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Romans 1:5-7 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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  While I get myself settled, let me invite you to open up your Bibles to Romans chapter 1.
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  !
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  Paul's salutation in this, the greatest letter ever written, I argued.
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  Our outline followed the way that Paul establishes the authority by which he writes.
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  His hope and mine last week was to draw your attention to the letter and to say that it matters, it's important.
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  I think that getting Romans right helps us to set in context so much of the Scripture.
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  So this morning, the plan is to study the rest of the salutation, which we see in verses 5 through 7.
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  And I'm grateful to be back in a text and slowing down and taking the time to meditate on just a couple of verses at a time.
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  But before I read verses 5 through 7, I want to begin in verse 1.
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  It's the beginning of the salutation and it just will make more sense if we begin reading there.
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  So let me read beginning in verse 1 and remind you, beloved, that this is God's Word to us.
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  And it was written for His glory and our good.
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  And so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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  Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
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  which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
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  concerning his Son who was descended from David according to the flesh,
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  and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by His resurrection from the dead.
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  Jesus Christ, our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith
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  for the sake of His name among all the nations, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
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  To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints,
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  grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  And in verses 5 through 7, Paul tells the Roman believers and us that we have been called to a purpose,
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  that we have been called to belong to Jesus Christ, and that we have been called to be saints.
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  And these three callings will be our outline points for today.
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  So first, in verse 5, we see that we are called to a purpose.
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  And I want to first note that in verse 5, Paul does not use the word called as he does in verses 6 and 7.
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  He does, however, use the word in relation to his own calling as an apostle in verse 1,
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  which I asserted last week was an appeal to his authority as one of the men especially set apart in history to the office of apostle.
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  Those 12 plus Paul.
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  This is not the apostleship that he is referring to here in verse 5.
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  He is not saying that we are all or that anybody amongst us might be called this capital A apostle.
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  But he is using it in a more broad and generic way.
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  That said, we will do well to not minimize the general calling of all who are in Christ Jesus to be sent ones.
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  This is what the word apostle means, sent one.
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  It is the most literal translation of the word here we find, apostleship.
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  In order for us to see this as a calling upon all Christians from this text,
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  we need to deal with some translation challenges.
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  Now, anytime we come upon a text that brilliant men who have gone before us disagree upon,
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  we've got to take a little extra time.
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  We've got to pause and really think together.
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  So I'm going to share with you what I believe Paul is communicating here.
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  And maybe at the end of it, you might disagree with me.
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  But I think the purpose still lands biblically all the same.
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  First, we need to deal with the plural pronoun we.
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  Now, it's important to know that it is not inserted there.
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  In fact, that is a phrase altogether, which is a single word in Greek.
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  We have received.
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  It's a plural noun, which means the we is entirely appropriate in English.
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  But to whom does the we apply?
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  Some commentators argue that he is using his pronoun in reference to his particular calling as an apostle,
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  along with others particularly called to share the gospel with Gentiles.
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  Perhaps those in his missionary band of brothers.
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  I don't find this making much sense because he hasn't introduced himself along with anybody else as he does in other letters.
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  He simply introduces himself, Paul, and doesn't refer to himself singularly,
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  but rather than he uses the plural pronoun we.
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  I believe that this plural pronoun is more inclusive than that in light of another translation challenge.
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  In the ESV, the phrase at the end of verse 5 is rendered among all the nations.
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  I think most of you are using ESV since that's what we tend to preach from here.
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  But some translations, good translations like the NASB, which we love, render it among all the Gentiles.
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  So this Greek word, sometimes translated nations and sometimes translated Gentiles,
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  is going to be used a lot in this letter.
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  So I anticipate there's going to be some future potential challenges we may find as we work our way through.
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  In fact, Paul uses it 29 times in the book of Romans.
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  Its root is the word ethnos, from which we get our English words ethnic or ethnicity.
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  So it is fair to translate it Gentiles.
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  It is also fair to translate it as nations,
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  as the word is meant to communicate non-Jewish people.
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  And I think this is one of those cases that we don't have a really great equivalent English word,
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  because the Greek word seems to have more depth than any single word we might place in its spot.
