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Romans 8:3-4 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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If you guys ever played on a really good sports team, let's say basketball for instance, sometimes you know that you get up by a really, really large margin, let's say 50 points.
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And when that happens, the first stream comes out and the second stream goes in. And that's kind of the way that I feel this morning.
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Romans seven, it was a neck and neck game. We're going back and forth, the flesh and the sin versus the law of God.
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And then we got the old man versus the new man. And of course, Romans eight, it seems like it kind of go up by like 50 and they put the subs in.
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So consider myself the second stream. In light of that, let's just pray to the Lord for making this substitution.
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Father, we thank you so much that Christ is real. Christ is alive. Christ is in us who know him.
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God, we pray that your word would just be opened up to us this morning in a great and marvelous way.
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We pray that it would just change the way that we think, the way that we live our lives, Lord God, so that you would receive more glory through us.
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And we would, Father, just have the right parts that are filled with joy.
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We pray this in Christ's name. Amen.
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In psychology, I learned that you tend to remember the first thing and the last thing that you hear from somebody more than all the middle stuff.
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So I just want to start with kind of the general outline of Romans eight versus one through four, just so you guys can have a have the structure in your mind as we're going through it.
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I'm only really teaching. I'm supposed to really only teach three and four because Nathan taught one and two a couple of weeks ago.
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But we're going to we're going to go through all of it really briefly and just focus in on the last two especially.
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So and I have these kind of, I guess, segmented by ours.
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All the all the names of these things start with our.
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So the first verse is really the reality that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ.
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OK, it's about our need for righteousness.
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Verse two is the reason why we have no condemnation.
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And the buzzword there is justification.
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And it deals with how God provided us with his righteousness.
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OK, verse three.
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Is the route.
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That God took to alleviate from us this condemnation.
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And the buzzword is substitution.
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Route and substitution.
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And it really has to do with Christ being our righteous sacrifice.
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And then fourthly.
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It's the result.
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This is verse four.
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Of our salvation and Christ substitutionary work on our behalf.
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And the key word here is sanctification.
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And this is going to be talking about our demonstration of God's righteousness.
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OK, so these are massive topics that obviously I'm not going to be able to touch fully.
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This is a very abridged version of what these things actually deal with.
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It's this is I mean, literally the whole scripture is kind of being summarized in these four verses.
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So you can pretty much go anywhere to teach this.
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But I'm going to try to stay in Romans as much as possible today.
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Just so you guys aren't flipping all over the place.
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Let's begin with a review of verses one and two.
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Let's just read the passage to start with.
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OK, this is Romans eight, one through four.
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There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
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For what the law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did.
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Sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh.
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In order that we that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.
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OK, so verses one one through four here, it really functions as a summary of the previous seven chapters.
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It's kind of a hinge point.
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OK, so it's the previous seven chapters, but it's also the subsequent thirty five verses to follow in chapter eight.
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It's really a summary of all that's all that that's going on.
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And again, the first buzzword that we had was the reality of no condemnation.
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This is verse one.
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There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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We see that earlier in the text in Romans in verses 18 through really chapter 118 through verses 20 in chapter three.
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Paul is talking about condemnation.
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And the reality of man is guilty before a holy God who was also a judge.
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Of the worst kind of treason.
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OK, man is guilty of treason against God.
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And treason is a violation of a violation of allegiance to one sovereign or a betrayal.
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I like this definition better.
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A betrayal of a trust or confidence.
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It's a breach of faith.
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We have committed treason against God.
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And with treason, commonly there's no tolerance, right?
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Crimes often result in the death penalty.
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There's been a recent thing, I think, happening in the past couple of years.
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I just learned about this recently from Josh, in fact.
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A lot of you guys in the military probably heard about this WikiLeaks thing.
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It's a young, private first class soldier.
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A couple of years ago stole a lot of confidential documents and some video footage from the government.
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And somehow he posted it on the Internet for anyone and everyone to see.
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I mean, that's enemies and friends alike.
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And some of the content was very disturbing.
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It exposed actually a mission that had gone wrong overseas.
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And needless to say, the man was arrested and is actually awaiting trial and potentially the death penalty.
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This is just a young man who put some stuff on the Internet.
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But the severity of the crime is determined by the scale of the offense.
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The severity of the crime is determined by the scale of the offense.
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So, you slap your brother or sister on the face, you get time out.
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You slap the president, you get time in jail.
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There's a difference between slapping your brother and slapping the president.
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That's because the scale of offense is greater.
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If we betray one's country, we get death.
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If we betray God, we get death and hell.
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It's greater.
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Understand in the present predicament of sinners.
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They are under the condemnation of the King of Kings.
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Jesus, therefore, says rightly in Matthew 10, 28,
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Don't fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul.
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Rather, fear Him who is able to send both soul and body into hell.
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There's a reverence that God was speaking up there.
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And so you may ask, what have we done to deserve condemnation?
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What are we guilty of before God?
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That would sentence us to death and then eventually hell?
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Turn to Romans 1.
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Again, beginning in verse 18, He's dealing with this.
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Going through chapter 3, verse 20.
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What have we done?
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Read verse 18 with me.
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For the wrath of God, that's the condemnation, is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
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and all unrighteousness of men who do what?
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Who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.
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Then skip down to verses 21 through 23.
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For even though they knew about God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks,
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but they became futile in their speculations and their foolish heart was darkened.
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Professing to be wise, they became fools.
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And they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God
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for an image in the form of corruptible man
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and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
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And you might substitute anything there.
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Any false god or idol that you may serve.
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A lifestyle, a status, an image, a relationship, etc.
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They worship and serve and men worship and serve.
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And we used to worship and serve things that were not God.
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That's treason.
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That's betrayal of God.
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Look at verses 24 and 25.
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Therefore, God gave them over in the lust of their hearts to impurity.
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That their bodies might be dishonored among them.
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For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie.
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And they worship and served the creature rather than the creator.
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Okay?
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Just a note.
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Immorality is normal as a symptom of depravity.
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And normally, within a certain society or a certain country or a certain region
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where you have gross immorality or growing immorality,
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normally that means soon the destruction of that society or nation or whatever.
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This happened to Rome a long time ago.
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There was just a growing homosexuality, a growing heterosexual sin throughout the region.
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It was corrupting everybody from the inside out.
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And Rome fell from the inside out.
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So immorality is a normal symptom of depravity.
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So imagine what condition our society and our country is in today.
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Furthermore, look at 28 through 32.
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Now, he's kind of speaking, okay?
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He's writing to the church, so he's speaking to Christians.
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But these things that he's saying are all, or once were all, true of us.
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This is going to help us compare what Christ has done better.
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So look at verses 28 through 32.
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And just as they did not see fit, this is unbelievers,
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as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer,
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God gave them over to a depraved mind to do those things that are not proper.
