Lessons from Galatians That Will Set You Free · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: Have you ever felt like no matter how much you do,
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  Speaker 1: it is never enough. Have you ever wondered if God's
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  Speaker 1: love for you depends on how good you are? Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you have felt the weight of religious expectations, rules, rituals,
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  Speaker 1: and standards that make you question if you are truly saved.
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  Speaker 1: If you have ever wrestled with guilt, fear, or the
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  Speaker 1: pressure to prove yourself to God. You are not alone.
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  Speaker 1: This was exactly what was happening in the Church of Galatia.
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  Speaker 1: The believers had started out in faith, trusting in Jesus
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  Speaker 1: alone for salvation, but false teachers came in telling them
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  Speaker 1: that faith in Christ wasn't enough, They needed to follow
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  Speaker 1: the law, keep religious traditions, and do more to be
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  Speaker 1: accepted by God. And Paul's response, I'm astonished that you
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  Speaker 1: are so quickly deserting the one who called you to
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  Speaker 1: live in the grace of Christ and are turning to
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  Speaker 1: a different God gospel, which is really no gospel at
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  Speaker 1: all Galatians one, six to seven. Paul wrote the Book
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  Speaker 1: of Galatians as a wake up call, a bold, urgent
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  Speaker 1: message that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone,
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  Speaker 1: in Christ alone, there is no Jesus plus works, no
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  Speaker 1: Jesus plus law, no Jesus plus performance, just Jesus. And
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  Speaker 1: yet thousands of years later, many believers still fall into
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  Speaker 1: the same trap. Some churches preach grace but add unspoken rules,
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  Speaker 1: dress a certain way, act a certain way, and prove
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  Speaker 1: your worth through religious performance. Others teach that you can
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  Speaker 1: lose your salvation if you do not live good enough,
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  Speaker 1: and society itself operates on a performance based system. Your
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  Speaker 1: value is based on what you achieve, what you produce,
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  Speaker 1: or how well you meet expectations. But here is the truth.
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  Speaker 1: The Gospel is not about what you do. It is
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  Speaker 1: about what Jesus has already done. That is why this
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  Speaker 1: book is so important. In this video, we are breaking
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  Speaker 1: down ten life changing lessons from the Book of Galatians,
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  Speaker 1: truths that will free you from guilt, religious pressure, and
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  Speaker 1: the need to earn your way to God. By the
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  Speaker 1: time you finish this video, you will understand why grace
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  Speaker 1: is enough and why you do not have to live
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  Speaker 1: in fear, why following rules cannot save you. Only Jesus can.
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  Speaker 1: What it truly means to walk in freedom instead of
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  Speaker 1: guilt and shame, How to let go of striving and
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  Speaker 1: rest in what Christ has already accomplished, because too many
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  Speaker 1: believers still live in chains, chains of fear, chains of legalism,
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  Speaker 1: chains of thinking. They have to prove themselves to God.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus came to set you free. So let me
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  Speaker 1: ask you. Have you ever felt like you had to
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  Speaker 1: work for God's love? Have you ever been told that
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  Speaker 1: faith alone is not enough? Have you ever wondered what
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  Speaker 1: it truly means to live in the freedom of Christ?
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  Speaker 1: If so, this message is for you. We have also
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  Speaker 1: created a deep explainer video on the Book of Galatians,
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  Speaker 1: breaking it down in a way that makes it easy
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  Speaker 1: to understand. And for those who want to go even deeper,
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  Speaker 1: we have an e book that will help you study
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  Speaker 1: and apply these truths in your daily life. You can
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  Speaker 1: find both linked in the description. It is our hope
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  Speaker 1: and prayer that this video opens your eyes to the
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  Speaker 1: freedom Christ has already given you, that by the time
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  Speaker 1: you finish watching, you will never again live under the
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  Speaker 1: weight of guilt and striving. And if you want us
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  Speaker 1: to cover other books of the Bible in this same deep,
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  Speaker 1: powerful way, let us know in the comments. We are
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  Speaker 1: here to help you grow, to help you understand scripture
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  Speaker 1: and to help you walk in the fullness of God's grace.
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  Speaker 1: With that being said, let's get started. The most important
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  Speaker 1: lesson we learn from Galatians is this you are saved
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  Speaker 1: by grace, not by works. We just learned that. Paul
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  Speaker 1: wrote this letter as a wake up call to believers
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  Speaker 1: who were being deceived into thinking that faith in Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was not enough. False teachers told them that salvation still
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  Speaker 1: required following religious laws and performing good works to be
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  Speaker 1: truly accepted by God. But Paul knew this was dangerous
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  Speaker 1: because the moment you start thinking you can earn salvation,
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  Speaker 1: you are no longer trusting in Jesus. You are trusting
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  Speaker 1: in yourself. This is why he writes in Galatians two
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  Speaker 1: sixteen a person is not justified by the works of
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  Speaker 1: the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we
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  Speaker 1: also have believed in Christ GI in order to be
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  Speaker 1: justified by faith in Christ and not by the works
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  Speaker 1: of the law, because by works of the law no
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  Speaker 1: one will be justified. Paul could not make it any clearer.
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  Speaker 1: We are saved by faith alone, not by good deeds,
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  Speaker 1: not by religious performance, not by our ability to follow
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  Speaker 1: the rules and yet even to day, many believers still
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  Speaker 1: struggle to fully accept this truth because we live in
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  Speaker 1: a performance driven world. From the time we are children,
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  Speaker 1: we are taught that success is based on how hard
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  Speaker 1: we work, how much we achieve, and how well we
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  Speaker 1: meet expectations. Society rewards effort, discipline, and results, and without
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  Speaker 1: realizing it, we start applying that same mindset to our
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  Speaker 1: relationship with God. We think, if I just pray more,
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  Speaker 1: read my Bible more, and serve more, then God will
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  Speaker 1: be pleased with me. Or if I mess up, God
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  Speaker 1: is disappointed and I have to work extra hard to
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  Speaker 1: make it up to him. Or I believe in grace,
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  Speaker 1: but I still have to prove that I'm worthy of it.
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  Speaker 1: And before we know it, we are living in performance
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  Speaker 1: based Christianity, where we still believe in Jesus, but deep
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  Speaker 1: down we think his sacrifice was not enough, that we
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  Speaker 1: still have to do something to earn our place with God.
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  Speaker 1: But here is the truth. Graces is not a reward
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  Speaker 1: for the righteous. It is a gift for the guilty,
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  Speaker 1: and the moment you try to earn it, it is
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  Speaker 1: no longer grace. Paul knew this struggle first hand before
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  Speaker 1: he met Jesus. Paul, then called Saul, was the ultimate
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  Speaker 1: religious performer. He followed the law perfectly. He did everything
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  Speaker 1: he thought would make him righteous in God's eyes. But
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  Speaker 1: when he encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus, he
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  Speaker 1: realized that all of his religious efforts meant nothing compared
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  Speaker 1: to the grace of Christ. That is why he later
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  Speaker 1: writes in Philippians three eight to nine, I consider everything
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  Speaker 1: a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ, Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.
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  Speaker 1: I consider them garbage that I may gain Christ and
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  Speaker 1: be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my
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  Speaker 1: own that comes from the law, but that which is
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  Speaker 1: through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God
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  Speaker 1: on the basis of faith. Paul is saying everything I
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  Speaker 1: did before Jesus, all my religious effort, all my good works,
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  Speaker 1: was worthless because real righteousness does not come from me.
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  Speaker 1: It comes from Jesus. So let me ask you, are
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  Speaker 1: you still trying to earn what Jesus already paid for?
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  Speaker 1: Are you still carrying guilt thinking that you have to
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  Speaker 1: do better before God fully accepts you. Are you still
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  Speaker 1: striving afraid that if if you mess up, God will
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  Speaker 1: turn away from you. Are you still measuring your worth
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  Speaker 1: by your religious performance instead of trusting fully in Christ's
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  Speaker 1: finished work, Because if you are, you are living under
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  Speaker 1: a burden that Jesus already removed. Look at what Jesus
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  Speaker 1: himself said in Matthew eleven twenty eight to thirty. Come
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  Speaker 1: to me, or you who are weary and burdened, and
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  Speaker 1: I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you
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  Speaker 1: and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble
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  Speaker 1: in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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  Speaker 1: For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus never meant for you to carry the weight of religion.
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  Speaker 1: He never told you to prove yourself, earn his love,
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  Speaker 1: or strive for righteousness. He simply said, come to me,
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  Speaker 1: believe in me, Trust in me, and I will give
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  Speaker 1: you rest. Because salvation is not about what you do.
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  Speaker 1: It is about what Jesus has already done. When he
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  Speaker 1: said on the cross, it is finished, he meant it.
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  Speaker 1: Your sin paid for your debt, canceled your place in
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  Speaker 1: God's family secure. So today you have a choice. You
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  Speaker 1: can keep living in performance based Christianity, always striving always
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  Speaker 1: wondering if you are doing enough, always feeling like you
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  Speaker 1: have to prove yourself. Or you can finally rest in grace.
