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Turn to the book of Romans, chapter 15.
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And as you're doing that, let me say to those of you who are guests with us this morning,
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you probably have discovered, maybe shockingly, that we have the kids remain with us in the service.
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I hope that's not been too much of a shock for you.
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We believe that it's of value to the family to meet together for worship.
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And we do have some amenities across the hall if you need a place to go.
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There's both video and sound over there.
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It's a place that you can let the kids be a little more loud versus over here.
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And we'd invite you to use that space if you feel that you need it.
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Also, I am not easily distracted.
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So don't be too terribly concerned with little noises as far as I'm concerned.
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And I think the people around you will be very gracious to you as well.
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We've been working our way through the book of Romans.
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We don't always but believe that the best form of preaching is verse-by-verse exposition.
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And we have found ourselves today in chapter 15 at verse 13.
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Let's read that together and then we'll pray.
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Romans 15, verse 13.
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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
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Let's pray.
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Father God, we do praise you this morning that by your grace we have been set free.
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That those of us who were once far off, which was all of us, have now been brought near through the blood of Christ.
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And I pray, Lord, I plead that that's the case for everyone here this morning.
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That all of us have placed believing faith in Christ.
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That the Spirit of God has regenerated our hearts.
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That we have been caused to love you.
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And I pray, Father, for those here who may not know you.
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This will be the last day that that will be true of them.
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And for those that do, our hearts will be continually warm to the gospel.
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We might live in light of it.
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We will honor you with all that we do as we go about this next week.
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And we pray this in God's name.
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Amen.
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So Romans 15, 13.
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I'd say I've been incredibly sick this week.
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I'm on antibiotics now.
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I'm feeling a little bit loopy.
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I'm actually going to work at keeping this brief this morning.
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As Paul does in his benedictory prayer.
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His conclusion here at the end of what I would call his formal letter to the Romans.
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He certainly goes on beyond this.
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We have the rest of chapter 15 and all of chapter 16.
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Which are really his closing remarks.
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The Romans.
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So this is the end, verse 13, of his formal letter.
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The case that he's been making to the believers in Rome.
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And he ends it with a simple benediction.
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A prayer on their behalf.
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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing.
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So that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
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And I want to just look at three observations.
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First, Paul's desired outcome for the believers in Rome.
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The means for the desired outcome.
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And the source of the means for that desired outcome.
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So firstly, what is it that Paul wants to see happening in the lives of these Roman believers?
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He wants to see all joy and all peace and abounding hope in their lives.
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So notice here that the word all, the adjective all here, is in the original text.
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And I would assume that all of your translations included.
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If it doesn't, you may not want to use the translation you're using any longer.
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Because it is in fact in the original text.
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And all both applies to joy and peace.
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So Paul doesn't wish that they'll have just some joy.
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A little measure of joy.
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A smidgen of joy.
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And some peace at times in their life.
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But he desires that they have all joy.
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And all peace.
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Sufficient measure for every aspect and part of their life.
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For any circumstance in their life.
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That they would have all joy.
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And all peace.
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Which will lead them to so that they may have abounding hope.
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Again, not just a little bit of hope.
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Not hope in times of trouble alone.
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But abounding hope.
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An overflowing hope.
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An extra measure of hope.
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That continues to flow and to flow and to flow.
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An abiding hope.
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An abiding joy.
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An abiding peace.
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This is Paul's desire for the believers in Rome.
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So what then is the means for this desired outcome?
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How is it that we have this type of peace?
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And this type of hope?
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And this type of joy?
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Right?
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It's by.
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The means is by our faith.
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Notice here that he says that you may have all joy and peace in believing.
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The means is our faith.
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Faith in what?
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Faith in the promises of Scripture.
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Which speak of the person and the work of Christ.
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Recall contextually where we've just been.
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He's given to us four Old Testament quotations from each of the four literary types of writing that we find in the Old Testament.
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To show to us that God's eternal purpose for the world was to make his name known not just among Israel, but amongst the world.
