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Romans 3:27-31 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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It's certainly a blessing to be here this morning. I was telling Chris earlier that I usually feel pretty good about my sermons until everybody starts showing up and I suddenly start to feel the inadequacy of them.
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But it's also very nice to see you guys. It also makes a little bit of joy spring up in my heart to see God's people gather together to sing praises to his name and to study his word.
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We're going to finish the third chapter of Romans. If you'll turn there with me, Romans chapter 3.
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We're going to read together verses 27 through 31.
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I started a couple of weeks preaching from this snazzy iPad, kind of out of necessity the first week, but with this light solo, I'm very thankful that I've been doing that because I can actually see what I'm reading.
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I can't quite see my Bible, so I'm glad I copied the text here. Let's read together.
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Verses 27 through 31.
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Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded.
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By what kind of law? By a law of works? No.
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By what kind of law?
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It's a law of works.
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A bit of a work in progress.
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You'll see there an introductory statement to what we believe as a church.
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It links you to a complete statement of faith, but that introductory statement, primarily written by Wes, speaks of the five tenets that came out of the Protestant Reformation.
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Many of us know them as the five solas, which is Latin, meaning only.
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The five solos.
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And this is the phrase.
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I want to read it to you quickly.
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We believe, Christ's family church believes,
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that the Bible alone, sola scriptura,
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tells the truth about God's plan for the redemption of his people
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and that he eternally saves us by his grace alone, sola gratia,
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through faith alone, sola fide,
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in Christ alone, solo Christo or solus Christus,
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to the glory of God alone, soli Deo gloria.
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It's a beautiful, beautiful phrase.
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I'd encourage you to memorize it, memorize those solos in that fashion.
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And so the thing I kind of want you to draw your attention to
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is that sola fide, by faith alone,
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which we discussed last week in the previous verses,
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verses 21 through 26.
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We saw Paul, who's still addressing a primarily Jewish audience,
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say that we've all sinned.
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None of us are escaping the wrath of God
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because we have all sinned, Jew, Gentile.
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And if we are Christians,
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we are in fact Christians,
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that we're justified not by works,
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but by our faith in Jesus Christ.
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And so we come to this place
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where he begins to work out some of the objections.
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He goes ahead and addresses them
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so that people can't excuse his argument,
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but so that he can move on beyond this.
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So it's kind of a works versus faith argument,
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addressing of these objections.
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So I'm going to say this morning that genuine faith is what makes us Christian.
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It's what brings salvation to our souls.
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Genuine faith placed in Christ.
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So let me give you a very probably silly and simplistic analogy for this.
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I have a favorite Saturday shirt.
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I'm sure many of you have that shirt.
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My Saturday shirt's my favorite color.
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It's navy blue.
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It's a size too big for me.
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I've had it for over a decade,
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so it's been washed a lot.
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You know, it's that nice,
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but it's getting kind of thin.
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And it kind of has a silly saying on it,
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which I just find to be fun.
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It has a really simplistic picture of a quilt on it,
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and it says,
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quilters make better comforters.
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I get a kick out of that.
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Quilters make better comforters.
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Well, yesterday,
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I was running errands,
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and I have a bit of an idea for a project
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I'd like to do here for our building,
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a bit of an art project that I've got going on in my brain,
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and I need fabrics for that.
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And so now in Gainesville,
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there's a new Joanne Fabrics.
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And so I decided to go to Joanne Fabrics
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and look at some of the things they had there
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to see if I could make this project work.
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And I walked in the store,
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and walking in,
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I saw the quilting section
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and realized what shirt I had on.
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I thought,
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wow,
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people are really going to think I'm into quilting,
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being in a store,
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looking at fabrics.
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And it made me think of this.
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If I actually were a man into quilting,
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and wanted to feel accepted in Joanne Fabrics,
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I think I was the only male there,
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I might have actually put a shirt like that on.
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I might have wanted to say,
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if I actually was a quilter,
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I might have wanted to say to that world,
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that subculture,
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I like quilting.
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Look at my shirt.
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Of course,
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it was entirely an accident.