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  Speaker 1: You can believe that jesus sacrifice was truly enough. You
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  Speaker 1: can let go of the guilt that tells you you
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  Speaker 1: have to earn God's love. You can walk in the
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  Speaker 1: freedom of knowing that you are already accepted, already forgiven,
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  Speaker 1: already righteous in Christ because you are saved by grace,
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  Speaker 1: not by works. And once you fully grasp that, you
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  Speaker 1: will never live under the weight of religious pressure again.
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  Speaker 1: The second most important lesson we learn from Galatians is
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  Speaker 1: this The Law cannot save you, only Jesus can. We
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  Speaker 1: just learned that salvation is by grace alone, not by works,
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  Speaker 1: that no amount of effort, rule keeping, or religious performance
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  Speaker 1: can make us righteous before God. But here is the question.
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  Speaker 1: If we are not saved by following the law, then
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  Speaker 1: why did God give the law in the first place.
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  Speaker 1: This is exactly what Paul addresses in Galatians three ten
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  Speaker 1: to fourteen. For all who rely on the works of
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  Speaker 1: the Law are under a curse. As it is written,
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  Speaker 1: cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything
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  Speaker 1: written in the Book of the law. Clearly, no one
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  Speaker 1: who relies on the law is justified before God, because
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  Speaker 1: the righteous will live by faith. Christ redeemed us from
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  Speaker 1: the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.
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  Speaker 1: Paul is saying something shocking. If you try to be
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  Speaker 1: justified by the law, if you think you can be
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  Speaker 1: made right with God through your own obedience, you are
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  Speaker 1: under a curse. Why because the law demands perfection. It
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  Speaker 1: does not say try your best and God will accept you.
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  Speaker 1: It does not say obey most of it and you'll
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  Speaker 1: be fine. It says, cursed is every one who does
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  Speaker 1: not continue to do everything written in it. That means
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  Speaker 1: if you break even one law, you are guilty of
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  Speaker 1: breaking all of it. James two ten confirms this, for
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  Speaker 1: whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just
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  Speaker 1: one point is guilty of breaking all of it. The
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  Speaker 1: law does not grade on a curve. It is not
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  Speaker 1: a checklist where you get partial credit for effort. It
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  Speaker 1: is pass or fail, and the standard is absolute perfection.
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  Speaker 1: And this is where people misunderstand the purpose of the law.
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  Speaker 1: The law was never given to save us. It was
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  Speaker 1: given to show us that we cannot save ourselves. Think
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  Speaker 1: of the law like a mirror. When you look in
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  Speaker 1: a mirror, it shows you your flaws. It reveals the
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  Speaker 1: dirt on your face, but the mirror itself cannot clean you.
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  Speaker 1: In the same way, the law reveals our sin. It
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  Speaker 1: shows us our need for a savior, but it cannot
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  Speaker 1: remove our sin. This is why Paul says in Romans
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  Speaker 1: three twenty Through the law we become conscious of our sin.
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  Speaker 1: The law was meant to lead us to Jesus, to
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  Speaker 1: make us realize that we could never meet God's standard
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  Speaker 1: on our own, to make us stop relying on ourselves
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  Speaker 1: and start trusting in the only one who could fulfill
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  Speaker 1: the law perfectly, Jesus Christ. And this is why Paul
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  Speaker 1: says in Galatians three twenty four, the law was our
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  Speaker 1: guardian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith.
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  Speaker 1: But here is where many people get stuck, because even
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  Speaker 1: after accepting Jesus, they still live as if they are
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  Speaker 1: under the law. They still feel like they have to
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  Speaker 1: prove themselves to God. They still believe that if they fail,
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  Speaker 1: they lose God's love. They still carry guilt, thinking they
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  Speaker 1: are never good enough. And Paul is saying, stop living
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  Speaker 1: as if you are under a curse, Jesus already redeemed
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  Speaker 1: you how by becoming the curse for us. Paul writes
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  Speaker 1: in Galatians three thirteen, Christ redeemed us from the curse
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  Speaker 1: of the law by becoming a curse for us. For
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  Speaker 1: it is written, cursed is everyone who is hung on
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  Speaker 1: a pole on the cross. Jesus took the full weight
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  Speaker 1: of the Law's demands. He paid for every sin, every failure,
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  Speaker 1: every shortcoming, every broken command. He became the curse so
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  Speaker 1: that we could be set free from it. And now
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  Speaker 1: because of Jesus we are no longer under the law.
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  Speaker 1: We are under grace. This does not mean we live
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  Speaker 1: however we want. It means that instead of following rules
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  Speaker 1: out of fear, we obey God out of love. Instead
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  Speaker 1: of trying to earn righteousness, we live from righteousness. Instead
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  Speaker 1: of striving for God's approval, we rest in the approval
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  Speaker 1: Jesus already secured for us. So let me ask you,
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  Speaker 1: are you still living as if you are under the law.
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  Speaker 1: Do you still feel like you have to prove yourself
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  Speaker 1: to God? Do you still carry guilt every time you
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  Speaker 1: fall short? Do you still feel like you are not good? Enough,
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  Speaker 1: because if you are, you are forgetting what Jesus did
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  Speaker 1: for you. The Law was never meant to save you.
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  Speaker 1: It was meant to lead you to the only one
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  Speaker 1: who can. And once you fully understand that truth, you
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  Speaker 1: will never live in fear, guilt, or striving again. The
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  Speaker 1: third most powerful lesson we learn from Galatians is this,
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  Speaker 1: you are a child of God through faith. We just
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  Speaker 1: learned that the Law cannot save us, only Jesus can.
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  Speaker 1: That no amount of religious rule, keeping good works, or
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  Speaker 1: effort could ever make us righteous before God. But now
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  Speaker 1: Paul takes it even deeper, because salvation is not just
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  Speaker 1: about being forgiven. It is about belonging. And this is
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  Speaker 1: where so many people struggle, because even after coming to Christ,
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  Speaker 1: they still feel like outsiders. They wonder, does God really
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  Speaker 1: accept me? Am I truly part of His family? Do
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  Speaker 1: I have the same access to God as others who
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  Speaker 1: have been believers longer? But Paul makes it crystal clear
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  Speaker 1: in Galatians three twenty six to twenty nine. So in
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  Speaker 1: Christ Jesus, you are all children of God through faith.
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  Speaker 1: For all of you who are baptized into Christ have
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  Speaker 1: clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither jew nor gentile,
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  Speaker 1: neither slave nor free, Nor is there male and female.
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  Speaker 1: For you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you
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  Speaker 1: belong to Christ, then you are Abraham, seed and heirs
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  Speaker 1: according to the promise. Paul is saying, you are not
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  Speaker 1: just saved, you are adopted. You are not just forgiven.
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  Speaker 1: You belong in God's family. And the best part, it
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  Speaker 1: is not based on your background. It is not based
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  Speaker 1: on your performance, It is not based on your past.
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  Speaker 1: It is based on faith alone. In Paul's time, many
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  Speaker 1: Jewish believers thought that in order to truly be part
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  Speaker 1: of God's people, you had to follow Jewish customs and traditions.
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  Speaker 1: But Paul says, no, in Christ, there is no Jew
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  Speaker 1: or gentile, no slave or free, no male or female.
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  Speaker 1: You are all one in Christ. Your faith, not your background,
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  Speaker 1: makes you a child of God. This was radical for centuries.
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  Speaker 1: People thought that being part of God's family was about
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  Speaker 1: being born into the right group, that your status, your nationality,
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  Speaker 1: or your religious history determined your place with God. But
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  Speaker 1: Paul is saying it does not matter where you came from.
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  Speaker 1: If you belong to Christ, you belong in His family.
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  Speaker 1: And this truth changes everything because in the world Your
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  Speaker 1: identity is based on what you do, what you have,
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  Speaker 1: and where you come from. People define themselves by their success.
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  Speaker 1: I am what I achieve, their failures. I am the
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  Speaker 1: mistakes I have made, their reputation. I am what people
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  Speaker 1: think of me, their past. I am what has been
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  Speaker 1: done to me. And this is why so many people
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  Speaker 1: live in shame, in security, and fear. They feel unworthy.
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  Speaker 1: They feel like they do not measure up. They feel
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  Speaker 1: like their past disqualifies them from a future with God.
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  Speaker 1: But the moment you come to Jesus, everything changes. You
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  Speaker 1: are no longer an outsider. You are a son or
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  Speaker 1: daughter of God. You are no longer fined by your past.
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  Speaker 1: You are clothed with Christ. You are no longer a
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  Speaker 1: slave to sin. You are an heir to the promise.