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What things are not proper?
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Being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil,
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full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice.
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They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful,
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inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding,
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and trustworthy, and loving, and merciful.
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And although they know the ordinance or the commandment of God,
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that those who practice such things are worthy of death,
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they not only do the same,
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but they also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
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So that's a laundry list of indictment against us.
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And that's just chapter 1.
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This is the condemnation of God that is coming upon people
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that this is characteristic of.
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But for those who are in Christ Jesus,
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there is no condemnation.
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So we were all once these things.
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And yet there's no condemnation.
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There's no condemnation at all.
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No penalty to be paid.
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No judgment to fear.
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No hell to suffer.
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All of our guilt absolved.
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So the question then becomes,
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well, how do I get in Christ, right?
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Because the first verse of our text says
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that those that are in Christ have no condemnation.
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How do I get in Christ?
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That's the beauty of verse 2.
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He rescues you by the power of the gospel.
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Let's read it.
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For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus
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has set you free
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from the law of sin and death.
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Has set you free.
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What does that imply?
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That you were once in bondage to something, right?
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You were freed from something.
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You were incarcerated in something.
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Now you're freed from something.
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So again, the second key word was justification.
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This is the reason why condemnation
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is no longer applied to us.
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Man is justified,
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which really means to be declared innocent
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or to be holy or to be blameless,
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by faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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That's how.
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Before Christ saved you,
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you were held in captivity to the law,
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it says,
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of sin and of death.
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And in many ways,
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this refers to the principle of sin
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that we see Paul struggling with
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in chapter 7,
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verses 23 and 24.
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Let's read that.
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It's regarding a principle.
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He says,
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but I see a different law
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in the members of my body,
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waging war against the law of my mind
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and making me a prisoner
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of the law of sin,
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which is in my members.
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So something's inside of Paul.
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Then he says,
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wretched man that I am,
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he cries out,
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who will set me free
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from the body of this death?
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So something was inside of Paul.
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Something was true of Paul
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that he hated,
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that he despised.
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It was a principle
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that was inside of him.
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This thing that he couldn't
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rid himself of in this life.
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And they that are not in Christ
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are in the devil.
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That's a strong comparison.
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But they that are not in Christ
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are in the devil.
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What does that mean?
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John 8, 44.
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Jesus himself
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says to the Pharisees,
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you are of your father,
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the devil.
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In Ephesians 2, 3,
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Paul says
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that we are children of wrath.
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And in 1 John 3, 10,
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John says,
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you are children of the devil.
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That's how he describes
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the unbelieving,
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the unregenerate.
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Children of the devil.
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And not being in Christ,
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they have not Christ in them.
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And therefore,
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no power to resist sin
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or combat Satan.
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They are slaves of sin.
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They are entirely governed
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and influenced
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in every decision
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by their fallen nature.
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This is who you once were.
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This is who some of you
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may still be.
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You are totally
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controlled by sin.
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There is nothing
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inside of you
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that is pleasing to God.
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You are filled with sin.
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One cannot escape
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what one is.
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Okay?
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If you are an ant,
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then you can only
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work with the faculties
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of an ant.
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If you are a lion,
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then you can only work
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with the faculties
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of a lion.
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If you are not in Christ,
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then you can only work
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with your fallen faculties.
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Meaning what?
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You can't please God.
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You can't please God.
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This is so important
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to understand.
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Okay?
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Romans 8 says that.
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We are going to get to that
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in a little while.
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That those who are
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not in Christ,
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who are not in the Spirit,
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cannot please God.
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Have no ability to.
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Now that means something.
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That puts people
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that try to work
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to be good,
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to get God's approval,
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in a very,
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very desperate place.
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because you can't
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earn God's favor.
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There's no outweighing
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the bad with the good.
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This is exactly
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what the truth
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of Scripture says.
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Just turn to Romans 8.
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I just want to see,
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I just want to read this
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with you.
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Romans 8.
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Those who are in the flesh
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cannot please God.
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So I'm not just making this up.
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This is truth from Scripture.
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If you are a Christian,
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however,
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you can certainly
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please God.
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Because there is now
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a new principle
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in you.
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The law of the Spirit
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of life in Christ Jesus,
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as our verse says.
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This is how the Gospel works,
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okay?
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By faith,
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a man believes
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that he has sinned
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against God.
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And is indeed
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in a state
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of just
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condemnation.
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So I sin
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against God,
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I recognize that,
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and I admit that,
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and I believe that.
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That God is not
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pleased with me,
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for me.
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Know this too,
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God never refuses
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or despises
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the man who is broken
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in spirit,
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and who is contrite
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in heart.
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Psalm 51.
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And therefore,
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God saves
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this poor man,
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God has saved you,
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being justified,
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made holy,
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right?
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As a gift
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by His grace,
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as a gift,
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that's a key word there,
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by His grace,
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through the redemption
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which is in Christ Jesus.
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And that's straight out
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of chapter 3,
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verse 24.
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And this person
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who's been saved
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has what's called
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positional righteousness.
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Positional righteousness.
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Meaning that if a man
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were to die
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the second after
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he were saved,
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and he had lived
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a life of constant sin,
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let's say that he was
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the worst of men,
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and he died
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one second after
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he was saved,
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he would still
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be seen by God
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as if he were as holy
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and as blameless
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as Christ.
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Positional righteousness
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is awesome.
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Holy and blameless
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before God,
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pure as Christ,
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and I did
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one second
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of good things
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and 45 years
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of sin.
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He would then
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be loved by God
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for the rest of eternity
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as a son
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because of this position.
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And he would not
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be condemned to hell
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as a sinner.
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And that is what it means
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to be justified.
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Now,
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you say,
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where is that
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in Scripture,
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right?
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That's an awesome
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reality.
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Where is that
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in Scripture?
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I want to read
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more about this.
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Luke 23,
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39-43,
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is the thief
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on the cross.
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That's a great
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example of that.
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He was on the cross.
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He was literally
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nailed to the cross.
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And Christ
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gave him and said,
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today you will be
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with me in paradise.
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But I want to read you
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from Romans 5.
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Look at Romans 5.
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Just turn over
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one page.
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Another good example
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of this.
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Romans 5,
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6-10.
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For while we were
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still helpless,
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at the right time,
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Christ died
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for the ungodly.
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God died
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for the Romans
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one people.
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For one will hardly
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die for a righteous man,
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though perhaps
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for a good man
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someone would dare
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even to die.
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But God
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demonstrates
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His own love
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toward us.
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And that while
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we were
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yet still
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sinners,
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wicked,
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evil,
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hating God,
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rebellious,
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Christ died
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for you.
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In your sin.
