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How Grace Trains Us · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Well, let me begin by thanking you for your very warm welcome and apologizing for my insufficiently exotic accent.
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! I am coming to you from Jackson, Mississippi, but I'm not from Jackson, Mississippi, but isn't it an encouragement? I hope it is
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to know that you have brothers and sisters on the other side of the world praying for you this weekend
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and trusting in the same Savior and rejoicing in the same good news.
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Now, if you would turn with me once more to Titus chapter 2 and to the portion of Scripture that was read just a few moments ago,
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we're going to focus our attention on verses 11 through 14.
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Paul has, in the first half of this chapter, exhorted through Titus, or taught Titus how he is to exhort,
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the Christians in Crete in a life of godliness, and he addresses different segments of the congregation,
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younger men and older men, older women, younger women, slaves, even Titus himself.
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And now in this second half of the chapter, Paul points us to the grace of God
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by which we are enabled to live a life that is well-pleasing in his sight.
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Here's the secret of living in practical Christian obedience, the secret of living God's way.
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Paul describes it in five ways, five things he says that grace does.
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First, he says grace appears in verse 11.
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Then he says grace offers in the second part of verse 11.
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Thirdly, grace trains in verse 12.
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Fourthly, grace expects.
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That's verse 13.
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And finally, grace redeems.
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In verse 14.
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So these are the five things we're going to think about tonight.
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Five things that grace does.
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This is how grace works in the lives of all who receive it.
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Grace appears.
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Grace offers.
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Grace trains.
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Grace expects.
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And grace redeems.
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Before we look at those five things, would you bow your heads with me again as we ask for God's blessing on his word.
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Let us pray.
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O Lord, our God, your word is now open before us.
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Our hearts are open before your gaze.
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We ask for the presence and blessing of the Holy Spirit.
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As we read it, as we meditate upon it, granted we may hear a voice behind us in our ears saying,
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this is the way, walk in it.
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Indeed, may it be that some who are dead in their sin might hear tonight the voice of the Son of Man and live.
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Do all this by this portion of your word for the glory of your name.
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Amen.
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Titus chapter 2 at verse 11.
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This is God's word.
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For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
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training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
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waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
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who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness
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and to purify for himself a people for his own possession,
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who are zealous for good works.
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Amen.
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Let's look at verse 11 first of all.
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And the first thing that grace does.
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Grace, Paul says, appears.
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Verse 11.
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For the grace of God has appeared.
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That word appeared is important.
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We get our English word epiphany from the Greek word translated here as appeared.
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An epiphany is a revelation, a disclosure, an unveiling.
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If you have an epiphany, you suddenly come to realize something you had not seen before.
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It's used in the New Testament, especially to describe either the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ
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in his incarnation, his virgin birth, his life and death and resurrection,
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or with respect to his final return at the end of the age, he will appear again in glory to judge the living and the dead.
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Back in 2 Timothy 4, verse 8, Paul spoke about those who love Christ's appearing,
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talking about Christians characterized by a longing to see the day when the clouds will part and the trumpet will sound and the Savior will come.
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These are his epiphanies, his appearings.
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There are two.
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His first appearing, his first epiphany, when he was born of the virgin and laid in a manger.
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And there is an epiphany still to come when he comes in glory.
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And both of those epiphanies are actually here in this passage, aren't they?
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The first is the epiphany of grace in verse 11.
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And the second we'll come to later on in verse 13 is the epiphany of glory.
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The appearing, the epiphany of the grace of God in verse 11 is, of course, talking about Jesus' first coming.
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His virgin birth, his earthly life, his ministry, his sufferings.
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And the epiphany of glory, verse 13, is our blessed hope, the final advent of our great God and Savior,
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the Lord Jesus Christ at the very end of the age.
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And so right now, Paul says Christians are living between those two appearings, these two poles,
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between his first and his final return.
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In what verse 12 calls this present age.
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Crucially, the first appearing, the first epiphany, the incarnation, the first coming of Christ is the epiphany of grace.
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That means it is grace that characterizes this present age in which we are currently living.
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Paul might have said here, the Christ of God appeared.
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Or he might have said the Son of God appeared.
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But what he actually said is the grace of God has appeared.
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In his first coming, it was not the wrath of God that appeared.
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It was not the condemnation of heaven that appeared.
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It wasn't the final reckoning that appeared.
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When Mary was delivered of a baby boy and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in the manger,
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it was the grace of God that appeared.
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And from that moment on, this present age has been the age of grace.
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It's not yet the age of glory.
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It will one day be when our Savior comes.
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That has not yet appeared.
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But this is the age of grace.
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The grace of God has appeared.
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I wonder if you're sometimes tempted to have the wrong idea about Jesus.
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Perhaps you think of him as stern and cold and aloof and distant and uncaring,
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standing back from you with arms folded and a frown on his face.
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That's not how Paul speaks about him here, is it?
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He says, when Jesus came, grace appeared.
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Grace embodied in Jesus Christ.
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Jesus is all grace.
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Grace for sinners.
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Grace for strugglers.
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Grace for sufferers.
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Grace for you.
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Grace for you.
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Grace appears.
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That's the first thing that grace does.
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Grace appears.
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When Jesus stepped onto the scene, grace came.
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And then notice the second thing that grace does.
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Grace appears.
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Secondly, grace offers.
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Look again at verse 11.
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The grace of God has appeared,
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bringing salvation for all people.
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When grace appeared, salvation was brought.
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And it is salvation, Paul says, that is for all people.
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The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people.
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That means there is no class of human being excluded from the salvation Jesus came to offer.
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Oh, but I'm not the kind of person that Jesus would invite to be saved.
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Jesus is for other people, not for me.
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No, the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people.
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This salvation is for you.
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But I'm not really all that terribly religious.
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I don't have a church background.
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I've not read the Bible.
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Salvation can't be for me.
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What does Paul say?
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The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people.
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There is no qualification to that statement.
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This salvation is for you.
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But you don't know what I've done.
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What I've said, how I've lived.
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You don't see the twisted thoughts of my heart.
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My past is just one long litany of wretched rebellion.
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I've been hateful.
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I've been selfish.
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I've been spiteful.
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I've not been faithful.
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I've not been pure.
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I'm a drunk.
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I'm a liar.
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There's a long trail of wounded people and broken relationships behind me.
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Jesus can't be for me.
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I don't fit in around here.
