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The Son of God Who Loved Me · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Let us now turn to the passage that we read.
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Paul's letter to the Galatians, chapter 2, and we may read again at verse 20.
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! I have been crucified with Christ.
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It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.
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And the life I now live in the flesh.
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I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.
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And I'd like particularly to focus on the phrase,
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the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.
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The letter to Galatians was written in the first instance to former recovering Pharisees,
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a people who found it difficult to leave their legalism behind.
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Who better to write such a letter under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit
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than a recovering Pharisee himself?
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The letter has been called the Magna Carta of Christian liberty.
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You could say that the same verse is a declaration of independence.
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Yet we know, wrote the Apostle,
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that a person is not justified by works of the law,
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but through faith in Jesus Christ.
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Could I suggest that it is not just former Pharisees
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who have a problem in leaving legalism behind?
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Is it not true of the Christian believer today
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that although saved by grace alone,
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we do not always know how to live by grace alone?
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As one commentator expressed it,
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we are legalists by nature.
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The letter to the Galatians challenges
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many of our preconceptions
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about what it means to have a right relationship with God.
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So you can say that this letter
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was also written for people just like us.
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Whether we like to admit it or not,
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there is engraven in our DNA
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the principle,
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do this and live,
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was the principle that was engraven
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in our first parents.
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And it follows us
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even into a state of grace.
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This letter then,
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speaking to us too,
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the Church of Christ
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at any one time
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is full of recovering Pharisees
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who need to receive the Gospel again
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as if for the very first time.
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That ought not to fill us
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with anger and indignation
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or resentment,
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but ought to make us humbly
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examine our lives
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in the light of the challenging content
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of this letter.
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Martin Luther,
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who wrote a very valuable commentary
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on this letter,
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tells that his liberating moment came
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when he discovered
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that Christianity was not about
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what he had to do for God,
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it was about what God
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had done for him
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in Jesus Christ.
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In his lectures
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on Galatians,
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had the theme
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of the free grace
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of God and Christ
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received by faith.
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And through the writing
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of Luther,
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incidentally on Galatians,
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John Bunyan
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came to a great appreciation
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of Luther.
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In Bunyan's
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spiritual autobiography,
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grace abounding
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to the chief of sinners,
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he tells how he found
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his condition
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in Luther's experience.
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And I quote,
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I found, he said,
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my condition
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so largely
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and profoundly
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handled
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as if his book
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had been written
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out of my heart.
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In the chapter
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we read,
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Paul boldly,
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fearlessly
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and publicly
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rebukes
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the apostle Peter
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for his behavior
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and the example
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he was setting.
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When Cephas
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came to Antioch,
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I opposed him
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to his face
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because he stood
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condemned.
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Peter apparently
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did not wish
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to offend
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those
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of a Jewish
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persuasion,
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the reason being
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he feared
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the circumcision
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party.
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And you could say
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there was a kind
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of standoff
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between what
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the law
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accomplishes
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and what grace
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accomplishes.
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May have been
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that Peter
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did not like
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confrontation
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and so went
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out of his way
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to avoid
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conflict.
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However,
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looking at the
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life of Peter,
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you have to
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conclude
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that not
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for the first
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time was
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Peter
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influenced
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by his
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prevailing
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circumstances.
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Remember his
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denial
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in the hall
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of the high
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priest
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where he was
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adamant in
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stating
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that he was
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not associated
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with the
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accused
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prisoner
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Jesus Christ.
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And in this
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context,
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he was challenged
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by Paul.
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The rest
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of the Jews
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thought Paul
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acted
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hypocritically
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along with him
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so that even
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Barnabas
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was led
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astray
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by the
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hypocrisy.
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When I
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saw that
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their conduct
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was not
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in step
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with the
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truth of
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the gospel,
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I said
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to Cephas
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before them
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all,
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if you
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though a
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Jew
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live like
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a Gentile
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and not
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like a Jew,
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how can
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you force
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the Gentiles
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to live
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like Jews?
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We're not
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told of
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Peter's
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reaction
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to the
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rebuke
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of his
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fellow
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apostle,
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but I
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would
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expect him
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to have
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accepted it
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in the
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manner
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in which
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it was
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given.
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But it
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must have
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been some
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moment.
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Peter
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was the
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older
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apostle,
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and here
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is Paul,
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the younger
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apostle,
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and he's
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upbreding
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Peter for
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his behavior
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and the
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way that
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he's leading
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people
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astray.
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For
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Paul,
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it was
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not peace
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at any
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price,
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but the
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gospel
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at all
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costs.
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such
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was his
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fervent
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zeal,
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because the
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message of
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the gospel
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and the
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estimation
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of the
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apostle
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was at
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stake.
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It was
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a battle
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for the
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gospel of
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free grace.
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The
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message of
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good news
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proclaims
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that through
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the death
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of Christ
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on the
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cross
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and his
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resurrection
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from the
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dead,
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Jesus
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has done
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everything
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required
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by God
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for the
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salvation
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of
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sinners.
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Nothing
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else is
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needed to
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receive
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forgiveness
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for sins,
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enjoy
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fellowship
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with God,
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or have
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the hope
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of eternal
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life.
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Accept
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trust
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in Christ
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alone.
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That is
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briefly a
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summation,
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if you like,
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of the
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gospel of
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free grace.
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And Paul
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was fighting
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to make
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sure that
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the church
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continued to
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live by
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the gospel
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it had
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always
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preached.
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And so
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you find
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him
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writing,
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yet we
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know,
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he says
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in this
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letter,
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that a
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person is
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not justified
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by works
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of the
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law,
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but through
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faith in
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Jesus
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Christ.
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So we
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also have
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believed in
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Christ Jesus
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in order to
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be justified
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by faith
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in Christ,
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not by the
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works of
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the law,
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because by
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works of
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the law,
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no one
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will be
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justified.
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It's a
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key text
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that teaches
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the doctrine
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of justification
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by grace
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alone through
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faith in
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Christ alone.
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And Paul
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mentions the
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term three
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times in
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the one
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verse.
