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Romans 1:24-32 (Missing Beginning) · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Together they have become worthless. No one does good, not even one. For those of you across the hall, that was Romans 3, verse 10 and through 12. Right. We can't separate from the course of the argument that he's making in the book. So Paul is here diagnosing the great common problem of all people.
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This problem started in the garden and it proceeds in various form and varying degree to this day. Certainly at times in progressive ways. What I'm pressing hard to get us to see is that you and I need this text as much as anyone else.
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It's not just a text for the other. We each and every one of us are found here before any of us encountered the saving power of the gospel. We were identified in some way in this text.
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We should not make the tragic mistake of thinking that this text only describes other people. It does do that, but it also describes us apart from the power of the gospel.
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This text is used again and again and again as a diagnostic tool to look at the culture around us. And it does that for us, but it also diagnoses our hearts.
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If we treat it in that other way, we will entirely miss what Paul wants to lead our hearts to.
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That said, we see in this text the resolute rejection of God.
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Verse 25, the first part says,
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And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God.
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Paul here is repeating in this text some things that he said in our previous text, which began in verse 18.
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You recall the wrath of God being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and righteousness of men who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
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And he doesn't leave us wondering what that truth is.
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He says in verse 19 that what could be known about God has been made plain to them in the creation.
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Namely, verse 20, his eternal power and divine nature.
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That there is in fact a creator who has the right to rule over his creation.
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Later in the letter, we're going to see clearly that the law of God is written on the conscience of man.
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Verse 21 says,
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For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him.
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Rather, they rejected him.
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Resolutely, they set themselves against him.
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In verse 23,
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And exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images.
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Resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
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And this idolatry takes on many forms and leads to much unrighteousness.
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Paul does not leave us able to say,
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Well, I don't bow my knees to any graven images, so I must be okay.
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No, he goes on to give us a list of sins that result from this kind of idolatry.
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From this resolute rejection of God.
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He leaves us unable to wiggle out of it at all.
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Thomas Adams, who was a late 16th, early 17th century English Puritan, said,
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That which a man spits against heaven shall fall back on his own face.
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And so let's look at some of that.
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What results there because of the resolute rejection of God?
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And this is the second point.
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The wrath of moral insanity.
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You may recall us speaking briefly about the phrase found in verse 18.
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For the wrath of God is revealed.
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Which time I told you that our translations did well not to say will be revealed, although it will.
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But the particular tense of this verb, it rightly says is revealed or is being revealed.
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God's wrath is presently being revealed against the rejection of him in a startling way.
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Paul says three times in today's text.
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You'll see it in verse 24, verse 26, and verse 28.
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God gave them up.
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I hope that this phrase strikes fear in you.
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It doesn't mean one who finds himself in Christ, accepted in the beloved before God.
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The idea that God would give me up to myself is frightening.
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Paul was saying that God abandoned them to their ways.
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God says to a people who reject him.
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OK, then go your own way.
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And this is a form of judgment to give us over to our own moral relativism, which always concludes in a moral insanity.
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Because, my friends, we are not qualified to call the shots.
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If you think that you have the ability to set the direction for your life, you need a massive dose of humility.
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I might just ask the question, how's that going for you so far?
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Life working out the way it hoped that it would?
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We're not qualified for the task.
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Our creator, although, is.
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And he's spoken a good word, not a burdensome word, a good word that we would obey it.
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We are creation.
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We need the creator.
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Hierarchy, rightly recognized and applied, is a glorious gift to us.
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Here, Paul says, God gave them up.
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He allows the futile minds and foolish hearts of man to conceive and create all sorts of evil.
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He begins his list, and I believe spends a bit more time at the beginning of his list,
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with a sin that is so particularly contrary to creation order.
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I think he starts here because the sin of homosexuality is an obvious rejection of God's design for humanity,
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which, to be clear, was one man and one woman in lifelong monogamy,
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and all variations, I'll repeat, all variations of this created design are rejections of God.
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I think he starts here because it's just such a simple, it's an easy example of the rejection of God.
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For this reason, God gave them up to dishonorable passions.
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For women exchanged natural relations for those contrary to nature,
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and men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another.
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Men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.
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But let's be careful to note that Paul's list does not end there.
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He goes on.
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Again, avoid the temptation to think that this text is merely a text for some other out there.