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  Speaker 1: Think about that. An heir is someone who has a
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  Speaker 1: guaranteed inheritance, someone who has access to everything that belongs
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  Speaker 1: to the family. And Paul is saying, if you are
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  Speaker 1: in Christ, then you are an heir of God. That
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  Speaker 1: means you have access to the Father's love, a love
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  Speaker 1: that never fails. You have access to the Father's blessings,
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  Speaker 1: his provision, guidance, and care. You have access to the
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  Speaker 1: Father's presence. You can come to him freely, without fear,
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  Speaker 1: and nothing can take that away, not your failures, not
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  Speaker 1: your past, not your struggles. Because you did not earn
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  Speaker 1: your place in God's family, Jesus did. This is why
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  Speaker 1: Paul says in Romans eight fifteen to sixteen, the spirit
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  Speaker 1: you received does not make you slaves so that you
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  Speaker 1: live in fear again. Rather, the spirit you received brought
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  Speaker 1: about your adoption to sonship, and by him we cry
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  Speaker 1: abba Father. The spirit himself testifies with our spirit that
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  Speaker 1: we are God's children. You are not a slave, You're
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  Speaker 1: a child. You do not have to live in fear
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  Speaker 1: because God is not a distant judge. He is your father,
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  Speaker 1: and just like a good father, he does not abandon
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  Speaker 1: his children. So let me ask you, are you living
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  Speaker 1: like a child of God? Or are you still living
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  Speaker 1: like a stranger. Do you still feel like you have
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  Speaker 1: to earn your place in His family? Do you still
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  Speaker 1: let your past define who you are? Do you still
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  Speaker 1: believe the lie that you are not fully accepted? Because
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  Speaker 1: to day God is reminding you you are my child.
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  Speaker 1: You belong to me. You are loved, chosen and fully accepted.
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  Speaker 1: Not because of what you have done, but because of
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  Speaker 1: what Jesus has done for you. So stop li living
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  Speaker 1: in insecurity, stop living in shame, Stop believing the lie
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  Speaker 1: that you are an outsider, because in Christ you are
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  Speaker 1: part of the family. And once you truly understand that,
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  Speaker 1: you will never doubt your identity again. The fourth most
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  Speaker 1: powerful lesson we learn from Galatians is this, do not
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  Speaker 1: go back to slavery. We just learned that in Christ
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  Speaker 1: we are children of God, fully accepted, fully loved, and
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  Speaker 1: no longer defined by our past or religious performance. But
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  Speaker 1: even after knowing this truth, so many believers struggle. They
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  Speaker 1: say they believe in grace, but their hearts still feel bound.
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  Speaker 1: They know that salvation is a gift, but they live
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  Speaker 1: as if they have to earn it. And this is
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  Speaker 1: exactly why Paul wrote Galatians five to one. It is
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  Speaker 1: for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then,
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  Speaker 1: and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a
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  Speaker 1: yoke of slavery. Paul was not writing to non believers.
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  Speaker 1: He was not writing to people who had never heard
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  Speaker 1: the gospel. He was writing to people who had already
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  Speaker 1: been set free, people who had already placed their faith
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus, already experienced his grace and already walked in
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  Speaker 1: the joy of salvation. But something happened somewhere along the way.
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  Speaker 1: They began drifting back. They started believing that faith in
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  Speaker 1: Jesus was not enough, that they needed to add religious rules,
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  Speaker 1: that they had to work to stay in God's favor.
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  Speaker 1: And Paul is pleading with them, saying, why would you
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  Speaker 1: go back? You have already been set free. Imagine a
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  Speaker 1: prisoner who has been locked away for years. One day,
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  Speaker 1: the prison doors are opened and he is told that
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  Speaker 1: he is free to go. He walks out into the sunlight,
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  Speaker 1: breathes in the fresh air, and rejoices in his freedom.
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  Speaker 1: But after a while, he starts feeling uncertain. He wonders
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  Speaker 1: if this freedom is too good to be true. He
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  Speaker 1: becomes afraid that at any moment, someone will take it away,
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  Speaker 1: So instead of walking in confidence, he slowly turns around
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  Speaker 1: and walks back into the prison cell, closing the door
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  Speaker 1: behind him. He sits back down in his old chains,
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  Speaker 1: not because he has to, but because he has forgotten
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  Speaker 1: what freedom really means. This is what happens when believers
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  Speaker 1: return to legalism. The prison doors have been opened, the
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  Speaker 1: chains have already been broken. Jesus has already paid for
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  Speaker 1: their freedom. But instead of walking boldly in grace, they
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  Speaker 1: allow fear, guilt, and religious pressure to pull them back
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  Speaker 1: into a mindset of slavery. They begin to believe the
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  Speaker 1: lie that their relationship with God is based on their performance.
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  Speaker 1: They measure their worth by how much they pray, how
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  Speaker 1: many good things they do, and how well they avoid sin.
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  Speaker 1: And over time they stop experiencing the joy of salvation
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  Speaker 1: because they are too busy trying to prove that they
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  Speaker 1: deserve it. But here is the truth. Grace is only
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  Speaker 1: grace if it is completely undeserved. The moment you start
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  Speaker 1: trying to earn it, you are no longer living in grace.
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  Speaker 1: Paul knew this struggle well before he met Jesus. He
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  Speaker 1: lived under the weight of religious law. He was obsessed
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  Speaker 1: with doing everything right, proving himself and following every command perfectly.
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  Speaker 1: But when he encountered Christ, he realized that all his
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  Speaker 1: efforts meant nothing. That is why he wrote in Philippians
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  Speaker 1: three eight, I consider everything a loss because of the
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  Speaker 1: surpassing worth of knowing Christ, Jesus, my Lord, for whose sake,
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  Speaker 1: I have lost all things I consider them garbage that
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  Speaker 1: I may gain Christ. Paul did not let go of sin,
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  Speaker 1: He let go of religious striving. He let go of
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  Speaker 1: the mindset that told him he had to be good
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  Speaker 1: enough for God. He finally understood that his righteousness was
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  Speaker 1: not based on what he did, but on what Jesus
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  Speaker 1: had already done. And that is the same truth that
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  Speaker 1: every believer must hold on to. But here is the danger.
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  Speaker 1: Legalism does not always look like chains. It disguises itself
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  Speaker 1: as devotion. It looks like a sincere desire to please God,
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  Speaker 1: a passion for holiness, a commitment to doing the right thing.
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  Speaker 1: And that is why so many people fall into it
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  Speaker 1: without even realizing it. They think they are just trying
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  Speaker 1: to be faithful, but in reality, they are slipping back
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  Speaker 1: into a mindset of slavery. They start feeling anxious about
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  Speaker 1: their spiritual life, wondering if they are doing enough. They
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  Speaker 1: feel like they have to prove their faith through their actions.
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  Speaker 1: They carry guilt when they fall short, as if God's
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  Speaker 1: love for them changes based on their performance. This is
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  Speaker 1: why Paul does not just say do not go back.
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  Speaker 1: He says stand firm. Because the pull of legalism is strong,
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  Speaker 1: it whispers lies that make us feel like grace is
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  Speaker 1: not enough, like we have to add something to it,
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  Speaker 1: like we need to prove ourselves to God. But Paul
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  Speaker 1: is telling us to resist, to hold on to the truth,
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  Speaker 1: to refuse to let guilt and fear drag us back
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  Speaker 1: into bondage. And here is what happens. When you truly
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  Speaker 1: embrace grace. You stop living in fear. You stop feeling
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  Speaker 1: like God is disappointed in you every time you mess up.
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  Speaker 1: You stop comparing yourself to others, wondering if you measure up.
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  Speaker 1: You stop trying to earn what Jesus has already given you. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: you live in joy. You wake up knowing that you
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  Speaker 1: are loved not because of what you do, but because
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  Speaker 1: of who Jesus is. You serve God not to gain
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  Speaker 1: his approval, but because you already have it. You walk
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  Speaker 1: in holiness, not out of fear, but out of gratitude.
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  Speaker 1: So let me ask you, are you truly living in
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  Speaker 1: the freedom of Christ or are you still carrying the
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  Speaker 1: weight of religion? Are you standing firm in grace? Or
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  Speaker 1: are you still trying to earn what Jesus already paid for?
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  Speaker 1: To day, God is calling you to let go. Let
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  Speaker 1: go of the pressure to perform, Let go of the
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  Speaker 1: guilt that tells you that you are not enough, Let
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  Speaker 1: go of the fear that makes you wonder if you
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  Speaker 1: are truly accepted. You are already free. You do not
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  Speaker 1: have to prove anything, You do not have to earn anything.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus has already done it all. So do not go back.
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  Speaker 1: Do not return to the chains that Christ already broke.
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  Speaker 1: Do not let fear, guilt, or pressure steal the joy
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  Speaker 1: of your salvation. Stand firm in freedom, knowing that what
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  Speaker 1: Jesus has done is enough now and forever. The fifth
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  Speaker 1: most powerful lesson we learn from Galatians is this walk
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  Speaker 1: by the spirit, not by the flesh. We just learned
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  Speaker 1: that we are called to stand firm in freedom, to
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  Speaker 1: resist the temptation to go back to religious bondage and
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  Speaker 1: performance based faith. But here is the question. Once we
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  Speaker 1: step into freedom, how do we live it out? Because
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  Speaker 1: the truth is, just because we are free does not
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  Speaker 1: mean we automatically walk in victory. There is still a
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  Speaker 1: battle inside of us, a war between two forces, the
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  Speaker 1: spirit and the flesh. Paul describes this battle in Galatians
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  Speaker 1: five sixteen to eighteen, saying so I say, walk by
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  Speaker 1: the spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of
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  Speaker 1: the flesh. For the flesh desire what is contrary to
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  Speaker 1: the spirit, and the spirit what is contrary to the flesh.