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The principle
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that justification
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cannot come
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by works.
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It's what
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distinguishes
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Christianity
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from other
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religions in
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the world.
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And Paul,
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being a
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student of
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the scriptures,
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knew what
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was taught
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in the
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scriptures,
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in the
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Old Testament,
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in the
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book of
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Psalms,
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for example,
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where the
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psalmist
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states,
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enter not
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into judgment
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with your
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servant,
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for no
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one living
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is righteous
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before you.
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And Paul
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translates that
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in the
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New Testament
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by works
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of the
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law,
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no one
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will be
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justified.
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Out going
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to church,
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a good
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habit,
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reading the
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Bible,
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another
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profitable
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habit,
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giving to
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charitable
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causes,
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all good
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things.
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But none
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of that
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of itself
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will ever
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get us
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into heaven.
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That is
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one very
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good reason
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why the
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doctrine of
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justification
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by faith
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alone in
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Christ alone
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is of
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such supreme
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importance.
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You know,
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there was a
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character in
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Greek mythology
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by the
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name of
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Atlas,
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who was
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condemned
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to hold
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up the
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heavens or
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sky for
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eternity.
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And James
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Packer,
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in one of
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his writings,
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made the
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observation,
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the doctrine
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of justification
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is like
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Atlas.
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It bears a
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world on
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its shoulders,
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the entire
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evangelical
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knowledge of
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saving grace.
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when Protestants
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let the
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thought of
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justification
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drop out
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of their
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minds.
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The true
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knowledge of
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salvation
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drops out
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with it
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and cannot
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be restored
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till the
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truth of
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justification
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is back
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in its
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proper place.
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When Atlas
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falls,
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everything
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that rested
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on his
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shoulders
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comes crashing
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down to
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James
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Packer.
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Well,
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to our
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text this
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evening,
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first,
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the person
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who loved,
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second,
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the proof
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of his
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love,
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thirdly,
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the person
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loved,
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and finally,
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the power
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of love.
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First,
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the person
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who loved.
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Paul wrote,
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the Son of
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God who
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loved me.
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Now,
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just repeat
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that to
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yourself.
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Is that
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not an
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astonishing
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statement
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to make?
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The Son
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of God
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who loved
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me.
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There is
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no other
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personal
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statement in
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the whole
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of the
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New Testament
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that can
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compare to
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it.
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Yes,
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you will
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find verses
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that speak
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of Christ's
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love for
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the church,
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but not
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this personal
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statement of
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being loved
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by the
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Son of
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God.
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So,
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let us
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select from
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the Bible
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some of
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the information
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given about
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the identity
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of this
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person who
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loved.
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Note,
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Paul didn't
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write,
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Jesus loved
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me.
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That would
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be true,
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but that's
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not what he
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wrote.
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We may make
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the statement,
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Jesus loves
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me,
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and when
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challenged
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us to
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our basis
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and confidence
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for making
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such a
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statement,
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we may
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quote from
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the hymn
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that we
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learned as
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children,
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Jesus loves
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me.
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This I
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know,
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for the
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Bible
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tells me
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so.
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Nor did
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Paul write,
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Christ loved
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me.
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That is also
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true.
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That's not
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what he
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wrote.
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He wrote,
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the Son of
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God loved
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me.
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The identity
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of the one
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who loved
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him,
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important to
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the apostle
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as it
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should be
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to every
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believer.
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Paul is
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surely
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stressing
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the divine
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identity of
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the one
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who loved
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him,
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person who
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has no
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beginning.
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His
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generation
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was complete
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from
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eternity.
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In the
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words of
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one of the
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early church
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fathers,
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the Son
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is the
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unoriginally
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God has
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repeatedly
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applied to
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him the
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incommunicable
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name of
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Yahweh or
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Jehovah,
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a name that
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is descriptive,
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exclusively,
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of the
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supreme
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being,
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the one
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only living
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and true
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God.
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The Son
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of God
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repeatedly
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described in
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the Bible
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as the
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first and
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the last.
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His
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coming
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forth is
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from
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old.
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He is
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described as
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the Alpha
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and Omega,
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the beginning
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and the
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ending,
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who is
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and who
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was and
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who is
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to come
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the
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Almighty,
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one who
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searches
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the minds
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and the
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heart of
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the children
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of man,
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one who
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is unchanging
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in the sense
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that he is
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the same
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yesterday and
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today and
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forever,
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the great
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creator
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God.
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And as
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Paul wrote
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in his
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letter to
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the Colossians,
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for by him
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all things
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were created
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in heaven
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and on
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earth,
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visible and
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invisible,
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whether thrones
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or dominions
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or rulers
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or authorities,
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all things
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were created
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through him
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and for him.
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And he is
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before all
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things and in
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him all
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things hold
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together.
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He is the
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head of the
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body,
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the church,
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he is the
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beginning,
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the firstborn
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from the
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dead,
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that in
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everything
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he might
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be
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preeminent.
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made.
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And you
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remember how
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John in
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his prologue,
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how he
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speaks of
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all things
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were made
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through him
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and without
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him was
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not anything
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made that
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was made.
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The scope
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of Christ's
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authority
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extends to
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the bounds
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of his
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creation,
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for by him
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all things
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were created,
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heaven and on
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earth,
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visible and
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invisible.
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scientists
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tell us
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that the
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span of
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the physical
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universe
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is 93
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billion
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light years.
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Now I
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have to
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confess
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that my
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understanding
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of that
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piece of
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information
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is virtually
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nil.
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But does
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it not
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convey a
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sense of
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the majestic
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power of
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the Son
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of God,
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much on
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earth that
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is absolutely
15:50
astounding.
15:52
He created
15:53
the tiniest
15:54
creatures,
15:55
for example.
15:56
I read
15:57
somewhere that
15:58
there are
15:59
800,000
16:00
catalogued
16:02
insects with
16:04
billions in
16:05
some of the
16:07
species.
