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If you will, I hope you have your copy of God's Word with you today. If you will turn to Romans chapter 8.
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And while you're doing that in the hopes that I won't be a distraction to you this morning, I'll tell you why I'm in pain.
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My lower back is just killing me and I'm not actually sure the reason. It's actually gotten worse as the day's gone on.
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I've never been kicked by a horse in the lower back, but I'm pretty confident this is what it would feel like if I were.
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So if you see me leaning a little extra heavy on the podium or pacing a bit, that's what's going on.
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I'm glad to be here. If I grimace, it's because of my back, not because I don't want to be in this place with you.
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Romans chapter 8. We'll look this morning at verses 1 and 2.
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There's therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
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So we're now seven full chapters into the book of Romans, beginning chapter 8.
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And Paul has continued to develop the theme of the gospel, justification by faith alone.
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And he's been at times recycling through some of the same truths.
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That presents a problem for a preacher as myself.
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What do I say that's new and fresh?
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How is it that this is a new thing that we need to hear?
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And the reality is we don't really need to hear a new thing.
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We need to hear the same great old story that is the good news of Jesus Christ.
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Somebody much wiser than myself, I believe Clay, shared this with me, so I'll give him credit for it.
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But compared the gospel to a beautiful gym.
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I think there's a number of newly engaged people in our congregation.
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And probably, I don't know this for sure, but probably got engagement rings with a diamond set in the middle of it.
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The gospel is a treasure like that, which is beautiful upon looking at it.
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But to really grasp its beauty, we've got to turn it over and look at it from varying angles.
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Ladies, I know you have looked at that diamond over and over and over and over again.
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The diamond has perfect clarity.
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You can look at it from one side and you'll know what it looks like on the other side.
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It looks the same.
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Gentlemen, if you bought a decent diamond, it looks the exact same from the other side.
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It was cut the same way and it's clear, just like the rest.
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But you don't really appreciate it until you turn it over.
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The same is true with the gospel.
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The preaching here to us in the letter of Romans is a turning, looking at varying angles.
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The same great truth.
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Martin Luther, in the 16th century, held a pastorate and preached every week the gospel to his congregation.
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And his congregation began to murmur about that.
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They began to come to him and say,
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Martin Luther, when are you going to take us deeper?
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When are you going to teach us new things?
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Surely we've come to understand the gospel already.
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And his response was, when you begin to live like you believe what I'm preaching to you, then I'll preach something else.
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The truth of it is, we all forget, probably on a daily basis, the beauty of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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If we would remember what he's done for us, we would live much differently.
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And I think that Paul had the same thing in mind as he's writing.
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He's continuing to turn the beauty of the gospel over and angle it differently and hold it up to the light in these varying ways that we might appreciate it more.
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So we come to the beginning of chapter 8.
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And he starts off saying, there is therefore now.
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Now he's directly referencing back to chapter 7.
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Verses 23-25, we saw Paul having the common struggle of every Christian,
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where we're not all as bad as we could be, but certainly none of us are as good as we should be.
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And we war against sin in our life, even though we've been delivered from it.
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He writes, beginning in verse 23,
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I see in my members another law, waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin.
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That dwells in my members.
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Wretched man that I am, who will deliver me from this body of death?
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Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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So directly, he's referencing back to that.
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There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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Indirectly, I believe he's referencing back to the entire letter to this point.
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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,
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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 those who live by faith have no condemnation.
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Chapter 2, verse 12 and 13.
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For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law,
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and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
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For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God,
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but the doers of the law who will be justified.
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And in chapters 3 and 4 and 5,
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we see that none of us can earn our way to heaven,
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that none of us are righteous on our own,
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apart from faith in Christ.
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And Christ gives us, imputes to us,
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his righteousness.
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Chapter 5, verse 4.
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Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
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we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Certainly, he's referencing back to chapter 6, verse 6.
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We know that our old self was crucified with him
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in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing,
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so that we no longer would be enslaved to sin.
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The condemnation has been lifted.
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So there's no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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Interestingly,
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our English word translated, no,
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is the Greek word, oidaes.
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It is an emphatic negative pronoun
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which relates to time.
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I'll catch that.