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  Speaker 1: They are in conflict with each other, so that you
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  Speaker 1: do not do whatever you want. But if you are
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  Speaker 1: led by the spirit, you are not under the law.
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  Speaker 1: Paul is not talking about a casual struggle. He is
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  Speaker 1: describing an intense war, a constant tension between what our
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  Speaker 1: sinful nature wants and what the Spirit of God is
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  Speaker 1: calling us to. And this is something that every believer experiences.
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  Speaker 1: Even after we are saved, even after we are set
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  Speaker 1: free from sin, there is still a part of us
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  Speaker 1: that pulls in the opposite direction. Have you ever felt
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  Speaker 1: that inner battle. You want to be patient, but anger
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  Speaker 1: rises up. You want to resist temptation, but the desire
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  Speaker 1: still lingers. You want to trust God, but worry creeps in.
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  Speaker 1: You want to do what is right, but your old
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  Speaker 1: habits try to pull you back, and sometimes it feels exhausting,
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  Speaker 1: like you are constantly at war with yourself. Paul understood
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  Speaker 1: this struggle deeply. In Romans seven fifteen, he says, I
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  Speaker 1: do not understand what I do. For what I want
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  Speaker 1: to do I do not do. But what I hate
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  Speaker 1: I do. This is Paul, one of the greatest apostles,
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  Speaker 1: the man who wrote most of the New Testament, saying,
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  Speaker 1: I still struggle. I still feel the pull of the flesh.
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  Speaker 1: I still battle my old nature. But here is where
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  Speaker 1: many believers get stuck. They think that overcoming the flesh
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  Speaker 1: is about will power. They believe that if they just
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  Speaker 1: try harder, pray harder, and discipline themselves more, they can
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  Speaker 1: conquer their sinful desires, and so they rely on their
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  Speaker 1: own strength. They make promises to do better, to resist temptation,
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  Speaker 1: to be more self controlled, but eventually they fail, and
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  Speaker 1: when they do, they feel ashamed, discouraged, and stuck in
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  Speaker 1: a cycle of defeat. But Paul gives us the answer,
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  Speaker 1: walk by the spirit. Because self control is not about
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  Speaker 1: trying harder. It is about surrendering deeper. It is not
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  Speaker 1: about using will power to fight against sin. It is
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  Speaker 1: about allowing the Spirit of God to lead, empower and transform.
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  Speaker 1: You think of it like this. Imagine you are in
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  Speaker 1: a boat rowing against the current. No matter how hard
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  Speaker 1: you try, the water is pushing against you. You are exhausted,
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  Speaker 1: struggling to move forward, feeling like you are making no progress.
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  Speaker 1: That is what it is like to fight the flesh
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  Speaker 1: in your own strength. You are trying to move forward,
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  Speaker 1: but your old nature is pushing against you. Now imagine
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  Speaker 1: that instead of rowing, you put up a sail. Instead
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  Speaker 1: of fighting the current, you catch the wind. The power
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  Speaker 1: of the wind moves the boat effortlessly, carrying you forward
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  Speaker 1: without strain. That is what it is like to walk
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  Speaker 1: by the spirit. You are no longer struggling in your
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  Speaker 1: own strength. You are no longer relying on your own
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  Speaker 1: will power. You are allowing the power of the Holy
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  Speaker 1: Spirit to carry you forward. But how do we do
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  Speaker 1: this practically? How do we walk by the spirit in
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  Speaker 1: daily life? First we must stay connected to God. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: said in John fifteen five. I am the vine. You
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  Speaker 1: are the branches. If you remain in Me and I
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  Speaker 1: in you, you will bear much fruit. Apart from me,
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  Speaker 1: you can do nothing. Walking by the Spirit is not
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  Speaker 1: about trying to be strong. It is about staying close
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  Speaker 1: to Jesus. The more time you spend with Him through prayer, worship,
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  Speaker 1: and his word, the more His spirit will shape you,
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  Speaker 1: guide you and strengthen you. Second, we must recognize that
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit is always speaking. The problem is not that
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  Speaker 1: God is silent. The problem is that we are often
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  Speaker 1: too distracted to listen. How many times have you felt
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit prompting you to pray, but you ignored it?
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  Speaker 1: How many times have you felt convicted about something but
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  Speaker 1: pushed it aside. Walking by the Spirit means learning to
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  Speaker 1: be sensitive to his voice, obeying even when it is inconvenient,
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  Speaker 1: trusting his leading even when it does not make sense. Third,
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  Speaker 1: we must be willing to surrender. Too often we want
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  Speaker 1: God's help without giving him control. We want the Spirit's power,
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  Speaker 1: but we still want to make our own choices. But
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  Speaker 1: walking by the Spirit means surrendering daily saying, Lord, I
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  Speaker 1: give you my desires, my plans, my struggles, lead me,
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  Speaker 1: change me, do what only you can do. This is
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  Speaker 1: not a one time decision. This is a daily battle.
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  Speaker 1: Because the flesh does not just disappear. The desires, temptations,
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  Speaker 1: and struggles do not vanish over night. But the more
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  Speaker 1: we surrender, the more we allow the Spirit to take control,
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  Speaker 1: the less power the flesh will have over us. And
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  Speaker 1: here is the beautiful truth. When you walk by the Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: You are no longer under the law. You are no
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  Speaker 1: longer trapped in a cycle of trying and failing. You
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  Speaker 1: are no longer controlled by guilt and shame. You are
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  Speaker 1: no longer striving in your own strength. You are living
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  Speaker 1: in freedom, not by effort, but by grace. So let
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  Speaker 1: me ask you. Are you still trying to fight the
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  Speaker 1: flesh in your own strength? Are you exhausted from rowing
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  Speaker 1: against the current, trying to do better, trying to be stronger,
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  Speaker 1: trying to resist sin on your own or are you
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  Speaker 1: ready to surrender, to put up the sail, to let
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit take control? Because the truth is, you
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  Speaker 1: were never meant to fight this battle alone. God has
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  Speaker 1: already given you everything you need to walk in victory.
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  Speaker 1: The Spirit is already within you, already leading you, already
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  Speaker 1: empowering you. You just have to let him. So to day,
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  Speaker 1: choose to walk by the spirit. Choose to stop striving
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  Speaker 1: and start surrendering. Choose to trust that God's power in
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  Speaker 1: you is greater than the pull of your flesh. And
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  Speaker 1: when you do, you will experience a freedom and strength
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  Speaker 1: that is not your own, the kind of strength that
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  Speaker 1: carries you forward not by effort, but by grace. The
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  Speaker 1: sixth most powerful lesson we learn from Galatians is this
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  Speaker 1: The fruit of the Spirit is the evidence of a
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  Speaker 1: transformed life. We just learned that we are called to
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  Speaker 1: walk by the spirit, to stop striving in our own
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  Speaker 1: strength and allow God to lead us. But here is
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  Speaker 1: the question, how do we know if we are truly
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  Speaker 1: walking by the spirit. How do we know if our
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  Speaker 1: faith is real, if our lives are actually being changedinged
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  Speaker 1: by God. Paul gives us the answer in Galations five
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  Speaker 1: twenty two to twenty three, saying, but the fruit of
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
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  Speaker 1: and self control. Against such things there is no law.
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  Speaker 1: Paul is showing us something profound. True transformation is not
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  Speaker 1: about effort, It is about fruit. Too many people think
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  Speaker 1: that spiritual growth is about trying harder. They believe that
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  Speaker 1: if they just push themselves to be more loving, more patient,
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  Speaker 1: more kind, they will eventually become the person God wants
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  Speaker 1: them to be. But Paul doesn't say the works of
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  Speaker 1: the spirit are love, joy, peace. He says the fruit
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  Speaker 1: of the spirit. And there is a big difference between
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  Speaker 1: works and fruit. Works are something you produce by your
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  Speaker 1: own effort. Fruit is something that naturally grows when you
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  Speaker 1: are connected to the right source. Think about a tree.
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  Speaker 1: A tree does not strain to produce fruit. It does
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  Speaker 1: not stress, struggle, or force itself to grow apples or oranges.
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  Speaker 1: It simply stays rooted, draws nourishment from the soil, and
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  Speaker 1: over time fruit appears. And this is how spiritual transformation works.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said in John fifteen five. I am the vine.
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  Speaker 1: You are the branches. If you remain in me and
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  Speaker 1: I in you, you will bear much fruit. Apart from me,
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  Speaker 1: you can do nothing. Did you catch that? Apart from me,
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  Speaker 1: you can do nothing. That means true love, true joy,
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  Speaker 1: true peace, true patience. None of it comes from your
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  Speaker 1: own effort. It only comes from being connected to Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: But here is the problem. Many people try to produce
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  Speaker 1: fruit without staying connected to the source. They try to
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  Speaker 1: love people, but they are constantly drained and frustrated. They
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  Speaker 1: try to have peace, but worry and fear take over.