16:08
And on a
16:08
warm,
16:09
calm,
16:10
damp August
16:11
evening,
16:12
I don't think
16:13
any of us
16:14
would find that
16:15
piece of
16:16
information
16:16
difficult to
16:18
grasp when
16:19
we are
16:19
attacked by
16:20
the dreaded
16:21
image.
16:22
Think of
16:23
the genius
16:24
of divine
16:24
wisdom in
16:25
the wonder
16:26
of the
16:26
human brain
16:27
or the
16:27
complex
16:28
working of
16:29
the human
16:30
eye with
16:30
its millions
16:31
of points
16:32
of data
16:33
that
16:34
instantaneously
16:35
focus into
16:37
a single
16:38
image.
16:38
every form
16:40
and kind
16:41
of matter,
16:42
simple or
16:43
complex,
16:44
the atom
16:44
and the
16:45
star,
16:45
the sun
16:46
and the
16:46
cloud,
16:47
every grade
16:48
of life
16:48
from the
16:49
worm to
16:49
the angel,
16:50
every order
16:51
of intellect.
16:55
Being
16:56
and being
16:58
around us
17:00
and above
17:01
us,
17:02
the splendors
17:03
of heaven,
17:04
the nearer
17:05
phenomena of
17:06
earth are
17:07
the product
17:07
of the
17:08
one designated
17:10
the son
17:11
of God.
17:12
And Paul
17:13
wrote,
17:15
this person
17:16
to whom
17:16
belongs
17:17
infinite
17:18
majesty
17:19
and glory,
17:20
the one
17:21
who was
17:21
ever in
17:21
the presence
17:22
of the
17:22
father,
17:24
loved
17:24
him.
17:26
This love
17:27
is not
17:28
general.
17:30
It is a
17:30
love that is
17:31
special.
17:32
it focuses
17:33
on those
17:36
whose names
17:37
are written
17:38
in the
17:39
Lamb's
17:39
book of
17:40
life.
17:41
Those who
17:42
are precious
17:42
to him
17:43
are engraven
17:44
on the
17:45
palms of
17:46
God.
17:47
It is a
17:48
selective
17:49
love.
17:49
He loved
17:50
me,
17:50
wrote the
17:51
apostle.
17:53
It is a
17:54
personal
17:54
love.
17:55
It is a
17:56
love that
17:56
knows no
17:57
variation.
17:59
Although
17:59
there may
18:00
be very
18:01
different
18:02
manifestations
18:03
of it
18:03
in the
18:04
lives of
18:05
believers.
18:06
Some
18:07
manifestations
18:08
of love
18:09
that may
18:11
cause
18:13
you
18:14
to
18:15
query
18:16
his
18:18
love
18:19
for you.
18:22
Yet
18:23
it is,
18:23
I believe,
18:24
a source
18:25
of
18:25
everlasting
18:26
wonder
18:27
to the
18:29
saints
18:30
in glory.
18:32
It lies
18:32
at the
18:33
heart of
18:33
their
18:34
united
18:34
harmonious
18:36
choral
18:36
praise.
18:37
It is a
18:38
source of
18:38
continuing
18:39
amazement
18:40
the lives
18:42
of believers
18:43
on earth
18:43
that Christ
18:45
loved
18:46
them.
18:49
Lives
18:49
that were
18:50
crippled
18:51
and twisted
18:52
by the
18:54
pervasive
18:55
debilitating
18:57
power of
18:58
sin.
18:59
Divine
19:00
Christ
19:01
this
19:01
evening.
19:02
You
19:02
experienced
19:03
the power
19:04
of Christ's
19:05
love in
19:06
its
19:06
intensity.
19:07
So as a
19:08
helpless
19:08
sinner,
19:09
you were
19:10
unable to
19:11
respond to
19:12
the overtures
19:13
of grace.
19:15
And you
19:15
can also
19:16
testify,
19:17
the Son
19:17
of God
19:18
loved me.
19:20
This
19:21
love of
19:22
Christ is
19:23
eternal,
19:24
it is free
19:24
and unmerited.
19:26
Nothing in the
19:27
life of the
19:27
sinner to
19:29
draw out
19:30
that love.
19:32
And the
19:32
measure of
19:33
this love
19:33
is how
19:35
much it
19:35
gives and
19:36
that brings
19:36
me to
19:37
my second
19:38
point,
19:40
the proof
19:41
of his
19:42
love.
19:44
If the
19:44
first statement
19:45
blows you
19:47
away,
19:48
what about
19:48
the second
19:49
part of
19:49
the statement?
19:50
The Son
19:51
of God
19:52
gave himself
19:53
for me.
19:54
me?
19:55
This is,
19:56
I believe,
19:57
the ultimate
19:57
definition of
19:59
love.
20:00
Jesus himself
20:01
taught,
20:01
greater love
20:02
has no one
20:03
on this
20:03
that someone
20:04
lay down
20:04
his life
20:05
for his
20:05
friends.
20:07
And in
20:07
order for
20:08
this love
20:09
to be fully
20:10
demonstrated,
20:11
the Son
20:12
of God
20:12
became flesh
20:13
and dwelt
20:15
among us.
20:17
One
20:17
commentator
20:18
expressed
20:20
it,
20:20
that the
20:22
creator and
20:23
upholder of
20:24
the universe
20:25
should come
20:27
down to
20:28
such a
20:28
world as
20:29
this and
20:30
clothe
20:31
himself in
20:33
the inferior
20:34
nature of
20:35
its race.
20:37
And in
20:37
that nature
20:38
die to
20:39
forgive and
20:39
save it.
20:41
It's the
20:41
most amazing
20:42
of revelations.
20:44
What
20:44
sublimity is
20:46
shed around
20:47
the gospel?
20:48
The God
20:49
of the
20:49
first chapter
20:50
of Genesis
20:51
is the
20:52
babe of
20:54
the first
20:54
chapter of
20:55
Matthew.
20:57
Think about
20:58
that.
20:59
Think about
21:00
the wonder
21:02
of that.
21:05
He was
21:06
always the
21:06
Son,
21:07
but he
21:08
became man.