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Do not become his longest, which drives hard his point.
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We need the saving power of the gospel.
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Oh, that God would rescue us from our moral insanity.
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Verse 28 says,
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And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God,
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God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
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God gave them up to thinking that they knew best for themselves,
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that we might possibly know best for ourselves.
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He let them do it.
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And then he rattles off a list.
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And I'm not one to hyperanalyze these types of lists.
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I think there's some danger in that.
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I do believe that he's being led by the Spirit to jot these things down.
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I don't think it's just random.
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But I also think we can overthink these types of things.
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He's pressing this all-encompassing rejection,
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this resolute rejection of God through this.
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But it's interestingly broken into three sections.
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Now, you can look, if you have an ESV like me, at the punctuation.
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But our commas and our periods did not appear in the original text.
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And so these have been added for readability.
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And in this case, for us to more readily see the pattern.
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But even without the punctuation, notice the phrases.
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They were filled.
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They are full of.
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And they are.
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These are all found in verse 29.
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They were filled.
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They are full of.
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And they are.
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Now, again, I don't think that there's some kind of hyperanalyzation that needs to go on about that categorically.
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The point I want to press is that it's an all-encompassing thing.
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If you resolutely reject God himself,
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and you're given over to this kind of moral insanity,
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it defines who you are.
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You're filled with, full of, and you are.
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You identify in these ways.
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So let's look at some of them together.
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Let's not just glance over them.
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Also, many of them are very self-explanatory.
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But verse 29 begins,
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They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice.
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All manner of unrighteousness and evil.
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This is an all-encompassing phrase and word.
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By all rights, Paul could have stopped at that point and moved on beyond it.
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But he feels compelled.
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He believes it's important to give us examples of this.
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We're so quick to justify our own sin, to write it off,
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to not put it categorically in this type of rejection of God,
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this type of moral insanity.
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So he doesn't let any of us off the hook here.
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Covetousness, which is greedy, exploitive, consuming ambition.
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Malice, which is a wickedness aimed at another.
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They're full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness.
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That's that next section.
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They are full of, filled with the desire for other people's things.
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To the degree that they might actually murder,
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or as Jesus says, have hatred in our hearts toward another,
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which is murder in the heart.
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Full of strife, conflict, fighting.
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Deceit, which is treachery for personal gain.
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Maliciousness, which is a character that intends to do harm.
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You might still want to wiggle a little,
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well, I don't know that I'm all that bad.
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In verse 29 he says,
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they are gossips, slanders.
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He goes big view again.
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Haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil,
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disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
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To gossip is to speak about others with unconfirmed information.
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To slander is to speak something false,
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to damage another's reputation.
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And I can just about guarantee you,
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if you have liked or shared something on social media
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this past couple of years,
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you're guilty of both of these sins.
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Insolent, haters of God.
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Insolentness is an arrogant rudeness.
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Haughtiness is arrogant disdain for others.
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Boastfulness is arrogant bragging.
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Inventors of evil,
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coming up with new ways to sin against God.
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Children,
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Paul inserts here to not let you off the hook,
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disobedient to parents.
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foolish,
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foolish,
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faithless,
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heartless,
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ruthless.
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None of us are wiggling out of this.
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I wore a cardigan today instead of a jacket
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to tell you how wicked you are.
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Verse 32 says,
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though they know God's righteous decree
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that those who practice such things deserve to die.
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And the Old Testament commanded death
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specifically for many of these things.
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I think Paul here has a higher view than that.
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He's not talking just to those who know the Old Testament,
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know the law,
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but to Gentiles as well.
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He's going to continue to make this case
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on into chapter 2 and to 3.
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I think what he's drawing back to here
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is to verse 20.
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God's eternal power and divine nature
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because he says at the end of verse 20,
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so they are without excuse.
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They know that they're rebels against God.
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They have resolutely rejected him
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and therefore deserve the penalty due
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an enemy of a king.
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And yet they do them anyway.
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Wholeheartedly participate
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in this kind of sin.
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And they not only do them,
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but give approval to those
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who practice them.
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To justify your own sin is evil,
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but here we see a digression
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into the justification of others' sin as well.
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To argue for the case
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that people can live their life
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however they might like.
