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Romans 1:16-17 - Part 3 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Paul's letter to the Romans chapter 1.
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I want to begin by reiterating what I stated the previous two times we looked at this text.
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We must be careful to get these verses rightly understood.
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Martin Lloyd-Jones, in his preaching of these verses, said,
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I suppose that, in a sense, there are no two verses of greater importance in the whole of Scripture than the two verses which we are now considering.
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You have heard me say, if we misunderstand these verses, then we will find ourselves misunderstanding the gospel itself.
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If we don't get these verses right, our evangelism will go awry and we will lose our ability to be effective witnesses to our great salvation.
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We will either get the message itself wrong or we will get the methodology of preaching that message wrong and likely both.
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So, we have some careful work to do this morning and I pray we will rightly understand all that's held for us in the final phrases of these two verses.
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Before I read them, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's Word to us.
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It was written for His glory and for our good.
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And so, we do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and to obey its commands.
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Paul writes, Romans chapter 1, verse 16 and 17.
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For I am not ashamed of the gospel.
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For it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
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For in it, the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith.
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As it is written, the righteous shall live by faith.
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And we have carefully considered the phrase, for I am not ashamed of the gospel.
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We've given you reasons why Paul wasn't and why we ought not be ashamed of the gospel.
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Right there in the text is very reasoning, the phrase we considered last Lord's Day.
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For it is the power of God for salvation.
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And we thought about what it meant to be saved.
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Saved from and saved to.
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And how it is that the gospel is powerful.
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This morning we will take the rest of verse 16 and all of 17 phrase by phrase.
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We've broken that down into four pieces together.
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The first of which is to everyone who believes.
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So, Paul says, I am not ashamed of the gospel.
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For it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.
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Paul does not state that the gospel will save everyone.
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To understand the text that way would be the error of universalism.
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He qualifies who will be saved.
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Everyone who believes.
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Or you could say to everyone who has faith.
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We spoke last week much of the power of God that is this gospel.
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It is a power that sets out to accomplish a purpose.
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And necessarily accomplishes the purpose that it intends.
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We will explore this much further in our study of Romans.
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But please get here on the front end.
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The necessity of belief does not detract from the power of God for salvation.
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Let me repeat that to you.
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The necessity of belief does not detract from the power of God for salvation.
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Faith or belief is the avenue by which God saves.
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But it is not the power for salvation.
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Beloved, if you fail to understand this glorious truth.
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Then you will always be confused about the gospel.
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You will either think that you added something to the equation of your salvation and find yourself proud.
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Or you will think that you now need to add something to your salvation and will find yourself defeated.
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Let's hear some more of Paul's theology in Ephesians chapter 2 beginning in verse 8 and following where he writes,
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By grace you have been saved through faith.
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So there's the avenue, right?
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The power of God.
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Grace.
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Saved through faith.
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The avenue.
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And then he clarifies, verse 8,
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And this is not your own doing.
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It is the gift of God.
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This faith through which we're saved is a gift granted to us by God.
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Verse 9,
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Not a result of works so that no one may boast.
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So that no one might find themselves proud.
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Verse 10,
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For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works,
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which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
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And so we also have no need to feel defeated because we are made by God in Christ to work.
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We don't work that we might be made like Christ,
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but we are in Christ and so we work.
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In order to be saved, we must believe.
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But this necessary belief is granted to us by a merciful God.
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Then, having believed, he works graciously in us to cause us to walk in his ways.
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I hope that these grand truths will take to new heights in your mind this morning
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and then will settle deep in your heart
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that you may know the comfort and joy of being saved by the power of God,
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which is the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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If these truths aren't doing this edifying work for you,
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then I hope that you will hang in with us as we continue to study this inspired text in the coming months.
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Paul is going to unpack this at length for our benefit.
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Now, we would cut this phrase short if I wasn't careful to say
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that you cannot believe in just anything that you would like.
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You can't make a Christ or a gospel of your own choosing and find yourself saved.
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Paul here is being specific.
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The gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.
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It's not a gospel, not some good news, not a version of good news,
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but the good news, the gospel.
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And so out of concern that anybody would be unclear,
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what is the gospel?
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What must we believe to be true in order that we might be saved?
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We must believe that God created a world and you in it,
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that he intends for you to be an image bearer,
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but that that image bearing was destroyed by our federal head, by Adam.
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He represented us.
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So not only are we born into sin, but we willingly sin.
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We, in our very nature, reject the lordship of our God.
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Our God is holy and he can have nothing to do with sin.
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He cannot become friends with sin.
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And so the proper, just response of God for sin is that sin would be punished,
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that his enemies would be vanquished one day, fully and forever.