21:11
And Paul
21:12
is reflecting
21:12
on the
21:13
wonder of
21:13
the plan
21:14
of redemption
21:15
as accomplished
21:16
by the one
21:17
who loved.
21:18
You see,
21:19
love is not
21:19
something tangible.
21:21
You cannot
21:21
put it in
21:22
the palm of
21:22
your hand
21:23
and say,
21:23
that's love.
21:25
You have
21:26
to find
21:26
the proof
21:27
of love.
21:33
You need
21:33
evidence.
21:35
And Paul
21:35
gives us
21:36
the evidence.
21:37
He places
21:37
the irrefutable
21:39
evidence or
21:40
proof of the
21:41
love of the
21:41
Son of God
21:42
before our
21:42
minds.
21:43
The Son
21:43
of God
21:44
gave himself
21:45
for me.
21:47
And what
21:48
Paul states
21:49
is not
21:50
merely the
21:51
innocent one
21:52
taking the
21:53
place of
21:53
the guilty.
21:54
It's God
21:55
the Son
21:56
in our
21:56
nature
21:57
taking the
21:58
place of
21:58
the guilty,
22:00
enduring in
22:00
himself his
22:01
own condemnation
22:03
of sin.
22:04
That's why
22:05
he took human
22:06
nature in
22:07
order to put
22:08
himself in a
22:09
position where
22:09
he had blood
22:10
to shed and a
22:11
soul to pour
22:12
out in death.
22:13
the fourth
22:15
servant song
22:16
in Isaiah
22:17
so powerfully
22:19
prophesied.
22:21
Therefore I
22:21
will divide him
22:22
a portion with
22:23
the many and
22:24
he shall divide
22:24
the spoil with
22:25
the strong
22:26
because he
22:27
poured out
22:28
his soul
22:29
to death.
22:31
Numbered with
22:31
the transgressors
22:32
bore the sin
22:33
of many makes
22:34
intercession for
22:35
the transgressors.
22:36
Ask yourself
22:37
the question
22:38
for whom did
22:39
he shed his
22:40
blood and
22:41
poured out
22:41
to soul?
22:43
And the
22:43
biblical answer
22:44
is an
22:45
innumerable
22:46
number of
22:47
people whose
22:48
souls were
22:49
enveloped by
22:50
thick spiritual
22:51
darkness which
22:52
could never be
22:53
removed unless
22:55
their guilt
22:56
was removed.
22:58
Fallen man
22:59
is under the
23:00
wrath and
23:01
curse of a
23:02
holy God.
23:04
You know
23:04
there's a
23:04
vivid picture
23:05
portrayed by
23:07
the prophet
23:09
Jeremiah of
23:10
the incorrigible
23:11
wickedness of
23:12
the human
23:13
heart.
23:14
The prophet
23:14
speaks of
23:15
the sinful
23:16
practices of
23:17
the nation
23:18
of Judah.
23:19
Sin of
23:19
Judah is
23:20
written with
23:20
a pen of
23:21
iron with
23:21
a point of
23:22
diamond.
23:23
It is
23:23
engraven on
23:24
the tablet
23:24
of their
23:25
heart.
23:27
The sins
23:27
of the
23:28
nation,
23:28
they weren't
23:29
just written
23:29
in pencil.
23:31
Something that
23:32
could easily
23:32
be erased
23:34
or rubbed
23:35
out.
23:36
They were
23:36
chiseled
23:37
into their
23:38
stone cold
23:39
hearts with
23:40
a metal
23:40
pen.
23:41
In other
23:42
words,
23:42
that corruption
23:43
was deep
23:44
seated and
23:45
ineradicable.
23:47
That's how
23:47
deeply ingrained
23:49
sin is in
23:51
all of our
23:51
hearts unless
23:53
we are in
23:54
receipt of
23:55
divine
23:56
forgiveness.
23:58
The Bible
23:59
reminds us
23:59
that without
24:00
the shedding
24:01
of blood,
24:02
there is no
24:03
remission of
24:04
sins.
24:05
And the
24:06
apostle sets
24:06
before us the
24:08
price of
24:08
redemption.
24:09
In the
24:09
words of
24:10
our text,
24:11
the Son
24:11
of God
24:12
gave himself
24:13
for me.
24:15
That involved
24:16
the Son of
24:17
God in our
24:18
nature entering
24:19
into the
24:20
darkness and
24:21
bearing the
24:22
wrath and
24:22
curse.
24:26
The only
24:27
way which
24:29
the guilt of
24:30
sin could be
24:31
removed in
24:33
order for
24:34
light to
24:34
replace
24:35
darkness was
24:37
for the Son
24:38
of Man in
24:39
our nature
24:40
to enter
24:41
into the
24:42
darkness in
24:43
bearing the
24:44
wrath and
24:45
curse.
24:46
He gave
24:47
himself.
24:48
He gave
24:49
himself as a
24:50
sacrifice to
24:51
satisfy divine
24:52
justice and
24:54
reconcile sinners
24:55
to God.
24:57
He gave
24:58
himself.
24:59
That was the
25:00
supreme sacrifice.
25:01
He laid down
25:02
his life.
25:04
And in doing
25:04
so, he
25:05
was laid in
25:07
the dust of
25:08
death.
25:10
Was that
25:10
not what
25:11
prompted the
25:12
hymn writer on
25:13
an occasion to
25:14
write?
25:15
Long my
25:16
imprisoned spirit
25:17
lay, fast
25:19
bound in sin
25:20
and nature's
25:21
night.
25:22
Thine eye
25:23
diffused a
25:24
quickening ray.
25:25
I woke,
25:27
the dungeon
25:27
flamed with
25:29
light.
25:29
My chains
25:30
fell off.
25:31
My heart
25:32
was free.
25:33
I rose,
25:34
went forth
25:35
and followed
25:35
thee.
25:36
Amazing love,
25:38
how can it
25:39
be that
25:40
thou, my
25:41
God,
25:42
should die
25:43
for me?
25:46
Oh, does it
25:47
fill you
25:48
with astonishment
25:49
this evening
25:50
that the
25:51
Son of God
25:52
gave himself
25:53
for you?