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Right?
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To the nations.
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Paul uses here in these four references starting in verse 9 through 12 Gentiles.
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To show the Jewish believers here in Rome that it wasn't just them.
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It was the Israelites and everyone else.
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So he has just talked about, beginning in verse 8, that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness.
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In order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs.
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And those are the quotes that we give here.
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So that the Gentiles will glorify God for his mercy.
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If we back up beyond that, we see in verse 5 that the God of endurance encouragement would grant them to live in harmony with one another in accord with Christ Jesus.
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Because of the encouragement of the Scriptures which give us hope in verse 4.
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So notice the flow and the connection that he's making here.
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So we're to have faith in what?
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In the promises of Scripture which speak of the person and the work of Christ.
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We talked a little bit about some of the liberties that Paul seems to take with his Old Testament quotations.
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And why it was certainly permissible for him to do so.
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In his inspiration, he quotes lastly here in verse 12.
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He says,
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The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles.
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In him will the Gentiles hope.
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And this is taken from Isaiah chapter 11 verse 10.
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Now I want you just to listen to it as you look at what's found in verse 12.
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Okay?
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And notice the difference here.
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Isaiah 11 verse 10 reads,
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In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples, of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
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A little bit different there.
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Am I right?
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A little prophecy on Isaiah's part.
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And here we see the way Paul quotes it as it's been fulfilled.
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So Paul, living in the days that the gospel has now been expanded beyond just the borders of Israel and has now gone out to the Gentiles, adds some commentary to it.
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But he's also referencing Isaiah chapter 11 verse 1, which says,
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There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
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A sure promise of God given to us.
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And here, as he gives his commentary to it and quotes it differently, says,
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The root of Jesse will come, and in him will the Gentiles hope.
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A sure promise given to us.
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A promise that we can believe in.
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That we can place our faith in.
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If you've been following us and following Paul's argument all along here throughout the book of Romans,
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he's continually said to us that we're saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
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If I could just easily sum up the point, the treatise put forth in the book of Romans,
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it's that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
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That's what he's been driving at us all along.
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Recall, we've spent now, I think, almost two years in the book of Romans,
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but this would have been read to the congregation.
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It would have taken about an hour.
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A good hour-long sermon read here.
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So let's just back up and look, just in one spot, Romans chapter 5, verses 1 and 2,
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to connect you back to what he's been saying all along here.
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And I want to show you the beautiful connection to chapter 15, verse 13,
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about joy and peace and hope.
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Chapter 5, verse 1.
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Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
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we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Okay, so notice the means.
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We have been justified by what?
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By our faith.
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And now, as a result, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Through him, we have also obtained access by what?
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Again, the means, by faith,
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into this grace in which we stand.
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And we rejoice, okay,
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which is an exaltation, a glory in,
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right,
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the result of the salvation,
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which is birthed out of joy.
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That's what the original language means.
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Exaltation comes from joy in a reality.
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Okay, so there's joy again.
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And what do we rejoice in?
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Hope, right,
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of the glory of God.
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So you see the connection there.
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So,
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the means by which
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these things come about
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is our faith,
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our belief in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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that we are saved by grace alone
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through faith alone
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in Christ alone.
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It has nothing to do with our action.
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It has nothing to do with what we can earn
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of our own merit.
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Because anything that we can do,
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any attempt on our own,
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is as filthy rags,
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soiled garments to God, right?
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It is by His grace
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through faith in Christ.
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Christ.
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And this is the means
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by which we have joy
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and peace
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and hope.
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But how is it that we have this faith?
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How is it that we believe?
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And Paul tells us,
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quite frankly here,
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and simply,
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in chapter 15,
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verse 13,
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that it is by the power
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of the Holy Spirit.
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He's not introducing this as a new idea.
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He turned to Romans chapter 8,
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verse 9.
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He says to the believers in Rome,
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you, however,
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are not in the flesh,
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but in the Spirit,
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if in fact the Spirit of God
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dwells in you.