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The Word of God does not agree with you.
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The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people.
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This salvation that Jesus brings is for you.
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Jesus Christ is for you.
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You're not too old to come to Jesus.
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It's never too late for him.
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You're not too young to come to Jesus.
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You don't need to wait until you reach some imagined age of discretion before he'll welcome you.
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You're not too bad to come to Jesus.
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There is no sin, no amount of sin,
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that can make him rescind his unconditional offer,
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his free invitation to you.
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Maybe this is your first time in the church for years.
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This text says you are welcome to have Jesus for your Savior just as you are right now here tonight.
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Without any other condition or prerequisite being met,
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you can have him.
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He offers himself to you.
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Maybe you've been here every time the doors have been opened for decades.
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But you know in your heart you've been living a lie this whole time.
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You've been a terrible hypocrite,
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praising his name with your lips
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while worshipping at the altar of self.
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Even now you can come to him.
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This salvation is for you.
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You'll find him ready and willing tonight
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to save you.
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Whoever you are,
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you need to know you're not a special case.
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You are not a special case.
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You are not a unique exception to this rule.
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The grace of God has appeared,
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bringing salvation for all people.
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You can point to nothing in your circumstances
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that will exempt you from Jesus' invitation.
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Nothing that can excuse you
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from the response it demands from you.
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You cannot disqualify yourself for any reason
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from the class of those to whom Jesus makes this offer.
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I like the way John Rabbi Duncan,
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the great free church missionary to the Jews in Budapest
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in the 19th century, once put it.
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He said,
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the Christian gospel says to us all,
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sir, you have no right to go to hell.
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You cannot go there
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without trampling on the Son of God.
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That's part of the message here, isn't it?
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Jesus has done everything needful.
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Every provision for sinners like me and you
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has been made in him
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so that anybody, anybody who wishes
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may come and have him and be saved.
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And so there's no escaping the implications of this, is there?
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There's no excuse
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that will let you avoid the claims
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and the summons of the gospel.
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It goes out to all people.
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The grace of God has appeared
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bringing salvation for all people.
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And that means you.
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You must answer the summons.
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You must accept this offer.
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You have no right,
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no excuse,
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no justification
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to validate refusal.
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You can point to nothing
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about yourself
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or your background
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or your environment
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that will exempt you.
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No, the Lord Jesus Christ himself
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extends this invitation to you
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to come to him
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and to be saved.
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To refuse, says Rabbi Duncan,
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is to go to hell
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trampling on the Son of God.
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He, Jesus, as it were,
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puts himself between you
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and the gates of hell.
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He's pleading with you
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not to go there.
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And so if you do
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go there in the end,
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after hearing his invitation,
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you go there willfully.
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You go there trampling
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on the Son of God
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in order to walk
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through those dreadful gates.
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And if I can say it kindly,
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not only is that
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the epitome of wickedness,
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it's the height of folly
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when tonight,
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here,
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Jesus offers salvation
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that he came to bring
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for all people.
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Why delay?
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What reason?
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What valid excuse do you have
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that you will stand before God
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on the last day
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and present to him
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as your compelling case
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for your rejection
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of his Son
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who shed his blood
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that sinners might be saved
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and then offers
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that salvation to you?
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And you said,
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not today,
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not now,
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no thank you.
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Grace appears,
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grace offers.
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Won't you accept
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grace?
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Grace appears,
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grace appears,
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grace offers.
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Thirdly,
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grace trains.
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Look at verse 12, please.
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grace of God has appeared,
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bringing salvation for all people,
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training us
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to renounce ungodliness
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and worldly passions
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and to live self-controlled,
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upright,
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and godly lives
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in the present age.
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Now,
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think about that word,
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training.
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The Greek word
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translated in our English version
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as training
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means to instruct,
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to teach.
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our English word
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pedagogy
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comes from this Greek word.
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If you talk about pedagogy,
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you're talking about a classroom,
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aren't you?
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It evokes the picture
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of a teacher
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standing maybe
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at a blackboard,
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pupils in their desks
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with their textbooks open,
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scribbling down notes
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as the teacher
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imparts knowledge.
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That is not at all
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the picture
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that Paul intends
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when he says
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that grace teaches,
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instructs,
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trains us.
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It's not just about
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the imparting
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of knowledge,
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information
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like a teacher
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in a classroom.
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No,
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when grace comes
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into your life
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through faith
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in the Lord Jesus Christ,
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the pedagogy of grace,
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the teaching of grace
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does much more than that.
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No human teacher
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can do in us
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what grace does
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when grace teaches us.
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You see,
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God's grace
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actually forms us.
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By his word
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and spirit,
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Jesus rewires
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our appetites,
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our desires,
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he reprograms
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our wills,
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he empowers
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our resolve
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so that we begin
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to follow
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an entirely new course.
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Earlier,
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we heard the excuses
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of someone
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who might argue
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that he's too bad,
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too twisted,
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too hopelessly
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locked into sin
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to be welcome
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to come to Jesus
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or be saved.
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And I was trying
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to press
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the wide welcome
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of verse 11
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upon such a person.
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Salvation,
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Paul says,
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is for all people.
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But here,
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do you notice,
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here's the full extent
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of the wonder
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of the offer
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and invitation
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that Jesus
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is making to us
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when the most
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twisted,
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sin-enslaved
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pagan
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comes to Christ
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and the grace
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of God
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that brings salvation
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erupts
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into their heart.
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grace moves in,
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as it were,
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and begins
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a renovation project.
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We had a couple
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in our church
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back in Mississippi
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who recently
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purchased a new home.
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But the situation
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is a little unusual
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because of their
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unique circumstances
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of both the buyer
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and the seller.
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An accommodation
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had to be reached.
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so that the old
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owner
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could stay
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in the house
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for,
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I think,
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maybe about a month
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longer.
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Well,
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the new owners
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actually began
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moving all their
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possessions in
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and started painting
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the walls
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and renovating
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the house.
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It was,
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I understand,
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an entirely chaotic
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experience
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for everybody involved,
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but I think it's
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a good description,
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actually,
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of what is happening
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in the heart
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of everyone
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who accepts
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the offer
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that grace makes
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and comes to
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embrace the salvation
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Jesus brings.
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The old
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tenant
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of sin
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and self
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still resides
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at this address
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in my heart.