25:55
And that
25:56
brings me to
25:56
my third
25:57
point.
25:58
The proof
25:59
of his
25:59
love, the
26:00
person who
26:00
loved, the
26:01
person loved.
26:03
Paul wrote,
26:03
the Son of
26:04
God who
26:05
loved me
26:07
and gave
26:08
himself for
26:10
me.
26:13
He loved
26:14
me, wrote
26:16
Paul.
26:16
He gave
26:17
himself for
26:18
me.
26:20
Was the
26:21
meal from
26:21
Paul wrote
26:22
a believer
26:23
and a
26:23
faithful follower?
26:25
Was that
26:26
the focus
26:26
of the
26:27
love of
26:28
the Son
26:28
of God?
26:29
No!
26:31
Was that
26:32
the kind
26:32
of person
26:33
for whom
26:34
he gave
26:34
himself?
26:35
And again,
26:35
no.
26:38
For one
26:38
will scarcely
26:39
die for a
26:40
righteous person.
26:42
Though for a
26:43
good person
26:44
one would
26:44
dare even
26:45
to die,
26:45
but God
26:46
shows his
26:47
love for
26:47
us in
26:48
that while
26:48
we were
26:49
still sinners,
26:50
Christ
26:51
died for
26:52
us.
26:55
When
26:56
Christ met
26:57
with Saul
26:57
of Tarsus,
26:59
he was
26:59
behaving like
27:00
a wild
27:01
animal in
27:02
his threats
27:03
to the
27:03
followers of
27:05
the Church
27:05
of Jesus
27:06
Christ.
27:07
The book
27:08
of Acts
27:08
tells us he
27:09
was breathing
27:10
threats and
27:11
murder against
27:12
the disciples
27:13
of the
27:14
Lord.
27:15
He asked
27:16
the high
27:17
priest for
27:18
letters to
27:19
the synagogues
27:20
at Damascus
27:21
so that if
27:22
he found
27:22
any belonging
27:23
to the
27:24
way man
27:24
or woman
27:25
he might
27:25
bring them
27:26
bound to
27:26
Jerusalem.
27:27
He was
27:27
engaged in
27:28
active
27:29
persecution
27:30
of the
27:30
Church of
27:31
Christ.
27:33
And as
27:33
Christ
27:34
forcefully
27:35
reminded him
27:36
on that
27:37
never-to-be-
27:38
forgotten
27:38
Damascus
27:39
road meeting,
27:40
Saul,
27:41
Saul,
27:42
why are
27:43
you
27:43
persecuting
27:44
me?
27:46
Saul was
27:48
ignorant of
27:49
the identity
27:50
of the
27:50
questioner.
27:51
Who are
27:52
you,
27:52
Lord?
27:53
He asks.
27:54
And the
27:55
response,
27:56
I am
27:56
Jesus.
27:58
I am
27:59
the
27:59
Savior of
28:00
sinners.
28:01
I am
28:01
the Son
28:01
of God.
28:04
And what
28:04
was true
28:05
of this
28:05
person who
28:06
speaks of
28:07
being loved,
28:08
who can
28:08
state that
28:09
the Son
28:09
of God
28:09
gave himself
28:10
and his
28:10
place?
28:11
Well,
28:11
you may
28:12
remember his
28:12
own
28:13
biographical
28:13
description
28:14
of his
28:15
own
28:15
former way
28:16
of life.
28:16
I was a
28:17
blasphemer,
28:18
persecutor,
28:19
an insolent
28:19
opponent,
28:20
until mercy
28:21
arrested me.
28:22
I received
28:22
mercy,
28:23
says the
28:23
apostle.
28:24
He had
28:24
been under
28:25
the dominion
28:25
of darkness.
28:26
Remember how
28:27
he wrote in
28:27
his letter
28:28
to the
28:28
Colossians,
28:29
God has
28:30
delivered us
28:31
from the
28:32
domain of
28:33
darkness
28:33
and transferred
28:34
us to
28:36
the kingdom
28:36
of his
28:37
beloved
28:37
Son.
28:38
He included
28:39
himself among
28:39
the number
28:40
who were under
28:41
the domain
28:42
of darkness
28:43
and were
28:43
delivered.
28:44
Yet such
28:45
is the
28:45
devastating,
28:47
blinding
28:47
effect of
28:48
sin in
28:49
his
28:49
pre-conversing
28:50
days,
28:52
that that
28:52
was certainly
28:53
not how
28:54
he viewed
28:55
himself.
28:56
He was
28:56
striving to
28:58
keep the
28:58
law.
29:00
If anyone
29:00
else thinks
29:01
he has
29:01
reason for
29:02
confidence in
29:02
the flesh,
29:03
I have
29:03
more.
29:05
Circumcised
29:05
on the
29:05
eighth day
29:06
of the
29:06
people of
29:07
Israel,
29:07
of the
29:07
tribe of
29:08
Benjamin,
29:08
a Hebrew
29:09
of the
29:09
Hebrews,
29:10
as to
29:10
the law
29:10
of Pharisees,
29:11
as to
29:11
seal,
29:11
a persecutor
29:12
of the
29:12
church,
29:13
as to
29:13
righteousness
29:14
under the
29:14
law,
29:15
blameless.
29:15
Oh,
29:18
often,
29:20
is that
29:21
not how
29:21
we tend
29:22
to think
29:22
of ourselves?
29:24
I'm not
29:25
really such
29:26
a bad
29:27
person.
29:28
Oh,
29:28
I know
29:29
I'm not
29:29
what I
29:30
should be,
29:31
but,
29:34
oh,
29:34
we may
29:34
fervently
29:35
believe that,
29:37
but the
29:38
reality is
29:38
that we
29:39
are sinners.
29:41
We are
29:41
under the
29:42
condemnation
29:43
of the
29:43
holy,
29:44
just,
29:44
law of
29:47
a
29:47
righteous
29:48
God.
29:50
Nothing
29:51
we can
29:51
do
29:52
can
29:53
alter
29:53
that
29:54
fact.