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Martin Luther,
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this is the quote on your bulletin this morning,
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once said,
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iniquity consists in this,
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that you fail to live up
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to what you are bound to do
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and do instead what seems right to you,
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while uprightness, by contrast,
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consists in this,
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that you do whatever you ought to do
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regardless of what seems right to you.
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Beloved, we need to recognize
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that we are all at times
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guilty of letting our emotions
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lead the charge.
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Letting our emotions
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define the truth.
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This is the mantra of our day.
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If it feels right,
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then it must be right.
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And if it feels wrong,
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then it must be wrong.
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And why is this the case?
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It's because of the
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resolute rejection of God.
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What are we left with
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if we reject God
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and His good order
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and design in the world?
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With ourselves.
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And the moral insanity
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that ensues.
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You must then assume
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that you're the starting point
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for what is good
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and true
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and beautiful.
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And you are not.
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You're not qualified
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for the task.
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And so you do
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what feels good to you
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or you don't do
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what feels bad to you
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rather than asking the question,
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what should I do?
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And recognizing that you
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cannot be the source
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of such information.
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God has condescended
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to become an author.
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The maker of heaven
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and earth
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has spoken to us
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for our good.
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Never miss it.
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For our great good.
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His commands are good
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for us.
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Even when they don't feel good,
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they are good
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for us.
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I used to sit
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at the dinner table
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as a child,
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stubborn as I could be
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to not eat
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my vegetables.
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They were good for me.
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They didn't feel good
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for me.
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My mom would
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threaten,
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there's people in the world
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who would love
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to have this food
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and I would say,
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box it up
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and ship it to them.
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On a couple of occasions,
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I sat until bedtime.
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That's how stubborn
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I was
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as a child.
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Thinking I knew best.
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I just should have
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ate the vegetables, right?
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I just should have
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ate them
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and moved on.
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There's a higher
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and a greater
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good for us
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and it is defined
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not by us
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but by our God.
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He tells us.
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He shows us
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lovingly,
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compassionately
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how it is
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that we
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should walk.
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Now,
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a brief but related
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aside.
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I think it deserves
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some of our attention
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particularly because
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of the place
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in which
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we live.
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We have
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in our very own
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backyard
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not far
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south of us
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a pastor
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who has
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great influence.
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And it is always
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with a heavy heart
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that I name names
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but I think
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we ought to be
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cautioned
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and we ought to be
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prayerful
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about Andy Stanley.
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We've watched
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for some time
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a slow digression
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that seems to have
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picked up
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some speed.
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So some of you
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may know
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a little bit about
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a conference
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that was held
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this year.
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I believe it was
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in May.
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It was put on
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by their church.
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The 2022
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Drive Conference
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in which he said
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some rather
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scathing
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things.
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So I want to
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read to you
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just a bit.
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This was from
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an article
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written by
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Denny Burke
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in World Magazine
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a publication
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I would commend
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to you.
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Denny says this
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and I quote
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Stanley contends
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that churches
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must adapt
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and learn
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how to include
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gay people
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in the life
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of the church.
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After all
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we should be
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in awe
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of the self-sacrifice
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of gay people
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whose prayers
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God did not answer
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and yet who still
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love God
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in spite
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of the clobber
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verses
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from the Bible
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that condemn
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homosexuality.
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That's
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Andy's
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term
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clobber
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verses
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one of them
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Romans chapter 1
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verse 26
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and 27.
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Now to be fair
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to Andy
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that kind of
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attitude
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he may be
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speaking about
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is the kind of
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thing I want
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to condemn
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as well
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where we don't
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see ourselves
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in the text.
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It's always
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about another.
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It's always
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about pointing
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our finger
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someplace else.
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It's always
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done
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self-righteously.
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We're all
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in the text
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everybody.
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We're all
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in the text.
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Christians
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have a lot
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to learn
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from gay
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men and
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women
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quote
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says Stanley
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who love
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Jesus
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that much
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and who
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want to
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worship
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with us
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end quote.
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If churches
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want to have
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a future
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then they
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must be
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more like
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Jesus
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who
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when ministering
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to sinners
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never
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quote
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started
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with
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theology
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but
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started
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with
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the
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people
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in
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front
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of
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him.
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Furthermore
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Stanley
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argues
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that
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quote
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if your
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theology
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gets in
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the way
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of
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ministry
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like
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if
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there's
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somebody
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you
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can't
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minister
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to
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because
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of
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your
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theology
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you
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have
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the
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wrong
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theology.