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but a new
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owner
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has taken
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possession,
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the Lord
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Jesus Christ,
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and he's already
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moved in
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and has begun
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renovations
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right away.
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You might think
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your sin is so bad
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you can't come
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to Jesus,
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but what you need
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to understand
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is that it is
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sinners
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that he wants
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to come
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to him.
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It is
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not the
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healthy
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who need
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a doctor,
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but the sick.
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I did not
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come to call
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the righteous,
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but sinners.
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You come
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to Jesus
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with your sin
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intact.
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You can't
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come any
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other way.
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Try to
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clean yourself
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up,
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you're just
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spreading the
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muck around.
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That's all
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you're doing.
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No,
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you come
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to Jesus
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guilty,
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helpless,
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and vile.
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He wants
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sinners to
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come to
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him,
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and when
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they do,
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grace moves
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in.
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He moves
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in and
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begins a
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renovation
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project.
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His grace
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trains us
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to renounce
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the old
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life and
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to embrace
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a new
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life.
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Notice how
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it does
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that.
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Look again
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at verse
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12.
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There's a
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negative
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turning away
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from certain
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things,
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and a
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positive
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turning to
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certain other
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things.
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Do you see
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that in the
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text?
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Negatively,
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Paul says,
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grace trains
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us to
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renounce
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ungodliness
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and worldly
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desires.
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Ungodliness,
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there is a
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kind of
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catch-all
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term for
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a life that
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is oriented
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away from
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God,
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lived in
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opposition
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to the
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will of
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God.
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Worldly
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desires,
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on the
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other
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hand,
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speak more
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specifically
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about the
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deep
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motivations
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of the
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heart.
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They get
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behind an
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ungodly
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life to
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the hard
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wiring that
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drives it
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along.
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Ungodliness
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is the
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whole life.
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Worldly
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desires are
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the roots
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of ungodliness
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in our
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passions,
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our lusts,
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our longings,
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our appetites.
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And when
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grace comes,
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it enables
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us to
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turn from
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that.
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Not ever
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yet this
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side of
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eternity,
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perfectly,
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and yet
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really and
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truly,
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and more
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and more
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grace helping
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us.
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We turn
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from those
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things.
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We renounce
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them.
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That word
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renounce,
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by the way,
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is important
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for at
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least two
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reasons.
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First of
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all,
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it tells
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us this
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turning away
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from sin
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is a
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conscious,
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purposeful
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act.
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He's not
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talking about
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some sort
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of passive,
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automatic
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change.
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When grace
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breaks into
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your life,
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you will
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change.
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But that
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change takes
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place by
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God's grace
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renewing your
25:00
will in
25:01
such a way
25:02
that you
25:03
actively,
25:04
deliberately,
25:04
turn,
25:07
purposefully,
25:08
intentionally,
25:09
from your
25:11
sin.
25:12
It's not a
25:12
matter of
25:13
letting go
25:13
and letting
25:14
God.
25:16
It is a
25:16
determined
25:17
resolve,
25:19
a decision
25:19
you make
25:20
every day
25:20
and again
25:22
and again,
25:23
day by
25:23
day,
25:24
to say
25:25
no to
25:27
all of
25:28
that as
25:29
the temptation
25:29
comes,
25:30
as the
25:31
old habits
25:32
entice,
25:34
as the
25:35
muscle memory
25:36
that led
25:37
you down
25:37
into paths
25:38
of disobedience
25:39
kicks back
25:40
in.
25:40
You say
25:40
no purposefully,
25:42
decisively,
25:43
and you turn
25:43
your back
25:44
on the
25:45
old life.
25:47
And this
25:48
word renounce
25:48
is important
25:49
for another
25:49
reason.
25:51
The original
25:52
has a
25:53
connotation
25:53
of a
25:53
public,
25:55
open
25:56
decision,
25:58
an action
25:59
we take
25:59
with public
26:00
consequences.
26:02
Not just
26:02
a private,
26:03
internal,
26:04
known-only-to-myself
26:06
decision,
26:07
but one that
26:07
people can
26:08
see.
26:10
One
26:11
lexicon
26:13
translates it
26:13
as to make
26:14
manifest
26:15
not to
26:16
know.
26:17
So to
26:18
decide not
26:19
to know
26:19
that stuff
26:21
anymore
26:21
in my life,
26:23
but not just
26:23
to decide
26:24
not to know
26:25
it,
26:25
not to live
26:26
in it,
26:26
not to embrace
26:27
it,
26:27
but to make
26:28
it manifest,
26:28
to make
26:29
it clear
26:29
to other
26:30
people that
26:31
I have
26:31
made this
26:32
decisive
26:32
change.
26:33
Jesus uses
26:34
this word
26:34
in Luke
26:35
12 at
26:36
verse 9.
26:38
He says,
26:39
whoever denies
26:40
me before
26:41
men,
26:43
that's our
26:43
word,
26:43
whoever denies
26:44
me,
26:44
whoever renounces
26:45
me,
26:45
whoever makes
26:46
manifest that
26:47
he does not
26:48
know me
26:48
before men
26:49
will be
26:52
denied before
26:52
the angels
26:53
of God.
26:54
There's a
26:54
before men-ness,
26:57
a public
26:58
open,
26:59
obvious
26:59
component
27:00
to turning
27:00
from sin
27:02
to Christ
27:03
and to
27:03
new life
27:04
in obedience
27:04
to him.
27:07
How often
27:08
have you
27:08
made
27:09
private
27:10
resolutions
27:11
in the
27:14
quiet of
27:14
your own
27:15
conscience?
27:16
I'm just,
27:17
I'm never,
27:18
I'm never
27:19
going to do
27:19
that again.
27:21
And those
27:22
resolutions
27:23
haven't lasted
27:24
much longer
27:24
than the
27:25
end of
27:25
the
27:25
day,
27:26
have they?
27:29
But grace,
27:30
when it erupts
27:30
into our
27:31
lives,
27:32
brings a
27:33
change of
27:34
conviction,
27:35
a new
27:36
trajectory
27:36
that can't
27:37
be hidden.
27:39
It doesn't
27:39
just make us
27:40
want to do
27:41
the right
27:41
thing,
27:42
it empowers
27:43
us so that
27:44
we more
27:44
and more
27:45
do the
27:46
right thing
27:46
for the
27:47
glory and
27:48
praise
27:49
of God.
27:50
God.
27:51
And then
27:52
notice the
27:52
positive things
27:53
that grace
27:53
produces.