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It's an emphatic negative pronoun
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that relates to time.
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It carries the idea
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of the completion
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of a period of time.
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So those of us who are in Christ
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once bore the condemnation
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of our sin,
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but that period of time in our life
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is now over.
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That's not a call to learn
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and understand the original language.
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I don't know what is,
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because the English word we get is no.
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Much more meaning carried in oidaes.
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Condemnation.
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Katakrama is the Greek word.
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It's only found in the book of Romans
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here and in 5, 16, and 18.
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So it's three places in the New Testament.
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And it relates to the sentencing of a crime,
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but focuses not on the verdict,
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not that we've been declared guilty,
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which we have,
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but on the penalty
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the verdict demands.
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That's the emphasis.
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It emphasizes the verdict.
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Excuse me.
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The penalty that the verdict demands.
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Chapter 6, verse 23,
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for the wages of sin is death.
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Amen.
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So now,
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in Christ,
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those who have placed their faith in Him,
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there is no condemnation.
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But before that,
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if you haven't placed your faith in Christ,
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or before you have placed your faith in Christ,
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if you are in Him,
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there was great condemnation on you.
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The guilt of your sin pressed down upon you.
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Let me read to you an excerpt
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from a wonderful sermon
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by Jonathan Edwards
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called Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.
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If you haven't yet read this,
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I hope that you will.
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It was delivered in 1741,
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June or July 8th,
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I can't remember,
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in Connecticut.
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I am told that Jonathan Edwards
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stood at the back of the sanctuary
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and read this in a very monotone voice.
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I'm going to try to inflect my tone a bit
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so that you can understand
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what I'm saying to you.
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But listen to the weight
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of the words he uses here.
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There is the dreadful pit
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of the glowing flames
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of the wrath of God.
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There is hell's wide, gaping mouth open,
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and you have nothing to stand upon,
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nor anything to take hold of.
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There is nothing between you and hell,
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but the air.
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It is only the power
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and mere pleasure of God
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that holds you up.
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You probably are not sensible of this.
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You find that you are kept out of hell,
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but do not see the hand of God in it.
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But look at other things,
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at the good state of your bodily constitution,
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your care of your own life,
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and the means you use
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for your own preservation.
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But indeed,
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these things are nothing.
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If God should withdraw His hand,
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they would avail no more
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to keep you from falling
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than the thin air
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to hold up a person
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that is suspended in it.
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Your wickedness makes you,
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as it were,
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heavy as lead,
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and to tend downwards
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with great weight
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and pressure towards hell.
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And if God should let you go,
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you would immediately sink
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and swiftly descend
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and plunge
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into the bottomless gulf,
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and your healthy constitution
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and your own caring prudence
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and best contrivance
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and all your righteousness
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would have no more influence
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to uphold you
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and keep you out of hell
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than a spider's web
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would have to stop
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a falling rock.
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This is where it gets really good.
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Were it not for the sovereign
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pleasure of God,
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the earth would not bear you
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one moment,
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for you are a burden to it.
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The creation groans with you.
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The creature is made subject
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to the bondage
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of your corruption.
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The sun does not willingly
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shine upon you
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to give you light
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to serve sin and Satan.
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The earth does not willingly
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yield her increase
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to satisfy your lust.
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Nor does it willingly
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a stage for your wickedness
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to be acted upon.
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The air does not willingly
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serve you for breath
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to maintain the flame
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of life in your vitals
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while you spend your life
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in the service
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of God's enemies.
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God's creatures are good
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and were made for men
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to serve God with
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and do not willingly
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subserve to any other purpose
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and groan when they are abused
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to purposes so directly
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contrary to their nature
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and end.
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And the world would spew you out
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were it not for the sovereign
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hand of him
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who has subjected it
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in hope.
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There are the black clouds
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of God's wrath
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now hanging directly
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over your heads
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full of the dreadful storm
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and big with thunder
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and were it not for the
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restraining hand of God
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it would immediately
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burst forth
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upon you.
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Isn't that incredible?
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the earth
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rejects us
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in our sinful state.
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The earth doesn't want
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to be a stage
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for which
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in which we carry out
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evil intentions
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towards God.
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Did you catch all that language?