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Anyone who does not have
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the Spirit of Christ
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does not belong to Him.
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And again in verse 14,
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for all who are led
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by the Spirit of God
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are sons of God.
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So we see that the faith
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that works in us
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works in us
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by the Spirit.
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And as we were born,
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our hearts were hard.
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Our hearts were utterly
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devoid of the ability
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of believing in God.
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Some people believe
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in a doctrine
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called pervenient grace,
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which is taught nowhere
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in the Scriptures,
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that there's somehow
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some shred of good
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remaining within us.
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That's all that's good in us,
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but we have this little ability
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left to believe.
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The Bible teaches the opposite.
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The Bible teaches
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that we're dead
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in trespasses and sin.
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Not mortally wounded,
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not so sick
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we're about to die,
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but we're dead
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in our trespasses and sin.
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Totally incapable
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of righteousness
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of any kind whatsoever.
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Until the Spirit of God
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comes into our lives,
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regenerates our hearts,
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and we believe.
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There's much debate
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in Christendom
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about whether or not
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regeneration precedes faith,
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or if faith precedes regeneration.
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And I put forth to you
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that regeneration precedes faith.
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How exactly this all goes down,
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I don't fully understand,
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and I don't think
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it's ours to understand.
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But what we need to recognize
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is that this is the work
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of the Spirit of God
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in our hearts.
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It's not our own doing.
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Ephesians 2,
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verse 8 and 9.
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If you struggle with the statements
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I just made,
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it says,
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For by grace you have been saved
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through faith.
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For by grace you've been saved
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through faith.
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If we stop there,
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it would be very easy to say,
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I had faith,
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therefore I was given grace.
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Paul is careful to say,
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and this is not your own doing,
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it is the gift of God.
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Referring to the faith,
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not the grace,
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as some would argue.
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It's referring to the faith.
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It is the gift of God,
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and it's given to us
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by the Spirit.
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It's not a result of works,
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so that no one may boast.
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So none of us have any right,
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any claim to boast
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in our own action,
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any part in our own salvation.
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Our salvation was not synergistic,
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it was not a work of God,
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and we came alongside Him
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to accomplish it.
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It was fully a work of God.
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It was monergistic.
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He accomplished it in our hearts.
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If He didn't,
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we would have willingly rejected Him forever.
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Willingly rejected Him.
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Our lives reflected this before Christ.
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Everything that we did
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was absolute, utter rejection of Him.
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These doctrines are so key
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to our understanding of the Gospel.
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And our proper understanding of the Gospel,
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our belief in the promises of the Scripture,
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is what brings about all joy,
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and all peace,
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and abounding hope.
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So that whatever circumstance you're in,
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whatever trouble you experience,
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whatever sins you commit as a believer,
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however desperate and dark
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and removed from God you may feel,
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you can remember the promises of God.
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That the work of salvation
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is fully His work.
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That you have joy and peace
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and abounding hope.
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Because God is a God
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who is sure to keep His promises.
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It doesn't depend on you.
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It depends on Him.
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It's His work in our hearts.
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Praise Him forever and ever.
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As weak as I was just bouncing around,
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doing some reading,
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I'm going to come across a great quote
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from Martin Luther,
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who was a great champion of these doctrines.
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Talked often about grace alone
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through faith alone in Christ alone.
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Lived in a day
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when the Catholic Church
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was teaching quite the opposite.
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They were selling indulgences.
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They were selling time out of hell
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for their family members.
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That there were works
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that could be committed
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to gain heaven.
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And Martin Luther being troubled by this
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became a monk.
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And as he continued to be troubled by
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how is it that I can do enough
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to gain righteousness?
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How is it that I could possibly achieve
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this holy standard that God has set?
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They put him to work
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to keep him busy
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translating the book of Romans.
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What a bad move
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on the Catholic Church's part.
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And he began to see this.
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God revealed to him
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that salvation is by grace alone
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through faith alone
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and Christ alone.