27:54
So the
27:54
negative
27:54
things are
27:56
ungodliness
27:57
and worldly
27:58
desires and
27:58
we renounce
27:59
them, but
28:00
there are
28:00
positive
28:01
things.
28:03
Instead,
28:03
we begin,
28:04
Paul says,
28:04
to live
28:05
self-controlled,
28:06
upright,
28:07
and godly
28:07
lives in
28:08
the present
28:08
age.
28:09
Self-control
28:10
is a key
28:10
word if you
28:11
read through
28:11
the letter
28:11
to Titus,
28:12
it comes
28:12
up again
28:13
and again,
28:14
especially in
28:15
the first
28:15
part of
28:16
this chapter
28:16
actually.
28:17
It's a
28:18
characteristic
28:18
mark of
28:20
a child
28:21
of God,
28:22
born again
28:23
by grace,
28:25
growing
28:25
self-control.
28:29
Martin Lloyd
28:29
Jones once
28:30
famously said
28:30
that so much
28:31
of our
28:31
trouble comes
28:32
from listening
28:32
to ourselves
28:33
instead of
28:35
talking to
28:35
ourselves.
28:37
That's
28:37
involved in
28:38
self-control.
28:39
Taking
28:39
yourself in
28:40
hand and
28:41
saying,
28:42
stop thinking
28:42
about that,
28:44
stop saying
28:45
that that
28:45
way,
28:46
embrace these
28:47
things,
28:48
whatever is
28:48
good,
28:48
whatever is
28:49
true,
28:49
whatever is
28:50
noble,
28:50
whatever is
28:50
praiseworthy.
28:52
Think on
28:52
these things.
28:54
Why are you
28:55
downcast,
28:55
O my soul?
28:56
You're talking
28:56
to yourself.
28:57
You're taking
28:57
yourself in
28:58
hand.
28:59
Self-control.
29:00
You're not
29:01
simply saying
29:01
that's just
29:02
the way I
29:02
am.
29:03
I can't
29:03
help it.
29:05
No,
29:05
self-control
29:06
is a mark
29:06
of a child
29:07
of God.
29:10
And
29:11
grace
29:12
produces
29:12
uprightness.
29:13
It shares
29:14
the same
29:14
root as
29:14
the word
29:15
for
29:15
righteousness.
29:16
It means
29:16
a life
29:16
of growing
29:18
conformity,
29:19
alignment
29:20
with God's
29:22
revealed will
29:23
in his
29:23
holy word.
29:25
You begin
29:25
to look
29:26
more like
29:27
Jesus
29:27
in gentleness
29:30
!
29:30
In
29:31
kindness!
29:33
In
29:34
purity!
29:36
In
29:37
sacrificial
29:38
service
29:40
and love.
29:41
And
29:43
then there's
29:43
godliness.
29:44
Godliness
29:44
is sometimes
29:45
translated
29:45
piety.
29:46
You love
29:47
his word.
29:47
You love
29:48
his praise.
29:49
You love
29:49
his people.
29:50
You hate
29:51
what he
29:51
hates and
29:52
you love
29:52
what he
29:52
loves and
29:53
you want
29:53
to be
29:53
more like
29:54
your
29:55
savior and
29:55
you want
29:55
to be
29:56
with his
29:56
people and
29:57
you delight
29:57
to take
29:58
his name
29:58
on your
29:59
lips.
30:00
It's
30:00
what grace
30:01
does in
30:02
our hearts.
30:03
And
30:04
here's the
30:04
thing.
30:05
This is
30:06
what Jesus
30:06
is offering.
30:09
This
30:09
isn't a
30:09
high bar
30:11
and he
30:11
says okay
30:12
here's my
30:12
standard.
30:13
If you
30:13
jump it
30:14
I'll meet
30:14
you on
30:15
the other
30:15
side with
30:15
grace.
30:18
No he
30:18
says this
30:19
is my
30:19
gift to
30:20
you
30:21
sinner.
30:23
Broken
30:24
down
30:24
wretched
30:25
guilty
30:26
ashamed.
30:28
You
30:28
just come
30:28
to me
30:29
and I'll
30:30
begin to
30:31
do this
30:31
in your
30:31
heart.
30:34
Who
30:34
wouldn't
30:35
want it
30:35
to have
30:37
the king
30:37
of kings
30:38
move in
30:39
and make
30:41
the broken
30:41
down
30:42
hovel of
30:42
my heart
30:43
into his
30:43
royal palace
30:44
renovating
30:45
me and
30:47
making me
30:48
new.
30:51
When
30:51
grace trains
30:52
us it's
30:53
not like a
30:53
royal marine
30:54
drill sergeant
30:55
when you
30:57
can't climb
30:58
the wall
30:58
and you
30:58
can't finish
30:59
the race
30:59
and he
31:00
gets in
31:00
your face
31:00
and screams
31:01
no no
31:02
no no
31:02
no fail
31:03
but grace
31:05
doesn't do
31:05
that.
31:07
Grace
31:08
comes
31:08
instead
31:09
and
31:09
puts
31:10
strength
31:11
in your
31:12
weak
31:12
knees
31:12
and
31:12
feeble
31:13
arms
31:13
and
31:14
helps
31:15
you
31:15
put
31:15
one
31:16
foot
31:16
in front
31:16
of the
31:16
other
31:17
in
31:17
the
31:18
long
31:18
hard
31:18
road
31:19
of
31:19
obedience
31:19
to
31:20
your
31:20
savior.
31:22
Grace
31:23
appears
31:24
in person
31:24
as it
31:25
were
31:25
in the
31:25
Lord
31:25
Jesus
31:26
Christ
31:26
when he
31:26
first
31:27
came
31:27
and
31:29
so
31:29
grace
31:29
brings
31:30
salvation
31:31
for all
31:31
people.
31:32
Grace
31:32
offers
31:32
all of
31:33
this
31:33
to you
31:34
and
31:34
when
31:34
you
31:35
embrace
31:35
the
31:35
offer
31:36
grace
31:36
renovates
31:37
changes
31:38
trains
31:38
us
31:39
to
31:40
live
31:41
a
31:41
new
31:41
life.
31:42
And
31:42
fourthly
31:43
grace
31:43
expects
31:44
look at
31:44
verse 13
31:45
please.