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  Now, I think, and I am not a Greek scholar, so take this with a grain of salt,
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  but I think that perhaps another good word here would have been the word peoples.
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  I think that may get at its core meaning a little bit better, I say with a great measure of humility.
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  But however it is decided upon, there is a phrase that precedes this word,
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  and that phrase is among all.
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  So whether it's among all the people, or among all the nations, or among all the Gentiles,
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  Paul could have simply said among the Gentiles as he does elsewhere, but he does not.
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  He says among all the ethnos.
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  He broadens the scope, and I believe he does so because the plural pronoun we applies to his original audience,
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  and it applies to you and to me.
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  He's expanding it beyond even just his missionary call,
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  or that of those Roman believers who we know were a mix of Gentile believers and Jewish believers.
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  He's saying this gospel, this message, is meant to go to the very ends of the earth,
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  beyond even the known world of their time.
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  So, if you're still with me, let's see what you and what I have received.
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  A calling to a purpose.
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  Paul is saying here that we are meant to bring about the obedience of faith.
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  We're to bring about the obedience of faith.
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  First, and as we will see more starkly in subsequent studies of this book,
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  God is the primary cause of all faith.
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  It originates with him.
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  But that does not preclude the secondary working of those who take up the ordinary means to see people come to faith.
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  Namely, the call to repent and to believe.
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  Paul is not here saying that we can somehow manipulate or muster up faith in people.
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  He is not saying that we are primary cause.
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  He will argue for us again and again throughout this letter that this is not the case.
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  But he does know that God uses his people to bring about the salvation of his people.
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  As a simple example, Romans chapter 10 and verse 14.
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  He says,
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  So God uses the proclamation of his word both in bigger public settings and privately one-to-one to bring about the obedience of faith.
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  The obedience of faith was the major content of Jesus' preaching.
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  In Mark chapter 1 and verse 15, he said,
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  The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand.
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  Repent and believe in the gospel.
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  This must also be the primary thrust of what we do as God's people.
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  There are many other good things to be done in this world.
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  Sometimes those things can become distractions from the main thing rather than platform and help for the main thing.
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  Some get distracted by social justice.
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  Others get distracted by political cause.
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  Some get distracted by the seeking of miracles.
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  And beloved, let me say to you, if you want to see a miracle,
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  see a dead, defiant soul come to life in Christ.
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  There is no greater thing that God does miraculously in this world than make dead people alive.
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  So as a command from God incarnate,
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  it is a matter of obedience to turn away from one's sin and turn in faith to the saving work of Christ.
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  To decide that the way of the world is not a way that is pleasing to our God
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  and to turn to his way in Christ.
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  If a person does not heed this command,
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  they are committing a grievous act of wicked rebellion.
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  So you here this morning, just hearing the call,
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  repent and believe, turn from your sin and place your faith in Christ.
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  If you don't, you are in rebellion against a most holy God
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  who will judge the living and the dead.
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  Paul certainly here means that we are meant to see peoples everywhere
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  repent and believe.
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  The thrust, the core of it is that people would come to saving faith in Christ.
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  But I also think he means more by this phrase.
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  You see, genuine faith is obedient faith.
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  We are not saved by our works.
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  But if we place our faith in Jesus Christ,
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  it is a faith that will work.
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  The person who has been saved by Christ
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  does not arrive at perfection on this side of glory.
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  But that person will, in ever-increasing measure,
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  be obedient to Christ.
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  We will continually, bit by bit,
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  one degree of glory to another,
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  look more like our Savior.
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  This is the doctrine of progressive sanctification.
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  I like that many scholars call it biblical sanctification.
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  And we live in an age of easy believism.
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  We're looking for people to raise a hand or walk an aisle,
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  sign a card.
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  We live in a day in which the declaration,
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  I am a Christian,
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  makes that declaration factual.
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  Just look at statistics in our day, right?
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  What do evangelicals believe?
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  And you could very quickly look at what evangelicals declare they believe
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  and say, you're not an evangelical at all.
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  How could you possibly say you're a Christ follower
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  when you deny his very person?
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  And we live in an age that to show people from the word
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  that transformed people should live as transformed people
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  is shockingly unpopular.
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  We finished studying not too long ago the book of James.