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But because God is also merciful,
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he sent his son to live the life that he demanded of us,
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the righteousness found in the law,
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to die the death that we deserve,
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bearing God's wrath for our sin on the cross,
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to rise again three days later,
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defeating death fully and finally,
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and that one day Christ will return and make all things new.
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And this gospel, this good news,
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requires a response on our behalf,
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a turning from our sin and our believing that we can be saved.
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This is the gospel that he is referring to.
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We also don't do well to only think of this idea of believe as a mental assent to stated truths.
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You this morning might go,
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sure, sure, all those things.
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Yep, you may have grown up in church and heard them again and again.
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But it is the sort of belief that changes you.
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This Greek word is packed full of meaning for us.
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It's not merely some mental assent,
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but it is a belief that changes the trajectory of your very life.
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Now, those of you paying attention,
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notice that I have a copy of Pilgrim's Progress with me this morning.
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So, here we go.
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If you're a guest this morning,
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I joke that if you stick with us long enough,
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I'll read the entirety of this book to you as I read excerpts from it.
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This book was written by a Puritan by the name of John Bunyan,
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and he does such a good job of putting into literary form,
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allegorically,
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the journey of the Christian.
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In fact, the main character in the book is named Christian.
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And at this point,
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in this little bit that I want to read to you,
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he's picked up a companion along the way named Faithful.
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Faithful and Christian are walking along,
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and they encounter another character by the name of Talkative.
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And he knows the things to say.
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In fact, much of the discourse that he has with Faithful
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seems very positive, this Talkative.
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He says some amazingly true things about God
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and about the nature of man and about the nature of salvation.
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But then Christian beckons him over and says to him,
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this man doesn't believe anything that he says
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because we know him back in our town to be a wicked man.
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These things he says he believes have worked no real change in him.
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And so Faithful desires to be parted with him.
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He doesn't want to have just meaningless conversation anymore.
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And so he asks Christian,
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what shall we do to get rid of him?
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Take my advice and do as I tell you,
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and you will find that he will soon be sick of your company also,
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unless God touches his heart and changes it, Christian suggested.
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Faithful asked, what would you have me do?
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Christian answered, go to him and enter into some serious discourse
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about the power of religion, which he will affirm, I assure you.
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Then ask him plainly whether this power is something
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that is truly working itself out in his heart
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and in his home and in his behavior.
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So Faithful stepped back over to where Talkative was walking
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and began to converse with him.
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How are you doing? He asked.
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Very well, thank you, Talkative replied.
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I thought we should have a great deal of talk by now.
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Faithful offered, if you would like, we will continue our conversation.
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And when we last spoke,
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you left it to me to pose a topic for discussion.
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Here is my question.
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How does the saving grace of God make itself known
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when it is in the heart of man?
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I see, Talkative stated.
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You want to talk about the power of things.
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Well, that is a very good question.
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I will be happy to answer you.
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I will make my answer brief and to the point.
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First, where the grace of God is at work in the heart,
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it causes there to be a great outcry against sin.
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Secondly, Faithful interjected, wait a minute.
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Let's consider your points one at a time.
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I think you should have said,
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it makes itself known by inclining the soul to abhor its sin.
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Why, what is the difference between crying out against and abhorring sin?
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Talkative inquired.
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I hope the Christian in the room knows the answer to that already.
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Faithful answered, there is a great deal of difference.
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A man may cry out against sin out of principle,
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but he cannot abhor it unless he has God's own antipathy against it.
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For instance, I have seen many cry out against sin in the pulpit
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who yet abide it well enough in their own heart, home, and manner of life.
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Potiphar's wife cried out against Joseph with a loud voice
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as if she had been very holy.
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Yet she would have gladly, despite her cries to the contrary,
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committed adultery with him.
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Some cry out against sin as a mother cries out against her child
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when she calls her a good-for-nothing and a naughty girl
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and then smothers her with hugs and kisses.
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I think you're trying to trip me up with details,
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Talkative accused.
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Faithful responded,
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no, I am only trying to set things right.
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But what is the second way in which a work of grace
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makes itself known in the heart of man?
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Great knowledge of gospel mysteries, Talkative offered.
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Hear this, my theology-loving brothers and sisters.
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Don't stop loving theology,
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but be sure you're loving the God of that theology.
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Faithful countered,
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this sign should have been first,
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but first or last, it is also false.
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For knowledge, even great knowledge,
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may be obtained in the mysteries of the gospel
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without a work of grace in the soul.
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The truth is that a man can have an abundance of knowledge
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and still be nothing,
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and so consequently, no child of God.
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When Christ asked,
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Do you know all these things?