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The sun does not
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willingly shine upon us
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to give us light
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to sin
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against our God.
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The air
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doesn't willingly
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sustain our life
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as long as we serve
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the enemy.
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Isn't that phenomenal
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language?
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We are a burden
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to the earth
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before Christ.
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And this
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is the condemnation
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that laid upon us
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that we inherited
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from Adam
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apart from Christ
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this is where
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you
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are.
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I'll add
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that many
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of the congregants
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in Jonathan Edwards
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church building
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that day
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were clutching
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the pews
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in front of them
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and begging him
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to stop
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preaching.
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They were afraid
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that the floor
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was going to open up
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and that hell
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was going to swallow
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them whole.
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Incredible.
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Absolutely incredible.
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But now
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for those of us
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who are in Christ Jesus
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this burden
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has been lifted.
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There is no
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condemnation
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for us.
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Jesus says in
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John chapter 10
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verse 27
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through 29
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My sheep hear
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my voice
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and I know
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them
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and they follow
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me.
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I give them
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eternal life
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and they will
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never perish
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and no one
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will snatch
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them out
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of my hand.
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My Father
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who has given
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them to me
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is greater
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than all
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and no one
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is able to
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snatch them
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out of my
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Father's hand.
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You see the
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connection there
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now.
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Those of us
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who are in Christ
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are secure
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in the hand
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of God.
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There is
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no condemnation
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for us
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any longer.
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Udice
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katakramah
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no condemnation
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for us.
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We can live
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guilt free.
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The sins
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that you've
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committed
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and are maybe
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in the process
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of committing
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now
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and will
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commit
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have already
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been paid
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for
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by Christ.
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That wrath
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that is due
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to you
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apart
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from him
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because
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you're
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in him
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who bore
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it for you.
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We are
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secure
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in the hand
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of God
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if we're
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in Christ.
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If you're
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not in
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Christ
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if you've
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not placed
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your faith
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in him
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if you have
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thought that
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anything you
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can do
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will hold you
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up from being
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swallowed into
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hell
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you are
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desperately
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wrong.
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I won't
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pretend
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that there's
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a special
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time
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of any
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service
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for you
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to repent
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and believe
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in Jesus
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Christ.
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You don't
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have to wait
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for me to
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ask you
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to do
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that.
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I don't
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hold that
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kind of
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power.
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The front
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of this
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building
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is in
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no way
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some
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secret
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special
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place
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for you
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to
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consecrate
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yourself
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to
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God.
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The
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holy
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place
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for that
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to
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happen
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is
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in
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your
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heart.
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if you
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feel the
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weight
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of
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condemnation
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on you
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this
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morning
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believe
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in
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Christ.
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Do that
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now
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where you
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sit.
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You don't
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have to
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listen to
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anything
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else I
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say
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this
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morning.
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Place
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your
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faith
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in
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Christ.
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Verse
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2
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For
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the law
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of the
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spirit
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of life
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has set
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you
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free
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in
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Christ
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Jesus
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from
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the
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law
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of
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sin
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and
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death.
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The
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article
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at the
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beginning
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of
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verse
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2
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4
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So
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there's
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no
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condemnation
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for those
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of us
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in
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Christ
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because
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if you'll
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allow me
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my own
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interpretation
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because
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in
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Christ
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Jesus
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we have
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been
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delivered
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from
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the
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law
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of
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sin
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and
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death
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we've
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been
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set
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free
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from
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that
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to
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the
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law
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of
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the
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spirit
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of
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life.