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  Speaker 1: They try to be patient, but they snap the moment
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  Speaker 1: something goes wrong. Why because they are trying to do
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  Speaker 1: something only the spirit can do. And this is where
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  Speaker 1: so many believers get stuck. They focus on external religious
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  Speaker 1: behavior instead of internal transformation. They think that being spiritual
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  Speaker 1: means looking the part, going to church, reading their Bible,
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  Speaker 1: following the rules. But none of those things on their
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  Speaker 1: own can produce true change because transformation does not happen
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  Speaker 1: from the outside in. It happens from the inside out.
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  Speaker 1: This is why Jesus rebuked the Pharisees so harshly. They
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  Speaker 1: looked righteous on the outside, but their hearts were far
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  Speaker 1: from God. In Matthew twenty three twenty seven, he said,
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  Speaker 1: you are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside,
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  Speaker 1: but on the inside are full of the bones of
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  Speaker 1: the dead. The Pharisees had religion, but they did not
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  Speaker 1: have fruit, and Paul is warning us not to make
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  Speaker 1: the same mistake. So how do we cultivate the fruit
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  Speaker 1: of the spirit in our lives. First, we must remain
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  Speaker 1: in Christ. Spending time with God is not just a
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  Speaker 1: religious duty, it is a life line. If you neglect prayer,
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  Speaker 1: if you neglect God's word, if you do not stay
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  Speaker 1: close to Jesus, you will dry up spiritually. But the
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  Speaker 1: more time you spend in his presence, the more his
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  Speaker 1: character will naturally grow in you. Second, we must surrender
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  Speaker 1: to the Holy Spirit. Walking by the Spirit is not
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  Speaker 1: about trying harder, It is about yielding. It is about saying, God,
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  Speaker 1: I cannot change myself. I need you to travel form me.
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  Speaker 1: And when you pray that prayer daily, when you invite
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit to take over, you will begin to
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  Speaker 1: see fruit develop in ways you never could have on
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  Speaker 1: your own. Third, we must recognize that growth takes time.
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  Speaker 1: An apple tree does not produce fruit over night, and
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  Speaker 1: spiritual fruit does not appear instantly either. You may not
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  Speaker 1: feel like you are changing, but if you stay connected
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  Speaker 1: to Jesus, transformation is happening beneath the surface. And here
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  Speaker 1: is the beautiful part. When the fruit of the Spirit
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  Speaker 1: begins to grow in your life, it is not just
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  Speaker 1: for you, it is for the people around you. Because
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  Speaker 1: love is not just a feeling. It is a choice
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  Speaker 1: to put others before yourself. Joy is not just about happiness,
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: It is a deep confidence in God, even in trials.
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  Speaker 1: Peace is not just the absence of trouble, It is
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  Speaker 1: the presence of trust in God. Patience is not just
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  Speaker 1: about waiting, It is about how you respond while you wait. Kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
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  Speaker 1: self control. These are the marks of a life that
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  Speaker 1: is truly transformed. So let me ask you. Are you
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  Speaker 1: still trying to force change in your own strength? Are
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  Speaker 1: you frustrated because no matter how hard you try, you
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  Speaker 1: feel like you are not growing. Are you focused on
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  Speaker 1: religious behavior instead of real transformation. Because to day God
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  Speaker 1: is reminding you it is not about effort, It is
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  Speaker 1: about abiding. It is not about trying harder. It is
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  Speaker 1: about staying connected to Him. So stop striving, Stop forcing
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  Speaker 1: yourself to grow. Stop measuring your spiritual life by how
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  Speaker 1: many religious things you do. Instead, draw close to Jesus,
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: spend time in his presence, Let the Holy Spirit lead you,
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  Speaker 1: and over time you will see fruit begin to grow. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: not because of your own strength, but because God is
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  Speaker 1: working in you. The seventh most powerful lesson we learn
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  Speaker 1: from Galatians is this carry one another's burdens. We just
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  Speaker 1: learned that true spiritual transformation is not about striving, but
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  Speaker 1: about abiding in Christ. That the fruit of the spirit
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  Speaker 1: is not something we force, but something that naturally grows
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  Speaker 1: when we stay connected to Jesus. But here is where
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: many believers get stuck. They think spiritual growth is only
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  Speaker 1: about their personal relationship with God. They believe that as
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  Speaker 1: long as they are reading their Bible, praying, and trying
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  Speaker 1: to live right, they are doing everything they need to do.
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  Speaker 1: But Paul tells us something different. In Galatians six two,
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  Speaker 1: Paul commands carry each other's burdens, and in this way
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  Speaker 1: you will fulfill the law of Christ. This is a
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  Speaker 1: powerful statement because Paul is saying that spiritual maturity is
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  Speaker 1: not just about your own walk with God. It is
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  Speaker 1: about how you help others walk with God too. It
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  Speaker 1: is about stepping outside of yourself, looking beyond your own struggles,
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: and realizing that part of your calling as a believer
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  Speaker 1: is to carry the burdens of those around you. But
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  Speaker 1: this goes against the way most people think. Because we
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  Speaker 1: live in a world that teaches us to be self sufficient.
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  Speaker 1: Society tells us that strong people handle their problems alone,
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  Speaker 1: that independence is a virtue, that needing help is a
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  Speaker 1: sign of weakness, and unfortunately, many Christians have adopted this mindset.
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  Speaker 1: They struggle in silence to a shame to admit when
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  Speaker 1: they need help. They put on a fake smile at church,
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  Speaker 1: pretending everything is fine. They try to handle their burdens alone,
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  Speaker 1: thinking that asking for support means they are not strong
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  Speaker 1: enough in their faith. But the Bible never calls us
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  Speaker 1: to walk alone. Look at what Ecclesiastes four nine to
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  Speaker 1: ten says, two are better than one because they have
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  Speaker 1: a good return for their labor. If either of them
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  Speaker 1: falls down, one can help the other up. But pity
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  Speaker 1: anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
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  Speaker 1: God designed us for community. He never intended for us
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  Speaker 1: to fight our battles alone. He placed us in the
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  Speaker 1: body of Christ so that when one person is weak,
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  Speaker 1: another can help them stand. But here is the other
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  Speaker 1: side of this lesson. Paul does not just say to
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  Speaker 1: let others carry your burdens. He says to carry theirs.
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  Speaker 1: Because Christian community is not just about receiving support, it
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  Speaker 1: is about giving it too. That means we do not
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  Speaker 1: just pray for ourselves, We pray for others. We do
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  Speaker 1: not just focus on our own struggles. We walk alongside
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  Speaker 1: those who are struggling. Do not just seek encouragement, we
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  Speaker 1: become encouragers. But this is where many people hesitate because
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  Speaker 1: helping others is messy. It is inconvenient, it requires time, effort,
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  Speaker 1: and emotional energy, and sometimes it is uncomfortable because what
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  Speaker 1: if someone's burden is too heavy. What if their struggle
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  Speaker 1: is too complicated, What if we do not have the
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  Speaker 1: right words. This is why Paul reminds us that carrying
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  Speaker 1: burdens is not about fixing people, It is about walking
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  Speaker 1: with them. Look at how Jesus carried burdens. He did
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  Speaker 1: not rush to solve every problem immediately. He did not
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  Speaker 1: shame people for their struggles. He simply walked with them,
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  Speaker 1: loved them, and pointed them to the Father. When Peter
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  Speaker 1: was drowning in fear on the water, Jesus reached out
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  Speaker 1: and pulled him up. When the woman caught in adultery
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  Speaker 1: was about to be stoned, Jesus defended her and offered
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  Speaker 1: great When Lazarus died, Jesus wept with Mary and Martha
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  Speaker 1: before performing a miracle. In every situation, Jesus met people
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  Speaker 1: where they were. He did not ignore their burdens. He
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  Speaker 1: carried them, and he calls us to do the same.
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  Speaker 1: But here is where we need wisdom, because carrying burdens
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  Speaker 1: is not just about grace, it is also about truth.
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  Speaker 1: Some people think that loving others means never confronting sin,
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  Speaker 1: that being there for someone means agreeing with every choice
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  Speaker 1: they make. But the Bible tells us that real love
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  Speaker 1: is not passive. It is honest. Paul writes in Ephesians
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  Speaker 1: four fifteen, Speak the truth in love. That means, when
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  Speaker 1: someone is struggling, we do not just comfort them, We
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  Speaker 1: guide them back to God. When someone is walking in sin,
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  Speaker 1: we do not just ignore it. We lovingly call them
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  Speaker 1: to repentance. When someone is burdened by guilt, we do
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  Speaker 1: not just listen. We remind them of grace. Because true
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  Speaker 1: community is not about making people feel good, it is
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  Speaker 1: about helping them grow. So what does this look like
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  Speaker 1: in daily life? It means being intentional about checking on
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  Speaker 1: the people around you, not just asking how are you,
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  Speaker 1: but actually taking time to listen. It means offering prayer
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  Speaker 1: not just in private, but right then and there. It
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  Speaker 1: means showing up for people not just when it is convenient,
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  Speaker 1: but when they need you the most. It means creating
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  Speaker 1: a space where others feel safe to share their struggles,
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  Speaker 1: knowing they will not be judged but loved. But it
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  Speaker 1: also means being willing to ask for help when you
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  Speaker 1: need it, to stop pretending that you have everything together,
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  Speaker 1: to stop believing the lie that struggling in silence makes
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  Speaker 1: you stronger because God never called you to be strong alone.