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Stanley's
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message
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comes across
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as a
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straightforwardly
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affirming
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position
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on
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homosexuality
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in
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the
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church.
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He
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valorizes
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the faith
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of
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homosexuals
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as head
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and shoulders
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above the
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faith
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of
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straight
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Christians.
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He
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says
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quote
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the
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men
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and
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women
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I
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know
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who
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are
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gay
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their
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faith
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and
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their
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confidence
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in
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God
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dwarfs
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mine.
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So
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not only
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is there
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room
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there's
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plenty
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of
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room
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for
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them
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in
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the
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church.
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Now
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hear me
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very
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carefully
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there
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is
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always
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a
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place
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for
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people
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who
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wrestle
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with
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sin
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to
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come
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and
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gather
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with
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God's
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people
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to
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hear
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the
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truth
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of
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God
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proclaimed
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boldness
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and
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with
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an
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invitation
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to
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flee
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to
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Christ.
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There's
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always
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room
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for
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that.
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There's
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never
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room
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to
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call
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someone
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who
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identifies
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as
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their
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sin
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a
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Christian.
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If I
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were to
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go around
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and say
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I'm a
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slandering
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Christian
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you would
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say
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that is
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the
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dumbest
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thing
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I've
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ever
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heard.
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Have
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I
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at
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times
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spoken
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something
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untrue
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about
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somebody
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in
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order
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to
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damage
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their
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reputation
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to
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my
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shame
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I
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have
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which
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is
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the
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thing
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I
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should
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repent
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of
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and
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flee
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to
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Christ
22:19
for
22:19
his
22:19
righteousness
22:20
as a
22:21
result.
22:23
This
22:23
kind
22:24
of
22:24
language
22:24
is
22:25
anti
22:26
gospel.
22:27
It
22:27
doesn't
22:28
say
22:28
that
22:28
people
22:28
are
22:29
set
22:30
free
22:30
from
22:30
their
22:31
sin
22:31
that
22:32
they
22:32
might
22:32
walk
22:33
in
22:33
the
22:33
truth
22:33
that
22:34
Jesus
22:34
Christ
22:35
perfectly
22:35
fulfilled
22:36
the
22:36
righteousness
22:37
that's
22:37
demanded
22:37
of
22:38
God
22:38
and
22:38
we
22:38
can
22:39
have
22:39
our
22:39
righteousness
22:40
found
22:40
in
22:40
him
22:40
and
22:41
therefore
22:41
put
22:42
off
22:42
these
22:43
sins
22:44
it
22:44
does
22:44
quite
22:45
the
22:46
opposite.
22:49
It's
22:49
devoid
22:50
of the
22:51
bad
22:52
news
22:52
and
22:53
beloved
22:53
we
22:54
will
22:54
never
22:55
grasp
22:56
the
22:56
good
22:56
news
22:56
as
22:57
we
22:57
should
22:57
if
22:57
we
22:58
don't
22:58
first
22:58
understand
22:59
the
22:59
bad
23:00
news.
23:02
Verse
23:03
18
23:04
the
23:05
wrath
23:05
of
23:05
God
23:06
is
23:06
revealed
23:06
from
23:06
heaven
23:07
against
23:07
all
23:08
ungodliness
23:08
and
23:09
unrighteousness
23:10
of men
23:10
who
23:11
by
23:12
their
23:12
unrighteousness
23:13
suppress
23:14
the
23:15
truth.
23:17
This
23:18
is
23:18
moral
23:18
insanity.