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But we do that,
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both as non-Christians and Christians,
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in order to fit into the place,
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be known for what we want to be known for.
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We tend to put on certain airs.
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Sociologists call it front stage and back stage.
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Everybody has a front stage.
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We come out and we perform for the world,
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and in the back stage,
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we're totally different.
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So,
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genuine faith
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is who we actually are.
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What do we actually believe?
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Certainly,
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what we believe affects the front stage
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and ought to be coming out of who we actually are.
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But when I say genuine faith,
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I'm not talking about the things we put on,
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the trappings,
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the denomination we're affiliated with,
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or what labels we put on ourselves,
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or how we dress,
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or what buildings we show up to.
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Even the good works that we do in the world,
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I'm not talking about those things.
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I'm talking about a genuine belief
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that Jesus Christ is the Son of God,
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and that He is the only way
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to restore our relationship with Him,
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and avoid eternal damnation.
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That's what I mean
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when I say genuine faith.
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So,
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I can put on my
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quilter shirt,
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all right?
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I'm not a quilter.
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The genuine faith
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would be me actually being a quilter.
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Going home and
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sewing quilts
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would be my genuine faith,
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and my
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rather lacking example there.
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So,
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I've got four points for you
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out of this morning's text.
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I'll read them to you quickly,
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and we'll go back and repeat them.
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And they are,
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genuine faith
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excludes boasting.
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Number one,
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genuine faith
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excludes boasting.
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Number two,
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genuine faith
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is liberating.
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Number three,
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genuine faith
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promotes ethnic harmony
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and missions
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to the end of the earth.
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I'll repeat that,
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so don't worry about
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copying that down, though.
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And number four,
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genuine faith
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changes our hearts.
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So,
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number one,
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genuine faith
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excludes boasting.
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Verse 27
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says,
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then what becomes
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of boasting?
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If righteousness
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is by faith alone,
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which we've seen
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in the previous text,
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which is a gift from God,
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what becomes
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of our boasting?
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And Paul says,
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very emphatically,
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it is excluded.
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We have no room
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to boast
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in our salvation.
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By what kind of law?
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By a law of works?
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By the things we can do?
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No.
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But by the law
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of faith.
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By that which we cannot
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accomplish.
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So boasting is
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entirely excluded.
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Paul wrote in Ephesians 2,
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8 and 9,
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for by grace
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you have been saved
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through faith.
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And this is not
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your own doing.
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This is not
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your own doing.
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It is the gift
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of God,
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not as a result of works,
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so that no one
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may boast.
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He says that very plainly
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for us,
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doesn't he?
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Your salvation
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comes as a result
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of faith.
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faith.
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But that faith
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is not your own.
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It was a gift
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given to you
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by Almighty God.
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Why?
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So that you didn't
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do it.
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So that you can't
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boast in it.
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Because God
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is jealous
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for his glory.
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God is
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God-centered.
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For us to be
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man-centered,
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for Nathan to be
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Nathan-centered,
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would be sin.
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It would be selfish
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of me.
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But God is
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God-centered.
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Because God
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is completely
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loving toward
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the world.
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If he were to do
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anything else
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but have us
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focus on him,
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he'd be unloving.
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Let me say that
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again for you
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in different words.
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God is
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the best
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thing
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that any of us
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could experience.
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Any of us
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could have
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and hold for our own.
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God is that thing.
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He is the creator.
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Therefore,
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everything
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is subservient
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to him.
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He is better
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than all things
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because all things
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emanate from him.
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So if God were to say,
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no, no,
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don't look at me.
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It's cool.
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Nathan's a good guy.
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Nathan's a good preacher.
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Nathan looks good
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in his plaid shirts
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on Sunday morning.
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If he were to say
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any of those things,
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he would be
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unloving toward you
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because you would be
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looking at me
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and not at him.
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So God is
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entirely God-centered.
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He is jealous
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for his glory.
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He wants us
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to praise him
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for all things.
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Isaiah 41,
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Isaiah 41,
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he says,
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my glory
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I will not give
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to another.
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He will not
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give his glory
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to another.