31:48
Grace
31:49
appears
31:49
in Christ
31:50
it trains
31:50
everyone
31:50
it saves
31:51
and those
31:51
it trains
31:52
Paul says
31:53
are found
31:53
waiting
31:55
for our
31:56
blessed
31:57
hope
31:57
the
31:58
appearing
31:58
of the
31:59
glory
31:59
of our
32:00
great
32:00
God
32:00
and
32:01
savior
32:01
Jesus
32:02
Christ.
32:03
Here's
32:03
the second
32:04
epiphany
32:04
we talked
32:05
about
32:05
at the
32:05
beginning
32:05
do you
32:06
remember
32:06
the
32:07
first
32:07
epiphany
32:08
was his
32:08
first
32:08
coming
32:08
the
32:09
first
32:09
appearing
32:09
here's
32:10
the
32:10
second
32:11
appearing
32:11
the
32:12
second
32:12
epiphany
32:13
the
32:13
first
32:13
was the
32:14
epiphany
32:15
of grace
32:15
this is
32:16
the
32:16
epiphany
32:16
of glory
32:18
we
32:21
wait
32:22
Paul says
32:22
with eager
32:23
expectation
32:24
for the
32:24
appearing
32:25
of glory
32:25
because we
32:26
live
32:26
in the
32:27
grip
32:27
of
32:28
grace
32:29
Paul calls
32:30
it our
32:30
blessed
32:30
hope
32:31
he doesn't
32:31
mean a
32:32
feeling
32:32
in the
32:32
heart
32:33
of
32:33
hopefulness
32:34
the
32:36
blessed
32:36
hope
32:36
of a
32:37
Christian
32:37
is an
32:37
objective
32:38
thing
32:38
it is
32:40
the
32:41
coming
32:41
of
32:43
Christ
32:43
in
32:43
majesty
32:44
and
32:44
glory
32:45
to
32:46
bring
32:46
his
32:46
work
32:46
to
32:47
final
32:47
completion
32:48
and all
32:49
the
32:49
ransomed
32:50
church
32:50
of God
32:51
will be
32:51
saved
32:52
to
32:52
sing
32:53
forever
32:54
and to
32:55
sin
32:55
no more
32:57
!
33:27
sick
33:27
anymore
33:28
won't
33:29
it
33:29
be
33:29
wonderful
33:30
to
33:30
have
33:30
the
33:30
great
33:30
reunion
33:31
with
33:31
those
33:32
who
33:32
have
33:32
gone
33:32
ahead
33:32
of
33:32
me
33:32
the
33:33
saints
33:33
in
33:33
glory
33:34
who
33:34
are
33:34
waiting
33:35
won't
33:37
it
33:37
be
33:37
wonderful
33:37
when
33:38
the
33:39
grime
33:40
and filth
33:41
and
33:41
pollution
33:41
and
33:42
brokenness
33:43
and
33:43
rebellion
33:44
of a
33:44
lost
33:44
creation
33:46
will be
33:46
made
33:47
new
33:47
and
33:48
there
33:48
will
33:48
be
33:48
a
33:48
new
33:48
heavens
33:48
and
33:49
a
33:49
new
33:49
earth
33:49
that's
33:49
what
33:49
I
33:49
often
33:50
think
33:50
about
33:50
those
33:50
are
33:50
promised
33:51
to
33:51
Christians
33:52
as part
33:53
of our
33:53
blessed
33:53
hope
33:54
but
33:55
they're
33:55
not
33:55
the
33:55
center
33:56
of
33:56
it
33:56
not
33:56
the
33:56
focus
33:56
of
33:57
it
33:57
what
33:57
is
33:57
it
33:57
we're
33:57
waiting
33:58
for
33:58
not
34:00
the
34:00
great
34:01
reunion
34:01
as
34:02
glorious
34:02
as
34:03
it
34:03
will
34:03
be
34:03
not
34:03
the
34:04
final
34:04
end
34:05
of
34:05
sin
34:05
in
34:05
my
34:06
life
34:06
as
34:06
wonderful
34:07
as
34:07
that
34:07
will
34:07
be
34:08
not
34:09
the
34:10
new
34:10
heavens
34:10
and
34:10
the
34:10
new
34:11
earth
34:11
the
34:11
home
34:12
of
34:12
righteousness
34:12
as
34:13
breathtaking
34:14
as
34:14
they
34:15
will
34:15
be
34:15
what
34:16
is
34:16
our
34:16
great
34:16
hope
34:17
it
34:17
is
34:17
the
34:17
appearing
34:18
of
34:18
our
34:18
great
34:19
God
34:19
and
34:19
Savior
34:20
Jesus
34:21
Christ
34:21
whose
34:22
glory
34:22
will
34:22
shine
34:23
with
34:24
dazzling
34:25
majesty
34:25
and
34:26
fuel
34:27
our
34:27
songs
34:28
forever
34:29
don't
34:35
you find
34:35
it easy
34:36
as a
34:36
Christian
34:36
sometimes
34:37
to drop
34:38
your horizons
34:39
down
34:39
and down
34:40
and down
34:42
until
34:42
they're
34:43
focused
34:43
actually
34:44
not
34:44
on
34:45
his
34:46
glorious
34:46
appearing
34:47
but
34:50
almost
34:50
entirely
34:50
on
34:51
yourself
34:51
so
34:54
if
34:54
you're
34:55
like
34:55
me
34:55
from
34:55
time
34:55
to
34:55
time
34:56
you
34:56
do
34:57
some
34:57
personal
34:57
inventory
34:58
you're
35:00
in the
35:00
trenches
35:01
!