29:55
That is
29:56
why the
29:57
statement
29:57
of love
29:59
is so
29:59
really
29:59
wonderfully
30:00
amazing.
30:02
Remember
30:03
how Paul
30:03
prayed
30:04
that
30:05
believers
30:06
be empowered
30:07
by God
30:08
to grasp
30:09
this love
30:10
that
30:11
surpasses
30:12
knowledge.
30:14
and in
30:14
doing so
30:15
Paul wrote
30:16
about the
30:16
immeasurable
30:18
dimensions of
30:20
Christ's love.
30:21
Its
30:22
breadth and
30:24
length and
30:25
height and
30:26
depth.
30:27
Reminds me of
30:28
the story of a
30:30
little boy who
30:30
was out fishing
30:31
with his dad.
30:33
They were
30:33
using hand
30:34
lines and
30:36
the little boy
30:37
was letting
30:37
down his
30:38
hand line.
30:39
He could
30:40
touch the
30:40
bottom.
30:41
He could
30:41
feel the
30:42
bottom.
30:42
But they
30:43
moved further
30:44
out to
30:45
sea.
30:46
And when
30:46
the little
30:47
boy
30:47
let out
30:48
his
30:48
hand
30:49
line he
30:49
could no
30:50
longer
30:50
feel the
30:50
bottom.
30:52
He
30:52
turned to
30:53
his dad
30:53
and he
30:54
said,
30:55
surely
30:55
this is
30:56
the
30:56
great
30:56
ocean.
30:58
And his
30:59
dad said
30:59
to him,
31:00
no,
31:01
when you
31:02
are in
31:02
the middle
31:02
of the
31:03
great
31:03
ocean
31:03
there is
31:04
no
31:04
bottom
31:05
or no
31:06
shore.
31:06
when you
31:08
come face
31:09
to face
31:09
with the
31:11
love of
31:11
God
31:12
and Christ
31:12
it is
31:14
like a
31:14
huge
31:15
ocean
31:15
with no
31:17
bottom
31:17
and no
31:19
shore.
31:20
And the
31:21
terms used
31:22
by Paul
31:23
are calculated
31:24
to set
31:24
before our
31:26
minds the
31:26
immensity
31:27
and inexhaustible
31:29
nature
31:29
of Christ's
31:30
love.
31:31
irrespective
31:33
of
31:34
background
31:34
or race
31:36
or age
31:38
there is
31:39
room in
31:40
the extensive
31:41
embrace
31:42
of love.
31:44
There was
31:44
a place
31:45
for me
31:46
states
31:48
Paul
31:48
the arch
31:49
persecutor
31:50
striving to
31:51
keep the
31:52
law and
31:52
you go
31:52
through the
31:53
Bible
31:53
and you
31:54
discover
31:55
there was
31:55
a place
31:56
in the
31:56
love of
31:57
Christ
31:57
for
31:58
Rahab
31:58
the
31:59
prostitute.
32:01
There was
32:01
room for
32:02
backslidden
32:03
penitent
32:04
restored
32:05
Samson.
32:06
There was
32:07
a place
32:07
for Naomi
32:08
who experienced
32:10
being emptied
32:11
in order
32:11
to be
32:12
even more
32:13
filled.
32:14
A place
32:15
for Rose
32:15
the Moabite
32:16
who became
32:18
an heir
32:18
of the
32:19
promises.
32:20
There was
32:21
a place
32:21
for the
32:21
woman
32:22
there was
32:22
a sinner
32:23
who came
32:24
into the
32:25
house of
32:25
Simon.
32:26
There was
32:27
a place
32:27
for little
32:27
Zacchaeus
32:28
the greedy
32:29
tax collector
32:30
and we
32:30
could go
32:31
on.
32:33
And oh
32:33
my friend
32:34
the wonder
32:34
is there
32:36
is a
32:36
place for
32:38
you and
32:38
the likes
32:39
of you
32:39
and me.
32:41
Does that
32:42
not humble
32:42
you if
32:43
you find
32:44
yourself this
32:45
evening in
32:46
the embrace
32:47
of this
32:48
love?
32:51
For you
32:51
do not
32:52
possess
32:53
knowledge of
32:53
anyone like
32:55
you possess
32:56
of your
32:58
own self.
32:59
love of
33:01
the
33:02
love of
33:03
the
33:04
love of
33:05
the
33:06
judgments
33:06
of a
33:07
heart
33:07
that is
33:08
deceitful
33:09
and
33:10
desperately
33:11
wicked.
33:12
But even
33:12
with impaired
33:13
biased knowledge
33:14
of self
33:15
you know
33:16
if you are
33:18
in Christ
33:18
this evening
33:19
you never
33:20
deserved a
33:21
place
33:21
in the
33:22
all
33:23
embraces
33:24
all
33:25
enveloping
33:26
love
33:27
of the
33:28
son of
33:29
God
33:29
that took
33:31
you in
33:31
as a
33:31
neglected
33:32
helpless
33:33
orphan
33:34
without
33:34
resources
33:35
for in
33:37
his
33:37
eyes
33:37
we
33:39
were
33:40
unseemly
33:41
and loathsome
33:43
objects.
33:43
And the
33:44
words that
33:45
you find in
33:45
the prophecy
33:46
of Ezekiel
33:47
we were
33:48
lying
33:48
in our
33:49
own
33:49
blood
33:50
when he
33:51
looked on
33:52
us
33:52
in love
33:53
and said
33:54
to us
33:54
live.
33:56
Christ's
33:57
love then
33:57
is not
33:58
some
33:59
abstract
34:00
concept.
34:02
It is a
34:03
passionate
34:04
affection
34:04
that has
34:06
been expressed
34:07
through
34:08
sacrificial
34:09
action.
34:11
Many
34:12
waters
34:12
the Bible
34:13
says
34:13
cannot
34:14
quench
34:15
love
34:15
neither
34:17
can
34:17
floods
34:18
drown
34:18
it
34:18
and
34:19
that
34:19
is
34:19
certainly
34:20
true
34:20
of the
34:21
love
34:21
of
34:21
God
34:22
in
34:23
Christ.