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So even in our salvation,
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it's his work,
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it's his doing,
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it's a gift
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of faith
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for us.
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So we cannot boast
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!
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I think there's far
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too much boasting.
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I get this sense
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that there's an air
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of arrogance
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amongst us
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because we've figured
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it out.
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Right?
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We've looked at the landscape
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of philosophy
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and religion
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and we've picked
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the right one.
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We must be smarter
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than everybody.
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Right?
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We've figured it out.
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We've figured it out.
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I'm brilliant.
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I picked the right one.
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No room
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for boasting
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in the gospel.
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If you have a proper
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soteriology
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to understand
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our salvation,
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you will be
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humble.
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a lot of people
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have false humility.
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A lot of people
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would say,
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somebody said to me,
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Nathan,
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you preached a great
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sermon this morning.
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I go,
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no, no.
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It really wasn't
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that great.
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That's not humility.
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But if I say,
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thank you,
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praise God,
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because I'm really
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bad at this.
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I'm so feeble.
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You have no idea
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how desperate I feel
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on a Sunday morning
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for God to use me
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to proclaim his truth.
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That's the kind
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of humility
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that's birthed
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out of a proper
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understanding
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of the gospel.
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So,
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genuine faith
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excludes boasting
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entirely.
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Completely
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excludes it.
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Number two.
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Genuine faith
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is liberating.
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The burden
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of keeping the law
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has been lifted
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from our shoulders.
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Verse 28.
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For we hold
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that one is justified
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by faith
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apart from the works
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of the law.
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This is a restatement
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of things that he's
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been saying all along
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in the book of Romans
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so far.
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And he says it again.
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We hold
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that this is
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the truth.
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That one is justified
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by faith
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apart from the works
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of the law.
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People can do
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good things.
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It's within our
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capacity
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as unbelievers
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to do
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good things.
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It's possible
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to be
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philanthropic.
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It's possible
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to help
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mend wounds.
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To dig people
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out of the mud
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in land fights.
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That is possible
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to do
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apart from
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the work
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of Christ.
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But none
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of that
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is honoring
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to him
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if we're not
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Christians.
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It's self-serving.
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You see?
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So it's faith
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that sets us
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before God
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as right.
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Justifies us.
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proclaims us
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as righteous
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before him.
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It's our faith.
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It's our belief
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in him.
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Paul writes
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in Galatians 5.1
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For freedom
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Christ has set us free.
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Stand firm
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therefore
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and do not
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submit again
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to a yoke
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of slavery.
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And what's he referring
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to?
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The great issue
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that was going on
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in the church
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of Galatia
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was the Judaizers
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those Christian Jews
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that were trying
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to press people
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to become circumcised.
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to carry this
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outward sign
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of what they must do.
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Do not
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submit again
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to a yoke of slavery.
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We have been set free
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by the grace of Christ.
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I'm going to talk
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a little bit more
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about liberty
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when we get
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to our fourth point.
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I want to give you
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an example.
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I went to a
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missions conference
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in Urbana, Illinois
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and there
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was a group
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of Indians
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Native Americans
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from Canada
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so Native Canadians
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and they talked
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about how
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when the
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white man came
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when the Christians
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came
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to convert them
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that they put them
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in schools
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and they took away
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their names
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and they wouldn't
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allow them
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to speak in their
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native tongue
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they actually would
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beat them
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if they did so
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and what they
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attempted to do
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with these
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young Indian boys
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is turn them
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into them.