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Now
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Paul
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here
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is
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not
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referring
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to
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the
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Mosaic
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law
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or
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any
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other
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divine
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commandments
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or
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requirements
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he's
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referring
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to
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a
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principle
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of
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operation
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the
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thing
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that
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drives
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you
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where
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you
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get
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your
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motivation
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so
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where
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do
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we
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get
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that
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from
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as
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Christians
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the
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law
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of
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the
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spirit
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of
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life
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which
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is
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the
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Holy
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Spirit
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what
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he's
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referring
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to
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when
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Jesus
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explained
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the way
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of
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salvation
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to
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Nicodemus
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in
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John
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3
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5
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he
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said
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truly
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truly
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I
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say
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to
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you
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unless
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one
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is
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born
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of
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water
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and
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the
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spirit
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he
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cannot
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enter
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the
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kingdom
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of
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God
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God
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explains
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in
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Titus
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3
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5
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and
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6
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God
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saved
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us
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not
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because
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of
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works
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done
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by
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us
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in
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righteousness
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but
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according
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to
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his
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own
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mercy
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by
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the
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washing
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of
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regeneration
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and
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renewal
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of
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the
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Holy
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Spirit
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whom
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he
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poured
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out
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on
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us
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richly
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through
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Jesus
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Christ
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our
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Savior
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it
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is
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the
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Holy
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Spirit
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who
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bestows
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and
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energizes
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our
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spiritual
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life
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Paul
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clarifies
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this
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in
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the
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following
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verses
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in
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chapter
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8
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so
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follow
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with
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me
16:47
down
16:48
in
16:48
chapter
16:48
8
16:48
we're
16:50
going
16:50
to
16:50
discuss
16:50
these
16:50
in
16:51
brief
16:51
in
16:51
coming
16:51
weeks
16:52
we'll
16:53
discuss
16:53
living
16:54
by
16:55
the
16:55
Spirit
16:55
verses
16:57
6
16:58
9
16:58
and
16:58
10
16:59
see if
16:59
you can
16:59
follow
16:59
me
17:00
verses
17:00
6
17:00
9
17:01
and
17:01
10
17:01
for
17:01
to
17:02
set
17:02
the
17:02
mind
17:02
on
17:02
the
17:02
flesh
17:03
is
17:03
death
17:03
but
17:04
to
17:04
set
17:04
the
17:04
mind
17:05
on
17:05
the
17:05
spirit
17:06
is
17:06
life
17:07
and
17:07
peace
17:08
you
17:09
however
17:09
are
17:09
not
17:09
in
17:10
the
17:10
flesh
17:10
but
17:10
in
17:11
the
17:11
spirit
17:11
if
17:11
in
17:12
fact
17:12
the
17:12
spirit
17:12
of
17:12
God
17:13
dwells
17:13
in
17:13
you
17:13
anyone
17:15
who
17:15
does
17:15
not
17:15
have
17:15
the
17:16
spirit
17:16
of
17:16
Christ
17:16
does
17:16
not
17:17
belong
17:17
to
17:17
him
17:17
but
17:18
if
17:18
Christ
17:18
is
17:19
in
17:19
you
17:19
although
17:19
the
17:20
body
17:20
is
17:20
dead
17:20
because
17:20
of
17:21
sin
17:21
the
17:21
spirit
17:22
of
17:22
life
17:22
the
17:25
spirit
17:25
is
17:25
the
17:25
life
17:26
because
17:26
of
17:26
righteousness
17:26
I'm
17:26
so
17:27
sorry
17:27
I got
17:27
ahead of
17:27
myself
17:28
but
17:29
if
17:29
Christ
17:29
is
17:29
in
17:29
you
17:30
although
17:30
the
17:30
body
17:31
is
17:31
dead
17:31
because
17:31
of
17:32
sin
17:32
the
17:32
spirit
17:33
is
17:33
life
17:33
because
17:35
of
17:35
righteousness
17:35
so
17:37
we're
17:38
granted
17:38
by the
17:40
law
17:40
of the
17:41
spirit
17:41
of
17:41
life
17:41
in
17:42
Christ
17:43
Jesus
17:43
to
17:45
not
17:45
have
17:45
condemnation
17:47
that's
17:48
an
17:48
interesting
17:48
phrase
17:49
in
17:50
Christ
17:51
Jesus
17:52
we see
17:54
it both
17:54
in
17:54
verses
17:54
1
17:55
and
17:56
2
17:56
of
17:56
chapter
17:57
8
17:57
in
17:58
Christ
17:59
Jesus
17:59
this
18:01
little
18:01
phrase
18:01
has
18:02
been
18:02
vexing
18:03
me
18:03
all
18:03
week
18:03
I
18:05
get
18:05
the
18:06
concept
18:06
I
18:06
understand
18:07
generally
18:08
but
18:08
how
18:09
to
18:09
explain
18:10
a
18:12
mystery
18:12
as
18:13
profound
18:13
as
18:13
what
18:14
it
18:14
means
18:14
to
18:14
be
18:14
in
18:15
Christ
18:17
I'm
18:18
still
18:18
not
18:18
sure
18:19
I
18:19
could
18:19
do
18:19
a
18:19
fantastic
18:20
job
18:20
of
18:20
it
18:21
I
18:21
was
18:21
trying
18:21
to
18:21
come
18:21
up
18:21
with
18:22
all
18:22
kinds
18:22
of
18:22
analogies
18:23
and
18:23
things
18:25
I
18:25
could
18:25
bring
18:25
in
18:25
to
18:26
show
18:26
you
18:26
I
18:27
think
18:27
everything
18:28
falls
18:29
short
18:30
of how
18:30
really
18:30
profound
18:31
this
18:31
mystery
18:32
is
18:32
and
18:32
I
18:32
don't
18:33
know
18:33
that
18:33
we're
18:33
really
18:33
going
18:33
to
18:34
fully
18:34
understand
18:34
it
18:35
until
18:35
we
18:35
see
18:35
him
18:36
face
18:36
to
18:36
face
18:37
but
18:38
the
18:38
point
18:38
is
18:39
that
18:39
we're
18:39
not
18:39
simply
18:40
united
18:40
with
18:41
Christ
18:41
but
18:42
that
18:42
we're
18:43
united
18:43
in
18:44
Christ
18:45
in
18:46
1st
18:46
Corinthians
18:46
15
18:47
22
18:47
!
18:47
Paul
18:48
gives
18:48
us
18:48
a
18:48
little
18:49
more
18:49
explanation
18:49
he
18:50
says
18:50
for
18:50
as
18:50
in
18:51
Adam
18:51
all
18:51
die
18:52
so
18:52
also
18:53
in
18:54
Christ
18:54
shall
18:55
all
18:55
be
18:56
made
18:56
alive
18:56
and
18:57
in
18:57
the
18:57
same
18:58
epistle
18:58
chapter
18:59
12
18:59
verse
18:59
27
19:00
you
19:00
are
19:01
the
19:01
body
19:01
of
19:01
Christ
19:02
and
19:02
individually
19:03
members
19:03
of
19:04
it
19:05
so
19:06
we're
19:06
in
19:08
Christ
19:08
verses
19:08
1
19:09
and 2
19:09
chapter
19:09
8
19:10
and
19:11
Christ
19:12
is
19:12
in
19:12
us
19:13
verses
19:14
9
19:15
and 10
19:15
we
19:15
just
19:16
read
19:16
that
19:16
you see
19:17
in
19:17
verse
19:17
9
19:18
in
19:18
the
19:19
spirit
19:19
if
19:19
in
19:19
fact
19:20
the
19:20
spirit
19:20
of
19:20
God
19:21
dwells
19:21
in
19:22
you
19:22
in
19:23
verse
19:23
10
19:24
again
19:24
but
19:25
if
19:25
Christ
19:25
is
19:26
in
19:26
you
19:27
although
19:27
the
19:28
body
19:28
is
19:28
dead
19:28
because
19:28
of
19:28
sin
19:29
the
19:29
spirit
19:29
is
19:30
life
19:30
because
19:31
of
19:31
righteousness
19:32
so
19:35
we're
19:35
in
19:36
Christ
19:36
and
19:36
Christ
19:37
is
19:37
in
19:38
us
19:39
the
19:40
best
19:41
analogy
19:42
I can
19:42
think
19:42
to give
19:42
you
19:43
is a
19:43
biblical
19:43
analogy
19:45
And
19:45
that
19:45
is
19:45
!