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  Speaker 1: He called you to leave on the body of Christ.
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  Speaker 1: So let me ask you, are you truly living in
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  Speaker 1: Christian community? Are you carrying the burdens of those around
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  Speaker 1: you or are you too focused on your own struggles?
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  Speaker 1: Are you speaking truth into the lives of others or
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  Speaker 1: are you avoiding difficult conversations. Are you willing to receive
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  Speaker 1: help or are you still trying to handle everything alone?
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  Speaker 1: Because today God is reminding you you do not have
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  Speaker 1: to walk alone. There are people He has placed in
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  Speaker 1: your life who are meant to carry your burdens with you.
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  Speaker 1: And there are people in your life whose burdens you
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  Speaker 1: are called to carry. So reach out, lean in love, deeply,
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  Speaker 1: walk alongside your brothers and sisters in Christ. Because when
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  Speaker 1: we carry one another's burdens, we are not just being kind,
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  Speaker 1: We are fulfilling the law of Christ. The eighth most
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  Speaker 1: powerful lesson we learn from Gods is this you reap
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  Speaker 1: what you sow. We just learned that Christian community is essential,
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  Speaker 1: that we are called not only to walk with God,
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  Speaker 1: but to help others along the way. But what happens
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  Speaker 1: when we walk this journey alone. What happens when we
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  Speaker 1: make choices that pull us away from God rather than
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  Speaker 1: toward him. What happens when we ignore the small daily
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  Speaker 1: decisions that shape our spiritual lives. Paul answers this in
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  Speaker 1: Galatians six seven to nine, saying, do not be deceived.
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  Speaker 1: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
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  Speaker 1: Who Ever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh
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  Speaker 1: will reap destruction. Whoever sows to please the spirit, from
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  Speaker 1: the spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become
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  Speaker 1: weary in doing good, for at the proper time we
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  Speaker 1: will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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  Speaker 1: This is one of the most important principles in all
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  Speaker 1: of Scripture, the law of sowing and reaping. Paul is
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  Speaker 1: reminding us that every choice we make is a seed
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  Speaker 1: that will produce a harvest. The question is what kind
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  Speaker 1: of harvest are we planting for? Because whether we realize
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  Speaker 1: it or not, we are always sowing something. Every word
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  Speaker 1: we speak is a seed, every action we take is
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  Speaker 1: a seed, every habit we form is a seed, and
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  Speaker 1: eventually those seeds will grow into something either good or bad,
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  Speaker 1: life giving or destructive. Drawing us closer to God or
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  Speaker 1: pulling us further away. But here is the deception that
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  Speaker 1: Paul warns against. Many people believe they can plant one
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  Speaker 1: kind of seed and reap a different harvest. They think
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  Speaker 1: they can live according to their flesh and still expect blessings.
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  Speaker 1: They think they can neglect time with God but still
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  Speaker 1: walk in his power. They think they can plant seeds
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  Speaker 1: of selfishness, sin, and compromise, but somehow reap a harvest
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  Speaker 1: of peace, joy and favor. But Paul is saying, do
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  Speaker 1: not be deceived, because God is not mocked. He will
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  Speaker 1: not allow us to escape the spiritual consequences of what
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  Speaker 1: we plant. Jesus himself taught this principle in Luke six
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  Speaker 1: forty three to forty five, saying, no good tree bears
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  Speaker 1: bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
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  Speaker 1: Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. In other words,
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  Speaker 1: your life will always reflect what you have been sowing.
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  Speaker 1: If you plant seeds of the flesh, giving into sin,
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  Speaker 1: feeding unhealthy desires, living for yourself, you will reap the
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  Speaker 1: consequences of that. It may not happen immediately, but over
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  Speaker 1: time it will show. It will lead to regret, brokenness,
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  Speaker 1: distance from God, and eventually destruction. But if you plant
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  Speaker 1: seeds of the spirit, seeking God, bocking in obedience, spending
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  Speaker 1: time in his presence, you will reap life, peace, strength,
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  Speaker 1: and an unshakable faith. And this is where perseverance comes
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  Speaker 1: in because many people start strong, but they give up
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  Speaker 1: when they do not see immediate results. They pray for
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  Speaker 1: a breakthrough but lose heart when nothing changes. They obey
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  Speaker 1: God for a while, but stop when it feels like
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  Speaker 1: their faithfulness is not producing fruit. They plant seeds of righteousness,
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  Speaker 1: but abandon the field before the harvest comes. And Paul
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  Speaker 1: is saying, do not grow weary, do not give up,
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  Speaker 1: keep sewing because the harvest is coming. This is why
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  Speaker 1: farmers do not plant seeds and expect a harvest the
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  Speaker 1: next day. They understand that growth takes time, that there
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  Speaker 1: is a process they cannot rush, and the same is
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  Speaker 1: true spiritually. Maybe you have been praying for something but
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  Speaker 1: you have not seen the answer yet. Maybe you have
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  Speaker 1: been trying to live righteously but you feel like you
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  Speaker 1: are not seeing any results. Maybe you have been holding
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  Speaker 1: on to faith but life keeps throwing obstacles in your way,
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  Speaker 1: and you are wondering is it even worth it? Should
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  Speaker 1: I just stop trying? Should I just give up? But
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  Speaker 1: God is telling you today, keep sowing, keep pressing forward,
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  Speaker 1: keep trusting that the seeds you are planting in faith
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  Speaker 1: will bear fruit in time. Because the harvest does not
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  Speaker 1: come to those who quit, it comes to those who endure.
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  Speaker 1: So let me ask you what seeds are you sowing
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  Speaker 1: right now? Are you planting the seeds of the spirit,
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  Speaker 1: trusting that even if you do not see immediate results,
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  Speaker 1: God is working. Or are you sowing to the flesh,
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  Speaker 1: allowing bad habits, small compromises, and distractions to grow into
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  Speaker 1: something dangerous. Because your life today is the result of
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  Speaker 1: the seeds you plant unted yesterday, and your life tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: will be the result of what you plant to day.
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  Speaker 1: So make the decision now, so wisely, choose obedience over convenience,
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  Speaker 1: choose faith over doubt, choose perseverance over quitting, because what
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  Speaker 1: you plant to day will determine the harvest you reap tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: The ninth most powerful lesson we learn from Galatians is
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  Speaker 1: this most only in the Cross of Christ. We just
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  Speaker 1: learned that every choice we make is a seed, and
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  Speaker 1: eventually we will reap what we sow. That means everything
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  Speaker 1: we do, every action, every word, every habit either builds
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  Speaker 1: toward a life in the spirit or a life in
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  Speaker 1: the flesh. But even as we strive to sow good seeds,
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  Speaker 1: there is a danger that sneaks in, one that corrupts
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  Speaker 1: even the best intentions. And that danger is Pride understood
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  Speaker 1: this deeply, which is why he wrote in Galatians six fourteen,
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  Speaker 1: may I never boast except in the cross of our
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  Speaker 1: Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified
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  Speaker 1: to me and I to the world. At first glance,
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  Speaker 1: this might seem like an odd statement. After all, what
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  Speaker 1: does the cross have to do with boasting. In Paul's time,
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  Speaker 1: the cross was not something people glorified. It was a
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  Speaker 1: symbol of shame, suffering, and death. To the Romans, it
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  Speaker 1: was the most humiliating way to die. To the Jews,
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  Speaker 1: it was a curse. And yet Paul says, the cross
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  Speaker 1: is the only thing I will boast in. Why Because
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  Speaker 1: Paul knew that nothing else mattered, not his achievements, not
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  Speaker 1: his status, not his reputation, not his ability to keep
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  Speaker 1: the law. Everything he once took pride in he now
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  Speaker 1: considered worthless. Compared to Christ. In Philippians three four to eight,
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  Speaker 1: Paul described his past. If someone else thinks they have
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  Speaker 1: reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more
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  Speaker 1: circumcised on the eighth day of the people of Israel,
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  Speaker 1: of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. In
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  Speaker 1: regard to the law a pharisee, as for zeal persecuting
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  Speaker 1: the church, as for righteousness based on the law faultless.
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  Speaker 1: Paul is saying, if salvation was based on achievements, I
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  Speaker 1: had every reason to boast. But then he continues, but
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  Speaker 1: whatever were gains to me, I now consider loss for
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  Speaker 1: the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything
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  Speaker 1: a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.