23:21
God
23:21
defines
23:22
what is
23:22
good
23:23
and
23:23
best
23:23
regardless
23:24
of how
23:24
we
23:25
feel
23:25
and if
23:27
we are
23:27
breakers
23:28
of God's
23:28
commands
23:28
which
23:29
we
23:29
are
23:29
it
23:30
is
23:30
here
23:30
in
23:31
this
23:31
text
23:31
every
23:32
single
23:32
one
23:33
of
23:33
us
23:33
have
23:33
broken
23:34
God's
23:34
law
23:34
we
23:34
have
23:35
rejected
23:35
God
23:36
as
23:37
king
23:37
then
23:37
we
23:38
have
23:38
to
23:38
have
23:38
a
23:38
solution
23:39
we
23:40
must
23:40
have
23:41
some
23:41
way
23:41
of
23:41
fixing
23:42
this
23:42
grand
23:43
problem
23:44
which is
23:45
why I'm
23:46
very pleased
23:47
to come to the
23:49
third point
23:49
I'm glad
23:52
that we
23:52
get to
23:53
end
23:53
here
23:53
before
23:56
we
23:56
talk
23:56
about
23:56
the
23:57
glorious
23:57
solution
23:58
of the
23:58
gospel
23:58
people
23:59
so
23:59
desperately
24:00
need
24:00
to
24:01
hear
24:01
let me
24:03
just
24:03
say
24:04
one
24:04
last
24:04
thing
24:05
about
24:05
Andy
24:05
Stanley
24:06
I
24:08
don't
24:08
know
24:08
what
24:09
to
24:09
do
24:09
with
24:09
a
24:09
man
24:10
who
24:11
teaches
24:11
things
24:12
falsely
24:12
other
24:13
than
24:14
to
24:14
call
24:14
him
24:14
a
24:15
false
24:15
teacher
24:16
and
24:19
we
24:19
do
24:19
well
24:19
to
24:20
warn
24:21
people
24:21
away
24:22
from
24:22
such
24:23
men
24:24
the
24:24
gospel
24:25
matters
24:26
too
24:27
much
24:28
the
24:28
souls
24:29
of
24:29
people
24:29
matter
24:30
too
24:30
much
24:31
for
24:31
them
24:31
to
24:31
be
24:32
deluded
24:32
away
24:33
from
24:34
their
24:35
sin
24:35
and
24:36
the
24:36
rescue
24:36
that
24:37
is
24:37
found
24:37
in
24:38
the
24:38
cross
24:38
of
24:38
Christ
24:39
so
24:41
thirdly
24:41
the
24:42
glorious
24:43
solution
24:43
of the
24:43
gospel
24:44
we
24:44
have
24:45
to
24:45
step
24:45
outside
24:45
the
24:46
text
24:46
just
24:46
a
24:46
bit
24:47
for
24:47
this
24:47
one
24:47
but
24:48
not
24:48
far
24:49
and
24:50
we
24:50
can
24:51
start
24:51
with
24:52
the
24:52
last
24:52
part
24:52
of
24:53
verse
24:53
25
24:54
God
24:56
gives
24:57
them
24:57
up
24:57
verse
24:58
24
24:58
in
24:59
the
24:59
lust
24:59
of
24:59
their
24:59
heart
24:59
to
25:00
impurity
25:00
to
25:00
the
25:00
dishonoring
25:01
of
25:01
their
25:01
bodies
25:01
among
25:02
themselves
25:02
because
25:03
they
25:03
exchanged
25:04
the
25:04
truth
25:04
about
25:05
God
25:05
for
25:05
a
25:05
lie
25:05
and
25:06
worshiped
25:06
and
25:06
served
25:07
the
25:07
creature
25:07
rather
25:08
than
25:09
the
25:09
creator
25:09
who
25:10
was
25:10
blessed
25:11
forever
25:11
!
25:16
reading
25:17
John
25:17
MacArthur's
25:18
commentary
25:18
he said
25:19
perhaps
25:20
Paul
25:21
in talking
25:21
about all
25:22
of this
25:22
vileness
25:22
just needed
25:23
to pick
25:23
his head
25:23
up for air
25:24
for a
25:24
moment
25:25
I think
25:26
even more
25:27
than that
25:28
I think
25:29
that Paul
25:29
in the midst
25:30
of writing
25:30
about such
25:31
betrayal
25:31
against God
25:32
does not
25:33
lose sight
25:34
of the fact
25:34
that regardless
25:35
of how
25:36
humanity
25:36
regards
25:37
God
25:37
he is
25:39
blessed
25:40
forever
25:41
whether
25:42
or not
25:43
our
25:44
society
25:45
rejects
25:46
God
25:46
as
25:46
God
25:47
he
25:47
remains
25:48
God
25:49
God's
25:51
worth
25:51
is not
25:52
changed
25:52
by our
25:52
recognition
25:53
of his
25:53
worth
25:54
and praise
25:55
God
25:55
that he
25:56
works
25:56
for us
25:57
in spite
25:59
of us
25:59
we have
26:02
great reason
26:03
to praise
26:03
God
26:03
just as
26:04
Paul did
26:04
because
26:05
he has
26:05
made a
26:06
way
26:06
for us
26:06
to be
26:06
delivered
26:07
from
26:08
our
26:08
rejection
26:09
of
26:10
him
26:10
this
26:12
is
26:12
why
26:12
Paul
26:13
says
26:14
he's
26:14
not
26:15
ashamed
26:15
of
26:16
the
26:16
gospel
26:16
for
26:18
it
26:18
is
26:18
the
26:18
power
26:19
of
26:19
God
26:19
for
26:19
salvation
26:20
to
26:21
everyone
26:21
who
26:22
believes
26:23
this
26:24
righteousness
26:26
he talks
26:26
about
26:27
in
26:27
verse
26:27
17
26:27
the
26:28
righteousness
26:28
of
26:28
God
26:29
Luther
26:29
called
26:30
it
26:30
the
26:30
alien
26:30
righteousness
26:31
that
26:31
we
26:31
need
26:32
a
26:32
righteousness
26:32
that
26:32
needs
26:33
to be
26:33
granted
26:33
to
26:34
us
26:34
that
26:35
was
26:35
fulfilled
26:36
!