19:46
when
19:46
Christ
19:47
died
19:47
when
19:48
he
19:48
bore
19:48
the
19:49
wrath
19:49
of
19:49
God
19:50
even
19:50
though
19:51
he
19:51
lived
19:51
a
19:51
sinless
19:52
life
19:52
he
19:54
did
19:54
so
19:55
for
19:55
the
19:55
church
19:55
and
19:56
in
19:56
so
19:56
doing
19:57
he
19:57
imputed
19:58
to
19:59
his
20:00
church
20:00
he
20:00
gave
20:01
to
20:01
his
20:01
church
20:02
his
20:03
righteousness
20:03
so
20:04
what
20:04
Martin
20:05
Luther
20:05
called
20:05
the
20:05
great
20:05
exchange
20:06
he
20:06
took
20:07
on
20:07
the
20:08
sin
20:08
of
20:09
the
20:09
church
20:09
bore
20:10
the
20:10
wrath
20:10
of
20:11
God
20:11
for
20:11
it
20:11
and
20:11
gave
20:12
!
20:12
to
20:12
us
20:12
his
20:13
righteousness
20:14
so we
20:15
are then
20:16
clothed
20:17
in the
20:18
righteousness
20:18
of
20:18
Christ
20:19
we
20:19
are
20:20
wearing a
20:20
Christ
20:20
suit
20:21
so to
20:21
speak
20:22
so that
20:22
when we
20:23
approach
20:23
the
20:24
Father
20:24
the
20:25
things we
20:25
do
20:25
can be
20:25
seen as
20:26
pleasing
20:26
in his
20:27
eyes
20:27
because
20:27
he
20:27
sees
20:28
the
20:28
righteousness
20:28
of
20:29
Christ
20:29
in
20:31
us
20:31
Christ
20:33
is
20:34
also
20:34
in
20:35
us
20:36
the
20:36
spirit
20:37
dwells
20:37
within
20:37
us
20:38
motivating
20:39
right
20:40
living
20:40
apart
20:42
from the
20:42
spirit
20:43
of
20:43
God
20:43
abiding
20:43
within
20:44
you
20:44
everything
20:45
you
20:46
do
20:46
is
20:47
sin
20:47
we
20:49
can
20:49
categorize
20:50
the
20:50
things
20:50
you
20:50
do
20:50
as
20:51
good
20:52
things
20:53
but
20:53
anything
20:54
that
20:54
you
20:54
do
20:54
apart
20:55
from
20:55
faith
20:55
full
20:56
dependency
20:57
on
20:57
God
20:57
is
20:58
sin
20:58
and
21:00
your
21:00
heart
21:00
does
21:01
not
21:01
incline
21:02
toward
21:02
that
21:03
it
21:03
actually
21:03
rejects
21:05
that
21:05
kind
21:05
of
21:05
notion
21:06
apart
21:06
from
21:06
the
21:06
spirit
21:07
of
21:07
God
21:07
dwelling
21:08
within
21:09
you
21:09
so
21:11
if
21:12
this
21:12
weren't
21:12
true
21:13
that
21:13
in
21:13
Christ
21:14
and
21:14
Christ
21:14
in
21:15
us
21:15
we
21:16
would
21:16
be
21:16
unable
21:16
to
21:16
stand
21:17
before
21:17
God
21:17
and
21:18
we
21:18
would
21:18
be
21:18
unable
21:19
to
21:19
live
21:20
rightly
21:20
as
21:22
I
21:22
said
21:22
in
21:22
the
21:22
coming
21:22
weeks
21:23
we're
21:23
going to
21:23
look
21:23
at
21:23
what
21:23
life
21:24
in
21:24
the
21:54
place
21:54
your
21:54
faith
21:55
in
21:55
him
21:55
listen
21:55
to
21:56
these
21:56
number
21:56
one
21:56
in
21:57
Christ
21:57
you
21:58
were
21:58
given
21:58
grace
21:59
before
21:59
the
21:59
world
22:00
was
22:00
created
22:01
2nd
22:01
Timothy
22:02
1
22:02
9
22:02
says
22:03
he
22:03
gave
22:03
us
22:03
grace
22:04
in
22:04
Christ
22:05
Jesus
22:05
before
22:06
the
22:06
ages
22:06
began
22:07
number
22:08
two
22:08
in
22:09
Christ
22:09
you
22:10
were
22:10
chosen
22:10
by
22:11
God
22:11
before
22:12
creation
22:12
Ephesians
22:13
1
22:13
4
22:13
God
22:14
chose
22:14
us
22:15
in
22:15
Christ
22:15
before
22:16
the
22:17
foundation
22:17
of
22:18
the
22:18
world
22:18
number
22:19
three
22:20
in
22:20
Christ
22:20
Jesus
22:20
you
22:21
are
22:21
loved
22:21
by
22:21
God
22:22
!