35:01
battling
35:01
with your
35:02
sin
35:02
and
35:04
frustrated
35:04
with your
35:05
lack of
35:06
progress
35:06
you
35:08
measure
35:09
your
35:09
Christian
35:10
life
35:10
sometimes
35:10
people
35:10
ask you
35:11
tell me
35:11
about
35:11
your
35:12
soul
35:12
and
35:13
you
35:13
respond
35:13
by
35:14
talking
35:14
about
35:14
your
35:14
quiet
35:14
time
35:15
am
35:15
I
35:15
reading
35:15
my
35:16
bible
35:16
every
35:16
day
35:16
am
35:16
I
35:17
praying
35:17
am
35:17
I
35:17
seeking
35:17
God
35:18
every
35:18
day
35:18
those
35:19
are
35:19
good
35:19
and
35:19
right
35:19
and
35:19
proper
35:20
things
35:20
of course
35:21
they
35:21
are
35:21
but
35:24
Jesus
35:24
is
35:25
nowhere
35:25
in my
35:26
inventory
35:26
list
35:27
I'm
35:28
only
35:28
thinking
35:29
about
35:29
the
35:29
things
35:30
that
35:30
I
35:30
am
35:30
doing
35:31
the
35:31
boxes
35:31
that
35:32
I
35:32
am
35:32
taking
35:32
the
35:32
disciplines
35:33
that
35:33
I've
35:34
cultivated
35:34
where
35:34
is
35:35
Jesus
35:35
my
35:36
eyes
35:36
are
35:36
not
35:36
fixed
35:37
on
35:37
him
35:37
I'm
35:38
engaged
35:38
in
35:38
navel
35:39
gazing
35:39
have
35:39
you
35:39
been
35:40
navel
35:40
gazing
35:40
!
35:40
lately
35:42
this
35:43
text
35:44
is
35:47
their
35:47
eyes
35:47
to
35:48
the
35:48
hills
35:49
where
35:50
does
35:50
my
35:50
help
35:51
come
35:51
from
35:51
my
35:53
safety
35:53
comes
35:54
from
35:54
the
35:54
Lord
35:54
the
35:55
maker
35:55
of
35:55
heaven
35:55
and
35:55
earth
35:55
look
35:56
up
35:56
and
35:56
away
35:57
from
35:57
yourself
35:58
to
35:58
your
35:58
savior
35:58
look
35:59
with
35:59
longing
36:00
expectation
36:01
for
36:02
the
36:02
great
36:02
day
36:02
when
36:03
you
36:03
will
36:04
see
36:04
him
36:04
face
36:06
to
36:06
face
36:07
what
36:08
is
36:08
it
36:08
that
36:09
cousins
36:12
made
36:13
in
36:15
her
36:15
hymn
36:15
that
36:15
the
36:16
sands
36:16
of
36:16
time
36:16
are
36:16
sinking
36:17
putting
36:17
together
36:17
little
36:19
phrases
36:20
from
36:20
Rutherford's
36:21
letters
36:21
the
36:22
bride
36:22
eyes
36:23
not
36:23
her
36:23
garment
36:24
but
36:26
at
36:26
her
36:26
bridegroom's
36:27
face
36:27
I
36:29
will
36:29
not
36:30
gaze
36:30
at
36:31
glory
36:31
but
36:34
at
36:34
my
36:34
savior's
36:35
face
36:35
not
36:37
at
36:37
the
36:37
crown
36:38
he
36:38
giveth
36:38
but
36:42
at
36:42
his
36:42
pierced
36:43
hands
36:43
the
36:45
lamb
36:45
is
36:45
all
36:46
the
36:46
glory
36:46
of
36:47
Emmanuel's
36:48
land
36:48
our
36:50
eyes
36:51
will
36:51
never
36:52
leave
36:52
his
36:53
lovely
36:54
face
36:54
and
36:56
it
36:56
is a
36:56
mark
36:56
of
36:56
a
36:57
child
36:57
of
36:57
God
36:57
even
36:59
here
36:59
in
37:00
this
37:00
veil
37:00
of
37:00
tears
37:01
that
37:01
they
37:01
are
37:01
longing
37:02
to
37:02
see
37:02
him
37:03
waiting
37:04
for
37:05
the
37:05
appearing
37:06
the
37:06
epiphany
37:07
of the
37:07
glory
37:07
of
37:08
our
37:08
great
37:08
God
37:08
and
37:09
savior
37:09
Jesus
37:11
Christ
37:11
if
37:12
you're
37:12
navel
37:13
gazing
37:13
you're
37:15
looking
37:15
in the
37:16
wrong
37:16
direction
37:16
and
37:17
you
37:17
know
37:17
as
37:18
well
37:18
as
37:18
I
37:18
do
37:18
I'm
37:18
sure
37:19
that's
37:20
the
37:20
best
37:20
way
37:20
to
37:20
crash
37:21
I did
37:23
some
37:23
internet
37:24
digging
37:24
when I
37:25
was writing
37:26
this
37:26
sermon
37:26
and found
37:27
that the
37:27
United
37:28
States
37:28
National
37:28
Highway
37:29
Traffic
37:29
Safety
37:30
Administration
37:30
says
37:31
driving
37:32
at 55
37:33
miles
37:33
an
37:34
hour
37:34
while
37:34
texting
37:35
for
37:35
five
37:35
seconds
37:36
is
37:38
like
37:38
driving
37:39
the
37:39
length
37:39
of
37:39
an
37:39
American
37:40
football
37:40
field
37:40
with
37:41
your
37:41
eyes
37:41
closed
37:41
as
37:44
a
37:44
consequence
37:45
in
37:45
2024
37:46
more
37:47
than
37:48
3,000
37:48
people
37:48
lost
37:49
their
37:49
lives
37:49
because
37:49
of
37:50
distracted
37:50
driving
37:51
they were
37:52
looking
37:52
in the
37:52
wrong
37:53
direction
37:53
this
37:57
text
37:57
is
37:57
saying
37:57
if
37:59
you're
37:59
looking
37:59
at
37:59
yourself
38:00
more
38:01
than
38:01
you're
38:01
looking
38:02
up
38:02
and
38:02
away
38:02
from
38:02
yourself
38:03
to
38:03
Jesus
38:04
who's
38:06
coming
38:07
in
38:07
glory
38:07
is
38:07
our
38:07
great
38:08
and
38:08
blessed
38:08
hope
38:08
you're
38:09
looking
38:09
in
38:09
the
38:09
wrong
38:09
direction
38:10
do
38:10
not
38:10
be
38:10
surprised
38:11
if
38:11
you
38:11
crash
38:12
grace
38:16
appears
38:16
grace
38:16
offers
38:17
grace
38:17
trains
38:18
grace
38:18
expects
38:19
and
38:21
finally
38:21
grace
38:21
redeems
38:22
look at
38:22
verse
38:22
14
38:23
this
38:23
great
38:23
God
38:23
and
38:24
Savior
38:24
who's
38:24
coming
38:24
we're
38:25
waiting
38:25
for
38:25
is
38:27
the
38:27
one
38:27
who
38:27
gave
38:28
himself
38:28
for
38:29
us
38:29
Paul
38:29
says
38:30
he's
38:31
talking
38:31
about