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  Speaker 1: I consider them garbage that I may gain Christ. Paul
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  Speaker 1: realized something life changing. Everything he once thought was valuable
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  Speaker 1: meant nothing compared to Jesus. And this is where so
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  Speaker 1: many of us get trapped, because even if we believe
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  Speaker 1: in grace, we still fall into the trap of measuring
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  Speaker 1: our worth by worldly standards. We boast in our accomplishments,
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  Speaker 1: thinking our success defines us We boast in our morality,
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  Speaker 1: thinking our good behavior makes us righteous. We boast in
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  Speaker 1: our spiritual knowledge, thinking we are better than others because
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  Speaker 1: we understand scripture. We boast in our church involvement, thinking
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  Speaker 1: our service earns us more favor with God, but poorly
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  Speaker 1: saying none of that matters. The only thing worth boasting
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  Speaker 1: about is the Cross, because the Cross is the great equalizer.
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  Speaker 1: It does not care about your status. It does not
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  Speaker 1: care about your achievements. It does not care about how
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  Speaker 1: much money you have, how many good deeds you have done,
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  Speaker 1: or how perfect you appear to be. The Cross reminds
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  Speaker 1: us that we were all lost, all broken, all sinful,
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  Speaker 1: and completely incapable of saving ourselves, and the only thing
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  Speaker 1: that changed our destiny was Jesus. So why do we
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  Speaker 1: still act like we have something to prove? Why do
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  Speaker 1: we still compare ourselves to others, trying to look better,
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  Speaker 1: sound more spiritual, or be more accomplished. Why do we
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  Speaker 1: still try to attach our worth to things that fade
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  Speaker 1: our careers, our reputation, our performance, when we already have
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  Speaker 1: an identity that cannot be shaken. Paul says in First
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  Speaker 1: Corinthians one thirty one, Let the one who boasts boast
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  Speaker 1: in the Lord. Because true confidence does not come from
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  Speaker 1: what we can do. It comes from what Jesus has
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  Speaker 1: already done. But this is where the battle of pride
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  Speaker 1: comes in. Because the world tells us that our value
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  Speaker 1: is based on what we achieve. It tells us that
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  Speaker 1: success is about building a name for ourselves, that strength
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  Speaker 1: means proving we are better than others, that significance is
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  Speaker 1: about how much we accomplish. But Jesus flips that upside down.
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  Speaker 1: He says, if you want to be great, serve. He says,
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  Speaker 1: if you want to be first, be last. He says,
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  Speaker 1: if you want to find your life, lose it. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: is not looking for people who think they have it
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  Speaker 1: all together. He is looking for people who are willing
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  Speaker 1: to surrender everything. Because true humility is not thinking less
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  Speaker 1: of yourself. It is thinking of yourself less. It is
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  Speaker 1: realizing that your worth is already secure in Christ, so
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  Speaker 1: you do not have to prove anything. It is letting
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  Speaker 1: go of pride, of comparison, of striving for approval, and
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  Speaker 1: simply resting in the truth that you are love, chosen
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  Speaker 1: and redeemed, not because of who you are, but because
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  Speaker 1: of who Jesus is. So let me ask you, where
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  Speaker 1: do you find your worth? Are you still trying to
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  Speaker 1: prove yourself? Still trying to build your identity on things
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  Speaker 1: that will not last? Are you still boasting in your achievements,
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  Speaker 1: your knowledge, your abilities forgetting that everything you have is
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  Speaker 1: because of God's grace? Because today God is reminding you
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  Speaker 1: let it go. Stop finding your identity in things that
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  Speaker 1: will pass away. Stop boasting in yourself, Stop trying to
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  Speaker 1: earn what Jesus already paid for. Boast only in the cross,
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  Speaker 1: because the Cross is the only thing that truly defines you.
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  Speaker 1: The tenth most powerful lesson we learn from Galatians is this,
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  Speaker 1: you are a new creation. You are no longer defined
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  Speaker 1: by your past. We just learned that nothing in this
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  Speaker 1: world is worth boasting about except the Cross of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: that no achievement, status, or religious effort can define us.
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  Speaker 1: Only Jesus can. But here's the problem. Even when we
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  Speaker 1: know this truth, many of us still live as if
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  Speaker 1: we are chained to our past. We still carry shame, regret,
• 1:00:08
  Speaker 1: and guilt over things that Jesus has already forgiven. We
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  Speaker 1: still allow our old identity, our past failures, and the
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 1: opinions of others to dictate how we see ourselves, and
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 1: Paul wants us to understand that in Christ we are
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  Speaker 1: not the same people we used to be. He makes
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 1: this clear e Galations six fifteen, where he writes, neither
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  Speaker 1: circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is the new Creation.
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  Speaker 1: Paul is saying, all these outward things that people put
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  Speaker 1: their confidence in religious rituals, old traditions, personal achievements, they
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 1: do not matter. What truly matters is this. If you
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  Speaker 1: are in Christ, you are completely new. This is a
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  Speaker 1: theme Paul repeats throughout his letters. In two Corinthians five seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: he says, therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new
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  Speaker 1: creation has come, the old has gone. The new is here.
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: In Romans eight one, he says, there is now no
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 1: condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. But here
• 1:01:16
  Speaker 1: is where so many believers struggle, because even though they
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 1: have been made new, they still think like the old
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  Speaker 1: person they used to be. They still define themselves by
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  Speaker 1: their past mistakes. They still live under the weight of
• 1:01:30
  Speaker 1: guilt and shame. They still allow fear, in security and
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  Speaker 1: regret to hold them back from walking in the freedom
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  Speaker 1: Jesus has already given them. Maybe you have experienced this,
• 1:01:43
  Speaker 1: Maybe you have asked God for forgiveness, but you still
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 1: feel unworthy. Maybe you believe in grace, but something inside
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  Speaker 1: of you keeps replaying the sins, the failures, and the
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  Speaker 1: bad decisions of your past. Maybe you want to move
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 1: forward in faith, but deep down you feel like you
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: are too broken, too messed up, or too far gone
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  Speaker 1: for God to use you. But here is the truth.
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  Speaker 1: When God calls you a new creation, he means it.
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  Speaker 1: He's not saying you're a slightly improved version of your
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  Speaker 1: old self. He's not saying He has covered up your past,
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  Speaker 1: but that it still secretly defines you. He's saying the
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  Speaker 1: old you is dead, that person is gone. You are
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  Speaker 1: completely new. Think about Saul. Before he became Paul. He
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  Speaker 1: was not just a sinner. He was a murderer, a
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  Speaker 1: persecutor of Christians, a man who actively tried to destroy
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  Speaker 1: the church. If any one had a past that could
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 1: define them, it was Paul. But after he encountered Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: everything changed. He did not just become a better version
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  Speaker 1: of himself. He became a new creation. And instead of
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  Speaker 1: letting shame hold him back. He allowed God's grace to
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  Speaker 1: propel him forward. He did not let his past dictate
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  Speaker 1: his future. He stepped fully into the identity that Jesus
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  Speaker 1: had given him. And this is what God wants for you.
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  Speaker 1: You are not your past sins. You are not your
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  Speaker 1: old mistakes. You are not the person you used to be.
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  Speaker 1: You are new. But in order to truly live in
• 1:03:16
  Speaker 1: that identity, you have to believe it. If you keep
• 1:03:19
  Speaker 1: thinking like the old you, acting like the old you,
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  Speaker 1: and allowing the enemy to remind you of the old you,
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  Speaker 1: you will never walk in the freedom that Jesus has
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  Speaker 1: already given you. This is why Paul tells us in
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  Speaker 1: Romans twelve two, do not conform to the pattern of
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  Speaker 1: this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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  Speaker 1: Because transformation starts with the way you think. If you
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  Speaker 1: want to walk as a new creation, you have to
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  Speaker 1: renew your mind with the truth of who God says
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  Speaker 1: you are. You have to stop listening to the lies
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  Speaker 1: of the enemy that tell you are unworthy. You have
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  Speaker 1: to stop letting guilty and shame hold you back from
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  Speaker 1: what God has called you to do. You have to
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  Speaker 1: start believing that when Jesus said it is finished, he
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  Speaker 1: meant it because your past no longer has the power
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  Speaker 1: to define you. Maybe the world still tries to remind
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  Speaker 1: you of it. Maybe people still try to label you
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  Speaker 1: based on who you used to be. Maybe even your
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  Speaker 1: own mind struggles to let go of the mistakes you
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  Speaker 1: have made. But God is not looking at your past.
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  Speaker 1: He's looking at who you are in Christ. So let
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  Speaker 1: me ask you. Are you still living as if you
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  Speaker 1: are defined by your past? Are you still carrying guilt
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  Speaker 1: over things that Jesus already forgave. Are you still believing
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  Speaker 1: that your mistakes disqualify you from God's purpose? Are you
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  Speaker 1: still allowing shame to keep you from stepping fully into
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  Speaker 1: the life God has for you? Because to day God
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  Speaker 1: is reminding you you are new. You are not your past.