22:24
Romans
22:25
8
22:25
38
22:26
39
22:26
I
22:27
am
22:28
sure
22:28
that
22:28
neither
22:28
death
22:29
nor
22:29
life
22:30
nor
22:30
angels
22:31
nor
22:31
rulers
22:31
nor
22:32
things
22:32
present
22:33
nor
22:33
things
22:33
to
22:33
come
22:34
nor
22:34
powers
22:35
nor
22:35
height
22:35
nor
22:35
depth
22:36
nor
22:36
anything
22:37
else
22:37
in
22:37
all
22:37
creation
22:37
will be
22:38
able to
22:38
separate us
22:38
from the
22:39
love of
22:39
God
22:39
in
22:40
Christ
22:40
Jesus
22:41
our
22:41
Lord
22:42
number
22:43
four
22:44
in
22:44
Christ
22:45
Jesus
22:45
you
22:45
were
22:46
redeemed
22:46
and
22:46
forgiven
22:47
for
22:47
all
22:47
your
22:48
sins
22:49
Ephesians
22:49
1
22:49
7
22:49
in
22:50
Christ
22:50
we
22:51
have
22:51
redemption
22:51
through
22:52
his
22:52
blood
22:52
the
22:53
forgiveness
22:53
of
22:54
our
22:54
trespasses
22:55
number
22:56
five
22:56
in
22:57
Christ
22:57
Jesus
22:57
you
22:57
are
22:58
justified
22:58
before
22:58
God
22:59
and
22:59
the
22:59
righteousness
22:59
of
23:00
God
23:00
in
23:02
Christ
23:02
is
23:03
imputed
23:03
to
23:04
you
23:04
2
23:05
Corinthians
23:06
5
23:06
21
23:06
we
23:26
have
23:26
in
23:27
Galatians
23:28
3
23:28
26
23:28
in
23:29
Christ
23:29
Jesus
23:30
you
23:30
are
23:30
all
23:30
sons
23:31
of
23:31
God
23:31
through
23:32
faith
23:33
we're
23:34
halfway
23:34
there
23:34
this
23:36
phrase
23:36
is
23:36
in
23:36
the
23:36
New
23:37
Testament
23:37
88
23:37
times
23:38
this
23:39
isn't
23:39
that
23:40
many
23:40
number
23:42
seven
23:42
in
23:42
Christ
23:43
Jesus
23:43
you
23:43
have
23:43
been
23:43
seated
23:44
in
23:44
the
23:44
heavenly
23:44
places
23:45
even
23:45
while
23:45
he
23:46
lived
23:46
on
23:46
earth
23:46
Ephesians
23:47
2
23:47
6
23:48
God
23:48
raised
23:48
us
23:48
up
23:48
with
23:49
Christ
23:49
and
23:49
seated
23:49
us
23:50
with
23:50
him
23:50
in
23:50
the
23:51
heavenly
23:51
places
23:51
in
23:52
Christ
23:52
Jesus
23:53
number
23:54
eight
23:54
in
23:55
Christ
23:55
Jesus
23:55
all
23:55
the
23:56
promises
23:56
of
23:56
God
23:57
are
23:57
yes
23:57
for
23:58
you
23:58
praise
23:59
God
23:59
2
23:59
Corinthians
24:00
1
24:04
number
24:06
nine
24:06
in
24:07
Christ
24:08
Jesus
24:08
you
24:08
are
24:08
being
24:08
sanctified
24:09
and
24:09
made
24:09
holy
24:10
1
24:11
Corinthians
24:11
1
24:11
2
24:12
to
24:12
the
24:12
church
24:12
of
24:12
God
24:12
that
24:13
is
24:13
in
24:13
Corinth
24:13
to
24:14
those
24:14
sanctified
24:15
in
24:16
Christ
24:16
Jesus
24:17
number
24:18
10
24:18
in
24:19
Christ
24:19
Jesus
24:20
everything
24:20
you
24:21
really
24:21
need
24:22
will
24:22
be
24:22
supplied
24:23
Philippians
24:24
4
24:24
19
24:24
my
24:24
God
24:25
will
24:25
supply
24:25
every
24:26
need
24:26
of
24:26
yours
24:26
according
24:27
to
24:27
his
24:27
riches
24:27
and
24:28
glory
24:28
in
24:29
Christ