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Not when you
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cleaned yourself up
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and made yourself
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resentable,
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but in your sin,
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in the worst
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of the worst
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of the worst
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circumstances,
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when you were
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doing nothing
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but sin,
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when you were
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hating God
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and betraying Him
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with all the heart
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that you possibly could,
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that's when He
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died for you.
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much more
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than
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having now
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been justified
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by His blood,
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we shall be
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saved from the
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wrath of God,
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from condemnation
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through Christ.
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For if
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while we were
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enemies,
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we were reconciled
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to God
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through the death
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of His Son,
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much more than
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having been
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reconciled,
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we should be
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saved by His
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life.
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He's like,
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if God saves you
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while you were
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in your sin,
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while you were
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hating God,
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while you were
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rebellious,
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then certainly
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He's going to
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keep you
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once you've
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been given
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the Holy Spirit,
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once you've
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been transformed,
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once you've
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been given
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a love for
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Christ,
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there's nothing
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you can do
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to get out
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of that.
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It's awesome.
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Thirdly,
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verse 3,
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Romans 8,
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3,
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says,
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for what the
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law could
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not do,
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weak as it
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was through
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the flesh,
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God did,
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by sending
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His own
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Son in the
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likeness of
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sinful flesh,
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and as an
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offering for
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sin,
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He condemned
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sin in
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the flesh.
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The key
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word here
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is substitution.
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And this
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is again,
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for the R
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words,
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the route
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that God
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took to
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alleviate us
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from condemnation.
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The route
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that God
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took to
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justify you.
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Substitution.
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Meaning,
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the righteous
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demands of
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the law,
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and the law
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does have
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demands,
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are satisfied
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in Christ,
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and thusly,
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in those
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who are in
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Christ.
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The law
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here,
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the word
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law,
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is the
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word nomos
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in the
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Greek,
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and it's
21:20
a generic
21:20
word meaning
21:21
basically any
21:22
law whatsoever.
21:24
Any law
21:25
whatsoever.
21:26
So it's
21:27
therefore anything
21:27
that accurately
21:28
reflects the
21:29
moral character
21:30
or moral
21:30
nature of
21:31
God.
21:31
It can be
21:32
as explicit,
21:33
as obvious,
21:34
as the
21:35
Mosaic law,
21:36
the Ten
21:36
Commandments
21:37
that were
21:37
written in
21:38
stone,
21:38
or it can
21:39
be as
21:39
implicit as
21:40
the moral
21:41
law,
21:42
written in
21:43
and on the
21:43
hearts of
21:44
people,
21:46
bearing
21:47
conscious
21:47
witness of
21:49
God to
21:49
even the
21:50
indigenous
21:50
tribesmen
21:51
who's never
21:53
heard the
21:53
name of
21:53
Jesus Christ
21:54
or read a
21:54
Bible.
21:56
The law
21:56
of God
21:57
is still
21:57
written on
21:57
their hearts.
21:58
That's
21:58
Romans 2.15.
21:59
Romans 2.1
22:05
says no
22:06
man is
22:06
with excuse.
22:09
No man's
22:09
got an
22:10
excuse before
22:10
God.
22:11
There's
22:11
nothing you
22:12
can say
22:12
to him
22:12
because
22:13
there's
22:13
moral laws
22:14
written on
22:14
your heart,
22:15
which is
22:16
why somebody
22:17
in an
22:18
indigenous
22:18
tribe
22:18
elsewhere
22:19
still feels
22:21
the same
22:22
conviction
22:22
for committing
22:23
adultery
22:23
or for
22:26
killing
22:26
somebody.
22:28
It's the
22:28
moral law
22:29
of God
22:29
written in
22:29
the
22:30
heart.
22:30
So it
22:31
can be
22:31
explicit
22:31
or it
22:32
can be
22:32
implicit.
22:33
But all
22:33
of that
22:33
and everything
22:34
in between
22:35
is the
22:35
law of
22:36
God.
22:40
And the
22:40
law, as we
22:41
see in our
22:41
text,
22:42
couldn't do
22:42
something.
22:43
It was
22:44
incapable of
22:45
doing
22:45
something.
22:46
What?
22:49
If we read
22:50
further on in
22:51
verse 3,
22:54
condemning sin
22:55
is what it
22:57
couldn't do.
22:57
that's what
22:59
God was
22:59
sent for,
23:00
right?
23:00
That's why
23:00
Christ was
23:01
sent, was
23:01
to condemn
23:02
sin.
23:07
The law
23:07
cannot
23:08
condemn or
23:10
destroy or
23:11
render powerless
23:12
Sin.
23:14
It can only
23:15
expose it.
23:20
Romans 7,
23:20
7, look over
23:21
just one column.
23:22
Paul says,
23:26
what should we
23:28
say then?
23:28
Is the law
23:29
sin?
23:29
May it
23:29
never be.
23:30
On the
23:30
contrary,
23:30
I would
23:31
not have
23:31
come to
23:31
no sin
23:33
except
23:34
through the
23:35
law.
23:37
The law.
23:38
That's its
23:39
function.
23:40
It can only
23:41
make a person
23:41
privy to
23:42
their offense
23:42
of God's
23:43
law.
23:43
It can only
23:44
make a person
23:44
realize or
23:45
understand that
23:47
they have
23:47
committed a
23:47
transgression
23:48
against God.
23:49
That they're
23:50
rebellious.
23:51
purpose.
23:52
That's what
23:52
its purpose,
23:53
its function
23:53
is.
23:54
It's to
23:55
tutor you
23:55
basically.
23:56
To lead
23:57
you into
23:58
the knowledge
23:59
of your
23:59
sin.
24:03
Look at
24:03
Romans 3.
24:07
The end
24:08
of, I
24:10
guess,
24:11
19 and
24:11
20.
24:11
Look at
24:11
this.
24:13
Romans 3,
24:14
19 and
24:14
20.
24:14
Now, we
24:15
know that
24:15
whatever the
24:15
law says,
24:16
it speaks
24:17
to those
24:18
who are
24:18
under the
24:18
law,
24:20
that every
24:20
mouth may
24:21
be closed.
24:21
So,
24:21
everybody's
24:22
mouth is
24:22
shut up.
24:23
And all
24:23
the world
24:24
may become
24:24
accountable
24:25
to God.
24:25
Everybody
24:26
is.
24:27
Because by
24:28
the works
24:28
of the
24:28
law,
24:30
that means
24:31
by trying
24:32
to achieve
24:32
God's
24:34
favor
24:34
through
24:35
working
24:36
or doing
24:38
good works.
24:39
So, by
24:39
the works
24:39
of the
24:40
law, no
24:40
flesh will
24:40
be justified
24:41
in his
24:41
sight.
24:42
For
24:42
through
24:43
the law
24:43
comes
24:44
the
24:44
knowledge
24:44
of sin.
24:47
So,
24:47
it's
24:47
clear as
24:48
day.