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And the disciples answered,
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Yes.
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He added,
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Blessed are you if you do them.
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That's John 13, 17.
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He did not pronounce a blessing for knowing,
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but for doing.
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For there is a knowledge that is not connected with doing.
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He that knows his master's will and does not do it.
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A man may know like an angel,
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and yet not be a Christian.
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Therefore, the point you make is not true.
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Indeed, to know is something that pleases talkers and boasters,
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but to do is that which pleases God.
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Not that the heart can be good without knowledge,
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for without knowledge the heart is empty.
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But there are two kinds of knowledge.
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The first alone in its bare speculation of things,
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and the second is accompanied by the grace of faith and love,
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which causes a man to do the will of God from the heart.
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The first kind of knowledge will serve the talker,
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but a true Christian will not be content
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until his knowledge results in sincere works that please God.
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Give me understanding,
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and I shall keep thy law.
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Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
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But Psalm 119 and verse 34.
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Talkative protested,
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You are trying to trap me again.
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This is not edifying.
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Well then,
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tell me another way in which the saving grace of God
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makes itself known when it is in the heart of man,
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faithful challenged.
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And Talkative responds,
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Not I,
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for I see we shall not agree.
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So, I hope,
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one,
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and less importantly,
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that you want to read the poem's progress.
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It'll be good for your soul.
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Secondly,
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much more importantly,
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that you see that it's altogether possible
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to say that you believe something to be true,
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to hold it in your mind
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and have it not affect change
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in your heart.
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Those who love God
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will find themselves in increasing measure
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loving him in his ways more
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and hating the world
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in that way more.
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There should be an evidencing of this belief.
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So,
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the gospel that Paul is not ashamed of
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is the power of God for salvation
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to everyone who believes.
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Have you believed
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the gospel of Jesus Christ?
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If you have not,
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throw yourself
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on God's mercy
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this morning.
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The next phrase we see
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is the power of God for salvation
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to everyone who believes
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to the Jew first
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and also
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to the Greek.
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Here we see
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a most wonderful declaration.
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The gospel is offered
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to everyone.
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Not just to the person of Jewish descent,
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but also for all other
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nationalities.
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Lloyd-Jones again,
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he says this,
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why is this a gospel
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for everyone?
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The answer is
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because it is God's power.
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If it were not God's power,
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it would not be for
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anyone.
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This statement
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to the Jew first
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and also to the Greek
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is a statement of
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chronology
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and not
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preference.
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Paul is not saying
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that the Jewish people
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have greater importance
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or more image-bearing
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worth.
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historically,
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salvation came
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first
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to the Jews.
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Now you can think about this
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as it concerns
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Jesus' ministry.
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He was careful
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in who he came
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and preached the gospel
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to.
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An evidence of this
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is in Matthew chapter 10
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verse 5 and 6
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where he sends out
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the apostles
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instructing them,
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go nowhere among
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the Gentiles
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and enter no town
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of the Samaritans
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but go rather
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to the lost sheep
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of the house
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of Israel.
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He was concerned
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chronologically
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but not in
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importance.
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In keeping with this point,
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when Jesus appears
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to the disciples
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at Acts 1,
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what does he tell them
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there?
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You will receive
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power.
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This is the verse 8.
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when the Holy Spirit
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has come upon you
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and you will be
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my witnesses in,
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think chronology,
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Jerusalem,
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in all Judea
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and Samaria
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and to the end
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of the earth.
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this gospel
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is the power
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of God
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for salvation
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for these
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Roman believers
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whether Jewish
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or not
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and most scholars
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agree that this
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was a mixed audience.