24:29
Jesus
24:30
number
24:32
11
24:32
in
24:33
Christ
24:33
Jesus
24:33
the
24:33
peace
24:33
of
24:34
God
24:34
will
24:34
guard
24:34
your
24:35
heart
24:35
and
24:35
mind
24:36
Philippians
24:36
4
24:36
7
24:37
the
24:37
peace
24:37
of
24:38
God
24:38
which
24:38
surpasses
24:38
all
24:39
understanding
24:39
will
24:40
guard
24:40
your
24:41
hearts
24:41
and
24:41
your
24:41
minds
24:42
in
24:43
Christ
24:43
Jesus
24:44
and
24:45
number
24:45
12
24:45
in
24:46
Christ
24:46
Jesus
24:47
you
24:47
have
24:47
eternal
24:48
life
24:48
Romans
24:49
6
24:49
23
24:49
for
24:50
the
24:50
wages
24:50
of
24:51
sin
24:51
is
24:51
death
24:52
but
24:52
the
24:52
free
24:53
gift
24:53
of
24:53
God
24:54
is
24:54
eternal
24:55
life
24:55
in
24:56
Christ
24:56
Jesus
24:57
our
24:57
Lord
24:58
this
25:00
ought
25:00
to
25:00
radically
25:01
change
25:03
the way
25:04
we live
25:04
the light
25:06
of this
25:07
truth
25:08
should
25:09
expose
25:10
all
25:11
the
25:11
darkness
25:11
of our
25:12
hearts
25:12
if we
25:13
believe
25:14
that there is
25:16
therefore now
25:17
no condemnation
25:18
for those who are in
25:18
Christ Jesus
25:19
our lives will look
25:21
radically different
25:22
from the lives
25:22
of those around
25:23
us
25:23
there are so
25:25
many people
25:26
who don't
25:27
believe in
25:27
God at
25:28
all
25:28
and from the
25:29
exterior
25:30
if you looked at
25:30
their life
25:31
you would
25:31
say
25:31
that's a
25:33
really good
25:33
person
25:34
you would
25:35
even go as
25:35
far to
25:35
say
25:36
that person
25:36
is better
25:37
than some
25:38
of the
25:38
people I
25:39
know
25:39
who say
25:39
they believe
25:40
in God
25:40
and in
25:40
Jesus
25:41
Christ
25:41
shame
25:43
on us
25:44
if we
25:47
don't
25:47
live
25:48
rightly
25:48
it is a
25:50
clear
25:51
evidence
25:51
that we
25:52
don't
25:52
believe
25:53
this to
25:54
be true
25:54
not that
25:56
you're
25:56
necessarily
25:57
not a
25:58
Christian
25:58
but the
25:59
value of
26:00
the gospel
26:01
the immense
26:03
treasure
26:03
that it
26:04
is
26:05
is far
26:07
from you
26:07
in those
26:08
moments
26:08
take this
26:12
truth
26:12
with you
26:13
this week
26:13
there is
26:14
therefore
26:15
now no
26:16
condemnation
26:17
for those
26:17
in Christ
26:18
Jesus
26:19
I'm sure
26:19
I've said
26:20
it enough
26:20
now that
26:21
you have
26:21
it memorized
26:22
and preach
26:23
the gospel
26:24
to yourself
26:24
when you
26:25
wake up
26:26
in the
26:26
morning
26:26
and as
26:27
you head
26:28
off to
26:28
class
26:29
or to
26:29
work
26:29
go get
26:31
the kids
26:31
up
26:31
there's
26:32
therefore
26:33
now no
26:33
condemnation
26:34
for those
26:34
who are
26:35
in Christ
26:35
Jesus
26:35
I
26:36
am in
26:37
Christ
26:38
and Christ
26:38
is in
26:39
me
26:40
what a
26:41
glorious
26:42
glorious
26:43
truth
26:44
let's pray
26:45
together