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  And James says this so clearly.
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  And I'm so grateful for this letter.
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  It's of interest to you.
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  We'll talk in some coming weeks about the Reformation.
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  Martin Luther was translating the book of Romans
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  as kind of a balm for him.
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  They were trying to get him to calm down
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  about the trouble of the state of his soul.
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  And he came across Romans 1.16.
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  He came to understand by revelation of the Spirit
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  that salvation is by faith alone.
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  We're going to see that repeated theme throughout this letter.
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  We're saved by grace alone, through faith alone,
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  and the person and work of Jesus Christ alone.
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  He thought this was so important to our understanding as Christians
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  that he didn't want the book of James included in the canon.
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  He wanted it discluded just in case anybody might be confused.
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  And so we have to be so careful at this point.
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  But let me read to you just three verses from James 2.
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  This is verse 17 and following.
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  James says,
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  So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
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  But someone will say,
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  You have faith and I have works.
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  Show me your faith apart from your works,
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  and I will show you my faith by my works.
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  He's saying it's nonsensical just to say you have faith.
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  You have to actually evidence that you believe something to be true.
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  And then he says this astounding thing in verse 19.
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  He says,
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  You believe that God is one.
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  You do well.
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  So here's a declaration of faith.
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  I believe that God is one.
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  He says,
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  You do well.
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  But then he says,
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  Even the demons believe and shudder.
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  And they do not have saving faith.
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  Jesus says it in Matthew chapter 7.
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  Similarly,
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  the Sermon on the Mount,
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  speaking of the judgment that will come,
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  beginning in verse 18 and following,
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  he says,
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  A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit,
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  nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
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  We're shown who we are by what's being produced in us.
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  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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  Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.
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  And if that doesn't make you shudder enough,
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  he says in verse 21 and following,
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  Not everyone who says to me,
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  Lord, Lord,
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  will enter the kingdom of heaven.
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  But the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
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  On that day,
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  many will say to me,
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  Lord, Lord,
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  did we not prophesy in your name
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  and cast out demons in your name
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  and do many mighty works in your name?
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  And then I will declare to them,
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  I never knew you.
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  Depart from me,
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  you workers of lawlessness.
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  So it's altogether possible
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  to do the things that you think you ought to be doing
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  and not to be producing righteousness
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  as a result of your saving faith.
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  It is of great concern to me
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  that you may think you are a Christian
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  because you declared it so,
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  but that you have yet to experience
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  the transformative work of Christ.
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  that you're not going about the labor
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  of being an active part of a church.
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  That you're not making your calling and election sure.
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  That you're not working out your salvation
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  with fear and trembling.
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  That you're not asking others to examine you
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  and correct you
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  that they might find in you repentance
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  and continued faith.
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  Please this morning,
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  if you think you are in Christ
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  and you don't evidence that
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  in your works at all,
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  come talk to somebody.
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  We want you to see in your life
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  ever-changing growth in glory.
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  None of us will arrive.
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  None of us this side of heaven.
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  But be sure that you're not deceiving yourself.
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  That you're not deluded in thinking
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  that you're in Christ
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  simply because you've declared it so.
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  We are to bring about the obedience of faith.
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  A faith that works,
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  that expresses itself.
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  This is a purpose that's given
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  to each and every one of us
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  who are in Christ.
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  Christ,
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  we have been set apart
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  for this work.
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  Sent into the world
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  for this work.
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  And this is a work done
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  by grace.
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  We received grace
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  and apostleship.
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  And it's done
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  primarily in the context
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  of the local church.
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  Turn with me, if you would,
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  to Matthew chapter 28.
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  It's a text that I hope
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  that you're familiar with.
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  Amen.
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  We'll look at verses 18 through 20,
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  but I want to read first verse 19.
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  If you have any church background
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  and you've heard this,
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  Jesus says,
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  Go therefore
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  and make disciples
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  of all nations.
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  There's that word again,
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  ethnos.
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  Baptizing them
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  in the name of the Father
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  and of the Son
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  and of the Holy Spirit.
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  And this verse
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  rightly in so many ways
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  becomes the drumbeat
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  of churches
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  and mission movements.
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  It's a wonderful command.