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Paul is going
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to develop this
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truth further
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for us
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throughout his letter
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with particular
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intention to its
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implications
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in chapter 11
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so I'll let you
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hold your breath
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on all that this
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means until
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chapter 11
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but this morning
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simply and
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profoundly hear
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this
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this gospel
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is the power
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of God
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for salvation
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for you
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regardless of
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how you might
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perceive yourself
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however far
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you might be
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from his grace
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however far
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you think
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you may be
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from salvation
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God is powerful
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to reach you
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and bring you
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to himself
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to the Jew
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first
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and also
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to the Greek
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this includes
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an offer
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to all people
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to repent
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and believe
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he goes on
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in his logical
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progression
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he keeps
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adding these
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fours
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beginning of
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verse 17
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for in it
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the righteousness
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of God
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is revealed
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Paul tells us
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that something
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is revealed
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which means
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to make
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plain
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or make
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clear
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or make
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known
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we do
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not have
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Christianity
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without
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revelation
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we will
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not stumble
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across
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saving truth
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without a
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loving God
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making it
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known
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to us
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we believe
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that the
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scripture
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is the
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revelation
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of God
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to us
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Paul says
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that the
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powerful gospel
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makes
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something
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known
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it makes
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known
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the
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righteousness
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of God
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let's begin
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understanding
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this phrase
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by defining
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the word
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righteousness
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let's just
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start there
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righteousness
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is the
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quality
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of being
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morally
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perfect
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and don't
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miss this
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morally
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perfect
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without
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fault
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having both
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obeyed
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everything
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and not
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disobeyed
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everything
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morally
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perfect
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Paul says
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the gospel
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reveals
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the
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righteousness
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of
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God
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now
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certainly
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our
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God
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is
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righteous
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he is
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without
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fault
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he is
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morally
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perfect
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we often
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use the
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word
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holy
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to describe
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this
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attribute
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think of
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revelation
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4 8
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this picture
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that John
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has of
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heaven
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of four
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living