24:49
Now, I
24:49
need to
24:49
make a
24:50
point here.
24:51
The
24:52
problem is
24:52
not with
24:52
the law.
24:53
The
24:53
problem is
24:53
with us.
24:55
Okay?
24:57
The
24:58
verse says,
24:58
weak as
24:59
it was
24:59
through the
24:59
flesh.
25:01
What the
25:02
law could
25:02
not do,
25:03
weak as
25:03
it was
25:03
through the
25:04
flesh.
25:04
Okay?
25:05
Our sin
25:05
nature is
25:06
the flesh.
25:07
That's the
25:07
issue.
25:09
We are
25:09
born with a
25:10
predisposition
25:11
towards sin
25:12
and towards
25:12
lawlessness.
25:13
We hate,
25:14
as sinners,
25:16
the rigidity
25:16
of the
25:17
law.
25:17
law.
25:18
Because it
25:19
feels
25:19
incarcerating,
25:20
doesn't it?
25:21
All these
25:22
do's and
25:22
don'ts,
25:22
all these
25:23
things to
25:23
do,
25:23
all these
25:23
things not
25:24
to do,
25:24
it feels
25:25
incarcerating
25:25
to us.
25:27
We want
25:28
to rebel
25:28
against it
25:29
and to be
25:31
freed from
25:32
its
25:32
requirements.
25:33
And when
25:33
the unbelieving
25:34
feel that
25:34
way,
25:36
it's simply
25:37
the law
25:37
doing what
25:39
it's supposed
25:39
to do.
25:40
simply doing
25:44
what it's
25:44
supposed to
25:44
do.
25:45
This helps
25:45
us very
25:45
much in
25:46
understanding
25:46
why
25:46
unbelievers
25:47
hate the
25:47
gospel.
25:48
Why some
25:49
of you
25:49
hate the
25:49
gospel.
25:50
Why you
25:51
hate hearing
25:51
this.
25:52
Why?
25:52
Because the
25:53
law exposes
25:54
your failure
25:55
to meet
25:56
God's
25:57
standard.
26:00
Anybody
26:00
and nobody
26:01
likes to
26:02
dwell on
26:03
their weaknesses
26:04
and on
26:04
their deficiencies.
26:06
But you
26:07
are weak.
26:07
if you
26:09
are not
26:09
in Christ,
26:10
you are
26:10
very weak.
26:13
Very
26:14
weak.
26:15
We all
26:15
were once
26:15
weak.
26:17
It exposes
26:18
you.
26:19
It makes
26:19
a mockery
26:20
of you.
26:21
You can't
26:21
live up to
26:21
it.
26:23
It's like a
26:24
father that's
26:24
never pleased
26:25
with you if
26:26
you do
26:26
something good
26:27
in the
26:27
house.
26:28
Never gives
26:29
you any
26:29
kind of
26:29
encouragement.
26:31
The law
26:31
doesn't know
26:31
how to show
26:32
encouragement.
26:33
It only beats
26:34
you down.
26:36
That's its
26:36
function though.
26:37
It's meant
26:37
to do
26:38
that.
26:39
The law
26:40
is weak
26:40
only because
26:41
our flesh
26:42
is weak.
26:44
But our
26:45
Savior's
26:45
flesh was
26:46
not,
26:46
however,
26:47
weak.
26:49
Was it?
26:54
Notice
26:54
our verse
26:55
says,
26:56
what the law
26:56
could not
26:56
do,
26:57
weak as
26:57
it was
26:57
through the
26:57
flesh,
26:58
God
26:59
did.
27:01
God
27:01
did.
27:03
What the
27:03
law was
27:04
incapable of
27:04
doing through
27:05
us,
27:05
that is,
27:05
rendering
27:06
powerless,
27:07
sin,
27:07
and Satan,
27:08
and death,
27:09
and reflecting
27:10
God's perfect
27:10
moral righteousness,
27:12
it mightily
27:13
achieved through
27:14
Christ.
27:16
What the law
27:17
couldn't do
27:17
through us,
27:18
it achieved
27:19
victoriously,
27:20
triumphantly
27:20
through Christ.
27:23
Notice how
27:24
our verse here
27:24
is phrased,
27:25
right?
27:25
God did,
27:26
sending His
27:27
own Son.
27:28
God the
27:28
Father then
27:29
chose willingly
27:30
to send
27:30
Jesus.
27:31
And let me
27:32
tell you this,
27:32
He was
27:32
compelled by
27:33
nothing in
27:33
you or
27:34
nothing in
27:34
me.
27:35
we have
27:37
no value
27:38
apart from
27:40
that which
27:40
is given
27:41
to us
27:41
by God.
27:45
We are
27:45
the same
27:46
as grass
27:47
apart from
27:48
Christ,
27:48
creation.
27:51
That's all
27:51
that you
27:51
are.
27:52
That's all
27:52
that I
27:53
am,
27:53
is creation.
27:58
God
27:58
sent
27:58
Christ.
27:59
Why?
27:59
turn to
28:00
Isaiah 53.
28:14
This is
28:15
awesome.
28:17
Isaiah 53.
28:19
We are
28:19
going to read
28:20
verses 4
28:20
through 6
28:21
and then
28:21
we are
28:21
going to
28:21
read a
28:22
little bit
28:23
from verse
28:23
10.
28:26
Isaiah 53,
28:27
4 through 6
28:28
and a
28:28
little bit
28:28
from 10.
28:29
Listen to
28:31
this.
28:32
This is
28:32
so awesome.
28:37
It says,
28:37
Surely our
28:38
griefs He
28:39
Himself,
28:40
that is
28:40
Christ,
28:41
bore.
28:42
In our
28:42
sorrows He
28:43
carried,
28:44
yet we
28:45
ourselves
28:45
esteemed
28:46
Him stricken.
28:46
We didn't
28:46
recognize Him.
28:48
Smitten of
28:49
God and
28:49
afflicted.
28:51
But He
28:51
was pierced
28:52
through for
28:53
our transgressions.
28:54
He was crushed
28:55
for our
28:55
iniquities.
28:56
And the
28:56
chastisement
28:57
for our
28:59
well-being
29:00
fell upon
29:00
Him.
29:01
And by
29:02
His
29:02
scourging
29:02
we are
29:03
healed.
29:05
All of
29:05
us like
29:05
sheep have
29:06
gone astray.
29:07
Each of
29:07
us has
29:08
turned to
29:08
his own
29:08
way.
29:08
We're
29:09
all
29:09
sinners.
29:09
But the
29:10
Lord has
29:10
caused
29:10
the
29:11
iniquity
29:11
of us
29:11
all to
29:12
fall on
29:13
Christ.
29:14
Christ.
29:17
Verse 10.
29:19
But the
29:19
Lord was
29:21
pleased to
29:22
crush Him,
29:24
putting Him
29:24
to grief.