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  It's a command
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  that should be obeyed.
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  But often we miss
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  that there's something
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  key happening in this
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  and that is the
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  baptizing
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  of these
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  disciples.
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  Baptism is an ordinance
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  of the church.
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  So Jesus has
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  embedded
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  right into this
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  what we call
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  the Great Commission,
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  the centrality
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  of the church
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  in doing this
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  work.
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  We're to go
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  and make disciples
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  of all peoples
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  and we're to baptize
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  them in the name
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  of the Holy
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  and of the Father
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  and of the Son
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  and of the Holy Spirit.
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  We're to go
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  and we're to create
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  churches
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  so that
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  verse 20 says
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  we can teach them
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  to observe
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  all that I have
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  commanded you.
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  To bring about
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  the obedience
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  of
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  faith.
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  But a lot of people
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  also miss
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  the bookends
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  of this
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  great command
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  that begins
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  in verse 18
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  and ends
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  in the last half
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  of verse 20.
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  We act as if
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  the task is for us
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  to go and do
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  something for
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  Jesus.
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  And you hear this
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  language used
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  all the time.
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  As if
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  our Lord
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  did his three years,
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  completed the task,
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  left,
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  and said,
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  good luck y'all.
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  I've got a task
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  for you to accomplish.
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  I'll be watching.
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  Go get it done.
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  And whether we say
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  we're doing this,
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  we have any
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  mental assertion
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  that that's what
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  we're doing,
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  we often
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  functionally
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  do this.
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  And we forget
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  that in verse 18
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  Jesus says,
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  all authority
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  in heaven
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  and on earth
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  has been given
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  to me.
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  He says,
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  I am completely
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  and totally
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  in charge.
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  So,
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  Jesus Christ
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  as the primary means,
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  he says to us
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  as secondary means,
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  go make disciples,
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  baptize them,
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  share the gospel,
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  see people come
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  to faith,
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  start churches,
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  teach them
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  to observe
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  all that was commanded,
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  bring about
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  the obedience
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  of faith,
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  and then he says,
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  and behold,
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  I am with you
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  always
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  to the end
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  of the age.
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  So,
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  we don't
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  do things
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  for Jesus,
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  we do things
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  by Jesus.
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  For the great
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  grace he's given us,
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  by the power
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  he works
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  within us.
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  What an astounding
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  task.
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  Praise God
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  that it is
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  an empowered
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  task,
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  for we,
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  apart from the
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  grace of God,
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  are altogether
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  unworthy for it.
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  Apart from
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  God's saving grace,
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  grace,
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  we would not
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  be sent ones,
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  and apart from
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  his sustaining
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  grace,
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  we would be
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  no good
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  for the task.
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  I mentioned
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  last week
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  that Paul
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  begins his
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  appeal
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  to his
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  authoritative
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  role
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  to write
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  this letter
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  with a great
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  measure
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  of humility.
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  He introduces
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  himself as a
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  servant
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  of Christ,
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  Jesus.
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  May we
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  approach the
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  task with
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  the same
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  humility.
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  Karl Barth
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  once said
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  of this
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  text,
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  only when
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  grace is
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  recognized
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  to be
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  incomprehensible
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  is it
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  grace.
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  That God
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  would call
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  me
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  and that God
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  would call
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  you
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  to be sent
• 24:41
  into the
• 24:41
  world to
• 24:42
  bring about
• 24:42
  the obedience
• 24:43
  of faith
• 24:45
  and that he
• 24:45
  provides all
• 24:47
  that is
• 24:47
  necessary
• 24:47
  for that
• 24:49
  is an
• 24:50
  astounding
• 24:51
  reality.
• 24:51
  It should
• 24:52
  be
• 24:52
  incomprehensible
• 24:53
  to our
• 24:55
  hearts.
• 24:56
  So we
• 24:57
  have received
• 24:58
  grace and
• 24:59
  apostleship to
• 24:59
  bring about
• 25:00
  the obedience
• 25:01
  of faith.
• 25:03
  We have a
• 25:04
  very specific
• 25:04
  purpose and
• 25:06
  our purpose
• 25:07
  has a
• 25:08
  purpose.
• 25:09
  It has a
• 25:10
  purpose.