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creatures
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with six
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wings
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and full
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of eyes
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around
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and within
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day and
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night
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they never
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cease to
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say
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you think
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of what
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they say
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holy
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holy
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holy
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which is
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a compounding
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thing in
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Greek
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saying
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perfectly
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holy
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without
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any fault
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he is
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holy
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upon
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holy
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upon
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holy
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is the
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Lord
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God
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almighty
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who was
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and is
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and is
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to come
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but
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is it
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God's
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holiness
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that Paul
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is here
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referring to
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a certain
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Augustinian
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monk
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by the name
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of Martin
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Luther
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thought
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so
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to his
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great
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detriment
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look out
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I've got a
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second book
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this morning
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I keep
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saying I
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need a
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larger
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pulpit
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I need a
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preaching
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desk
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this is
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really key
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right
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we are
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Protestants
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for good
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reasons
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right
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we believe
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in
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sola
22:49
scriptura
22:49
we believe
22:50
what it
22:50
teaches
22:50
us to
22:51
be
22:51
true
22:51
we had
22:52
better
22:53
get
22:53
this
22:54
right
22:54
this
22:55
is
22:55
the
22:55
text
22:56
that
22:56
launched
22:57
the
22:57
Protestant
22:57
Reformation
22:58
I'm going to
23:00
step over
23:00
a little bit
23:01
of history
23:01
I'm reading
23:02
Lloyd-Jones
23:03
quoting
23:03
Luther
23:04
and I
23:04
hope
23:04
that
23:04
it'll
23:04
be
23:05
clear
23:05
when
23:05
he's
23:06
speaking
23:06
and
23:06
when
23:06
Luther
23:06
is
23:06
speaking
23:07
if
23:08
not
23:08
you're
23:09
welcome
23:09
to
23:09
borrow
23:09
my
23:10
book
23:10
listen
23:11
carefully
23:12
it is
23:14
just
23:15
at this
23:15
point
23:16
we're
23:16
talking
23:17
about
23:17
right
23:17
now
23:17
that
23:18
the
23:18
experience
23:18
of
23:19
Luther
23:19
is
23:19
such
23:19
great
23:20
value
23:20
to
23:21
us
23:21
because
23:21
Luther
23:22
while
23:23
he
23:23
was
23:23
yet
23:23
a
23:23
Roman
23:24
Catholic
23:24
decided
23:25
to
23:25
give
23:25
a
23:25
series
23:25
of
23:26
lectures
23:26
on
23:26
the
23:27
epistle
23:27
to
23:27
the
23:28
Romans
23:28
he
23:29
came
23:30
up
23:30
against
23:30
this
23:31
verse
23:32
and
23:32
because
23:33
of
23:33
his
23:33
misinterpretation
23:35
of the
23:35
meaning
23:36
of
23:36
the
23:36
righteousness
23:37
of
23:37
God
23:38
he
23:39
passed
23:39
through
23:40
an
23:40
agony
23:41
of
23:41
soul
23:42
listen
23:44
to his
23:44
own
23:44
words
23:45
I
23:46
labor
23:46
diligently
23:47
and
23:47
anxiously
23:48
as
23:48
to
23:48
know
23:49
how
23:49
to
23:49
understand
23:50
Paul's
23:50
word
23:51
in
23:51
Romans
23:51
117
23:52
where
23:53
he
23:53
says
23:53
the
23:53
righteousness
23:54
of
23:54
God
23:55
is
23:55
revealed
23:56
in
23:56
the
23:56
gospel
23:57
I
23:58
sought
23:58
long
23:59
and
23:59
knocked
23:59
anxiously
24:00
for
24:00
the
24:01
expression
24:01
the
24:02
righteousness
24:02
of
24:02
God
24:03
blocked
24:04
the
24:04
way
24:05
you
24:07
see
24:07
he
24:08
thought
24:08
it
24:08
was
24:08
just
24:09
a
24:09
description
24:09
of
24:09
God's
24:10
character
24:10
and
24:11
of
24:11
God's
24:11
being
24:11
and
24:12
as
24:12
he
24:12
stood
24:13
before
24:13
this
24:13
revelation
24:14
of
24:14
God
24:14
who
24:14
is
24:14
light
24:15
and
24:15
in
24:15
whom
24:15
there
24:15
is
24:16
no
24:16
darkness
24:16
at
24:17
all
24:17
a
24:17
God
24:17
who
24:18
was
24:18
so
24:18
just
24:18
that
24:19
he
24:19
cannot
24:19
even
24:19
look
24:20
upon
24:20
sin
24:20
as
24:21
he
24:21
saw
24:21
this
24:22
righteousness
24:22
of
24:22
God
24:23
he
24:23
just
24:24
felt
24:24
it
24:24
was
24:24
impossible
24:25
he
24:26
says
24:26
that
24:26
this
24:27
expression
24:27
the
24:27
righteousness
24:28
of
24:28
God
24:28
blocked
24:29
the
24:29
way
24:30
to
24:30
salvation
24:30
for
24:31
him
24:32
and
24:33
he
24:34
went
24:34
further
24:34
and
24:34
said
24:35
as
24:36
often
24:36
as
24:36
I
24:36
read
24:36
that
24:36
declaration
24:37
I
24:37
wished
24:38
always
24:38
that
24:38
God
24:39
had
24:39
not
24:39
made
24:39
the
24:40
gospel
24:40
known
24:41
you
24:42
see
24:42
he
24:43
thought
24:43
that
24:44
it
24:44
meant
24:44
that
24:44
in
24:44
the
24:44
Old
24:48
Ten
24:48
Commandments
24:48
and
24:48
the
24:48
moral
24:49
law
24:49
yes
24:50
but
24:50
he
24:50
thought
24:51
it
24:51
was
24:51
an
24:51
imperfect
24:52
revelation
24:52
of
24:53
it
24:53
and
24:55
that
24:55
it's
24:55
only
24:55
in
24:56
Christ
24:56
you
24:56
get
24:56
a
24:57
full
24:57
revelation
24:58
and
24:59
one
24:59
which
24:59
is
25:00
infinitely
25:00
greater
25:02
he
25:03
thought
25:03
the
25:03
gospel
25:04
of
25:04
Jesus
25:04
Christ
25:05
was
25:05
condemning
25:06
to
25:06
him
25:06
as
25:06
it
25:06
revealed
25:07
God's
25:08
righteousness
25:09
he
25:11
misunderstood
25:11
the
25:12
text
25:13
and
25:13
he
25:13
found
25:14
it
25:14
to
25:14
be
25:14
a
25:14
block
25:15
for
25:15
him
25:15
to
25:15
believe
25:16
the
25:17
gospel
25:17
he
25:17
wished
25:18
the
25:18
gospel
25:18
had
25:18
been
25:19
never
25:19
preached
25:20
praise
25:23
be
25:23
to
25:24
God
25:24
that
25:24
he
25:24
unveiled
25:25
the
25:25
full
25:26
meaning
25:26
of
25:26
this
25:26
text
25:27
to
25:27
Luther
25:28
before
25:29
we
25:30
get
25:30
to
25:30
the
25:30
last
25:31
part
25:31
of
25:31
verse
25:31
17
25:32
look
25:32
with
25:32
me
25:33
at
25:33
another
25:33
verse
25:34
where
25:34
Paul
25:34
employs
25:35
this
25:35
phrase
25:36
the
25:36
righteousness
25:36
of
25:37
God
25:38
this
25:38
is
25:38
Romans
25:38
chapter
25:38
3
25:39
and
25:39
verse
25:39
21
25:40
if
25:41
you'd
25:41
like
25:41
to
25:41
turn
25:41
there
25:42
briefly
25:42
here
25:45
we
25:45
see
25:45
right at
25:46
the
25:46
beginning
25:46
of verse
25:46
21
25:47
but
25:47
now
25:48
the
25:49
righteousness
25:49
of
25:50
God
25:50
there
25:51
it
25:51
is
25:51
again
25:51
the
25:51
righteousness
25:52
of
25:52
God
25:53
has
25:54
been
25:54
manifested
25:55
or
25:56
revealed
25:57
apart
25:58
from the
26:00
law
26:00
although
26:00
the
26:01
law
26:01
and the
26:02
prophets
26:03
bear witness
26:04
God
26:05
to
26:05
God
26:06
to
26:07
God
26:07
to
26:07
us
26:07
to
26:08
us
26:08
to
26:09
!