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  Speaker 1: You are not your worst moment. You are not the
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  Speaker 1: person you used to be. You are redeemed, restored, and
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  Speaker 1: set free. And nothing, not your mistakes, not your failures,
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  Speaker 1: not your regrets, can change that. So stop looking back,
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  Speaker 1: Stop letting the enemy remind you of what God has
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  Speaker 1: already erased. Stop living under the weight of shame when
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  Speaker 1: Jesus has already lifted it off of you walk boldly
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  Speaker 1: in the confidence of who you are in Christ, because
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  Speaker 1: the old you is gone and the new you is
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  Speaker 1: here to stay. We have come to the end of
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  Speaker 1: this journey through Galatians, and now the real question remains,
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  Speaker 1: will you live in freedom or will you go back
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  Speaker 1: to slavery. We have uncovered life changing truths that we
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  Speaker 1: are saved by grace, not by works, that the law
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  Speaker 1: cannot save us, only Jesus can. That we are children
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  Speaker 1: of God through faith, that we have been set free,
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  Speaker 1: not to return to bondage, but to walk in the spirit.
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  Speaker 1: That the fruit of our lives is the evidence of
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  Speaker 1: a transformed heart, that we are called to carry one
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  Speaker 1: another's burdens, to so wisely, to boast only in the cross,
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  Speaker 1: and to embrace the truth that we are a new creation,
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  Speaker 1: no longer defined by our past. But the question is
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  Speaker 1: no longer about knowledge, It is about choice, because truth
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  Speaker 1: alone does not change lives, Believing it does. Paul did
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  Speaker 1: not write this letter just to give the Galatians more information.
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  Speaker 1: He wrote it as a wake up call. He saw
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  Speaker 1: them turning back to legalism, living as if jesus sacrifice
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  Speaker 1: was not enough. He saw them slipping into the mindset
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  Speaker 1: that they had to earn God's love, that they had
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  Speaker 1: to perform, that they had to do more to be accepted.
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  Speaker 1: And his message to them was clear, stop living like
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  Speaker 1: slaves when Christ has already set you free. Now that
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  Speaker 1: message is for you. Because the reality is many believers
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  Speaker 1: today are still trapped. Some are trapped in guilt. They
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  Speaker 1: cannot seem to forgive themselves for their past mistakes. They
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  Speaker 1: believe in grace, but they do not believe it fully
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  Speaker 1: applies to them. They carry the weight of shame, walking
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  Speaker 1: around with a constant sense of unworthiness, as if God's
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  Speaker 1: love for them depends on how well they perform. Others
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  Speaker 1: are trapped in striving. They think they have to prove
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  Speaker 1: themselves to God. They measure their spiritual life by how
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  Speaker 1: much they do, how much they pray, how much they serve,
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  Speaker 1: as if God's approval is something they have to earn
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  Speaker 1: rather than something Jesus has already secured. And still others
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  Speaker 1: are trapped in fear, Afraid that if they fail, God
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  Speaker 1: will abandon them, Afraid that their salvation is not secure,
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  Speaker 1: Afraid that if they do not do everything perfectly, they
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  Speaker 1: will somehow lose what Jesus freely gave, and Paul's words
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  Speaker 1: still echo to day. It is for freedom that Christ
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  Speaker 1: has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not
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  Speaker 1: let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery
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  Speaker 1: Galatians five. One That means you have a decision to make.
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  Speaker 1: Will you continue living in fear, guilt, and striving. Will
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  Speaker 1: you keep trying to prove yourself even when Jesus already
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  Speaker 1: finish the work. Will you keep believing the lie that
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  Speaker 1: your worth is based on what you do rather than
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  Speaker 1: who you are in Christ? Or will you finally accept
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  Speaker 1: the truth that you are already loved, already accepted, already chosen,
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  Speaker 1: That you do not have to fight for freedom, You
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  Speaker 1: just have to walk in it, because the only thing
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  Speaker 1: keeping you from experiencing the full joy and peace of
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  Speaker 1: salvation is whether or not you will believe that Jesus
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  Speaker 1: is enough. He's enough to cover your past, enough to
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  Speaker 1: sustain you in the present, enough to carry you into
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  Speaker 1: the future, enough to silence every lie, remove every guilt,
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  Speaker 1: and break every chain. So let me ask you what
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  Speaker 1: is holding you back? Is it shame? Jesus already nailed
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  Speaker 1: it to the cross. Is it fear. Jesus already secured
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  Speaker 1: your salvation. Is it the feeling that you have to
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  Speaker 1: earn God's love? Jesus already paid the price. You have
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  Speaker 1: nothing left to prove, only freedom left to embrace. So
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  Speaker 1: to day, choose freedom. Choose to let go of every
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  Speaker 1: burden that Jesus never meant for you to carry. Choose
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  Speaker 1: to stop striving for what has already been given to you.
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  Speaker 1: Choose to walk in confidence knowing that the God who
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  Speaker 1: saved you is the same God who will sustain you.
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  Speaker 1: Because if you have truly been set free, why would
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  Speaker 1: you ever go back to slavery? And now I want
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  Speaker 1: to hear from you. Which of these lessons spoke to
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  Speaker 1: you the most? What truth from Galatians challenged you the most?
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  Speaker 1: Drop a comment below. I would love to hear what
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  Speaker 1: God is revealing to you. And if this message has
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  Speaker 1: encouraged you, take a moment to share it with someone
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  Speaker 1: who needs it. You never know how one's simple act
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  Speaker 1: of obedience could change someone's life. Forever. May you walk
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  Speaker 1: in the fullness of grace, free from guilt, free from striving,
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  Speaker 1: free from fear, because who the sun sets free is free. Indeed,
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  Speaker 1: as we close this journey through Galatians, let us take
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  Speaker 1: a moment to pray not just with our lips, but
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  Speaker 1: with our hearts, because the truth we have uncovered is
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  Speaker 1: not just meant to be heard, but to be lived.
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  Speaker 1: We have seen how easily we can drift into guilt, striving,
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  Speaker 1: and fear. How even when we know we are saved
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  Speaker 1: by grace, something inside us still tries to earn what
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  Speaker 1: has already been freely given. And now we come before
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  Speaker 1: God with one request that he would help us to
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  Speaker 1: truly walk in the freedom Christ has given us. Heavenly Father,
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  Speaker 1: we come before you with hearts that are weary from striving.
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  Speaker 1: We have spent so much of our lives trying to
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  Speaker 1: be good enough, trying to measure up, trying to prove
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  Speaker 1: that we are worthy. But today we laid all down.
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  Speaker 1: We lay down every burden of guilt, We lay down
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  Speaker 1: every fear that whispers we are not enough. We lay
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  Speaker 1: down the pressure to perform, to impress, to earn your love.
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  Speaker 1: Because your word has made it clear we are saved
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  Speaker 1: by grace, not by works. There is nothing we could
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  Speaker 1: do to make you love us more, and nothing we
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  Speaker 1: could do to make you love us less. Lord, help
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  Speaker 1: us to believe this truth. Help us to stop living
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  Speaker 1: like slaves when you have called us sons and daughters.
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  Speaker 1: When the enemy tries to remind us of our past,
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  Speaker 1: let us remember that you have already erased it. When
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  Speaker 1: the world tries to tell us our worth is in
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  Speaker 1: what we achieve, remind us that our worth is in
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  Speaker 1: Christ alone. When we feel weak, remind us that your
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  Speaker 1: strength is made perfect in our weakness. And when we stumble,
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  Speaker 1: help us to run back to you, not with fear,
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  Speaker 1: but with confidence, knowing that your arms are always open. God,
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  Speaker 1: we ask that you break every chain that still holds
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  Speaker 1: us back. The chains of perfectionism that make us feel
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  Speaker 1: like we have to do more, the chains of legalism
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  Speaker 1: that make us believe your love is conditional, the chains
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  Speaker 1: of comparison that make us question if we are enough,
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  Speaker 1: and the chains of fear that make us doubt our salvation.
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  Speaker 1: Fill us with your spirit. Lord, teach us to walk
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  Speaker 1: by the spirit and not by the flesh. Let our
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  Speaker 1: lives bear the fruit of your love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
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  Speaker 1: and self control. Let us be people who can carry
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  Speaker 1: one another's burdens, who build each other up, who love
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  Speaker 1: like you love, and let us never go back to
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  Speaker 1: the chains that you died to break. Lord, we know
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  Speaker 1: that faith is not just believing in you, it is
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  Speaker 1: trusting you enough to walk in the freedom you have
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  Speaker 1: given us. So today we take a step, a step
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  Speaker 1: away from fear and into faith, a step away from
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  Speaker 1: guilt and into grace, a step away from striving and
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  Speaker 1: into rest, a step away from slavery and into sonship.
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  Speaker 1: Because your word says in John eight thirty six, so
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  Speaker 1: if the sun sets you free, you will be free. Indeed,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for this freedom, Lord, Thank you for the Cross.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for loving us even when we did not
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  Speaker 1: deserve it. May our lives be a reflection of that love.
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  Speaker 1: May we boast in nothing but the Cross. May we
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  Speaker 1: walk in nothing but your grace. And may we live
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  Speaker 1: as people who are truly, completely, eternally free in Jesus name. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: someone who is still trapped in guilt, still struggling with legalism,
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  Speaker 1: for us, It is for every person who needs to
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  Speaker 1: hear the good news that Jesus has already done the work.
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  Speaker 1: May we never forget this truth, May we walk in
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  Speaker 1: it daily, and may we live every moment knowing that
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  Speaker 1: we are free. Indeed