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Jesus
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was not
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a white
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middle class
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Republican
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but yet
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we press
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at people
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to become
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us
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take on
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our culture
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we could set
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free
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from that
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they proceeded
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to have a
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drum circle
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which I didn't
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connect to at all
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but the point was
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we can use
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the things
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that are ours
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as a Native
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American people
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to praise
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the one true God
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we've been set
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free
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from the burden
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of the law
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in John chapter 4
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Jesus meets
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with the woman
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at the well
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the Samaritan woman
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and she
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says to him
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where is it
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that we should
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worship
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she presents
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this question
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to him
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because
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my people
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are saying
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we should
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do it
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on this
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mountain
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and your
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people say
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it should
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happen
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in Jerusalem
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in the city
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there
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where's the
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proper place
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for that to
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happen
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and Jesus
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responds to her
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the hour is
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coming
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and is now
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here
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when the true
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worshipers
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will worship
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the father
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in spirit
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and truth
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for the father
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is seeking
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such people
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to worship
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him
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God is spirit
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and those
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who worship
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him must
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worship
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in spirit
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and truth
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we've been
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liberated
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from the law
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number three
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genuine faith
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promotes
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ethnic harmony
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and missions
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to the ends
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of the earth
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verses 29
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and 30
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where is God
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the God
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of the Jews
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only
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is he not
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the God
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of the Gentiles
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also
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yes
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of Gentiles
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also
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since God
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is one
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who would
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justify
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the circumcised
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by faith
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and the
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uncircumcised
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through faith
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recall that he's
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writing to a
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primarily Jewish
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audience
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and they
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would have
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known
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who God
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was
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who is this
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God
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that Paul
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is talking
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about
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they were
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very familiar
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with Exodus
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chapter 3
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when Moses
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is being sent
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to the people
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to be setting
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them free
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from Egypt
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and he says
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who should I
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say has sent
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me
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I'm going to
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sound like a
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crazy guy
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who should I
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say has sent
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me
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and we see
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then this
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name for God
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that the Hebrew
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people held
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very sacred
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Yahweh
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I am
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who I am
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is what he
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responded
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I am
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who I am
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that means
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that God
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is the source
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of all things
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he's the source
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of all life
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everything plugs
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into him
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he plugs
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into nothing
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to get his
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power
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all emanates