38:31
the
38:31
cross
38:32
isn't
38:32
he
38:32
there
38:34
at
38:34
the
38:34
cross
38:34
the
38:35
son
38:35
of
38:35
God
38:35
loved
38:36
us
38:36
and
38:36
gave
38:37
himself
38:38
for
38:39
us
38:39
he's
38:39
inviting
38:40
us
38:40
back
38:40
to
38:40
Calvary
38:41
to
38:42
trace
38:43
with
38:44
him
38:44
the
38:45
blessings
38:46
that
38:46
flow
38:46
to us
38:47
from
38:47
Jesus
38:47
blood
38:48
shed
38:49
for
38:49
us
38:49
having
38:51
told
38:51
us
38:51
Jesus
38:52
brings
38:52
salvation
38:53
now
38:53
he
38:53
takes
38:54
us
38:55
to
38:56
its
38:56
very
38:56
source
38:57
the
38:58
spring
38:59
from
38:59
which
39:00
salvation
39:00
flows
39:01
look at
39:03
the text
39:04
first
39:04
Paul
39:04
says
39:04
he gave
39:05
himself
39:05
to
39:05
set
39:06
us
39:06
free
39:06
he
39:08
died
39:08
to
39:08
redeem
39:09
us
39:10
from
39:10
lawlessness
39:11
to
39:12
redeem
39:12
means
39:13
to
39:13
buy
39:13
back
39:14
and
39:14
to
39:14
set
39:14
at
39:15
liberty
39:15
a
39:16
slave
39:16
held
39:16
in
39:17
bondage
39:17
it's
39:18
a
39:18
striking
39:18
phrase
39:19
though
39:19
isn't
39:19
it
39:19
redeem
39:20
us
39:21
from
39:21
lawlessness
39:22
there
39:24
were
39:24
false
39:25
teachers
39:25
on
39:25
the
39:25
island
39:26
of
39:26
Crete
39:26
Judaizers
39:28
legalists
39:29
and
39:30
they
39:30
were
39:30
worried
39:31
that
39:31
Paul's
39:32
gospel
39:32
of
39:32
free
39:33
grace
39:33
led
39:35
to
39:35
lawlessness
39:36
they
39:38
thought
39:38
they
39:38
were
39:38
the
39:38
obedience
39:39
guys
39:39
and
39:40
Paul
39:40
was
39:40
the
39:40
one
39:40
all
39:41
this
39:41
grace
39:41
talk
39:42
is
39:42
dangerous
39:42
it's
39:43
going
39:43
to
39:43
undermine
39:44
obedience
39:45
but
39:45
Paul
39:45
says
39:45
here
39:45
when
39:46
grace
39:46
really
39:46
comes
39:47
when
39:49
salvation
39:49
erupts
39:49
into
39:50
your
39:50
heart
39:50
flowing
39:52
from
39:52
the
39:52
cross
39:53
of
39:53
your
39:53
dear
39:54
savior
39:54
comes
39:55
freedom
39:56
from
39:57
lawlessness
39:58
sometimes
40:01
we think
40:02
actually
40:02
lawlessness
40:03
is
40:04
freedom
40:04
don't
40:06
we
40:06
to
40:07
live
40:07
however
40:08
we
40:08
please
40:08
unconstrained
40:10
!
40:10
by
40:10
God's
40:11
law
40:11
but
40:13
maybe
40:14
you're
40:14
here
40:14
tonight
40:14
and
40:15
you've
40:15
learned
40:15
by
40:15
bitter
40:16
experience
40:17
that
40:19
living
40:20
life
40:20
on
40:20
your
40:20
own
40:20
terms
40:21
a
40:21
lawless
40:22
life
40:22
is
40:24
actually
40:24
a
40:24
life
40:24
of
40:25
slavery
40:25
and
40:26
bondage
40:27
empty
40:29
and
40:29
hollow
40:30
and
40:31
now
40:31
perhaps
40:32
at
40:32
last
40:32
you're
40:33
ready
40:33
for
40:34
freedom
40:34
free
40:36
indeed
40:37
having
40:38
been
40:39
redeemed
40:39
set
40:39
free
40:40
by the
40:41
Lord
40:42
Jesus
40:42
Christ
40:42
he
40:44
gave
40:45
himself
40:45
to
40:45
set
40:45
us
40:45
free
40:46
Paul
40:46
says
40:46
secondly
40:47
he
40:47
gave
40:47
himself
40:48
to
40:49
purify
40:50
us
40:50
again
40:52
think
40:52
about
40:52
these
40:52
Jewish
40:54
legalists
40:54
they
40:56
thought
40:57
the way
40:57
to get
40:57
pure
40:58
was by
40:58
external
40:59
observance
41:00
of the
41:01
ceremonial
41:01
law
41:02
of
41:02
Moses
41:03
but
41:05
Paul
41:05
says
41:06
back
41:06
in
41:06
chapter
41:07
one
41:07
of
41:07
this
41:07
letter
41:08
at
41:08
verse
41:09
15
41:09
whatever
41:09
ritual
41:10
purity
41:10
they were
41:11
claiming
41:11
for
41:11
themselves
41:12
their
41:14
hearts
41:15
still
41:16
remain
41:16
defiled
41:17
but
41:17
Jesus
41:18
blood
41:18
can
41:20
do
41:20
what
41:20
nothing
41:21
else
41:21
can
41:21
do
41:21
he
41:24
can
41:24
make
41:24
you
41:25
clean
41:25
really
41:27
clean
41:28
ritual
41:34
purity
41:35
external
41:35
religion
41:36
all it
41:38
can
41:38
do
41:38
is
41:39
make
41:39
you
41:39
look
41:39
the
41:40
part
41:40
it
41:42
can
41:42
never
41:42
touch
41:43
your
41:43
heart
41:43
but
41:45
Jesus
41:46
blood
41:46
Jesus
41:48
blood
41:49
will
41:50
make
41:50
you
41:50
truly
41:51
clean
41:51
at
41:52
last
41:52
a
41:52
clean
41:53
conscience
41:54
a
41:55
clean
41:55
heart
41:55
clean
41:56
hands
41:57
that
41:57
you
41:57
might
41:57
ascend
41:58
the
41:58
hill
41:58
of
41:58
the
41:59
Lord
41:59
and
42:00
have
42:00
fellowship
42:00
with
42:01
your
42:02
saviour
42:02
his
42:04
blood
42:04
can
42:05
make
42:05
the
42:06
foulest
42:07
clean
42:08
that's
42:10
what's
42:11
on offer
42:11
in the
42:12
salvation
42:13
Jesus
42:13
grace
42:14
brings
42:14
to
42:16
all
42:16
people
42:16
freedom
42:17
purity
42:18
thirdly
42:19
he
42:21
makes
42:21
us
42:21
treasure
42:22
verse
42:24
14
42:24
Jesus
42:24
gave
42:25
himself
42:25
to
42:25
redeem
42:25
us
42:26
and
42:26
purify
42:27
us
42:27
for
42:28
himself
42:29
a
42:29
people
42:30
for
42:30
his
42:31
own
42:31
possession
42:31
we
42:33
become
42:34
his
42:34
prized
42:35
possession
42:36
his
42:37
cherished
42:38
inheritance
42:39
His
42:40
treasure!