26:09
to
26:11
us
26:12
by
26:13
Christ
26:14
has
26:15
been
26:15
revealed
26:17
Luther
26:18
came to
26:19
understand
26:20
the
26:20
doctrine
26:20
of
26:21
double
26:21
imputation
26:22
which
26:23
he called
26:23
the
26:24
great
26:24
exchange
26:26
our
26:27
sin
26:27
given
26:28
to
26:28
Christ
26:28
and
26:29
his
26:29
righteousness
26:30
given
26:30
imputed
26:31
to
26:32
us
26:33
Paul
26:35
speaks of
26:35
this in
26:36
2nd
26:36
Corinthians
26:36
chapter 5
26:37
verse
26:38
21
26:39
where he
26:39
says
26:39
for our
26:40
sake
26:40
God
26:41
made
26:41
Christ
26:42
to be
26:42
sin
26:43
gave
26:44
our
26:45
sin
26:45
to
26:45
Jesus
26:46
who
26:47
knew
26:47
no
26:47
sin
26:48
he
26:48
was
26:49
perfect
26:49
without
26:50
fault
26:50
he
26:51
was
26:51
holy
26:52
so
26:52
that
26:53
in
26:53
Christ
26:54
we
26:55
might
26:55
become
26:55
the
26:56
righteousness
26:56
of
26:57
God
26:58
right
26:58
his
26:58
law
26:59
keeping
26:59
given
26:59
to
27:01
us
27:02
we've
27:04
got to
27:04
get this
27:04
right
27:04
if we're
27:05
going to
27:05
understand
27:05
this
27:06
verse
27:07
again
27:09
from
27:09
Lloyd
27:09
Jones
27:10
speaking
27:10
of
27:11
Luther
27:11
he
27:11
called
27:12
that
27:13
abstract
27:14
conception
27:15
of the
27:15
righteousness
27:16
of
27:16
God
27:16
and
27:17
he
27:17
could
27:17
not
27:17
get
27:18
past
27:18
it
27:18
God's
27:20
holiness
27:20
but
27:21
then
27:21
he
27:22
suddenly
27:22
saw
27:22
this
27:23
phrase
27:24
the
27:24
just
27:25
shall
27:25
live
27:26
by
27:27
faith
27:28
oh
27:29
he
27:29
said
27:30
there
27:30
is
27:31
such
27:31
a
27:31
thing
27:31
after
27:32
all
27:32
then
27:32
as
27:32
a
27:32
just
27:33
person
27:33
a
27:33
righteous
27:34
person
27:35
there
27:36
is
27:36
the
27:36
abstract
27:37
righteousness
27:37
here
27:38
is
27:38
the
27:38
concrete
27:39
righteousness
27:40
he
27:42
then
27:42
said
27:43
what
27:43
is
27:43
this
27:44
and
27:45
suddenly
27:45
he
27:46
saw
27:46
it
27:46
he
27:47
saw
27:47
that
27:48
this
27:48
is
27:48
the
27:48
whole
27:48
difference
27:49
between
27:49
the
27:49
law
27:50
and
27:50
faith
27:51
he
27:51
had
27:52
been
27:52
trying
27:52
to
27:52
work
27:53
a
27:53
righteousness
27:53
according
27:54
to
27:54
the
27:54
law
27:54
but
27:55
there
27:55
is
27:55
an
27:55
absolute
27:56
stumbling
27:56
block
27:57
to
27:57
that
27:57
this
27:58
righteousness
27:59
of
27:59
God
27:59
but
28:00
now
28:01
he
28:01
begins
28:02
to
28:02
see
28:03
how
28:04
are
28:04
these
28:04
people
28:04
righteous
28:05
Ah!