29:27
So why
29:28
did God
29:28
send Christ
29:29
to die
29:31
this gruesome
29:32
death on
29:33
the cross
29:33
to save
29:33
us from
29:34
our sins
29:34
simply
29:36
because it
29:36
pleased Him.
29:38
He wanted
29:39
to.
29:41
It pleased
29:42
Him.
29:43
to crush
29:44
Christ.
29:48
God does
29:49
what He
29:50
pleases.
29:51
And the
29:52
Son,
29:53
likewise,
29:54
does what
29:54
He pleases.
29:56
Let me read
29:56
you this.
29:58
A little
29:58
Trinity passage
29:59
here.
29:59
Check this
29:59
out.
30:03
Jesus
30:04
says,
30:05
for this
30:06
reason the
30:06
Father loves
30:07
me,
30:08
because I
30:08
lay down
30:09
my life
30:10
that I
30:10
may take
30:10
it up
30:11
again.
30:11
no one
30:13
has taken
30:14
my life
30:14
away from
30:15
me.
30:16
Nobody.
30:17
But I
30:18
lay it
30:18
down on
30:18
my own
30:19
initiative.
30:20
I have
30:21
authority to
30:21
lay it
30:21
down and
30:22
I have
30:22
authority to
30:22
take it
30:22
up again.
30:23
This
30:23
commandment
30:24
I receive
30:24
from my
30:24
Father.
30:27
That's
30:27
Jesus
30:27
saying,
30:29
the
30:29
Father sent
30:30
me,
30:30
but I
30:30
sent
30:30
myself.
30:32
I do
30:32
what I
30:33
want to
30:33
do.
30:35
So it
30:35
pleased
30:36
Christ to
30:36
die on
30:37
the cross.
30:37
God
30:43
enjoyed the
30:43
death of
30:44
Christ.
30:45
Why?
30:46
Because
30:46
through it,
30:48
Christ killed
30:48
the power
30:49
of sin
30:49
that had
30:50
for thousands
30:51
of years
30:52
held sway
30:53
over all
30:54
creation.
30:56
In His
30:56
triumph,
30:57
He conquered
30:57
sin,
30:58
Satan,
30:58
death,
30:59
and hell.
31:00
He brought
31:01
many sons
31:01
to glory.
31:02
That's you,
31:02
that's me.
31:04
He made
31:04
a fool
31:05
of Satan,
31:05
which He
31:06
liked.
31:06
He
31:07
perfectly
31:07
accomplished
31:08
the will
31:08
of His
31:09
Father.
31:09
That is,
31:10
He fulfilled
31:11
the law
31:12
perfectly.
31:15
He
31:16
condemned
31:16
sin in
31:18
the flesh.
31:19
That's
31:19
what the
31:19
law
31:19
couldn't
31:20
do
31:20
through
31:20
us.
31:21
That's
31:21
what the
31:21
law
31:21
mightily
31:22
did
31:22
through
31:23
Christ.
31:23
Condemn
31:24
sin,
31:24
destroy
31:25
sin,
31:25
and the
31:26
power
31:26
of it
31:26
through
31:27
Christ.
31:30
The
31:31
law
31:31
cannot
31:31
make
31:32
men
31:32
perfect,
31:32
but
31:32
Christ
31:33
can.
31:34
Turn to
31:35
Hebrews
31:35
10.
31:36
10.
31:37
The law
31:38
cannot make
31:38
men
31:38
perfect,
31:39
but
31:39
Christ
31:39
can.
31:42
Hebrews
31:42
10.
31:44
Verse
31:45
10 and
31:45
14.
31:47
By this
31:48
will we
31:48
have been
31:49
sanctified
31:50
through the
31:51
offering of
31:52
the body
31:52
of Jesus
31:53
Christ once
31:54
for all.
31:54
The word
31:54
sanctification
31:55
means to
31:55
be set
31:55
apart or
31:56
made
31:56
holy.
31:57
So by
31:57
this we
31:58
have been
31:58
made
31:58
holy,
31:59
by the
31:59
offering
31:59
of the
31:59
body
32:00
of Jesus
32:00
Christ
32:00
once for
32:01
all.
32:02
Then
32:02
14.
32:03
14.
32:03
For by
32:03
one
32:04
offering,
32:04
that was
32:04
Christ,
32:05
he has
32:06
perfected
32:06
for all
32:07
time those
32:08
who are
32:08
sanctified.
32:11
The law
32:12
can't make
32:12
men perfect,
32:13
but Christ
32:13
can.
32:14
Now listen,
32:14
okay?
32:15
In Christ,
32:16
listen to this,
32:16
this is awesome,
32:17
in Christ we
32:18
have been
32:18
freed from
32:20
the penalty
32:20
of sin.
32:24
From the
32:25
penalty of
32:25
it.
32:26
Eternity
32:27
in hell.
32:28
Justly.
32:30
Free from
32:30
it.
32:31
Absolved
32:31
from all
32:31
guilt
32:32
of it.
32:34
We have
32:34
been freed,
32:35
we are
32:36
being freed,
32:36
excuse me,
32:37
daily from
32:38
the power
32:38
of it.
32:40
So we
32:41
were freed,
32:42
we have
32:42
been freed,
32:43
once and
32:43
for all,
32:44
from the
32:44
penalty.
32:45
We are
32:45
presently
32:46
being freed
32:46
from the
32:47
power,
32:48
and one
32:48
day we
32:49
will fully
32:50
be freed
32:50
from even
32:51
the presence
32:51
of sin.
32:55
In heaven,
32:56
when we
32:56
see Christ
32:57
face to
32:57
face.
33:01
glorious
33:04
truth.
33:05
Lastly,
33:06
verse 4.
33:18
It says,
33:19
in order
33:19
that,
33:20
so he
33:20
condemns
33:20
sin in
33:21
the flesh,
33:22
in order
33:22
that the
33:22
requirement
33:23
of the
33:23
law might
33:25
be fulfilled
33:25
in us
33:26
who do
33:29
not walk
33:30
according to
33:30
the flesh,
33:31
but according
33:32
to the
33:33
spirit.
33:35
The key
33:35
word here
33:36
is
33:36
sanctification,
33:37
and the
33:38
R word
33:38
is the
33:39
result.
33:42
We
33:42
started
33:43
with
33:43
the
33:46
reality
33:47
of no
33:47
condemnation,
33:48
we went
33:48
to the
33:49
reason,
33:51
which was
33:51
justification,
33:52
right?
33:53
From there
33:54
we went
33:54
to the
33:55
route,
33:56
which was
33:56
substitution,
33:58
and then
33:58
on to
34:00
fourthly,
34:01
the result,
34:02
which is
34:03
sanctification.