• 25:11
  Paul says
• 25:12
  for the
• 25:13
  sake of
• 25:14
  his name
• 25:15
  among
• 25:16
  all
• 25:16
  the
• 25:18
  nations.
• 25:19
  We are
• 25:20
  to be
• 25:20
  used as
• 25:20
  the
• 25:21
  secondary
• 25:21
  means of
• 25:22
  bringing
• 25:22
  all the
• 25:23
  praise
• 25:23
  and
• 25:24
  adoration
• 25:24
  due the
• 25:25
  name
• 25:26
  of
• 25:26
  Jesus
• 25:27
  Christ
• 25:27
  our
• 25:28
  Lord.
• 25:29
  I want
• 25:29
  to read
• 25:30
  something
• 25:30
  brief to
• 25:31
  you from
• 25:31
  Martin Lloyd
• 25:32
  Jones'
• 25:32
  commentary
• 25:33
  on this
• 25:34
  text.
• 25:36
  He
• 25:37
  writes,
• 25:37
  the
• 25:37
  introduction
• 25:38
  of this
• 25:39
  term
• 25:39
  name
• 25:40
  is
• 25:40
  important
• 25:40
  and
• 25:41
  significant.
• 25:43
  The
• 25:43
  name in
• 25:44
  scripture
• 25:44
  always stands
• 25:45
  for the
• 25:45
  revelation
• 25:46
  by which
• 25:46
  we know
• 25:47
  and
• 25:47
  apprehend
• 25:48
  the
• 25:49
  person
• 25:49
  indicated.
• 25:51
  In the
• 25:51
  Old Testament
• 25:52
  for instance,
• 25:53
  God revealed
• 25:53
  himself to
• 25:54
  the nation
• 25:54
  of Israel
• 25:55
  through his
• 25:55
  names.
• 25:57
  You will
• 25:57
  find them
• 25:58
  in the
• 25:58
  Old Testament
• 25:58
  scriptures.
• 26:00
  Jehovah
• 26:00
  and the
• 26:01
  various
• 26:01
  additions
• 26:02
  to that.
• 26:02
  Jehovah
• 26:02
  Jireh,
• 26:03
  Jehovah
• 26:03
  Shalom,
• 26:04
  and so
• 26:05
  on.
• 26:06
  God makes
• 26:07
  himself known
• 26:07
  through
• 26:08
  names.
• 26:09
  Names
• 26:10
  which are
• 26:10
  descriptive
• 26:10
  of him,
• 26:11
  of his
• 26:11
  person,
• 26:12
  of his
• 26:12
  motives,
• 26:13
  of his
• 26:13
  desires,
• 26:14
  and of
• 26:14
  his
• 26:14
  activities.
• 26:16
  The
• 26:17
  name
• 26:17
  reveals
• 26:18
  the
• 26:18
  man.
• 26:19
  We
• 26:19
  say
• 26:19
  about
• 26:19
  a
• 26:20
  man
• 26:20
  that
• 26:20
  he
• 26:20
  has
• 26:20
  a
• 26:21
  great
• 26:21
  name
• 26:21
  as
• 26:22
  a
• 26:22
  barrister
• 26:23
  or as
• 26:23
  a
• 26:23
  doctor
• 26:24
  or
• 26:24
  whatever
• 26:24
  his
• 26:24
  calling.
• 26:26
  We
• 26:26
  mean
• 26:27
  by this
• 26:27
  that
• 26:27
  the
• 26:27
  name
• 26:28
  which
• 26:28
  he
• 26:28
  has
• 26:28
  made
• 26:28
  for
• 26:29
  himself
• 26:29
  tells
• 26:29
  us
• 26:30
  about
• 26:30
  him.
• 26:33
  Now
• 26:33
  the
• 26:33
  apostle
• 26:33
  uses
• 26:34
  it
• 26:34
  in
• 26:34
  that
• 26:35
  sense
• 26:35
  here.
• 26:36
  The
• 26:36
  name
• 26:36
  stands
• 26:36
  for
• 26:37
  and
• 26:37
  represents
• 26:38
  the
• 26:39
  glory
• 26:39
  of
• 26:39
  the
• 26:40
  Lord
• 26:40
  Jesus
• 26:41
  Christ.