26:36
in
26:37
Christ
26:38
we
26:38
desperately
26:39
need
26:40
and it
26:41
is
26:41
this
26:41
gospel
26:42
message
26:42
this
26:42
good
26:43
news
26:43
that
26:43
tells
26:44
us
26:44
that
26:44
by
26:45
faith
26:45
in
26:46
Christ
26:46
it's
26:47
ours
26:47
it's
26:48
granted
26:49
to
26:50
us
26:50
and
26:52
all we
26:52
have to
26:53
do
26:53
is
26:54
repent
26:54
and
26:55
believe
26:55
all we
26:57
have to
26:57
do
26:57
is
26:58
turn
26:58
our
26:59
minds
26:59
away
26:59
from
27:00
sin
27:00
to
27:00
recognize
27:01
that
27:02
it
27:02
is
27:02
a
27:02
rejection
27:03
of
27:03
the
27:03
most
27:03
high
27:03
God
27:04
to
27:04
recognize
27:05
that
27:05
he
27:05
has
27:05
a
27:06
more
27:06
excellent
27:06
way
27:07
to
27:07
recognize
27:08
that
27:09
there
27:09
is
27:09
a
27:09
just
27:10
condemnation
27:10
for
27:11
our
27:11
sin
27:12
and
27:13
that
27:13
we
27:13
would
27:13
want
27:13
to
27:14
be
27:14
rescued
27:14
from
27:15
such
27:15
wrath
27:17
to
27:18
flee
27:18
to
27:18
Christ
27:19
his
27:19
completed
27:20
work
27:20
his
27:21
once
27:21
for
27:22
all
27:22
sacrifice
27:23
on
27:24
our
27:24
behalf
27:25
many
27:27
weeks
27:28
ago
27:28
as we
27:28
spent
27:28
our
27:29
first
27:29
week
27:29
on
27:30
verses
27:30
18
27:30
through
27:31
23
27:31
I
27:31
stated
27:32
this
27:32
I
27:33
copied
27:34
And
27:34
pasted
27:34
this
27:34
out of
27:34
my
27:34
notes
27:35
at
27:36
the
27:36
conclusion
27:37
of our
27:37
study
27:37
of this
27:38
chapter
27:38
you
27:39
ought
27:39
to
27:40
either
27:40
feel
27:40
a
27:41
great
27:41
condemnation
27:42
for
27:42
your
27:43
lost
27:43
state
27:43
and
27:44
I
27:45
pray
27:45
will
27:46
flee
27:46
from
27:46
the
27:47
wrath
27:47
to
27:47
come
27:47
to
27:47
the
27:48
mercy
27:48
of
27:48
Christ
27:48
or
27:50
you
27:51
ought
27:51
to
27:51
feel
27:51
an
27:51
abundant
27:52
overflowing
27:53
gratefulness
27:54
having
27:55
already
27:56
received
27:56
Christ's
27:57
mercy
27:57
in the
27:58
salvation
27:58
of your
27:59
soul
28:00
so join
28:01
me as
28:01
I
28:01
pray
28:02
to
28:02
that
28:02
end
28:02
to