34:06
As I
34:06
already said,
34:07
sanctification
34:07
meaning to
34:09
be set
34:09
apart unto
34:10
God,
34:11
to be
34:11
made
34:11
holy unto
34:13
God.
34:14
Christ
34:15
saved us
34:15
to make
34:15
us holy,
34:16
it's
34:16
important,
34:19
and as,
34:19
excuse me,
34:20
to make us
34:21
holy as he
34:21
was and
34:22
is holy.
34:23
the law
34:25
is not
34:25
made
34:25
void
34:26
when you
34:27
become a
34:28
Christian.
34:31
Many
34:31
people are
34:32
confused about
34:32
this.
34:34
A lot of
34:34
you may
34:34
say,
34:35
well,
34:35
I thought
34:35
that I
34:35
was released
34:35
from the
34:36
law.
34:36
I mean,
34:36
what about
34:36
Romans 6,
34:37
or Romans 7,
34:38
6,
34:38
I mean,
34:38
just go back
34:39
one column,
34:39
look at
34:39
this,
34:40
what does
34:40
it say?
34:40
But now
34:41
we have
34:41
been released
34:42
from the
34:42
law,
34:43
John,
34:44
and I
34:45
would say
34:45
keep reading,
34:47
having died
34:48
to that by
34:48
which we
34:48
were bound,
34:49
so that
34:50
we serve
34:51
in the
34:51
newness.
34:53
Serve,
34:54
serve,
34:54
serve in
34:55
the newness
34:55
of the
34:56
spirit,
34:56
not in
34:57
oldness
34:57
of the
34:57
letter.
35:00
It's
35:01
true you've
35:01
been released
35:02
from the
35:02
law,
35:02
but released
35:03
from the
35:04
condemning
35:05
grasp of
35:06
the law,
35:07
that is the
35:07
penalty that
35:08
comes from
35:08
transgressing
35:09
it,
35:09
you've been
35:10
released from
35:10
that,
35:11
but not
35:12
from the
35:12
obligation
35:12
to it.
35:15
That's still
35:15
very much
35:16
alive.
35:18
Christ
35:18
didn't come
35:18
to abolish
35:19
the law,
35:19
didn't he?
35:20
He came
35:20
to fulfill
35:22
it.
35:24
And we're
35:24
to be like
35:24
Christ,
35:25
fulfilling
35:26
it.
35:31
In light
35:31
of that,
35:32
we were
35:34
saved in
35:35
him from
35:35
the penalty
35:36
of the
35:36
law to
35:39
the practice
35:39
of it.
35:40
Saved from
35:41
the penalty
35:41
of it to
35:42
the practice
35:43
of it.
35:45
Be encouraged,
35:46
okay?
35:46
Be encouraged
35:47
by this.
35:47
This is cool.
35:49
There's
35:50
nothing more
35:50
satisfying for
35:51
the Christian
35:51
than keeping
35:52
God's law.
35:55
There's
35:55
nothing more
35:56
satisfying for
35:57
the Christian
35:57
than keeping
36:00
God's law.
36:00
Why?
36:04
Because a
36:04
cheetah likes
36:05
to run,
36:06
a fish
36:08
likes to
36:08
swim,
36:10
a cow
36:10
likes to
36:11
graze,
36:12
and a
36:13
Christian
36:13
likes to
36:14
obey God's
36:15
law.
36:15
it is
36:17
now
36:18
natural
36:18
to us.
36:20
It is
36:21
why you
36:21
were created
36:22
initially
36:22
anyway.
36:27
Those
36:28
animals do
36:28
instinctually,
36:29
right?
36:30
What they've
36:31
been given
36:31
to do.
36:33
Their
36:33
faculties enable
36:34
them.
36:34
Cheetah
36:34
to run,
36:37
cow to
36:37
graze,
36:38
Christians have
36:41
been given
36:42
the Holy
36:42
Spirit to
36:44
obey.
36:46
It's
36:46
simply how
36:47
God created
36:47
us.
36:48
Now notice
36:50
the key
36:51
phrase here
36:52
in the
36:52
beginning of
36:52
verse 4.
36:53
It says,
36:53
in order
36:54
that.
36:56
In order
36:57
that.
36:57
God saves
36:58
us for a
36:58
purpose,
36:59
as I said.
37:01
That's for
37:01
holiness.
37:02
I want you
37:03
to turn to
37:03
Titus 2.
37:07
I want you
37:08
to see this.
37:08
Titus 2,
37:09
he saved
37:09
you for a
37:10
reason.
37:14
Your
37:15
justification
37:15
wasn't the
37:16
end game.
37:18
but your
37:19
sanctification
37:19
and glorification
37:20
were.
37:23
Titus 2,
37:24
verses 11
37:25
through 14.
37:25
Listen to
37:26
this.
37:26
Here we go.
37:27
For the
37:27
grace of
37:28
God,
37:29
that's
37:30
Christ,
37:30
basically.
37:31
For the
37:31
grace of
37:31
God has
37:32
appeared,
37:32
bringing
37:33
salvation to
37:34
all men.
37:36
For what
37:36
reason?
37:37
Instructing
37:37
us to
37:38
deny ungodliness
37:39
and worldly
37:40
desires,
37:42
and to
37:43
live sensibly,
37:44
righteously,
37:45
and godly in
37:46
the present
37:46
age,
37:47
looking for
37:48
the
37:48
blessed
37:48
hope and
37:48
the
37:49
appearing
37:49
of the
37:49
glory of
37:49
our
37:49
great
37:50
God
37:50
and
37:50
Savior
37:50
Christ
37:50
Jesus,
37:51
who gave
37:52
himself
37:52
for us,
37:53
that's the
37:53
cross,
37:54
that he
37:55
might redeem
37:56
us from
37:57
every lawless
37:58
deed and
37:59
purify for
38:00
himself.
38:01
There's that
38:01
pleasure thing
38:02
again.
38:03
A people
38:04
for his own
38:05
possession,
38:07
who are
38:07
what?
38:07
Zealous
38:08
for good
38:09
deeds.
38:12
That's
38:13
clear as
38:13
day.
38:14
He saved
38:15
you to
38:15
make you
38:15
holy.
38:16
you say
38:19
that's the
38:19
only place
38:19
in the
38:19
Bible
38:20
that says
38:20
that.
38:20
No,
38:20
it's not.
38:21
Turn to
38:21
1 Peter.
38:24
1 Peter 2.
38:28
1 Peter 2.
38:29
21-24.
38:33
Listen to
38:33
this.
38:33
Another
38:34
in-your-face
38:35
passage.
38:35
For you
38:36
have been
38:36
called for
38:37
this purpose
38:38
since Christ
38:39
also suffered
38:40
for you,
38:41
leaving you
38:41
an example
38:41
for you to
38:42
follow in
38:43
his steps.