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from his
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being
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so we
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were all
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then
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created by
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God
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I don't
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think any
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Jewish people
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are sitting
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in this
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room
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with us
17:03
today
17:03
so we're
17:04
on the
17:04
Gentile
17:05
side
17:05
of Paul's
17:06
argument
17:07
but all
17:08
the different
17:09
ethnicities
17:10
out there
17:11
we were
17:12
all
17:12
created
17:13
by God
17:13
and that's
17:14
Paul's
17:14
argument
17:14
isn't God
17:15
the God
17:16
of everyone
17:17
is he just
17:18
the God
17:18
of the Jews
17:19
is there
17:19
another God
17:20
that created
17:20
the other
17:20
peoples
17:21
of the earth
17:21
no
17:22
because God
17:23
is I
17:23
am
17:24
who I
17:25
am
17:25
he is
17:26
the source
17:26
of all
17:26
things
17:27
that ought
17:30
to change
17:30
the way
17:31
we feel
17:32
about
17:32
other
17:33
ethnicities
17:34
and notice
17:36
I'm
17:36
using my
17:37
terms
17:37
carefully
17:38
I haven't
17:38
said race
17:39
once
17:40
have I
17:40
using the
17:42
term
17:42
ethnicity
17:43
there's
17:43
certainly
17:44
differences
17:44
amongst us
17:45
aren't there
17:45
there are
17:45
people from
17:46
different
17:46
countries
17:46
and cultural
17:47
backgrounds
17:48
race
17:50
is
17:50
socially
17:51
constructed
17:52
we invent
17:56
race
17:57
in order
17:58
to draw
17:59
lines
17:59
create
18:00
divisions
18:01
the big
18:04
genocide
18:04
in Rwanda
18:05
was a
18:06
was a
18:07
fabricated
18:08
genocide
18:10
Denmark
18:11
was ruling
18:12
correct me if I get this
18:14
wrong
18:14
Denmark was ruling
18:14
and created by
18:16
measurements of
18:17
people's faces
18:18
by measurements
18:20
of their faces
18:20
divided them into
18:21
two groups
18:22
the Tutsis
18:25
and the Hujus
18:26
divided them into
18:27
two groups
18:28
of people
18:29
because they knew
18:30
that if they could
18:30
divide the people
18:31
they'd be less
18:31
likely to rise up
18:32
against them
18:32
they created
18:35
they invented
18:36
races
18:37
of people
18:38
and they
18:40
fabricated
18:40
they pushed
18:41
warring
18:43
between them
18:44
once a million
18:46
people
18:46
were hacked
18:48
with machetes
18:49
because of
18:51
the invention
18:52
of race
18:53
it's tragic
18:55
the gospel
18:57
speaks through
18:58
that
18:58
doesn't it
18:59
we gotta love
19:00
all kinds
19:02
of people
19:02
even the ones
19:03
we don't understand
19:03
there's no doubt
19:05
that there are
19:05
varying cultures
19:06
I don't get
19:07
all the peoples
19:08
of the world
19:09
what motivates them
19:10
why they like
19:11
certain foods
19:12
it's beyond my
19:13
understanding
19:14
but yet
19:15
I don't love
19:17
them the same
19:17
because their
19:18
God is the same
19:19
as my God
19:20
and he created
19:21
them
19:21
just like
19:23
he created
19:24
me
19:24
Matthew 28
19:26
18
19:27
we're commanded
19:28
to make
19:28
disciples of
19:30
all nations
19:30
not
19:31
just our own
19:33
or those who
19:34
we feel
19:34
most comfortable
19:35
with
19:35
but of all
19:36
nations
19:37
Revelation
19:39
chapter 7
19:40
verse 9
19:41
and 10
19:41
we see a
19:41
picture
19:42
of the throne
19:44
room
19:44
and if this
19:45
doesn't motivate
19:46
us to share
19:47
our faith
19:48
to the ends
19:48
of the earth
19:49
I don't know
19:49
I don't know
19:50
what to do
19:50
for you
19:50
if this doesn't
19:51
get you excited
19:52
about world
19:53
missions
19:53
John writes
19:55
after this
19:55
I looked
19:56
and behold
19:56
a great multitude
19:58
that no one
19:59
could number
19:59
from every nation
20:01
from all the tribes
20:02
and peoples
20:02
and languages
20:03
standing before
20:03
the throne
20:04
and before the
20:05
Lamb
20:05
clothed in white
20:06
robes
20:07
with palm branches
20:08
in their hands
20:08
and crying out
20:09
with a loud
20:10
voice
20:10
salvation belongs
20:11
to our God
20:12
who sits on
20:13
the throne
20:13
and to the Lamb
20:15
genuine
20:17
faith
20:19
promotes
20:20
ethnic harmony
20:21
and missions
20:23
to the end
20:23
of the earth
20:23
number four
20:26
genuine faith
20:29
changes our
20:30
hearts
20:31
verse 31
20:33
do we then
20:36
overthrow the law
20:37
by this faith
20:39
so here he has
20:40
the people
20:40
who have
20:40
done their best
20:42
to live
20:43
by this law
20:44
do we then
20:45
overthrow the law
20:46
by our faith
20:47
by no means
20:50
if you were here
20:51
a couple of weeks ago
20:52
you'll remember
20:52
that that phrase
20:53
in Greek
20:54
is the strongest
20:55
negative term
20:56
he could have placed
20:57
in that place
20:58
absolutely no way
21:01
is what he's saying
21:02
by no means
21:03
on the contrary
21:05
we uphold
21:07
the law
21:08
the Jews thought
21:11
that their salvation
21:12
came to them
21:13
because they
21:14
did good things
21:15
because they
21:16
threw in the effort
21:18
they didn't understand
21:20
the sacrificial system
21:22
if that's what they believed
21:23
they didn't understand
21:24