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And we all know that
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Martin Luther was no great fan
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of the Pope
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and what the Pope was teaching
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and proposing.
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And I say to you this day
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that there are many Christians
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who are claiming
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to have great hope
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in the new Pope.
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Right?
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He's going to be the champion
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of the poor.
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Good.
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That is great.
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But as he stands
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he's still a liar
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until he begins to teach
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that salvation comes
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by grace alone
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through faith alone
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in Christ alone.
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And I hope that we'll be
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praying for him
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because he has the ability
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to see that
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and to do that
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and to influence
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billions
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with that truth.
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But listen to what
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Martin Luther said
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of the Pope of his time.
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I can't remember
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who it was
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but in his commentary
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on Galatians.
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He said,
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If the Pope would concede
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that God alone
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by his grace
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through Christ
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justifies sinners
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we would carry him
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in our arms.
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We would kiss his feet.
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Now Martin Luther
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who was set up
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as this great enemy
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of the Pope
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said if the Pope
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would just concede
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that salvation comes
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by grace alone
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through faith alone
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in Christ alone
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I'll carry him
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and kiss his feet.
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Right?
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Because he would be
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a herald
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of this great truth.
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Right?
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So this is the means
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for these outcomes
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for having all joy
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all peace
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abounding hope
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is that we
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believe
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by the power of the Spirit
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in the gospel
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of God.
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Does that seem
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too simple
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to you?
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Want me to now
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unpack all the ways
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that we practically
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carry this out
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in our lives?
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How is it that we
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apply
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this type of truth?
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Right?
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We could go on
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and on
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and on
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about how this works
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out in our lives.
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The gospel
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is the answer
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to every one
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of our ills.
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Right?
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It speaks
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to all of it.
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Let me just give you
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an example.
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Many of you this week
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probably became aware
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for the first time
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of a man named
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Kermit
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Gasnell
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I think I'm saying
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his last name right.
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Who operated
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in a legal abortion
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clinic
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in Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh.
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Yes.
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This story's been
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going on for quite a while.
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Right?
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It was shut down
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in 2011.
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I don't share
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a lot of the things
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I follow with you.
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I've been keeping up
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with this story
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from the beginning
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and it has been
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wrenching at my heart
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for quite some time now.
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Many of you
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for the first time
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have seen these atrocities.
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Are becoming
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maybe for the first time
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aware of how
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horrible
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abortion actually is
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and the degree
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to which
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it's carried out.
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But listen.
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Even in those things.
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Even as our heart
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breaks
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for the sinfulness
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of man.
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How horrible
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man is
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to commit
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such acts.
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Right?
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We can have
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all joy
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and all peace
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and abounding
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hope
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because
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included
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in the gospel
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of Jesus Christ
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is the fact
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that he will
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return
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and he will
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make all
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things
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right.
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He has a
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perfect
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and a sovereign
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plan
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that it's
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his work
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and not
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our work
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being accomplished.
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That he will
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in fact
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make it all
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right
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and new
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one day.
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So the gospel
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ministers
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to my soul
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as it breaks
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for these conditions
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and these situations
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these things
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that are going on
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as I long
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to do something
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radical
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to change things.
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As I want
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to be involved
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in making this world
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a better place
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in saving those
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who can't save
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themselves
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the gospel
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ministers to my heart
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because I know
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that these promises
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are sure
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that God is a good God
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that God is working
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out his sovereign plan
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that he is fully
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in control
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I can believe
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in those things
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and have joy
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and peace
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and abounding hope.