38:43
Who committed
38:44
no sin
38:44
or any
38:45
deceit found
38:45
in his
38:45
mouth.
38:46
And while
38:46
being reviled,
38:47
he did not
38:47
revile in
38:48
return.
38:48
While
38:48
suffering,
38:49
he uttered
38:50
no threats,
38:50
but kept
38:51
entrusting
38:51
himself to
38:52
him who
38:53
judges
38:53
righteously.
38:54
24.
38:54
Big kicker.
38:55
But he
38:55
himself bore
38:58
our sins in
38:59
his body on
38:59
the cross.
39:00
There's a
39:00
cross that
39:01
we might
39:03
die to
39:04
sin and
39:04
live to
39:05
righteousness.
39:08
So he
39:08
died.
39:09
He saved
39:10
you.
39:10
Why?
39:10
So that you
39:11
could die to
39:12
sin and live
39:12
to righteousness.
39:13
That is
39:13
literally the
39:14
whole chapter
39:14
6 of
39:16
Romans.
39:17
That's
39:18
another
39:18
massive
39:18
proof text.
39:25
But he
39:25
hasn't left
39:26
you to
39:26
accomplish
39:26
this task
39:27
alone.
39:28
That's a
39:28
very daunting
39:28
task,
39:29
right,
39:29
by itself.
39:30
He's
39:30
given you
39:31
the Holy
39:31
Spirit.
39:33
He's
39:33
given you
39:33
the Holy
39:33
Spirit.
39:34
Turn to
39:34
John 14.
39:37
I've got to
39:37
show you
39:37
this.
39:39
John 14.
39:42
Jesus
39:42
introduces to
39:43
the disciples
39:44
the Holy
39:44
Spirit in
39:45
many ways.
39:47
He hasn't
39:48
left you by
39:48
himself.
39:49
That's what
39:49
he's done.
39:49
Look at
39:49
this.
39:50
Verses 16
39:51
and 17.
39:52
Start there.
39:53
And I
39:53
will ask the
39:54
Father,
39:55
and he
39:55
will give
39:56
you another
39:56
helper,
39:57
that he
39:57
may be
39:58
with you
39:58
temporarily?
40:00
No.
40:00
Forever.
40:03
Forever.
40:04
That is
40:05
the Spirit
40:05
of truth
40:06
whom the
40:06
world can't
40:06
receive because
40:07
it does not
40:07
behold him
40:08
or know him,
40:09
but you
40:10
know him
40:10
because he
40:12
abides with
40:12
you and
40:13
will be
40:13
in you.
40:14
What a
40:14
promise.
40:19
Listen,
40:19
this is how
40:20
you get
40:20
power over
40:21
sin.
40:22
you have
40:24
to know
40:25
this.
40:27
Okay?
40:27
And so
40:27
you may
40:28
ask,
40:28
right?
40:29
How does
40:29
the Spirit
40:29
aid us?
40:30
In what
40:31
way does
40:31
it aid
40:32
us?
40:33
How does
40:33
the Spirit
40:33
do this
40:34
in us?
40:35
How do
40:35
I become
40:36
holy?
40:36
How do
40:37
I walk
40:37
in holiness?
40:38
How does
40:38
the Spirit
40:38
aid us?
40:39
Look at
40:39
this.
40:40
Firstly,
40:41
by empowering
40:41
our faith.
40:43
This is in
40:43
verse 19
40:44
and 20.
40:45
Look down.
40:46
After a little
40:47
while,
40:47
the world
40:48
will behold
40:49
me no more,
40:49
but you
40:50
will behold
40:50
me.
40:51
How?
40:51
By faith.
40:52
Because I
40:52
live,
40:53
you shall
40:53
live also.
40:54
In that
40:54
day you
40:55
shall know
40:56
by faith,
40:56
I might add,
40:57
that I am
40:58
in the
40:58
Father,
40:58
and that
40:59
you are
40:59
in me,
41:00
and that
41:00
I am
41:00
in you.
41:02
He empowers
41:03
our faith,
41:03
number one.
41:04
Number two,
41:05
He empowers
41:06
our love.
41:08
This is
41:08
verse 21.
41:11
He that
41:12
has my
41:12
commandments
41:13
and keeps
41:13
them,
41:15
He it
41:15
is who
41:16
loves me.
41:18
And he
41:19
who loves
41:19
me shall
41:19
be loved
41:19
by my
41:20
Father,
41:20
and I
41:21
will love
41:21
him and
41:22
will disclose
41:22
myself to
41:23
him.
41:25
He empowers
41:26
our love.
41:27
He enables
41:27
you to keep
41:28
the commandments
41:28
of God,
41:29
not because
41:30
of obligation,
41:30
but because
41:31
of love.
41:33
As you
41:33
begin to
41:34
taste what
41:35
obedience is
41:36
like,
41:36
really genuine
41:37
obedience,
41:38
you will begin
41:38
to like it.
41:40
It's what you
41:41
were made
41:41
for.
41:43
It isn't
41:44
burdensome to me
41:45
to love God.
41:46
It isn't
41:47
burdensome to you
41:48
if you were a
41:48
Christian to love
41:49
God.
41:49
It is the
41:51
joy of your
41:51
life to
41:53
serve him.
41:55
He empowers
41:56
your love.
41:56
Thirdly,
41:58
he empowers
41:58
your thought
41:59
life.
42:00
He teaches
42:00
you.
42:02
26,
42:04
but the
42:04
helper,
42:05
the Holy
42:05
Spirit,
42:06
whom the
42:06
Father will
42:06
send in
42:07
my name,
42:07
he will
42:07
teach you
42:08
all things
42:09
and bring
42:09
to your
42:09
remembrance
42:10
all that I
42:10
said to
42:11
you.
42:11
Now,
42:11
in reference,
42:12
in this
42:12
context,
42:12
he was
42:13
talking about
42:13
inspiring the
42:13
word of
42:14
God.
42:15
He was
42:15
talking about
42:15
writing the
42:16
scriptures
42:16
through the
42:17
apostles,
42:17
apostles,
42:17
but for
42:18
us,
42:18
it still
42:19
applies,
42:19
right?
42:21
I mean,
42:21
we're
42:21
benefactors,
42:23
or beneficiaries,
42:24
I should say,
42:24
of the
42:25
word.
42:27
So,
42:28
thirdly,
42:28
he empowers
42:29
your thought.
42:31
And then,
42:31
fourthly,
42:33
what's the
42:36
result?
42:38
What's the
42:39
result of that?
42:40
Peace and joy
42:41
and strength
42:42
in life.
42:43
27.
42:45
Peace I
42:45
leave with you.
42:47
My peace I
42:48
give to you.
42:49
Not as the
42:50
world gives,
42:50
do I give
42:51
to you.
42:52
Let not
42:52
your heart
42:52
be troubled,
42:53
nor let it
42:53
be fearful.