34:24
The
34:25
person
34:25
loved
34:26
a
34:26
hell
34:27
deserving
34:27
sinner.
34:28
The
34:28
proof
34:29
of his
34:29
love
34:29
he gave
34:30
himself
34:30
the
34:31
person
34:31
who
34:31
loved
34:31
the
34:32
Son
34:32
of
34:32
God
34:33
and
34:33
finally
34:33
the
34:34
time
34:34
is
34:35
going
34:35
the
34:35
power
34:36
of
34:36
love.
34:38
We
34:39
can
34:39
say
34:39
that
34:39
the
34:39
love
34:40
spoken
34:40
of
34:41
by
34:41
Paul
34:42
wells
34:43
up
34:43
from
34:44
within
34:44
the
34:45
divine
34:46
being
34:47
and
34:47
it
34:48
flows
34:48
towards
34:49
loveless
34:50
lives
34:51
with
34:51
such
34:52
power
34:52
that
34:54
they
34:54
are
34:54
constrained
34:55
to
34:56
no
34:56
longer
34:57
live
34:57
selfishly
34:58
for
34:59
themselves
34:59
but
35:01
to
35:01
selflessly
35:02
devote
35:03
their
35:03
lives
35:04
in
35:05
reciprocal
35:05
love
35:06
to
35:07
the
35:07
one
35:07
who
35:07
loved
35:08
them.
35:09
They
35:09
are
35:10
motivated
35:10
controlled
35:12
by
35:13
the
35:13
love
35:14
of
35:14
Christ.
35:15
They
35:16
are
35:16
under
35:16
the
35:16
dominion
35:17
of
35:17
the
35:17
expulsive
35:18
power
35:19
of
35:19
a
35:19
new
35:19
affection.
35:21
That's
35:21
why
35:21
they
35:21
follow
35:22
the
35:22
Lord.
35:23
That's
35:24
why
35:24
they
35:24
love
35:24
coming
35:25
to
35:25
the
35:25
table
35:26
of
35:26
the
35:26
gospel.
35:27
You
35:27
relish
35:28
the
35:28
food
35:29
and
35:29
drink
35:29
provided
35:30
on
35:30
the
35:30
table
35:31
that
35:31
nourishes
35:31
your
35:32
soul,
35:33
satiates
35:33
your
35:34
appetite,
35:35
and
35:35
strangely
35:36
at the
35:36
same
35:37
time,
35:38
it
35:38
whets
35:39
your
35:39
appetite
35:40
for
35:41
even
35:41
more
35:42
of
35:42
the
35:43
same
35:43
provision.
35:47
Because
35:47
under
35:49
the
35:49
motivating
35:50
power
35:51
of
35:51
the
35:51
love
35:52
of
35:52
the
35:52
Son
35:52
of
35:52
God,
35:53
this
35:54
has
35:54
become
35:54
true.
35:55
Just
35:56
as it
35:56
was
35:56
true
35:56
of
35:56
the
35:57
life
35:58
I
35:58
now
35:58
live
35:59
in
35:59
the
35:59
flesh,
36:00
I
36:00
live
36:00
by
36:00
faith
36:01
in
36:02
the
36:02
Son
36:02
of
36:02
God
36:03
who
36:03
loved
36:04
me
36:04
and
36:05
gave
36:05
himself
36:05
for
36:06
me.
36:08
And
36:08
is
36:08
that
36:08
not
36:09
why?
36:10
You
36:10
come
36:11
to
36:12
his
36:12
own
36:12
table,
36:14
to
36:15
the
36:15
Lord's
36:15
table,
36:17
as
36:17
you
36:17
express
36:18
your
36:18
deep
36:19
indebtedness
36:19
to
36:20
him,
36:21
but
36:22
also
36:22
your
36:22
anticipation
36:23
and
36:24
expectation
36:25
of
36:27
his
36:27
coming
36:27
to
36:28
take
36:28
you
36:28
to
36:29
be
36:29
forever
36:30
with
36:31
himself.
36:33
But
36:34
what,
36:34
my
36:34
friend,
36:35
if that
36:35
is not
36:35
true of
36:36
you
36:36
tonight?
36:37
What
36:38
if you
36:38
are a
36:38
stranger
36:39
to
36:40
the
36:40
love
36:40
of
36:41
God
36:41
and
36:41
Christ?
36:43
What
36:43
if you
36:44
have
36:44
never
36:44
been
36:45
constrained
36:46
by
36:47
this
36:47
power
36:49
that
36:50
turns
36:50
lives
36:51
around
36:52
and
36:54
makes
36:54
them
36:54
live
36:55
for
36:56
the
36:57
one
36:57
who
36:57
loved
36:57
them
36:58
and
36:59
gave
36:59
himself
36:59
for
37:00
them?
37:02
Oh,
37:02
may
37:03
God
37:03
grant
37:04
that
37:05
you
37:05
come
37:06
to
37:06
know
37:06
this
37:07
person
37:08
in
37:08
your
37:08
life
37:09
and
37:11
that
37:11
is
37:11
love
37:11
works
37:13
mightily
37:13
and
37:14
powerfully
37:14
in
37:15
your
37:15
heart.
37:16
The
37:17
person
37:17
who
37:17
loved
37:18
one
37:18
from
37:18
all
37:19
eternity
37:19
was
37:21
immersed
37:21
in
37:22
love
37:22
as
37:23
the
37:23
beloved
37:24
son.
37:24
He
37:24
came
37:25
from
37:25
a
37:25
world
37:25
of
37:26
love.
37:27
He
37:28
came
37:29
from
37:29
a
37:29
world
37:29
of
37:30
love.
37:31
The
37:31
love
37:31
that
37:32
exists
37:32
between
37:33
the
37:33
persons
37:33
of
37:34
the
37:34
glorious
37:35
Trinity.
37:36
The
37:37
proof
37:37
of
37:37
his
37:37
love
37:38
he
37:38
gave
37:38
himself.