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Now notice
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I find
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in this text
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maybe you don't
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maybe this is the first time
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you've been thinking about it
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but the order
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seems a little bit
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backwards
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to me
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because he says
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that he hopes
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he will be filled with
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by the God of hope
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with all joy
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and peace
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so that will have
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hope
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and it seems to me
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that the hope
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would precede
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having joy
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and peace
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that having hope
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in God
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believing in the promises
21:38
of God
21:39
would then lead
21:41
to us having
21:41
joy and peace
21:43
and as I began
21:43
to ponder this
21:44
my mind was pulled
21:46
back to our context
21:47
and I recalled
21:49
back up at the end
21:50
of verse 4
21:50
Paul says
21:52
that through the
21:52
encouragement
21:53
of the scriptures
21:54
we might have
21:55
hope
21:56
right
21:57
so that's where
21:58
he began
21:58
talking about
22:00
where the source
22:01
is
22:01
and then he says
22:02
and I think
22:03
very cleverly
22:04
intentionally
22:04
says
22:05
may the God
22:06
of hope
22:07
fill you with
22:07
all joy
22:08
and peace
22:09
and believing
22:09
and so
22:10
we see that
22:10
I believe here
22:11
that it's a cycle
22:12
that's what he's
22:13
trying to say to us
22:13
that having hope
22:16
in the promises
22:18
of God
22:18
makes us
22:20
sanctified in him
22:21
regenerates us
22:22
brings to us
22:23
joy
22:24
and peace
22:25
as we believe
22:26
which births
22:27
more hope
22:28
right
22:31
because it's
22:32
evidence
22:32
of the fact
22:33
that we are his
22:34
that we're found
22:36
in him
22:36
the fact that
22:37
when we go
22:38
through difficult
22:38
times in our lives
22:39
and we can have
22:39
joy and peace
22:40
in those times
22:40
shows us
22:42
that we do
22:42
in fact
22:43
rest
22:43
in the promises
22:44
of God
22:44
that we do
22:45
hope
22:45
in the promises
22:46
of God
22:46
and it births
22:47
more hope
22:48
right
22:50
it's like a
22:51
perpetual wheel
22:52
of joy
22:53
peace
22:54
and hope
22:54
right
22:55
and the axle
22:56
of which
22:56
is
22:57
our belief
22:58
that term
23:01
abounding
23:02
in hope
23:03
to abound
23:04
in it means
23:04
that it goes
23:04
on
23:05
and it goes
23:05
on
23:05
and it goes
23:06
on
23:06
and it goes
23:07
on
23:07
and here's
23:08
the cycle
23:09
which we find
23:10
ourselves in
23:11
listen beloved
23:14
the Christian life
23:16
is not an easy
23:17
life
23:18
that promise
23:19
is never given
23:20
to us
23:20
in fact
23:20
quite the
23:21
opposite
23:21
is given
23:21
to us
23:22
he said
23:22
we'll be
23:23
persecuted
23:23
for our
23:24
faith
23:24
it's not
23:26
an easy
23:26
life
23:26
but it is
23:27
a simple
23:28
life
23:29
it's a life
23:31
of believing
23:33
being filled
23:34
with joy
23:35
and peace
23:36
in believing
23:37
the gospel
23:38
of Jesus
23:39
Christ