• 26:42
  We
• 26:44
  are
• 26:44
  meant
• 26:44
  as the
• 26:45
  high
• 26:46
  end
• 26:46
  of
• 26:46
  bringing
• 26:46
  about
• 26:47
  the
• 26:47
  obedience
• 26:47
  of
• 26:48
  faith
• 26:48
  to
• 26:49
  see
• 26:49
  God
• 26:50
  glorified
• 26:50
  in
• 26:51
  the
• 26:51
  person
• 26:52
  and
• 26:52
  work
• 26:52
  of
• 26:53
  Jesus
• 26:53
  Christ.
• 26:55
  Another
• 26:56
  word
• 26:56
  for
• 26:56
  glorified
• 26:57
  is
• 26:58
  magnified.
• 27:00
  If you've
• 27:00
  been here
• 27:01
  long,
• 27:01
  you've
• 27:01
  heard me
• 27:02
  share
• 27:02
  this
• 27:02
  wonderful
• 27:03
  example
• 27:03
  from
• 27:04
  John
• 27:05
  Piper.
• 27:05
  He
• 27:06
  expresses
• 27:07
  there
• 27:07
  are
• 27:07
  two
• 27:07
  types
• 27:08
  of
• 27:08
  magnification.
• 27:10
  There's
• 27:10
  the
• 27:10
  magnification
• 27:11
  that a
• 27:11
  microscope
• 27:11
  does
• 27:12
  where it
• 27:13
  makes
• 27:13
  small
• 27:14
  things
• 27:14
  look
• 27:15
  bigger
• 27:15
  than
• 27:16
  they
• 27:16
  actually
• 27:16
  are.
• 27:19
  And
• 27:19
  then
• 27:19
  there's
• 27:19
  the
• 27:19
  type
• 27:19
  of
• 27:19
  magnification
• 27:20
  that a
• 27:20
  telescope
• 27:21
  does
• 27:21
  that
• 27:21
  makes
• 27:22
  huge
• 27:23
  things
• 27:23
  look
• 27:24
  more
• 27:25
  like
• 27:25
  they
• 27:25
  actually
• 27:26
  are.
• 27:28
  And
• 27:28
  this
• 27:28
  is
• 27:28
  the
• 27:28
  type
• 27:28
  of
• 27:29
  magnification
• 27:30
  we
• 27:30
  do
• 27:31
  as
• 27:31
  we
• 27:31
  by
• 27:32
  grace
• 27:32
  bring
• 27:33
  about
• 27:33
  the
• 27:33
  obedience
• 27:34
  of
• 27:35
  faith.
• 27:36
  Making
• 27:36
  a
• 27:36
  massive
• 27:37
  God
• 27:38
  look
• 27:38
  more
• 27:39
  as
• 27:40
  he
• 27:40
  actually
• 27:40
  is.
• 27:42
  Our
• 27:43
  lives
• 27:43
  our
• 27:44
  obedience
• 27:45
  of
• 27:45
  faith
• 27:45
  and
• 27:46
  our
• 27:46
  work
• 27:46
  to
• 27:47
  bring
• 27:47
  about
• 27:47
  the
• 27:47
  obedience
• 27:48
  of
• 27:48
  faith
• 27:48
  is
• 27:48
  divinely
• 27:49
  designed
• 27:50
  to
• 27:50
  magnify
• 27:50
  the
• 27:51
  one
• 27:51
  to
• 27:52
  whom
• 27:52
  we
• 27:52
  belong.
• 27:54
  Beloved
• 27:55
  because
• 27:55
  our
• 27:56
  God
• 27:56
  is
• 27:56
  great
• 27:57
  we
• 27:58
  should
• 27:58
  desire
• 27:59
  that
• 27:59
  he
• 27:59
  would
• 27:59
  be
• 28:00
  greatly
• 28:00
  praised.
• 28:02
  I
• 28:04
  admit
• 28:04
  that
• 28:04
  sometimes
• 28:05
  to
• 28:05
  my
• 28:06
  shame
• 28:06
  I
• 28:07
  lose
• 28:07
  sight
• 28:07
  of
• 28:07
  this.