that there was nothing
21:25
all their effort
21:26
there was nothing
21:27
they could do
21:27
they couldn't
21:28
uphold
21:29
the law
21:29
but here comes
21:31
Christ
21:32
he doesn't come
21:35
to abolish the law
21:36
but to what
21:37
fulfill it
21:39
what's he talking about
21:42
when he says that
21:43
I did not come
21:43
to abolish the law
21:45
but to fill it
21:46
that's in Matthew chapter 5
21:47
if you care
21:48
he didn't come
21:50
to abolish the law
21:50
but to fulfill it
21:53
when we place
21:55
our faith in Christ
21:56
we receive the spirit
21:58
of God
21:59
which moves in us
22:01
which creates in us
22:02
the ability
22:03
to have right motivation
22:06
and to live for him
22:07
changes our hearts
22:10
God says in Ezekiel
22:13
chapter 11
22:14
verse 19 and 20
22:16
and I will give them
22:17
one heart
22:18
he's talking about
22:19
the church
22:19
what he'll do
22:20
for his people
22:21
I will give them
22:21
one heart
22:22
and a new spirit
22:24
I will put within them
22:25
I will remove
22:26
the heart of stone
22:27
from their flesh
22:27
and give them
22:28
a heart of flesh
22:29
that they may walk
22:31
in my statutes
22:31
and keep my rules
22:32
and obey them
22:33
and they shall be
22:34
my people
22:35
and I will be
22:36
their God
22:36
and then later
22:38
chapter 36
22:39
verse 27
22:39
Ezekiel
22:40
God says
22:42
and I will put
22:42
my spirit
22:43
within you
22:44
and cause you
22:45
to walk
22:45
in my statutes
22:46
and be careful
22:47
to obey my rules
22:49
so we're given
22:51
then the ability
22:52
to live
22:54
righteously
22:55
we're declared
22:56
righteous
22:56
and given
22:57
the ability
22:58
to live
22:59
righteously
23:01
that means
23:02
something for our
23:03
life
23:03
doesn't it
23:04
I mean
23:06
in our
23:06
in our
23:07
liberty
23:07
we have the ability
23:08
now
23:09
we don't
23:10
have to be
23:11
burdened
23:11
by this law
23:12
if I don't
23:12
keep this law
23:13
perfectly
23:13
then I'm cursed
23:15
there's no way
23:16
around that
23:16
and none of us
23:17
have been able
23:18
to do that
23:18
and that is a burden
23:19
on our shoulders
23:20
that burden
23:21
has been lifted
23:22
because of the grace
23:22
of Christ
23:23
but now
23:25
because we have
23:25
God's spirit
23:26
working within us
23:27
we love God
23:29
and the things
23:30
of God
23:30
we will want
23:32
to do
23:33
what he wants
23:34
us to do
23:35
that's why
23:37
the gospel
23:38
is so
23:39
vital
23:39
to our
23:40
daily
23:40
Christian
23:41
living
23:42
some people
23:44
feel like
23:45
we've moved
23:45
beyond that
23:46
I'm a Christian
23:46
now
23:46
I've heard
23:47
that story
23:48
heard it over
23:50
and over again
23:51
I get it
23:51
I was sinful
23:52
Jesus died for me
23:53
I placed my
23:53
faith in him
23:54
in that
23:58
is the motivation
23:58
for my
23:59
Christian living
23:59
the spirit
24:00
of God
24:00
stirs in me
24:02
when I hear
24:02
the gospel
24:03
presented
24:03
when I am
24:04
reminded of
24:05
who I was
24:06
and who I am
24:07
now
24:07
and what
24:08
happened
24:08
to get me
24:09
there
24:09
I am
24:11
moved
24:12
to praise
24:13
him
24:13
by living
24:14
a righteous
24:15
life
24:15
I wish
24:17
I could
24:17
pay somebody
24:18
to follow
24:19
me around
24:19
and just
24:20
preach the
24:20
gospel
24:20
we can put
24:23
it on the
24:23
radio
24:23
we can listen
24:24
to it
24:24
on our
24:25
headphones
24:25
great
24:26
I wish
24:27
I had
24:27
a person
24:27
just constantly
24:28
reminding me
24:29
consistently
24:30
what God
24:30
has done
24:31
for me
24:31
in Christ
24:32
so we
24:35
uphold
24:35
the law
24:36
we live
24:37
righteous
24:38
living
24:39
because
24:39
what he
24:40
has done
24:41
for us
24:42
it's a struggle
24:44
though isn't it
24:45
Paul speaks to that
24:47
in Romans
24:48
chapter 7
24:49
verse 15
24:49
he says
24:50
for I do not
24:51
do what I want
24:52
but I do the
24:53
very thing
24:54
I hate
24:55
and then in
24:55
verse 24
24:56
he says
24:58
wretched man
24:58
that I am
24:59
who will deliver
25:00
me from this
25:00
body of death
25:01
thanks be to
25:03
God
25:03
through Jesus
25:04
Christ
25:05
our Lord
25:06
and what
25:07
he's actually
25:07
talking about
25:08
in this case
25:09
was a Roman
25:11
punishment
25:11
when
25:12
somebody committed
25:14
murder
25:14
one of the ways
25:15
they could be
25:15
punished
25:16
was that the
25:16
person they
25:17
murdered
25:17
would actually
25:17
be tied
25:18
onto them
25:19
fastened
25:20
onto their
25:21
back
25:21
this is
25:23
fascinating
25:24
because that
25:25
person is going
25:25
to begin
25:26
to decay
25:26
no one's going
25:28
to want to be
25:29
around them
25:29
and what's going
25:30
to begin
25:30
happening to
25:31
their flesh
25:31
is going to
25:32
rot right
25:33
along with
25:33
it
25:33
that's what
25:35
Paul's talking
25:36
about
25:36
here
25:37
a little
25:37
culture for
25:38
you that
25:38
helps you
25:39
understand
25:39
what is it
25:40
that he's
25:40
saying
25:40
he looks
25:41
at his
25:41
own
25:42
flesh
25:43
the desires
25:43
of his
25:44
flesh
25:44
that way
25:45
as a
25:46
wretched
25:47
decaying
25:48
thing
25:49
rotting
25:49
away
25:50
on his
25:51
back
25:51
incredible
25:53
who will
25:54
deliver me
25:54
from this
25:55
body of
25:55
death
25:56
Jesus
25:58
Christ
25:59
our
26:00
Lord
26:00
so do
26:01
you find
26:02
in your
26:02
life
26:02
that you
26:03
are advancing
26:05
in your
26:06
love for
26:07
God
26:07
and his
26:08
statutes
26:09
and the
26:09
things he's
26:10
concerned about
26:11
or your
26:13
love for the
26:13
world
26:14
the lens
26:16
you ought to
26:16
hold up
26:17
constantly