23:39
and then
23:40
abounding
23:41
in hope
23:41
and I think
23:43
that the trouble
23:44
is that when
23:45
we don't have
23:45
joy
23:46
and we don't
23:46
have peace
23:47
and we don't
23:49
abound in
23:49
hope
23:50
is that we
23:50
look to the
23:51
world for the
23:52
answers
23:52
we look to
23:53
pop psychology
23:54
to the answers
23:55
we look to
23:56
some pulpits
23:57
that aren't
23:58
giving us
23:58
the real
23:59
answer
23:59
to where
24:00
these things
24:00
come from
24:01
and we
24:01
fail to
24:02
look
24:02
to the
24:03
gospel
24:03
we fail
24:05
to behold
24:06
Christ
24:06
on the cross
24:08
on our
24:08
behalf
24:09
we fail
24:10
to recognize
24:11
the fact
24:11
that he's
24:12
promised
24:12
to return
24:13
he will
24:15
complete
24:15
the work
24:16
we get
24:17
distracted
24:18
by this
24:19
world
24:20
and we
24:20
fail to
24:21
look at
24:21
the simple
24:22
source
24:23
of all
24:24
of these
24:24
things
24:24
and that
24:25
is the
24:25
person
24:26
and work
24:27
of Jesus
24:28
Christ
24:28
so we see
24:31
the desired
24:31
outcome
24:32
here
24:32
and we
24:33
see now
24:34
the means
24:35
for that
24:35
desired
24:36
outcome
24:37
what is
24:37
the source
24:38
then
24:39
of the means
24:40
for the
24:41
desired outcome
24:41
what is
24:42
the source
24:42
simply
24:43
he begins
24:44
verse 13
24:45
by saying
24:45
may the
24:46
God
24:47
of hope
24:48
our God
24:51
is the
24:51
God of
24:51
hope
24:52
who reigns
24:53
over hope
24:54
who is
24:54
the source
24:55
of all
24:56
hope
24:57
our God
25:00
the great
25:00
I am
25:01
the one
25:03
who exists
25:03
apart from
25:04
any other
25:05
exterior
25:06
circumstance
25:08
from any
25:09
other
25:09
control
25:10
the one
25:12
that everything
25:13
plugs into
25:14
but he plugs
25:15
into nothing
25:15
he is
25:17
self
25:17
existent
25:18
he is
25:20
the God
25:21
of hope
25:22
the source
25:23
of all
25:24
this
25:24
of our
25:25
joy
25:25
and our
25:26
peace
25:26
and our
25:27
abounding
25:28
hope
25:28
so we
25:30
could read
25:31
verse 13
25:31
this way
25:32
the God
25:36
of hope
25:36
fills us
25:37
with all
25:38
joy
25:38
and all
25:38
peace
25:39
which leads
25:40
to abounding
25:41
hope
25:41
by working
25:42
in us
25:43
faith
25:43
in the
25:44
person and
25:44
work
25:44
of Jesus
25:45
Christ
25:46
by the
25:47
power
25:47
of the
25:48
Holy
25:49
Spirit
25:49
this is
25:52
the way
25:52
that Paul
25:54
decides to
25:55
conclude
25:56
the formal
25:57
part of his
25:58
letter to the
25:59
Romans
25:59
that their
26:00
lives would
26:01
look
26:02
like this
26:03
and he's not
26:04
suggesting that
26:05
their lives don't
26:06
already look
26:07
like this
26:07
that God's not
26:08
already accomplishing
26:09
this in them
26:10
but it's his
26:10
prayer that he
26:11
will continue
26:12
to carry
26:13
that out
26:14
that that will
26:14
continue to go
26:15
that cycle
26:16
will run
26:17
notice in
26:17
verse 14
26:18
he says
26:18
I myself
26:19
am satisfied
26:20
about you
26:21
he's seeing
26:23
already this
26:23
progression in
26:24
their lives
26:25
this great
26:25
work of God
26:26
he's confident
26:26
that the work
26:27
that God
26:28
began in
26:28
them will
26:29
be completed
26:30
back in
26:31
Romans chapter
26:31
8
26:32
we can see
26:32
that he
26:33
knows
26:33
that the
26:34
things that
26:34
God begins
26:35
he finishes
26:35
from the
26:37
beginning to
26:38
the end
26:38
we're secure
26:39
in God's
26:39
hand
26:39
he knows
26:40
that this
26:41
will take
26:42
place
26:42
and this
26:43
is his
26:43
desire
26:44
that their
26:45
lives
26:45
will be
26:45
flavored
26:46
with joy
26:47
and peace
26:47
and with
26:48
abounding
26:49
hope
26:49
and it's
26:50
my prayer
26:51
for us
26:52
this day
26:53
the
26:54
benediction
26:55
for you
26:56
at the
26:56
closing
26:57
of this
26:57
service
26:58
that the
26:59
God of
26:59
hope
27:00
will fill
27:00
you
27:00
with all
27:01
joy
27:02
and peace
27:02
in believing
27:03
so that
27:05
by the
27:05
power of
27:05
the Holy
27:06
Spirit
27:06
you may
27:07
abound
27:07
in hope
27:08
let's pray
27:09
together