42:40
treasure!
42:42
How deep
42:43
the
42:43
Father's
42:43
love
42:44
for
42:44
us
42:44
how
42:45
vast
42:46
beyond
42:46
all
42:47
measure
42:47
that
42:49
he
42:49
should
42:49
give
42:49
his
42:49
only
42:49
son
42:50
to
42:50
make
42:51
a
42:51
wretch
42:52
his
42:53
treasure!
42:54
Treasure!
42:55
When
42:56
you come
42:57
to know
42:57
the Lord
42:57
Jesus
42:58
he
42:59
does
42:59
not
42:59
simply
43:00
tolerate
43:00
you
43:01
he
43:03
doesn't
43:05
allow
43:05
you
43:05
in the
43:06
back
43:06
door
43:07
sit
43:07
in the
43:07
corner
43:08
you're
43:08
not
43:09
really
43:09
welcome
43:09
but
43:11
you're
43:11
in
43:11
you
43:14
become
43:16
his
43:16
precious
43:17
beloved
43:18
child
43:19
you're
43:19
his
43:19
inheritance
43:20
!
43:23
His
43:24
possession
43:25
that he
43:25
cherishes
43:26
he loves
43:26
you!
43:28
He loves
43:28
you!
43:30
You are
43:31
unspeakably
43:32
precious
43:33
to Jesus
43:34
Christ!
43:37
Freedom
43:38
purity
43:39
treasure
43:39
obedience
43:41
Jesus
43:42
death
43:42
makes
43:43
us
43:43
obedient
43:43
we've
43:43
already
43:44
talked
43:44
about
43:44
this
43:45
verse
43:46
14
43:46
he
43:46
died
43:47
to
43:47
make
43:48
you
43:48
zealous
43:49
for
43:49
good
43:49
works
43:49
do you
43:50
see
43:50
that
43:50
phrase
43:50
at
43:53
the
43:53
cross
43:54
Jesus
43:56
purchased
43:56
holiness
43:57
new
44:00
obedience
44:01
zeal
44:02
to
44:02
please
44:03
him
44:03
a
44:04
desire
44:05
to
44:05
live
44:05
for
44:06
him
44:06
!
44:07
is
44:07
all
44:07
in
44:07
the
44:08
gift
44:08
of
44:09
his
44:09
nail
44:09
pierced
44:09
hands
44:10
you
44:12
don't
44:12
stay
44:13
away
44:13
from
44:13
him
44:14
you
44:15
don't
44:15
hold
44:16
him
44:16
at
44:16
a
44:16
distance
44:17
you
44:17
don't
44:17
look
44:17
at
44:17
him
44:18
askance
44:18
wondering
44:19
if
44:19
he
44:20
could
44:20
ever
44:20
care
44:20
for
44:20
you
44:21
listen
44:21
to
44:21
his
44:21
invitation
44:22
come
44:24
to
44:24
me
44:24
you
44:25
who
44:25
are
44:25
weary
44:25
and
44:26
heavy
44:26
laden
44:26
I
44:27
will
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give
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you
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rest
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I
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will
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make
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you
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clean
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the
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grace
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of
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God
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has
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appeared
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bringing
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salvation
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for
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all
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people
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and
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it
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will
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make
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you
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new
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it
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will
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renovate
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your
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heart
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it
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will
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change
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you
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forever
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and
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it
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will
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make
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you
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zealous
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for
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good
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works
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the
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Lord
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Jesus
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Christ
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promises
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to
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stand
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in
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the
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midst
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of
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his
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people
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that
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means
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he's
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here
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with
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us
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tonight
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by
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his
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Holy
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Spirit
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and
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he
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has
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been
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pleading
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with
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you
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to
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do
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business
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with
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him
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to
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come
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to
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him
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in
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repentance
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maybe
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for
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the
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first
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time
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maybe
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anew
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to
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come
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back
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to
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him
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because
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he
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has
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grace
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for
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you
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may
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God
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give
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you
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grace
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to
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accept
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his
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invitation
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let
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us
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pray
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Lord
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Jesus
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we
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bow
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before
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you
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now
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and we
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bless
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your
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great
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name
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that
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when
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you
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came
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it
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was
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grace
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that
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came
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not
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wrath
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not
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not
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judgment
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not
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yet
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but
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grace
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that
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came
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grace
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with a
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wide
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welcome
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for the
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least
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and the
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worst
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grace
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for us
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may
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may
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!
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may
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may
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glory. Psalm 136 in the Scottish Psalter, the second version of the Psalm, Psalm 136,
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stanzas 1 through 6.
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Praise God, for he is kind, his mercy lasts foray. Give thanks with heart and mind to God of God
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all way, for certainly his mercies doer, most firm and sure, eternally. Psalm 136, stanzas 1 through 6,
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and let's stand to sing.
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The Lord, O Lord, praise ye.
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For certainly his mercies doer, most firm and sure, eternally.
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The Lord, O Lord, praise ye, whose mercy shall endure.
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In what is only he, done born by his great power.
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For certainly his mercies doer, most firm and sure, eternally.
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Which God omnipotent, by might and wisdom high, the heaven and firmament,
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take him, as we may see.
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For certainly his mercies doer, most firm and sure, eternally.
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To him who did a stage, this earth so great and wide, above the waters reached, making it to a height.
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For certainly his mercies doer, most firm and sure, eternally.
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And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God our Father,
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and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all now and forevermore. Amen.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.