28:06
it
28:06
is a
28:06
righteousness
28:07
by
28:07
faith
28:08
so
28:09
then
28:09
that
28:10
righteousness
28:10
of
28:10
God
28:10
does
28:11
not
28:11
mean
28:11
the
28:11
attribute
28:12
of
28:12
God
28:13
it
28:13
is
28:14
a
28:14
righteousness
28:14
that
28:15
God
28:15
gives
28:16
so
28:17
hear
28:17
that
28:17
it's
28:18
the
28:18
righteousness
28:18
that
28:18
comes
28:19
from
28:19
him
28:20
it's
28:20
a
28:20
righteousness
28:20
he
28:21
gives
28:21
and
28:22
he
28:22
gives
28:22
it
28:22
to
28:23
faith
28:24
Luther's
28:25
whole
28:26
life
28:26
was
28:26
revolutionized
28:27
he
28:28
saw
28:28
the
28:28
abstract
28:29
and
28:29
the
28:29
concrete
28:30
coming
28:30
together
28:31
and
28:31
this
28:31
is
28:32
how
28:32
he
28:32
puts
28:33
it
28:33
when
28:34
I
28:34
saw
28:34
the
28:35
difference
28:35
that
28:35
law
28:35
is
28:36
one
28:36
thing
28:36
and
28:36
gospel
28:37
another
28:37
I
28:38
broke
28:38
through
28:39
he
28:40
broke
28:40
through
28:40
the
28:41
barrier
28:41
that
28:41
was
28:41
holding
28:41
him
28:42
back
28:42
and
28:42
he
28:42
goes
28:42
on
28:43
as
28:43
I
28:43
had
28:43
formerly
28:44
hated
28:44
the
28:44
expression
28:45
the
28:45
righteousness
28:45
of
28:45
God
28:46
I
28:46
now
28:46
began
28:47
to
28:47
regard
28:47
it
28:47
as
28:47
my
28:48
dearest
28:48
and
28:48
most
28:49
comforting
28:49
word
28:49
so
28:50
that
28:50
this
28:50
expression
28:51
of
28:51
Paul's
28:51
became
28:52
to me
28:52
in
28:52
very
28:52
truth
28:53
a
28:53
gate
28:53
to
28:54
paradise
28:54
what
28:56
a
28:56
revelation
28:56
what
28:57
a
28:57
transformation
28:58
from
28:59
a
28:59
miserable
29:00
wretched
29:00
unhappy
29:00
monk
29:01
counting
29:01
his
29:01
beads
29:02
and
29:02
fasting
29:02
and
29:02
sweating
29:03
and
29:03
praying
29:03
and
29:04
yet
29:04
being
29:04
more
29:05
and
29:05
more
29:05
conscious
29:06
of
29:06
failure
29:06
to
29:07
the
29:07
herald
29:08
of
29:08
the
29:09
reformation
29:09
to
29:10
the
29:10
glorious
29:10
preacher
29:11
of
29:11
the
29:11
gospel
29:11
rejoicing
29:12
in
29:12
the
29:12
glorious
29:13
liberty
29:13
of
29:14
the
29:14
children
29:14
of
29:15
God
29:15
and
29:16
it
29:16
came
29:16
to
29:17
him
29:17
through
29:17
understanding
29:18
Romans
29:19
1
29:19
17
29:20
the
29:21
abstract
29:21
righteousness
29:22
the
29:23
concrete
29:24
righteousness
29:25
a
29:26
righteousness
29:26
that's
29:27
granted
29:27
to
29:28
us
29:28
by
29:30
Christ
29:31
in
29:32
the
29:32
power
29:32
of
29:33
the
29:33
gospel
29:33
to
29:34
see
29:35
this
29:35
and
29:35
see
29:36
it
29:36
clearly
29:36
to
29:37
get
29:37
the
29:37
gospel
29:37
right
29:39
the
29:41
final
29:41
phrase
29:42
the
29:42
rest
29:42
of
29:42
verse
29:43
17
29:43
from
29:44
faith
29:44
for
29:44
faith
29:45
as
29:46
it
29:46
is
29:46
written
29:46
the
29:47
righteous
29:47
shall
29:48
live
29:48
by
29:49
faith
29:49
now
29:50
I
29:52
love
29:52
and
29:52
appreciate
29:53
that
29:53
Paul
29:54
is
29:54
an
29:54
Old
29:54
Testament
29:54
preacher
29:55
let's
29:56
not
29:56
unhitch
29:57
our
29:57
faith
29:57
from
29:58
it
29:58
Paul
29:59
has
29:59
now
30:00
referenced
30:00
faith
30:01
four
30:01
times
30:02
in
30:02
verses
30:02
16
30:03
and
30:03
17
30:04
he
30:05
refers
30:05
to
30:05
everyone
30:05
who
30:06
believes
30:07
or
30:07
has
30:07
faith
30:08
in
30:08
verse
30:08
16
30:09
and
30:09
then
30:09
we
30:09
see
30:10
in
30:10
this
30:10
last
30:10
bit
30:10
of
30:11
phrase
30:11
again
30:12
from
30:12
faith
30:13
for
30:13
faith
30:13
as
30:14
it
30:14
is
30:14