37:40
The
37:40
only
37:41
sacrifice
37:42
that
37:43
could
37:43
accomplish
37:44
redemption.
37:45
The
37:45
person
37:45
loved
37:46
me
37:47
says
37:48
Paul
37:48
and
37:49
everyone
37:50
who
37:50
has
37:51
been
37:51
united
37:51
to
37:52
Jesus
37:52
through
37:53
faith
37:53
in
37:53
his
37:54
name.
37:55
Me
37:55
the
37:56
unworthy
37:57
undeserving
37:58
sinner.
38:00
The
38:00
power
38:00
of
38:00
love
38:01
they
38:02
might
38:02
no
38:03
longer
38:03
live
38:03
for
38:04
themselves
38:04
but
38:05
for
38:06
him
38:06
who
38:07
for
38:07
their
38:08
sake
38:08
died
38:09
and
38:10
was
38:10
raised
38:11
again.
38:13
Let
38:14
us
38:14
pray.
38:16
Oh
38:17
eternal
38:18
and
38:19
ever
38:19
blessed
38:19
one.
38:22
There
38:23
is so
38:23
much
38:24
in the
38:26
little
38:26
text
38:27
before
38:28
us
38:28
this
38:28
evening.
38:29
and
38:32
eternity
38:32
will
38:33
never
38:33
exhaust
38:34
the
38:37
wonder
38:37
and
38:37
astonishment
38:38
of the
38:40
lives
38:41
of the
38:41
redeemed
38:42
as
38:45
they
38:45
constantly
38:46
focus
38:46
and
38:47
contemplate
38:48
on the
38:49
one who
38:50
loved
38:50
them
38:50
and
38:52
gave
38:52
himself
38:52
for
38:53
them.
38:55
Oh
38:55
that
38:56
each
38:56
one of
38:56
us
38:56
this
38:57
evening
38:57
might
38:59
be
38:59
able
38:59
to
39:00
make
39:00
the
39:00
same
39:00
admission
39:01
and
39:02
the
39:02
glory
39:03
shall
39:03
be
39:03
thine.
39:05
In
39:05
Jesus'
39:06
name
39:06
we
39:06
ask
39:06
it.
39:07
Amen.
39:09
Let
39:10
us
39:11
conclude
39:11
by
39:12
singing
39:12
to
39:12
God's
39:13
praise
39:13
from
39:14
Psalm
39:15
108
39:16
page
39:17
146
39:18
of the
39:19
psalm
39:20
book.
39:21
Psalm
39:22
108
39:23
page
39:24
146
39:25
O
39:26
Lord
39:27
God
39:28
my
39:29
heart
39:29
is
39:29
steadfast
39:30
and
39:31
with
39:31
all
39:32
my
39:32
soul
39:33
I'll
39:33
sing
39:33
harp
39:34
and
39:35
lyre
39:35
I
39:35
will
39:35
awaken
39:36
and
39:37
my
39:37
song
39:38
the
39:38
dawn
39:39
will
39:39
bring
39:39
Lord
39:41
my
39:42
God
39:42
among
39:43
the
39:44
nations
39:44
I
39:45
will
39:45
ever
39:45
give
39:45
you
39:46
praise
39:46
in
39:47
the
39:47
midst
39:48
of
39:48
all
39:48
the
39:48
peoples
39:49
I
39:50
will
39:50
sing
39:51
of
39:51
you
39:51
always
39:52
for
39:53
your
39:54
steadfast
39:55
love
39:55
is
39:55
boundless
39:56
greater
39:57
than
39:57
the
39:58
heavens
39:58
high
39:59
and
40:00
your
40:00
faithfulness
40:01
towards
40:01
us
40:02
reaches
40:03
even
40:04
to
40:04
the
40:04
sky
40:05
far
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above
40:07
the
40:07
highest
40:08
heavens
40:08
be
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exalted
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O
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my
40:11
God
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and
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through
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all
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the
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earth
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around
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us
40:15
let
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your
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glory
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spread
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abroad
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let
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us
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sing
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these
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verses
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in
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conclusion
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O
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Lord
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God
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my
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heart
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is
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steadfast
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O
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Lord
40:30
God
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my
40:31
heart
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is
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steadfast
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and
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with
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all
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my
40:37
soul
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I
40:38
will
40:39
sing
40:40
Harp
40:41
and
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light
40:43
I
40:43
will
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awaken
40:46
and
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my
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song
40:49
the
40:50
dawn
40:50
will
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bring
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Lord
40:54
my
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God
40:55
among
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the
40:58
nations
40:59
I
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will
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ever
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give
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you
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praise
41:06
in
41:07
the
41:08
midst
41:08
of
41:09
all
41:10
the
41:11
peoples
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I
41:13
will
41:14
sing
41:15
of
41:15
you
41:16
always
41:17
!
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for
41:20
your
41:21
steadfast
41:23
love
41:23
is
41:24
boundless
41:25
greater
41:27
than
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the
41:29
heavens
41:30
high
41:31
and
41:33
your
41:33
faithfulness
41:36
towards
41:37
us
41:38
reaches
41:40
even
41:41
to
41:42
the
41:43
sky
41:44
!
41:45
But
41:46
above
41:47
the
41:48
highest
41:50
heavens
41:51
be
41:52
exalted
41:54
O
41:55
my
41:56
God
41:57
and
41:59
through
41:59
all
42:00
the
42:01
earth
42:02
around
42:03
us
42:04
let
42:05
your
42:05
glory
42:06
spread
42:08
the
42:09
Lord
42:10
now
42:12
may
42:12
the
42:13
grace
42:13
of
42:13
the
42:13
Lord
42:14
Jesus
42:14
Christ
42:15
the
42:15
love
42:15
of
42:16
God
42:16
the
42:16
Father
42:17
fellowship
42:18
and
42:18
communion
42:19
of
42:19
the
42:19
Holy
42:20
Spirit
42:20
rest
42:22
on
42:22
and
42:22
abide
42:23
with
42:23
you
42:23
all
42:24
now
42:24
and
42:25
forever
42:25
Amen
42:55
may
42:57
may