42:57
Peace,
42:58
joy,
42:59
and strength
43:00
in peace.
43:01
The world
43:01
has no idea.
43:04
They don't
43:04
have access to
43:05
this.
43:06
No amount
43:06
of money,
43:07
no amount
43:07
of sex,
43:08
no amount
43:08
of pleasure,
43:09
no amount
43:09
of nothing
43:10
can get
43:11
them.
43:11
this kind
43:12
of peace
43:12
and joy.
43:13
They try
43:14
hard.
43:18
They have
43:18
nothing.
43:25
Lastly,
43:25
last thing
43:26
that I'm
43:26
going to
43:26
say.
43:28
The word
43:29
here in
43:30
Romans 8
43:31
again,
43:33
walk.
43:35
In the
43:35
Greek it's
43:36
peripatio.
43:38
It's one
43:39
of the
43:39
oldest and
43:39
most common
43:40
verbs in
43:41
the
43:41
scripture.
43:42
It's
43:43
used,
43:43
this word
43:43
walk,
43:44
I'll read
43:45
it again
43:45
in the
43:45
context
43:45
here.
43:46
It says,
43:47
who do
43:48
not walk
43:49
according to
43:49
the flesh
43:49
but according
43:50
to the
43:50
spirit.
43:51
This is
43:52
going to
43:52
be
43:52
encouraging.
43:52
This word
43:53
walk is
43:54
used to
43:55
describe a
43:55
person's
43:56
bent in
43:56
life,
43:57
or a
43:58
normal way
43:59
in which
43:59
he lives,
44:00
or progress
44:02
of one's
44:02
life.
44:04
Which means
44:05
what?
44:05
God does
44:06
not expect
44:07
you to
44:07
be perfect,
44:08
but he
44:09
expects
44:09
perfection.
44:11
A
44:12
growing
44:12
perfection
44:13
in
44:13
progress.
44:19
It's
44:19
the
44:20
direction
44:21
of your
44:21
life,
44:22
not the
44:22
perfection,
44:22
right?
44:23
One
44:23
office said
44:24
it like
44:24
this,
44:24
the
44:24
Christian
44:25
life is
44:26
the process
44:27
of becoming
44:28
what you
44:28
are.
44:31
It's
44:31
already in
44:32
you.
44:32
It's just
44:33
a matter of
44:33
working that
44:33
out.
44:36
In
44:36
Christ,
44:37
we are
44:37
already
44:38
positionally
44:38
righteous,
44:39
right?
44:39
We talked
44:39
about that.
44:40
We are
44:40
now
44:41
becoming
44:42
behaviorally
44:43
righteous.
44:45
And this
44:46
is the
44:46
will of
44:46
God.
44:47
Note,
44:47
this is
44:48
not a
44:48
suggestion
44:49
by Paul.
44:49
This is
44:50
a statement
44:51
of fact
44:51
saying,
44:53
if you
44:53
are a
44:54
Christian,
44:54
this will
44:55
be happening.
44:55
If you
44:56
are not
44:56
a
44:56
Christian,
44:57
then you
44:58
won't be
44:58
able to do
44:59
this.
44:59
Or if
44:59
you are
44:59
a fake
45:00
Christian,
45:00
or a
45:01
false
45:01
Christian,
45:01
then you
45:02
will be
45:02
exposed as
45:03
not being
45:03
able to
45:03
progress.
45:06
Every
45:07
Christian
45:07
progresses.
45:08
It's a
45:08
fact.
45:11
There's a
45:11
lot of
45:11
texts about
45:12
that,
45:12
too.
45:14
But we're
45:14
not perfect
45:15
people.
45:16
We're
45:16
struggling.
45:17
We're
45:17
growing.
45:17
We're
45:18
becoming
45:18
what we
45:18
are in
45:19
Christ.
45:22
If you
45:22
are truly
45:23
a Christian,
45:23
you will
45:23
be progressing
45:24
in holiness
45:24
and spiritual
45:25
maturity.
45:25
God
45:25
doesn't intend
45:26
to raise
45:26
babies
45:26
forever.
45:27
That would
45:27
be a
45:28
horrible
45:28
idea.
45:30
Right?
45:30
He
45:31
intends for
45:31
you to
45:31
grow.
45:32
mature.
45:35
So what
45:36
does walking
45:36
like the
45:36
Spirit look
45:37
like?
45:38
Clay is
45:38
going to
45:38
teach us
45:39
that next
45:39
week.
45:41
But in
45:41
closing, I
45:42
just want to
45:42
give you
45:43
guys a
45:43
quick
45:43
illustration
45:43
just to
45:45
further
45:45
emphasize and
45:46
make a
45:49
picture for
45:49
you of
45:50
what we
45:50
are in
45:50
Christ.
45:52
My dad
45:52
wrote this
45:53
illustration.
45:55
Before
45:55
Christ,
45:57
picture
45:57
yourself as
45:58
a fish.
45:58
fish.
46:00
You live
46:01
in water.
46:03
Your natural
46:03
habitat is
46:04
the water.
46:06
You swim,
46:06
you have
46:06
gills,
46:07
you breathe
46:08
in the
46:08
water.
46:09
That's where
46:10
you exist.
46:11
That's where
46:11
you have
46:11
your being.
46:13
Let's say
46:13
that fish
46:14
or you
46:15
gets saved.
46:17
Now it's
46:18
transformed
46:18
into a
46:19
man.
46:21
Its natural
46:22
habitat now
46:22
is where?
46:23
It's on
46:23
land.
46:23
It breathes
46:24
air, not
46:24
water.
46:25
It eats the
46:26
fruit of the
46:26
land.
46:27
It walks
46:27
around.
46:28
There's a
46:28
huge
46:29
difference.
46:32
Now, that
46:34
human being
46:35
can go back
46:36
in the
46:36
water for
46:37
a time.
46:39
I can get
46:40
wet again
46:40
with sin,
46:41
can't I?
46:44
I can swim
46:45
around for a
46:45
while sometimes,
46:46
but I can't
46:47
exist there and
46:48
I can't have
46:48
my being there.
46:49
Even if I go
46:49
down to all
46:50
my breath,
46:50
I've got to
46:51
come up for
46:51
air sometime.
46:55
That's in
46:56
essence what
46:56
you are.
46:57
You are an
46:57
entirely new
46:58
creature.
46:59
If any man
46:59
is in Christ,
46:59
he is a
47:00
new creature.
47:01
That word
47:02
there,
47:02
new,
47:02
is kinos,
47:03
which is
47:03
new of a
47:04
totally
47:05
different kind.
47:06
It's never
47:06
been before.
47:09
Totally
47:10
different.
47:14
You are
47:14
very different
47:15
than what you
47:15
want.
47:16
Praise God,
47:16
right?
47:16
That's great.