written
30:14
the
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righteous
30:15
shall
30:15
live
30:15
by
30:16
faith
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which
30:18
is
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a
30:18
citation
30:19
from
30:19
Habakkuk
30:19
2
30:20
4
30:21
recall
30:23
that
30:23
I
30:23
have
30:23
told
30:24
you
30:24
that
30:24
the
30:24
theme
30:24
of
30:24
this
30:24
letter
30:25
is
30:25
that
30:25
we
30:25
are
30:25
justified
30:26
by
30:26
grace
30:27
alone
30:27
through
30:28
faith
30:28
alone
30:29
in
30:29
Christ
30:30
alone
30:30
a
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lot
30:32
of
30:32
ink
30:33
has
30:33
been
30:33
spilled
30:33
working
30:34
out
30:34
the
30:34
exact
30:35
meaning
30:35
of
30:35
the
30:35
phrase
30:36
from
30:36
faith
30:37
for
30:37
faith
30:38
and
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I'm
30:39
going
30:39
to
30:39
spare
30:39
you
30:40
the
30:40
details
30:40
by
30:41
simply
30:41
telling
30:41
you
30:42
the
30:42
prominent
30:43
view
30:43
which
30:44
I
30:44
wholeheartedly
30:45
agree
30:45
with
30:46
if
30:46
you'd
30:46
love
30:47
to
30:47
read
30:47
about
30:47
it
30:47
I
30:48
encourage
30:48
you
30:49
to
30:49
do
30:49
so
30:49
with
30:50
your
30:50
muck
30:51
boots
30:51
on
30:51
another
30:53
fair
30:53
way
30:54
to
30:54
translate
30:54
this
30:55
phrase
30:55
would
30:55
be
30:56
by
30:56
faith
30:57
to
30:58
faith
30:59
so
31:00
the
31:00
righteousness
31:01
of
31:01
God
31:01
is
31:01
granted
31:02
by
31:02
faith
31:03
to
31:03
faith
31:04
and
31:05
this
31:06
phrase
31:06
parallels
31:06
believes
31:07
in
31:07
verse
31:07
16
31:08
and
31:08
adds
31:09
to
31:09
it
31:10
continuing
31:11
faith
31:12
John
31:14
MacArthur
31:14
says of
31:15
this
31:15
text
31:15
there
31:15
is
31:16
emphasis
31:16
here
31:16
on
31:17
the
31:17
continuity
31:17
of
31:18
faith
31:18
it
31:19
is
31:19
not
31:19
a
31:20
one
31:20
time
31:20
act
31:20
but
31:21
a
31:21
way
31:21
of
31:21
life
31:22
the
31:23
true
31:23
believer
31:24
made
31:24
righteous
31:24
will
31:24
live
31:25
in
31:25
faith
31:26
all
31:27
of
31:27
his
31:27
or
31:28
her
31:28
life
31:29
this
31:30
is
31:30
the
31:30
doctrine
31:31
of
31:31
the
31:31
perseverance
31:31
of
31:32
the
31:32
saints
31:32
we
31:32
believe
31:33
and
31:33
we
31:33
believe
31:34
and
31:34
we
31:35
believe
31:35
we
31:36
hang
31:36
on
31:37
to
31:37
the
31:37
precious
31:38
promises
31:38
that
31:39
are
31:39
ours
31:40
in
31:40
Christ
31:41
and
31:41
we
31:41
do
31:42
so
31:42
until
31:43
the
31:43
end
31:43
and
31:45
the
31:45
promise
31:45
that
31:46
accompanies
31:46
such
31:47
faith
31:47
is
31:48
life
31:48
we
31:50
are
31:50
granted
31:50
life
31:50
by
31:50
faith
31:51
in
31:51
the
31:51
gospel
31:51
and
31:51
we
31:52
continue
31:52
life
31:52
by
31:53
faith
31:53
in
31:54
the
31:54
gospel
31:55
there
31:56
is
31:57
a
31:57
lifetime
31:58
of
31:58
meditation
31:58
found
31:59
in
31:59
these
32:00
two
32:01
verses
32:01
we
32:01
have
32:01
spread
32:03
it
32:03
thin
32:04
over
32:04
three
32:04
weeks
32:06
to
32:07
hope
32:07
to
32:07
hope
32:07
you
32:07
will
32:08
in
32:08
eager
32:08
expectation
32:09
join
32:11
me
32:11
as we
32:11
continue
32:11
to
32:12
impact
32:12
them
32:12
in
32:12
our
32:13
study
32:13
of
32:14
Romans
32:14
I
32:16
will
32:16
conclude
32:16
with
32:16
a
32:17
final
32:17
reading
32:17
chapter
32:19
one
32:19
verse
32:19
16
32:20
and
32:21
17
32:21
when
32:22
Paul
32:22
says
32:23
let's
32:43
pray
32:43
together
32:43
as