26:17
how am I
26:19
doing today
26:20
versus
26:21
yesterday
26:22
have I
26:23
advanced in
26:24
holiness this
26:25
year
26:25
versus last
26:27
year
26:27
which way
26:30
am I
26:30
waning
26:31
do you
26:33
love God's
26:34
people
26:34
do you
26:35
love the
26:36
lost
26:36
do you
26:37
love sharing
26:37
the gospel
26:38
or do you
26:39
love the
26:39
things of
26:39
this world
26:40
do you
26:40
care more
26:40
for your
26:41
clothing
26:41
and your
26:42
car
26:42
and your
26:43
TV
26:43
shows
26:45
entertainment
26:46
comfort
26:47
do you
26:48
care more
26:49
about
26:50
test your
26:51
faith
26:51
by that
26:53
simple
26:56
example
26:57
of this
26:58
we come
26:59
together
26:59
on Sunday
27:01
mornings
27:01
to meet
27:03
with the
27:03
church
27:04
which is
27:05
precious
27:05
to Christ
27:07
understand
27:08
that this
27:08
is his
27:09
bride
27:09
and all
27:12
over the
27:12
place this
27:13
morning
27:13
people are
27:14
meeting
27:14
together
27:15
to learn
27:16
about God
27:16
to be
27:17
motivated
27:17
to Christian
27:18
living
27:18
to encourage
27:19
one another
27:19
support one
27:20
another
27:20
this is
27:22
special
27:23
time
27:24
many of
27:27
us
27:27
don't
27:28
prepare for
27:28
it at
27:28
all
27:29
it's
27:30
another
27:30
thing
27:30
we
27:31
do
27:31
what
27:34
do
27:34
you
27:34
do
27:34
on
27:35
Saturday
27:35
evening
27:36
what
27:37
are you
27:37
up to
27:38
preparing
27:40
yourself
27:40
for Sunday
27:40
morning
27:41
not many
27:43
of us
27:43
are about
27:45
that
27:45
business
27:45
do we
27:46
look
27:47
forward
27:47
to the
27:48
things
27:49
of God
27:49
to what
27:50
he's going
27:51
to do
27:51
with his
27:51
people
27:52
on Sunday
27:52
morning
27:53
enough
27:53
that we
27:54
prep
27:54
ourselves
27:54
for it
27:55
young
27:56
people
27:56
how late
27:57
do you
27:57
stay up
27:58
on Saturday
27:59
night
27:59
Saturday
28:01
night
28:02
another
28:02
party
28:02
night
28:02
for you
28:03
playing
28:04
video
28:04
games
28:05
got your
28:05
halo
28:06
going
28:06
until
28:06
3 o'clock
28:06
in the
28:07
morning
28:07
some
28:09
of you
28:09
walk in
28:09
here
28:10
looking
28:10
miserable
28:11
we
28:13
ought to
28:13
prep
28:13
ourselves
28:14
for this
28:14
we
28:15
love
28:15
the
28:15
things
28:15
of
28:16
God
28:16
we
28:16
ought
28:16
to
28:16
be
28:17
excited
28:17
about
28:18
Sunday
28:19
morning
28:19
we
28:20
ought
28:20
to
28:20
come
28:20
expecting
28:21
that
28:22
God
28:22
is
28:22
going
28:22
to
28:23
speak
28:23
to
28:23
us
28:24
because
28:25
he
28:26
does
28:26
that
28:26
the
28:27
proclamation
28:28
of his
28:29
word
28:29
is the
28:29
primary
28:30
way
28:30
in which
28:30
God
28:31
speaks
28:31
to
28:32
his
28:32
people
28:32
did
28:33
you
28:33
know
28:33
that
28:33
we
28:35
get
28:35
awfully
28:35
wrapped
28:36
up
28:36
in this
28:36
personal
28:37
relationship
28:38
with
28:38
Jesus
28:38
Christ
28:38
bit
28:39
which
28:40
we
28:40
all
28:40
have
28:40
right
28:41
go to
28:43
many
28:43
churches
28:43
this
28:44
morning
28:44
and
28:45
there
28:45
is
28:45
no
28:45
light
28:45
in
28:45
the
28:46
room
28:46
right
28:48
because
28:48
they
28:48
want
28:48
you
28:49
to
28:49
have
28:49
your
28:49
personal
28:50
relationship
28:51
with
28:51
Jesus
28:51
Christ
28:51
if
28:52
you
28:52
can
28:52
see
28:52
or
28:53
hear
28:53
the
28:53
person
28:54
next
28:54
to
28:54
you
28:54
you
28:55
you're
28:55
not
28:55
worshiping
28:56
God
29:00
saved
29:01
a
29:01
people
29:02
on
29:02
the
29:03
cross
29:03
which
29:04
includes
29:05
persons
29:06
but
29:07
a
29:07
people
29:07
we
29:10
ought
29:10
to
29:10
come
29:11
prepared
29:11
for
29:13
this
29:13
morning
29:13
that's
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just
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one
29:15
example
29:15
one
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that's
29:16
been
29:17
burning
29:17
in me
29:17
for
29:17
a
29:18
while
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so
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we
29:21
see
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then
29:22
in
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this
29:22
text
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some
29:24
tests
29:24
of
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genuine
29:25
faith
29:25
excludes
29:28
boasting
29:28
liberates
29:31
us
29:31
from the
29:32
burden
29:32
of
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the
29:33
law
29:33
promotes
29:34
ethnic
29:34
harmony
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and
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missions
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to the
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ends
29:36
of
29:36
the
29:36
earth
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and
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it
29:38
changes
29:39
our
29:39
hearts
29:39
and
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I
29:41
say
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thanks be to
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God
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through
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Christ
29:43
Jesus
29:43
our
29:43
Lord
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as we
29:45
fail in
29:46
these
29:46
things
29:46
and strive
29:48
to do
29:49
better
29:49
all praise
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belongs to
29:52
him
29:52
when we
29:52
pull it
29:53
off
29:53
let's
29:54
pray
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God