• 28:09
  The
• 28:09
  gospel
• 28:09
  is
• 28:10
  not
• 28:10
  simply
• 28:10
  about
• 28:11
  me
• 28:11
  or
• 28:13
  about
• 28:13
  us
• 28:14
  but
• 28:14
  it
• 28:14
  is
• 28:15
  about
• 28:15
  the
• 28:15
  glory
• 28:15
  of
• 28:16
  our
• 28:16
  God
• 28:16
  among
• 28:17
  all
• 28:18
  peoples.
• 28:20
  If
• 28:20
  our
• 28:21
  theology
• 28:21
  does
• 28:22
  not
• 28:22
  lead
• 28:23
  to
• 28:23
  does
• 28:24
  not
• 28:24
  drive
• 28:25
  doxology
• 28:26
  the
• 28:26
  praise
• 28:27
  of
• 28:27
  our
• 28:27
  God
• 28:28
  either
• 28:28
  something
• 28:29
  is
• 28:29
  amiss
• 28:29
  with
• 28:30
  our
• 28:30
  theology
• 28:30
  or
• 28:31
  something
• 28:31
  is
• 28:31
  amiss
• 28:32
  in
• 28:32
  our
• 28:33
  hearts
• 28:33
  and
• 28:34
  God
• 28:35
  have
• 28:35
  mercy
• 28:35
  on
• 28:35
  us.
• 28:38
  Now
• 28:39
  I
• 28:39
  am
• 28:39
  about
• 28:39
  to
• 28:39
  land
• 28:40
  my
• 28:40
  first
• 28:40
  point
• 28:41
  and
• 28:42
  I
• 28:42
  am
• 28:42
  noting
• 28:43
  that
• 28:43
  it
• 28:43
  is
• 28:43
  afternoon
• 28:44
  so
• 28:46
  let
• 28:46
  me
• 28:46
  actually
• 28:46
  conclude
• 28:47
  today
• 28:47
  with
• 28:48
  this
• 28:48
  and
• 28:48
  we'll
• 28:48
  pick
• 28:49
  back
• 28:49
  up
• 28:49
  the
• 28:50
  following
• 28:50
  two
• 28:50
  points
• 28:51
  next
• 28:52
  week
• 28:52
  I
• 28:53
  want
• 28:53
  to
• 28:54
  read
• 28:54
  the
• 28:54
  first
• 28:54
  four
• 28:55
  verses
• 28:55
  of
• 28:55
  Psalm
• 28:56
  96
• 28:57
  and
• 28:58
  then
• 28:58
  I'll
• 28:58
  pray
• 28:58
  oh
• 29:00
  sing
• 29:01
  to
• 29:01
  the
• 29:01
  Lord
• 29:01
  a
• 29:02
  new
• 29:02
  song
• 29:03
  sing
• 29:04
  to
• 29:04
  the
• 29:04
  Lord
• 29:04
  all
• 29:05
  the
• 29:05
  earth
• 29:06
  sing
• 29:07
  to
• 29:07
  the
• 29:07
  Lord
• 29:07
  bless
• 29:08
  his
• 29:08
  name
• 29:08
  tell
• 29:09
  of
• 29:09
  his
• 29:09
  salvation
• 29:10
  from
• 29:10
  day
• 29:10
  to
• 29:11
  day
• 29:11
  declare
• 29:13
  his
• 29:13
  glory
• 29:14
  among
• 29:14
  the
• 29:14
  nations
• 29:15
  his
• 29:16
  marvelous
• 29:16
  works
• 29:17
  among
• 29:17
  all
• 29:18
  the
• 29:18
  peoples
• 29:18
  for
• 29:20
  great
• 29:20
  is
• 29:20
  the
• 29:20
  Lord
• 29:21
  and
• 29:21
  greatly
• 29:22
  to
• 29:22
  be
• 29:22
  praised
• 29:23
  !
• 29:23
  He
• 29:24
  is
• 29:24
  to
• 29:24
  be
• 29:24
  feared
• 29:25
  above
• 29:25
  all
• 29:26
  gods
• 29:26
  let's
• 29:27
  pray
• 29:27
  together
• 29:28
  as